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Warriors Journey•Rise of the Demon part 12
chapter 12- The End of The Man in Black

"Toss the Claws over", The Other said from the far side of the top of the mountain.

" Take them", Ben said unsheathing his sword. Kenshi unsheathed Jikan with a grin." You won't be smiling soon, kid" The Other demanded demonically. The Other was dressed in all black. His armor wasn't, steel or anything the trio had seen before. He even wore a mask that was all black that didn't seem to have a purpose.
" Caribu?" The Other asked.

Kenshi smiled as he pulled out a bone and waves it in front of Taiyo no Tsuna, turning him back into his spirit dragon form. Kenshi giggled in insanity," Sick him". He threw the bone at his feet from twenty feet away.

The massive red horned dragon rushed the Blackened solider. Taiyo no Tsuna attempted to pick up The Other with his horns, then he pulled out two Blackened machete type swords. They shined in the high noon sun. He cut right threw his horns with one swipe of his twin machetes. Taiyo no Tsuna became enraged as he screamed in anger. He rushed him once more, crushing him against the rock wall of the East Mountain and his skull. Ben could hear his ribs break under the pressure. He slammed the spirit dragons temple with the butt of one of his swords.

The dragon fell, lifeless to the ground." Damned dragon!" The Other yelled as he held his broken ribs with one gloved hand.

Kenshi, with hell in his eyes, marched to the dragon killer. With a demonic yell, Kenshi raised his sword high in the air and brought it down on the blackened dragon killer. Sadly, he caught the blade with both of his swords under Jikan. His knees buckled under the strength of Kenshi. Jikan grew closer and closer to The Others head. His strength matched that of Kenshi's. He noticed it and he would need help to send this man back to hell. He gripped his sword until blisters grew and sweat overcame his palms." BEN!" Kensi yelled for help." HELPP!" He pleaded.

Ben ran with his sword in one hand. He had gotten to where Kenshi has trapped the one who had stolen the Chaos Claws previously. Kenshi couldn't hold him for long and he could realize. " W-what do I do?" He asked innocently. " What do you mean, what do I do? Attack him!" Kenshi said, sweating intensely. Ben didn't know how he could attack him but he didn't want to. He wanted peace and knowledge, this wouldn't put him any closer to either of those goals. He had to stop thinking about himself. This man wanted to summon the entity of hate and evil. We needed to stop this man here and now.

Ben pushed his sword into The Others machetes with Kenshi. He yelled for power. Eventually, The Others strength lessened and he dropped his swords lower and lower. They reached neck level and immediately Kenshi pushed his weapons against himself. He fell over, lying on his back with his own swords against his neck. Kenshi and Ben still pushed down. The blades of his swords stabbed his neck. Not a single sound was let out by The Other. He was on the verge of death and he didn't even have a battle cry.

Ben felt a new emotion, guilt. He felt guilty. The Other was only one man and him and Kenshi were tag-teaming him. He jumped back and dropped his sword into the dirt. The Other took his chance and threw Kenshi off with his twin machetes. As quick as he took out Taiyo no Tsuna, Kenshi was on the ground while the Other stood over him. Swords to sword, Kenshi was near death now, not The Other.

"NO!" Ben and Arashi yelled together. Arashi threw his axe from he had been standing for the last two minutes. The flying axe hit The Other directly in the back. It didn't hurt him or even penetrate his armor. Although it did distract him, with gave enough time for Ben to tackle him off Kenshi. Before Ben or Kenshi could do anything, The Other threw Ben off him. Before The Other could stand Big Blue, in his spirit dragon form, placed one paw on one of his arms and the other paw on his other arm. Big Blue sat on his gut. Kenshi jumped up and Arashi ran over.

" Your dragon weighs at least a ton, right?" Kenshi asked, looking at the soon to be a massacre. " At least", Ben said with his mouth open. The Other yelled in frustration and flared his legs." Let me go!" He yelled at the calm spirit dragon. Suddenly Big Blue started coughing and gagging." Hey, bud", Ben said walking over and rubbing his friends back. Ben hadn't realized that Big Blue was getting ready to throw up on the man in the black armor. And then, he did. A bundle of grass and an orange substance exploded all over the man.

" AAAHHH!" The Other screamed as if being tortured. Then, the kicking stopped and the screaming ended.

" Did he die?" Arashi asked. Ben checked his pulse, it wasn't there. He didn't have a pulse." Oh, the throw up killed him", Ben said sympathetically.

" No no. Don't give him sympathy ", Kenshi commanded, resheathing his sword." I know it's like a hobby for you to give every little thing sympathy, but this man tried bringing back the worlds entity of evil. Evil Ben. Opposite of us. Bad bad".

Ben frowned, looking at the man's black mask." He had a life. He had feelings and emotions".

" Oh my- why must you do this. You would give a rock sympathy ". Kenshi said placing his hands on hips in frustration. He couldn't understand Ben's ability to find the good in quite literally anything.

" Come on bud", Ben said gesturing to Big Blue to get off the dead man. Big Blue slowly sat up and walked off the corpse. He went to go lie down next to stubbur, who had been asleep since the fight started.

"Is that magic still pulling you Ben?" Kenshi said sorrowfully of his previous words.

"It's cold. Dead", Ben said emotionless." I don't know what to do next and its troublingly. Black storm clouds cover the sun and wet the earth. A whisper of a blue flame showed in front of Ben. Queen Lammè appeared." The peace has been disturbed. Everything good has been abolished. Please, Ben, return to Royal Island ". The blue flame that was Queen Lammè, disappeared.

" Shes never that quick with messages", Arashi said.

" Must be important. Let's go home, Ben. Our adventure has gone on for too long", Kenshi said, tired.

" Can we barry him as we did with the Dragos?" Ben said turning to face the others. Kenshi had started to walk back to the city." He doesn't deserve it". They walked down the East Mountain and back into the city. They entered the portal that would take them home. Ben didn't have the energy, the enthusiasm. Normally he enjoyed the watery magic that was the portals, but today didn't have room for enjoyment. They had won, but at what cost.

The arrived at the top of Royal Island. The same thunder clouds that were in Gallomae, loomed over the Royal Island. They made their way through the forest and into the castle. " Polo!" Kenshi called with an echo following. Kenshi walked up the spiral stone stairs that lied in the corner. Ben and Arashi followed.

He lied on his bed, lifeless…