Chapter 7 - That Ended Well

Zenmetsu's wings exploded outwards, sending me and Oiran flying away from the shockwave. Zenmetsu's laugh echoed and resonated in the air, a jet engine like sound erupting from his throat. Flames burned and blazed from his mouth as he cackled. He beat his wings, taking off in my direction. I do my best to dodge, but am slammed into the side of the castle wall. I cough up pools of blood- but this absence of violence was brief, for only seconds after this, blue flames were blasted upon my body, obliterating the stone behind me, and charring my body. I start to fall, the support of the wall to longer holding me up. However, my descent is caught short, as the clawed, scaly hand of Zenmetsu grabs hold of my body. 

This entire time, the hulking mass of mannequin Oiran had been trying to keep up with the speeding blue giant, but to no avail. The mannequins body had even begun to decay, due to being around that blue energy. The claws of Zenmetsu dug into my flesh, my own blood dying his claws red. I was in luck however, because he would soon let go. Only to throw me to the ground. I could feel the ripples of air in my wake as I descended. My mind was completely blank in the moment, until it wasn't. In that moment...

I could see everything.

I could hear everything.

I could feel everything

Electricity burst out from my eyes, wings of divine- black electricity sprouted from my back. I looked in Zenmetsu's direction, flapped my wings, and within a millisecond, I was right there. Right in front of him. I raised my fist of black electricity, the loud scream of electricity echoing through the air. Zenmetsu turned around, only for his face to be slammed by the pitch-black midnight flames. Zenmetsu flew downwards, his body tumbling through the air. In the corner of my eye, a figure rose from the rubble. A large feminine figure emerging from the wreckage of the tower- it was Oiran- and in a new mannequin. In her mannequins left arm, was what seemed to be a sword of socks. Her hollow eyes focused on Zenmetsu as she exhaled a breath of steam. 

BOOM

BOOM

BOOM

The sound of Zenmetsu's flapping wings is identical to that of a canon firing.

I sway to the left, narrowly missing the blue fist of Zenmetsu. My eyes moved every which way. I could see his next movements in my mind as if they were memories I had already experienced.

The left.

I flap my wings, flinging myself out of the way of another punch from above, that slammed into the ground, at least one hundred feet below. My body moves quick to catch up with his falling body, and I soon do. I create a sword of black electricity, holding it high above my head, before screaming, " Sword of Calamity!!"  The blade of electricity sliced through the scaly body of Zenmetsu, who slammed into the ground below. He began to stand up, only to fall to the ground from the intense pain. He flapped his wings, taking off and leaving a crater in his wake. Oiran swung her sword, only for her slash to be dodged. I hold my right hand high, a ball of electricity forming in it. I clench my fist, before opening my hand once more, a beam of electricity erupting upwards from it, taking the form of a dragon, that swirled and flew in the air. I flapped my wings, flying upwards, and pointed in Zenmetsu's direction. " Anubis Chase." The dragon took off at such insane speeds that even my eyes had a hard time keeping up, but it was in that moment, that it seemed everything went silent, time slowing down. Zenmetsu's eyes glowed a bright red as he flew towards the dragon, matching its speeds. The two passed each other in less then a moment, the two both going at such high speeds. Both of them stood still for a moment, their backs turned to each other. Zenmetsu spat out blood, before saying, " Fly By."

The dragon exploded in a rain of black sparks, the sound indistinguishable from that of a thousand firecrackers. I was taken back by this, my thoughts wavering on whether we could win this fight- but that was when Oirans sword slammed into Zenmetsu's back. The hulking giant was sent flying back towards me. I make a slashing movement with my void electricity katana, before flapping my wings, ascending up towards Zenmetsu, and slashing his stomach, electricity erupting from his spine like a lightning rod. This however did not halt his fall, and he continued to fall, before his focus returned, and he beat his wings midair, sending him barreling upwards, his wings now coated in blue energy. He held both of his claws to his side as they erupted into the same blue energy. 

I could see his next movement.

All I had to do was dodge to the left- my train of thought was quickly cut short. What the hell?! His burning blue claws dug into my flesh, blue flames coating my body. My body slammed into what was only now a remnant of the tower. I knew he was going to attack...but I wasn't fast enough to dodge. In an instant, Zenmetsu appeared in front of me.

Dodge to the left- again, before I could finish thinking, the blue fist slammed into me, the crunch of my bones creating a  sickening noise. Again and again and again, the slashes and strikes of Zenmetsu's claws rendering me paralyzed, my skin dyed red. Eventually, the barrage stopped, but this by no means meant that I could move. He flexed his claws, grinning quite literally devilishly at his talons, before turning his head back to me.

" Do you see this?!" He yells. " This is the power of a TRUE simp!" He swings his claw downwards, blocking out my view of anything else besides his reptilian claw.

BOOM

The explosive, gargantuan fist of Oiran slammed into the body of Zenmetsu, sending him flying. However, I quickly discover that this was in vain. I hear the flapping of wings, and see the towering body of Zenmetsu flying towards me. Oiran attempts to stop him- but in a blur, the entire mannequin explodes...and Zenmetsu is in front of me. His eyes seem to bore a hole in my soul. 

" Get up." the sound of his voice shakes my very being.

I shakily rise to my feet, before turning my back to him, and beginning to walk away.

I can hear his deep laugh.

I can hear the crackle of the blue flames the coat his fist.

I turn towards him, and snap my fingers, and with this sound, a thunderclap like none before echoes throughout the entire planet- and a bolt of electricity strikes down the giant.  " Divine Calamity!" Zenmetsu stands there, his body smoking. He takes a step forward, before falling down through the air, his body tumbling down through the wind. I turn away, and the only inclination of his death I need is the sound of his body crashing into the ground.