Zayla Eternal Devari's Immortality

Torlan's Wrathful Power... Zayla And Rex To The Rescue!

"Quick, pass it here!" He called to his sister, "Skarra!" Skarra the red haired woman looked to him and smiled behind her mask, "catch!" She yelled. Ryku held out a hand to catch the gold sword she had thrown, as he touched it the weapon burned his hand. He let go of the weapon as Skarra took down the last remaining bandit, she walked over to him. "Are you okay?" "Ah... yes sister..." He held his burned hand. "Give me your hand", Skarra gently took his hand in hers and wrapped a small bandage over it after using a slight bit of her energy to force it to heal quicker, "I told you, you wouldn't be able to hold it..." "I don't want an 'I told you so' right now... but you were right..." Skarra wrapped the sword in her hooded cape, "so we need to find someone who can hold this". Ryku nodded, "well I can think of a few people..." he looked sadly at the ground, "how do you think they're getting on?" Skarra gave a slight shrug, "I'm not sure, facing up against that kind of power we fought in Choji... it seemed almost too much. If Devari had more like him, or worse..." She sighed as Ryku stared with concern, "you think leaving them was the wrong move?" Skarra placed a hand on his shoulder, "I think you were just looking out for your sister and I appreciate it, but we are much stronger now, and I can mostly control my... other ability and would like to go and help our friends". Ryku smiled under his mask, "very well", he touched his forehead to hers, "remember, no removing our masks". "No removing our masks", she looked towards the sunset, "where do you think they ended up?" "That is a very good question", Ryku became serious, "with the direction they headed, I would think they may have arrived at Zanaria City, only... if they had we would have heard about Devari's demise right about now". "Are you certain? What if... if Bodoku lost...?" "There is no chance of that happening, but I don't like the silence, we should have heard something by now... we should make our way to Zanaria, perhaps we will meet our friends along the way". Skarra gave a nod, "it'll take at least two days to reach Zanaria city without rest... what if we're too late?" Ryku wanted to tell her they weren't too late, he wanted to tell her what he thought she needed to hear but, he was thinking the same thing. "If we are too late, if Bodoku has perished and Devari has captured Zayla, then we will do everything within our power to save her and kill that monster". Skarra gave a confident nod, she clipped the gold sword to her waist then turned towards a rustling sound in the trees, "we may have missed some bandits brother". Ryku joined her and peered into the dense brush, "no... that's not it..." Tanjiro stumbled towards them, Ryku caught him in his arms as he collapsed, "Tanjiro!" He raised his head to see bloody wounds across his face. "Oh... we found you guys... help-" Tanjiro passed out. Ryku glanced up at Skarra with concern. They both flinched as someone else shot past them at the speed of light to smash into a tree. Seth slid slightly down the tree until his clothes caught on a branch, "ouch..." he coughed, "that was... unpleasant..." he shuddered trying to draw breath as he was winded. "What is going on!?" Skarra called rushing over to him, he weakly pointed to where both he and Tanjiro had come from, "T-Torlan..." he muttered as his glasses slid off and hit the ground. Skarra straightened and gritted her teeth, "Ryku, I will take care of these two, you go and-" She gasped ducking an attack, a black power smashed into Seth blowing up half the tree and sending him flying, Skarra reacted quickly diving to catch him and stamping her feet into the ground to stop sliding, she looked down at Seth, "are you alright!?" Seth coughed blood and gave a nod, before passing out. Skarra gently laid him on the ground as Torlan exited the bushes laughing, "ouch!" He cackled dragging both Choji and Tonton by their hair then threw them at Ryku's feet, "that looked like it hurt am I right?" Ryku stood with a glare, "the black... it takes someone with a truly dark spirit to develop that power..." he muttered. Torlan grinned at him, "I guess it does", he shrugged. He dodged Yuki's flying kick from behind, she zoomed past him to land beside Skarra, who prepared to fight her. "Hold on, I am with them". Skarra and Ryku glanced at each other as she took a step towards Torlan, "you can't stop us, we will get them back!" "Them?" Skarra questioned. "If you know them, then you also know Zayla and Bodoku". "We do", Ryku replied. "Him and his lot have them... who knows wat they're doing to them..." Ryku and Skarra stood together in front of Yuki, "please, let us take care of this", Ryku said. "It won't take long", Skarra spat with a dark stare. Yuki looked between them, "you know what his capable of..? He can call for your organs and leave you inside out with his powers..." "We are fully aware of what the black can do, we have killed someone with those abilities not long ago in our village". "Your soul is stained with blood, and I'm aching to cleanse it", Skarra growled. Torlan raised a brow, "are you talking dirty to me? I can't tell-" He gasped flipping out of the way of titanium shuriken's that Ryku launched out of rage. Torlan aimed a hand at him surrounding him with darkness making him tense and hold his chest, "Uh oh no... sister! This is it! I'm going to die! His calling for my heart!" Skarra smiled under her mask, "a little dramatic, but I like your enthusiasm". Ryku snorted straightening as Torlan frowned, "what's going on...?" Ryku clenched his hands into fists, his whole outer skin became metal, "you can only take from the weak. We are not weak!" Skarra grabbed his hand and swung, throwing him at Torlan like a steel torpedo. Torlan hid in the darkness, Skarra took a breath, her eyes turned completely white, "all will be revealed..." she muttered. A bright light shone around them, Torlan tensed as he was pulled from the darkness. With no shadows to hide in, he was vulnerable. Ryku hit him dead in the abdomen breaking a few or Torlans ribs. He took a deep breath staggering backwards as he thrust a dark wave at Ryku who held up his arms to shield his face, then he swept the powers aside cutting through it like a knife and punched forward, a huge steel fist headed towards Torlan. Noticing the brightness from Skarra's flashbang power had all but faded he used the darkness to swallow up Seth and put him in the way of Ryku's steel fist. Yuki noticed and raised her hands to freeze the fist in mid air. The two looked back at her, "he has Seth!" She called. They looked ahead and watched as Torlan materialized a scythe from the darkness, he gave a blood dribbling smile as he placed the blade on Seth's neck. "Stop!" Tonton called as she began to stand, Tanjiro sat up squinting. Choji coughed waking up and looking ahead. Seth's eyes opened slightly, the blood from wounds on his head dripped from his chin, "i-it's alright... I won't be able... to heal from this... kill this dirtbag-" He took a deep breath as Torlan kneed the bone sticking out of his arm. "Stop hurting him!" Tanjiro yelled. "What do you want?" Yuki demanded. Torlan shrugged, "to see the look on your faces when your dear, traitorous, clone friend dies", he pulled the scythe to the side slicing the skin on Seth's neck. Seth stood for a few seconds as blood poured down his neck. "NOOOO!" Yuki and Tonton rushed forward, Tanjiro; as injured as he was; leapt to his feet. Choji rolled to stand and launched at Torlan. Ryku looked at Skarra who nodded as he joined them. Skarra ran with them, and snatched Seth, pulling him back and blinding Torlan with her power as she retreated. Torlan cried out as Yuki froze his feet to the ground when he tried to vanish. Tanjiro thrust sharpened rocks and branches into his body, Choji sent black vines through his neck and head, Ryku sent metal knives into him, then finally Tonton came in for the final hit, as she punches her fist went straight through him and he began to fade, "wha-?" They heard Torlan's cackle echo through the air. Yuki shook her head, "he left as soon as he killed Seth..." "Bloody coward!" Tonton kicked the ice shattering it. "Seth...?" Skarra spoke, they all turned to look at her as she cradled the wide eyed Seth in her arms. Tanjiro swallowed hard coming closer, "is he...? Dead?" Skarra looked up at them with glossy eyes. Ryku looked ahead to see someone else had arrived, "I hate to interrupt but it looks like Torlan left more than chaos in his wake..." They followed his gaze to see a clone with silver hair and red eyes, but this one was a lot taller and much more muscular then any of those that had come before... Choji clicked his shoulder back into place, "you picked the wrong time to show up buster". Yuki stood beside him, "you will receive all of our rage!" The big buff clone roared as all but Skarra and Seth rushed at him...