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Chapter 18 - Shadow Walker

Fenrir stood ready, his claws growing and ice beginning to engulf the ground beneath him. Mist begins to form from his mouth.

"I don't want to have to fight you, kid..."

The Reaper now stood in front of him, a path of deceased grass and plants followed behind him. A deep voice echoes from the Reaper.

"Even with your new power, you shall never be able to touch me." Wraith gets ready to attack, raising his scythe, but instead of charging he slices the air, sending a blast tears Fenrir who jumps to the side and watches as the blast hits a tree.

"I see how this fight is going to be..." He starts to say as he is interrupted by Wraith who's scythe is now close to his throat. Fenrir leaps back and is greeted by Wraith again, who reaches forward and punches him, sending the Wolf back into a tree.

"Remind me not to piss you off again..." He coughs for a second then readies himself once more, ice and mist surrounding him again. "No more playing around now." His fangs grow a couple inches. "Seeing how you're bones now I don't think it'll hurt..." He charges at Wraith an an instant, who uses massive scythe to block him. Fenrir bounces back then charges around behind him. Wraith sees this but was a moment too late as Fenrir claws his back, leaving a trail of ice through his cloak. Wraith turns to Fenrir, the ice chilling his bones but seems to have no effect. He lifts his scythe again and charges Fenrir once more, but this time is stopped by a black flame that sends him flying back into several trees. Fenrir glances back toward the direction of the flame and sees Obsidia.

"We told you we would help you..." She walks over to him, hands covered in black fire.

He sighs softly and relaxes a little "I know. I just didn't want you two to get hurt if it was serious."

Wraith stands up, the trees decaying around him and collapse to dust.

"Okay, now I don't think he's playing anymore." Obsidia had seen him once when he was angry but the thought sent a chill down her spine.

Fenrir shifts forms again, his horns and spikes growing, his eyes now glowing light blue.

She knew he was about to get serious so she had to too, her flames began to engulf her arms. Her black hair now flowing like fire and her eyes turn a deep red. The two were now ready to fight Death incarnate himself.

Wraith takes one step, then appears in front of the two, Fenrir leaps away as Obsidia blasts him with her fire. He tries to dodge it when Fenrir lands beside him and bashes his head into Wraith's side.

For a moment, Wraith was unsure of what to do when a thought comes to his mind. He sees Fenrir charging at him and focuses for a moment. A black cloud of aura surrounds the Reaper, sending the deathly aura towards the two. Fenrir sees it and backs off "Get back!"

Obsidia sees his fear and jumps back in time to see a tree decay right in front of her.

Fenrir thinks for a moment and looks back at Obsidia. She was able to sense Archangel's aura but could she sense this Deathly aura.

"Get back to Zero and Nieo!" Fenrir gave her a haunting look and shakes it off.

"I have an idea..." She focuses her power for a moment, her black flames beginning to surround her and she closes her eyes. She lifts her right arm up and aims toward Wraith and within an instant, a massive vortex of black fire shot forward toward him with no way out. Fenrir sees it and jumps back toward her. Fenrir stands behind Obsidia watching as the fire consumed everything in its path, but for a moment he could still feel that deathly aura. He looked around but he couldn't see it and for a moment it felt like he was gone.

Minutes of waiting went by when a wall of ice forms behind the two in time to see the blade of the scythe pierce through and stop. Fenrir glances back as he hears the ice crackle and takes a step back, the Reaper known as Wraith was no longer present as a new being stood before them. Still keeping his Skeletal figure, he now wielded a scythe that was twice the length in which the blade curved back almost to the end of the staff. Obsidia had pushed Wraith to a new level of power that he no longer held any bit of control. His cloak now wrapped around his neck like a scarf, his skull grew two horns the size of swords. He now had razor sharp teeth that almost resembled a sharks or some monstrosity. This was no longer a reaper of Death. The being they stood in front of was more terrifying.

"Fenrir.... We... We need to go..." Her voice began to tremble as she had now seen worse from him. His aura was pouring out uncontrollably that even Fenrir could feel it.

"Go back to Zero and Nieo... Now!" Fenrir shouts as he sees the blade inch through the ice, shattering the entire wall with one simple movement. Obsidia, now shaking out of fear, turns from the two and begins to run. Behind her she ca hear the sounds of tree after tree falling behind her.

As Obsidia ran, Fenrir was still trying to keep the newly transformed Wraith busy. He swung repeatedly, slicing tree after tree and eventually grabbing a tree and threw it at Fenrir who jumps up on it in mid air and leaps off. After his landing, Fenrir looks back up in the direction of where the hulking Wraith was, but begins to worry when he realized he was already gone. He then begins to listen closely, but the forest was eerily quiet.

"I told you..." The voice was now demonic as it now echoes throughout the forest. "Now the real question is..."

Fenrir begins to pace slightly, still trying to listen for movement.

"How far can you see in the dark?" The voice asks as Fenrir then feels his massive skeletal hand grip his hind leg and pull him into his own shadow.