Recall: Part 2 [FINISHED]

[Akuma Shadow]

Shadow felt his body rise up from the ground that his face was on. he didn't know who it was or if he was still alive after the whole "epic blast" that happen but when he saw Roiyaru wagging his tail like no tomorrow, he knew that his job was done.

"One your feet bro..." he heard Abbadon say as he was fully on his feet. The Knight took a deep breath of relief as he looked at the tower.

"Does anyone find it odd that we are back to wear we started this two day trip?" Shadow asked as he chuckled a little. "I told you couldn't do it on your own, Abbadon. You need to start trusting people these days. Besides, there is no way I'm going to say good-bye to the new seat of the Devil Saints after we JUST got him."

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon chuckled a bit as he put his sword back in it's sheath and put his hands in his pockets, listening to Shadow speak. He looked at him out the corner of his eye as he remember something that ran across Seijin's mind as like his last thought or something.

A bit awkward, but he thought it fit the situation.

He smirked as he placed his hand on Roiyaru's head, before going on and saying the six words he knew would mean a lot to both of them.

"Sometimes goodbye is a second chance."

[Kanjin Taiyou]

Taiyou was now surrounded on all sides by an assemble of Uprights who thirsted for his blood, their focus and attention directly on him. Despite his taunts, Midoriiro's assault began to be prove effective, Taiyou's eyes watching the sharpened tip to anticipate the path of the weapon's movement could barely keep up, Taiyou barely able to dodge her swinging staff, resulting in a laceration to his face. Kogane stoically ignored his insults and prepared to launch an assault on Taiyou, using his large sword as a cleaving tool, the sheer breadth of the weapon rivaling Taiyou's own as he swung the weapon at his side, followed by a new member of the small group whom Taiyou was unfamiliar with, using his similar abilities with fire to extinguish the heat he began to generate.

"Fuck This!" Taiyou exploded, rapidly lowering and rising the amount of heat he output to make Akai's control over his magic unstable, the constant peaks and valleys making his magic similar to a bucking bronco. The blood on his face dried in the heat and Taiyou swung his blade around to catch Kogane's, gritting his teeth as the sharp rocks from Midoriiro penetrated his flame barrier and stabbed into his legs. With a surge of power, Taiyou caused the perimeter around himself to burst into flames, the wave of heat blowing Akai back and burning his hands before he could swing. Maintianing his ground against Kogane, placing both pressure and heat on his weapon, Taiyou pushed against the large sword and smashed is with his hand, bending it near the tip and turned to smashed his now burning weapon into Midoriiro's breastplate, cracking her weapon in two pieces as he sent her flying across the room.

Turning his attention back to Kogane, Taiyou shot a barrage of blue intensely hot flames at Kogane, their heat and sizzle in the air sounding much like the shriek of banshee's as they flew toward the leader of the group, converging the blasts into a single wall of bright blue fire as they drew nearer to Kogane. Taiyou's main concern was to keep Kogane on his feet, he knew from past experiences that despite his commentary, Kogane was as lethal as an opponent got, but even his tremendous skill and strength paled in comparison to his command, the Upright Lieutenant Kouzetsu Gin.

[Einjheriar]

It took Murasaki longer than she expected to recuperate and follow through on Kogane's orders, but when she did, she burst from the scene with all her plumage exposed, darting toward the object known as Tokyo Tower, the site of the Chaos anomaly that continued to swell in size. In the distance she could see on of the men she came to apprehend stabbing what appeared to be a massive ball of Chaotic energy, Murasaki instinctively turning her wings inward to speed toward the disturbance. As she hastily approached, an unexpected development occurred, the weapon that the man pierced the dark shell with resonated with as much Chaos energy as the ball, absorbing or neutralizing near all of the energy as the rest enveloped him in a gray shell, the discharge resulting in a blinding cascade of lights that sent Murasaki crashing into the earth.

Retracting her bruised wings, Murasaki slowly rose to her feet as she heard the howling a beast with a scarred eye, presumably the man's pet as it was present in the room during the time of the initial assault. Before Murasaki could investigate or attempt to intervene, she was snatched awaty in a flash of light, upon landing harshly on the ground away from the men she had come to monitor. Frustrated, Murasaki interrupted the men in their supposed jovial affirmation of each others safety, after the man had put away the weapon responsible for the quelling the potentially lethal disturbance. "You are to come with me now, place all weapons on the ground and follow me now, after handing me the artifact!" Murasaki said to both Abbadon and Shadow in a loud and annoyed manner.

Elsewhere the battle had begun to grow more intense with Taiyou, and the Einjheriar were on the receiving end of his fury. Akai began to find it extremely difficult to control the raging energy of Taiyou, his proficiency with the element far greater than his own. His focus on dispelling the magic caused his sword attack to be easily paired, his miscalculation in attacking resulting in burns to his hands from both holding his sword as well as his failure to control the raging heat. Retreating to prevent further injury, Akai met with a wall of flames before he could do what he intended to do and sufferer as his armor was singed.

He fared much better than Midoriiro, who despite inflicting a wound on Taiyou, now found that she had been completely incompassitated, her speed only sufficient in hardening her breastplate before Taiyou's sword had crushed the armor covering her upper body, he weapon shattered in the process s the sheer force was more than enough to send her soaring into a wall. As he back crashed against the wall, she softened the earth before she fell face first into it, struggling to find her breathe as her lungs were punished by the force of Taiyou's blow. Akai in response struggled to Midoriiro's side, fighting past the pain the ensure that her injuries were not life threatening. Among other things, several of her ribs were broken, with a least 2 crushed, blood coming from her mouth as she struggle to speak. "Let me go you little pussy... I'l... I'll kill that bastard." Midoriiro said in between chokes as Akai held he down.

"Stop moving, you'll only hurt yourself more, we can't beat him, leave it to Kogane, he's just as strong." Akai said, ignoring her usual insults to his character, holding her with general concern as she eventually relented and settled down.

"Kill that son of a bitch Kogane..." Midoriiro said with tears in her eyes, succumbing to fatigue as she now lay in Akai's arms, taxed from her fight with Taiyou. Now all the youth could do is watch as his commander did battle with a being that seemed more monster than man.

Watching as his troops were dispatched, Kogane was caught off guard as Taiyou warped the shape of his weapon, giving him enough time to remove Akai and Midoriiro from the fight. Before he could even attend to his weapon a flurry of intensely hot blue flames headed toward him, as he dropped his sword, the large weapon cracking the ground underneath it. Before he could formulate a counter to the multiple projectiles, they converged into a single wall, as Kogane could feel the hairs on his face begin to singe, he began his counteroffensive against Taiyou.

In a burst of anger Kogane erected a wall of force to absorb both the heat and force of the fire, enveloping the wall to suffocate it from the air it needed to breath. Pushing the reaming heat back at Taiyou, coating himself in a personal force field as be plowed thought the cover of his feint counter attack, quickly clasping both is hands together to attack Taiyou with an axe handle smash to the side of his upper body, near the arm holding the weapon, amplifying the force of his blow with his very own powerful Force magic, roaring like a beast as he exhaled during the assault. Kogane had lost several comrades to Taiyou in the past, his closest friend the victim horrible burns that riddles his body, Kogane now fighting Taiyou on his level, his anger fueling his already lethal battle prowess, the pain of past transgressions seemed to be a well the Taiyou would not access alone.

[Kanjin Taiyou]

The fact the Kogane was able to counter his attack did not surprise or deter Taiyou, as he prepared himself For Kogane's attack. The Einjheriar guard extinguished the blue flames, and shot the heat back at Taiyou, something Taiyou had come to suspect as he would have harmed by the intense temperature had he chosen any other course of action. Taiyou readied himself and channeled his magic to direct the heat away from himself to heat the ground around himself, hoping for a territorial advantage.

As Taiyou began to disperse the heat, Kogane appeared from below him, catching Taiyou off guard with a devastating blow that smashed into the side of his body under his arms, the devastation centered around his ribs and back. It would seem to the now staggering backward Taiyou that his actions provoked more than he bargained for, his words falling upon deaf ears as he reeled from the pain of the blow.

Clenching his teeth, Taiyou could feel his innards rocked by the sheer enormous force of Kogane's magic and brute strength, the remainder of the attack exiting Taiyou's body in the form of lost momentum. Clutching his sword, Taiyou stabbing the earth causing a small tremor to catch himself form falling back any further, pulling himself forward with incredible force to meet Kogane head on, aiming to headbutt the guard captain as he ignited the ground underneath him, the burning and softened ground providing the Einjheriar with no real means to circumvent the blow that awaited him.

With a quick jerk of his head and neck, Taiyou smash his cranium right into Kogane's, focusing on delivering the blow to the top of Kogane's head to minimize the shock to himself from such a risky attack, the momentum from the attack allowing him to stand to his feet as he leaned on his sword, pulling it from the ground to advance forward. Taiyou knew this game would be life or death if they ever crossed paths again, and now he could not back away even if he wanted, his goal to finish this now, for every moment Kogane breathed it would be to destroy him.

[Roiyaru]

Roiyaru smiled in response to his master's words to Akuma Shadow as he continued to stare at the light illuminating from the base of Tokyo Tower. Finally, it was over. All of the hardship in the world couldn't help complicate the scenario he walked into upon his release from the Sword of Darkness. And hopefully now both he and his master could start to build their lives to how they once knew it, knowing that they still had the friends that helped in the first place.

Suddenly, Roiyaru could start to sense a different residence of chaos magic; not coming from himself, his master or the remains of Arashi's vile source. It was definitely one of the Malakites that were present at the Devil Saint Headquarters earlier. This one's specialty magic-wise seemed to be Chaos of course. It was evident that they are here to do their duty. Roiyaru was just curious as to what their duty had to do with the three of them.

Turning around, Roiyaru saw a green-haired woman approach them. Nudging his master's leg to get him to turn around, he stood not battle-ready, but strong and confident knowing who the Malakite represented.

"You are to come with me now," she stated in an annoyed tone. "Place all weapons on the ground and follow me now, after handing me the artifact!"

Continuing to stand upright in a poised manner, Roiyaru glanced one eye at his master.

<Do not retaliate, master,> he told him through their open channel. <She and the others from earlier work for an angel named Kouzetsu Gin. There is a possibility that Heaven has indeed been looking for us after all. But I have seen first-hand how powerful they can be. We must cooperate.>

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon could feel his sprite nudge against his leg with his body. Curiously, Abbadon looked at Roiyaru.

"What is it, boy?" he asked.

That's when Abbadon saw another one of those armored-clad piss-ants. And if he didn't know any better, the one approaching the three of them was the chick that was behind that spiraling vortex of chaos magic that sent him through a fucking window and a wall. He frowned at her, his hand grabbing the handle of his sword out of habit and took a step before hearing she decided to speak.

"You are to come with me now," she said pissed for some reason. "Place all weapons on the ground and follow me now, after handing me the artifact!"

Abbadon's frown didn't budge an inch, but that didn't mean he wasn't confused about what she said. But soon, as he looked at the handle of his sword, his eyes narrowed.

...artifact? he asked himself. Does she mean my sword?

<Do not retaliate, master,> he heard Roiyaru tell him. <She and the others from earlier work for an angel named Kouzetsu Gin. There is a possibility that Heaven has indeed been looking for us after all. But I have seen first-hand how powerful they can be. We must cooperate.>

Abbadon looked at the green-haired chick suspiciously. But as his sprite's words made more and more sense, his grip on his handle loosened.

<This 'Gin' could probably work for Chiyo,> Abbadon replied to Roiyaru. That's when he started thinking logically. He pulled out the Sword of Darkness and placed the blade underneath his arm to that the handle was facing the angel soldier.

"If you promise me you will let Taiyou go free," Abbadon started to declare, "then we will all go with you willingly and I'll transfer the sword over to you. We got a deal?"

[Akuma Shadow]

Shadow laugh at the statement that Abbadon said, remembering the same words that his past life had spoken almost as if he spoke them himself. He was going to comment but he soon saw that hus best friend and Roiyaru both had their sights on someone else. Shadow himself turn to see a green-haired woman walking towards them.

Great, Shadow thought with a frown, More fighting...

As Shadow ready himself to fight, he heard her speak.

"You are to come with me now," she said as if she rather beat the group senseless then to talk,"Place all weapons on the ground and follow me now, after handing me the artifact!"

"What make you so---" Shadow was cut off by Abbadon as he said "If you promise me you will let Taiyou go free then we will all go with you willingly and I'll transfer the sword over to you. We got a deal?"

He saw Abbadon ready to hand over the blade and that was only cue for Shadow to lower his on the ground as ordered.

"Abbadon," Shadow started as he kept his gaze on the woman, "Care to tell me what's going on."

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon cut a glance to Shadow, both noticing that he was placing his weapons on the ground and that he began reliving every single "Star Wars" movie by easily telling that he had a bad feeling about this.

"Abbadon," he heard him whisper, noticing he wasn't taking his eyes off the green-haired chick, "care to tell me what's going on?"

Making sure the woman wasn't going anywhere, Abbadon cocked his head as close as he could to Shadow's ear.

"Roiyaru just told me that this chick and the others back at the flower shop are soldiers from Heaven's regime," he whispered. "You know I'm usually not like this, but I'm going to trust Roiyaru and say that these aren't the bad guys here. They called my weapon an artifact, so you know they have to know about me, and possibly your past life. And if that's the case, then they know about Taiyou too. And from what I've seen leaving the shop, he's not their favorite person right now. I want to ensure his safety before I do anything and I need you to back me up on this. Just... agree to what I demanded, and hopefully they'll take us to heaven to get the answers we both need."

Abbadon smirked a bit, continuing to look at his best friends direction.

"Besides," Abbadon continued to whisper. "You look like you could use a vacation anyway..."

[Akuma Shadow]

Shadow had a hard time believing that the chick with green hair was a one of the good guys. Then again he was next to a talking dog, he was gay in a past life, he's friends with is his past life's crush and he didn't die from a bomb that should have killed everyone in Tokyo.

Somethings you just have to believe.

"I'm getting to old for this shit." Shadow said under his breath. With a sigh he soon said "I too agree with your terms but you must stop attacking Taiyou. No deal if you doin't stop."

[Einjheriar]

Murasaki scoffed at the notion of their proposal, these two men who she and her comrades were sent to apprehend were now making demands in accordance with their surrender, it was especially absurd due to the nature of the current situation in lieu of their request. The Einjheriar had out for Taiyou's blood for hundreds of years, and now he was back, already in an altercation with a three quarters of the guards sent to capture the sword of darkness and as well as Abbadon Hakaisha and Shadow Akuma.

"Your request is absurd, there is no way that we would let such a dangerous criminal escape while we him in our grasp. I was sent to ensure that you tempered the disturbance and am on direct orders to bring you back to the site. Their is no room for negotiation here and you will come with me or I will make you by force. Besides the decision in not up to me, but my commander, so follow me." Murasaki said in a spiteful manner, making her way to grab the weapon, coating her hands with a thin film of Chaos magic.

Elsewhere, the fight between Taiyou and Kogane had become more brutal by the second, as Taiyou made a devastating connection with Kogane's head with his own, the sound akin to the cracking of thunder, the powerful Kogane's barrier of Force torn through by the impact of the blow, sending falling to the burning floor below him. Crashing to the ground, Kogane felt the skin and flesh on his back sear like cooked meat from the heat, and clenched his jaw to prevent himself from bellowing out his pain. Using his Force to propel himself away further as he rolled, he avoided Taiyou's advance and moved closer to his weapon, ignoring the pain from the heat on his back, and the blood that now poured from the top of his head. Blood started to cover one of his eyes as he bent the edge of his sword back into place.

Akai continued to hold the incapacitated Midoriiro, slowly removing the broken shards of her armor from his chest, her cleavage covered only by a thin veil of cloth covered by tattered chain mail. Setting her down gently, Akai paid attention as to how he set her head upon the ground, turning her head slightly to its side to prevent further injury. His hands were burned and he was unable to hold his weapon without proper treatment, the pain would have acted as a hindrance to him as he waited for Murasaki to return, anticipating the next move of his Captain.

Aiming his focus on the ceiling above Taiyou and the floor beneath, Kogane swung his massive sword with a huge arc, unleashing a powerful wave of force magic in Taiyou's direction, the sheer power of the the wave pulverizing the scattered debris into dust. Using the momentum from the swung, Kogane twirled his weapon about himself, stabbing it into the earth and positioning himself behind it in a defensive stance, blasting himself all the way toward Taiyou, his Force magic pushing him forward, as well as pulling Taiyou into the wave, facing the prospect of Kogane's fury after the magical offensive he now faced.

[Kanjin Taiyou]

As Taiyou tore through Kogane's barrier to deliver his attack, he landed a mighty blow to his Upright opponent, his attack further aided by the trap he set upon the ground. following through with the setup, Taiyou pressed what thought was the advantage, holding his sword with one hand as he continued to stamped forward. Despite the success of his attacks, Kogane proved to be resilient, his own powers cushioning his fall, as well as allowing him to ignore the pain of a burned back, and the freshly drawn blood that leaked down his forehead.

Taiyou sent a surge of power into his sword, igniting it as he continued to head in Kogane's direction, distracted by the upright commanders attention to his sword, now facing the onslaught of a wave of destruction that headed toward his path. The ceiling cru,bled and the floor tore itself apart as the wave continued forward, Taiyou swinging his sword to create a wall of flames to combat the wall of Force, his attempt to counter the wave futile as the sheer pressure snuffed his flames like a candle in a hurricane. "Shit....." Was all Taiyou was able to utter as the magic of his opponent crashed into him like an invisible wall, his body feeling crushed by a massive vice as he was hurled across the room, only the weight of his sword unaffected by the wall, hitting the ground with nothing but dead weight, splitting the earth underneath its fall.

Crashing to the floor, Taiyou felt his body compressed as the wave passed him, his whole being feeling contented and perverted beyond what was physically tolerable. Coughing blood from his damaged lungs and struggling to reach for his sword with several broken and crushed ribs, Taiyou felt his sprites magic wash over him, slowly dulling the pain, allowing him to finish the fight.

"Dumb ass, do I have to do everything for you..." Oni said to Taiyou, coating him invisibly, to leave Kogane unaware as to the extent of his damage.

"Just keep this up..." Taiyou said, closing his mouth as several drops of blood fell from his mouth. Taiyou was feet away from his weapon when he heard the thunderous footsteps of Kogane advancing toward him, heating his hand that held him from being on the ground, preparing for his next attack, a killing blow if he could reach his sword before Kogane finished him as well.

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon nodded at the green-haired chick after handing her the sword. At first, he was amazed that she was able to hold it until he remembered that she was the one who could control the same magical element as he could; that being one of the ways to wield the blade.

She suggested that they follow her back to the Devil Saints headquarters. That's what he nodded for. He had to talk to her superior about leaving Taiyou alone. He followed her back, knowing that Roiyaru and Shadow were right behind them. But once he got back, what he saw shocked him.

He saw Taiyou tossed against a wall after one of the soldiers magical attacks overpowered his fire barrier. From the looks of it, he was beaten up pretty bad. It almost looked like he was gonna be out of commission soon. But hen he saw the guy he was fighting; another armor-clad man, probably the biggest out of the four. The way he walked sounded like unavoidable death. And from the way things were looking, that unavoidable death was meant for Taiyou.

Abbadon couldn't stand for this. He couldn't watch the person that was probably in his life just as long as Shadow was die and not do anything about it. So, with an extension of his hand, Abbadon summoned a wall of his black chaotic flames between his old friend and the armored donned angel. He stood in front of Taiyou and looked at him with a smile.

"Now what kind of mentor would you be to me if I let you cop out like this?" he joked.

Soon the flames died down and Abbadon stared at the giant angel, standing in front of Taiyou.

"That's enough!" he said to the angel with a bit of authority in his voice. "You've proven your loyalty to whoever it is you serve. But I'm the one you want; Taiyou has nothing to do with this."

Abbadon swallowed, realizing that he never talked like this before. He knew that he sounded different whenever he wanted people to listen to what he had to say, but he never sounded like he ruled over anything or something like that.

The strange thing about it, was that even though he wasn't used to the sound, it was strangely familiar.

He stared at Taiyou out of the corner of his eye quickly to check on him. Afterward he looked back at the angel in front of him.

"Akuma Shadow," Abbadon continued, "Roiyaru and I -- Hakaisha Abbadon -- will go with you willingly if you allow Taiyou to go free. If you refuse, then I have no choice but to defeat you myself, with or without the aid of my father's blade. Do I make myself clear?!"

[Roiyaru]

Roiyaru was glad that the exchange of words between his master and the female angel did not end with weapons withdrawn from their homes. She stated that it was not up to her to decide such negotiations. And when she instructed them to follow her, Roiyaru pondered in his mind what crimes was Taiyou guilty of for heaven to claim his life so quickly.

He accompanied both the woman and his master, hoping that Shadow was following in suit as well. And once they were once again near the desecrated flower shop, Roiyaru watched in surprise Taiyou succumbing to defeat by one of the warrior angels; the bigger one that Roiyaru helped Taiyou with earlier.

"My word..." Roiyaru whispered to himself. He looked at his master. He could see the anger in his eyes. Whereas he was used to sensing anger from his master, this anger was more severe; as if it were a gaze a father would send toward a being undermining his own child. Roiyaru was taken aback by the gaze, only seeing it before in one other person.

But that was a long time ago...

He watched as his master placed a chaotic barrier between Taiyou and his accuser, only to run and stand protectively in front of him. Roiyaru joined his master as he heard him joke to the grounded angel as per usual. Roiyaru ignored this and continued forth to help his master's ally.

"Taiyou, are you all right?" he asked. That's when Roiyaru heard the most foreign speech to ever grace his ears.

It was his master, speaking with a sense of authority.

"That's enough!" he told the angel. "You've proven your loyalty to whoever it is you serve. But I'm the one you want; Taiyou has nothing to do with this. Akuma Shadow, Roiyaru and I -- Hakaisha Abbadon -- will go with you willingly if you allow Taiyou to go free. If you refuse, then I have no choice but to defeat you myself, with or without the aid of my father's blade. Do I make myself clear?!""

Roiyaru could tell that even his master found this brazen of talk odd. But the more the sprite thought about it on his own, the more he realized what was happening; where this familiar voice came from.

He was beginning to sound like Hakaisha Noel; he was taking up the mannerisms of his father...

[Akuma Shadow]

Shadow had a feeling that she would disagree to their terms. It only made him wonder what Heaven wanted with Taiyou to do such a thing. He soon followed the group back to the flower shop only to see the sight of Taiyou beaten baddly. It only made Shadow hang is head down, he couldn't look at Taiyou in this state.

That's when he heard it. Abbadon's voice in a way he has not heard it before but at the same time he knew that was bound to become this way one day.

Looking up he saw the flames of chaos fade away to see Abbadon in front of Taiyou. Roiyaru soon follow and Shadow ran toward there as well to stand with them.

"That's enough!" he heard Abbadon ordered. "You've proven your loyalty to whoever it is you serve. But I'm the one you want; Taiyou has nothing to do with this. Akuma Shadow, Roiyaru and I -- Hakaisha Abbadon -- will go with you willingly if you allow Taiyou to go free. If you refuse, then I have no choice but to defeat you myself, with or without the aid of my father's blade. Do I make myself clear?!"

Shadow stood silently. He was going to stand and fight if this got ugly but at the same time he hoped that this wasn't going to be the case.

[Einjheriar]

Murasaki was relieved that Abbadon had handed over the weapon without struggle, enough time had been wasted with Arashi attempting to bring the mortal city of Tokyo to the ground. Placing the weapon on her person she nodded to the group, indicating them to follow her as they made their way back to the Devil Saint Headquarters, where her allies did battle with Kanjin Taiyou. Murasaki could here the sounds of battle as she approached, and she proceeded to travel at full speed to see the current status if the battle, a sight that sent chills down her spine as she laid her eyes upon the situation.

Akai and Midoriiro lie injured in the corner, Akai helping Midoriiro nurse the wounds she sustained battling Kanjin Taiyou, her armor cracked and Akai plagued with what seemed to be severe burns on his hands. The floor and ceiling had been reduced to rubble and across the room on one knee reaching for his sword was a downed Taiyou, Kogane stomping across the already battered floor, weapon in hand, his intent to obliterate his seemingly downed enemy, the wear and tear of battle present with his charred back and dried blood covering half his face. Before Murasaki could notice, Abbadon had positioned himself in between Taiyou and Kogane, threatening the commander with the threat of violence if the proposition of freeing Taiyou in exchange for their cooperation was not agreed upon.

"Don't even try it you damned fool, you'll be torn to ribbons if you try to stop him." Murasaki said, to Abbadon, exasperated at his switching from cooperative to belligerent. Annoyed she turned to the dog and Shadow Akuma, "Don't try anything, anything at all or I swear to Koryuu, I'll bring you down." Murasaki warned, moving to check the injuries of her fallen comrades. Walking over to them, she knelt down and check Akai's hands, removing a medical salve form her pouch, "How bad are her injuries?" Murasaki said to Akai, removing the burned gloves and gauntlets to apply the ointment.

"Bad, that bastard broke her ribs and her breathing is shallow. I removed the damaged armor to help her breathing.... oww..... but she's in bad shape, she fought him almost as long as Kogane did but he pummeled her." Akai said, flinching at the pain of the ointment, which began to soothe afterwards.

Murasaki sighed as she looked toward her comrade struggling to breathe, wheezing through her labored breaths, after cleaning her hands, she removed the hair from her face, and looked to Kogane who had now come right before Taiyou and Abbadon who stood in front of him, protecting the scourge of their group.

Kogane did not stagger in any way, continuing forward as if Abbadon was clearly not in his path. "I grow tired of you... Get the hell out of the way before I split you in half, he dies and you come along with me, no compromise. If you're not fighting get the hell out of the way." Kogane said in an angry voice, in no mood to tolerate Abbadon's demands. Standing Face to face with the man whom he was tasked to bring back to Heaven, Kogane flexed his arm and moved to grip Abbadon's shoulder, forcefully attempting to push him out of the way. Raising his sword into the air, Kogane clenched downed on its handle, bringing the weapon down to cleave his enemy in half, pouring his magic into the swing. "Finishing Strike!" he roared, as his blade came crashing down.

[Kanjin Taiyou]

Taiyou smiled as Abbadon stood in front of him and Kogane, his friend's blind loyalty worthy of respect and admiration, despite the fact that Taiyou knew that there was no way Kogane would yield in his assault. Swallowing the blood that pooled in his mouth, Taiyou regained his balance and composure, feeling his body tense up as he commanded the energy to finish the fight with Kogane. A smile spread across his face as he thought back on the past, and despite the insurmountable tasks he and his men faced, he never abandoned them, the very idea of a leader leaving his men to suffer and die the drive for Taiyou's entire life's quest as of late.

"Hakaisha you damned fool, these guys are here to kill me, their not going to let me go." Taiyou said in a low tone, as Oni finished her job of dulling the pain of his injured limbs. Numbed to the point he he could fight again, Taiyou reached for his sword, and clenched his hand around the handle, standing to his feet as fast as he could to intercept Kogane's assault.

With a smash against his open hand, Taiyou caught the heavy blade as it fell, blood spilling from the sliced glove on his hand, the force of the blow breaking his hand, something Taiyou would have felt if his senses were not being affected by his sprite. "Let's finish this you fucking prick you and me, or are you gonna choose to do your fucking job." Taiyou said as he crushed Kogane's sword, the blade cracking up from the large hilt. Swinging his own massive weapon, Taiyou grunted as he aimed the blow at Kogane's head, the flames licking their tongues in the air, Oni's magic amplifying Taiyou's strength further than it's already enormous capacity.

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon stood tall and continued to eye the huge-ass soldier down, while at the same time checking on Shadow and Roiyaru. The green-haired chick called him a "damned fool." So did Taiyou. He was used to Taiyou calling him one, but hearing it from her only helped build up his courage actually. When he saw her run off to help her friend on the ground, the big one continued walking toward the four of them.

"Get out of the way before I split you in half," he threatened. "He dies and you come along with me, no compromise."

Abbadon smirked. He's contradicting himself, he thought to himself. That's a good thing...

He watched as he readied his huge sword that could only rival Taiyou's in size and prepared to move him out the way with his free hand. "If you're not fighting get the hell out of the way."

With his frown and his smirk, Abbadon set his hands ablaze with his black fiery chaos magic.

"So be it."

Preparing to blast the sword out of the man's hand, Taiyou immediately stood next to Abbadon and caught the blade in his hand. Abbadon flinched at the sudden appearance of his friend and stopped the chaotic power coming from his hands.

"Taiyou, what the hell are you doing?!" Abbadon yelled out of concern.

"Let's finish this you fucking prick," he heard him say. "You and me. Or are you gonna choose to do your fucking job?"

Once Abbadon saw Taiyou crush the sword with nothing but his hand, the archangel immediately turned around to see Shadow in the way of the falling shards.

"Watch out!" Abbadon yelled. Not taking the time to wonder if he would move, Abbadon grabbed Shadow's side. With his right hand he moved him out of the way, just to immediately see Taiyou about to cut the guy's head off with his own sword.

"Taiyou, no!" Abbadon yelled as he grabbed his wrist with his left hand, still unknowingly holding Shadow with his right. He had to stop this.

But how?

[Roiyaru]

Watching the events between the angels and Shadow unfurl, Roiyaru noticed his master make physical contact with both Shadow and Taiyou. Now that his magic was replenished from their bout with Arashi earlier, Roiyaru was aware that he had to help in this sudden situation that the three of them were in.

Because both were physically connected to his master, Roiyaru could speak to all three of them via mental thought. That factor was proven true during his release out of the Sword of Darkness when he alerted Shadow of his presence. But what he was also able to do was to use that physical connection to activate an ability in that said person using his own chaotic essence to activate it. But the hard part was locating an ability in either Taiyou or Shadow that could help in this situation.

That was, until the sprite could sense the essence of time in the used-to-be Archangel.

Roiyaru knew what he had to do. <Master! Shadow! Taiyou! Hang on to each other!> he warned the three mentally. And with a roar, Roiyaru released a wave of chaotic magic Shadow's way. Once it hit him, a sudden calm entered the area. The falling debris from the building froze in mid-air. Outside the clouds and cars stood still. This made Roiyaru smirk. His plan worked.

He activated Shadow's ability over time.

But did it work as he meant it? The ability should have only been set for everything to freeze in place except for Shadow, Taiyou, his master and himself. He looked to Taiyou's sword, only to gain the answer to one part of his query.

The flames on Taiyou's sword continued to flicker.

[Akuma Shadow]

Everything was happening fast, way to fast for anyone to handle. Shadow saw Taiyou grab the blade and crush it but now he was in the way. Then he heard Abbadon shout something then Roiyaru say something to him and Taiyou in their heads. Then a roar.

I WISH EVERYTHING WOULD STOP!

Closing his eyes, the Knight felt something cold leave his body. He listened and only heard flames and his own hearbeat.

Opening his sight, Shadow saw what he did. All of the soldiers were frozen. He saw that they were frozen but what of the others. Shadow looked at Abbadon, who still had his hands on him.

"Abb...adon..." Shadow let out.