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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7: Crisis on Newcastle part 2

The scene changes to a flashback scene of Seku and Klaus in the universe they were from. Klaus is in a hotel located in NYC. He sits on one of the benchs in the reception area that's full of people exiting, entering, etc. "Hmmm, I'm bored... Sekuuuu!" he calls out her name, and she Hearing his call from across the city, she froze for a moment."Damn it, what does he want now?" She was tempted to ignore him and continue doing her own thing, but she knew she'd be putting herself in danger. Not until he releases all the restrictions on me, she thought.

Reluctantly, she began to make her way to him. "Urgh.. where is she..." he says as he starts tapping his fingers on the book.

Seku showed up a short while later, with a scowl on her face. There was a hint of a smirk on her lips as she saw the annoyance on his face.

Seku: What do you want? (She asked in a cold tone) Don't tell me you already have something for me to do.

Klaus: I do. But for now... tell me how's life in the city? Are you enjoying the views?

The sudden change in topic caught her off guard. Did he actually care about how she was doing?

Life here isn't too bad, she replied. She wasn't just going to give him the satisfaction of knowing everything about her life. "But maybe I should get something out of this," she thought.

Seku: Say, Klaus, since you don't really care about what I do, does that mean you won't keep tabs on me all the time?

Klaus: Well, yes. I have to... since you are a demon and all, and plus you pretty and the guys out here will irritate you to the point you start killing. I can't have that happening now, right?

Seku rolled her eyes at his answer. "So that's his reason. It's not that he cares about me, he just doesn't want me to kill anyone." She thinks to herself before letting out an irritated groan.

She let out an irritated groan.

"Fine," she replied, "but you're not telling me you don't trust me, are you?"

Klaus: Not at all. I trust you well enough to not cause trouble... hmmm?

Seku: (She scoffs) So you DO still have some level of trust in me.

Klaus: Yep.

Seku then thinks back to the months of following his stupid orders and couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Seku: I've been following your orders for all this time, and I haven't caused any trouble yet, have I?

Klaus: You haven't... Yet. Now... Listen closely because this is very important.

Seku: Tch... (She crosses her arms and listens) What's so important? (She asked bitterly) You going to give me another order? Or is this about my supposed 17 hours of 'immortality' running out?

Klaus: no... its about... the book. I have given it some thought and I've been wonder now... after all the... freedom I gave you... the fun orders... giving you the chance to learn humanity... what is it you going to do now? If you were never bound to me because of the book? Let's say You are fully free to do whatever you want, what will you do?

Seku took a deep breath, trying to formulate an answer that would be satisfactory to him while keeping her freedom intact.

Seku: I would continue to do what I've been doing (she lied). Continue to explore the world and learn more about humanity...

Klaus: ... (Everything went quiet between them except for the noise of other humans around them for about 40 seconds until Klaus breaks the silence)

Klaus: At approximately 3 years from now... Our world would be merged to another world in another universe. If my predictions are right, there will be a war happening that results in people trying to defend every reality and others wanting to destroy it all... the only ly way for them to do that is to have the power to control it all. The book of Zire has already spoke of it all. How it ended in previous eras. To prevent it all from happening again this is what I want you to do...

Seku's eyes widen as Klaus tells her what to do but isn't seen by the reader.

Scene changes back to the current situation. Zack dashes to Aggregor at a speed of lightning with his arms coated in a lightning aura, With them he attempts to deliver a right hook but is avoided by Aggregor leaning back before they engage with taijutsu strikes. Aggregor successful evaded, blocked and counters every strike Zack made before executing a combo consisted of a quick flurry of kicks from his left foot, two hooks each from fist before finishing the combo with a straight punch from his right fist aimed for Zack's Solar plexus. Zack falls to his knees gasping for air. Seku shouts outwards emitting a powerful aura of demonic power, the aura begins pushing the claw of the werehyena back out slowly but surely before pushing The beast back. Seku undergoes a quick change as her arms and legs are covered by a dark greyish scale like armor as her eyes are reddish in color.

Aggregor: Hmm...

Seku gathers energy from the surrounding area between her hands, which subsequently takes the form of a large, black globe. The globe then fires a large black-purple beam that would have e generated a devastating explosion if it weren't for the werehyena stepping in infront of the beam and slashing and canceling out the attack in an instant.

Seku: tch... what just happen... did that thing just...

Before she could finish her sentence the werehyena appears infront of her, Attacking her with its claw on its wrist by swinging its claw down onto Seku who blocks the claw with her forearm creating a loud impact that cracks the very ground beneath her feet. The werehyena unleashes a loud shockwave from its mouth blasting Seku back crashing through the doors of the castle and also making her drop the shard at the steps of the entrance.

The werehyena with a blazing speed follows Seku inside in a near instant response, Seeing how fast the beast is Surprises Seku as She attempts to channel demonic energy but gets interrupted by the beast extending its arm to stab into her face in which she quickly evades to the side extends her hand towards the beast and summons forth a Magic Seal underneath her target, where a multitude of large tendrils composed of demonic energy form, to surround and envelope the beast who's now restrained in place by the tendrils trying to break out.

Seku: Damn beast... (She looks down at her abdomen and sees that her wound is taking a slow amount of time to fully heal as black blood still leaking out. This confuses her for a moment until she remembers what Klaus has told her about The deprimestate.

[Seku's Recalling memory.]

Seku and Klaus are walking barefooted on a beach In the middle of the night; days before Klaus' death. They walk side by side next to the ocean and is very windy.

Seku: Tell me again... what the creatures i should be worried about?

Klaus: (he chuckles) Well the things ive seen some users summon ate the The krakens, world serpents, Dragons, the big dog from hel... forgot its name. But the biggest summonings you should remember and worry about... is the Werehyena and the gatekeeper of the Samsara; Yoshiratin.

Seku: Hmmm... which one between the two is more powerful?

Klaus: The gatekeeper... as it has a large wheel that represents the birth, life, death and rebirths that every being undergo. The hyena just nullifies any attack sent in its way with its claws and reverses the effects of your regenerative healing factors.

Seku: How do I beat them?

Klaus: Assuming it's possible... I'd say... You have to cut them down faster than the ealing factor OR hurt or kill the wielder of the technique.

Seku: Seems... easy enough.

Klaus: (he chuckles) it may be but if you were ever in the situation against either one of the beings... Cutting them down or even trying to hurt the wielder would be waaay more difficult than facing a whole army of different races together.

[Memory ends]

Seku: Tch!?

Seku starts leaping back away from Werehenyah who breaks out of the tendrils moving forward swinging its wrists down hitting the ground as it's trying to slice her.

After avoiding 4 of werehyena's attack, Seku Acrobatically flips backwards with a spinning kick to the beast's bottom jaw. She vanishes for a split second and appears mounting on one of the beast's extended arms with one palm keeping her up in a handstand for her to swing one of her legs across the beast's face, angering the beast who quickly grabs her neck and slams her down into the ground.

The werehyena pins Seku down with its large palm with enough pressure applied down onto her body to crush her and cause cracks to appear on the ground she's pinned on. Seku clenches her teeth with a squall before the werehyena picks her up singlehandedly and begins running around the area aggressively brushing her whole body against the furniture and walls of the place It then tosses her to a Wall and unleashing a loud roar.

Seku: ("I... Am I... going to die?" She questions herself in thought as she's currently on the ground with half her right side of her body torn and bloody, she's in a weakened state and cannot continue to fight. Her vision begins flickering from clear to blurry as she looks at the Beast finishing its roar.)

The werehyena finishes its roar and begins walking with each step denting the ground aswell as making a thud as it makes its way to finish off Seku.

7:30 A.M.

Narration: As the beast closes in on the demoness Seku, a light green energy sphere appears suddenly upon reaching the beast's body blasting the beast to the side away from Seku surprising her with curiosity as she shifts her head slightly to the direction the sphere had come from and a familiar male voice is heard saying "So... This is the creature that gave Ezra a hard time?" Stepping out from the shadows is the grand reaper "Daryl Smith."

Narration: Outside, essences of greater power emerges.