I am not fire with these updates! Anyway, I'm hoping to finish this arc soon, as the best is yet to come.
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Damien waited until the heavenly light faded to turn back around to the others. The only other conscious people around him did so as well, and Azzie pointed to her guildmates.
"Damien-sama, this is Katsuchi-sama." She said, pointing at the blonde. "The other is Tetsu-sama"
"Hey." Damien replied, and they both nodded at him. "You guys do that to Nashi and Elise?" He asked, asking the obvious.
"Knocking them out?" Tetsu asked with a smirk. "Ain't my fault your friends don't know how to pace themselves, they exhausted themselves."
"And you brought them here because...?" Damien questioned, both of them paling.
"Because..."Katsuchi looked around, finally spotting the destination of Taisho in the distance. "Because dying by Taisho is rather cruel! yeah, that's it." Azzie giggled and wrapped them both in a one armed hug.
"It's because you guys couldn't leave them, isn't it?" She asked, and both of them stiffened. "Don't worry, I can tell."
"Shut up Azzie." Tetsu replied, crossing his arms. Damien could sense that the three of them were close, so he decided saying something would dilute the effect. He walked over next to Nashi to observe her injuries, and noticed something interesting. Both of them appeared to be sweaty profusely, for apparently no reason at all.
"What the hell?" He asked, causing the other three to walk over to him. "Why are they sweating so bad?" Katsuchi made an incoherent sound.
"Their bodies are still adjusting to the God magic they insisted on eating." he replied. "This is probably the most painful part of process, so be happy they're unconscious." Damien didn't no whether or not that was viable information, but he let it slide. Doing what he could to wrap up the various wounds and burns and their bodies, He noticed that all three of his former enemies seemed rather tense. It was an understandable tensity, Taisho was still on the move. And now, Damien assumed was Simon being unable to move, no one was strong enough to take him out.
Except for him, that was.
The thought made Damien's stomach turn violently. Although his friends had done their absolute best, it didn't mean anything if Damien couldn't stop Taisho. He finished wrapping up a bruise on Nashi's left shoulder and sighed. He needed to calm down, he was more than strong enough to take Taisho.
"No you aren't." Damien jumped and turned to Xisplate who looked solemn. "You yourself are not enough."
"The hell does that mean?" Damien demanded, and Xisplate just watched him carefully. Damien felt his eyes widen and he growled. "No, not again, never again."
"I'm afraid, in about ten or so minutes, you'll be rethinking that decision." Xisplate didn't say anything else as he disappeared, leaving Damien to his turmoil. Damien had sworn the day Steph died he'd never use Xisplate again, and he didn't plan on breaking that promise. Growling and wrapping the bottom of Elise's leg, he was even more pissed off than before.
"Damien." Damien turned to find Jellal sitting up again, holding his head.
"I told you to stay down, Jellal." Damien replied, "Mavis, don't push yourself."
"I don't want to." he replied angrily, eyes falling on the three others stalking the perimeter. "Who the hell are they?"
"Help." Damien replied, deciding it was best not to tell Jellal who they were yet. "Don't worry about it..."
"Damien!" Katsuchi shouted to him, "Friends inbound!" Damien walked over to the blonde man, watching the sight. Richard was helping Simon to stand, who looked so pale he was like a ghost.
"We have returned, friends!" Richard shouted. "Victorious, I might add!"
"Good job in bringing him back, Richard." Damien said, smiling down at Simon. "You alright man?" Simon met his gaze, a hollow look in his eyes.
"...Yeah I'm fine." he croaked out, raising a hand to his head. "Sorry if I'm out of it, almost dying does that to people." Damien frowned and pointed Richard to the wounded area, telling him without words to bring Simon over there. "is everyone here?" Simon asked as Richard sat him down.
"if we aren't counting Sawyer and Macbeth, yes." Damien replied.
"And where are they?" Jellal demanded.
"Patrolling." Damien said, something occurring to him. "Come to think of it, didn't you guys see them?" Both men and Azzie shook their heads, denying the fact. Damien worried for a moment that they'd been attacked by the very same enemies standing before him, but shook it off. All three were clearly very wounded, Sawyer and Macbeth wouldn't have lost to them.
"So they're MIA." Jellal replied. "Great." Jellal made a face as he leaned back against the log. "Have we heard from Erik yet?" Damien had, in the complete and utter confusion following the crash, totally forgotten about Erik. Where was Drake's father?
"No, not yet." Damien said. "Is he on his way or something?"
"He was supposed to be." Jellal said quietly. "He was going to try and make it to help us with Devil Advocate. Don't know how close he is, hopefully he's in the area." Damien nodded and went about trying to help Simon's injuries, but he noticed that he'd used up the rest of the medical supplies helping Nashi and Elise.
"I'll be right back." he told everyone. "I have to go and look for more medical stuff." Damien jumped up and grabbed the door frame to the airship, climbing inside without another word.
Azzie watched Damien go before she turned and watched the black pillar as it moved. It was moving erratically, which was unlike Taisho in very sense of the word. Was he fighting one of the missing people? It was always a possibility, but Taisho wasn't one to move so strangely in combat. Tetsu sighed and smiled at Azzie, causing her to raise an eyebrow.
"What?" She demanded, causing him to smile.
"I'm just trying to figure out which of these two you fought." he said, gesturing to Drake and Ultear, "Was it the girl." Azzie remained silent, not willing to answer the question. "Or was it shirtless guy?" Azzie flushed involuntarily, and Tetsu clicked his tongue. "Bingo."
"S-shut up." Azzie replied, looking away from her friend.
"What?" he asked, "Don't tell me you've already got a thing for him." Azzie didn't reply, trying to force the feelings away. They didn't go anywhere. "Damn Azzie, that's got to be record."
"What's a record?" Katsuchi asked, walking over to them.
"Azzie's got a thing for shirtless over here." This made Katsuchi laugh.
"She becomes infatuated with every guy who looks her in the eyes." He replied, enjoying Azzie's discomfort. "It happens all the time."
"It's not like that!" Azzie said, thoroughly embarrassed.
"Why not?"
"Because...because..." Azzie didn't actually have any rebuttal for what they'd said, so she just stuttered weakly before she huffed and crossed her arms. "Fuck off." She hissed.
"Aw, don't be so sensitive." Tetsu joked, Azzie turned around, and paled. "What?" Tetsu asked. Katsuchi could see it too, so Tetsu followed their gaze and paled. "Fuck off..." he muttered in disbelief.
"What?" Taisho demanded, stepping into the clearing, a grin on his face. "I can't come to help my guild out? Huh?" Azzie didn't know what to say, seeing as the pillar of magic was behind her.
"How...w-when..." She managed to choke, pointing weakly at the pillar. Taisho chuckled.
"It's just something I thought of." he replied absentmindedly. "I knew if anyone saw it they'd try and avoid it, so they'd accidentally run into me. Are you all really that stupid?" Taisho grinned devilishly, which made Azzie want to throw up. Taisho looked out over the area, smirking at the wounded. "my my, so many enemies in one area! Glad I could bring my own!" As if on cue, two unconscious figures dropped from the tree near the wounded. Azzie assumed that was Macbeth and Sawyer.
"This is bad..." Katsuchi hissed, not able to muster up a threatening flame. Taisho laughed.
"I must say," he said, clapping his hands a few times. "Kronos warned me about you three, but I didn't think it was this bad. All of you have committed treason against Devil Advocate, and now you'll pay for it. Takeover: Demon Vantros!" Azzie watched as Taisho entered his demon state, a figure that donned a dark blue cloak and radiated ice. Azzie watched as he raised a palm and blasted the wounded with ice, sending them all flying everywhere.
"Stop it!" Tetsu shouted, "They're wounded, it's just fucked up!"
"Have you gone soft, Tetsu?" Taisho demanded, voice not entirely his own. "Our goal is to make sure our enemies do not survive, so I must kill them. After they're gone, I will deal with you three." Taisho went to attack the again, but Azzie raised her own palm and dispersed the attack before it reached it's target. Taisho did not react immediately, but chuckled. "I know you didn't just do that, Az." He hissed, and Azzie squeaked. Icicles sprung up from her feet, throwing her over. Taisho picked her up by the neck, and began to squeeze, "How about I start with you, Azzie?"
"Azzie!" Katsuchi shouted.
"I never liked you." Taisho hissed, squeezing even harder. "Always plotting on taking Kronos out, always being the weak link...Absolutely pathetic and inexcusable. I'm impressed Kronos kept you around for so long, but now I can have the pleasure of being the one to deal with you!" Azzie heard Tetsu and Katsuchi run at Taisho, but both were thrown out of the way as Taisho blasted a whole winters worth of ice at them. "One at a fucking time!" he roared angrily. "I'll deal with you two in a fucking second!"
"Azzie..." Tetsu hissed, rolling around in pain on the ground. Taisho returned his attention to Azzie, who was now being lifted off of her feet and into the air. She stared down into the demons soulless, ice blue eyes, wondering just how little humanity was down in there.
"Such a shame, too." Taisho said, reapplying pressure to Azzie's neck. The girl wondered if he was trying to choke her to death or snap her neck. Either way, he was doing a very good job. "Kronos said you had a lot of magical potential... but not..." he squeezed even harder, and Azzie felt herself blacking out, succumbing to the darkness. "Enough...Conviction!"
This is it, I'm done for...
"Soul Extinction!" Azzie was unceremoniously dropped onto the ground, and she she entered a coughing fit as she did. She looked up to find a figure covered in blood red armor standing between her, everyone, and Taisho, who was currently standing back up.
"The fuck?" Taisho asked, "That actually kind of hurt."
"Good." The other figure growled. "Teach you to harm your own friends, asshole." Taisho chuckled.
"So now we have a knight in shining armor, coming to save the damsel?" he asked, standing up tall. "Just who the hell do you think you are, kid?! HUH?!" The figure turned slightly to the side, and Azzie spotted the familiar white hair standing up on end.
"Damien." he replied angrily, " I assume you're Taisho, right?"
"Bingo, fucker. Now, I assume you're the one Vantros warned me about? The other Demon Takeover Wizard?" Azzie looked up at Damien in shock. He was one too? The idea that the kind, understanding, troubled Damien had the same magic as Taisho shook her up a little bit.
"I won't even need it." Damien replied. "I hardly think you're a good enough reason for him to show up." Taisho growled.
"You'll dishonor my strength by not using the full extent of your own? Now you deserve to die! Arctic Blast!"
"Soul Extinction!" The two attacks collided and exploded, throwing Azzie back a few feet and throwing up a huge explosion.
"Two demons..." Azzie whispered, watching the standoff. "Fighting one another..."
Erik paused at the sound, turning to his left. Way way way in the distance, something had exploded. Erik had heard a shit ton of explosions since he'd gotten into the general area, but that was one huge one.
"Suppose I'd better get over there." he said to himself. "Jellal's probably gotten himself into trouble, idiot."
"Erik." Erik stopped dead at the voice in his head, one he heard all to often. "I don't know if you can hear me, but you need to hurry. Everyone is hurt, Drake included, and there is a more than likely possibility we're going to die. Hurry up and get the fuck over here now!
Drake?
"The fuck is that idiot here for?" Erik asked no one in particular, wondering what his stupid son could be here for. "Bah, I'll ask later. I hear you loud and clear Jellal. On my way." Another explosion went off in the same area, and Erik's stomach turned violently. "Just hold on, I don't know how long it'll take me..."
And so, the demon vs demon fight has begun! I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!