Bleach Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior ❯ The Birth of an Angel; One Man's Sacrifice ( Chapter 24 )

“Sometimes, a girl can't stop loving, even if she knows it's wrong. She'll find a love that she wants to believe in, no matter how painful it can be. A girl always wants to believe that love conquers all. If there's anyone who tries to get in their way, I, Silent Warrior, will completely get rid of you.”

Silent Warrior

Episode 24

It's after school the next day, and TJ is walking home when he spots Marcy on a playground.

“What's wrong shawty?” he asks, coming up to her. “If this is about Angelus, you just have to forget about him.”

“I can't TJ,” she says quietly. “No matter how bad he is, I still love him. Don't you have someone you love?”

“Well…kind of…”

“Then you must know how I feel, TJ…”

The Birth of an Angel; One Man's Sacrifice

Maximus is back at his base, thinking about the events of the previous night.

“Why does my Black Crystal, the Kurozuishou react to Marcy?” he is wondering. “Could it be the energy of that thing they call love? It seems that Silent Warrior knew her by name, meaning she must know who he is when he's not being a hero.”

Unknown to him, Des Demona is behind a pillar listening to his conversation.

That night, Angelus appears outside of Marcy's window

“The crystal is reacting again,” he notices. “Could it be that the Zinzuishou is inside a human body?”

He floats into her room and holds the Black Crystal over her body. It penetrates through her sheets and removes her clothes to examine her body. After a few minutes he decides that the Dark Crystal is not inside her, and grabs his crystal. As he is beginning to leave, she wakes up.

“Angelus, what are you doing here?” she asks.

“My name isn't Angelus,” he responds. “Allow me to show you.”

As he turns to look at her, a green gem on his head flashes. His body then turns gray-blue, and he grows a tail. His hands become more claw like, and his fangs appear from his mouth. His one demonic wing then appears on his left shoulder. The right wing appears but is transparent, almost as though it is not really there.

“I am the 2nd Commander of the Youkai Demon Knighthood, reigning from the Tao Dynasty Brethren as Maximus the Arch-Angel of demons. Angelus was nothing more than a façade as part of my mission here on earth. I am seriously saying farewell to you, Marcy Fox. I do want to let you know that you taught me about love. Where I come from, love is not even a thought ever spoken. There are those that will kill for their own self gratification. Your love made me realize that I no longer want to be a part of that. I want to fight against those evil forces with Silent Warrior. Marcy, if you know who he is…”

“I wish I could help you there,” Marcy says quietly.

“I understand if you don't trust me.”

“No, it's not that, I really don't know who he is. I wish I did so he could help you.”

“I see, well, let me get out of here before they find out. Take care, Marcy.”

With that, Maximus leaves, and Marcy runs to her balcony to catch him, but she is too late. What she doesn't realize is that he has reappeared above the balcony.

“Do you see that pathetic display?” Des Demona asks her three female demons.

She and her crew are across the street spying on Maximus. “How pathetic; he's fallen for a human. How big brother would cringe at the thought.”

“Should we take him out now?” the one demon asks.

“No, let's wait a little more. Besides, he is quite the soldier. Taking him on like this would be trouble. We need to use that girl to lure him into a trap.”

* * *

Over at TJ's house, he is sleeping peacefully, when his phone rings. He answers it to hear Marcy's voice.

“What's wrong girl, you sound shaken up,” he says.

“I just saw Angelus,” she starts. “He's in trouble and there's nothing I can do to help him. He said if I could find Silent Warrior…”

“Then what?”

“I don't know. And I don't know who Silent Warrior is. But you know, talking to you made me better for some reason. Guess I'll just see you in the morning.”

Worrying about Marcy, TJ decides to go over to her place with Prometheus. As they are running down the street, everything starts to become twisty and bended.

“I bet this is the work of Maximus. Phoenix Transform!”

TJ transforms, and as soon as he does everything goes back to normal.

“What a magnificent performance. Who would have thought that TJ Davis was actually the Silent Warrior who keeps foiling my plans.”

Maximus then appears a little ahead of Silent Warrior.

“Please, you can't tell anyone who I am,” Silent Warrior says to him.

“Don't you worry Silent Warrior, it won't matter if I tell people or not. You won't be around much longer to have to worry about it.”

He then starts blasting energy rifts at him, and Silent Warrior barely dodges the barrage. Just when Maximus feels he has the upper hand, a card strikes before him.

“Defeat and the name Silent Warrior don't go together. If you want to take on someone, take on me instead.”

Yellow LightStar then jumps down beside Silent Warrior. Just as Maximus is about to attack, he hears Marcy call out his name.

“Now that I know who you are Silent Warrior, we can continue this fight later,” he says, teleporting away.

“He's got a point, he can attack me at any time now,” Silent Warrior worries.

“Silent Warrior, do not despair,” Yellow LightStar says. “If you let him believe he has the upper hand, then he will. I'm sure you will find a way.”

* * *

Over at Marcy's house, Prometheus has made it just in time to see her being carried off by one of Des Demona's minions.

“I've got to contact the Brothers,” he says.

Inside, Maximus has appeared and spots a note on Marcy's bed.

“Bring the Kurozuishou in exchange for the girl,” he reads aloud. “That fool Des Demona, does she really think I care enough about that girl?”

Just then he gets a flash of images of Marcy. His angelic wing shimmers once, as if trying to become physical. He then gets angry and burns the letter in his hand.

* * *

“Look at this bitch,” one of the demons is saying. “She's so scared I'm surprised she hasn't wet herself.”

“Do you really think Maximus will show up?” another asks.

The three demons have taken Marcy to an abandoned shop not too far from the park. They have her tied up to a wall.

“These chains are restricting my ability to phase through,” Marcy is thinking to herself.

Just then, they hear a door open, and Maximus comes down the stairs.

“Hand over the crystal!” one of the demon girls demands.

“Never,” he responds smugly.

The demon then shoots cherry bombs at him, but he easily jumps out of the way.

“Try dodging this,” another says, using sonic waves to distort him.

He jumps to the floor and the cherry bombing demon starts throwing them again. The third one shoots her arm forward like tree roots. Maximus dodges, then produces his demon sword. He punches the first two demons in the stomach with the hilt, then charges at the third. He ends up stabbing his sword right next to her face.

“I will never hand over my Kurozuishou to you,” he screams. “Deliver that message to Des Demona.”

He then looks at Marcy and teleports them both outside.

“That was amazing,” she says. “Thank you, Mr. Maximus.”

“Don't thank me,” he replies. “I don't fully understand myself why I rescued you. At this rate I'm just going to keep lying to you no matter what.”

“I don't mind that, as long as you stay close to me.”

Marcy then leans her head on his chest, when she notices a cut on his right arm.

“You got injured by that girl,” she says. “Let's go in here so I can bandage you up, just in case those demon girls come back.”

They get into the park and Maximus lies against a tree.

“Take off your jacket,” Marcy says.

He does so, and she tears a piece of her night gown off to tie on his arm.

“Thank you,” he says quietly.

“You know, there's this place in the former Europe that has really good ice cream sundaes. Do you like ice cream sundaes?”

“Of course I do.”

“You're lying. But see, sometimes we lie to be kind to others. Recently it's been my secret dream to go there and have a sundae with you…”

Marcy then gets quiet, and Maximus places his hand on her shoulder.

“Do they give you holidays off in the Dark Kingdom?” she asks.

He looks at her for a moment, then starts laughing.

“This is the first time I've seen you laugh,” she says, beginning to laugh too. “For some reason my eyes are tearing up while I'm laughing.”

“Oh Marcy…” Maximus starts.

Before he can finish his sentence he senses one of the demon girls, but it's too late. He pushes Marcy out of the way just in time for him to be stabbed by the tree roots in his right shoulder, pinning him against the tree.

“Your defense was down,” the demon says, appearing with the other two. “I expected more from a Youkai Demon Knight. Don't try to fight it; those thorns will suck your energy dry until nothing is left.”

“Marcy you need to get out of here now,” Maximus says, turning to her. “Run before they get you too.”

“Hand over that crystal, and maybe we won't kill her either.”

“I will never leave you, Mr. Maximus,” she says, grabbing one of the thorns.

The thorn reacts to her power and starts zapping her energy too.

“I won't let go, not until you are safe,” she says determined.

“As if a puny human girl could ever match the power of a Youkai demon!” one of the girls laughs.

Still determined, Marcy pulls harder, gripping tighter on the thorn. Eventually they start to move.

“This is impossible!” the one demon says with the tree branch arm.

“I'll stop them both right now!” another yells, throwing her cherry bombs.

Maximus quickly grabs Marcy and covers her as the bombs hit. When the smoke clears, Marcy is safe, but half of Maximus' devil wing is torn off, and his upper body soaked with blood.

“This will teach you to disobey,” Des Demona says, appearing. “This crystal now belongs to me.”

She picks up his crystal, and then tells the girls to finish them off. Just as they are about to attack, the dagger strikes before them.

“Coming in between a full blown romance is not tolerable. So what if he's too old for her? There's no age on a young girl's heart when it comes to love. As Silent Warrior, I will stop you from interfering.”

“In the name of Dark Sabre, I will flush out your evil.”

“In the name of Dark Blade, I will ignite the passions of love and singe the evils of your ways.”

The demons all decide to attack them first, and go all out. The one uses its sonic waves, but Silent Warrior uses his wave attack to counter it. Next come the cherry bombs, but they come to a halt when Dark Sabre uses his Dark Mist.

“It's time to send these ladies to the compost heap. This hand of mine is burning red!”

“Dark Fires Engulf!”

“Fist of the Phoenix Flare!”

Silent Warrior and Dark Blade combine their attacks and defeat the three demon girls.

“It appears your identity is safe,” Maximus says, coughing up blood. “Marcy, looks like I lied to you again. I won't be joining you for any ice cream sundaes after all.”

Maximus' body then begins to glow, and Marcy begins to cry.

“Don't die on me!” she yells. “You promised, you promised that you would come. You can't leave me now!”

“I'm glad to have met a girl like you,” he continues. “Perhaps there's hope for the Youkai Demon Knights after all.”

Dark Blade walks up to him and places one of his talisman sutra's on him.

“That's different Dark Blade, it's green,” Dark Sabre notices.

“From the ashes we rise, and a great warrior beholds true power. Let that from my talisman release this soul.”

As Dark Blade speaks, Maximus' angelic wing becomes physical, and his demonic wing falls off.

“The one winged demonic angel Maximus Angelus. Let this angelic creation give you rebirth.”

Maximus then closes his eyes, and his body fades to sparkles, floating up towards the sky. Marcy holds on as long as she can, but eventually there is nothing left but the piece of nightgown she gave him for the bandage.

“Maximus!” she yells out with frustration and rage. “This isn't fair…”

The Brothers stand by quietly, Dark Blade with a mysterious look in his eyes.