Impasse

After taking out both the gun devil and the Darkness devil, the situation on the battlefield had entered some sort of strange stalemate. Separating both parties was a large enough barrier, one that had been created by Satoru himself using a binding vow.

"Sir we have completed the mission. Every devil within the barrier has been killed with minimal casualties.."

Standing before the regrouped devil hunters, Kishibe was in deep thought as he listened in on the news from one devil hunter.

"It would seem the battle with Aki and the rest have come to an end as well.."

Looking into the distance, Kishibe let out a small proud smile, as he noticed three figures soaring on a massive round platform constructed from vines rapidly gaining on them.

In about a minute, the platform landed, as Denji, Aki and Himeno walked to the group in exhaustion yet the victorious smiles on their faces said all that everyone needed to know.

The most affected from all this was Aki, whom even with his reverse Cursed Technique having normal output refused to restore his destroyed left arm.

"Your arm?.."

As Kishibe, Yoshida and Quanxi, the now Commanders of the group moved towards the victorious trio, Yoshida couldn't help but comment, as Aki looked towards it and let out a small sigh.

"It's alright. It was a small price to pay..."

He spoke, while Denji patted him on the shoulder.

"How is the battle between Satoru, Ms. Makima and the others..."

When Aki asked, silence reigned for a moment, with everyone hanging their heads low in dejection.

"Makima is dead.."

Kishibe spoke, as Aki's eyes widened, unable to believe the piece of news that had been revealed to him.

Even Angel and Reze who hated Makima couldn't help but feel remorseful.

"How is he holding up?.."

Aki lowered his head for a moment and asked, as Kishibe sighed deeply.

"He constructed this unbreakable barrier and is fighting all of them by himself. Although there seems to be another foe in the mix, we can't tell because none of our cursed energy signatures can cross the barrier.."

Kishibe answered, as Aki clenched his teeth in rage.

Unsheathing his blade, he rushed to the barrier and slashed through with all of his strength, however, his word went through it as if it was water, without harming the barrier in any way or form.

"Hold on Aki!!"

Kishibe stopped him before he could go any further.

"I can't let you go out there.."

Kishibe held him back, as the youth gritted his teeth.

"Out of my way!"

Aki roared, while covered in flames like a demon, however Kishibe's eyes turned blood red as his energy boiled within his body.

"We can't let you go out there Aki. You're our only hope now!"

Kishibe roared out in anger, and faced off against Aki.

"Hehehe..it sure is lively around here.."

The stalemate was suddenly broken, when a familiar voice rang out in ridicule.

In that moment, a figure seemingly materialized out of nowhere, covered in blood and scars.

His left and right arms were missing, his bones shattered and flesh pulverised to an extent.

"Satoru!!"

The moment he appeared, he suddenly crashed into the ground unconscious, as the others quickly recovered and quickly rushed to him in panic and shock.

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"Mother, are we just supposed to wait for the human to recover so the battle continues?"

On the other side of the battlefield, the devil army stood, ever ready for battle.

Tired of waiting, Death couldn't help but look towards her mother and asked.

"Striking down an injured opponent is not fair. Let us wait till he recovers then we would torture him and make him watch as his precious humans are devoured by the devil army.."

Lilith spoke while Death closed her eyes and breathed deeply.

"I want to be the one to end his life. He has to pay for killing Darkness.." Hell who was now in human form, a woman with fiery red hair spoke in rage, as she looked into that distance.

"Tsk. Get in line."

Fami chipped in, as immense amounts of energy burst out of her body.

"Save your energy for the battle Fami."

Lilith warned, as the two sisters calmed down, while Hell clenched her fists...her eyes spewing tongues of flames.

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"Ughhhh.."

Within the devil hunters camp, a figure slowly awoke with a headache. As his eyes fluttered open, he quickly sat up and looked around.

Only after recognising multiple familiar energy signatures did he calm himself down and take a seat.

A momentater he stared down at his arms, seeing they had both been restored, while the gruesome wounds on his body had disappeared.

" There's no need to hesitate. You can come in.."

Sensing one familiar energy signature behind his tent he called out with a smile, as a familiar figure walked in with his only arm holding his blade at his waist.

"Congratulations, you have finally avenged your family.."

Chuckling, the silver haired young man, patted the newcomer on the shoulder as he walked past him.

"Why did you let her die?"

Before he could walk out, the youth with the sword, Aki roared out, as Satoru halted in his steps.

"It's alright, Aki."

Satoru patted Aki's shoulder, however he pushed off his arm, as he let a tear roll down his face.

"You don't need to keep everything bottled up inside Aki.."

Satoru spoke with a sigh, before he turned around.

"While I couldn't save her, I can bring her back, Aki. After all if this is over. If not and I fall in battle, I would still go to be with her.."

Satoru spoke with a small smile, as the beautiful face of a young woman flashed within his memories.

"Promise me, you'll win this and bring her back."

Aki held onto his arm, as asked in tears, as Satoru sighed and nodded.

A/N: Do you guys like Rorouni Kenshin?