Hooray! A chapter!
Lmao. It's like, 10 minutes of heaven for Cindri. xD
I just commented, Namine's_angel, so yeah.
Chapter 20~*
In another swift movement, Taro had swung the blade in a diagonal motion, hoping to cut up his so-called Father's chest, but Xagurion knew better than that. Instead, Taro felt an intense pain in his shoulder, and saw that his opponent had dodged him without a scratch.
Okay, now it was getting annoying. Why couldn't he just stand still and let him kill him for God's sake? Scoffing, Taro ignored the blood now dripping down his arm and continued slashing recklessly. His violent determination getting the best of him.
"Just..die already!" he grunted, not happy how equally matched they were. Okay, so his father was even more skilled. But that didn't matter. He WOULD kill him, even if he died in the process. Sure it would suck, but at least he would still be keeping his honor that way.
"That won't be happening. I never thought it would come to this, but don't worry. You'll be joining your mother soon enough." smirked his father cruely, twirling his blade in his hands like there was nothing to worry about.
But he was wrong. That was it. He could insult him all he wanted, but mentioning MOTHER. Shouting out angrily, his eyes ablaze, Taro struck out a hard blow against him, blue energy surging within his blade.
Taken aback, Xagurion grunted and narrowed his eyes. "You'll regret that." he growled, and in another instant, Taro was sprawled on the ground, writhing in unexpected pain. He didn't even see him attack! Why did he have to be so fast?
"I'm tired of these games. It's time you were finished. Son or not." he said coldly and raised the blade high, ready to land his finishing blow.
Looking away painfully as he awaited his death, the sound of a pained cry and the sound of a body hitting the ground caused him to come to once more. What had happened? Zexion and Axel couldn't have broken free.. Then who was it?
"Ryu!" he cried, dumbfounded, not believing his eyes to see the frustrated looking girl with her elbow-blades out and her violet eyes determined. He couldn't say he wasn't happy to see her, though he felt kind of stupid to be lying there instead of killing the old man.
She didn't say anything, though she looked a bit exasperated and had one of those I-knew-this-would-happen looks, but she was trembling slightly, and he wasn't sure why.
Finding the strength to stand up, he turned to face his now outraged father, who had no idea that ALL of his members were against him now. "How many of you do I have to dispose of?" he growled and a red light started emitting from his chest and growing bigger by each passing second. Taro froze. He KNEW that attack. And he knew that it didn't leave anyone alive, either.
This was it. It was either now or never. So, taking a step forward, he thrust his blade forward straight through the man who he had slaved for his whole life. As he did so, different feelings twisted and knotted together through him. He couldn't help but feel a bit guilty for stooping down to his Father's level by killing, but DAMN it felt good. Ryu being there seemed to give him the strength to pull this off.
An agonizing shout echoed through the room and it flashed bright red, sending the two flying back. And cracking an eye open, he saw that his father, was gone.
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Holy..
Axel couldn't have been more astounded. Well, astounded wasn't really the word. He couldn't even believe his eyes. Had Taro just killed his own father?! What was up with that kid? He had seen him kill 2 people who were on his side in the past hour already!
Maybe he's possessed.. thought the cocky, sarcastic voice in Axel's head. Hey, you never know..
He found that he could move again, assuming the spell had been broken during that charade, he leaped up, only wanting to get the hell out of there.
But then he wondered. If Xagurion was gone, then who was he supposed to destroy? His eyes locked on Taro, who had a now smug but relieved look and in another moment, took Ryu's hand and the two disappeared as well.
"Damn.." cursed Axel as his plan shattered. But then he looked to the side and remembered. Zexion! Not really caring what he was doing, he pinned his former friend to the wall and narrowed his eyes.
"You've got some explaining to do." growled Axel as Zexion merely raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it'd be alot easier if you put me down first, don't you think?" Zexion merely stated.
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Yeah, it's short. Only cause I'm too distracted by other things at the moment.
HAPPY 20 CHAPTERS. 8D And what's ironic is it totally works for this huge part in the story. xD
