Kusanagi's Roar

Akimitsu's chest split open with waves of purple strings coming out of it followed by a huge blast in the hallway.

The man had managed to jump away before the blast could've hit him.

"Did I manage to pierce him?"

He was sure it had went through but he couldn't be so sure.

Finally the dust cleared off and the figure infront of him became obvious.

The hair had changed;they had become white so had the whole skin.The eyes had become purple with their gaze intensely fixed on him.The body which was full of wounds earlier had healed itself completely and the aura around him had changed completely.

It was Hagetaka.

He quickly shifted into a defensive stance.

Hagetaka pulled the sword which was etched into his throat and observed it.

"Too bad you didn't attack me in the heart,huh?What a waste when you have a sword with a devil seal and don't even know how to use it"

He chuckled and threw the sword towards the man's feet.

He was taken aback.

"Why had he thrown it towards him when he knew it could kill him in an instant?"

Hagetaka spoke from the end of the hallway.

"It ain't gonna be fun if two devils fight each other while only one has the advantage,would it?"

He quickly bend down to pick the sword only to freeze when he realized it.

He was hit hard in the middle of his stomach and was knocked towards the end of the hallway bleeding all over his head.

"What?You really thought I wouldn't recognize?"

He opened his eyes to see a blurred figure walking towards him from the other side of the hallway.

"You thought I wouldn't notice you aren't one of those abominations outside calling them devils?You are a true devil aren't you?"

Hagetaka lifted his face up with his fingers and inspected his face.

"I thought I was the only true devil around so who are you?"

He didn't answer.

"So we are gonna have to do this the hardway?"

He pressed his left hand quickly only for his sword to appear and deflect the attack from the behind.

It was all smoke around him.

The body infront of him had begun to evaporate and was only cloth at that point.

He laughed again.

That maniac laugh

"You are Hitashi,aren't you?"

No response came.

Suddenly,a barrage of attacks started to come from all over the smoke.

And each and every one of them was directed towards his heart.

No matter how many times he managed to kill the person in the smoke the attacks kept coming back.

And quite frankly he was enjoying all of it including the sight of battle,it had been a long time since he had smelled the stench of blood and felt that combination of nervousness and excitement at the same time.

The last and recent one had been just a warm up for him;this time he wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.

"Fuck it I've had enough its time to end this"

He slightly cut his right hand open and wiped the blood over the Kusanagi.

Darkness emerged from the tip of his sword only to transform into the shape of a roaring dragon whose roar might have echoed throughout the hallway.

He felt his chest being pierced from the back.

He felt the pain throughout his body but did not stop.

Instead,Hagetaka went into a rage and so did the dragon which started circling throughout the whole hallway destroying whatever came in his way.

The whole hallway was full of loud explosions which were heard throughout the whole mansion along with the roars of the dragon.

"FIND HIM AND KILL HIM KUSANAGI!!"

It was only moments until Kusanagi would find him.

Hitashi was hiding four hallways away in the walls and it didn't take Kusanagi a moment to find him and blast the whole place down along with his roars.

The roars were enough to send chills through a persons spine.

The floor started to collapse due to the explosions and Hagetaka covered himself in Kusanagi to protect himself.

Finally,when it had stopped Hagetaka came down amongst the rubble to look for Hitashi.

"Hitashi Hitashi where are you?"

He was still in the mouth of the dragon.

He didn't have much strength left and had to end it quick.

Finally he found him amongst the rubble and had Kusanagi pull him out.

He was breathing for his life.

He snapped his fingers and Kusanagi disappeared.

He pulled his sword up to strike Hitashi directly in his chest.

Suddenly he freezed.

He could not move.

"What the hell?Don't tell me the human body has reached its limit?"

"Bad luck,Hagetaka"

The voice did not sound like Hitashi.

He looked infront of him to see Hitashi was no longer there.

Instead of him it was another demon.

Hitashi's skin was on the other side which was blowing off vapour.

The person who was dragging himself out of the skin was a completely different person.

He had blonde hair and beard and was middle aged.

Hagetaka was completely amazed and surprised at what he was seeing.

The man stood up but it seemed like he had no intention of fighting.

"You messed me up good Hagetaka thanks to you Iam in no condition to fight"

He looked towards Hagetaka but at this point Hagetaka was losing consciousness and was in no state to fight or talk.

"But that was my fault,I shouldn't have transformed into Hitashi in the first place"he continued.

He than started to walk away from Hagetaka while Hagetaka kept looking at him helplessly.

He was this close to winning and the body had to give up at that exact moment.

The man held his right hand up in a farewell gesture while not looking back.

"See you later,Hagetaka"