Zero No Tsukaima Fan Fiction ❯ Zero no Tsukaima: Descension ❯ Chapter 19

Bellum Part III Wrath laughs at the new left arm of God and puts his hand on Greed's shoulder, “Please see to the death of the new left arm of God.” Greed nods and takes off his nice long jacket. He walks over to the wall of the main entrance and neatly folds his coat and then starts walking towards Stephan. Stephan's confidence is now higher than ever before and he know his strength has also increased substantially. He tries to reason with Greed, “Why are you doing this, all of your friends that have faced us have fallen. Surely you know that this can't end well for you.” Greed stops walking and smiles, “Do you know why I'm called Greed, it isn't just a name, it is a life choice.” He lifts his hands up towards the dark rain clouds, “I am Greed because I want it all, everything! I want to take your life because it isn't mine, I want this world because I can't have it!” Stephan can hardly believe the words coming from this clearly unstable man. Greed lets his arms drop limp at his sides but he keeps his head up, “I don't expect you to understand, you who would be more than content with anything short of the world, but you know what I want MORE than just the world, it is just not enough!” “Fine, It is pretty clear that I can't reason with you, I just wanted to not have to kill you.” Greed charges forward at Stephan and jumps up into the air. Stephan waits for Greed to come down at him before jumping back and preparing his own attack. Stephan spins and lands a kick to Greed's forearms as he defends himself. Greed pushes Stephan's leg back and slams his fist into the font of Stephan's chest making him lose some of his balance. Greed sweeps Stephan's legs while he is stumbling and he falls onto his back. Greed jumps and nearly connects with a falling elbow that breaks the stone ground where Stephan just was. Stephan rolls backwards to his feet and while Greed is still on his knees connects with a running knee strike to the front of Greed's face. Greed quickly gets back up and Stephan is beginning to become confused as to why his attacks aren't doing as much damage as he even normally would, especially now with his father's old power. Greed swings wildly for Stephan's face but Stephan ducks under the punch and lands a straight punch to his gut. Greed nearly doubles over from the blow. Suddenly Stephan thinks of something very obvious, 'Left hand of God, of course my kicks are weaker now' Stephan crouches a little bit and hits Greed square in the jaw with an uppercut that sends him head over heels. Greed hits the ground face first and pushes off the ground to get to his feet. Before he mount an attack Stephan lands a fast flurry of jabs and body punches. Greed is helpless against Stephan's natural speed mixed with his powerful punches. With one final cross punch Greed spirals down to the ground. His face is already beginning to swell and his right eye has swelled shut. Stephan starts walking towards Wrath and Envy when he feels something clutch at his pant leg. Greed suddenly latches onto both of Stephan's legs, “If I can't have the world I'll at least have your life, ENVY!!!” The young boy puts both of his hands up so that the palms are facing towards Greed and Stephan. A bright light begins to emit from his hands and even the rain water begins to evaporate before touching his hands. Stephan quickly tries to get Greed to let go but Greed has a death grip on Stephan's legs. Envy mysterious energy begins to form into a bright green light. With a grunt the light launches from Envy's hands and flies right at Stephan. Without thinking he just puts his hands out in front of his body to block whatever is flying at him but he feels a strong burning feeling run down his arms and suddenly the green light explodes just a few feet from Stephan. The blast sends Stephan backwards freeing him from the grip of the now dead Greed. Wrath turns to Envy who looks up at the cloaked figure with scared eyes, “Failure!” Wrath backhands Envy to the ground cutting open his cheek. Wrath grabs the young boy by the neck and a light begins to come from Envy's body and a simular light from Wrath's. The color of Wrath's suddenly turn blood red and Envy's begins to fade. Wrath throws Envy to the ground and Envy doesn't get up, or move at all. Wrath lets out a primal roar and pulls off his cloak. His skin is a grayish white like a dead body, his eyes are black and soulless and a large whole in his body armor like it had been stabbed with a long sword. His armor is missing the left shoulder section, making Stephan's eye grow large. Stephan scrambles back to his feet, “WHO ARE YOU?” Wrath looks at Stephan making him feel like the air he is breathing is being stolen, “I am Wrath!” Gabriel emerges from the Academy still carrying the sword and the armor. Wrath looks over at the young boy and smiles, “Bring that armor to me Deceiver.” Gabriel steps back and takes a defensive stance against the large man, “NO!” Wrath smiles a dark smile, “Who do you think you are, you are not the Deceiver.” Before Gabriel can say anything he is knocked down from behind. The shoulder armor is ripped off of his arm and the sword is taken off his back. Gabriel quickly rolls over and sees Rain standing over him with the armor. Stephan doesn't understand what is going on as Rain runs to Wrath and hands him the shoulder armor and the sword. Wrath begins to laugh uncontrollably, “Did you really think your dear mommy came back to life AHAHAHAHA DON'T BE A FOOL!” Wrath runs his armor clad hand down the impostor's face and her skin pales and her hair turns a dirty red color, “This is my final minor the Deceiver. She is nothing more than an animated doll that I gave the power to live.” Gabriel gets to his feet and watches in horror as the supposed Rain begins to melt until the remains disappear in the falling rain. “This was so much more easy than I had ever thought it could have been, all I had to do was play on the emotions of that stupid father of yours.” Wrath laughs again and lifts his hands to the two boys, “Isn't it amazing the harder you tried the worse you made it. First your father helps the rest of your group think that his wife came back from the dead then, you “regain” your memory and tell them about our plot when it is already too late.” Wrath looks down at the young Gabriel, “Then you bring the last two pieces right to me.” Stephan clenches his fists, “So you are the fallen angle that we were told about?” “In a word, yes. I was cast out of paradise and slain by a single stupid soldier of the Heavens. But now I can exact my revenge now that I have regained enough of my strength I will destroy this world and restar the war that shook Heaven itself!” Stephan charges at the revealed devil Wrath, “I won't let you!” Stephan jumps up to attack Wrath but he just lifts his arm up and swings down hitting Stephan square in the shoulder. The impact shatter's Stephan's colar bone and the impact with the ground makes his vision go blurry. Wrath starts walking towards Gabriel as Zion comes out of the main building with a sword, “Stay back!” Zion runs at Wrath and swings the sword trying to connect with Wrath's neck. The devil's incarnation grabs the blade and shatters it with his fist before picking up Zion and slamming his other fist into his gut. Wrath lets go of Zion and his crumbles to the ground. The broken sword bounces on the ground towards the now frozen in fear Gabriel. Wrath stands right in front of the boy and reaches for him. “STOP” Wrath turns around and Griffen, Tayo, Saito, and Airo are all running at him. Airo gets to Wrath first and rolls under a punch and Tayo connects with a front flip drop kick. Saito slams Derflinger into Wrath's shoulder armor but the attack does no damage and Griffen uses the Excamasa to simular success on Wrath's right leg armor. The four men keep hitting and dodging trying there best to avoid getting hit by Wrath. Saito lands on his feet after another unsuccessful sword strike, “We aren't doing anything at all!?” Airo flips over Wrath and lands behind him and hits him with a spin kick, “Just keep going!” Wrath outstretches his arms and releases a roaring scream. A wave of black energy blasts from his body and hits the remaining warriors. Each of them try to get up but the impact of the blast has left each of them in an unbelievable amount pain. The only person left on their feet is the young boy Gabriel. Wrath turns back to the frozen boy and starts walking back towards him. Stephan rolls over onto his belly and tries to crawl towards Gabriel but all he can do is reach for him with his left arm, “Gabriel!” Wrath reaches for the boy again and grabs him by the shirt and lifts him high off his feet. Gabriel can only clutch at Wrath's arm and struggle, “NO!!!” The rain suddenly stops and what soundly like an earthquake echoes like thunder from the sky. The clouds spiral and dissipates as a bright beam of white energy falls from the heavens and covers Gabriel forcing Wrath to release his hold on him. Airo, Zion, and Stephan begin to dimly glow as well as the light around Gabriel grows more intense. The light suddenly explodes forth and begins to dim. Before Wrath stands not a small boy but a taller older young adult. His hair is now hanges just short of his jaw and is a radiant blonde. His shirt has been turned to shreds and his pants are a baggy white material. Wrath stares at the changed teen with a glare that would rob anyone of their very warmth, “HOW DARE YOU INTERFERE!” The boy opens his sky blue eyes and smiles at Wrath, “I will not let this happen.” His voice is deep and calm. The unknown teen bends down and picks up the broken sword that Zion tried to use. He turns looks over at Stephan, “I'll need your help, everyone of you.” Wrath charges at the calm teenager screaming at him the whole way. The teen easily jumps back away from Wrath's first attack and he draws the broken sword back like he will attack with it. “Now my brothers, lend me your strength.” The left leg, eye, arm, and hand of God begin to glow more intensely as the blade turns a vivd white. The light around the blade shatters like glass revealing a long sword with angel wings at the guard and a bright sapphire on the end of the handle. Wrath pulls out his sword it looks almost the exact same except the wings look like they have been burned and the jewel is black as night. Wrath runs at the young man and swings his blade. The unknown warrior does the same but he lunges forward and after the attack the blade shatters again back to its original broken form. Wrath turns around and raises his sword over his head preparing to strike down the teen but he suddenly stops as his blade breaks in half. He stumbles back and looks down at his chest plate, a gaping whole in the shape of a sword slash has cut through the armor entirely. Wrath falls to his knees and looks up to the sky, “I won't stop.” The teen walks up to Wrath and rests his hand on Wrath's head, “You don't have a choice.” A bright light engulfs Wrath and when it vanishes he is gone. The teen turns to Stephan, “You have gone through much to help, is there anything I can do for you.” Stephan looks around the busted up court yard littered with dead bodies, “I just want things to go back to the way they were.” The teen nods in understanding and his figure turns into sand and blows away revealing the little hero Gabriel who falls over exhausted. Stephan stands up and walks over to his fallen allies, “Are you guys okay.” The general consensus is yes with various grunts and moans. Stephan walks over to his father and starts to lift him up, “I guess I'll go bury you with mom then.” The limp left arm of Seth's body reaches up and raps around Stephan's shoulders, “Why would you do that?” The teen almost passes out as Seth opens his eyes and smiles up at him, “The gauntlets look good on you. I guess I can let you continue to be the left arm of God.” Zion stands up rubs his stomach and as he rubs the pain begins to go away until it is completely gone, “Hey everyone!” Zion lifts his hand up and a bright flame emerges over his hand, “Magic, it has been restored!” Three days pass and in that time each of the heros where knighted by Queen Henrietta and given noble titles. Each of them did something different and went their separate ways except Zion, Saito, Seth, and Stephan who all still remain close to the Queen. Seth is sitting outside with his eyes closed just enjoying the warm weather and the wind. The sun warms his body to the point that he begins to nod off. “Seth?” He turns and sees...

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