Case #9-Hell on Earth, Part 2

"L-look, over there!" Gaumond cries as he points into the distance.

"Wh-what is that…?" Smith asks as she narrows her eyes to where Gaumond is pointing.

"They're…Devils!" Dragon (Raiden's Dad) answers as the group of Supernatural Investigators stationed around Nestant Town observes the swarm of scaly black figures approaching. "The Devils are here!"

***

"The Poison Witch, and the Storm Wizard, huh…?" Bronze asks as she stands up to face Circe and Raiden. "I defeated both of you before. This will be easy." Bronze then thrusts a hand towards Raiden and Circe. "Hellearth Rage!" Bronze shouts as a spinning whirlwind of rocks, sand, dirt, and more fires from her hand towards Raiden and Circe.

"Remember the plan, Raiden!" Circe shouts to her partner.

"Right!" Raiden replies, and both Circe and Raiden dash to the side, dodging Bronze's attack.

"Now, who should I attack first?" Bronze asks as she waves her hand through the air towards Circe, and as Bronze's hand moves, her Hellearth Rage follows, tearing up the surrounding forest in an attempt to blast Circe.

"So I'm the biggest threat, huh?" Circe smirks as she continues dodging Bronze's Hellearth Roar.

"Well the Storm Wizard's attacks don't work on me," Bronze answers as her Hellearth Rage continues trailing Circe.

"That's what you think!" Raiden shouts as he aims his wand at Bronze, lightning crackling around it. "Fulminis Ure!" Raiden shouts as he fires a bolt of lightning at Bronze, but upon blasting into her, Bronze discharges Raiden's attack into the ground, leaving her unaffected.

"Just like last time, it won't work!" Bronze exclaims as her attack continues trailing Circe.

"If lightning won't work, then I'll try wind!" Raiden exclaims as wind begins circulating around his wand. "Gravitas Ventus!" Raiden shouts as he fires a gust of wind out of his wand.

In response, Bronze shouts: "Hell Earth Golem," and coats her entire body in a stone outer layer. Upon blasting into Bronze, Raiden's wind fails to crack her armor or even push her back, leaving Bronze unaffected by Raiden's attack.

"See? I told you!" Bronze shouts as she blasts Circe with her Hellearth Rage, causing Circe to yelp in pain as she's sent flying backwards and slamming into the tree behind her.

"Circe!" Raiden cries.

"You should worry about yourself!" Bronze shouts as she stomps the ground. "Hell Earth Tremor!" Bronze shouts as the ground begins to rumble, and then, cracks in the ground begin to form, spreading out towards Raiden. "Hellearth Mountain!" Bronze shouts as a massive stone juts out of the crack in the ground before Raiden, cracking him in the jaw and sending Raiden flying deeper into the woods, and disappearing from Bronze's sight.

"Now, to finish off that Storm Wizard," Bronze begins to say as she takes a step towards Raiden's direction, but Circe pops back up to her feet and jumps in the way.

"Not so fast!" Circe smirks as she sticks both of her hands out. "I'm your opponent!"

"Fine by me," Bronze replies. "The Storm Wizard is worthless, anyway, only you are even remotely a threat in this battle.

***

"WAAAAHHH!!!" Raiden cries as he's sent flying backwards through the West Woods, until his head slams into the tree behind him, causing Raiden to fall to the ground. "Oww…" Raiden groans as he sits up and rubs his head. Raiden then stands up as he brandishes his wand and peers up to the sky. "Now…let's begin," Raiden smirks as he begins waving his wand through the air.

***

"Poison Curse Magic: Gas Chamber!" Circe shouts as she aims a hand at Bronze, poison gas flowing from her pores. A blast of poison gas then flies from Circe's hand towards Bronze.

"Hellearth Prison!" Bronze shouts as she stomps the ground, and before Circe's poison can spread any further, a circular wall of earth begins to rise out of the ground around Circe, growing closer together and thinner as they raise, forming a sealed-off dome around Circe.

"Wait, what's happenin-!" Circe begins to cry, but Circe's voice trails off as she's enclosed in Bronze's earth dome.

"Hellearth Rupture!" Bronze shouts as she clenches a hand into a fist. Circe yelps in pain as blood begins to sweep through the miniscule cracks in the Bronze earth dome, which then lowers to the ground, revealing the form of Circe's bloody, mangled body.

"D-dammit…" Circe grunts as she struggles to push herself off of the ground, but then yelps in pain as her arms give out, causing Circe to crash back to the ground.

"You're too weak to fight any longer!" Bronze exclaims as she aims a hand at Circe. "Now…to finish this!" Bronze shouts, but before she can release another blast of Hell Earth, a mighty boom of thunder echoes across the West Woods, causing Bronze to flinch as she looks to the sky, where Bronze watches as the sky grays as storm clouds roll in. The wind howls, thunder booms, and lightning crashes throught he sky as a light rain begins to fall.

"Was it…forecasted to storm…?" Bronze asks.

"Yeah," Circe smirks. "Cloudy with a chance of Raiden."

***

"The perfect storm…" Raiden smirks as he continues waving his wand through the air. And then, Raiden swings his wand to the ground. "FALLEN GOD BOLT!"

***

And then…a giant bolt of lightning crashes down from the sky upon Bronze. "This won't…work on me…!" Bronze grunts as she enters her Devil Form. Brown scales spread all across Bronze's body, ram horns just out of her skull, her fingers and toes morph into orange claws and talons, the whites of her eyes turn black, and a long, orange tail ending a pitchfork shoots out of her tailbone. But even with the strength bosot of her Devil Form, Bronze is forced to the knees due to the strength of Raiden's bolt. But then…Raiden's lightning bolt blasts into the ground and shatters it. "What?!" Bronze cries.

"You can't discharge lightning into the ground if there's no ground to discharge it into!" Circe cackles.

"Did they…let the Storm Wizard get sent flying away on purpose in order to put him out of my range to prepare this attack?!" Bronze cries.

"You bet!" Circe smirks as flashes Bronze a finger gun.

Bronze screams in pain as she's electrocuted by Raiden's lightning bolt, and by the time that Raiden's lightning lets up, Bronze's smoking body is laying on the ground in a pool of blood, dead and defeated.

"ALRIGHT!" Circe cheers as she throws her hands into the air. Circe's eyes then widen. "That's right, Raiden!" Circe then dashes into the woods in the direction that Raiden was sent flying through, until she finds Raiden laying on the ground. "Raiden!" Circe cries again as she kneels down next to the Storm Wizard. "Are you okay?!"

"Yeah…I'm fine," Raiden weekly coughs as she flashes Circe a small smile, who cradles the Storm Wizard in her arms. "Manipulating the weather…just takes a lot out of me…"

***

A giant crash of lightning echoes throughout the town square, which causes Dragon Zephyr -Raiden's dad- to flinch and look to the sky to where he heard the boom, watching as a giant bolt of lightning crashes down into the earth somewhere deep in the West Woods.

Dragon's eyes widen. "Raiden…?" He softly asks.

***

"SPHERE AND SHIELD COMBO, PLASMA WEAPONS AWAKEN!"

Smith cackles madly to herself as she draws her awakened plasma grenades and begins juggling them around and around in a circle. As she does so, the cores of the plasma grenades begin to glow orange, and then, they ignite on fire, and Smith begins juggling fire balls. "Flare Bomb!" Smith shouts as she tosses grenade after grenade at the swarm of Devils, inserting them in explosions of flames.

"Take this!" Gaumond shouts as he tackles into Devils with his awakened plasma body armor, and slamming into Devils with fists, elbows, knees, and feet.

As for Dragon (Raiden's Dad), he brandishes a spell book as he begins flipping through the book, before stopping on a specific page, then crouching down into a running stance as his body crackles with electricity. "Tonitrua Gratis!" Dragon shouts as he flies forwards at blitzing speeds, smashing his fist into Devil after Devil, that is, until another, stronger Devil appears.

"So you've been picking on my little siblings, eh?" The Devil smirks.

"Who's this?" Dragon growls. "He feels stronger than the rest."

"This is Beelzebub," Smith answers as she draws another grenade. "The strongest Devil who isn't Satan's daughter."

"Ah…so you know who I am?" Beelzebub smirks. "Well I don't know who you are, you must be weak!"

***

"Virgo, you bastard, you traitor!" Emerald roars as she thrusts a hand towards Virgo. "Hellair Roar!" A blast of Hellair then flies out of Emerald's hand towards Virgo, but before the attack can connect, Crimson draws her plasma sword and leaps in the way, using it to slash through Emerald's attack and defend Virgo.

"Don't worry, Virgo, I'll protect you!" Crimson shouts as she keeps her eyes trained on Emerald. Virgo's eyes widen.

"Plasma sword awakening!" Crimson shouts as she awakens her plasma sword.

"Maybe I'll power up too," Emerald smirks. "Devil Form!" Dark green scales spread all across Emerald's body, ram horns just out of her skull, her fingers and toes morph into bright green claws and talons, the whites of her eyes turn black, and a long, green tail shoots out of her tailbone.

"Burst Release!" Kardos shouts as her skin begins to glow yellow, then orange, and then red from underneath her skin, like explosive flames. Kardos raises her awakened plasma sword high above her head as she crouches down into a running stance. "Plasma Sword Decapitation!" Kardos shouts as she charges towards Emerald with an explosive burst of speed.

"What?!" Emerald cries as her eyes widen. "She's…fast!"

Before Emerald can react, Kardos slashes the Devil with her awakened plasma sword which explodes upon making contact with Emerald, sending the Devil flying backwards. "How…is she this strong?!"

Kardos crouches down again as the skin of her legs begins to glow as well. "Burst Release!" Kardos shouts as she leaps high into the air above Emerald, sending shockwaves of air flying in every which way as she does so, nearly sweeping Virgo off of her feet. As she leaps into the air, Kardos raises her awakened plasma sword high above her head.

"Hellair Roar!" Emerald shouts as she thrusts a hand towards Kardos, firing off a blast of wind towards her. But before Emerald's attack can collide, a wall of blue plasma energy rises up in the way, shielding Kardos from Emerald's attack.

"Virgo!" Kardos exclaims as she peers down at Emerald, and although Kardos can't see Emerald's mouth from behind the bandages, Virgo's eyes give away her sweet smile.

"Damn you…" Emerald growls. "Traitor…"

"Plasma Sword Guillotine!" Kardos exclaims as she swings her awakened plasma sword down into Emerald with all of her might, smashing the plasma blade into Emerald with an explosive strength that sends Emerald flying to the ground. Virgo then positions herself underneath Emerald then peers up at her. Virgo then chambers her fist as it begins swirling with plasma energy, forming a giant blue plasma gauntlet. As Emerald falls to the ground, Virgo launches a fist upwards, smashing it into Emerald's back and sending her flying back into the air, before crashing to the earth for good in a cloud of dust. Kardos safely lands on the ground next to Virgo.

But as the dust settles, Kardos and Virgo watch as Emerald pushes herself off of the ground then cracks her neck to one side, and then the other. Crack! Crack!

The two women's eyes widen. "What?!" Kardos cries. "After that massive attack, Emerald is still standing?!"

"Man, that actually hurt!" Emerald whistles. Emerald then fixes her eyes on Kardos and Virgo as her lips curl up into a smirk. "Now…let's see how much this hurts you. HELLAIR TORNADO!" Emerald swipes a claw into the air as wind begins swirling around her ankles. The wind then begins to circulate rapidly around and around as it rises into the air, forming a giant tornado around Emerald which Kardos and Virgo are caught up in.

"WAAAHH!!!" Kardos cries as she and Virgo are sent spinning 'round and around in Emerald's tornado, while they're shredded and sliced up by Emerald's powerful, slashing winds.

"Virgo, are you alright?!" Kardos shouts to the Supernatural Investigator over the howling wind. Virgo nods in response, her eyes wide in fear from Emerald's attack.

"Hellair Sickles!" Emerald smirks as she waves a hand towards Kardos and Virgo, as they fly around in her tornado. Bladed projectiles of air then begin flying out of Emerald's tornado, slashing Kardos and Virgo, and causing the two women to yelp in pain as their blood disappears within the spiraling air around them.

"We need…to break out of here…!" Kardos winces. Virgo nods fervently in response. The skin of Kardos' arms begins to glow from within as she slashes her awakened plasma sword into Emerald's tornado. "Plasma Sword Decapitation!" Kardos shouts as her plasma sword slams into Emerald's tornado with an explosive burst of force thanks to Kardos' Burst Release, opening up a hole in Emerald's wind.

"Come on!" Kardos exclaims as she grabs Virgo's wrists and leaps out of Emerald's tornado, dragging the girl along with her. Kardos and Virgo then land on the ground in a pool of blood, as Emerald's tornado dissipates. "Damn…" Kardos grunts.

"Hellair Roar!" Emerald shouts as she aims a hand at Kardos. "I wanted to kill Virgo first for being a traitor, but you're the strong one here, so it only makes sense to take care of you!" Emerald cackles as she fires a powerful blast of wind towards Virgo.

"Virgo, I need a shield!" Kardos cries as she peers over at Virgo, who fervently shakes her head in response. "What, you're out of plasma energy?!" Kardos then turns back towards Emerald as she stares down her attack. "Dammit…" she grunts. "I don't have enough strength to get up." But before Emerald's attack can blast into Kardos, Virgo jumps up to her feet then leaps in front of Kardos. Emerald's wind tears into Virgo, causing the woman to grunt in pain as she's sent flying backwards, leaving Kardos unscathed. Kardos' eyes widen. "VIRGO!" Slowly, Kardos strains her head over her shoulder towards Virgo. "Why…would you save me…?" Kardos asks. "Us Supernatural Investigators are what turned you into that…?"

Virgo shakes her head, and then, in a weak, raspy, low voice, she says: "Bran…dish…". Kardos' eyes widen.

"Now, to kill you!" Emerald cackles as she fires another Hellair Roar towards Kardos.

"No…" Kardos grunts as she slams a fist into the ground. "Colt died because I was weak…" Kardos continues as she begins to push herself off of the ground. "I WON'T LET ANYONE ELSE DIE IN FRONT OF ME!" Kardos roars as she stands up to face Emerald. And then, with a single hand, Kardos uses the strength boost of her Burst Release to knock away Emerald's Hellair Roar.

"What?!" Emerald cries as her eyes widen. "She knocked the winds of Hell away with one hand?!"

"Virgo!" Kardos orders. "You better push past your limits right now, or I'll leave you behind!" Slowly, Virgo pushes herself off of the ground and stands up next to Kardos. Kardos readies her awakened plasma sword, as Virgo constructs a plasma sword and brings it up as well.

"You humans…will never defeat me…" Emerald growls as she aims a hand at Kardos and Virgo. "HELLAIR SKYSHREDDER!" Emerald roars as she fires off a powerful blast of wind towards the two woman.

Kardos and Virgo stare down Emerald's attack

"PLASMA SWORD: DOUBLE DECAPITATION!"

With a battle cry, Kardos and Virgo swing their plasma blades forwards, slashing clean through Emerald's attack. And then, Kardos and Virgo charge Emerald, before swinging their plasma swords down into Emerald with all of their might, causing Emerald to howl in pain as she is engulfed in a giant burst of blue plasma energy. By the time that the explosion subsides, Emerald is laying on the ground in a pool of blood.

Dead and defeated.

"Whew!" Kardos sighs as she drops to the ground on her butt. Kardos then peers up at Virgo. "Couldn't have done it without you, little sis!" She says. And just as before, although Kardos can't see Virgo's mouth, judging by the squintness of Virgo's eyes, Kardos can tell that she is smiling.

Kardos then looks up to the Heavens with a sad smile. "I did my part, Sniper…" she softly says. "You may rest easy now. Because the dawn of our final battle…is upon us…"

***

"Devil Transformation: Demon Claw!" Beelzebub cackles as he raises a black claw up. Black energy then begins crackling around Beelzebub's claw, before taking the form of a giant claw. Beelzebub then slashes his attack towards the trio.

"I've got this!" Gaumond shouts as he leaps in front of Smith and Dragon and brings his arms up to block. Beelzebub's attack slams into Gaumond's armor, shredding through it and sending the man flying backwards.

"Rainer!" Smith cries as she watches her partner fly backwards.

"As-ter…" Gaumond grunts as he lands on the ground, his plasma shield destroyed.

"I've got this!" Dragon shouts as his entire body begins crackling with electricity. "Celeri Fulmen Pugno!" Dragon exclaims as he charges Beelzebub at the speed of lightning, unleashing electrified fist after electrified fist upon the Devil, who counters by slashes of his giant claw.

"Devil Transformation: Demon Tail!" Beelzebub cackles as a giant, spiky black tail spreads out of his tailbone then whips into Dragon, sending him flying backwards as well.

"Carpet Bomb!" Smith shouts as she flings fireball after fireball towards Beelzebub.

"Devil Transformation: Demon Horn!" Beelzebub shouts as he aims a hand at Smith, which morphs into a giant black lance which flies forwards, piercing the agent's chest.

***

"I hope you men are prepared to face three elements of Hell," Lilith says as she raises three claws up and aims them at Yamato and Mikoto. "Triple Element Scream!" Lilith shouts as a blast of purple water, green wind, and orange-gold earth fires out of Lilith's claws, one element from each hand.

"Mono Dragon-!" Yamata begins to say as his eight dragon heads merge into a single head. "-Serpent's Wrath!" Yamata shouts as his singular dragon fires off a beam of orange energy. Lilith's blast and Yamata's beam collide in a mighty explosion, but then, Lilith's attack cuts straight through the explosion, and Yamata's and Mikoto's eyes widen as Lilith's attack continues flying towards them. "Lilith countered my strongest attack?!" Yamata cries. "And that easily, no less?!"

"Worry not, brother, I'll take care of this," Mikoto says as he crouches down and places one hand on the hilt of his sword, and the other hand on its sheath.

"Great," Yamata snorts as he rolls his eyes. "Go get 'em."

A purple arrow spreads from Mikoto's feet over to Lilith, an arrow that only he can see. "Predetermined Cutter!" Mikoto shouts as he draws his sword and dashes. Mikoto slashes his sword into the side of Lilith's attack, changing its trajectory and causing it to miss. Mikoto's arrow then drags him towards Lilith again, and slashes his sword towards the Devil. As for Yamata, his singular dragon head reverts back into eight heads.

"Octo Dragons: Fang Road!" Yamata shouts as he swipes a hand towards Lilith, sending his eight dragon heads flying towards the Devil.

Lilith brings two claws up as purple-water and green-wind swirls around each one. "Hellice Prison!" Lilith shouts as ice with a purple hue explodes from Lilith's claws.

"Shit!" Mikoto cries as he retracts his sword, but before Mikoto can get away, he's encased in Lilith's ice.

"Mikoto!" Yamata cries. Yamata then looks back to Lilith, where he sees the Devil's ice beginning to travel down his scarf. "Crap…" Yamata grumbles as he pulls off his scarf and tosses it to the ground. Yamata's scarf is encased in ice a mere second later. "How did you do that?" Yamata asks as he turns back to face Lilith. "The ice, I mean. I thought Hell only had four elements: fire, earth, water, and air?"

"The elements of Hell can be fused together in order to create other elements," Lilith explains as she takes a step forwards, shattering the ice in her path. "You're powerless without your scarf, aren't you?" Lilith as she raises a claw and presses it to the frozen Mikoto's throat. "So if I were to kill your brother…you would be powerless to do anything?"

Yamata's eyes widen. "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM!" He roars.

But then…Lilith slashes her claw towards Mikoto's throat.

"NOOOOOO!!!!!!"

But before Lilith can slash Mikoto, a blast of lightning fires from Mikoto's sword, sending all of the ice flying off of him and forcing Lilith to hop away. "Wh-what was that?" She asks. Slowly, Mikoto lifts his sword up and aims the tip of his electrified blade at Lilith, his sword coursing with blue lightning.

"M-Mikoto…?" Yamata asks. "How did you do that…?"

"During my training with Raiden, I had him imbue my Susano'o Katana with Storm Magic," Mikoto explains. "I can only use it once, but for a brief moment, this sword…can control lightning." Yamata's eyes widen. "Now…to slay this Devil," Mikoto says as he crouches down again.

"I know that stance," Lilith begins to say as she aims a claw at Mikoto. "All I have to do is stop you before you can attack." But then, before Lilith can attack Mikoto, Mikoto reappears before Lilith in a burst of lightning, and then a moment later, blood sprays the air as Lilith's arm flies off her body.

"PREDETERMINED LIGHTNING CUTTER!"

Lilith's eyes widen. "He's…so fast…?" Yamata marvels.

Mikoto then raises his Susano'o Katana above his head, its blade crackling with blue electricity, then swings it down towards Lilith's neck. "I'LL DECAPITATE YOU!" But before Mikoto can slash Lilith's head off, a shield of golden-orange rock forms around her neck, blocking Mikoto's attack, and his Susanoo Katana simply bounces off of Lilith. "Damn…" Mikoto grumbles.

Lilith then thrusts a hand towards Mikoto again. "Hellwater Howl!" Lilith shouts as she fires off a blast of water towards Mikoto, who reappears next to Yamato in another blink of the eye and a burst of electricity, dodging Lilith's attack.

"Your arrows are moving crazy fast now!" Yamata comments.

"I'm not using my arrows," Mikoto replies, causing Yamata's eyes to widen. "That's just the speed of lightning.

"You cut off my arm that allowed me to use Hellair," Lilith says as she holds a forearm-less arm up.

"Only two more to go," Mikoto replies as he raises his Susano'o Katana high above his head, its blade crackling with electricity. "Predetermined Lightning Cutter!" Mikoto shouts as he slams his sword to the ground, its blade piercing the earth, and sending shockwaves of lightning flying everywhere.

"Hellmetal Weight!" Lilith shouts as she thrusts two claws towards Mikoto, firing off a powerful metal weight towards him. "Hellwater and Hellair make Hellice, while Hellwater and Hellearth make Hellmetal," Lilith explains.

Mikoto's shockwaves of lightning cancel out Lilith's attack. Yamata watches in awe as the battle between Lilith and Mikoto rages on. Mikoto strikes the Devil at the speed of lightning with powerful electric slashes, while Lilith counters with attacks from the three Elements of Hell that she still has access to. "Mikoto, break the ice around my scarf!" Yamata cries, desperate for a chance to enter the fight. "I'll help you!"

"Right, Mikoto replies as he charges towards Yamata's scarf at the speed of lightning, but in response, Lilith jumps in the way.

"Hellmetal Armor," Lilith says as she coats her entire body in silver metal. Mikoto then slams face-first into Lilith's metal body, before stumbling back in a daze.

"I was going…too fast to stop…" Mikoto winces as he continues stumbling.

"I'm…just getting in the way…" Yamata frowns. "I told Mikoto to grab my scarf, only for him to get hurt because of me…"

"Hellwater Howl," Lilith says as she aims a claw at Mikoto, firing off a powerful blast of water, sending Mikoto flying backwards and landing on the ground in a pool of blood.

"Mikoto!" Yamata cries.

Mikoto is silent.

Lilith then takes a step over to Yamata. "Now…what will you do, foolish human?" Lilith asks as she glares down at Yamata, and for the first time since his battle against Susanoo no Mikoto, thousand of years ago, yamata feels it…

What it's like to be the prey.

Yamata takes one look at Lilith, his entire body trembling under the mighty Devil. And then…without a second thought-Yamata turns around and begins running away. "Pathetic," Lilith says as she aims a claw at Yamata. Leaving your brother behind, after he tried to save you. A blast of water then fires from Lilith's hand towards Yamata.

"Dammit!" Yamata cries as he turns and peers over his shoulder at Lilith's attack. "I have nowhere to run! I'M GONNA DIE!"

Lilith's attack continues flying towards Yamata, but before it can blast into him, Yamata is shoved to the ground in a cloud of dust. "Oof!" Yamata winces. Once the dust has settled, Yamata looks up to see who shoved him, and sees…

Mikoto standing before him, with a giant, gaping hole in his chest.

Yamata's eyes widen. "M-Mikoto…?" Yamata stammers as his brother's blood drips down onto him.

Mikoto doesn't reply. Instead…he falls onto his back to the ground.

Yamata begins trembling. "M-M-M-M-" he stammers

"MIKOTO OOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"

"You dumbass!" Yamata cries and he scrambles over to his brother. "I tried to leave you behind again! You should have saved yourself instead of worrying about me!"

"I suppose I am…" Mikoto answers with a weak cough.

"Why would you protect me, you idiot?!" Yamata cries.

"B-because…" Yamata weakly coughs. "You're my brother, Yamata."

Yamata's eyes widen, then soften directly after. "But I hate you!" Yamata snaps. "You're annoying, boring, righteous, and I hate you!"

"Well that's unfortunate," Mikoto replies with a weak smile "Because I don't hate you, Yamata."

"You…dumbass…" Yamata sobs as he wipes his eyes.

"I…enjoyed the time that we spent together, Yamata…" Mikoto says.

"Don't say that!" Yamata shouts as he slams his fist into the ground. "Don't use the past tense like that!"

"I hope…if we're reincarnated again…" Mikoto began to say. "Then we're still brothers in the next life."

And then…Mikoto's eyes close.

Yamata stares at his fallen brother for a moment, and then, he collapses on top of Mikoto and begins sobbing. "You know, Mikoto?" Yamata asks. "I enjoyed the time we spent together too. But if we're reincarnated again…I hope that we can be normal brothers."

"Your brother was the one with the true fighting potential," Lilith says. "Without him, you're just as dead as he is." Yamata doesn't reply. Instead, he grabs Mikoto's Susano'o Katana out of his hands and stands up to face the Devil. "Oh?" Lilith asks. "Can you wield that sword, as well?"

"You'll see…" Yamata growls as he draws the Susano'o no Katana. And then, in the blink of an eye and an accompanying burst of lightning, Yamata appears before Lilith and shatters the ice with Mikoto's sword, freeing his scarf. Swiftly, Yamata wraps his scarf around his neck and jumps backwards before Lilith can counter.

Lilith's eyes widen. "So he's fast, as well?" Yamata raises the Susano'o Katana high above his head as his eight dragon heads aim themselves at Lilith as well. Meanwhile, thunder booms in the sky overhead. A giant bolt of lightning then crashes down from the sky, zapping Yamata's sword. Yamata grounds as the lightning is absorbed into his Susanoo Katana, and then, once it's done, Yamata, as well as the sword and his eight dragon heads are coursing with lightning.

"Now…" Yamata begins to say as he swings a hand towards Lilith.

"THUNDER DRAGON FEAST!"

Yamata's eight dragon heads let out a roar as loud as thunder as they fly through the air towards Lilith, as fast as lightning.

"Hell On Wall!" Lilith shouts as she brings a wall of iron up, but Yamata's dragon heads fly through it with ease, not even stopping for a moment.

"Now, feats on Devil blood, my dragons!" Yamata cackles as his eight dragon heads tear their electrified fangs into Lilith's body, who screams in pain as she's electrocuted by a giant explosion of lightning. Once the explosion has subsided, Lilith drops to the ground in a pool of blood, defeated.

Yamata stares at Lilith's body. "That's what you get for killing my brother, bitch," he sneeze. Yamata then limps over to Mikoto's body and collapses to the ground next to him. "I'm sorry that...I wasn't nicer to you when you were alive, Miktoto," Yamata says as tears form in his eyes. "I know that I don't deserve to go where you went…but I hope that up there…you can see your family again." Yamata then sheaths the Susano'o Katana and places it at Mikoto's side. "Rest easy, Susanoo no Mikoto, Mikoto Rogue,"

"Brother…"

***

"So you know that I'm half Demi-God, huh?" Agent Hexley asks as he holds a hand up, golden-white swords of light forming around it. "Judgement Sword!" Hexley shouts as he swings his hand downwards, sending his swords flying towards Aries.

In response, Aries holds a hand into the air as well, as matching golden-white swords form around it. "True Judgment Swords," Aries said as he swings a hand down towards Hexley, and the two attacks collide in a burst of Holy Power.

"What?!" Hexley cries as his eyes widen. "You can use Holy Powers, too?!"

"I…am an Angel," Aries explains. "A fallen Angel. Your powers are merely a pale imitation of mine.

"This ought to be good," Hexley smirks. "But I have one thing that you don't!"

"Oh?" Aries asks. "And what is that?"

"GET 'EM, CHIEF!"

And through the smoke, appears Chief Faustus, as she draws her plasma trigger and presses a button, causing a blue blade of plasma energy to fly out of the handle. "Plasma Katana!" Faustus shouts as she swings her blade towards Aries.

In response, Aries sticks a hand out to Faustus. "White Nova," Aries says as he releases a blast of Holy Power from his palm, causing Fautus to howl in pain as she's sent flying backwards.

"Infinite Jolt!" Helxey shouts as he fires off a sphere of Holy Power towards Aries. Hexley's attack then blasts into Aries in a burst of Holy Energy. "Yes, got 'em!" Hexley cheers. But then, as the burst subsides, Hexley sees that Aries is unfazed by his attack. "What?!" Hexley cries. "I didn't even hurt 'em?!"

"Did you really think-" Aries begins to say as he turns to face Hexley. "That your Holy Powers can hurt an Angel?" Aries asks as he holds a hand out to Hexley. "Now, to show you a true Holy Power attack," Aries continues as a sphere of Holy Energy forms at his palm. "TRUE INFINITE JOLT!" Hexley's eyes widen as he brings his arms up in across to block, but Aries' attack sends him flying backwards, nonetheless.

Aries then lifts another hand towards Hexley, but before he can do anything, a voice shouts: "Plasma Chain," as a blue chain of plasma energy flies out from behind Aries, wrapping around his arm. Aries turns and peers over his shoulder, where he sees Faustus holding ontot he chain. With a yawn, Aries flinches his arm forwards, yanking Faustus towards him.

"Judgment Swords!" Hexley shouts as he swings another volley of Holy swords towards Aries, but Aries sticks a hand out to Hexley's swords, causing them to pause mid-air. Aries then swings his hand towards Faustus, causing Hexley's swords to fly towards her. "H-he took control of my Holy Power?!" Hexley cries. "Chief, look out!" Both Hexley and Faustus are powerless to do anything as Hexley's own swords blast into Faustus, causing the woman to yelp in pain as she's sent flying backwards.

"How does it feel, harming your ally with your own attack?" Aries asks as he turns to face Hexley.

"Y-know, you're a real jerk," Hexley smirks. "Chief!"

"Right!" Faustus replies as she presses a button on her trigger, and the plasma katana morphs into a large double-headed ax.

Hexley then brings his fingers up and snaps, as Faustus swings her ax towards Hexley. "Heavenly Smiter!" Hexley shouts as the plasma blade of Faustus' ax slams into Aries in a burst of Holy Power, causing the Angel to stumble backwards. Hexley narrows his eyes at Aries.

"What…are you staring at?" The Angel asks.

"HAH!" Hexley spits as he smugly points to Aries' red cheek. "I got you!" Aries gingerly touches his small wound. "Holy Power may not affect you, and plasma energy may be too weak to hurt you, but a combination of both sure does the trick!"

"I modified my Plasma Trigger to be able to wield Holy Energy," Faustus smirks.

"That may be so, but let's see how you two deal with the real thing," Aries says as he brings a hand up. "TRUE HEAVENLY SMITER!" Faustus and Hexley's eyes widen as their bodies begin glowing from within, and then…they explode. The two Supernatural Investigators scream in pain as they're engulfed in an explosion of Holy Power. By the time that the explosion subsides, Faustus and Hexley are lying on the ground in a pool of blood, coughing up smoke. Aries takes a step over to the two agents. "Nothing can stand up to the power of a Fallen Angel," he says.

"Hexley…" Faustus coughs. "Have I ever told you…why I became a Supernatural Investigator?"

"N-no," Hexley answers.

"Ever since I was a little girl, I could see ghosts," Faustus explains. "And it really freaked me out. Because of this, I confused the living and the dead, and was shunned everywhere I went. My parents disowned me, and every exorcist I saw said they couldn't help me. But one night…I was attacked by a werewolf, and that's when my savior appeared: the Chief of the Supernatural Investigators, the one before the one before me. It was at that moment I decided to become a Supernatural Investigator myself, and to rid the world of evil."

"That's…very noble, chief," Hexley replies.

"So that's why-" Hexley begins to say as she stands up to face Aries, her skin glowing from within, like flames. "I WILL WIN, EVEN IF IT KILLS ME!"

Hexley's eyes widen. "Is that-?" He asks.

"Yes," Faustus answers. "Burst Release. It temporarily allows a human to use one-hundred percent of their strength, in exchange for shortening their life span."

Hexley's eyes widen even further. "Chief, you can't, you'll-" he cries.

"I won't die," Faustus says, cutting Hexley off. "I have enough life force left."

"In that case-" Hexley smirks as he stands up to face Aries as well. "Let's kick his ass!"

"The only kicking of the ass will be from me to yours!" Aries booms as he holds a hand out to Faustus and Hexley. "Infinite Jolt!" Aries fires off a powerful blast of Holy Power towards Faustys and Hexley, and in order to counter, Faustus wraps her arms around Hexley then leaps into the air with an explosive burst of strength.

"Hit me, Hexley!" Faustus orders as she draws her plasma ax and begins falling towards Aries.

"Got it, Chief!" Hexley smirks as he aims a finger-gun at Faustus' ax. "Infinite Jolt!" Helxey fires off a blast of holy energy towards Faustus, which is absorbed into her plasma ax. And then, in a burst of strength, Faustus swings her ax down towards Aries.

"HOLY CLEAVER!"

In response, Aries holds a hand up to Faustus. "White Nova," Aries says as he fires off a blast of Holy power towards Faustus' ax. The two attacks collide in an explosion of Holy Power, but Faustus' ax cleaves through Aries' attack, before slamming into Angel for good in a second giant explosion of Holy Power, causing Aries to howl in pain. By the time that the explosion subsides, Aries is lying on the ground in a pool of blood, dead and defeated.

Faustus lands on the ground, then begins staggering. "Hey…Hexley…?" She says.

"What's up, Chief?" Hexley asks.

"Remember how I told you that I have enough life-force left to use Burst Release?" Faustus asks.

"Yeah?" Hexley answers.

The plasma blade emitting from Faustus' plasma trigger fizzles out, and slowly, the plasma trigger slips from Faustus' hands and clangs to the ground. Hexley's eyes widen. "I lied," Faustus says. And then…she falls to the ground.

"CHIEEEEEEEEEEFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!"

"Chief, hang in there, stay with me!" Hexley cries as he drops to his knees next to Chief Faustus.

"Hexley…I am now going to tell you the words my superior before me told me when he named me Chief of the Supernatural Investigators…" Faustus begins to say.

"No…come on, Chief," Hexley replies with a nervous laugh. "You know I'm not good at that kind of stuff.

"Agent Hexley…here on out you are now the Chief of the Supernatural Investigators Agency," Faustus begins to say, as tears begin streaming down Hexley's cheeks. "But now…you must swear on every fiber of your being that you will do anything -and I mean, ANYTHING- to protect humanity at all costs, even if you must sacrifice your life to do so."

"I will, Chief, I will!" Hexley sobs.

"That is…until you decide who you want to take over once this battle has ended," Faustus continues with a small smile, causing Hexley's eyes to widen.

"You mean…?" He softly asks.

"Agent Hexley…Chenraj…thank you for everything…"

And then…Faustus' eyes close for good.

Hexley's entire body begins trembling.

"SAAAAAGEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!"

***

"So this is all you've got, saviors of humanity?" Beelzebub mocks as he lifts a giant, black claw up, looming intimidatingly over Smith, Gaumond, and Dragon, who are laying on the ground in pools of blood, staring up at the Devil.

"Is this…it…?" Dragon weakly asks. "I…I can't let it end here, not while my son is still fighting!"

"Aster…?" Gaumond says.

"Yeah…?" Smith asks.

"I…love you…" Gaumond answers, causing Smith's eyes to widen.

"Rainer, I…lo-" Smith begins to say, but Beelzebub cuts her off.

"Awww…how cute!" The Devil swoons. "But now…you die!" Beelzebub laughs maniacally as he swipes his claw down towards Dragon, Smith, and Gaumond, who flinch in fear.

But…nothing happens!

 Slowly, Dragon, Smith, and Gaumond open their eyes and peer up at Beelzebub, where they see the Devil paused mid-air, staring down at the five crossbow arrows piercing his chest.

"What…just happened?" Dragon asks.

"H-huh…?" Beelzebub asks as he looks down at the arrows, then back up to the direction from which they came from, but upon not seeing anyone, Beelzebub frantically looks around, trying to figure out where they came from.

Beelzebub then reaches down and rips an arrow out of his chest, causing green blood to spray everywhere.

"Was this…really supposed to hurt m-?!" Beelzebub begins to cackle, but then, before he can finish…the arrows explode! The arrows explode with such force, in fact, that chunks of Beelzebub and blood are sent splattering everywhere.

Smith, Gaumond, and Dragon gags as they're doused with blood and Devil meat- chunks.

"The arrows, no!" A voice says, and Smith, Gaumond, and Dragon peer over to where they heard the voice. "But the explosions…yes!"

Smith and Gaumond's eyes widen. "Hunter…you're alive!" They cry, as Hunter, as well as his four family members step forwards.

"Who are they?" Dragon asks.

Harold, Henry, henrie, harry, and Harrie Hunter smirk as they place their hands on their hips triumphantly.

"Your saviors!" (Harold) Hunter booms.