Chapter 8

"What's going on?" Yuji asked?

"It's doing something like... It's about to launch itself again!" said Layla.

"Where is it facing?" Yuji asked.

"That direction" Layla pointed out.

"Then it's not going to hit us," said Ryan "let's get ready after it moves..."

While Ryan was talking, Yuji quickly ran far left towards another wall.

"HEY!" Yuji shouted.

The Akuma faced the direction of the sound.

"It's facing in Yuji's direction!" Layla said.

"What the heck are you doing!?" Ryan shouted.

reacting from the sound, the Akuma suddenly faced Ryan's direction.

"IT'S LOOKING DIRECTLY AT US!" Layla shouted.

"STAY QUIET!" Yuji shouted back, making the Akuma face back in his direction.

"TRUST ME!" As Yuji prepared another grenade in his hand, distancing himself from the smoke.

"Don't tell me he's going to..." Ryan said.

"I'M NOT GOING TO KILL MYSELF!" Yuji shouted, "not after I've gone this far..."

"I don't want to die..."

"I'M NOT GONNA DIE!"

Yuji screamed in his head.

Layla took a Glance at the Akuma then Glared back at Yuji, as if she was saying, "It's coming!"

Yuji assigned all his focus on his situation and stopped all his emotions of fear, anxiety, and any other feelings unnecessary to his situation.

There was only one goal he had inside his mind at that point.

"SURVIVE!" his voice inside his head repeated and repeated.

DASSHHH*

Suddenly, the Akuma came dashing fast towards his direction.

Yuji managed to dodge it by running earlier after he made sure the Akuma was going in that direction.

"Four...five" Yuji began counting as he pulled the pins from the grenade.

The Akuma drifted its feet, stopping itself from its dash, as Yuji threw the grenade towards the Akumas head.

BOOM*

The grenade exploded right on the Akuma's face, blocking its vision.

Yuji kept a blank face, looking expressionless.

Yuji then quickly, pulled out what seemed to be an advanced-looking pistol from his pocket and aimed at the Akuma with both hands.

BOOM*

Yuji's expression quickly shifted due to surprise, as the bullet that came out of the pistol was fired with unexpected power, pushing him back.

As the bullet hit the Akuma behind the smoke, an explosion materialized.

BOOM*

"Exploding bullets!?" Ryan said in surprise.

All of them ran towards Yuji, standing up from the ground.

"Wait, is that pistol..." Layla came close to check the pistol as Yuji gave it to her, "This, is a specialized weapon for D classes! you can tell by the letter imprinted on the handle,"

"You fired a weapon for D classes when you don't even have a class?" Ryan said.

"hehe, it hurt my arm, but I think I'm good," Yuji said, "Anyways Layla you take it, you're the only one who can have a clear vision of the Akuma while it's covered with smoke,"

Layla nodded, "All right," she then looked back at the Akuma and in surprise, "Huh? I think the Serums effect is wearing off..."

Layla's vision of the Akuma slowly fades into the smoke.

Layla quickly grabbed the syringe from her skirt pocket and injected herself.

Looking back at the Akuma, her eyes shrunk.

"WATCH OUT!"

Not thinking twice after hearing Layla, everyone, scattered instinctively, placing themselves anywhere other than their current position.

The Akuma Dashes and Hit the wall behind them, as they scattered in different directions.

Yuji and Elizabeth were on the left, and Ryan and Layla were on the right.

"LAYLA, SHOOT THE GROUND!" Yuji shouted, pointing at the Akuma's feet

Layla quickly did what Yuji said and shot the ground, making the ground explode as dust and dirt covered the Akuma's vision.

The Akuma then, dashed forward placing itself place at the center of the field, right between them.

The Akuma recovered from its dash and was aiming in Yuji's direction.

"LAYLA!" Yuji shouted.

Layla quickly Shot the Akuma in the back making the Akuma lose its form, then shot the ground right under it, once again making the Akuma lose vision.

"Where!?" Yuji shouted.

"It's facing at you!" Layla replied.

"Alright," Yuji said, as he was preparing himself to dodge at any moment.

Suddenly.

"COUGH! COUGH!" Elizabeth let out loud coughs, as she was obviously struggling to breathe.

She held her chest and gripped her uniform, as she went down on her knees, facing the ground.

Elizabeth tried to get the syringe into her skirt pocket, but with a loose grip and uncontrollable pain, she dropped the syringe on the ground and was not able to pick it up due to the pain she was feeling as she continues to cough.

"ELIZABETH!" Layla shouted, "Crap! why now!?"

Layla looked at the Akuma, as it switched directions and faced Elizabeth.

"THE AKUMA IS GOING FOR ELIZABETH!" Layla shouted.

As Layla tried to fire more bullets, a clicking sounds emerged from the weapon

"Out of bullets... NO WAY!" Layla shouted.

Yuji ran as fast as he could to get to Elizabeth, as the smoke covering the Akuma's vision disappear, making the Akuma get a clear sight of its target.

The Akuma had taken its form, Yuji was at Max speed, as both of them were aiming towards Elizabeth, who was kneeling on the ground unable to move.

The Akuma dashes, moving its massive body and an incredible speed.

Yuji jumped at Elizabeth, he held Elizabeth tightly in his arms, as they both rolled on the ground, away from their current positions, barely dodging the Akuma.

Elizabeth started coughing louder, looking as if she was in enormous pain, as Yuji sat down.

"Inject her!" Layla shouted, "She will be okay once you inject her!"

Yuji Grabbed the syringe Elizabeth dropped and dashed quickly back to her. Yuji pulled up her sleeve as he injects the serum into Elizabeth.

"Ahh!" Elizabeth let out a soft shout, sounding like a moan.

"Eh!?" Yuji said, looking confused and flustered, with a slight blush on his face.

Elizabeth quickly covered her mouth and sat down being bashful, as if all the pain was gone in an instant.

Just like that Elizabeth was back to normal.

As Yuji was confused on how Elizabeth quickly turned back to normal, Yuji looked behind him and saw the Akuma, which was already in form, ready to launch itself.

"No way... that fast!?" Yuji thought, "CRAP!"

Yuji grabbed Elizabeth's arm and tried to stand up to dodge, as they were about to Stand, Ryan suddenly appeared beside them, and their vision began to shake vigorously.

SHAKE* SHAKE* RUMBLE* RUMBLE*

"This is!" said Yuji as he fell down, along with Elizabeth, falling on top of him.

noticing their position, Yuji blushed, as he was laying upwards on the ground and Elizabeth was on top of him, with her head on his chest.

"Don't take your sweet time there!" Ryan said, "I'm buying you time, go ahead and think of something!"

Elizabeth gripped a part of Yuji's Uniform as she buried her face in his chest as if she was praying for an idea to come to Yuji.

Yuji gathered all his thoughts together and focused on the situation, "He's right, I don't want to waste this," Yuji went back to being focused and took a look at his surroundings, and while looking around he noticed something.

"Ryan, turn your ability off!" Said Yuji, "this is how we'll get out of this situation!"

"Huh! that fast?" said Ryan.

"Trust me! and don't activate your ability no matter what!" said Yuji, "Elizabeth I need you to act quickly and move as far as possible,"

"Then here we go..." said Ryan, being nervous, as he shuts down his ability.

"The Akuma completely fell down because of Ryan's ability, it should be enough..." Yuji thought.

Elizabeth and Ryan quickly moved positions, as they go farther to have a better chance of dodging the Akuma, As Yuji kneeled on the ground and did not move from his position, he stared straight at the Akuma while it was recovering from Ryan's ability.

"What is he doing!?" Ryan thought.

The Akuma fully recovered and was taking its form, targeting Yuji.

"CRAP! I should..." Ryan thought, thinking of activating his ability, "Don't activate your ability, no matter what," Yuji's instructions came to his mind, "did he mean something by that? Is this part of his plan!?" Ryan said.

Yuji and the Akuma were intensely staring at each other.

"That's right just keep looking at me," said Yuji.

Everyone showed obvious worries, as they had no idea what was going to happen.

"Keep looking at me..." Yuji stared intensely at the Akuma, as it completes its form.

Despite looking unfazed, drips of sweat came down his cheeks.

"Keep looking at me..." Yuji showed a big smug smile, he then shouted, "AND DON'T NOTICE HIM!"

Everyone's face brightened with surprise, as they saw Jaspher running fast, close to the Akuma.

As the Akuma notices Jaspher, he had already pulled his arm backward as he was about to deliver a powerful punch.

Wearing a glove that made a whistling sound, as if something was about to explode, like the sound a mortar makes when its ammunition is about to fall down and hit the ground, Jasper pulled his fists, aiming towards the Akuma's head.

SMASH*

Jaspher delivered a powerful punch, as strong waves of wind came rushing out from the back of his gloves making the Akuma fly across the field and Hit the brickyard wall of the building causing it to crack.

"THAT'S PAYBACK B*TCH!!"