Chapter 29

CRASH*

The archdemon slowly tilted its head to the left, and from a distance, it saw Yuji standing on top of a small building, locking eyes with it.

Yuji smirked as the archdemon looked directly at him, yet his knees were shaking and the feeling of fear and nervousness only toned down by little.

"I... can still focus..." Yuji said, as the archdemon slowly turned in his direction.

Suddenly, a spear-like metal came flying at the Arch Demon at lightning speed, aiming at its head.

Swoosh*

The archdemon notices this and quickly used its massive right arm to shield its face.

BOOM*

A loud explosion emerged from the Arch Demon's arm, where the metal spear hit, causing a cloud of smoke to block the creatures' vision.

SWOOSH*

Suddenly Yukina was standing beside Yuji.

"Wha..."

"Quick grab my hand!"

With no hesitation, Yuji held her hand tightly, as Yukina began to fly the both of them away from the area.

"You think we're going to lose it here?" Yuji asked.

Suddenly, the archdemon roared violently from a distance.

"I guess not..." Yukina replied.

"Shit..."

"That arch demon always roars like that whenever it sees its target running away... I just think you should know that," Yukina said.

"I see..." Yuji replied, "and any thoughts on how to lose that thing?"

"Ugh..." Yukina muttered as if she was irritated.

"Huh?"

"All you had to do was run away!" Yukina said, "why did you bother coming back here?".

Yuji paused.

"I... can't just leave like that..."

"Why!? I told you, I already got away from that thing multiple times before,"

"How many times exactly?"

"!!" Yukina stayed silent.

"I knew it..." Yuji said as his voice slowly intensifies, matching Yukinas tone, "and also, you can't beat that thing... all you did is escape from it, how can you be so sure you'll be ok??"

"Why do you care about that?? it's not like you know me or anything! why bother to check on someone's life when you could have saved yours!?"

"SAME TO YOU! Why bother saving one single life, who you don't even know the value of, and risk yours in return!?"

After a slight moment of hesitation, Yukina replied "Because... It's my job!"

"I doubt that..."

"WHAT!?"

"You're not the same as that pale guy and the woman who secured Erina,"

"Sir Gin and Miss. Lizz,"

"So, you do know them... and for the record, you look way younger than them... my point is... we're the same,"

"..."

"We're going to get out of this..." Yuji said going back to his regular tone, "Now tell me... any thoughts on how you lost that thing?".

"..."

Yukina scratched her head lightly, as she gives up on the argument.

"It's eye..." Yukina said, " if I could just get one of these things on its eye, it can blind that thing for a short moment, it'll be enough for us to get away though," Yukina said pointing at the floating metal behind her.

"For a short moment... does that mean it can regenerate?" Yuji asked.

"That's the reason why it's one of the archdemons... that things regeneration is far beyond the others, and on top of that, its layer of skin is so thick and hard..."

"..."

"what?"

"No... nothing" Yuji said, slapping himself.

"??"

Suddenly, the sounds of heavy footsteps echo across the area, along with the rumbling of the ground.

"That thing is starting to run..." Yukina said, "We just need a little time..."

Yukina rushed to a corner of a building and puts both of them down.

"Look, this spear-like thing is for stabbing, and this other one that has lines on it as an explosive one..." Yukina said, pointing out the two metals behind her.

"Then the one you threw earlier was one of those..."

"I still got three more," Yukina said, as two hand-sized metal pipes levitated to her hand from her back.

"So that thing is like a bag..." Yuji thought.

Yukina presses the button on both of the metals in her hand, then the metals quickly extended their length.

"!!"

"Pretty awesome, right?" Yukina said.

"Yeah... so do those things explode on impact?"

"No, my ability is, as you can see, I can control metals telekinetically, and when one of the Spears hits that thing, I make this button on its bottom go down, thus making it explode,".

"So, it won't explode even when it's used as a bat..."

"Just... don't hit the bottom too hard, if you press it manually, you'll take the explosion as well,".

"I see... then is it ok if I get one of those?"

"... Sure... just tell me if you're going to throw it, so I can increase the accuracy, also to make it explode on impact,".

Yuji nodded.

"Then first we need to..."

Suddenly multiple Akumas approached them on the right, as the archdemons footsteps became louder and stronger, indicating that it was already near them.

"LET'S GO!" Yukina shouted as she pulls out her hand.

"..."

"What are you waiting for!?"

Yuji stood still in silence as if he was thinking.

"Go..." Yuji said, with a serious expression.

"huh?"

"Distract that thing again... but this time I'll be near, I'll take care of these things first," Yuji said pointing out to the multiple Akumas behind Yukina.

"I don't know what your plan is... but if it's just those, I doubt you can't handle them..."

Yukina stared at Yuji as she walked past him, noticing his strong focus on the Akumas in front of him.

And so, Yukina levitated above the ground and went out in the open.

RAAAGGHHH!!

A loud growl greeted Yukina as she went passed the corner of the building.

Yukina was shocked, not knowing that the Archdemon was already that close to them.

"Over here!" Yukina shouted as she leads the archdemon away from Yuji.

"Ok... now then..." Yuji said, noticing them move away from the corner of his eyes, he then glanced back at the Akumas in front of him.

After a quick moment.

Yuji knocked down all of the low-class Akumas in the area, using the long metal stick he got from Yukina.

"It's definitely much more efficient when there's a weapon,".

Suddenly, more Akumas appeared from the far corner of the road.

"It won't end if it keeps going like this..."

Yuji ignored the Akumas from the far corner and started running inside a tall building that was just beside him.

"This building is probably the same size as that thing or lower.... but the point is to get me to high ground..."

Yuji gets up to the rooftop of the what seemed to be a hotel building.

As he gets up the rooftop, he sees Yukina being chased by the archdemon, not too far from his position.

Yuji observed the area thoroughly, getting all sorts of info.

"There are multiple things we could try, but our resources are limited..." He said as he clenches his hand on the long metal stick.

"I guess we just have to try..."

Yuji then jumps out the rooftop and lands on the top of the building beside it, as he continues to jump building after building.

"We're going to get out of this,".