Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Sacrifice ❯ Angelic Triple Threat ( Chapter 79 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: MellyN

XxXxXx

Sacrifice

Chapter 79: Angelic Triple Threat

By: Melissa Norvell

XxXxXx

Three angels emerged from the golden light. Each was very regal looking and worn many robes and sashes. Their wings were white as snow, a sign of their purity and they were of the highest rank, the elite archangels and reigning over their element. Ten Sao Tami smiled in delight as he spoke to the group with joy and anticipation in his eyes.

"I'd like to introduce you to my friends- Nataniel, Ra-shiel, and Zadkiel (1)."

"What?" Tsurugi's eyes widened upon hearing the names of the mentioned angels. Did that man just say what he thought he had? If so, then they were in far more trouble than he could begin to realize.

"These are the angels that I've taken powers from," Ten Sao Tami gestured to the holy beings. "They are under my control. I do think that it's very unfair that there are so many of you and only one of me, so I decided to make things even."

"What names did you just say?" The blonde angel asked in a shocked whisper.

"Why are their names so important?" Ko questioned. It had been the one thing that Tsurugi seemed in shock about. She didn't get what the big deal was, unless they were someone important or something.

"These angels are legendary," Hiroshima informed her on the importance of these beings. "They are some of the oldest angels in creation and they have been reincarnated many times. They are the reigning angels of creation. Ra'shiel of the whirlwind, Nataniel of the raging flame and Zadkiel of Jupiter."

"Jupiter?" Ko was baffled by that one. "You mean, like the planet?"

"Yes, he's the reigning angels of Jupiter. They are all white-winged angels from heaven." Beings, the Hiroshima himself never thought that he would see. They were the pristine and just, but now they were being forced to submit to Ten Sao Tami, under his cruel blow. In many ways, the spiky-haired man felt sorry for them, for he knew the pains of an angel all too well.

"We have to fight them?" Chichiri asked in a panic as he pointed to the angels with a freaked out look on his face. He knew the inevitability of the answer at hand but if there was a small chance they could avoid it, he would rather take that option.

"Those angels are far stronger then we are," Tsurugi informed, further putting dread into the other blonde on their team.

"What about Hiroshima?" Zangetsu noted who the strongest member on their team had been. He wanted to know how the legend compared to those angels, or vice versa.

"Even if I was well and my powers were unrestrained, they still out power me. These are angels of my father's status," the green-haired angel noted.

"You're father was a legendary angel?" Fife asked, although he had known exactly what Hiroshima was talking about. He had figured him out in Hikari Country but this was his small way of trying to get the angel to reveal himself to the group. If he couldn't hold secrets- the Hiroshima shouldn't be able to either.

"Yes."

"So, what are you?" Keiji turned to him. The green-haired boy had fully gotten Fife's intent and he found himself wanting to know who exactly Hiroshima's father was as well.

"I'm just a dark angel," Hiroshima wanted everyone to stay on task. He would tell them all they needed to know later. Right now was a bad time.

"Liar, no dark angel has both black and white wings."

"I'll tell you, just not now," Hiroshima replied.

Green eyes glared him down, almost in a threatening way. "I'll hold you to your word." The boy's words seemed to be a promise or threat of some sort. Whichever it was, Hiroshima was unsure of.

"My word is good," ice blue eyes leveled the green ones with a promise that he would not break. It was fate that they all know who he was and why they were going on these seemingly pointless missions to gather the magical items of Zamlen and stop Soel.

"What should we do?" Zangetsu glanced towards them. The situation was looking more and more grim by the second. He wanted to save the people of Shaffon and free them of their prejudice and hate of angels.

When he thought about it, this was Vespa's plan. She had sent them here to help and by sending the very thing that the people of Shaffon hated to help them, then perhaps they would see that not all angels were bad. The Red Witches' ideal was for them to save Shaffon from themselves.

"Well…" Keiji looked as if he were struggling to think of any semblance of a plan. Things were looking grim and with the arrival of these new angels, things could only be worse. Not to mention, Ten Sao Tami knew that Time Freeze attack and Hiroshima was down and out of commission.

"We don't have a choice. We'll each take one angel in a team. There will be two teams of two and one team of three. Since I'm weak, I'll be in the team of three," Hiroshima laid a hand gently on the boy's shoulder to calm his troubled spirit.

"I'll team up with Chichiri," Tsurugi was the first to volunteer his services.

"What? Can I trade partners?" Chichiri asked. Tsurugi was a good fighter but he really wanted to team up with Ko. Besides, that meant that he was Ko's partner and no telling what he would do.

The dark angel crossed his arms and glanced over to the blonde a little darkly. "Do you have a problem with me?" His voice was smooth and cold towards the matter. He had been kind enough to offer his services and now he was being shunned because of Chichiri's love interest?

"Well…um…" At that precise moment, Chichiri had realized how that made him sound.

"Alright, then I'll be with Ko," Tsurugi figured that would shut him up for a while and show him how childish he was being if he dared to speak up.

"What? I have to be with Zangetsu?" Chichiri wasn't happy about that at all.

"Stop arguing about childish things. You and Zangetsu do well to spend some time together," Tsurugi told him with a look of disappointment. This was not to decide who you got along with better, this was to work under any condition, and even with those you hate and put aside your feelings to work towards a common goal.

"So, I'm with you, Tsurugi?" Ko was confused at who her partner was. Tsurugi had switched around so much she wanted to make sure she had the right partner.

"Yes."

"So, it's just you, me and Fife," Keiji looked to the legend for confirmation.

"If you weren't well, I'd seem like a hog. Our team would be the strongest one," Fife noted with his usual calm smile.

"What?" The green-haired boy asked.

"As far as fighting does, we have more experience combined than anyone else," the vampire noted.

"That's not true," Hiroshima countered tiredly. "Tsurugi and Ko have more combined experience then we do, simply because of the fact that Tsurugi has lived so long."

"Hiroshima, stay back and let Fife and I handle things. You're too weak to take them on," Keiji instructed. As it was, Hiroshima was their weakest link and he could not afford to have him killed off. Whatever plans were still in effect from Vespa's side, required that he live and he wasn't about to let her down.

"But I'm the only one who really knows about them. I'd feel like a bad team mate if I stayed behind," the spiky-haired angel's voice held a great deal of concern for the well-being of his team mates as two fireballs sped towards them.

Hiroshima saw the orange light bathe their forms as his ice blue eyes widened. "Look out!" He tackled Keiji to the ground, just in time as the balls of fire sped past them in a blazing glory.

"Ugh…" Keiji winced as he could smell blood heavily on the other's form and opened one eye to see Hiroshima above him. He thanked the angel for saving his life.

"You're welcome, Keiji…I'm glad that you didn't get tortured." It was hard for Hiroshima to admit his true feelings and how much he secretly cared for his team mates but he knew in the end, it would be worth it.

"Hiroshima…" Keiji's eyes widened at the kind words that poured from the angel's lips. "Why are you saying this now?"

Before his question could get answered, Hiroshima arose and pulled out the Crimson Blade. He summoned his Dragon Blade attack as multiple crescent shaped waved of energy bombarded the fire angel's form.

Nataniel was quick and nimble in the air, unlike any angel the humans had seen so far. He was the ancient and elite, and it showed as he effortlessly dodged one wave after another as if it were mere child's play.

Hiroshima steadied himself as the angel closed in on him.

Keiji jumped up as he watched helplessly at the two angels. His mind scrambled for a plan but only racing thoughts came.

"How the hell can a physical fighter like me defeat something like that?" The boy asked in dismay, completely at a loss in what to do.

"You never questioned yourself before," Fife mentioned. He could tell that Keiji was definitely feeling the pressure.

"I actually doubt we'll win this one," Keiji said in defeat.

"How dark of you to say."

The fire angel stopped in mid flight as he drew fire to his hand and formed it into the shape of a bow and arrow. He summoned a flame arrow and fired it at Hiroshima. Fife quickly got in front of his battered team mate and wrote out his Pierce spell as a stream of symbols shot through the air and destroyed the fiery arrow.

"It will be no simple task to defeat me," Nataniel said in an emotionless voice as he stared down the green-haired angel with blank, red eyes.

"I am aware of that," Hiroshima replied.

"You are an Earth-bound angel and you're well informed about this world, but you know nothing of heaven or hell," Nataniel's words were distant and cold, and meant to strike the green-haired angel's heart.

They held a significant amount of truth; however, Hiroshima had never known heaven or hell and had lived on the mortal plain all of his life, walking among the humans.

"You're being controlled by Ten Sao Tami. You don't even know what you're saying." Despite his words, Hiroshima knew this was the truth. They existed in two completely different worlds.

"All sinners must die. Fire Wall!" The red-haired angel called out as he raised one of his powerful and jewelry littered arms into their air as he summoned a great wall of fire so thick that no one could see through the flames.

"Barrier!" Fife called out as he shielded everyone in the area from being burnt by the flames. "Nataniel may be stronger and smarter than us, but there has to be a way to defeat him."

XxXx

"Burst Winds!" Ra'shiel threw his hands in front of him as powerful winds shot from his grasp and shot towards Tsurugi and Ko.

Tsurugi crossed his hands above his head, then brought them to either side as he summoned a giant, white lightening strike that clashed against the winds and both angels were knocked backwards by the attacks.

As Ra'shiel flew back from the force of the colliding attacks, Ko found her opening and decided to take it. The ninja ran in and attempted to kick him and send him back further. The gray-haired angel held out his hand and summoned burst winds, which sent the white-haired girl backwards as if she were merely a fly in his face.

The girl screamed as her form was propelled backwards. She was soon caught be elegant hands as she glanced over her shoulder to see Tsurugi. Ko thanked him and he told her that it was not a problem as he smiled placidly, happy that she seemed to be alright.

"There are different types of angels, right?" Ko asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, there are," Tsurugi wondered what the girl's train of thought was, or if she was trying to come up with a possible weakness.

"What kind of angel are you?"

"I am a Rainstorm Angel," the blonde angel informed his team mate.

"What is Hiroshima?"

"He's…" The dark angel tried to say but thought about it for a while. "Well, I'm not sure to be honest," the puzzled look on his face was more than genuine. When he thought about it, Hiroshima didn't fit into any angelic category that he knew of. "He was born of a light and dark angel, a Sun Angel and an angel of Light, so I'm not sure what type of angel he technically is. I don't even think that he knows."

"He doesn't know who he is?" Ko was confused. Hiroshima was a very confident individual but when she thought about it, he really didn't seem to know much about himself, or he acted as if he knew and that it was some kind of secret that only he knew. The white-haired girl wondered if it truly was a secret or if he just didn't know.

"I think that's why he wanted to carry on this mission with us. I also think that a few others have the same problem," Tsurugi noted.

"You mean like King Fife?"

"Yes…Actually, I think that he's not the only one."

"We have no time for talking," Ra'shiel grew impatient as he charged at the two beings. Tsurugi grabbed Ko and quickly evaded him. The Whirlwind Angel turned swiftly and flung his hand out as small disks of wind raced towards them. "Wind Blades!"

"Dodge!" Tsurugi instructed as he and Ko jumped out of the way of several discs, the side of paper plates. The discs hit the ground and chewed up the earth below them, leaving short but deep scars on the ground.

"How in the hell do we beat him? We can't even get to Ten Sao Tami because all of the angels are defending him." Ko told her team mate.

"He's already fled," heavenly blue eyes narrowed as a serious look crossed his face.

"Are you serious?" He had to be kidding her! Then again…The whole situation made sense…While they were fighting the legendary angels; he would make his get away with the feather.

"Look out!" Tsurugi called out as the two of them jumped away from the discs again. There was no doubt that Ra'shiel and the other angels were simply toying with them. The only question was, why didn't they just kill them off?

Was there a part of them that fought against Ten Sao Tami's possession?

XxXx

"Meteor Shower!" Zadkiel called out as many flaming rocking fell from the sky- a wide spread attack that, not only his adversaries would have to dodge, but everyone in the area- angels and human's included. Zangetsu and Chichiri scrambled around as they tried to dodge the fire storm that fell from the sky.

"Gah!" Chichiri barely managed to move out of the way as a meteor smashed into the ground close by. The impact of the rock sent the blonde flying forward as he did a belly flop on the hard ground.

"Celestial Beam!" Zadkiel then pointed his finger as a white, lazar-like beam shot from his finger and headed straight towards the two males below. Zangetsu quickly grabbed Chichiri and jumped out of the way as the beam hit ground and blew up the dirt. as it lit up the sky.

"Do you have any ideas of how to defeat Zadkiel?" The black-haired ninja asked his team mate.

"I'd love to know how anyone can defeat these guys," Chichiri replied as the two of them landed on the ground.

"Comet!" The heard the deep voiced angel call out as he summoned yet another attack. The black-haired angel threw his hands in front of him as a medium-sized comet fell from the sky and headed towards them.

The two males barely made it out of the way as the object collided with the ground. They were going to run low on energy if they didn't figure something out fast. Zadkiel was relentless with attacking them.

"Shit! That was scary!" Chichiri whined. He nearly thought he saw his life flash before his eyes.

"Yes, these guys are way stronger then Hiroshima. None of our attacks can even faze them, so we're reduced to dodging," Zangetsu didn't want to be reduced to running and evading but there was no way anything they would do would even dent their powers.

Hiroshima was a young angel in his own right, being only twenty-two out of the 300 years that he possibly could live but even Tsurugi who was 127, could not compare to any of these angels. They were the ultimate hierarchy, more powerful then archangels and more like Gods than anything else.

How exactly do you defeat three gods?

"We'll run out of energy if we keep doing this," Chichiri stated. They wasted more energy running and dodging than anything else, and given that factor, they would not have any energy left when and if they decided that they could attack back.

"I can't think of anything else to do," Zangetsu looked torn on what to even think at the moment. He, like Keiji, was trying to think of a plan but nothing came to his mind.

"You usually have all of the good ideas," Chichiri told him in a condescending voice.

"Would you stop acting like that?" The black-haired ninja did all he could to keep from fighting Chichiri instead of Zadkiel. He was really beginning to irritate him with whatever vendetta he had against him. To be truthful, he didn't even know why Chichiri was so pissy with him in the first place.

"Don't tell me what to do," the blonde snapped.

"I wouldn't dream of it," Zangetsu shoved the other man away and moved himself to another part of the battlefield. Right now, it was all he could do to think of a plan to defeat these angels, and he didn't need Chichiri's input.

"Hey! What are you doing?" The blonde shouted after the ninja.

"If you don't need my help, then find a different way to defeat Zadkiel yourself."

"Team mates don't abandon each other," Chichiri argued.

"I don't need any unnecessary stress."

"Um…We always have stress. Don't act like you're so frail," the blonde seethed. There was nothing that angered him more then someone else acting like they some little weakling who couldn't handle some stress.

"I'm not-" Zangetsu turned to say something else but they were interrupted by a beam that shot between them, ending their quarrel. Chichiri let out a yell as Zangetsu looked thoughtful on the situation.

"How do you beat someone that knows your moved before you make them?" The ninja asked.

"What?" Chichiri questioned.

"Nataniel, Zadkiel and Ra'shiel are all angels. Angels can read human's minds," the black-haired man noted. No matter what they did, they knew the outcome and could counter them in any way imaginable.

"Raging Storm!" Zadkiel sent another attack at the two of them as he swept his hand across the ground. The ground violently split between the two men as sand flew up in a storm-like manner and beat against their skin.

XxXx

Hiroshima and Nataniel's forms were knocked back as the angel's fire and the Crimson Blade struck against each other with great force. Nataniel flew back and stopped himself, his feet never touched the ground. Hiroshima dug his heels into the ground and had to keep from stumbling over himself and falling.

The green-haired angel held his sword out and tried to catch his breath as the fire angel looked down on him.

"How are you still fighting? You shouldn't even be technically standing. You're holding yourself together with sheer magic alone," Nataniel moved his long, blood red bangs from his face.

Hiroshima was a pitiful creature, beaten beyond measure and stubborn beyond compare. The angel would fight until he could no more for the sake of the humans he traveled with. Nataniel had not seen a guardian angel with that kind of devotion in a while. Part of him thought Hiroshima was weak for it, but another found him to quite loyal.

Either way, he would plow through the spiky-haired angel without fail, for this is what he was forced to do. He had no desire to hurt the humans or their angelic companions but his body moved on its own. As much as he wanted to believe that these people could help him, it was hard when the three of them could decimate them so easily.

Ra'shiel, Zadkiel and himself were nothing more than pawns to Ten Sao Tami and the very thought saddened him a great deal.

"That doesn't matter!" Hiroshima charged at the angel, ready to make another strike on him, although he knew what would happen. He would be knocked back as if he were nothing, for this was his fate-

But things didn't quite happen that way.

A large fireball flew over his shoulder and hit the red-haired angel in the stomach and nearly engulfed his form as it sent him sailing backwards. The legend stopped in mid-charge and turned around as a surprised look crossed his face.

"What?" The angel asked as he looked back at his two team mates, who also wore looks of confusion.

"It wasn't me," Fife told him with a shrug.

"Well, I don't know magic," Keiji reasoned.

"Vespa!" Hiroshima saw the witch standing there with her staff and a placid smile on her face. After all of this time, she finally came to aid them out in battle.

"I thought I would come and help you out. You seem like you need it," the woman replied in the same calm demeanor she had always spoken to them in.

"What are you going to do?" Keiji turned to her.

"I need you to chase after Ten Sao Tami, Keiji," Vespa instructed.

"What? Me?" She wanted him to face off against that man? By himself with no aid from anyone? Could he even accomplish a task that great?

"Yes, the rest of us will fight against the angels."

"Why?"

"When you defeat Ten Sao Tami, you'll free them from their possession. You can't kill the angels but you can kill Ten Sao Tami if you need to," Vespa would rather have a clean conclusion to everything but she didn't think that there was any other way to save Shaffon from their blind prejudice.

"What about his Time Freeze attack?" Keiji asked. If he were to fight him on his own with that attack, he would surely die.

"Since the angels have separated from him, he no longer possesses that power," Vespa informed. Ten Sao Tami only had the powers of the angels when they were encased in that crystal orb, when they were released to aid him in battle, their powers returned to them.

"So, one of the angels has it, but which one?" Green eyes looked to the battlefield as he thought about each angel and the powers they possessed. Someone was in danger, but who?

"Zadkiel," Hiroshima told them the answer.

"What?"

"That's a power specifically to Zadkiel. Nataniel is a Sun Angel, he controls fire and Ra'shiel is a Storm Angel," the legend noted.

"What kind of angel is Zadkiel?" Fife asked.

"He's the reigning angel of Jupiter. I said all of this earlier," the spiky-haired angel signed in annoyance.

"Oh yeah, I forgot," Fife placed a hand behind his head and smiled.

"Vespa, Fife and I will fight Nataniel-" Hiroshima began to say but he was cut off by the witches' words.

"You and Fife will fight against Nataniel; I'll help Zangetsu and Chichiri against Zadkiel. They'll need it if he decides to pull his Time Freeze attack out," Vespa noted as the angel sighed.

"Damn…I don't know how much longer I can keep doing this," Hiroshima had hoped that Vespa would have worked with he and Fife so he could rest while Fife and the Red Witch fought off Nataniel. He didn't know how much magic he had left to keep himself standing and conscious.

"You should take the back seat. You are the weakest member of the team right now," Vespa's words seemed easier said than done.

"I can lend you a hand," Fife told Keiji as he held out his sword to him. "Here, take this with you. You cannot fight him with just physical strength behind you."

"Thanks," Keiji smiled a little as he took the sword.

"You don't need magic to control it, simply say 'Demon Sword, hear my call' and it will come to your aid," the vampire instructed him on how to use the sword incase he might need it to fight against Ten Sao Tami.

Keiji thanked the king again for his help.

"I wish you luck," Vespa pointed her staff at the boy. "I will now send you directly to him…Flame Transport." The red-haired witch closed her eyes as the winds began to blow, causing her hair and clothes to flutter in the wind as flames shot up from the ground in molten streams as they swirled around Keiji's form, engulfing him in a circle of fire.

"Thanks for helping us, Vespa,” he told her as the last of the flames covered his eye sight and everyone was lost from view.

"That's what I'm here for," Vespa told him and turned from her spell with a serious look on her face. 'Besides, we have a contract and I must live up to my end of the bargain, otherwise, everyone involved would die.'

…To Be Continued…

NOTES:

Nataniel, Ra'shiel and Zadkiel- These angels are based off of the Jewish perception of the angels of the 7 Heavens. I thought it would be interesting to use them, as well as show everyone the light angels. There will be more light angels in this work, in this and other arcs, if you chose to read them.