Diabolik Soulmates

~Chapter 35~

No one's POV

Thus it begins, the defining finale.

It may seem unfair, twelve against one, but there's no holding back, no mercy, after all the hell he's put them through. A fierce and ever burning fire of hatred burning within them, driving them all to the point of a power overdose. With this much potential brewing inside them, nothing can stop them from murdering his worthless soul without a single regret.

Launching into battle, everyone attempts to strike the man individually, although this soon proves futile when all he does is dodge.

"Dammit, this bastard's quick!" Subaru grunts as he tries to hit him multiple times but fails.

"Quit dodging, coward!" Ayato fumes.

"We can't do this with just our bare hands, it's illogical" Reika sums up.

"Your shouldn't leave yourself wide open, my dear" A voice alerts from behind.

Halfway turning, time seems to slow as her ruby eyes widen in shock at the man behind her, sneaking an attack in while he has the chance to incapacitate her.

"Same goes for you" A low voice adds, tackling Cordeney in midair and saving Reika in the process.

"Reiji!" She shouts in fear, watching him roll around on the ground, both of them attempting to strangle each other to death.

"Roll over!" Someone commands to Reiji out of nowhere, and he quickly abides without question.

In a flash, Laita appears before the brawling men on the ground with a silver sword in her hands, held high in the air with a murderous glint in her eyes. Bringing it down upon her father's back, he evades the move soon enough for it not to be fatal, but acquiring a reasonably sized gash along his back in the process.

"You never were good with swordplay" He mocks to throw her off guard.

Completing his defensive manoeuvre, he reappears beside Laita and lands a swift kick to her side before she can react. Knocking her to the ground immediately, she looses the sword in midair and it lands straight in Cordeney's grasp. Plunging the blade into the direction of her midsection, she reacts speedily and stops the sword by grabbing it in her hands, cutting deep into her palms in the process and drawing a river of blood that flows down her arms.

Taking him once again by surprise, Kana wraps her fragile arms around his waist and pulls him away with all the strength her small frame can muster, especially after that fall from before.

"Leave my sister alone!" She pleads weakly in anger and sadness.

Having to give up his position over Laita, he removes the sword from her grasp and tries to roughly shrug off the koala clinging onto his back. Because of her small body, she's hard to strike with a sword and can only be manually removed. Taking his chance, Laito jumps in and rescues his damsel in distress.

"Get off me!!!" He bellows in frustration, still trying to throw her off.

"Now Sura!" Kana releases her father and pushes him into the centre of the room forcefully, disappearing back to safety with Kanato, ready to watch the display of their plan.

Looking around in confusion, he whips his head in all directions waiting for an attack, but it never comes. The fact is, he missed the one most important direction.

"Tch! Up here, idiot!" Someone calls from above, making him look up.

With the help of gravity, Sura falls from her place on the chandelier in the centre of the ceiling and falls straight onto the awestruck man below. Landing on his shoulders, her knees are pressed firmly around his neck, and in one swift motion, she elevates herself slightly before harshly twisting her two knees together and to the left. Successfully hearing a sickening crack, she leaps away from his now snapped neck, his entire body falling limp before her on the ground.