"Dammit that bastard!" He had used his injured arm to smash the shield like an idiot. To Akatsuki the wound may as well have been a flesh wound as none of the vital veins were cut but it still bleeding quite a bit.
"Akatsuki-san at least stop the bleeding." "Easier said than done, not like I have anything to wrap it." "And I don't any healing spells..." "Forget it we'll just make sure to end this before it gets any worse. Who knows maybe by the time we fight that bastard again it would have healed." He did not have the regeneration abilities of a salamander with its tail cut off. This wound was probably the first one that he has received. No the first wound he has received is probably not this one. Though this would count as his first major physical wound.
The first time he was hurt goes far back to the point where he had been a child that didn't know right from wrong. An emotional wound that caused him to want some payback.
"Let's search. Now that we're here he's definitely going to come chase us. And I think I have the third objective figured out." "Eh?" "With Shirayukihime taken out of the game we need to make sure to not do the same. We'll have to improvise the original plan that we're using against him just a slight bit. Don't screw it up alright?" "I know." Akatsuki kicked down the first door on the hall.
"At least not kick down doors..." "Who cares? It's a replica mansion." "I do, you still kick down doors regardless if the place is a replica or not!" In fact Akatsuki has kicked down about five doors back in the Nameless's manor.
"Nothing." All these rooms had the same layout along with the same furniture. One of them could probably equal a five star hotel's room that costed a fortune just to stay for one night. Inaba checked the closet, Akatsuki checked under the bed.
"We don't have much time do we?" "Not really. I buried him 6 feet deep to make sure he deactivates his shield." "Let's split up then." "Careful." The time required to go through each and every room is about five minutes for two people.
Akatsuki took all the rooms on the right side as Inaba took all the rooms on the left. They decided to check the rooms at double the pace and in about 7 minutes per session.
"Nothing." "Same here." After going through about 4 rooms, 8 adding up both Inaba and Akatsuki's they sighed.
"Shall I make this easier for you?" The Demon Lord with his shield deactivated has now returned surrounding him are the sounds of howling wind. The wind picks up in speed and frequency. Its howling felt irritating to the ears like someone had been scratching a chalkboard with their nails!
"Ugh..." Inaba covers her ears as her face distorts in pain. Alistair held a ball of wind in his hand that is continuously growing in size. The wooden walls of the mansion surrounding him were being chipped away as the white sphere grows larger gradually.
"Cut them down." "Get down!" Inaba dragged Akatsuki down against the floor. They lied flat on their stomachs as all at once the sphere is compressed into a tiny ball the size of a rice grain. But that only lasted half a second as the sphere once more expanses. *BOOM!* similar to a balloon being popped the sphere did the same and the gathering masses of wind are released all at once in the form of a razor sharp blade edge that expanses outwards like ring!
""........."" Slowly Akatsuki and Inaba got up. The damage has been done as Alistair taps his boots onto the floor and activates his Shield of Achilles. The mansion had been cut horizontally into two! The whole upper half was coming down losing its stable support as the top ceiling came crashing down upon Akatsuki and Inaba!
"Inaba Armament now!" The one use Divine Armament. Taking out the white card with the crescent moon symbol imprint Inaba activates the Eye of Tsukuyomi in reverse! Instead of increasing the gravity it lowers it causing the caving in mansion debris to rise into the sky.
Taking this chance Akatsuki grabbed Inaba by the waist and made his escape and the reversed gravity is inversed causing all the debris to fall down at once! Akatsuki lands right outside of the mansion.
"D-Did...-?" Akatsuki covers Inaba's mouth from saying the cliche line that just may decide the outcome of this. Though he already knew the answer to this. This was not enough to kill Alistair. That shield will protect him from any harm, which is correct as a pile of rubble is smashed into the air being repelled.
"That girl is also a thorn." Alistair nonchalantly walks out of the pile of debris that used to be a mansion as he adjusts his monocle. No patches of dust anywhere on his clothes much less any signs of injuries. Once more the two remaining players are defensive strength of the Shield of Achilles.
"Both the Arrow and the Eye." Inaba's possession of two powerful Divine Armaments is an abnormality itself but that is a story for another time. Right now they had to deal with this Demon Lord who had fortress level defense.
"Making this easier for us huh?" This time Akatsuki took a step forward. He cracks his knuckles and snapped his neck. The destruction of the mansion did indeed help greatly with their search. It may have been a mess now but once he was through with this pile of crap the Impaler Prince is guaranteed to show up.
"Inaba I'll count on you to retrieve the Impaler Prince. After that skewer the heart of the dragon's scion." "Meaning...?" "Dracula's portrait." "Oh so you figured it out?" "You may be related to Count Dracula but you're not him. Your name is Dracular not Dracula. It may be similar but I'm betting on the original. Besides I doubt even with the Impaler Prince we pierce through that shield. It's just a tool at best that acts as a key." "Impressive. There's nothing much left besides attempting to take me down. I'll give you the first strike." Akatsuki clenched his fist as he breaks into a grin.
"I'll tell you something back at my world where supernatural power development is a common thing I was still regarded to as an irregular." The world that Akatsuki had come from is a world where ESP and the supernatural are a common thing. But even if one could shoot out fire and electricity from their hands they were nothing compared to Akatsuki who was the irregular.
"It sounds like it was quite a boring place judging by your tone." "Ah but there were two people in that world who are an entertainment to hang around with." The image of another person with long black hair came into his mind. The second person was none other than his foster mother.
"Then again that guy was a sticker to the rules till the end. He's probably about in his 20s now. If he was even the slightest bit dissatisfied with his current lifestyle he may have gotten an invitation like me to come to Eden." It was quite a shame is what Akatsuki thought. Once more he wanted to cross fists with the other man, just one last time before he had left his old world behind permanently. Maybe he'll attempt to send a letter through to his old world after this.
"And the second person?" "6 feet under since a few years back. That damn old hag told me that I'd have to make a decision to come here, but she never even said anything about when the invite will come and had me wait quite a while. Then again that was probably also Inaba's fault." "Why is it my fault!?" "You didn't call me here earlier." "Then I ask now the human named Kurogami Akatsuki to show me the irregular power that you hold." "Hmph it's nothing all that irregular. To be honest I was quite envious of people that could shoot out fire or electricity out of their hands. I always wondered why they got the flashy powers but not me." He raises his right hand up towards the heavens with the moon behind his back. Closing each of his fingers individually Akatsuki forms a fist.
"Watch and behold! Shattering Earth!!!!" Akatsuki slams his fist down and it took only a moment for the punch that could shatter the stars to work its way up the pile of debris that used to be a mansion. The earth trembles and the lands in the distance crack as pillars of earth stabbed out of the ground like blades! The pile of rubble was blown into the air as if the Eye of Tsukuyomi had been activated once more!
"Ah......?" Inaba's jaw hangs loose. So this is the true strength of the number one problem child? Ever since Akatsuki had come to Eden she has witnessed his powers many times over. This destruction is the result of his full might. She now knew just why Akatsuki is regarded to as a problem child.
With the powers to shatter a star with his bare fist Akatsuki is definitely not someone that belongs in a human society.
"Heh impressive indeed! Hahahaha!" Demon Lord Alistair beholds the sight before him as he spreads his arms wide. This was the power of the current opponent that will be providing him with entertainment. How wonderful and noble it was. Shattering Earth that was the name of the power that could devastate the stars, a fitting name to describe it!
"Inaba hurry it up!" "Ah!" Recovering from her senses she remembered the task assigned to her. In the air surrounded by rubble something glittered. That was the Impaler Prince! She immediately leaped into the sky and into the rain of rubbles towards the tool that was falling and caught it. It was a three pointed spear with an abstract design. A blue line of spirals around the shaft. Now she had to stab this into the heart of the Dracula portrait that was somewhere around here.
"Found it!" Like the rest of the rubble the portrait had also been lifted into the sky by Akatsuki's strength.
"Not yet." Alistair seemly has blinked right in front of Inaba and behind him was the giant portrait of Count Dracula. "Back off asshole!" From the side Akatsuki appeared and kicked Alistair away! This was the first hit that had connected onto the body of the Demon Lord.
"You better not miss Inaba!" "Understood!" While still in the air in free fall she held the Impaler Prince in reverse grip and tossed it forward like a harpoon aimed at the chest area of the legendary vampire Demon Lord in the portrait! It was also then that something shattered. A shield was penetrated, stabbed through.
"Now you can't use the Shield of Achilles." "I find no need to use it anymore. Let us enjoy this fight to the finish!" Alistair gripped Akatsuki by the face and tossed him down to the ground like a comet! Landing onto the ground once more with a loud boom Akatsuki gets back up with a wild grin on his face.
"Fine by me! I'll take back what I said about us not being able to win!" At first they saw each other as nothing more than enemies. But now they saw the other as rivals each seeking to surpass the other.
"Kurogami Akatsuki." "Demon Lord Alistair Alucard Vermilion Dracular." ""I'll crush you!!!"" This is the final showdown between an abnormal human boy with the power to devastate the stars with his fist and a vampire Demon Lord who held equal or more strength in his own rights!