Last Hope (Ch.20)
Last Hope (20)
There was no sun on this day, the sky was black, as black as the earth, the clouds having gathered. It was if the heavens themselve we acknowledging what was about to take place. The scorched earth seemed to tremble in anticipation, awaiting the battle that was about to take place.
Standing before Koshi castle, was Orochi's army, consisting of hundreds of humans pokemon, all loyal to the snake. At the head of the army, stood monsters that should have all been dead. The tentacled and winged mightyena, Death. The winged and clawed arbok, Sarak. The mass of genetic folly that had once been human, Errol. The vile human who had caused Sky so much pain, Damien, and his salamance, Scar. The three who had sided with Death on the first attempt on the gang, War, Pestilence, and Famine. The skeletal charizard, brought back again, Vixthra. And the twisted women, Dasi.
Standing against them was a hastily put together militia, who strove to protect their homes and loved ones. The tempermental raichu, Rika, with her love and Death's brother, Bane. The sweet and kind tyranitar, Tia, and the reclusive typhlosion, Blaze. The anything but normal umbreon, Blue. The master fighter marowak, Link. The pompus ninetales, Burn, and his vaporeon, Mist. The steelix that lead the rock types, Splinter. The vaporeon, Mist, and espeon, Sassy. Inferno's sister, Cara and her mate, and his own father. And Mecha, the robotic infused mightyena.
Sky was nowhere to be seen, as she had decided she wasn't any use on the battlefield. She was sneaking around to enter the castle, and meet Inferno, who was also off the battlefield. She knew what Mecha had ment, fighting Inferno wouldn't get him back. She couldn't fight him, that would only ensure Orochi's hold. She'd have to put her life in his paws, and trust that her Inferno would come back to her. If he didn't...well she didn't want that kind of life, so he'd give her a mercy. She sighed, as she got into the castle then the main keep. She began to work her way up to her love.
Orochi was standing at the balcony that was connected to Inferno's room, giving him a grand sight of the battlefield, "The fools have gathered for the slaughter. They've saved us a lot of time." Inferno and Draganny were on the top of the keep, which was flat. Inferno nodded, as did Draganny, but neither of them were smiling. Inferno's mind was plauged by doubt, and Draganny faced the same. Orochi raised his scyth, and then brought it down, pointing at the army gathered to oppose him, "ATTACK!" His men charged.
The clash was hard, as the serpent's forces began to battle with the militia. The sounds of war echoed across the plain.
Death had one goal on his mind, killing Bane and Rika. And they had much the same desire. They three of them met, and no banter was exchanged, Death immediatly attacked, his tentacles flailing. Bane and Rika fell back on the initial assault but a shadow ball and thunder bolt knocked Death back. Death shook his head, and glared, as his tentacles slammed down, sending out sonicbooms at them, hitting them both. The two landed on their feet, and sent out a hyperbeam and thunder. Death barely dodged the thunder, but got hit full force by the hyperbeam. Bane smirked, and sent a shadow ball, knocking Death further back. Rika sent another thunderbolt, and Death dodged it, heading into the air, and launching sonic booms and shadow balls. Bane and Rika dodged, before he charged an iron tail, and swung it so Rika could use it as a spring boared, her own tail glowing. With a spin, she slammed Death back down to earth. She landed, and Bane sent Death skyward again with another iron tail. Death groaned as he tried to recover. Rika was on Bane's back, as they both charged up their next attacks. Bane unleashed a dark pulse, Rika used Shockwave. The attacks mingled and went for Death, who just recoved in time to see. He was hit, and went sailing up, then came back down to earth with a massive crash.
Errol had only Tia and Blaze in his sights, and quickly began slashing at them, his claws flailing, trying to rip them in two. Tia caught one claw, then the other, and gave him a headbutt, then another, and another, before his tail knocked her back. He staggered back, and was hit by a fire blast, then hyper beam. Blaze was on Tia's back, smirking, as his eyes glowed, and a large rock smacked against Errol's back. Errol glared, and charged back at them, Tia met the charge, as Blaze lept on Errol's back, and sent fire blast after fire blast at him. Errol bellowed in pain, as his tail moved to strike Blaze, but only hit himself. Tia gave him a mega punch, he staggered back, when a thunder bolt struck him hard. Errol was sent back, glaring, as he charged up a hyper beam in his claws, and launched it. Tia countered, and they stalemated, Blaze tipping it in Tia's favor with a fire blast. Errol's attack faltered, as he was launched back, cursing and in pain.
Cara and her father had one thing on their mind, killing Sarak. Her farther stepped forward, "Do you know my snake? I'm Obsidian. The father of Inferno, and mate to the female you killed!"
Sarak smirked, "Ohh...thisss should be fun." Sarak flew up and went at them. Obsidian dodged, and Cara did like wise. Sarak cursed, then was sent back by a fire blast. Drake smirked as the snake glared. Before Sarak could make another move, he was sent sailing at Drake by two iron tails, and Drake hit him with a hyper beam. Sarak roared in pain, as his body went tumbling. Cara and Obsidian stood over him, and he swung his tail knocking them both back, and sending a poison sting at Drake. Drake was hit and yelped in pain, before Sarak, got hit by a fire blast to both of his sides. The fire blasts were followed by hyper beams, which got him to scream in agony, before a headbutt from Drake knocked him back. Sarak struggled to rise, "You shall sssuffer!" He let out a hiss, preparing to make another charge.
Blue and Link were facing Damien and Scar. Blue smirked, "I've heard a bit about you two." He growled, "I don't intent to let you monsters go on living."
Damien chuckled, taking out two swords, "Come then!" He and Scar charged. Link took out his two bone clubs and began to clash with Damien, meeting every slash with a block. Blue was taking care of Scar with a shadow ball, blasting him back and into a ground. Damien was knocked back, before he got a powerful blow to the gut. Blue was easily taking any attack Scar could launch, since they did little damage, and Scar was getting more and more tired. Damien glared, he wasn't prepared for a match in sword skill, and Link was that and more, as with a spin, Damien was sent into the air. Link landed, smashing his clubs down, to get a few rocks, and he sent them sailing at Damien. Damien let out a grunt as the rocks collided, and he hit the ground. Scar got a set of five iron tails, then a shadow balls to the face knocking him back and into the ground. Link and Blue landed back to back. Blue chuckled, "Tag out?" Link nodded, as the both jumped up. Link used his bone clubs to catapault Blue at Damien, and Blue used his tails to send Link to Scar. Link landed a horrible smash to Scar's head, and Blue landed sevel blows to Damien, sending him back and through the ground.
Vixthra was charging forward, before he met Burn and Mist. Burn smiled, "You may look tough. But you shall fail in opposition to a god."
Vixthra chuckled, "Killing such a deluded fool shall be truly entertaining!" Vixthra charged forward, bringing a skeletal fist down, missing. Burn smirked, and went with an iron tail, bashing the skeleton apart. But he quickly reassembled, and struck Burn with his tail, knocking him back. Mist lept up, and smacked the skull with an iron tail, knocking it to the ground. Vixthra's fist hit her hard, and to Burn. Burn growled as he and Mist got up. He sunk his tails into the ground and lifted up large rocks, which Mist sent at Vixthra with a hydro pump. Vixthra's body shattered again, but once again reformed. The skeleton let out another chuckled, "You are no match for me. I am immortal!" Burn glared as Mist smirked, "I've got an idea love." Burn looked at her, and smirked.
War, Famine, and Pestilence met with Sassy, Dew, and Splinter. War glared and led the charge. Splinter moved to meet Famine, Dew would clash with War, and Pestilence had Sassy. Famine was using his speed, and to little effect, as he got a swift iron tail into the ground. War tried to land a swift chomp, when he got a water gun to the face, and a powerful one knocking him back. Pestilence tried to land a powerful mega punch, by a psybeam, and got sent into the sky. Famine got the same treatment from a headbutt, and War recieved much the same from an iron tail. The three allies collided mid-air. Splinter used a hyper beam, Sassy used psybeam, and Dew used a water gun. War, Pestilence and Famine screamed in agony as the attacks hit, and they each got the hard hit.
Mecha and Dasi were facing off, Mecha smiling, "Left overs are fine with me."
Dasi let out a cackle, "I could say the same thing." She had her daggers out, "A shame I have to kill you. You make a great killer robo pup."
Mecha shrugged, "Been there, done that." He charged, and she met it with her own. She slashed at him, when he lept up and smirked, licking her nose as she looked up, before his shoulder cannon popped out and blasted her. She screamed backing away, "You..." she got a body check, followed by a hyperbeam. She was rolling back, before a shadow ball blasted her back even more. Mecha closed the distance, but got a swift kick to the jaw, sending him up and a quick kick hit and knocked him back. Mecha grunted but righted himself, before blasting her again, and she screamed as she hit the ground. Dasi shook her head, and glared, "I'm gonna kill you dog bot!" Mecha chuckled.
Sky made it to the top of the keep, and found Inferno with Draganny. Inferno turned, and stared at her, "You?"
Sky looked right back, "Inferno..." Draganny couldn't tell where this would go so she stood back. She wanted Inferno to be happy...that's all she was sure of.
Inferno growled, "You've saved me the trouble of hunting me down."
Sky could feel tears in her eyes, "Inferno...please listen to..."
"SILENCE!" Inferno charged, quickly closing the distance, his snake heads moving up to sink their fangs in her shoulders, she whenced in pain. Inferno was about to sink his fangs, as he saw a look in her eyes, a sad look. Then he heard something, "Inferno...I'm sorry..."
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His attack stopped inches from her neck, his breathing blowing across her fur, "What? You're...apologizing?"
She opened her eyes, "Inferno...if you can't remember me...I'd rather die...I don't want to live without you."
He stared at her, "Why?"
She looked at him straight in his eyes, "Because...You're my mate...I love you Inferno."
He pulled his head back, "You....you lie...that...can't be..."
Draganny sighed, "She's telling the truth...she's your mate." Draganny shook her head, "Orochi..he...you never worked for him. You were with Sky and the others."
Inferno stared at her, "No...no...no...you both lie..." he shook his head.
Sky sighed, "Please Inferno..." she brough her lips to his, and gave him a kiss. She pulled her head back, "...remember me." Inferno stared at her, his eyes not losing focus. Then he shook his head, his snake heads losing their grasp, and shaking. Sky was crying, "Inferno...please, you were the best thing to happen to me. I want you back Inferno. I need you back."
Inferno howled in pain, as the memories began to flood in, opening up the black cloud. His snake heads began to crack, and pulsate. Inferno stared at her, before the final memory came into his mind...the memory of their love first being spoken.
A deafening roar echoed out across the battlefield, silencing everyone, even Orochi turned to stare at the blinding flash of light that had erupted. "Inferno! Report!"
On top, Sky stared, as Inferno stood in front of her, the snake heads gone, he stared right back, "Sky...I'm so sorry..." he ran up and nuzzled her.
She got teary eyed again, and nuzzled back, "Inferno! Don't be...you did nothing wrong."
Draganny smiled, as she watched a smile appear on his face. Inferno turned to her, "Draganny?"
She shook her head, "Orochi will kill me for this...but...I'm not gonna do a thing to you." she smiled again, "You're my best friend Inferno. And I want you to be happy."
Inferno smiled, "Thank you Draganny."
"INFERNO! REPORT!" Inferno turned and glared. Sky glared too.
Inferno moved to the edge, and growled, "You know what I hate?" Orochi glared back, "I hate it...when a freak...turns me AGAINST MY MATE!!!" Sky was at his side, and Orochi got a double hyper beam. Orochi grunted as he was sent downward, into the courtyard, and they followed, blasting away. Sending him through the wall. Inferno and Sky quickly followed. Orochi rose and brought his scyth down on Inferno, but it was only a duplicate, as Inferno used double team. Orochi smirked, and did a 360 spin with his scyth, but all of them were duplicates. Orochi looked up, and got an iron tale to the face from Inferno, followed by a shadow ball from Sky. Orochi fell back more, cursing, "You fools. Entrophy will always triumph." Inferno and Sky smirked, as a cheer resounded through all those who had been touched by Inferno. Orochi slammed his palm down, and Inferno was knocked into the air by a stone pillar. Orochi lept up, and prepared to slice Inferno in two, "DIE!" He swung, as Draganny pushed Inferno down, and took the full force of the slash. She coughed up blood, as Orochi kicked her aside, "Traitor! Die!"
Mecha smiled, "she did it." He closed in on Dasi, who stared bewildered, before she felt a chomp to her neck, then the deafening boom. Mecha's shoulder cannon was still smoking as he dropped the headless corpse to the ground.
War, Famine and Pestilence were also in a similar state of shock, as a massive head crushed them all. Spliter rose off the bloody bodies, Sassy and Dew smiling.
Mist smirked, "Come on dear." Burn nodded, and used a fire spin on Vixthra, pouring on the heat, until the charizard skeleton glowed red. Mist smiled, "You know what happens when you rapidly cool a superheated something?" She hit Vixthra with a hydro pump. There was steam and cracking, before Vixthra's bone body, splittered and shattered apart...no reforming this time.
Damien and Scar glared, first at Sky then at their oppenents, "Damn you all to..." A powerful shadow ball blasted the last ounce of life out of him. Scar growled, before a bone club went straight through his skull. Link picked up his weapon, wiping it clean on Damien, and smiled at Blue. "They're done."
Sarak was dazed and confused, as he looked, the three fire types had surronded him, and then he felt his body hit by torrent after torrent of flame. His body began to melt, as his eyes boiled, and he screamed in agony. He fell twisting in pain, as Cara and Obsidian nodded, "That's...for what you did to our family."
Errol groaned, trying to hold Tia back, before he felt her tail impale him. He was tossed back as Blaze lept on her back, "Try this on for size." He launched a fire blast, and mixed it with a psybeam. Tia sent a thunderbolt with a hyper beam. The attacks tore strait through Errol, as his body collapsed, crimson jets of blood coming from his mouth. Tia and Blaze smiled.
Death looked and sighed, "Oh...fuck this!" He let loose a smoke screen, "You know...I hated Orochi...best of luck brother. I don't think we'll meet again. I've had it with you!" Death was fleeing again. Bane cursed, as did Rika.
Orochi saw his followers falling one by one and glared at Inferno, "You had power to enslave this pathetic world. But you turn it down." he tossed his scyth away, "And for that...you...SHALL SUFFER!!!" His body crackled with energy, before a black smoke covered him, and then with a boom, a giant mountain like mass appeared, and from it...sprouted 8 serpent heads. "Behold the true form and power...of the demon OROCHI!" he roared. His eight heads each had a helmet, and each helmet had an emblem and Kanji to go with it. The fire emblem had the fire kanji. There was an earth emblem with earth kanji. There was also water, light, wind, lightning, poison, and the biggest head, was darkness. The militia stared in disbelief.
Rika, Bane, Blaze, and Tia all rushed forward to Inferno and Sky. The others had their own issues with the rest of Orochi's men to meet. When the six of them were back together, they stared at the heads, seven of them glared right back. Bane smiled, "Glad to have you back mutt."
Rika giggled, "You caused Sky a lot of grief...and a lot of need...you better be ready to make it up."
Tia smiled, "We're so glad to have you back Inferno."
Blaze nodded, "You...are a real pain in the ass...especially as a foe."
Inferno smiled, chuckling, "Nice to be back guys...now what do you say we take this guy down?" They all nodded, and moved in.
Inferno and Sky would take on three seperate heads together. Fire, Light, and Wind. Rika moved to face Water. Bane would strike Poison. Tia had Lightning, and Blaze would take Earth.
Inferno and Sky smiled as the three heads moved to snap down on them, before they jumped up. The Wind head glared and sent a torrent of gust at them, Sky smirked, "You call that Wind!?" She sent a razor wind, and cut the head off, slicing through the wind. Inferno landed, as the Fire head blasted him with a fire ball. Inferno didn't flinch, and smirked, "Not bad...try this!" He sent his fire blast, the head reared back, and he moved in, and with a powerful dark fire iron tail, he sliced it off, though a bit jagged. Sky and Inferno stood side by side against the head of light. It charged up a blast of light as they both sent a Dark pulse, before Light could strike, it was hit as it opened its mouth. The energy backlashed and it's head blew apart.
Rika was avoiding jet after jet of water, before she used a thunder bolt, to stuned the head. She closed in, and with an iron tail, knocked the head clean off.
Bane didn't flinch at the poison gas that the head blew at him. He just smirked, and used a shadow ball. The head was stunned, before he used a hyper beam, blowing it off. The rest of it fell onto the ground.
Tia let the lightning strike her. She didn't even feel it. She calmly walked up to the head. It went to eat her, but her arms stopped it, "To easy." She used a hyper beam, and the back of the serpents skull was blown away. She tossed the dead head off her, smiling.
Blaze was the least happy with his opponent. He was struggling to dodge the pillars of earth that Earth sent at him. "Why do I get the head I'm not powerful against!?" He growled as he blasted it with a fire blast. The head took it without flinching, and sent three boulders at him. Blaze used psychic, and sent the heads back, the head shook, dazed. Blaze used another psychic to take the scyth Orochi discarded and used it to slice of the head. The seventh head fell off, and Darkness was all that was left.
The six of them stood before it, as it roared, "YOU SHALL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF OROCHI!!! I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!" He used a dark blast, and it left a crater where the group stood. They had lept back, and smirked. "TRY IT SNAKE!" They charged, Rika used a iron tail followed by a shock wave. Bane moved in next, and with an iron tail and dark pulse struck a bit higher up of Rika. Blaze hit a spot above Bane, with a fire blast, then sent several stones at it with a psychic. Tia managed to leap up, and with an iron tail hyper beam combo, stuck even higher up. Orochi's last, and main head, bellowed in pain. Just below his jaw Sky hit him with a shadow ball, then an ice beam. Inferno went up, and delivered his iron tail to Orochi's jaw. As Inferno reached the peak of his jump, he looked down at Orochi, and sent his dark fire beam. The head began to explode all the way down to the base.
They all landed as the mountain like body layed on the ground. They all charged their most powerful attack, and sent it at the body, destoying it all.
They smiled, and began to hug Inferno. Inferno chuckled, "It's great to be back guys."
They turned as they saw Orochi's men fleeing, "Orochi is dead...we've lost...flee...flee for your lives!"
Inferno then looked for Draganny, and found her coughing, her wings limp. He rushed over, as she smiled, "Hey....good job..." she couged up blood, as he stared at her in disbelief, "...you didn't think...I'd leave you...heh...You're my friend Inferno..." she was struggling to breath, as most of the militia gathered, "...I'm...sorry...I...didn't tell...you...about...Sky..." Inferno shook his head, smiling, knowing that was all he could do for her, and she smiled back, "Thanks...I need...that....sight...Inferno...any words...you want me...to send...those guys in hell?..."
His eyes closed for a bit longer that a standard blink, "Tell my mom...when you're in heaven...that I'm being what she wanted me to be...myself."
Draganny smiled, as her eyes closed, her last breath leaving, "Bye...Infer..."
Inferno sighed, "Bye Draganny. Thanks."
Inferno smiled, and set her body on fire. "I think...you deserve this." her body was turned to ash, and began to spread out, as the land began to heal from Orochi's influence. Cara tackled Inferno, and nuzzled him, crying tears of Joy. Obsidian did the same, so happy to have his son back. Everyone else smiled as they watch the family reunion.
Inferno laughed, "Hey enough...let me up." he rose, smiling, "I can tell you...dying's a bitch." he tilted his head, "But...coming back to life ain't to pleasent either." Sky nuzzled him, "But I'm glad I'm back none the less." Sky smiled.
Mecha smiled, "It's great to know I could partake in this final battle." He chuckled, "And there's only one way to go out on this last chapter." A few looked at him confused, as a computer monitor appeared, "Care to help out?" they all nodded.
Mecha: Well everyone...this is the end of Hope.
Inferno: It's great to see you all...I hope none of you hated me to much when I was with Orochi.
Sky: No one could ever hate you.
Blue: Yeah...I'm glad I could help out.
Link: ....*nods* Same here.
Rika: You know...I hate to say it...but we owe you Mecha.
Mecha: No...I was happy to help...beside what could such a homely raichu do? *gets shocked* I kinda missed that.
Rika: *smiles* I know.
Bane: You two are a real pair. You know that.
Tia: Hey...after what happened, we need some fun.
Blaze: We sure do.
Cara: Wow...so people have read about all your adventures?
Mecha: Yeah.
Obsidian: How much?
Inferno: Enough.
Others in background: HEY THERE!
Mecha: *shakes head* Well...that's just about all...so to you all...
Everyone: SEE YOU LATER!
*screen goes black with a light coming from above, two figures stand in shadowy silouetes*
Prepare for...*Mecha charges in and tackles them* NOT NOW IDIOTS!!! Why is it everyone want's to spoil the story!?
There was no sun on this day, the sky was black, as black as the earth, the clouds having gathered. It was if the heavens themselve we acknowledging what was about to take place. The scorched earth seemed to tremble in anticipation, awaiting the battle that was about to take place.
Standing before Koshi castle, was Orochi's army, consisting of hundreds of humans pokemon, all loyal to the snake. At the head of the army, stood monsters that should have all been dead. The tentacled and winged mightyena, Death. The winged and clawed arbok, Sarak. The mass of genetic folly that had once been human, Errol. The vile human who had caused Sky so much pain, Damien, and his salamance, Scar. The three who had sided with Death on the first attempt on the gang, War, Pestilence, and Famine. The skeletal charizard, brought back again, Vixthra. And the twisted women, Dasi.
Standing against them was a hastily put together militia, who strove to protect their homes and loved ones. The tempermental raichu, Rika, with her love and Death's brother, Bane. The sweet and kind tyranitar, Tia, and the reclusive typhlosion, Blaze. The anything but normal umbreon, Blue. The master fighter marowak, Link. The pompus ninetales, Burn, and his vaporeon, Mist. The steelix that lead the rock types, Splinter. The vaporeon, Mist, and espeon, Sassy. Inferno's sister, Cara and her mate, and his own father. And Mecha, the robotic infused mightyena.
Sky was nowhere to be seen, as she had decided she wasn't any use on the battlefield. She was sneaking around to enter the castle, and meet Inferno, who was also off the battlefield. She knew what Mecha had ment, fighting Inferno wouldn't get him back. She couldn't fight him, that would only ensure Orochi's hold. She'd have to put her life in his paws, and trust that her Inferno would come back to her. If he didn't...well she didn't want that kind of life, so he'd give her a mercy. She sighed, as she got into the castle then the main keep. She began to work her way up to her love.
Orochi was standing at the balcony that was connected to Inferno's room, giving him a grand sight of the battlefield, "The fools have gathered for the slaughter. They've saved us a lot of time." Inferno and Draganny were on the top of the keep, which was flat. Inferno nodded, as did Draganny, but neither of them were smiling. Inferno's mind was plauged by doubt, and Draganny faced the same. Orochi raised his scyth, and then brought it down, pointing at the army gathered to oppose him, "ATTACK!" His men charged.
The clash was hard, as the serpent's forces began to battle with the militia. The sounds of war echoed across the plain.
Death had one goal on his mind, killing Bane and Rika. And they had much the same desire. They three of them met, and no banter was exchanged, Death immediatly attacked, his tentacles flailing. Bane and Rika fell back on the initial assault but a shadow ball and thunder bolt knocked Death back. Death shook his head, and glared, as his tentacles slammed down, sending out sonicbooms at them, hitting them both. The two landed on their feet, and sent out a hyperbeam and thunder. Death barely dodged the thunder, but got hit full force by the hyperbeam. Bane smirked, and sent a shadow ball, knocking Death further back. Rika sent another thunderbolt, and Death dodged it, heading into the air, and launching sonic booms and shadow balls. Bane and Rika dodged, before he charged an iron tail, and swung it so Rika could use it as a spring boared, her own tail glowing. With a spin, she slammed Death back down to earth. She landed, and Bane sent Death skyward again with another iron tail. Death groaned as he tried to recover. Rika was on Bane's back, as they both charged up their next attacks. Bane unleashed a dark pulse, Rika used Shockwave. The attacks mingled and went for Death, who just recoved in time to see. He was hit, and went sailing up, then came back down to earth with a massive crash.
Errol had only Tia and Blaze in his sights, and quickly began slashing at them, his claws flailing, trying to rip them in two. Tia caught one claw, then the other, and gave him a headbutt, then another, and another, before his tail knocked her back. He staggered back, and was hit by a fire blast, then hyper beam. Blaze was on Tia's back, smirking, as his eyes glowed, and a large rock smacked against Errol's back. Errol glared, and charged back at them, Tia met the charge, as Blaze lept on Errol's back, and sent fire blast after fire blast at him. Errol bellowed in pain, as his tail moved to strike Blaze, but only hit himself. Tia gave him a mega punch, he staggered back, when a thunder bolt struck him hard. Errol was sent back, glaring, as he charged up a hyper beam in his claws, and launched it. Tia countered, and they stalemated, Blaze tipping it in Tia's favor with a fire blast. Errol's attack faltered, as he was launched back, cursing and in pain.
Cara and her father had one thing on their mind, killing Sarak. Her farther stepped forward, "Do you know my snake? I'm Obsidian. The father of Inferno, and mate to the female you killed!"
Sarak smirked, "Ohh...thisss should be fun." Sarak flew up and went at them. Obsidian dodged, and Cara did like wise. Sarak cursed, then was sent back by a fire blast. Drake smirked as the snake glared. Before Sarak could make another move, he was sent sailing at Drake by two iron tails, and Drake hit him with a hyper beam. Sarak roared in pain, as his body went tumbling. Cara and Obsidian stood over him, and he swung his tail knocking them both back, and sending a poison sting at Drake. Drake was hit and yelped in pain, before Sarak, got hit by a fire blast to both of his sides. The fire blasts were followed by hyper beams, which got him to scream in agony, before a headbutt from Drake knocked him back. Sarak struggled to rise, "You shall sssuffer!" He let out a hiss, preparing to make another charge.
Blue and Link were facing Damien and Scar. Blue smirked, "I've heard a bit about you two." He growled, "I don't intent to let you monsters go on living."
Damien chuckled, taking out two swords, "Come then!" He and Scar charged. Link took out his two bone clubs and began to clash with Damien, meeting every slash with a block. Blue was taking care of Scar with a shadow ball, blasting him back and into a ground. Damien was knocked back, before he got a powerful blow to the gut. Blue was easily taking any attack Scar could launch, since they did little damage, and Scar was getting more and more tired. Damien glared, he wasn't prepared for a match in sword skill, and Link was that and more, as with a spin, Damien was sent into the air. Link landed, smashing his clubs down, to get a few rocks, and he sent them sailing at Damien. Damien let out a grunt as the rocks collided, and he hit the ground. Scar got a set of five iron tails, then a shadow balls to the face knocking him back and into the ground. Link and Blue landed back to back. Blue chuckled, "Tag out?" Link nodded, as the both jumped up. Link used his bone clubs to catapault Blue at Damien, and Blue used his tails to send Link to Scar. Link landed a horrible smash to Scar's head, and Blue landed sevel blows to Damien, sending him back and through the ground.
Vixthra was charging forward, before he met Burn and Mist. Burn smiled, "You may look tough. But you shall fail in opposition to a god."
Vixthra chuckled, "Killing such a deluded fool shall be truly entertaining!" Vixthra charged forward, bringing a skeletal fist down, missing. Burn smirked, and went with an iron tail, bashing the skeleton apart. But he quickly reassembled, and struck Burn with his tail, knocking him back. Mist lept up, and smacked the skull with an iron tail, knocking it to the ground. Vixthra's fist hit her hard, and to Burn. Burn growled as he and Mist got up. He sunk his tails into the ground and lifted up large rocks, which Mist sent at Vixthra with a hydro pump. Vixthra's body shattered again, but once again reformed. The skeleton let out another chuckled, "You are no match for me. I am immortal!" Burn glared as Mist smirked, "I've got an idea love." Burn looked at her, and smirked.
War, Famine, and Pestilence met with Sassy, Dew, and Splinter. War glared and led the charge. Splinter moved to meet Famine, Dew would clash with War, and Pestilence had Sassy. Famine was using his speed, and to little effect, as he got a swift iron tail into the ground. War tried to land a swift chomp, when he got a water gun to the face, and a powerful one knocking him back. Pestilence tried to land a powerful mega punch, by a psybeam, and got sent into the sky. Famine got the same treatment from a headbutt, and War recieved much the same from an iron tail. The three allies collided mid-air. Splinter used a hyper beam, Sassy used psybeam, and Dew used a water gun. War, Pestilence and Famine screamed in agony as the attacks hit, and they each got the hard hit.
Mecha and Dasi were facing off, Mecha smiling, "Left overs are fine with me."
Dasi let out a cackle, "I could say the same thing." She had her daggers out, "A shame I have to kill you. You make a great killer robo pup."
Mecha shrugged, "Been there, done that." He charged, and she met it with her own. She slashed at him, when he lept up and smirked, licking her nose as she looked up, before his shoulder cannon popped out and blasted her. She screamed backing away, "You..." she got a body check, followed by a hyperbeam. She was rolling back, before a shadow ball blasted her back even more. Mecha closed the distance, but got a swift kick to the jaw, sending him up and a quick kick hit and knocked him back. Mecha grunted but righted himself, before blasting her again, and she screamed as she hit the ground. Dasi shook her head, and glared, "I'm gonna kill you dog bot!" Mecha chuckled.
Sky made it to the top of the keep, and found Inferno with Draganny. Inferno turned, and stared at her, "You?"
Sky looked right back, "Inferno..." Draganny couldn't tell where this would go so she stood back. She wanted Inferno to be happy...that's all she was sure of.
Inferno growled, "You've saved me the trouble of hunting me down."
Sky could feel tears in her eyes, "Inferno...please listen to..."
"SILENCE!" Inferno charged, quickly closing the distance, his snake heads moving up to sink their fangs in her shoulders, she whenced in pain. Inferno was about to sink his fangs, as he saw a look in her eyes, a sad look. Then he heard something, "Inferno...I'm sorry..."
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His attack stopped inches from her neck, his breathing blowing across her fur, "What? You're...apologizing?"
She opened her eyes, "Inferno...if you can't remember me...I'd rather die...I don't want to live without you."
He stared at her, "Why?"
She looked at him straight in his eyes, "Because...You're my mate...I love you Inferno."
He pulled his head back, "You....you lie...that...can't be..."
Draganny sighed, "She's telling the truth...she's your mate." Draganny shook her head, "Orochi..he...you never worked for him. You were with Sky and the others."
Inferno stared at her, "No...no...no...you both lie..." he shook his head.
Sky sighed, "Please Inferno..." she brough her lips to his, and gave him a kiss. She pulled her head back, "...remember me." Inferno stared at her, his eyes not losing focus. Then he shook his head, his snake heads losing their grasp, and shaking. Sky was crying, "Inferno...please, you were the best thing to happen to me. I want you back Inferno. I need you back."
Inferno howled in pain, as the memories began to flood in, opening up the black cloud. His snake heads began to crack, and pulsate. Inferno stared at her, before the final memory came into his mind...the memory of their love first being spoken.
A deafening roar echoed out across the battlefield, silencing everyone, even Orochi turned to stare at the blinding flash of light that had erupted. "Inferno! Report!"
On top, Sky stared, as Inferno stood in front of her, the snake heads gone, he stared right back, "Sky...I'm so sorry..." he ran up and nuzzled her.
She got teary eyed again, and nuzzled back, "Inferno! Don't be...you did nothing wrong."
Draganny smiled, as she watched a smile appear on his face. Inferno turned to her, "Draganny?"
She shook her head, "Orochi will kill me for this...but...I'm not gonna do a thing to you." she smiled again, "You're my best friend Inferno. And I want you to be happy."
Inferno smiled, "Thank you Draganny."
"INFERNO! REPORT!" Inferno turned and glared. Sky glared too.
Inferno moved to the edge, and growled, "You know what I hate?" Orochi glared back, "I hate it...when a freak...turns me AGAINST MY MATE!!!" Sky was at his side, and Orochi got a double hyper beam. Orochi grunted as he was sent downward, into the courtyard, and they followed, blasting away. Sending him through the wall. Inferno and Sky quickly followed. Orochi rose and brought his scyth down on Inferno, but it was only a duplicate, as Inferno used double team. Orochi smirked, and did a 360 spin with his scyth, but all of them were duplicates. Orochi looked up, and got an iron tale to the face from Inferno, followed by a shadow ball from Sky. Orochi fell back more, cursing, "You fools. Entrophy will always triumph." Inferno and Sky smirked, as a cheer resounded through all those who had been touched by Inferno. Orochi slammed his palm down, and Inferno was knocked into the air by a stone pillar. Orochi lept up, and prepared to slice Inferno in two, "DIE!" He swung, as Draganny pushed Inferno down, and took the full force of the slash. She coughed up blood, as Orochi kicked her aside, "Traitor! Die!"
Mecha smiled, "she did it." He closed in on Dasi, who stared bewildered, before she felt a chomp to her neck, then the deafening boom. Mecha's shoulder cannon was still smoking as he dropped the headless corpse to the ground.
War, Famine and Pestilence were also in a similar state of shock, as a massive head crushed them all. Spliter rose off the bloody bodies, Sassy and Dew smiling.
Mist smirked, "Come on dear." Burn nodded, and used a fire spin on Vixthra, pouring on the heat, until the charizard skeleton glowed red. Mist smiled, "You know what happens when you rapidly cool a superheated something?" She hit Vixthra with a hydro pump. There was steam and cracking, before Vixthra's bone body, splittered and shattered apart...no reforming this time.
Damien and Scar glared, first at Sky then at their oppenents, "Damn you all to..." A powerful shadow ball blasted the last ounce of life out of him. Scar growled, before a bone club went straight through his skull. Link picked up his weapon, wiping it clean on Damien, and smiled at Blue. "They're done."
Sarak was dazed and confused, as he looked, the three fire types had surronded him, and then he felt his body hit by torrent after torrent of flame. His body began to melt, as his eyes boiled, and he screamed in agony. He fell twisting in pain, as Cara and Obsidian nodded, "That's...for what you did to our family."
Errol groaned, trying to hold Tia back, before he felt her tail impale him. He was tossed back as Blaze lept on her back, "Try this on for size." He launched a fire blast, and mixed it with a psybeam. Tia sent a thunderbolt with a hyper beam. The attacks tore strait through Errol, as his body collapsed, crimson jets of blood coming from his mouth. Tia and Blaze smiled.
Death looked and sighed, "Oh...fuck this!" He let loose a smoke screen, "You know...I hated Orochi...best of luck brother. I don't think we'll meet again. I've had it with you!" Death was fleeing again. Bane cursed, as did Rika.
Orochi saw his followers falling one by one and glared at Inferno, "You had power to enslave this pathetic world. But you turn it down." he tossed his scyth away, "And for that...you...SHALL SUFFER!!!" His body crackled with energy, before a black smoke covered him, and then with a boom, a giant mountain like mass appeared, and from it...sprouted 8 serpent heads. "Behold the true form and power...of the demon OROCHI!" he roared. His eight heads each had a helmet, and each helmet had an emblem and Kanji to go with it. The fire emblem had the fire kanji. There was an earth emblem with earth kanji. There was also water, light, wind, lightning, poison, and the biggest head, was darkness. The militia stared in disbelief.
Rika, Bane, Blaze, and Tia all rushed forward to Inferno and Sky. The others had their own issues with the rest of Orochi's men to meet. When the six of them were back together, they stared at the heads, seven of them glared right back. Bane smiled, "Glad to have you back mutt."
Rika giggled, "You caused Sky a lot of grief...and a lot of need...you better be ready to make it up."
Tia smiled, "We're so glad to have you back Inferno."
Blaze nodded, "You...are a real pain in the ass...especially as a foe."
Inferno smiled, chuckling, "Nice to be back guys...now what do you say we take this guy down?" They all nodded, and moved in.
Inferno and Sky would take on three seperate heads together. Fire, Light, and Wind. Rika moved to face Water. Bane would strike Poison. Tia had Lightning, and Blaze would take Earth.
Inferno and Sky smiled as the three heads moved to snap down on them, before they jumped up. The Wind head glared and sent a torrent of gust at them, Sky smirked, "You call that Wind!?" She sent a razor wind, and cut the head off, slicing through the wind. Inferno landed, as the Fire head blasted him with a fire ball. Inferno didn't flinch, and smirked, "Not bad...try this!" He sent his fire blast, the head reared back, and he moved in, and with a powerful dark fire iron tail, he sliced it off, though a bit jagged. Sky and Inferno stood side by side against the head of light. It charged up a blast of light as they both sent a Dark pulse, before Light could strike, it was hit as it opened its mouth. The energy backlashed and it's head blew apart.
Rika was avoiding jet after jet of water, before she used a thunder bolt, to stuned the head. She closed in, and with an iron tail, knocked the head clean off.
Bane didn't flinch at the poison gas that the head blew at him. He just smirked, and used a shadow ball. The head was stunned, before he used a hyper beam, blowing it off. The rest of it fell onto the ground.
Tia let the lightning strike her. She didn't even feel it. She calmly walked up to the head. It went to eat her, but her arms stopped it, "To easy." She used a hyper beam, and the back of the serpents skull was blown away. She tossed the dead head off her, smiling.
Blaze was the least happy with his opponent. He was struggling to dodge the pillars of earth that Earth sent at him. "Why do I get the head I'm not powerful against!?" He growled as he blasted it with a fire blast. The head took it without flinching, and sent three boulders at him. Blaze used psychic, and sent the heads back, the head shook, dazed. Blaze used another psychic to take the scyth Orochi discarded and used it to slice of the head. The seventh head fell off, and Darkness was all that was left.
The six of them stood before it, as it roared, "YOU SHALL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF OROCHI!!! I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!" He used a dark blast, and it left a crater where the group stood. They had lept back, and smirked. "TRY IT SNAKE!" They charged, Rika used a iron tail followed by a shock wave. Bane moved in next, and with an iron tail and dark pulse struck a bit higher up of Rika. Blaze hit a spot above Bane, with a fire blast, then sent several stones at it with a psychic. Tia managed to leap up, and with an iron tail hyper beam combo, stuck even higher up. Orochi's last, and main head, bellowed in pain. Just below his jaw Sky hit him with a shadow ball, then an ice beam. Inferno went up, and delivered his iron tail to Orochi's jaw. As Inferno reached the peak of his jump, he looked down at Orochi, and sent his dark fire beam. The head began to explode all the way down to the base.
They all landed as the mountain like body layed on the ground. They all charged their most powerful attack, and sent it at the body, destoying it all.
They smiled, and began to hug Inferno. Inferno chuckled, "It's great to be back guys."
They turned as they saw Orochi's men fleeing, "Orochi is dead...we've lost...flee...flee for your lives!"
Inferno then looked for Draganny, and found her coughing, her wings limp. He rushed over, as she smiled, "Hey....good job..." she couged up blood, as he stared at her in disbelief, "...you didn't think...I'd leave you...heh...You're my friend Inferno..." she was struggling to breath, as most of the militia gathered, "...I'm...sorry...I...didn't tell...you...about...Sky..." Inferno shook his head, smiling, knowing that was all he could do for her, and she smiled back, "Thanks...I need...that....sight...Inferno...any words...you want me...to send...those guys in hell?..."
His eyes closed for a bit longer that a standard blink, "Tell my mom...when you're in heaven...that I'm being what she wanted me to be...myself."
Draganny smiled, as her eyes closed, her last breath leaving, "Bye...Infer..."
Inferno sighed, "Bye Draganny. Thanks."
Inferno smiled, and set her body on fire. "I think...you deserve this." her body was turned to ash, and began to spread out, as the land began to heal from Orochi's influence. Cara tackled Inferno, and nuzzled him, crying tears of Joy. Obsidian did the same, so happy to have his son back. Everyone else smiled as they watch the family reunion.
Inferno laughed, "Hey enough...let me up." he rose, smiling, "I can tell you...dying's a bitch." he tilted his head, "But...coming back to life ain't to pleasent either." Sky nuzzled him, "But I'm glad I'm back none the less." Sky smiled.
Mecha smiled, "It's great to know I could partake in this final battle." He chuckled, "And there's only one way to go out on this last chapter." A few looked at him confused, as a computer monitor appeared, "Care to help out?" they all nodded.
Mecha: Well everyone...this is the end of Hope.
Inferno: It's great to see you all...I hope none of you hated me to much when I was with Orochi.
Sky: No one could ever hate you.
Blue: Yeah...I'm glad I could help out.
Link: ....*nods* Same here.
Rika: You know...I hate to say it...but we owe you Mecha.
Mecha: No...I was happy to help...beside what could such a homely raichu do? *gets shocked* I kinda missed that.
Rika: *smiles* I know.
Bane: You two are a real pair. You know that.
Tia: Hey...after what happened, we need some fun.
Blaze: We sure do.
Cara: Wow...so people have read about all your adventures?
Mecha: Yeah.
Obsidian: How much?
Inferno: Enough.
Others in background: HEY THERE!
Mecha: *shakes head* Well...that's just about all...so to you all...
Everyone: SEE YOU LATER!
*screen goes black with a light coming from above, two figures stand in shadowy silouetes*
Prepare for...*Mecha charges in and tackles them* NOT NOW IDIOTS!!! Why is it everyone want's to spoil the story!?