Fan Fiction ❯ New Dawn Of The Heart ❯ There Is Not A Day That Dawns Upon That Which Has The Evil Of Centuries Past ( Chapter 13 )

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DISCLAMER This story contains people being knocked around in weapon fights and bad language as well as * Shoujo-Ai /girl love*

There Is Not A Day That Dawns Upon That Which Has The Evil Of Centuries Past

Suzuka slowly raised her gaze from the floor she eased up her wounded arm looking at it. She could see the bone through the burnt flesh it was taunting her much like the pain in her ribs, which still hadn't quite subsided. Her gaze narrowed what had those ninja's done? She could see the carcass's of her army lying on the balcony most had there eyes open and where staring sightlessly back at her.

She pulled up spitting this was the Omega swords doing as well as Rekki-Maru's it was there lightning that had killed her army. She felt her teeth grinding together her beautiful army, the army she'd spent three years putting together and now it was gone just like that! Torn down so quickly like it had been a dream, which had washed through her hands like sand.

She slammed her fist in the arena floor she wasn't died yet! No she still had one thing that could win, Mekki-Maru was still all-powerful! She was still a goddess among men. She could still fight her broken body wouldn't be her end, what where a few broken bones anyway? She was still strong! She pulled her arm again looking at the bone, which was showing through; flesh was only flesh after all.

She pulled up the tip of Mekki-Maru, flesh could be changed it could be harnessed with the right methods. She watched as one of tentacles moved towards the opening where the bone could be seen she felt the jolt of pain as it went inside her body. She watched as its red body pulsed as it began to move outwards covering the opening of the terrible wound.

It freed itself completely from the blade as it moved inside her body attaching it's self while some of it pulsed strands moving up her arm creating veins which stopped at her bicep she slammed her other hand in to the floor as a horrible jolt of pain swept through her. She spat again then turned to look at her arm, the weapon had done its job it had covered the wound while merging with her body.

She found her self coughing slightly, she calmly closed her hand before turning her gaze to the platform above her where the ninja's where looking down on her, she could see Taki and Rei looking at her with disgust. She coughed again watching as Sophitia's gaze met hers, she looked at her for a spilt second then lowered her eyes. She was ready for them! She'd let them come to her!

She felt her fist's grip tighten around Mekki-Maru, which hissed angrily she still had Taki's prized weapon, which she could will! She smiled evilly she couldn't wait for them to come to her! She wanted to make her final battle a glorious one soaked in blood and guts! She wanted to see death, which was made by her hands! What was victory anyway without the screams of death?!

Taki leaned forward looking over the balcony at Suzuka bellow the woman was on her knees just watching them intensely. She narrowed her gaze she had been standing here for five minutes and still Suzuka hadn't moved. What was she waiting for? She turned slightly as Rei came in to view the young girl slowly sat down by her side, Taki gave her smile "Yasashiku hasn't surfaced yet, I think their coming up wall on foot."

Rei shrugged her shoulders her gaze moving to Sophitia who had picked up the Elk Shield off the floor "You said Jiro's wing got mangled, Yasashiku and Kiyoshi are probably flying him up which is why it's taking them so long." Taki found herself breathing in deeply "You know Rei I hate this, it's fucked up." Rei smirked putting a hand on her sister's shoulder "You mean Suzuka or Yasashiku not surfacing?"

Taki turned slightly to meet her gaze "Suzuka she's just sitting there, I hate it. She could have used her weapon to crawl across here it has tentacles to grip with I just can't understand why she hasn't." Rei turned eyeing Suzuka "She's waiting for you and Sophitia she's knows your going to be first across the bridge, I can see it in her ugly one eyed face."

Taki leaned over slightly pulling her sister closer "I missed you Rei." Rei leaned over giving her sister a hug "I missed you to I prayed to Bishamon for your return." Taki found herself laughing slightly "I guess the god of war answered your prayer." She pulled away ruffling Rei's short hair slightly "That's so like you Rei you never give up hope no matter what."

Rei breathed in slightly "Well unlike Hiroshi I always believed there was hope." She looked at her half blade flicking the weapon slightly "Father fought so hard to get as all here, I know it's hard for you both right now." Taki sighed aloud turning to gaze at Toki "No it's difficult Rei, I hate that in my minds eye I thought I'd have to kill him, I never wanted to."

Rei shrugged her shoulders "Well where just all glad you made it out that labyrinth alive you have no idea how worried we were for both you and Sophitia." She turned rolling her eyes "Apart from your jack ass brother Nagmo that is, he didn't believe we'd ever get out alive." Taki pulled up Rekki-Maru looking at it " Some things never change do they?"

Rei nodded slowly then turned slightly watching as Sophitia started to move towards them " Sophitia she's very beautiful." Taki looked up slightly "Yes she is, I probably don't deserve her she's a much better person than I am." Rei folded her arms "Oh I wouldn't say that at all Taki, I think she brings out the best in you, I've not you seen you this happy in a long time." Taki pulled up her hand looking at it "No I haven't been this happy in a long time."

She looked up watched as Sophitia moved the Omega sword in her hand swinging it slightly "She's so unlike all the other woman I've been with she's so loving and kind, I'd do anything for her." Rei raised her eyebrow "No offence Taki but your other girlfriends where bitches, they just slept with you so they could say they'd had if of with you." Taki rolled her eyes in annoyance "Yeah I know there's no need to remind me."

She turned gritting her teeth "Trust me if I'd of known that I wouldn't have bothered with them. That's so typical of how I used to be, a beautiful face was always so worth my time." She breathed in deeply "It's just there are two types of beautiful faces one spits back in your face after sleeping with you, while the other cares about you and would save your life in battle even if it meant her own."

Rei smirked slightly "I wouldn't feel bad Taki I mean my boyfriends did the same to me, I just hope I can find a really nice guy who loves me like Sophitia loves you." She sniggered "I'd say you're a real lucky, I mean I remember you talking to me about her, it's just you never you said that you had a thing for her." Taki lowered her gaze "I didn't at the time she just fascinated me."

Rei shook her head "Fascinated you know we both know that's not quite true, I mean it was her image you ended up drawing constantly after you got dosed up that love potion which was meant for that demon." Taki raised her eyebrow "Rei I drew a girl that looked similar, it wasn't Sophitia." Rei leaned forward "Oh come off it Taki, it was her and you know it."

Taki looked down at her weapon hand "Okay it was her, but I had idea why I was drawing her I didn't fancy her at the time." Rei laughed slightly "Maybe it's was one of those subconscious things, where you don't know at first why you're looking at it, then after a while it all becomes clear." Taki slowly closed her hand "Rei you always have to analyse my situations."

Rei leaned forward slightly "Now what kind of a sister would I be if I didn't do that?" She shrugged her shoulders "I'd be a bad one, and besides you where always they're for me when I needed moral support." Taki slowly put a hand on her chin "Well you know me Rei, I've always stood by you, you're my sister and my friend." Rei turned slightly as Sophitia came up behind her.

Taki turned her gaze to the younger woman "Are they ready?" Sophitia slowly reached up pushing Taki's long fridge out of her eyes "There ready, your family have all there bows set up to fire as do the Jin Uni Ki." Taki found herself breathing in deeply "Fine at least I can kill that bitch now." She slowly put her hand on Sophitia's "I just want this to be over."

Sophitia moved her wounded shoulder "Well it's going to end tonight ether way." She turned watching as Toki took a step forward, the ninja master slowly raised his weapon causing all the other ninja's to ready themselves." Each slowly raised their bow it seemed like second as a chant was made which lit up all the arrows with white flames, which burned viciously.

Taki slowly lowered her gaze watching as Rei moved forward taking up her position her younger sister slowly raised her bow and arrow chanting for a second which caused her arrow to light up with white flames like the others. She shook her head, she wasn't sure if she was ready for all this. She had no idea what was kneeling down on that arena, even if was the real Suzuka she knew deep down that this was going to be a tough fight.

Suzuka wasn't going to give up or surrender, no the bitch would fight it out to her very last. She'd always been that way stubborn and evil! She found herself gripping her weapon tighter her eyes burning a hole in to the floor in the process. She was not going to loose this fight! Suzuka would not make a fool out of her again and if it meant her life to save Sophitia's she'd give it!

All her thoughts where suddenly brushed aside as Sophitia's lips met her own, she was surprised by how deep ever movement of Sophitia's lips where, she slowly closed her eyes sinking deep in to it. All she could feel was the want in Sophitia's caress, which was so soft as it moved with her own lips, she couldn't contemplate how good it felt, she couldn't describe it ether.

She'd never been that good with describing anyway, but then how do you describe a kiss? The words enriching or soft didn't cut it nether did heart warming or uplifting. She felt her self getting lost on Sophitia's kiss completely, if she could best describe this feeling it was like her soul was pulsing with light, her body was lost in movement of her hands moving through Sophitia's hair.

No that didn't cut it ether, it was a truly incredible feeling, one that needed no words or thoughts, one that she was loving every moment of ever since the first time she'd kissed this woman in the labyrinth. This was what made her feel whole it made her stronger, she slowly ran her hands up Sophitia's back feeling the material of her shirt, this precious woman was worth it all.

She felt Sophitia lips leave her own, it took her mind a moment to come back in to normality. She slowly opened eyes looking in to the green sapphire ones that where looking in to her own. She calmly moved her fingers up the Omega swords blade then ran her hand down meeting the younger woman's again "Are you ready?" Sophitia found herself breathing in deeply "Yes."

Taki slowly stood up straight flicking Rekki-Maru between her fingers "So am I." She took a step forward kicking the lever with her foot she narrowed her gaze as the huge bridges slowly came out from under the platform they made a horrible creaking sound as they slammed in to arena's side. She turned slowly to Toki who was gazing at her "If we die pull back the bridges don't let Suzuka escape!"

Toki calmly nodded he slowly took a step back watching as Ryozo raised his huge bow which was bigger than a man the Jin Uni Ki warrior eased on his huge arrow. He narrowed his gaze watching Suzuka carefully the woman still hadn't moved despite the bridges being down. This was not a surprise though it was a ninja custom to stay kneeling until the final battle and contemplate death.

Sophitia put her foot on the bridge, everything around her was silent she couldn't even hear the ninja's breathing behind her. She calmly followed Taki on to the platform, she felt her self grip her sword tighter as she finally stepped on to the bloody platform. She turned quickly watching as bridges lever where pulled back by Aeon, the slow creaking sound hit her air as the bridges began to move back again.

Taki slowly narrowed her gaze as she heard the clanging sound of the bridges pulling back under the platform, she breathed in deeply while calmly unsheathing Rekki-Maru. She could feel its energy as it paused through her hand. She watched as Sophitia slowly raised the Omega sword and Elk sword. She smiled at her slightly before turning to look at Suzuka.

The woman didn't look up she kept her head hung slightly, Taki slowly twirled her weapon taking a careful step forward "Thinking about death Suzuka? Thinking of how pissed off Emma-O will be when he sees your ugly face?" She watched as Suzuka laughed slightly the woman didn't look up though; she just kept her hand grasped around Mekki-Maru whose tentacles moved across the ground.

Suzuka narrowed her good eye "No I wasn't of my thinking of death Taki!" She calmly raised Mekki-Maru "I was…well it doesn't matter much now, I should have done it before." Taki looked at Sophitia then turned back meeting the woman's good eye "Please do tell as what you where thinking about Suzuka." Suzuka smirked "I don't think you'd like it much Taki."

Taki slowly took another step forward she watched as Suzuka followed her movement "Try me!" Suzuka grunted then eased up her hand "Well I was thinking why is it I didn't rape your bitch of a girlfriend it would have been so much fun." Sophitia felt her teeth grinding together "I'd love have seen you try to do that to me!" Taki pulled back sneering "Trust me on this Suzuka you'd have touched her in that way I'd have gutted you alive."

She suddenly paused sniggered "But there's the thing I'm going to gut you alive anyway! So why don't you get of your knees and fight me!" Sophitia twirled the Omega sword "Where both how do I put it, somewhat tired of you and we would both love to kill you. Please don't keep as waiting." Suzuka sniggered again "Your both fools you know that? Nothing more than maggots."

Taki folded her arms "I always thought maggots where interesting creatures since they clean up the mess that as demon hunters leave behind." She shrugged " You on the other hand just like to make the mess and suffering, so I guess it's only fitting that me and Sophitia get to clean up." Suzuka snarled annoyance " You always where a cocky smart arse Taki."

She calmly raised Mekki-Maru watching it hiss in anger "You killed my army! You killed my head guards!" She narrowed her gaze "You will never kill me!" Taki slowly moved back pushing her foot in to the ground "Your right about that one I can't kill what's already dead can I, at least I can't kill the real Suzuka because she's long gone now isn't she?"

She paused noting the confused look on Suzuka's face " I can kill the Nacrinoth now though can't I?" Suzuka gaze her a cold a stare "You think I'm a demon you're even more foolish than I thought Taki. You believe I am a demon, what is it with you? Can't take the fact that I'm stronger and better than you?" Taki slowly raised her weapon higher so Suzuka could see it "If so lets see if you can die."

Suzuka turned spitting she wasn't going to take this! Not only was this foolish but it annoyed her! Taki was talking bull as usual as if she believed in Nacrinoth's they where no more than a pitiful bed times story! This was no more than a ruse to piss her off, although saying that it had done its job! She looked at Mekki-Maru this was inevitable anyway there was no turning back!

She didn't think as she stood up her angered scream hitting the air she watching as Mekki-Maru's tentacles flew towards Taki. Taki didn't get a chance to think the weapon's razor edged tentacles came towards her. She snarled aloud she was not going to be defeated again! She swung Rekki-Maru around full force only to hear the sound of screeching as the Mekki-Maru's tentacles where cut.

She watched as they fell to the floor twitching painfully before going limp the other tentacles drew back as the light blasted out from Rekki-Maru. Taki grinned evilly, "What's wrong Suzuka you look a little annoyed?" Suzuka pulled back her weapon she snarled aloud watching as Taki and Sophitia came closer. They'd both die she'd beat them once before she could do it again!

Sophitia came forward as Suzuka ran towards Taki she slammed her shield forward full force in to Mekki-Maru's tentacles which flew outwards trying to avoid her shield's light, she smiled as she heard Suzuka's muffled cry as her body was hit full force. Suzuka only felt the pain and agony as her body hit the arena's floor she came to a painful stop on the stone, which only became more painful as she tried to get up.

She turned coughing painfully she narrowed her gaze noting that she was half way across the arena's floor. She put a hand on her stomach groaning painful, her hand grasped Mekki-Maru tighter. This was only a miner pain nothing to be concerned about, she eased herself up on her in to a standing position. Her gaze narrowed she would not be beaten! She was a goddess!

She wielded Mekki-Maru a Soul Edge weapon! The weapons fighting hers where not Soul Edge and she could beat them! She turned only to feel the pain as Taki's hilt made contact with her face she hit the ground on her knees. Taki breathed in deeply this was pitiful! Suzuka was an utter disappointment! She'd somehow hoped Suzuka would try harder but even she knew that Mekki-Maru couldn't stand against both the Omega sword and Rekki-Maru.

She shook her head leaning down slightly "Fight harder if you can!" Suzuka slowly pulled herself up she painfully spat the blood that was in her mouth on to the floor. Taki watched her calmly she watched as tentacles of Mekki-Maru swung up wards towards her only to screech in pain as she rose Rekki-Maru which blasted out white light. Her gaze narrowed as the Omega sword cut through the screaming tentacles.

Suzuka didn't get a chance to look up as Sophitia boot made contact with her chest, she cried out in pain. Sophitia turned slamming her foot into the fallen woman's knee "See how you like a good beating shall we!" She slammed her foot down across Suzuka's face causing a spray of blood to fly through the air the ninja woman hit the floor back first coughing and choking.

Taki eyed Suzuka who was lying on the floor she watched a blood began to drip out of from the woman's nose. No doubt Sophitia's foot had broken her nose not that it really mattered it wasn't like the pain for Suzuka was going to end quickly anyway. She grinned evilly it was enjoyable watching her suffer, seeing the look in her face the one that had a slight fear in it.

She brought her foot down hard on the woman's weapon hand causing to scream. She bent her toes watching as Mekki-Maru was freed from her grip. The weapon slid across the floor it's remaining tentacles flying around wildly. She pushed her foot down harder listening to the cracking sounds as Suzuka's fingers started to break with the force; she stopped ignoring Suzuka's screaming.

She calmly eased her foot of watching as the woman bent over in agony while holding her hand, which had three limp fingers. She slowly moved her gaze to Sophitia an evil smirk crossing her lips "I don't want to have all the fun would you like to break something?" She was about to say something more when the Elk Shield spun past her causing her hair to be blown back.

It smashed in to the kneeling Suzuka's side sending her tumbling across the arena's floor, Taki winced hearing the crack of one of the woman's ribs. She watched as the glowing weapon returned to its owner who caught it. Taki raised her eyebrow noting Sophitia's angered face as she pulled the shield back in to position, she turned to Suzuka who was coughing in agony "That must have really hurt, real shame she missed your head."

She twirled Rekki-Maru between her fingers "Still I'm guessing my beautiful girlfriend is saving her most painful blows till last." She felt her hand as it formed a fist she ignored the cracking sound of her own knuckles "I just like listening to you scream." She slammed out her foot tripping Suzuka up before she could get to her knees, she grinned hearing Suzuka's cry of pain as her fist impacted with her chest.

Suzuka watched as Taki backed away slightly, the woman was playing with her! Both her and Sophitia where taking turns to beat her! She pulled up her right hand trying to move her first three fingers with no luck at all. She coughed painfully her lungs where burning everything hurt, she narrowed her gaze seeing that Mekki-Maru wasn't far away she could call it to her!

She eased up her hand listening to it hiss as one of it's tentacles slammed in to he floor as it began to drag itself towards her. Taki watched as the weapon slid across the floor she moved back flipping as one of tentacles tried to fly towards her. Her gaze narrowed as the other tentacles wrapped around Suzuka's wrist pulling the weapon in to her broken hand.

She glared watching them wrap themselves around the three broken fingers, so that the woman could grasp the weapon. She shrugged her shoulders this was a pointless attempt by Suzuka. The woman was probably in so much pain from the previous blows that she couldn't get up so she was trying to use the Soul Edge weapon again. Not that it would help her at all.

Taki brought Rekki-Maru up to her eye level watching the blade glint in the low light, She slammed the weapon around full force watching as a spray of blood flew through the air as it tore across Suzuka's knee. She pulled back watching Suzuka cry out in pain the woman slowly started to crawl away. She pulled back watching as the blood began to drip down her blade.

Suzuka pulled herself along the floor, she ignored the blood that was dripping from her leg, it was just flesh after all! Weak flesh blood and bone! She swung her weapon around watching as one of the tentacles barrowed in to the open wound. She groaned painfully feeling her body jerk in pain, she closed her good eye glaring at Taki, and whatever the woman broke she could repair!

Taki pulled back in disgust she watched as veins burst through Suzuka's trousers going up the side of her wounded leg. She noted Sophitia's horrified gaze the blonde woman turned her head getting angrier. Taki flicked her weapon slightly " You know Suzuka I knew you where stupid but I never realized you where that stupid." She took a slow step forward "Using that weapon to heal yourself is madness!"

She shrugged her shoulders "Still it explains why you're not dieing quickly, your just using it to prolong your agony." She flipped Rekki-Maru "You really shouldn't have it mean's I'll get to hurt you more." She smirked gazing at Sophitia "Mean's Sophitia gets to break more of your bones." Suzuka sneered easing herself around; she pulled up Mekki-Maru "Fuck off!"

She watched as the tentacles flew towards Taki there was a flash of silver as they where severed clean off. She watched in slow motion as they fell to the ground twisting then going limp. While the others Sophitia had severed earlier lay in the demon stomach acid near by, which burnt hissing as it them away. She slammed her good hand down hard she wasn't going to die!

She swung Mekki-Maru around only to feel pain immense pain in her wrist, she watched as red liquid flew through the air. She tried to move but she wasn't quick enough as the Omega sword pieced her shoulder, going through her back. Her good eye widened as she met Sophitia's enraged gaze, she felt the weapon hit the floor behind her she turned to her hand.

There was no hand! She looked up at the bone and the blood, which was dripping down, in front of her eyes. Her severed hand was lying close by still holding the weapon. She screamed in agony as Sophitia yanked her weapon free causing her wounded body to hit the ground painfully. She looked at the bone again in was so depressing no hand, no finger's.

She could still reach her limp hand though and she could pry her weapon free from it, she just needed time. She eased herself up trying to crawl forward on her knees, stupid fuckin Greek! She turned spitting at Sophitia, her gaze lowered as her robes began to stain red from the wound. She could heal herself! She was not going to let some ugly wound be the death of her!

Sophitia watched as Suzuka began to crawl away she was surprised how much of a fight the woman was putting up, if you could call it fight. It was more like a desperate struggle to stay alive using Mekki-Maru to repair her body. She took a step forward she wasn't going to give her satisfaction of being able to grab her weapon. She narrowed her gaze as Taki began to move forward on the opposite side of her.

Suzuka eased herself up on to her knees her weapon was right in front of her she eased her fingers around her blades end who's last few tentacles started to flay upwards with her touch. A sheering pain hit her hand causing her scream she looked up seeing Rekki-Maru's glowing blade, which had gone deep in through the flesh of her upper hand. She let go of Mekki-Maru trying to control the pain.

Taki pulled the Rekki-Maru causing Suzuka to scream "You know it's pointless trying to use Mekki-Maru to heal yourself, what ever you heal I'll just cut off again." She slammed her foot around. She felt it impact with Suzuka's chest sending the woman tumbling across the arena's floor, the woman groaned lying there unmoving her sliced hand dripping new pools of red blood on to the floor.

Suzuka opened her good eye only to feel Sophitia's foot as it came down on her leg, she watched as the blonde woman brought her shield down. Suzuka could only choke as the pain flew through her system as the weapon hit her in the stomach. She tried to move only to feel a hand grabbing her by the collar she was hauled up her gaze meeting Taki's. The woman just looked at her for a moment.

Taki leaned forward looking in to the good eye she ignored the white ones sudden movement "You called me pathetic once! Well who's pathetic now!" She watched as Suzuka started to struggle her gaze narrowed "Sophitia's served your hand and wounded you, and I'm going to get lots of pleasure cutting you up!" She raised Rekki-Maru "I'll start by cutting out that blind eye of yours it's always irritated me!"

Sophitia turned slightly ignoring the screams that shook the arena's walls, she turned slightly seeing a white eye roll across the ground it, stopped still in pool of blood it's served steam lying there while the white sightless pupil looked in to the nothingness. She turned watching Taki flick the blood of Rekki-Maru before throwing the still screaming woman across the ground.

She could see that was Taki was finding this fun the look in her girlfriend's eyes just said it all. She shook her head the thing was she couldn't say she didn't like it ether, Suzuka had caused nothing but suffering to those around her. The woman was getting her just deserts; she turned looking at her wounded shoulder this was just what anyone would've done to the woman so she shouldn't feel guilty for her actions.

She watched as Suzuka held her head in the place where the blind eye had been. She shrugged then flung her shield, she watched as it hit the woman in her already wounded knees causing a painful cracking sound as the bone was smashed on impact. She grabbed the weapon as it came back to her then turned watching as Taki leaned over to her ear.

Taki grinned evilly watching as Sophitia's gaze moved to meet hers "You should break her arm the one which you cut her hand clean of." She pulled up her finger running it across the woman's chest line she knew in her mind this was wrong. She knew was incising the already enraged woman, but she couldn't really stop herself she knew Sophitia wanted revenge as much as she did.

She blew gently in to her ear; she moved her gaze watching Sophitia tense up, the younger woman started to walk forward Taki swung around trying to follow. Sophitia flipped her sword around so the hilt was facing forward. Suzuka felt a jolt of agony go through her as Sophitia's sword hilt impacted with her stomach. She hit the ground only to be dragged up by the hair.

Sophitia tightened her grip on the black hair, which she was holding with her shield hand. She grinned widely bringing the hilt back she looked at the weapon for a moment remembering how a blow like that felt. Taki stopped as Sophitia started to slam her sword hilt in to the woman's stomach repeatedly, Suzuka's feet where almost leaving the floor with the force of the blows.

She grimaced she couldn't imagine how painful that was, she watched as Sophitia pulled up her knee slamming her knee right between Suzuka legs. This caused the woman to howl in pain. Taki could see that Sophitia was really getting pleasure out of doing this, not she blamed her this was actuality the same thing Suzuka had done to Sophitia the first time they'd come face to face.

Now Sophitia was doing the same thing back but with a lot more violence she moved back as her girlfriend grabbed Suzuka's shoulder, she suddenly jumped up swinging herself in mid air while turning Suzuka around. She landed behind her slamming her shield right in to the back of the woman's head. Taki moved to one side as Suzuka hit the ground next to her.

She leaned down grabbing the back of the woman's collar ignore her eyeless socket on the right side. She watched as the woman tried to struggle but it was a weak effort on her part. She grunted aloud then brought her knee up slamming it full force in Suzuka's chest, she flipped Rekki-Maru maybe it was time to do some real damage. She slammed the weapon down in to the woman's lower back watching as it went right through the dark armour.

She pushed it in further then twisted it hearing the splinting sound of bone, probably the woman's spinal cord not that it really mattered. She twisted the blade to one side ignoring the cries of pain and the blood, which began to drip on to her feet. She ripped Rekki-Maru out sharply then tossed Suzuka she watched the woman landed close by Sophitia who kicked her in the shoulder.

She raised an eyebrow watching as Suzuka struggled trying to move her body with no luck. Rekki-Maru's blade had obviously served the spinal cords in her lower back, which meant she couldn't move anything below the waist. She smiled somehow that pleased her it meant the woman would be very easy to kill now. She could just go up and gut her it wasn't like she was going to struggle.

Taki narrowed her gaze as Sophitia moved around the battered; bleeding ex ninja she was no doubt figuring out what to do next. She calmly put her weapon behind her back, oh how joyful this was. How easy it was as well somehow she'd expected a fight, she turned her gaze to Mekki-Maru which was lying still on the floor it's tentacles shaking no doubt because it's owner was dying.

Sophitia slowly eased up her weapon watching as the lightning began to fly outwards from the blade, which caught alight with red flames. She turned eyeing Suzuka again the woman struggling on the floor, she could see the hole in her armours back where Rekki-Maru had gone through. She calmly put her swords flaming point running it across the armour's back.

She cocked her head to one side gripping her weapon tighter, half turning her gaze as the red flames blasted higher turning to white. She ran her blade across Suzuka's armoured back watching as the armour turned red as her blade heated it. The woman instantly started to scream; she moved her weapon back watching as the red line followed.

This was no doubt burning her robes under the armour, which was burning her skin at the same time. She pulled her weapon away then pulled up the point to it was over the already open hole, which Taki had made with Rekki-Maru. A sadistic smile slowly spread across her face, she leaned forward jamming her swords red-hot point in to the armours open hole.

All she heard was screaming and the sound of sizzling, under the armour plating she yanked out the weapon, she'd like to the bitch try and heal herself now. She turned watching as Taki came forward her eyes drifted to Suzuka who was whimpering as well as sobbing. Taki twirled Rekki-Maru she turned kicking Suzuka over so the woman was on her front and facing her.

She lowered herself to her knees grabbing Suzuka by the collar her gaze moved to the balcony, her clan and friends where silent. She turned back pulling the still whimpering woman up to face her. She could see in her one good eye that she wanted it all to end Taki grunted aloud she'd make it end for her in a very painful manner. She calmly raised Rekki-Maru narrowing her eyes.

She watched the weapon catch the light "Now I'm going to gut you, it's going to be really painful, and your going to bleed internally" She snarled aloud "You are going to see the world with your one eye before you die!" She spat in the woman's face "Your going to see my face and know that me and my girlfriend where the ones who killed you! I do hope Emma-O's there to greet you on the other side bitch!"

She slammed her weapon full force into Suzuka's stomach, she grinned pushing the blade to one side slowly, she could feel blood running over her fingers but ignored it gazing in to the woman's one turquoise eye which had gone wide in shock. Her body stared to shake which was replaced by her coughing as she started to bring up blood. Taki shoved her weapon further across her stomach.

She yanked it out viciously, the woman fell on the ground clutching her stomach with her one hand while her other arm shook. She slowly stood up only to see a flash of silver as Sophitia slammed her blazing sword in to Suzuka's chest. Taki moved back watching as Suzuka's armoured front was burnt away, her whole rip cavity appeared as the burning continued.

She watched as Sophitia's swords fire disappeared Sophitia pulled her weapon free in one swift motion instantly turning away as Suzuka's dead carcass finally hit the ground. Her one eye wide open staring in at the word in front of her, a world she could no longer see or hear a world she was leaving at this moment. A world that she'd caused suffering in as well as death.

Taki watched Suzuka's pupil move to the centre of her eye before going still. She watched in what felt like slow motion as the woman's good hand hit the ground. Her body shook one last time before the silence finally fell over the arena. She turned staring at the open chest cavity where Suzuka's ribs could be seen clearly that was a really brutal thing of Sophitia to do but somehow it hadn't surprised her.

She bent down again pulling up a large piece of Suzuka's hair then sharply cut it, she raised it up looking at it. Then turned spitting at the dead woman again, at least she'd have a trophy piece for her wall now. She turned watching as the ninja's lowered their bows slightly. She grunted aloud so much for the woman being a Nacrinoth! She'd just resurrected herself!

Sophitia turned slightly poking Suzuka's dead body with her sword "I was expecting a demon." Taki looked at the lock of hair in her bloody hand "So was I." She turned looking in to Suzuka's dead eye" My family will get rid of the body, I just want to leave this place right now." She lowered her gaze " It's been a long day and I want to sit in my family's garden."

She felt Sophitia's hand on her shoulder "We won though didn't we." Taki looked at her bloody hand "Yes we did, I just need some fresh air." She calmly turned her gaze to Mekki-Maru who tentacles had gone limp it's eye was closed and it looked dead. She leaned down looking at it she'd put this thing back to sleep. This time she'd make it sleep forever!

It would not harm another innocent person again! It had caused her enough trouble as it was! She kicked Suzuka's dead hand of its hilt in one swift motion. She stopped short hearing a hissing sound her eyes narrowed She pulled her hand away as the eye in the weapon's eye shot open. It glared at her angrily. Taki pulled back slightly in confusion what the fuck was going on? It was meant to be dead!

All Soul Edge weapons where the same once you kill the owner the weapon loses all its power! There every existence depended on their owner, because they used their owner's very soul as a way of drawing life. She breathed in deeply maybe it was still alive because it was on it's last legs and hadn't died yet. She shrugged putting her hand down only to feel a bolt of agonizing pain.

She looked down one of the tentacles points had jammed it self in to her thigh. She growled pulling it out forcefully she turned seeing Sophitia worried gaze. She turned back to the tentacle, which had started to squirm violently under her grip "You'd think this thing would just die wouldn't you, but no it just has to carry on fighting!" Sophitia leaned down slightly "Are you alright?"

Taki eyed her bleeding wound "Yeah I'm fine it's just a flesh wound." She squeezed harder watching as black blood started to spray from the violently squirming limp "I'll just put it out of its misery manually." She turned pulling her foot up getting ready to bring it down on the eye only to feel an agonizing pain as the sword's tentacle flew free from her hand.

The weapon moved across the floor like lightning, she turned in shock as it flung itself in to Suzuka's chest cavity. It's tentacles coming apart twisting themselves around the ribs these turned to pulsing veins wrapping themselves tight in to the dead woman's insides. Taki growled in announce looking at the weapons eye which was gazing back at her in a pissed of manner.

She took a step forward glaring at the living weapon "You know what your fuckin annoying!" She pulled up Rekki-Maru "I know you can understand me so listen up! That bitch whose body you controlled is dead! So stop trying to save yourself by clinging to it!" She turned slamming her foot in to the ground "Try as you might it's not going to come back life!"

Sophitia turned slightly watching as Taki, put Suzuka's lock of hair behind her scabbards straps "What's Mekki-Maru trying to do?" Taki flicked Rekki-Maru's blade slightly "Oh it's just trying to stay alive, it's nothing to worry about." She shrugged her shoulder "It's okay I'll have this over an done with in seconds, I'll just cut it's veins free and send it back to sleep permanently."

Taki calmly began to walk forward watching as Sophitia followed, her gaze moved as Toki pulled up his sword causing all her family to raise their bows and flaming arrows again. She didn't know why they where bothering this was nothing but a simple task, which she could deal with quite easily it, was no more than breaking the veins free.

Darkness and blackness in a swirling of red, blood red. It was slowly replaced with shadows, dark shadows that form fingers and a mouth of dagger like teeth. Nothing makes sense is this death? No this can't be death, death is a god this is, I don't know what this monster is as it grabs me with it's one long fingered hands who's claws wrap around my waist. This is not death! This is….

Taki stopped short as Suzuka's body suddenly jerked she pulled back that was odd. She shrugged it off it was probably just the veins inside pulling making movement, there was no way Suzuka was alive. She jerked her head up watching the body shake violently she eased up Rekki-Maru glaring at the weapon's eye "You know your a very clever little bastard but that's going to fool me!"

She felt a shaking under her feet, she watching in surprise and horror as the woman's eye, which had been pulled out sped across the floor. It jumped up landing back in the sightless socket. She heard Sophitia's cry of shock as the woman's severed hand slid across the ground she watched as the hand slowly brought itself up to the wrist. The veins in the arm slowly pulled the hand forward attaching it.

She heard the sound of movement as the blind eye reacted itself, what the fuck was going on?! This was not possible! It had to be a trick or something a trick played by Mekki-Maru! She took a step back watching as the veins pulsed finally pulling the hand into place causing the fingers to twitch. Sophitia watched as Taki backed off she turned seeing Suzuka's turquoise eye start to change colour.

Red blood slowly swept in to the turquoise eye, turning it completely red while the other eye remained white although blood shot streaks started to show. She watched in stunned silence as Suzuka's body pulled itself up in to a sitting position. She could hear the ninja horrified cries from above; she swung around watching as Suzuka teeth started to change, the lower and upper canines started to lengthen.

She could see Taki confusion and horror, she turned raising her sword as the blood red eye suddenly lit up a blazing red, she watched the dead body turn it's head to both her and Taki. Then it turned looking down slightly a wide smile spreading across its face while it hand with it nails, which where starting to grow claw like made a fist. Taki breathed in taking a step forward "What the hell?"

"Hells rather nice."

Taki stopped in mid motion it spoke? How the hell could it speak? She twirled Rekki-Maru "That wasn't Suzuka's voice ether! It was her voice but there was a husky evil almost male voice talking over it. She took a step forward very slowly "Mekki-Maru right, your speaking through Suzuka's corpse!" The dead woman's head moved again "Foolish human female as if I'd need a Soul Edge sword to speak!"

Taki backed away as the dead body stood up on it's own it moved like some kind of zombie with it's back hunched over and it's arms hanging down. The red eye looked at her again "I am the darkness, I am the god of all things that wallow in filth, I bring the living sword to me to merge with it!" Taki slowly folded her arms "Another demon with a high opinion of itself."

The dead body slowly raised its right arm "I am that which you fear, all who fear me despair in there pity for I have no enemies my kind are the strongest of all shadow walkers." Taki watched as Sophitia moved back "Nacrinoth! So there was no Suzuka you where in control the whole fuckin time! I'm impressed you kept control of Suzuka that long!"

Suzuka dead head moved "Suzuka, ah yes Suzuka the body the pitiful flesh and blood I've lived in for many years. No this is not the real body I consumed the real body while in it's grave in the place where the humans build white pillar towers." The dead fingers twitched "Suzuka is long gone, I just made a copy of the flesh and bone and mind I took the soul for myself like those innocent young human souls"

The dead body slowly shifted forward "I used the flesh vessel and made it believe it had never died, I used its desirers to get what I wanted, you where a desirer which it's dead mind needed to harm. So I harmed you and the other female who you are with. I just wanted the Soul Edge weapon you hold as it can give me full life and power in this world and make me stronger than my ancestors."

Suzuka head turned staring the Jin Uni Ki on the balcony "I will not allow others of my kind to die because of those who are not demons anymore but white lap dogs with wings." It turned spitting out blood from it's mouth "The vessel is pointless now, I do not feel a need to repair it, weak flesh and mortal bone are useless to me. Unless I hide with in there is no use for it."

Taki leaned forward "You're disgusting, using another's body just so you could get what you wanted." Suzuka's dead head moved "Fool you shouldn't provoke me, I am the suffering of man kind! I'm not like your shadow walkers! I eat your shadows walkers there no more than food!" Taki turned pulling up Rekki-Maru "Your just another demon to me until you prove different."

The glowing red eye closed slightly "I see, you want to see me as I am, you are even more foolish than your same sex girlfriend, at least she's the one standing here who doesn't want to know what I look like." Suzuka dead clawed hand slowly pulled up " You on the other hand want to see the Shadow Lords wrath, you have curiously unmatched to those before you.

The gleaming red eye narrowed to a slit "You want to see hell, you want to see fire, you want what thousands have wanted before you. A real challenge to prove your worth much like your same sex girlfriend." The clawed hand formed a fist "So be it, you will have your fire, and you will see your death as I consume you drawing in both hers and your soul in to my stomach."

"You will join the others who scream with in me, there souls never free, who I drew strength from strength which has kept me alive all these years." The glowing red eye went wide "Those other fools on the balcony will join you soon after, and I will be free to roam your country and eat what I please." Taki slowly folded her arms " You won't leave here alive! No demon ever leaves here alive."

She was answered with a laugh from the dead body in front of her. Suzuka blind eye moved slightly "We shall see female we shall see." Taki turned sharply watching the dead body shake violently. Her gaze widened as Mekki-Maru's veins blasted through the flesh wrapping themselves around the arms and legs. Two veins came out from behind her ears wrapping themselves in her cheeks.

They pulsed turning red as blood began to move through them, more veins busted I out of the chest cavity covering the open bone and wrapping them selves behind the dead woman's back. Taki took a horrified step back as the hands began to turn to yellow claws and the bones started to spilt, black liquid oozed out as the fresh began to disappear. She could only watch in horror, as the dead body was consumed by it.

The body bones could be heard cracking and spitting in the pulsating mass of black liquid, which moved jerked around on the floor. She watched as the black pulsing mass began to reform. She watched as a three meter long tail with yellow spines appeared from it its tip bearing a huge pike like yellow bladed tail. A huge set of spines surfaced as the lower back appeared.

From this huge body's upper back came to massive back arms, each with long spines on the elbow these ended with two huge staking yellow spines at each end. She stopped in silence seeing that these where not the true arms of this horrible nightmarish black body but merely staking arm much like those spider legs used by the Shoji. The horror of it all was these where seven times bigger.

She grabbed her weapon tighter as the huge dangling arms with long fingers came in to view these hands where big enough to hold a man in. One of these hands had two yellow spikes are the wrist while the other was bone like with huge horns coming out of the shoulder and wrist. It's huge legs rose up each with a huge yellow set of claws on it and a back claw at the heal.

It's huge back had hundreds of yellow spines sticking up she could only hold her breath as the hug neck with it's yellow pines started to rise up before her. The massive head slowly appeared almost causing her to step back in terror. It rose up its enormous crest with horns catching the light. This crest was more than two meters long only made longer by its huge yellow horns.

At it's end was the head which could move in side the crest's lower half, it was a mouth a huge mouth with no snout just a head of teeth huge razor sharp teeth. She watched as the saliva began to drip from its jaws as it opened its huge mouth hissing at her. A two meter long red tongue shot out it moved through the air then snapped back in to the jaws.

She starred in terrified silence as the sightless head moved left and then to right as the final liquid disappeared back in to its black nightmare of a body. It's legs moved with there back spines on the thigh as it's came forward it's thirteen feet of high towering over her and Sophitia she watched as it's guarded shoulders of spikes on each side grew out wards.

It stopped still again as an eye burst through its chest it was the eye of Mekki-Maru. She could only watch as the Soul Edge weapons veins burst through again wrapping around the huge demon in front. They wrapped around the black bodies legs and arms and chest as well as back two worked their way up its neck and wrapped around the lower chest.

She couldn't see her weapon! What had happened to it? She watched for a moment as the veins pulsed showing of a glint of silver, which vanished instantly. Taki raised her weapon it was still in the things chest cavity! She watched as Sophitia started to move back she could hear the cries of panic from behind her. She turned around watching as the face moved to look at her.

"Still feeling brave female? Still feeling worthy? Or are you in despair?"

Taki looked up slowly the mouth hadn't moved at all but she could hear it as clear as day she watched as it swung its bladed tail it's crested head turned towards the cage of the Shoji that was near by. The demon inside was going in crazy trying to get out its terror could be seen as the huge demons hand reached towards it "All who look upon me despair."

Sophitia watched in horror, as the cage was pulled free from its chain the demon inside started thrashing around painfully trying to get free. The lightning come from the bars did not affect the Nacrinoth at all as it used its boned hand to pry the bars back. She watching in silence as it pulled the Shoji free swinging the demon in its hand like it was some plaything.

The Shoji could only howl and struggle as the huge hand moved it towards the huge mouth of teeth, Sophitia found herself backing of as green blood spattered all over the arena's floor. She could still hear the Shoji whimpering as it's boned where crushed in side the row of massive teeth, she turned away grimacing trying not to fix her gaze on the still moving spider arm that was moving outside the Nacrinoth's mouth.

She watched it pull it's head back swallowing the rest of the demon while using it' other hand to pick the already dead Uni So An Ki which it tour in half. The acids of the demon's insides didn't burn its flesh as they spilled out over the floor mixing with the lake of green blood. It turned it's other hand throwing the mangled cage in to the abyss then turned throwing the half chewed Uni So An Ki at the balcony.

She watched as Keiko ducked avoiding the left over shoulders of the dead demon, her gaze could only widened as the demon brought out it's tongue licking it's eyeless head it turned back to Taki "Now you've seen the darkness do you want to join it?" It paused slamming down its clawed foot causing the arena to shake "Or are you still standing there believe in your soul that you can defeat me?"

Taki turned leering at the monster above her "Your just a demon, I can still kill you and I am going to kill you!" The demons head rose up its roar bellowing through the temple causing the cups still on Toki's throne to fall off hitting the floor with a clatter. It turned it's jaws bearing " Then death is yours you filthy little human female who screws other females of your kind. I will make you and the other female suffer before you die!"

Taki slowly readied herself she could hear Sophitia doing the same "You know you've been in Suzuka's body way to long your starting to sound like her." The huge demon pulled back then snarled at her it opened its mouth hissing. She breathed in deeply pushing her foot deeper in to the blood stained ground "That must really be fucked up for you? When you start sounding like what you eat."

She laughed aloud "It's like that saying you are what you eat, so I guess in your case she didn't digest well in that stomach of yours since it seems that far to much of her being is in your demon side." She twirled Rekki-Maru "Must really get to you having part of a human's personality swimming around in your brain which is hidden somewhere inside that massive horned crest of yours."

The huge demon's foot slammed in to the floor as it lowered it's crested head "You die!" Toki turned sharply "Fire your arrows! Fire them all! Now! He kneeled as blast of white flaming arrows shot over his head. He narrowed his gaze as they slammed in to the huge demon's body causing it to half stumble the flaming arrows could be seen still burning in it's sides it looked up slightly "You think you can kill me with arrows!"

He watched in shock horror as the flaming white arrows where absorbed in to it's flesh. He turned to his children "Fire again!" His gaze turned as the arrows flew over his head in a rush. He could only watch as the same thing happened the demon turned to him "Pathetic human arrows. Pitiful as if your weapons can stand up to me! It turned swinging its whip like tail slamming it in to the balcony.

Taki watched as the demon pulled up it's tail slamming again as more arrows hit it's body, she turned seeing Sophitia's anger, her gaze narrowed as she turned swinging Rekki-Maru at it's leg watching as it blasted in to white flames. It hit the huge monsters leg full force causing it to howl she watched as it's huge head turned back looking at her, the next moments where painful as it's clawed hand came towards her.

She felt the blow in her sides as she was thrown, causing her to hit the floor full force on her back. She rolled quickly as the huge foot came down bashing the ground where she had been. The Nacrinoth pulled up again only to roar in pain as a huge arrow lodged itself in its side causing silver blood to fly through the air. It turned breaking the arrow of with its hand.

It turned back ignoring her, it's huge feet hitting the ground as it thundered towards the baloney. Its long boned hand rose up, as it got ready to slam its tail in to the huge stone again "You die, you filthy white mutt!" Ryozo picked up another arrow fixing it in his massive bow he snarled pulling forcefully using all his back muscles "Die yourself you ugly bastard!"

He watched his arrow fly free only to be hit in mid flight by the demons tail, which caused it to break. He watched as Keiko ran forward throwing her wings out sending light blasting out causing it to screech and pull away. It came again only to hit by the light, which, made it screech causing it to put its hands on it crested head while backing away quickly.

It came forward again ignoring the flaming ninja's arrows, which pounded its massive body each being absorbed. Its huge hand rose up as it slammed across the balcony causing it shake with the force. It reared up its hand getting ready to strike again this time ignoring the light from Keiko's wings, which blasted outward lighting the area.

Taki watched in surprise as sudden white blast of light shot out of the abyss hitting the demons upper arm causing blood to fly through the air. She could only smile as hit Yasashiku hit the surface. Kiyoshi was right behind him he had Jiro on his back, as he hit the surface he yanking out his huge sword taking a swing at the Nacrinoth who turned around trying to lash out at them only to miss.

Kiyoshi followed his father as they headed towards the balcony trying to avoid the arrows as they flew past him hitting the Nacrinoth. He turned ducking as the demons huge tail swung out slamming in to the balcony. He felt the force as his clawed feet made impact with the balcony, he turned quickly pulling Jiro of, they where very short on time now! This demon would only grow stronger.

He turned watching as his father landed heavily then turned running across joining Keiko, Jiro swung he turned his head staring at the demon that was trying to come towards them only to be fired at by the ninja's arrows. He stumbled trying to take up a good position sitting himself down painfully next to his brother while pulling out his bow, so much for there great entrance they had come to late!

He turned in anger watching as Yasashiku stood mid centre pulling up his weapon "All of you form a line!" He quickly and painfully pulled himself in to the line, ignoring his tattered wing. He slowly eased up his bow pulling it back he watched as Keiko and Kiyoshi did the same there huge silver bows cracked back in to position as they readied to fire at the huge monster.

Yasashiku slammed his clawed hand down "Fire!" He moved watching as the Nacrinoth was knocked back as the Jin Uni Ki arrows with their huge blazing white tips hit it as it tried to head towards the balcony. He snarled pulling up his huge sword "Fire again! With the ninja's and don't stop!" He pulled up his huge armoured wings "Don't hit Taki or Sophitia ether and if tries to harm them shoot it!"

Toki pulled himself around "Direct your fire on it! Don't let it get up here and if you see it get close to the Jin Uni Ki aim your fire at it!" he was answered with a grunt from his children who carried on firing using the arrow stores which where kept behind the thrown room. He knew the couldn't keep this up forever the Jin Uni Ki and his children would run out of arrows it was a matter of time.

Yasashiku turned glaring at the situation, it was not long before this demon would beable to resist there fire, they had to hit it in the head before then other wise they had only one choice left that being an aerial assault, with sword teeth and claws. As well as use intense Jin Uni Ki magic, which would be bad news since Jiro who was there best at aired combat couldn't fly.

Sophitia watched as a sea of arrows showed in to the demon some slamming in to its body other missing and jamming themselves in to the wall. The Nacrinoth's huge tail moved in flash causing her to duck her head as it slammed in to the balcony. She turned looking at Taki "What do we do?" Taki pulled herself of the floor "How do we Soul charge?"

Sophitia ducked down to her knees as a huge arrow hit the beast's leg " Speak the word Ityt! It means heavens gate in the ancient Jin Uni Ki language!" Taki pulled back "Heavens gate? You know that's just weird!" She leapt back as the huge bone hand came down "I thought it was going to be spell not a word!" She pulled back as the huge tail came down behind her.

She turned to meet her girlfriend's worried gaze "We have to help my family start cutting in to this ugly fucker!" Sophitia turned she watched as Taki took the right side reading her weapon. She ducked watching as the tail flew up its spiked end narrowly missing her. This was insane! This was so dame insane words just couldn't explain it! She was trying to take out a demon while being showed with flaming arrows.

How where they going to take this thing down? Was it even possible? She watched as more huge arrows flew past. She snarled as the Omega sword caught alight she turned thrusting it around full force in to the beast's leg. She heard the monster roar above her she pulled her hand away as silver blood hit the floor soaking one of her boots. She turned slamming the wound with her shield.

Taki moved fast whipping her weapon across the beast huge tail, silver blood glistened as shot past her face she pulled back striking again with Rekki-Maru's flaming blade she watched more blood fly from the tail. Before it hit the balcony again causing a rumble, which shook everything around her. She turned glaring at the crested head she was going to kill this son of bitch!

The Nacrinoth raised its clawed hand slowly he would end this arrow throwing! This pitiful attempt by both the Jin Uni Ki and ninja's to hurt him. He snarled pulling out his tongue licking its face. He snarled slowly opened his mouth feeling the heat rise from within. Then pulled back it's head feeling the flames rise in it's throat, it would torch these puny fuckers back in to oblivion!

Taki shot her head feeling the heat she watched as ball of red flames began to gather in the huge monsters mouth, The Nacrinoth eased back it's head aiming for the Jin Uni Ki. She watched as Yasashiku raised his clawed hand white light blasting out from them getting ready to stop what ever the demon was going throw at them. She turned sharply she had to do something now!

She snarled her blade slowly rose up; she felt it as it began to spin in her hand! The white flames blasting outwards while lightning shot upwards. She turned screaming at the top of her lungs. She jumped up without a second thought jamming the blade in to the veins in its knee. She watched it pull up its head in agony the huge ball of flames shooting upward away from the balcony.

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Mitsurugi calmly walked along the narrow dusty path leading to Hoko-Ji town whose long bamboo and tree forest would take him to the Hoko-Ji temple. He still couldn't believe he was doing this he was a busy man with far better things to do. He had no real reason to even be here, He breathed in deeply as he came to a stop on the dusty path, he calmly adjusted his sword.

He'd come all this was because of some stupid, moron from the Costal Defence Force called Hwang who'd paid him to go up and check up on Seung Mina. Why the bastard couldn't go himself was beyond him, if he cared about her so much like he'd claimed why couldn't he do it? How on earth had Seung Mina ended up with him as a love interest? All he cared about was himself.

The guy was such a dick! Why is it he'd even let him drink in his tavern? Oh that's right he'd had money lots of money, which he'd said Seung Mina fathers had given him. He rolled his eyes, some big hero that guy was even though he had mentioned that she might be in trouble he hadn't gone running to save her. No he'd offered money to get someone else to do his job.

He turned his gaze to the farmers who where calmly digging the earth in the fields, he slowly put his pipe in his mouth he watched as one of the farmer woman looked up "Are you alright sir?" Mitsurugi raised an eyebrow "I'm fine." He paused "Tell me has there been anything a miss at the Hoko Ji temple?" The young woman looked up slowly "Nothing sir."

She paused looking at him in confusion "It's been quite for days the ninja's here don't harm as they protect as, the Fu-Ma clan has never harmed a Samurai who's entered our town ether." She slowly pushed up her bamboo hat "If your looking those Seki ninja clan murders who killed members of the Satomi samurai clan they've fled to the mountains." She shook her head "Please don't harm Fu-Ma they didn't have anything to do with it."

Mitsurugi slowly lit his long pipe " Don't worry I'm not here to harm Fu-Ma." He stopped as a rumbling hit the air his gaze travelled to the Hoko Ji temple sitting in the distance. He watched in surprise, as part of the upper roof was blasted outwards, and a huge red fire ball went reeling through the sky with tremendous force. He watched as flew far across the town causing screams to echo from bellow.

He stared in shock as it finally came down to land smashing in to the mountain that was close by setting alight to one of the bamboo forests. He felt the pipe slip from his mouth he turned staring at the young woman who was now staring in shock at the spatial. She wasn't the only one the farmers in the fields bellow where starting gather to look at what had happened.

Mitsurugi raised an eyebrow what in hell was going on in there? What on earth where the Fu-Ma ninja's fighting that could blast out something that big! He glanced at the fire, which was starting to burn, that fireball had been bigger than his tavern! If that came from a demon then that was one hell of a demon! He turned watching as one of the huge silver temple dragons unwrapped it's self.

It slowly moved upward wrapping it's self around the hole that the fireball had made he could see from even from the distance that there was ninja magic floating around it which looked like a misty golden fog, he turned watching as it dug its claws in to the open hole then breathed out white flames. His gaze widened in surprise as the roof of the temple began to shake, as it's shattered wood started to rebuild it's self.

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Taki felt the floor as she hit it hard; Rekki-Maru was still in her hand, it's flames where still burning. She found herself back flipping as the Nacrinoth foot hit the ground. It roared in anger pulling up it's clawed hand "I missed because of you! Taki pulled up dodging as the huge tail came down, she could still see the arrows flying through the air.

She turned jumping as the tail came down again she could see Sophitia moving trying to get in a good aim with her sword. Her gaze narrowed as the demon, brought down it's clawed hand. It turned roaring again it's huge tongue coming out of its mouth "I'll crush your skull you puny female thing! Taki watched the veins pulse around its body obviously hitting them caused a lot of pain.

She stopped short, if that hurt so much then it was because of the two demon's merging, to destroy the Soul Edge she'd have to destroy its central power. Which was no doubt it's eye. He gaze travelled as she watched it smash it's hand down missing Sophitia "It's brain was somewhere inside that crest if she could just get up there she could, kill it for good.

One of them would have to cut the eye while the other got on to its massive head, but the only way up there was via becoming food. She watched as Sophitia leapt clean over the huge monster tail while trying to avoid the shower of ninja's arrows that where still coming thick and fast. She could tell her father was doing his best to avoid them, as was the rest of her clan.

She turned as the tail swung hitting the balcony again, it tails spike causing sparks to fly, Her gaze drifted to the huge statue of the shining Buda with it's six arms which rose up on the right side of the arena. She could climb up on that! If she could get to the top she could throw herself on to this ugly bastards head, then get Sophitia to ram her sword in to the Soul Edge eye!

The Nacrinoth turned sharply noticing that the ninja was running under his feet, he turned feeling the saliva drip from his jaws. She would not leave this arena alive! He had not come all this was to have the foolish female run away from him. He snarled feeling a jolt of pain as the other female's sword hit his leg, he roared aloud watching as the arrows flew past him this day was not over!

Toki pulled back noticing that his children where starting to run out of arrows, there would have been more if the assassin guards hadn't fired half of them of when they tried to attack the Jin Uni ki. He looked up the Jin Uni Ki where running out as well, he could see there leather arrow bags on there backs where close to being empty it seemed they had done far more damage than this children had.

He turned they still had throwing spears, and a few spells which the assassin's guard had dropped. He looked up if only they could get to the other door of the great hall on the opposite side where Yosho's potion room was. His son had all the real magic in there that could stop this huge ugly demon. They where running out of time! He knew this demon was intelligent.

He knew it if was like the true story that he'd heard as a child it could learn to resist magic, it could also learn to heal weapon wounds! He turned watching as Yosho's arrows ran out his son threw his bow to the ground grabbing his chain while clutching a long throwing spare in the other hand which he chanted setting alight with blue flames. Yasashiku turned sharply.

The ninja's where starting to run out of arrows, as was his pack he turned seeing that two Jin Uni Ki had finally fired there last arrows which had impacted sticking out like the hundreds of others they'd fired while the ones the ninja's had fired where being absorbed. He growled pulling up his sword watching as the last arrows flew from both his Jin Uni Ki and the Fu-Ma clan.

His Jin Uni Ki pulled up roaring all apart from Jiro spread their wings getting ready to fly he turned to the young Jin Uni Ki who was looking at his broken wing " Jiro defend the ninja's! Defend them with your Life!" The huge Jin Uni Ki male pulled up throwing himself in to a jump that put him right by Toki's side he pulled out his good wing roaring as the final ninja arrow flew, which caused silence to hit the air.

The Nacrinoth slowly turned slamming his feet down causing the running ninja female to be sent flying back across the floor, he turned slamming his tail down in front of the blonde haired female on his other side so she couldn't move forward. He turned seeing that the arrows had stopped he eased up tensing his muscles; the white dogs would attack from the air now.

They where getting ready to fly at him with sword teeth and claws as well as Jin Uni Ki magic. He snarled slowing raising his hand. He slowly putting his tongue around one of the arrows pulling it free he brought it to his mouth crunching it. He felt it's magic on his lips he turned watching as arrows from the Jin Uni Ki began to absorb in to his body while the wounds closed up around his body.

He turned pulling out his tongue "Do you think you can stop me you white human loving dogs! Your as foolish as the female standing at my feet!" He turned snarling at the two female bellow him, he'd get rid of them and let the white dogs watch powerless as they where " Soul Edges child sword enhances me I can heal myself better, making your weapons useless! I am the despair of mankind kneel to me while you still have heads!

Yasashiku turned snarling aloud "I'd rather die than kneel to disgusting being like you! Your kind are the filth of the demon world a place where my kind don't live anymore!" He roared opening his wings "I fight for mankind! You just consume it, which why you should die! No human children should die just to bring one of your kind in to this world!" He slammed his clawed hand down snarling.

The Nacrinoth moved it's head to one side "Young souls are just souls of consumption, powering my life. Suzuka's foolishness ensuring that I lived; even it meant I lived within a shell of her body for some time. It pulled a clawed hand "I still hear those souls screaming from time to time begging for freedom from with in me, their cries are so enjoyable much like Suzuka's.

Yasashiku heard the snarling of his pack from behind him, he turned pulling up his sword "Fight him! Take to the air!" He watched as his pack ran of the balcony their wings spreading. He could hear the sounds of there weapon clattering as they pulled them free. He jumped following them he would kill this soul stealer! It would die just same as it ancestor had on the demon battlefield!

Toki watched as the sky above was filled with white wings, as the Jin Uni Ki began there onslaught, there swords pulled up high as they came plummeting down on the huge demon. He could see Yasashiku pulling back his clawed hand getting ready to perform his first spell. He turned quickly watching as all the spares his children where holding blasted in to blue flames.

Yasashiku breathed in deeply he watched as the huge demon, rose up trying to swing its tail at them causing Keiko to fly backwards in mid air. He snarled watching as the first of the ninja spares began to fly hitting the beast's sides causing it to move its foot so Taki could move. He pulled back his lips feeling his teeth grind together; he eased back his clawed hand watching as red lightning flew out from it.

He would not die! He would fight this thing for all his worth! This was the promise all the Jin Uni Ki had made all those years ago to protect the ninja's from this beast of shadows and take any down who came in to being! If he failed this day the world would see another demon war only this time it wouldn't be led by a being but a demon of immense power.

He pulled back his hand roaring as the blast of red and white light hit the demon's upper shoulder causing it to roar aloud as silver blood flew through the air. It turned its long tongue licking it's shoulder as the huge Jin Uni Ki swords came down across it's back. It turned quickly as Yasashiku pulled back in mid flight with his pack he began to change direction getting ready to come down again.

He knew all this was keeping it's attention away from Taki and Sophitia who where now stuck on opposites ends of the arena and trying to avoid it's tail and feet as they crashed down. He turned pulling back; he raised his clawed hand getting ready to fire his spell once more. He watched with glee as Ryozo and Kiyoshi struck the huge monsters back with their huge swords in mid flight.

He turned grinning as the demon fell down on one knee it's silver blood streaming down it's massive muscles, he snarled pulling back the ball of flames in his hand "This is for my race!" He turned throwing it pull force at the Nacrinoth who's eye in the centre of its chest went wide. He watched as fire sped towards its huge targets upper jaw, which was where it's brain cavity was housed.

Keiko turned sharply, her jaws dropped open as the flaming red bolt turned direction as the demon raised its hand. She couldn't move fast enough as it came towards her. She tried to flap her wings it was all for nothing as the last thing her eyes saw was the fire. All her world turned to darkness, all her thoughts to blackness her body only feeling pain as she finally lost flight.

Jiro watched in horror as the flaming bolt of magic hit Keiko the female Jin Uni Ki was blasted backwards her body crashing in to the balcony with horrible force. Her huge wings tumbling in motion as she finally came to a stop her armour screeching as it hit the stone and huge tail flailing as she stopped still motional less. Her manned head hit the ground, blood running through the razor sharp teeth.

Seung Mina moved quickly, she couldn't help the ninja's but she could help this huge demon. She watched as Kilik and Aeon followed she came to a stop over the huge female demon who was lying on her back motionless. Aeon turned quickly putting a hand on Keiko's huge head trying to lift it up the huge female still didn't move, he pulled up a hand up to the nostrils.

He leaned over feeling hot breath on his hand, he turned sharply " She's breathing help me turn her over!" Mina leaned on the huge furry body pushing with all her strength, she watched Kilik do the same the huge armoured body slowly turned, they could see now that the huge Jin Uni Ki's leg was bleeding badly. As was her shoulder which could be seen under the armour.

Aeon watched as the huge head suddenly moved the glowing purple eyes opened he watched as Keiko coughed spitting up blood he leaned over slightly "You okay Keiko?" The huge demon turned to one side "I'm not okay, I'm bleeding internally…I need to sleep, I can't heal myself unless I sleep." He watched as the huge female tried to get up only to hit the floor again.

Aeon pulled up her head "You sleep you die." Keiko coughed again bringing up more blood "I'm not human! Let me sleep! I'll die if I don't sleep!" She turned half closing her eyes "To you death might be sleep…to me it mean's salvation." She coughed again watching as her own red blood trickled under the brown haired girls knee " I won't die I'll just become…"

Aeon watched as her head hit the ground he turned staring in horror as the wings hit the ground. He watched as silver mist began to come out of the fur. It slowly began to settle on the furry body he watched in silence as the purple eyes opened for a second then dimmed as they closed again. He found him self-leaning over as the sadness washed over him.

She was dead, the Jin Uni Ki who had helped him was now dead, he pushed the sparking fur hoping her would get some movement but nothing came. She had just tried to be brave in her last moments by trying to say she wouldn't die. Demons where like humans they could die they could feel pain! Now she was gone and he was felt alone left by a demon he'd called friend.

Yasashiku turned hearing his son's roar of pain hit the air! He watched in horror as the young Jin Uni Ki broke formation. Ryozo flew down ward with all his speed catching up on the young Jin Uni Ki "What are doing stay in formation!" Kiyoshi turned spitting with anger, the one he wanted to mate was dead! He wasn't going to stop he had seen her die! He would kill this monster!

Ryozo pulled up his sword "She's not dead!" Kiyoshi wasn't listening the Jin Uni Ki pulled up his wings getting ready to dive bomb his sword downwards pointed at the Nacrinoth's head. Ryozo pulled up this was fuckin insane the fool couldn't do this! He was breaking the formation! They would loose because of his hurt human emotions which where taking over his mind.

Kiyoshi flung himself in to flight he heard his father behind him he could even smell the old Jin Uni Ki behind him trying to grab him while Ryozo took the other side. He watched the Nacrinoth look up but it was late for the beast to realize. He watched as his sword plunged through it head causing silver blood to fly all over the place, he turned swinging up in flight.

Yasashiku grabbed his son forceful pulling him back "You crazy fool! What do you think your doing?" Kiyoshi snarled watching the Nacrinoth shake it's head in agony, as it stumbled around "Killing the beast who stole Keiko life! Yasashiku turned sharply "She's not dead! She's passed on! Kiyoshi pulled back in anger "Passed on?"

Yasashiku pulled up sharply "Human's have coma's Jin Uni Ki pass on it's the same, she's healing her body by freeing her soul she's not dead." He pulled up his huge wing "She looks dead she isn't even breathing but that silver mist around her is her soul healing her body." He turned sharply "Our magic swords will be useless now the monster knows what there made from.

He watched as the Nacrinoth licked the blade on top of its head, the next moment turned to silence as the blade was slowly absorbed. He flew backwards "Pull back now your swords will do no good! Protect the ninja's!" He watched as the Nacrinoth came forward roaring, "Your foolish boy fought for love now you suffer and despair white dog! Your race isn't as strong as it was."

The Nacrinoth came forward pulling up its hand "Living among human's has made you weak and soft! Your own child having human traits like love that make him weak and foolish!" It turned grinning as it licked it's head with it's tongue then pulled up it's boned hand "There is only darkness only despair there is only me who lives in the darkness and you who are weak.

Toki watched in horror as a black mist came out of the demon's boned hand, he watched as Taki Sophitia froze as they both came to the edge of the arena. The huge black mist flew outwards forming a shield. The huge black shield went down slowly trickling like blood as it wrapped around the whole arena amercing the demon and his daughter as well as her girlfriend.

He stared as Yasashiku landed heavily near by "What going on what that beast doing?" Yasashiku turned to speak only to see a blast of white as what was behind the shield became visible he could see the demon as well as Taki and Sophitia who where trapped behind it. Both women looked shocked as well as surprised now that this shield blocked the arena's edge.

Yasashiku pulled up seeing that the ninja's had stopped throwing there spares "That is a shield which we can't penetrate! It consumed all off our weapons so it could do this!" He paused "It tricked as it used all of as! It only wanted Taki and Sophitia's soul, it's going to use them so it can become powerful!" Toki turned sneering "Why did you land you could've fought it!"

His hand formed a fist "My daughter is trapped there! As is her girlfriend and your not fighting!" Yasashiku swung his head around "I landed because my pack can not fight something that knows our powers! It consumed one of our swords! It consumes something then uses it against you, Keiko has passed herself on because of this." He snarled "My son had his hand on that sword."

He slammed his hand in to the balcony "It no doubt tasted his magic it only needs one little strand of fur! Which I'm guessing it has now!" Toki pulled himself up easing up his weapon hand "How do you know that?" Yasashiku turned looking at the shield "Because that's a Jin Uni Ki spell!" Toki swung around in anger he gazed at his children "I don't care what it takes! I don't care what you have to do! Help me break that shield!"

Yasashiku turned Toki wasn't going to give up by the looks of things, he turned in anger looking at Ryozo and Jiro "Okay now we help them! Move yourselves behind them and fire your magic! Help them break the shield!" He turned looking at his son who was kneeling over Keiko; he wanted to shout at him. It wasn't all his sons fault though this was his as well for not telling him about passing over, he turned joining the others.

His gaze set over Toki "We'll help you." He turned watching as his son pulled Keiko slightly as he began to unclasp her armour. He breathed in deeply, watching Aeon, Mina and Kilik's confusion. His son would have to tell her one of these days how he felt, he'd been quite all these years because of being only half Jin Uni Ki seeing it as something Keiko would not want or mate with.

He turned pulling back his clawed hand as the ninja's readied themselves again, if they could get them out this would a miracle in it's self. He watched the huge shield shake as the Shadow Lord moved in one swift motion leaning down to look at the two-trapped women. He found himself roaring as he threw the first spell which hit the shield causing it shake he watched as the ninja's started to throw flaming blue spears.

Taki slammed Rekki-Maru's blade in to the shield only to have a blade thrust back she turned to Sophitia who had stopped trying to bang on the shield, she couldn't see her family on the other side. Her gaze slowly drifted as the slow motion as she heard a huge rumble behind her, as the Nacrinoth feet hit the ground. She watched as Sophitia slowly raised her shield.

She found herself turning slowly her gaze widened as the massive horned head came lower, the deep silence hit the arena causing her to breath in sharply she watched as the mouth opened hissing while saliva dripped down landing near her feet. She could feel the heat of it breath coming from its man-sized jaws as they loomed over her and Sophitia.

She found herself snarling aloud "You are a fuckin ugly bastard!" She watched as the tongue came out "Afraid of the dark female? Afraid the darkness has finally come to you? The demon turned looking at Sophitia "She's so pure of soul I wonder what she tastes like. It pulled up its tongue in one swift motion licking Sophitia's side causing the young woman to grimace.

The Nacrinoth rose it's head up slightly "No where to run no where to hide you can't jump on to my head and destroy me, no way to save your girlfriend." Taki pulled her flaming weapon around as the tongue came around she watched as it hit causing silver blood to fly, she pulled back watching in shock horror as it instantly healed it's self. The Nacrinoth pulled up its laugh hitting the air "Your weapons are useless, I know there power and not even the purest blade can harm me."

It brought up its tongue "You should despair for you are lost to darkness and should expect your fate." It's huge hand came down next to Sophitia as it kneeled down blocking any way out with it's tail and body "Your female is beautiful Taki I want to hear her scream before she dies, something I did learn from Suzuka is that you seem to care about this female."

It paused then without warning slammed it's clawed hand down knocking her over. Taki felt the floor as she hit it she turned only to be pinned down with a clawed hand, which locked her waist in to place. She looked up in horror struggling for all she was worth as the Nacrinoth turned to Sophitia "Human's have this saying that to destroy one of there own kind you have to destroy what they love most."

Sophitia felt the force as the demon's hand came around smashing in to her knocking her of her feet. She felt the force as she hit the ground only to feel the clawed fingers wrap around her she was dragged up in to the air with horrible force. Force that made her feel sick as she swung around by her leg then tossed slightly so that she in the demon's hand.

She pulled up her sword slamming in to the demons fingers only to see them heal again. She could see that Taki was doing the same but every time she brought Rekki-Maru down the wound would heal instantly. She felt the demon's fingers tighten around her middle only to get tighter, she found herself wanting to throw up. She felt the grip tighten even more causing her body to shake in agony.

Taki could hear herself screaming, she struggled only to feel the claws press her down. She could see that Sophitia was being dragged towards the monsters mouth. She had to get out! She had to save her! She wouldn't let Sophitia become food! She wasn't going to let this happen she had fought so long and hard to get to this place to be with the only person she loved she wouldn't let this be!

Sophitia felt the force around her stomach as the finger crushed in wards she could feel her body shaking in pain as the pressure increased. Her stomach felt like it was going to explode. Her gaze turned as the huge mouth with its row of teeth opened she felt a jolt of pain as her shield dropped from her fingers. It caused a crash as it hit the ground but one which she didn't hear.

The pain was horrible she could feel the blood in her eyes pulsing as the squeeze became tighter. She watched as the mouth above her opened wider. She was on the verge of passing out even her eyes where starting to loose there vision she looked up in to the darkness she was going to die! She didn't want to die like this! She didn't want it to end here and now.

She looked up not quite feeling the words coming to her lips but she knew they came she didn't know why ether or how just that they came. She struggled with them for what seemed like almost an eternality to her "Ityt." She almost failed getting them out because of the feeling of wanting to be sick. Her eyes closed as something took over her in a heartbeat.

It was like raw energy like nothing she'd felt in life, all she knew was it was moving through her veins so fast heading towards her heart, she could almost feel her lungs miss a breath as it her heart. All she could see was white light as it slowly showered her gaze causing her to bend over as best she could in the huge clawed hand which was gripping her tighter.

Taki pulled up staring, as Sophitia bent over had she passed out? The demon had stopped squeezing and was looking at her body in a bemused fashion. It turned in one swift motion throwing her up in the air only to catch her again. It's long tongue pulled out as it licked the hand that still had the sword locked in to it, It hissed cocking it's head to one side opening it's hand wide looking at the limp body in it.

The Nacrinoth pulled up sharply "Such a weak body, such weak fresh and blood, still eating almost dead flesh is no different from live flesh." Taki turned sharply as she saw something it looked like a flash of light moving in small streams through Sophitia's weapon hand it carried on moving up her body in a swift steams. The Nacrinoth pulled back seeing what she'd just seen.

The huge demon slowly opened its hand wider, what was that? What where those light streams moving through the veins in this females body? He watched as the moved through her veins faster lighting her body, it moved steams under her skin almost making her flesh seem see through. The light carried on moving towards her chest he pulled back as her heart become see through as the light hit it.

The light it's self-carried on moving faster as it hit the beating organ with more force. Taki found herself putting a hand on her side trying to reach her chest, which suddenly sparked with pain. She wasn't sure why she feeling this, it didn't make sense. Why was she feeling this for that matter? She found herself coughing in pain; she pulled up Rekki-Maru feeling her fingers start to shake.

The Nacrinoth watched in surprise as the light moved faster and faster lighting the human female's organ up with while light. He tried to move only to find he couldn't his body was stuck in position like stone. Taki watched as the monster began to struggle she could see the waves of light moving through it in to Sophitia's body pinning it. She groaned feeling the pain again in her chest causing her to cry out.

The Nacrinoth's headshot around as Sophitia suddenly came awake the female pulled up in his hand clutching her chest as the white light blasted outwards from it. The huge demon found himself struggling as white light blasted out ward from her chest hitting him in the face causing him to screech in pain. Taki found herself closing her eyes as the light blasted outward with immense force from the demons hand.

She could only close her eyes and pull back as the black shield behind her was blasted to pieces like glass as this light lit the whole arena, she managed to open one eye only to see the demon drop the body of light causing it to hit the floor. She watched as the body of light lifted up on to it's knees, she couldn't see Sophitia all she could see was light and the dull shape of her.

The massive demon lifted up on its hind leg screeching, trying to get away from it which it couldn't, Taki found herself being set free as the claws pulled away from her. She couldn't see anything! There was just white light everywhere she could hear the commotion on the balcony behind her she'd lost sight of where Sophitia was, if was still there she couldn't tell.

Sophitia couldn't think she couldn't see she felt every muscle in her body tense, she could feel lightning as it went through her body which tensed again as the light began to pull back disappearing all around her. She could feel the floor although she couldn't remember how she'd been dropped on to it, it made no sense to her. She was just kneeling down on solid floor.

Taki pulled herself up, Sophitia was kneeling there her hair still flying upwards now loose as it moved through the air, she coughed getting to her knees. She found herself crawling forward there was still some light coming from Sophitia's body, every muscle was tensed all over her body and she could see that the lightning was coming out from this.

She watched as the loose golden hair fell, she could see that the cloths on her girlfriends body where still ripped but her most recent wounds had partly healed, which seemed impossible. She watched as the woman's eyes snapped open, she found herself staring in to glowing white eyes which just slowly looked up at the demon in front of them with disgust.

She watched as her girlfriend's arm suddenly gripped the Omega sword tighter sending lightning shooting outwards half way across the arena. The Elk shield moved across the floor in one swift motion causing her to catch it. Taki's gaze widened this was a soul charge! This was the Jin Uni Ki had spoke of! Her girlfriend had actually done it! She turned seeing Sophitia move her sword in her direction.

She raised her eyebrow "How Sophitia?" The woman glowing eyes moved slightly as she turned to face her "Believing that I could, believing that I wouldn't die." Taki watched the Nacrinoth's feet hit the floor it leaned over Sophitia "Foolish female how dare you ruin my making you food!" It turned noticing that the group on the balcony where all in a stunned silence.

Sophitia's narrowed her gaze "How's about I send you back to your version of hell!" Her sword hand came up in one swift motion "You want despair? Well I'll give you despair I'll make you despair that you ever came to this place!" She turned as the lightning flew out of her weapon slamming in to the wall behind the huge demon "I'll make you despair that you ever confronted me!"

The sword turned sending lightning crashing in to the wall causing the demon to take a step back "I'll be your despair by killing you and freeing all those innocent lives you stole! I will have my vengeance on you, for all the suffering you've caused!" Taki felt another jolt of pain her chest causing her to bend over in pain what was happening to her? She felt the floor as she hit it with her knees clutching her chest with one hand.

Toki could only stare, he couldn't bring himself to speak not that he could've if he'd wanted to no one around him Jin Uni Ki or ninja were talking. The huge black shield had been blasted to pieces like it was no more than paper, and now the Greek warrior stood in front of the demon her hair flying loose. He could see the glowing white eyes even from where he was standing.

Yasashiku pulled up slightly "She actuality did it, I can't believe she did it." Toki turned sharply "Tell me is that a Soul charge, a real one like those said to be in your history?" The huge Jin Uni Ki leader, pulled up his head " Yes, but I've never seen anyone do one…till know." He pulled up his clawed hand " You can feel the power of her soul from here you can feel it's strength."

Toki turned watching as Taki bent over more "What's wrong with my daughter!" Yasashiku pulled up slightly "She's feeling Sophitia's soul, it causing her own to want to charge it has that power over others who are to close." He turned "She'll join Sophitia very soon, even if she just thinks the word Sophitia said." He shook his long main " Such is the power of the force of another's soul."

Seung Mina found herself staring she eased up a hand "I…so want her…to teach me that." Kilik turned to Aeon who wasn't speaking his gaze just fixed on the arena. The huge lizard man turned eyeing Kiyoshi who had Keiko's head pulled up slightly "What is that?" Kiyoshi slowly eased his clawed hand over Keiko mane "That is the charging of a person's soul bringing it to the surface of their body making them stronger."

Taki hit the ground struggling to get up she watched as Sophitia turned slightly meeting her gaze "Say Ityt." Taki stopped still staring she hadn't seen Sophitia speak that she'd heard it in her head, but it was Sophitia's voice. Her girlfriend turned slightly her glowing eyes flashing, "Please say it, don't be afraid, I love you I'll be there for you. Say it for love say it for honour."

Taki felt the sharp pain again Sophitia was talking in her mind! She coughed again feeling her muscles tense she couldn't get up! She tried to reach out only to feel her stomach turn over she couldn't stand this any longer! She couldn't take it! She wanted it to go away! She felt her body curl over in pain as she clutched her stomach she couldn't help but scream those words out.

She could only stare as the light began to cloud her vision. She wanted to pass out but couldn't she could only feel the force of the waves of energy spiking through her body hitting what felt like her heart. She could hear her own heart beat sounding in her chest but she couldn't see anything, all she could do was push her fingers in to the floor as it got faster.

Aeon took a step back as yellow lightning mixed with blazing red fire blasted outwards from the ninja woman's body he could see the demon moving back further to try and get away from it. He could only watch as rocketed upwards blasting out its red light as it almost hit the temples roof before coming down again. It's lightning not stopping though as it blasted outward from the woman's body.

This was nothing like what Sophitia's body had done, it couldn't be more different he watched as the red light blasted outwards as the flames twirled in and out of the yellow lightning which spiked outwards. He could see the Shadow Lords discomfort as there huge blasts of lightning hit the walls causing sparks to fly close to its body.

He leaned over his clawed hand, gripping the balcony such power! Such force! Such beauty! He watched as the light stared to vanish, and the lightning dissipated revealing Taki who was standing up straight her white, slightly red tinted glowing eyes gleaming out in to the night. He watched as she pulled her head back screaming at the top of her lungs.

Her weapon blasting up with white and red flames which where burning up her whole arm. Seung Mina turned slightly watching as Taki spun around snarling at the demon her boot slamming down in to the floor causing lightning to fly up under her feet. She turned sharply "Please you people have to teach me how that's done! I seriously want to be taught, I'll pay you!"

Toki turned slightly "If I knew how it was done I'd tell you Mina!" Kilik made a face pulling up his rods red end pointing it a Taki "You mean you seriously don't know how that's done? Your kidding right?" Toki rolled his eyes turning to look at them "That is a truly legendary thing those two did, I have no idea how they did it! Trust me if I knew how it was done I'd have done it by now!"

Sophitia's gaze turned to the Nacrinoth who had taken a slow step back putting himself close to the arena's edge "You should run." The demon pulled back its roar hitting the air. Taki moved quickly to her side sneering at him "Fight me! If you think you're so great fight me now!" She pulled up Rekki-Maru slamming it in to her palm causing a spike of lighting to fly upwards "Afraid of loosing!"

Sophitia turned slightly her long loose blonde hair moving in a swift motion "I'll take his head." Taki turned slightly forming a scowl "Mekki-Maru's mine!" She turned as she burst in to run feeling her already tensed muscles hitting the floor. Sophitia turned to her side as the demon began to come forward it huge tail pulling around "Your still human females you still die!"

Taki didn't think she watched as the huge tail, swung around coming at her she pulled up Rekki-Maru slicing across the tail end causing silver blood to fly through the air. She watched as Sophitia turned her sword as it came past her slicing it through with all her force. She watched as the demon rose up roaring in pain as silver blood hit the floor.

The demon pulled back its heavily bleeding tail, it clenched it teeth as it tried to heal the wound only to find that the skin wouldn't heal. She watched as the huge spike slammed in to the ground silver blood dripping down it. The demon pulled it out its huge crested head turning to the wounds which still hadn't healed, it hissed trying again only to sheik in pain at it's wounds.

Taki eased her burning weapon up narrowing her gaze "You don't look so good." The Nacrinoth's head pulled back as it roared again she watched as the yellow eye in its chest went wide in what looked like panic. Sophitia turned sharply she had, had enough she wanted this ugly bastard to die! She turned running at the demon who brought down his bleeding tail trying to hit her.

Taki turned then pulled her legs down leaping upwards slicing her blazing weapon across the huge beasts knee. She watched as Sophitia front flipped herself landing on the beast other leg. She watched as Sophitia swung her sword full force across its upper leg sending silver blood flying through the air. She pulled up Rekki-Maru slicing across the knee.

She felt the force as the monster tried to throw her off she growled thrusting her blade out watching as it sliced through the huge clawed hand that was heading towards her. Her gaze narrowed as one of its fingers hit the ground. The monster began to roar in pain then turned its knee trying to thrust her off with its might. She grabbed on to its veins heaving herself further up.

Sophitia watched as the tail flew past her she sneered ignoring the demon who was trying to throw her off. Her shield hand tightened she'd bring this ugly son of a bitch to his knees! She slammed her sword in to it's upper chest ignoring it's roar as she pulled herself up so she was on it's lower back. She could see Taki was moving further up its chest her blade slicing as she moved higher.

Sophitia turned slightly watching as the spiked arms came towards her she felt the lightning as it came down her arm as the huge back arm rose up it's spikes coming towards her. Taki pulled up sharply watching in surprise as a gush of silver blood flew over the monsters shoulder, she turned only to see half of it's stabbing arm fly over her head hitting the ground bellow.

She turned watching the veins as they began to pulse harder, what the hell was Sophitia trying to do? She felt the force as the demon turned again throwing its head to one side. Taki pulled up noting the eye of the Mekki-Maru, which was looking down at her, she'd cut this things chest open! Her weapon came down fast as she hit the veins, which screeched with the force of the blow.

Sophitia swung herself around fast her sword slicing through dark flesh, her shield came up fast as the other upper arm tried to come down, as it's other flew around in mid air it's silver blood flying through the air. She felt the force as her shield was smashed causing sparks to fly. She turned snarling as the lightning flew outwards from her shield causing the arm to pull back.

She pulled up her scream hitting the air then turned slamming her weapon deep in to the monsters lower back. She sneered as the weapon cut through to the bone as it burned away the dark flesh. Her hand swung around as she felt the monsters back jolt, she have its head! She dug her boots in deeper grabbing one of the spines with her hand.

Taki flicked Rekki-Maru between her fingers she tensed jumping up using the Nacrinoth's risen veins as something to jump of she thrust the weapon in to its upper chest swinging herself slightly. As the weapon started to cut through the dark black flesh, she could see the eye she was very close to it. She turned seeing one of the clawed hands coming towards her.

Sophitia turned sharply she tensed leaping forward her sword slamming in to the lower arms upper muscles. Her gaze narrowed as she jumped past them as the huge horned chest came in to view. The neck could be seen moving from left to right franticly as the upper arms swung like mad, she grinned evilly if she could reach the top of the neck it would mean death to this monster.

She moved slightly avoiding the huge tail; she felt the force as the beast's body jolted upwards roaring in agony, its head bending back so she could see the moving jaws behind the crested horned head. She raised an eyebrow as its boned hand flew upwards-silver blood flying outwards from the wrist. It's huge head swung as it tried to turn around.

She turned feeling herself tense as it's head lowered she could do this! She could kill this ugly bastard! She had a chance to end this! She felt her feet as they left it's shoulders, she didn't feel the air or the heat of the demon's body she only felt the agony as she hit the horned crest hard grabbing it's upward facing horns then throwing herself off them in to a front flip.

She felt the hard crest as she hit it on her front grabbing the sides close to the jaws which where biting and hissing, it's huge tongue came out flying through the air. Sophitia found herself growing aloud as she raised her sword up high keeping her shield hand tightly wrapped around the crests side area where it met the huge jaws which carried in biting and hissing.

Taki felt the force as she almost thrown of her gaze drifted up she found her gaze widening as her girlfriend came in to view as the huge crested head started to flay around wildly. She watched as the jaws opened to there full extent. Taki snarled aloud pulling herself up grabbing the veins in the chest tighter. She watched as the eye came up level with hers.

She grinned pushing her feet in deeper to get a better grip despite, the thrashing of the demons huge body. She watched as both the huge arms moved upward trying to get to the crested head. She snarled aloud she had to stop its arms it would throw Sophitia off otherwise! Her gaze turned back to the eye, which had gone wide "You should've picked a better demon!"

She pulled Rekki-Maru up in one swift motion pointing it directly at the eye "Now go back to sleep!" Her hand came down with all the force she could give she watched as Rekki-Maru's blade dug in to the huge eye, causing black blood to fly outwards. The huge Nacrinoth stopped in mid motion it's huge body going still as its jaws opened letting out a roar of pain.

Sophitia felt the huge head rise up as a roar of agony and pain hit the air, she brought up the Omega sword slowly "This is for those children whose soul's you stole!" She thrust the weapon down ignoring her own scream, which echoed through the arena. She snarled aloud as the flaming weapon tour though the upper jaw sending silver blood everywhere.

She twisted the blade feeling the lightning fly down her muscles as they tensed she sliced the sword thought the jaw watching as it was spit in two, the silver blood soaking her hands as it came away from the head. She watched as the lower jaw and tongue moved around flayed outwards as the body shook in shock. Taki looked up as she tour through the eye with her sword.

The veins around her began to pulse like mad as they came loose from the demons body she turned only to see a shower of silver blood coming down like a river behind her. The huge served upper jaw of the monster, which hit the ground behind her hard, followed it. Her gaze turned back as she felt the veins come loose around her this wasn't good!

The huge monster was going to topple over! She watched huge arms sway as more veins came free under her grip. She felt her fingers slip free she felt Rekki-Maru as her fingers came loose. She didn't get a chance to think as her body fell, she felt the agony as her back hit the solid floor. She cried out in pain. Her gaze shot up as the huge demon body above her began to sway the huge tail hitting the floor.

She could see Rekki-Maru buried in the chest, which was still leaking black blood; she turned sharply seeing that the demon's body was loosing balance. It was going to come down right on top of her! She pulled up almost feeling her feet slip on the silver blood, she scrambled faster as the sound of the claws scraping the floor as they finally lost all balance hit her ears.

She flung herself forward; hitting the ground near by as the massive limp body came down behind her. She turned in what almost felt like slow motion as Sophitia was flung from the head as it landed. The woman's body was sent crashing across the ground of the arena's floor full force. She felt herself cry out as her girlfriend came to a stop her body completely motionless.

She could see the Omega sword, which was close by her, her gaze turned as the demon's body twitched pulling up before hitting the ground going motionless. She coughed feeling a sudden pain as the lightning and fire faded from her arm. She found her hands hitting the ground as she felt a sudden weakness and tiredness take over. She looked up seeing the remaining lighting disappear from Sophitia's motionless body.

She painfully gripped the floor moving forward on her hands and knees toward Sophitia trying to get close to her despite her bodies overwhelming need to pass out. She coughed painfully how everything hurt; she ignored her body suits silver blood stains and rips. She eased herself forward seeing Sophitia lying on her side, she groaned using all her strength to put a hand on her girlfriends shoulder.

She slowly pulled her girlfriend's eye open noticing that the glowing light had vanished from it, she moved her hand to the younger woman's neck. She could feel a pulse she tried to keep her eyes open as she turned to look at the massive dead carcass behind her. They'd won, they'd actually won, she breathed in sharply she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.

She slowly moved her hand away from Sophitia's neck putting it around her limp hand, she was so tried, she was exhausted she wanted to keep her eye open but she just couldn't. She watched the world as it began to go black as her eyes closed, she didn't really feel the floor as she hit it her body giving in to the exhaustion and numbness of her muscles.

End of Part 13

By Silvermoonlight (Gabrielle Jackson)

Copyright 2004-08-23

Authors note No this is not the end, might look it but it's not, part 14 will be the final and last part. Hope this was a good fight and an enjoyable chapter. I really hope the soul charging idea worked, and the whole scene wasn't terrible.