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Tale of two demons: Fire and Ice

He stepped in front of the crowd not wanting to see the people of the village get harmed by the demons, let a lone, allowing the demons to do as they wished to the people that helped raise him. He throw off his robe as his red skin shown brightly in the night, his silver hair down to his shoulders, his horns curving up from his forehead. "I'm and the demon prince known as Bael, I demand, no order you to take me to him, to my brother Icker"! He stretched out his arm and turned back to the humans that have raised this demon and his other self. The people smiled as watched tearfully as the demons took him up the mountain to the took stood a horned figure in kimono, his icy blue gaze locked onto his brother as the horde of demons followed up behind him. Snarling, held out his hand and with a flick of his wrist ice erupted from the ground covering and preserving the people in ice. Bael turned to see that act done as their was little time for the people to react, most of them were smiling and believing in his victory. The rage filling him quickly as explodes in a flurry of flames, the lesser demon close to him being burned to death by the fire. He hastened his walk trying to control himself but his rage was taking over and as he reached the top ice grew from the ground creating a dome of impenetrable ice to hold the two brothers.

Icker had the same appearance as his brothe, the only significant differences being that Ickers skin was a pale blue color and his single horn grew from the center of his forehead. Bael narrowed his gaze upon his brother with a ferocious rage, the two were immediately locked in combat trading fists upon the other infused with their elemental power. Their attacks rocked and shook the very air around them, Icker turning around and striking Bael with his tail sending him into the ground as he laughed. He was the older brother and he was supposed to be the stronger of the two regardless, but as a fire erupts and he stands back up with his body engulfed in fire. "This is getting interesting, you still refuse to change over even when bested." In an instant he behind Bael and stuck his head but before he could be sent flying he grabbed his brothers leg and pulled him back only to pummel him into the frozen dirt. The power difference was great but Bael took the assault he wasn't done yet, in a moment he spun between the fists of his older brother, his right leg bursting into flames as he twisted and contorted his body to deliver a bone shatter kick to the head. His brother face dived into the ground faster than he could land on his feet, but it still wasn't over yet as he jumped back gaining some space to let his own body burn in his fire, the flame was getting larger but then his brother began changing into his demon form. He stood up as his skin became a pale wgitehis body growing to a full eleven feet tall as his hips, elbows and shoulders now had shards of ice growing from his body, his tail had ice crystals forming on either side until they reached the tip which was now encased in a ball of spiked ice. His head becoming encased in a thick armored like hide that pushed his head forward and narroing his face. He moved faster with his powerful demon legs, stretching his clawed fingers out 21st striking Baels back, the ice permanently growing on his back now.

He had just barely dodged the attack as he rolled to the side and stood up to face him, but all he could see was the palm of his brothers hand clutchung his face and slamming him into the wall behind him. Moments later Icker starter to run dragging his brother across the cracking ice the fire that surrounded his little brother had no effect on him now but this was easy, Bael grabbed his brothers wrist in both hands applying pressure to try and release himself. Instead he was swing over his head and slammed into the ground, his body bouncing from the impact when he is kicked in the stomach and launched across the field. He got his feet under him as brother charged in a relentless assault, now it was time to cut loose, to let everything he held inside explode out. As He stood face to face the fire inside exploded out singeing his flesh as Bael grew to ten feet, his form unchanging as he began his assault now fire flying across the field as everyone punch landed where it was intended. He was enraged as his atracks only seemed to grow in power with every strike, every blow delivered he was pushing his older brother back.

Icker was going to lose as folded his arms up to better protect himself from his brothers attacks, this was something that he didnt know about his brother, 'Bael was always calm but this wasnt like his usual self' Icker thought trying to figure out how to fight back. Thats when he heard the snap of glass being shattered, his ice shards were being broken and as he looked at his brothers face, his horn was grabbed and pulled to the ground as he pushed off pouncing away to get some space, Bael grabbed his tail and swung him over the shoulder and into the ground. Bael put his foot on his brothers throat the fires on his body growing in intensity as he applied preassure. Icker was now struggling to breathe, each inhale felt like he was trying to breath in lava. Bael had been raising the temperature in the dome quickly as to make it harder to breathe, but Icker body couldn't take too much more and he needed to get out of here. Scales started to cover Baels body, he removed his foot and slammed it into Ickers side knocking him only a few feet away. He launched himself into attack using his fists and whip like tail to best his brother in the fight, 'and when the dome falls so does the master' Bael thought to himself, blood staining his hands and the ground as continued his assault. He kept punching as he started to break his brothers body, first was the horn, next his arms,then his legs, followed by his frozen ribs. He stopped only to grab his head watching the fleeting life in his eyes as then delivered the last punch. Icker fell over broken and bleeding, his bodies healing was slow but it was too busy repairing the vital organs that were destroyed, he was completely defenseless his brother grabbed his neck and lifted him up. Squeezing the life from him as couldnt focus on anything, the dome began to collapse the fight was over, and then he died.

Bael cried for days afterwards isolating himself from the world as the village recovered from the onslaught, they were able to rebuild and live happily but as time moved on Baels sacrifice was forgotten and he was made the villain on the legend but to those that still live and knew him, the know the truth, but what can you do with children that simply won't believe, to them its all just a fairy tale.