Kurai was resting on a branch of a tree and sighed. He didn't expect Masaki to be as strong as his base form. He looked down at the tired Urias and Yllesa. He tossed them an Emergy Fruit to eat on and looked at the sky. Urias ate the fruit in a hurry and sighed with satisfaction. Yllesa ate it slowly, pissed off that she could easily be beaten in battle.
"I will crush Cipher and those pathetic Dark Lords!" Yllesa yelled.
"Yeah..they will disappear with the rest of the Realm!" Urias said.
"This way Misa." Emma said and her ears twitched sensing presence and stopping.
"Mmph!" Misa bumped into Emma and looked at her. "Big sis?"
"It's them..." Emma said and dodged an ice arrow.
Kurai and the others walked up and Kurai saw Misa and smirked. Misa looked at Kurai and her heart thumped as she remembered Liliana tell her a man with a mask had the same powers as her.
"Big sis..let's go...I don't want to get involved.." Misa felt scared.
"Ahh The Raging Minotaur, Emma..it's unfortunate we have crossed paths.." Kurai said.
"Listen buddy..we are only crossing this forest for a mission..we don't want trouble.." Emma said, protecting Misa.
"Strange of you to say that..you've been nothing but trouble for us heroes..lucky for you we only want Misa.." Urias said. "It'll be wise for you to hand her over."
"As if..if you want her take her from me...but you won't succeed.." Emma got in a stance and her horns turned black and she summoned her battle-axe.
"Urias...Yllesa.." Kurai said. Urias and Yllesa nodded then dashed to Emma.
Misa noticed Kurai appear in front of her and panicked then summoned a slime to protect her and take the damage for her then ran off. Emma noticed and bellowed and swung her axe at Kurai as her eyes glowed brightly. Her aura surged and fused with the axe. She gripped the axe with both hands and spun in a circle.
"Fury Cyclone!" Emma bellowed and released a huge energy wave.
"Thorn Defense!" Kurai said and blocked the attack with ease. Urias and Yllesa dodged the attack. "You're strong...but not strong enough." Kurai smirked and a rush of aura spikes jabbed at Emma's body. He watched Emma's aura vanished and watched her fall.
Misa's eyes widened. She ran to Emma and shook her body, wanting her to wake up. She was on the verge of tears. She whispered "Big Sis" constantly as she shook her body. There was no response.
"It's no use Misa..she's not responding. Let me tell you why we want you. You are our main sacrifice to the Phantom God...you are the key to the destruction of this Realm...you see...you're just a puppet... nothing more than a mere slave to the Phantom God.." Kurai chuckled. He walked to Misa and reached down.
"Don't...touch me..." Misa's aura turned black.
"Heh...you don't scare me in the slightest...now let's go.." Kurai said.
"You killed her...Big Sis..." Misa mumbled. "She didn't do anything wrong...and you killed her.." Misa gripped the ground. "YOU KILLED HER!!" Misa bellowed and her dark aura surged powerfully.
"What the- this energy is-" Urias was being pushed away by the raw power of Misa's uncontrollable aura.
"This girl.." Yllesa grunted and was pushed away also.
Floria was running through the forest to find Misa and Emma and felt Misa's dark aura. She stopped and looked around and held her head then fell on one knee. She never felt this much dark energy before, this much corrupted power.
"I...Will...Kill...You..." Misa stood up and her horns turned purple and she ran to Kurai and went for a barrage of strikes.
Kurai dodged and Urias went for the attack but the raw force of Misa's aura sent him flying into a tree. Misa's rage was uncontrollable, she loved Emma like she was a sister. Misa's yelled and her aura became more darker. Kurai glared and his eyes glowed purple. He was slowly being pushed back from the aura. Yllesa dashed to Misa and went for a strike. Misa dodged and punched her stomach and black aura burst from Yllesa's back and she was sent flying into a tree. Misa exhaled and smoke came from her mouth.
"She has power beyond my belief.." Kurai said.
Misa dashed to Kurai and summoned Dullahan and Dullahan slashed at Kurai. Kurai defeated Dullahan then blocked an attack from a Dark Knight Girl. A gang of monsters surrounded Kurai. Kurai defeated them all with his aura then looked up. Misa opened her hand and a white ball of energy emerged from her hand.
"What is this...?" Kurai said.
Floria ran to the scene and saw Misa. She was shocked and looked at Emma and glared at Kurai.
"You caused this!" Floria bellowed.
"Turn to dust!" Misa send the ball of energy at Kurai. "Black... BALLISTA!!" Misa bellowed.
"Your attempts are futile!" Kurai laughed and got hit with the Black Ballista. "This is the power of Luca himself..and I see you possess the main parts of him, but let me show you the power of a REAL Dark Lord!" Kurai yelled and his aura appeared black as night then the aura surged to Misa. "Revenge Wave!"
Misa tried to dodge it and was hit and crashed to the ground. A woman appeared and caught Misa in a vortex of flames. She had flaming butterfly wings and her hair was the color of fire. She had the power of a Phoenix. Her horns was an reddish orange and her skin was a slight pink.
"Combust!" The woman shot a large wave of flames at Kurai. Kurai dodged and glared.
"You are the daughter of Ifrit...Tania.." Kurai said.
"Your actions have officially declared war against us and the Phantom Realm..for the murder of our brethren, Luca, and the attacks upon the Human Realm, and the attempt to kill Emma and capture Misa!" Tania said.
Emma slowly stood up and wiped her mouth. Floria's blue eyes glowed with anger. Emma's red eyes glowed and she smirked.
"I'll admit...you got me...but you still won't be getting Misa..I felt her power...she could've killed you if she didn't hold back..but now it's our turn to strike.." Emma said.
"Emma...my mother Gaia said she's willing to lend us her power..." She summoned her two fairies and her enchanted staff.
"Good..." Emma grabbed her battle-axe. "Tania..take Misa home..."
"Right." Tania grabbed Misa and vanished in a pillar of flames.
"You two think you can defeat me..?" Kurai took his mask off and tossed it aside. "Now I have the resolve to kill you both and take your power.."
"I would love to see you try...you dirty Dark Lord killer.." Irea walked up with Viper.
Viper had purple snakes for hair. Her appearance was similar to Medusa's, but she looked different than the other Dark Lords. She wore a purple sailor outfit and weilded a magic wand. This was her Transcended Form.
"You may have killed Luca...the only reason why was because his Rebirth was different...he was out of time..he reached his 40 Day mark...but we are infinite!" Viper hissed.
"It's four Dark Lords against me..and I'm leaving alive.." Kurai smirked.