Lost (2)

Deep within the eternal abyss of the universe, far from any planet or galaxy, drifting amidst the cosmos, was a being unlike any other. It was that of a massive writhing serpent, coiled tightly around itself, deep in slumber. It's scales were of the darkest shade of black, gold lining the edge of each individual scale while silver specks were cast across them like stars. Waves of dark aura shifted about its body, though, the aura had no color, it was the ever shifting shades of the galaxies; blues, purples, greens and brilliant oranges.

The being had been in slumber since time eternal, only ever was it awake during the beginning of reality itself. But now it stirred as it could sense the birth of a new cosmic being, an entity capable of offsetting the balance of all reality itself. Slowly, the serpentine body began to shift as its head emerged from beneath its serpentine coil.

The creature had the head of a king cobra while golden, curved blades ran down the sides of its head and neck, within each disc was condensed swirling aura. The serpent had eyes of incite depth and knowledge, their ominous green glow staring through the cosmos. Two golden horns protruded from the to if it's head while golden spikes lined it's snout.

The massive serpent began to slither through the seemingly infinite void, and as it moved a strange vortex of multicolored aura began to form before it and the beast disappeared through it. Within seconds, the serpent was gone, as though it had never existed within that boundless eternity of black to begin with.

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Inari ran as fast as she could. She had to get back to Fort Arashi as fast as possible, she had to be able to help, any way she could. But why had Akuro gone berserk to begin with? It made no sense, what could possibly have caused this? It seemed so random. He was calm for a long while before suddenly.. he lost it, almost like he wasn't in control. Was it possible that one of the entities inside Akuro took over when he was weak..? No, she doubted they'd do that. Although, Akuro was different now, much more than he once was, maybe he was not even Akuro anymore, maybe the whole time he was someone else, and only now the true intentions have shown through.

Then she remembered the fight with Moorza. No. It was definitely Akuro, which is why this outburst made no sense. The battle had been over there was no reason to-

A sense of cold dread ran through Inari's veins and her legs locked up. She crashed to the ground, skidding to a stop before lying there unable to move, crushed by some insanely intense aura.

'Is this... really akuros's power..?' Inari thought as she clenched her teeth, struggling beneath the immense pressure. 'How... did he suddenly get so strong..?'

Inari looked up and high above her sitting atop a stone pillar forged from destruction, was Fort Arashi. She was so close, but she couldn't even move. 'If Akuro's power is this insane, there's no way Darius can beat him.. he's probably collapsed to his knees from the pressure, maybe even crushed completely, especially since the pressure can affect me from this far..' she clawed her nails into the dirt, cracking them and drawing blood as she tried with all her might to pull herself forward. 'I need to get help... or else Darius will die, this time for real...!'

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All of the Archdemons were bowed, crushed from the immense force of Akuro's pressure. The only ones unaffected were Gozzu and Zealous. Tetsuno could almost stand, but he just fell back to the ground.

Zealous raised his hand, as black shadows followed it. He was absorbing aura at an extremely fast pace.

"This..." he spoke, "is this Akuro's pressure? It's insanity.."

"His minds has fallen to Azazel's corruptions." Gozzu spoke, his ear flicking as he talked.

Zealous's eyes widened. "Azazel..?" He glanced over at Tetsuno who stared back at him blankly. "This is not good."

"It's the beginnings of a new ends." Gozzu said, waving his small hands.

"Enough, Gozzu. We need to go and snap him out of it." Zealous spoke, turning away from Tetsuno about to leave.

"Stop." Gozzu spoke then, his voice suddenly dark now. "There is nothing we cans do."

"I don't know about that." Came a voice. The demon's turned and saw Onoma standing off to the side of a hallway.

"Deity? Why are you unaffected by the pressure?" Zealous asked.

"Honestly, I've got no clue." He shrugged. Then Emma came from behind him, as as she drew closer to Tetsuno, the Archdemon suddenly collapsed and let out a breath, released from the pressure.

Zealous's eyes widened. "You, girl." He spoke. Emma turned to him in surprise, and then a sudden wave of black aura shot at her. She shrieked out of fear, but the aura never reached, it simply faded out and vanished as if it hit an impenetrable wall.

"You cans nullifies auras!!" Gozzu cheered. "Astonishings!"

"This.." Onoma spoke, "changes a lot."