Today, ladies and gentleman, starts the demon vs demon fight. Enjoy!
Damien landed just in time to roll out of the way of Taisho's blast of ice and tackled the other demon to the ground, punching him in the gut before he was kicked away. Taisho stood and smirked, albeit angrily.
"So," he hissed, "You still dishonor us both by not using the full extent of your strength. Pathetic, you know that?" Damien growled at the insult, but he didn't let it get to him. Releasing Xisplate would only result in death, more than just Taisho.
"I already told you." Damien replied, blocking an oncoming blast of ice. "I don't intend to release that monster ever again, all it leads to his death." Taisho laughed as he caused icicles to spawn under Damien, who dodged them and flew in a circle around Taisho, throwing out blasts of magic himself, all of which were deflected.
"Wouldn't that be nice?" Taisho demanded, "Death, I mean?"
"You're a fucked up human being, Taisho." Damien replied, as the two engaged in a close range grapple. "How can you have such little regard for other human lives?! How is it that all you care about is how many skulls are under your boot?!" The two grabbed each others hands and pushed as hard as they could, trying to gain the upper hand.
"How is it you don't care about that!?" Taisho shouted in response, pushing Damien to his knees. "How is it that one of the twelve destined Demon Takeover Wizards won't you his lord?! Why are you so human?!"
"T-twelve?" Damien asked as Taisho pushed even harder than before, "There are twelve of us?"
"Supposedly." Taisho said casually, as if he wasn't trying to kill Damien. "There are twelve lords,why would there only be two wizards who can takeover into them?" Damien had never looked at it that way, but it was the truth. "And why, out of all lords you were gifted..." Taisho picked Damien up by the neck, glaring at him manically. "That the Demon of Death himself was gifted upon you..." He began to squeeze, and black spots appeared in Damien's vision. "You refuse to fight me with?! WHY?!" Damien kicked in vain, managing to connect with Taisho's midsection and free himself. Flying back to a safe distance, Damien allowed himself to breath before he decided to reply.
"Because if I freed Xisplate," he said loudly, "I wouldn't be able to stop with you." Taisho chuckled.
"And?" He demanded, raising his arms, as if welcoming Damien. "Such is the way with Demon takeover wizards, Damien. Control if such a loose term with us. We were born with the soul intention to bring the Demon Lords judgement to Earthland! We were born killers, Damien! Let it out!"
"If you truly believe that Taisho." Damien replied, taking an offensive stance, "Then you've truly succumbed to the darkness. You've allowed the demons evil to corrupt you beyond repair, and I'll be more than happy to crush it out of you!" Damien launched himself at Taisho, preparing to punch him. he was more than a little surprised that his lightning fast punch was caught by Taisho with ease.
"Nice try to humor me, Damien." he hissed, squeezing so hard Damien felt several bones in his hand crack. "But a mere demon cannot stand up to one of the Lords! Arctic Blast!" The icy attack threw Damien backwards, not only injuring him, but the cold that radiated from Taisho was slowing him considerably. If this fight lasted to long, he'd be freezing to death. Damien stood and tried for a few blasts of his own magic, all of which were easily deflected by his enemy. Taisho flew at him and punched him backwards, and he felt himself make contact with the airship wreckage. Taisho hit him again and again, making a bigger hole in the side of the airship, and Damien flew into the remains of the control room. Just as he stood Taisho grabbed what was left of the circuit board and slammed it into Damien, breaking it and causing Damien to drop to his knees. "Tell me, why are you so afraid of using him?"
"Because I'll lose control, like last time." Damien replied, which made Taisho smirk. "And kill someone I care about..." Damien remained silent after revealing why he didn't use Xisplate, but Taisho sighed.
"This is getting boring, Damien." Taisho warned, ice magic forming in his hands, "Show me the true power that resides within your tainted soul!" Taisho laughed as he grabbed Damien by the throat again, "SHOW ME YOUR DEMONS, DAMIEN! SHOW ME WHY YOU NEVER USE HIM!" Damien was thrown back through the airship and into the clearing, rolling a few times before he came to a stop near the others. All of them were unconscious, which was good. Taisho reappeared in a blur, sighing. "The fact that you've gone so long without listening is trying my patience. I guess I'll just end this now." Taisho raised both hands above his head, a swirling mass of black and blue appearing there.
"What the...?" Damien mustered as he tried to stand. He knew from personal experience all demons had an end all attack ,which was what Taisho was going for.
"I call upon the icy feeling of death and the true power of the Demon Lord from the 10th Circle of Judgement!" Taisho roared, the mass of magic growing even larger. "Grant me your strength, Vantros! BLIZZARD CRUSHER!" The beam of magic was at least forty feet both ways, and there was no way of dodging it.
BOOM!
Taisho watched as the dust cleared, smiling upon seeing the unmoving, broken, and battered body of his opponent. Truthfully, he was impressed that the idiots body was still intact, but that was to be expected from a Demon Lord wizard anyhow.
"A shame, really." Taisho said as he walked up to his fallen foe, kicking his lifeless arm. "If there was twelve of us, only eleven now stand. A pity..." Taisho's eyes landed on all of the wounded, and he grinned maliciously. "Now, how about I get started with the rest of my work?" He giggled gleefully as he walked towards the wounded, deciding that the one with pink hair would be the first to die. He hated the color pink, anyway. He picked the girl up by the hair, observing her face.
"Hmph, she's kinda cute." he joked, a devilish grin on his face. "You like cute girls, don't you Vantros? I'll send her your way!" Taisho raised a fist and coated it with ice, preparing to break the girls skull.
*cough cough*
Taisho froze in shock at the sound. No, surely it wasn't possible. he slowly turned to find Damien on all fours, coughing up blood.
"...What?" Taisho finally manged as Damien struggled to stand. "Impossible, Blizzard Crusher should have..."
"Is that the best your demon is capable of?" Damien hissed, blood still dripping from his mouth as he gave Taisho a maniacal look. "Xisplate once destroyed an entire town in the span of a few minutes when I was eight, and you can't even kill me in that span of time while your this old? Fucking pathetic." Taisho growled and dropped the pinkette to the ground as Damien managed to stand without using his knees as support.
"I don't think you're in the position to shit talk." Taisho told him. "Look at you!" he shouted, gesturing towards Damien's ripped clothes, bloddy wounds and face, and laughed. "I could kill you with the flick of my finger for fucks sake!" How can you find the strength to defeat me now, Damien?! HOW?!"
Damien hand't the faintest idea what he was going to do, but he knew he had to do it quick. He was almost dead, he didn't need a healer to tell him that. he himself considered it a miracle he'd survived the last attack, but he couldn't do another one. Taisho was busying himself with taunting and laughing, but Damien was trying to regulate his breathing.
"Damien." Damien cast a glance to his left to find the suit wearing demon standing there, a very serious expression on his face. "Takeover into me, now." Damien rolled his eyes and rubbed away the blood on his chin.
"No." Damien heard the demon make a surprised sound, then growl.
"Are you fucking retarded?" Xisplate demanded. "You'll die if you don't..."
"And everyone I care about will die if I give you permission to use my body!" Damien replied, glaring at the demon. "I can't allow that!"
"The'll die either way at this rate." Xisplate replied calmly. "You think Taisho will be done once he's offed you? No, he'll move on to the others without any mercy. He's allowed the darkness from the 10th circle corrupt his humanity, he no longer cares for a human life like you or your friends."
"But..."
"Damien, for fuck sake." Xisplate said. "I'm not saying this to get access to use your body and kill everyone, I'm telling you as a concerned friend that if you do not takeover into me NOW, everyone you care about will die." Damien slowly looked down at his right hand, and found it was shaking...
I'm...I'm...
It had started to rain, hard, and Damien was getting soaked. he didn't care, though.
I'm...scared...of what will happen...
Damien knew perfectly well what had happened last time he'd unleashed Xisplate, he had killed his own sister. Who was too say over ten years had granted him anymore control? No one could answer that for him, he was on his own.
"Alright, well." Taisho said, "Clearly you're having some sort of internal struggle over there, so allow me to correct that for you! BLIZZARD CRUSHER!" Taisho's end all attack began o charge once more, but Damien was already frozen in fear. he stared down at his right hand as rain and tears alike streamed down his face.
I don't...have a choice...do I...?"
"DAMIEN!" Xisplate roared, voice all to apparent that he was getting desperate. "NOW!"
When Nashi woke up, she was on her side, and in a lot of pain. In er blurred vision she could see two people standing across from each other. Once her vision cleared a little, she could see it was Damien, who looked like a walking corpse, and another man with blur horns on his head and dark blue cloak. Damien's apparent opponent had a mass of magic above his head, which he obviously planned to attack with.
"Damien..." Nashi managed to croak out, trying to sit up. Her friend didn't respond, he just stared down at his hand. "Damien..."
"Nashi... stop." Nashi looked over to find all of her friend at least semi-conscious, along with the God Slayers and a girl she didn't recognize. It was Ultear who had spoken to her, and the water and ice wizard gestured back to Damien. "He can't hear you." Nashi struggled to look back, but when she did, it was obviously true. Damien hadn't heard a word that she'd said. Suddenly, he dropped his hand back to his side and sighed.
"I'm sorry..." he spoke as he began to raise his hand over his head. "But... there isn't another option..." Nashi's eyes widened as she realized what he was talking about.
"Damien don't!" Simon shouted, but his voice was weak as well. "He'll...he'll.. *cough cough cough*." Simon was cut off by a coughing fit, and Nashi watched in fear as Damien raised his hand over his head, an all to familiar black magic circle forming there.
"TAKEOVER: DEMON XISPLATE!"
It was as if someone had turned off the lights in the area of the wreckage, because as soon as Damien completed the words to the takeover, everything went dark. The magic circle has begun to glow, and Damien still hadn't moved. as the spell continued, Damien's opponent laughed.
"As much as I want to see this," he said over the sound of his own spell and Damien's, "I'm done with you! BLIZZARD CRUSHER!" The gigantic attack flew right at Damien, and engulfed him in a beam of black and blue.
"Damien?" Elise called weakly. All of a sudden, the beam exploded from the middle, and Nashi felt like throwing up.
The being had armor as black as midnight.
As more of the smoke cleared, he had wings just as black.
He had horns that came out of his head, which had Damien's white hair.
the being had his right hand extended, which Nashi assumed he had used to block the attack.
Nashi watched, frozen in fear as Damien slowly lowered the hand which had blocked the attack and stared at it, flexing it curiously. The other man laughed.
"Well, looks like you grew a pair." he joked, crossing his arms. Damien didn't say anything, he just observed him quietly. This, in turn, made the other man smirk. "oh my God, don't tell me you lost control again? If so, please, kill your friends for me!"
"Friends..." A cold shiver went down Nashi's spine at the voice, which was barely even Damien. He turned to look at them curiously, and raised his hand and aimed it at them. Nashi flinched, and closed her eyes and waited for the worst.
Nothing happened. Nashi opened her eyes to find that they had not been attacked. Rather, a black bubble had sprung up around her and the other wounded, and she turned her head back to Damien, who was still staring at them. he slowly turned back to the other demon, and growled.
"I will not harm my friends." he hissed, before he threw himself at his enemy, and Nashi felt relief wash over her.
"He's..." Drake whispered, as if not able to believe it. Nashi nodded happily.
"He's in control!"
Bam. This chapter, doe. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, leave a review! Let's try and get five!