The Demon God (2)

Drawing his sword, flames exploding from it and his body, Tetsuno dashed at Azazel at full speed, leaving a trail of flames behind him. Crashing into Azazel, the Demon God clasped Tetsuno's weapon in his talons, holding it in place as scarlet flames danced agains the shadows and the ground became molten rock.

"Ah, Tetsuno. I always liked you, you should stay loyal. I'd feel absolutely horrid if I killed you."

Then crimson flames exploded from Tetsuno, rage enveloping him. The blade began to change form, becoming a katana.

"Ah! Will we replay our first meeting then?" Azazel laughed, and what came after was an intense battle, the fiery blade clashing against Azazel's talons again and again at an impossible speed, flames and aura exploding in shockwaves as the two dashed about clashing again and again, the sound of the obsidian katana clashing against the Demon God's talons ringing through the air.

Then, Tetsuno stopped, crashing his foot into the earth and sending fissures through the land, lava exploding into the air as he pulled up his mask and threw back his head. A tremendous roar exploded from the demon's jaws, flames flying through the air. Zealous and Xell, all of the Archdemons, stood awestruck, unaware that Tetsuno could even make such a sound.

"HAHA!!" Azazel laughed, "IS SOMEONE MAD?"

Tetsuno hunched forward, the sword in his hand growing and growing and growing until it became a massive twelve foot long blade, flames coiled around it like a fire dragon. Smoke and flickering scarlet trailed from Tetsuno's mouth as he raised the blade into the air, and then, as he lowered the weapon, it gained speed and crashed directly on top of Azazel, who caught it between two talons. The Demon God's legs buckled and flames engulfed the entirety of the surrounding area as the earth erupted in volcanic bursts of flame and magma while a massive split was forged into the land and flames flew into the sky, casting scarlet over the black clouds.

A shockwave exploded from the strike, sending massive chunks of rubble trough the air. A moment later Xell appeared in the air above the massive blade, bow drawn as an immense amount of aura gathered into his bow before he released a missile sized arrow down on the weapon, adding increased force to the attack as Azazel was hammered deeper into the earth.

Azazel stayed beneath the sword, sinking further and further as the ground was melted into magma and a ravine was carved into the land from the blast and the intense heat, plus the impact of Xell's attack. Azazel's legs were bent as he pushed his back against the blade's edge. Then Zealous flashed into sight, dashing at Azazel, his Aura Cloak enshrouds got him as a blade of black aura was thrust towards the pinned Azazel.

"Ha..." Azazel hissed. "Not the play."

Suddenly Azazel hefted the blade up and stepped aside before a wave of black aura engulfed the blade and wrenched it down with all the force of a hundred gods, directly on top of Zealous. The earth split open and shattered apart as through a massive nuke erupted from beneath, immense splits forming across the earth while streams of magma exploded into the air.

For a moment, they thought, that the attack had pulled through and Azazel had been crushed. Nobody had seen that Azazel had turned the attack on Zealous, the flames blocking that from vision. But as they could see a faint figure making it's way through the dancing flames, they knew, as the white eyes glared at them through the waves of scarlet, that the attack had failed.

"Impressive. You three have surely grown." Azazel glanced back at Zealous. "Maybe not so much him but, you know."

A massive figure appeared above Azazel then; it was Mettrag, attacki from above and attempting to smash Azazel.

"Oh come now," Azazel hissed. "You should know better by now." A wave of aura crashed into Mettrag, sending the obese demon crashing to the earth, which created a massive crater as well as a shockwave through the earth.

"I'm far stronger than you can even fathom." Azazel hissed.

Suddenly the Demon God stopped, then turned his eyes directly at Kessana. "Oh, dear. You really thought your sensory blind would work on me? Come now, Kessana."

A spike of black aura shot from the ground, skewering Kessana before she could dodge away. The aura seemed to paralyze her, holding her in place.

"Listen, all I want-"

Azazel swiftly leaned aside as Tetsuno's katana flashed by his head.

"Let me..." Azazel growled, "TALK!" Black talons grasped Tetsuno's throat and slammed him to the ground, instantly creating a crater and sending deep splits through the earth as Tetsuno's body was embedded into the rock. Azazel then raised his foot, and the brought it down on Tetsuno. When he did, a massive shockwave of black aura blasted outward as the land was being completely obliterated from the blast, and in the confusion, Azazel's figure dashed about, at an impossible speed, as he went from demon to demon, hitting them, striking them with aura, pinning them or obliterating everything near them.

Then he appeared face to face with Emma.