5. DEMON'S PAST!

Quickly, moving her leg in front of the Demon's feet, she made him stumble, his face fell forward to the ground, Ayuka now watched the Demon on the ground seriously and frighteningly. "You must know... when an opponent loses any idea of what he's doing, they're bound to lose. Now, why do we not finish this pretty job off." Ayuka prepared her hand when aimed for the back neck of the Demon, however with a backhand swing the Demon sliced backwards, seeing reflection in her eyes.... Ayuka was forced to stay on the spot, with a bursting feeling, blood splashed to the top of the air, the birds which were near, flew away.

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|Tokyo City - Chizu Street - Saturday, 15:03 p.m.|

"The way Tim spoke... I heard whispers of wind.... where was he running of to. He couldn't have ran too far from his apartment, could he, but.... he said about him searching for somebody or something.... he's not looking for that person.... hmmm.... I wish I'd have better ideas of what he might be after." Tooru, with a quick sprint kept her face in thoughts. In the next couple of minutes, she held her breath when outbreathing, leaning to the front of the wall.

"Look, take deep breaths and calm down, I'll tell you everything that happened, however... currently, I'm busy!"

"Damn, he really didn't give me much details, is there been an outbreak to something...." Trying to think of a solution and what Tim was after, she spotted people running from what seemed some unusual event. "Whoa.... what's happening down here?!"

Ayuka was forced to stay on the spot, with a bursting feeling, blood splashed to the top of the air, the birds which were near, flew away. A hand made from flesh went cycling through the air when smashed at the wall into blood. "Wha...what?" Ayuka, stood behind somebody, she was facing the human's back at confused surprise. While looking forward, she proceeded to see a whitened feathered cloth, which waved in the wind, with a heavy sword, the human moved the sword above his shoulders. "Damn! Damn! Damn! Everyone! Everyone here ruins my deary plans! Oh! Oh! Oh! I'm so, so, going to lose it!" Demon whose arm was cut of, screamed in anger and annoyance.

"Why! Must you people interfere! Every where! Every where I go?!" "You.... just what exactly are you doing?" Questioning in a brilliant annoyance, she faced at the back of the human. "Shouldn't I be asking you the same? You tried to face this Demon bare-handed. Sure, you may be more skilled than him, but what real damage can you do with those thin legs and arms?" Revealed that Tim was the one who interupted the battle, he asked and gave a half-back-headed eye twist. "Thin, legs.... and arms? I'll tell you something Shinkaku Tim, I am a much more skilled warrior than you see me as..."

"Huh? How does a girl who I've never met know my name.... where's a total sense in this?" "I've heard that name the moment Giovanni died in front of you!" Shaking his own head, Tim became surprised. "You.... were there....???" Clearing his sight closer to Ayuka's face he soon realized.

At a quick moment, a female teenager with white hair and long ponytail, and sky blue eyes stepped near Tim, both of them walked into different direction, both of them exchanged looks in a momentairly confusion, no other events, they continued walking as the two of them slowly approved a distance away.

"You're that girl I came across in the shopping mall...!" "Glad you figured.... yet, I'm still surprised that a pure human like you had an ability to see right through my Invisible Barrier skill... only people who are trained at the Zero World can see through it.... planet Earth is completely seperated from the Zero and nobody alive here is a Ginkenian, only the ones who were sent to keep an eye out on this world are here as a title of Ginkenian...." Seriously and rather carefully, Ayuka extracted her knowledge.

"And, only two!" Raising her two fingers to make sure of him to understand. "Only two of Ginkenians have been sent here. Me and Giovanni..." As the two teenager's 'chat', the Demon finally recovered his cut off arm. Keeping his mouth shut he slowly started gathering a red energy around his arm. ("They think ignoring me is a joke.... you'll be teared down by this Shōdō!")

|SHŌDŌ - This technique is used by Demons or other races that belong to such title. Shōdō is an impulsive launch attack which can be gathered from Sunlight or Moonlight, it is usually coloured dark red colour and must be triggered to be used. A trigger works at a charge and with sun takes more time to charge than with the moon. That reason is because of Demons being more active at night. Shōdōs are very chaotic and long ranged beams, they implfy the energy of day or night and will be stronger and even destructive, such attacks are difficult to be guarded against and Demons can use it as much as they want for not having to worry about losing their stamina.|

"So you mean to tell me, you're much weaker than Giovanni... and yet you hope of defeating that Demon... woman... you can just stay back... and, if you wonder, here is your top." With a sweeping drag, I showed her the hoodie once she quickly grabbed it and pulled toward herself. "Who allowed you to touch it, especially holding?" Dressing up quickly in an instant, she seriously withspoke. "Every female I meet, all of them are so stubborn..."

Annoyed of his words, Ayuka looked asides. ("Charged up! Shōdō's ready!) "You people are such a mistaken race! While you had the chit chat! I've finally finished setting up..." Loudly laughing, Demon opened his palms when tripped them together. "Taste it! My Shōdō!" The demon quickly aimed his hands forward as he fired a genuinely fast beam of redness. Tim and Ayuka were caught in a surprise when they had no other chance to escape.

"I'll wipe this part of the town! I won't mind several dozen people's bodies be killed! I'll always proceed and continue my hunt for food and power!" The ground shook as the walls shuddered in the power of a given flash, the red light was reflective in the windows, the attack had both, speed and strength as it approached Tim and Ayuka. There was a humble rebuke as Tim tried to prepare the defense to somehow stop such an attack, his hair were swaying from the pressure. ("Crap! There's no way that this sword can-")

Tim thought quickly, once he grabbed Ayuka's back, she became heated into her face, Tim stepped forward. In a forcing flash, he dashed forward with Ayuka being held, slipping and sliding away from the attack it forced his face surprised. The hit exploded into a red explosive light as the walls and floor collapsed around. Caught in the explosion and given away, the red light buried itself in the air and quickly exploded, with a final force wave, the people around lucky were not caught in the explosion. The bodies of people were black after the red shine of shadows, when the red light finally disposed itself.

Once so done, Ayuka felt confused, her body was not touching the ground, when she looked besides her right arm, seeing an arm wrapped around the bottom of her back. ("W.....what's.... t...this?") Following her view to the side, she noticed to be held by Tim, from acquainted expectations, she was embarrassed and ashamed. "A Shōdō? What did he just do?" Tim questioned not realizing to be holding someone. "Hey! You!" Still ignorant enough, Tim wondered. "There's a possibility it was some sort of spell..." "You! Shinkaku! Mind letting me go!?" Loudly yelling in shame, Ayuka asked with her mouth shaking while facing him, finally proceeding with a high enough volume.

Quickly returning his looks, Tim immediately dropped down Ayuka, when he stepped away. "I'm sorry! It was not me who reacted! The sword is moving my body instead!" Tim waved his hands at the front in a high enough worry. "Don't be stupid! Ginkens such as yours only control the combat, they do not react to save somebody!" ("Is that true?! How the hell did I even get out of that! How was I able to move quick with her in my hands!? Damn it aaaaallll!?") "I'm sorry! Even if so! I was in a must-to-react! Or both of us would have gotten squashed by that attack!!" "Haven't your parent's taught you to never touch a stranger?!" Following her words of speech forward, she gave a question.

"I,...uh....," "Yes! I got these pesky little rats! Finally I can-" But before finishing his victory, he soon reached out without words. "Sorry to tell you. But you didn't get anyone..." Tim stepped ahead from the distance. "How! How! Nobody can survive such attack by guarding!!??" "I didn't guard.... I moved. Mouth shaking in Demon's anger, his arms slowly started decaying. "W....what's going on, hey! Your arms!" "I failed... have I've really used so many Shōdōs!? Crap! Crap! Crap! This is not how I want to die! My own power! No! It makes me look like a weakling!!!!"

{"Why does this happen to me every time.... every time... I was always so different from the other Demons.... Ones from the same race as myself... always perfected their Shōdōs, they knew the cost... and they have always risked it.... whose idea was it... I was trained to master it... I was always one step beneath everyone else... I never had proper friends to teach me... I was born like this.... like a perfect weakling.... I always continued... I've trained and kept growing stronger... I came to Earth... this is where I would get the most of my power...to kill the human race... to prove the others, I needed strength! To show them, that I am not a weakling....

"... they always laughed at me... they always bugged me for having four arms... they thought the four arms I have were a struggle and made me look like an idiot.... calling me ugly.... calling me nonsense... and then aftet several years... I finally found a friend... somebody who taught me how to perfectly fight.... how to perfectly walk, how to hide my arms..... he always was there to help me... but then.... he just threw me away... a superior Demon race... they came to tear his body down.... to murder him in front of my eyes..."

"... they began to rip and tear out my arms.... it.... it was painful... I never realized, but back as they tore my arms.... I... I was scared... I felt fear.... I ran away to end up here.... and now... I've failed my goal.... I've learned Shōdō from my 'friend'..... he warned me to not use it too much.... but... but... I wanted strength... but now... I finally know.... that human didn't hesitate, he rescued a stranger with care and equality...."}

The Demon's body dropped on the floor onto his knees. Now, his entire body was being decayed.

{"You... that's what a human is really about.... to help... even strangers.... thank you... Shinkaku Tim.... you've given me a realization of what truly means being 'alive'... I wish I would've met you sooner.... I'm thankful, even though you had a perfect opportunity to kill me.... all you did was cut my arm off..... you hesitated to kill me... to prove and show me that having four arms is important.... I shouldn't have ever try to hide them..... thank you..... hope.... I'll see you again....."}

Demon's body slowly dispersed into ashes in the sunlight, Tim had an upset expression. He stepped towards the final part of his body, Demon's

left side of the head. "I see..... you had a struggle.... rest in peace.... brave Demon...." Slightly Tim spoke, when the final part disappeared in ashes of the sunlight.

To be continue...

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