The True Sixth Monkey

Chapter 15

Chiro grunted as he was thrown backwards, before jumping away as Ahriman slashed his claws where Chiro was only seconds before.

"Why don't you just give up Chiro?" Ahriman asked as he stood and looked at him. "There's no way that you're going to win."

Chiro glared at him.

"You are a part of me correct?"

"I have said that before." Ahriman answered with a shrug.

"Then you know that I don't plan on giving up." Chiro said as he jumped towards the other, powering up a lightning punch.

Ahriman  jumped back as he brought dark energy around his hands and shot them  towards Chiro. Chiro dodged to the side and quickly tossed a monkey fu  at Ahriman before he could react. Ahriman's eyes widened as the attack  hit hi, tossing him back stunned. Chiro watched as Ahriman pushed  himself onto his hands and knees before turning to look at Chiro, a  small grin on his face.

"Looks like you're finally starting to put up a fight." He grinned. "This makes it more fun for me."

Ahriman  quickly jumped at Chiro, his claws raised. Chiro moved to the side  again, but grunted as Ahriman's claws dug into the side of his leg.  Ahriman grinned at the other before wrapping his claw around Chiro's leg  and tossed him to the side, causing him to land on the wound in his  side from earlier. Chiro grunted in pain as his body instinctively  curled into a ball to lesson the pain. Slowly he pushed himself up and  turned to Ahriman, a sharp glare on his face, causing Ahriman to just  chuckle.

"I have to admit. You are a lot more stubborn than I expected."

Chiro  growled at him as he shot a chiro spearo at the other. Ahriman just  shook his head as he raised his claw, causing the attack to stop half  way between the two. Ahriman gave a flick of his wrist, sending the  attack back at Chiro. Chiro's eyes widened as he dodged to the side, but  gasped when he felt the attack hit his shoulder. Grabbing his shoulder  he turned back at Ahriman, only to stop in both shock and confusion.

Ahriman  was clutching the same shoulder that Chiro was with a look of pain that  seemed more intense than Chiro's. Ahriman took his claw away from his  shoulder and Chiro saw that there was a gash underneath.

"Wasn't expecting that." He growled as he turned to glare at Chiro.

Chiro stared at him for a couple of seconds in confusion before he realized what was happening.

"So  that's how I can do some damage." Chiro said as he smirked at the  other. "You feel more pain than I do if my own attacks harm me."

"Yah,  well don't get your hopes up." Ahriman replied. "Now that I know this  as well I can avoid aiming your attacks back at you."

Chiro  ignored him as he ran towards the other, gather power for a monkey fu.  Ahraim just shook his head as he shot a ball of dark energy at Chiro.  Chiro quickly shot his attack at the other, causing them to collide with  one another and creating a large flash of light that blinded the two of  them for a brief moment.

Ahriman growled as he blinked, trying to  regain some form of sight. His eyes widened when a sharp pain ran  through his right leg, causing him to fall to his hands and knees. He  quickly looked to where Chiro was standing to see he was in a similar  position, but he could clearly see the residue energy around his  respected leg and right hand. Ahriman's glare hardened as Chiro sent him  a grin.

"I never said I was going to have you reflect my attacks back at me."

Ahriman  growled as he ran towards the other Chiro just gave a small chuckle as  he powered up another thunder punch and hit his left leg. He gave a  small wince, but his grin never left his face as he saw Ahriman fall to  the ground. Ahriman pushed himself back onto his feet as he glared at  Chiro, panting through the pain. Chiro also noticed that there were  wisps of darkness that were coming from Ahriman's body.

Ahriman's  eyes widened when he saw that Chiro began to charge up a monkey fu. He  quickly ran towards him, his eyes full of wild rage. Chiro quickly  released the attack into his stomach just as Ahriman reached him,  causing the other to scream as he grunted through the pain. Chiro  watched in satisfaction as Ahriman fell to the ground and his body began  to dissolve and disappear. Ahriman sent a glare towards Chiro as he let  out a growl.

"Don't think that this is over." He snarled. "I'm a part of you and you can never get rid of me. I'll return."

Chiro just watched as the rest of Ahriman's body disappeared before falling to the ground with a groan.

"Guess that's that." He weakly chuckled as he fell unconscious from th pain.

A  sharp pain caused Mandarin to come out of consciousness with a start.  Letting out a gasp he turned to glare at where Vallina was standing.  Vallina just returned the glare with a smirk.

"Well," he growled as she just continued to stare at him. "Didn't you say that you were going to make me suffer?"

Vallina just chuckled as a formless panther walked over and under her claw.

"As  much as I would love to torture and kill you I have other plans for  you." She said as she began to pet the formless. "Knowing those pitiful  simians they were no doubt return to rescue you. All I have to do is  wait for them and then I can finish off them all at once."

"I  doubt that it will be that easy." Mandarin replied, trying to pull his  hands out of the restraints that Vallina had placed them into.

"Perhaps, but that means that I am able to find more ways to make them suffer."

Vallina  stopped petting the formless as she walked closer to the other monkey,  placing a clawed finger under his chin and forced him to look at her.

"But that makes it all the more fun."