The Last Guardian

Chapter_57: The Storm Breaker

Johnathan landed barefoot on the pavement with his sword in his hand. Earlier, he suddenly woke up from his slumber as his Chi was burning him from inside. Something inside him told him that a dark force waa nearby. He got up from his bed and rushed out of the cabin. When he saw Billy and Raven, he asked for his sword. Thet tried to stop him-trying to make him understand that he was too weak to fight. But Johnathan wouldn't listen. The Chi inside him wanted him to fight whatever dark energy was out there. So he took the sword from Billy, which he was hiding in a duffle bag and ran towards the dark energy. He was drawn towards it.

Azazel had been quiet inside him but he didn't care. Whatever it was, he wanted to finish it.

It was strange though, the sudden urge to beat up a dark force and the feeling that something was there, he had never felt like this before.

"Who was that woman? Why was this thing trying to hurt her?"he thought.

The dark figure was lying on the side of the road - it wasn't moving. Johnathan started to think that he had defeated it but he was wrong. As he stepped towards it- the figure just jumped into the air and released a red light from it's body. It was showing itself. Johnathan paused and saw that the figure was a man, dressed in rags. He had long hair that covered his eyes and there was an evil grin in his face.

"What a pity! I was almost done with that girl!"he said in a mangled voice, slowly lowering down to the ground.

"Who are you? What do want with her?"asked Johnathan while tightly gripping his sword.

"I don't have to answer to you, Guardian!"he replied.

Johnathan waa shocked that he knew who he was. But then he had been killing so many monsters lately- he simply thought that he was gaining some fame in the underworld.

"Doesn't matter, I won't let you hurt an innocent woman- "he said and rushed at him.

But before he could reach him, he disappeared and reappeared behind him.

Johnathan was shocked. He hadn't seen such a thing before. He wondered what it was, a demon? Perhaps a monster?

Johnathan turned and swung his sword at him but he disappeared again and reappeared behind him. This time he started laughing at him.

"What kind of monster are you?" remarked Johnathan swinging his sword again.

"Monster? I'm not one of those vile creatures- you fool! Can't you see? I'm a demon!" he replied disappearing again.

Johnathan was annoyed. He wondered what kind of demon could move so fast. According to Azazel, there were four types of demons but this one didn't fit into any type.

"Enough foreplay- I don't have all night to waste on you- let's end this-" said the demon standing ten feet away from him.

He raised his left hand and twisted his wrist - a long bow appeared in his hand. The bow was six feet long, it was slim and made from some kind of black substance. There were no arrows but the demon stretched the bow string anyway- a black arrow shaped force of energy appeared. He stretched the bow string hard and let the arrow loose-

"This is what I call the Annihilator- kills all forms of energy!"

Johnathan saw the arrow moving towards him with super speed and he raised his sword to defend but the arrow hit him on his chest before he could do anything. He saw the arrow sticking to his chest and it was weakening him every second- he fell down on his knees and let go of his sword. He felt that he had forgotten to breathe. All his energy was drying out- soon he fell that his eyes were getting heavier.

The demon smiled in satisfaction and put back his bow. He turned his back towards Johnathan, thinking that he would die within a minute.

A voice echoed inside Johnathan's head-

"You stupid brat! Can't you handle this by yourself? I was sleeping-"

It was Azazel's voice- Johnathan was sucked out of all his Chi and that would turn him into a normal human being which would make him unfit to be Azazel's vessel.

"This one's new- he's something called a Meta Demon- born a human, fed demon blood-died in battle and ressurected by black magic by a sorcerer. This makes him very strong and almost impossible to defeat..."

"You couldn't tell me about this earlier? There are five types of demon now?"Johnathan thought in his mind replying to Azazel.

"I didn't tell you because I've never seen one in real life. They're of experimental sorts- I've heard rumours that some wizard somewhere was resurrecting demons but what do I know- my body is trapped somewhere else and my consciousness is stuck with you!" replied Azazel.

"Enough of that, tell me how do I defeat him- he's escaping-"said Johnathan.

"You? You can't defeat him in this state- but let me take over and I will show you how it's done!" replied Azazel.

Johnathan agreed reluctantly and Azazel took over-

"You there- what do they call you?"

The demon stopped walking away and turned around to see Johnathan standing, like nothing happened.

"How are you still standing?"asked the demon in surprise.

"I said-what is your name!!"said Johnathan with Azazel controlling his body.

A burst if dark energy came out of Johnathan and the demon fell back a few steps. He was astonished to see both dark and positive energy emanating from Johnathan's body. A single type of energy could be handled but a perfect harmony of the two made Johnathan really strong.

"They call me Yoshi!"the demon replied, "and this is called the Storm Breaker!"he added.

The bow appeared in his hand once again.

"Don't make me laugh! That thing? The storm breaker? I thought it would be something far more powerful- I've heard of it before but never knew that the Storm Breaker was only a Long Bow- Ha Ha!" replied Johnathan c*m Azazel.

Yoshi was surprised at this change of behaviour. He could feel that something was wrong with this Guardian. He had lots of dark energy in him. The way he was mocking him was unacceptable.

Inside Johnathan's head- he was feeling a bit strange, whatever was left of his Chi was not accepting the dark energy of Azazel. But Johnathan was trying hard to find a balance.

"Stop laughing and get ready to die-"replied Yoshi and pulled an arrow.

This time there were two arrows- one black and one red.

"I call this- the Pacifier!"he said and released the arrows.

Azazel c*m Johnathan literally yawned and snapped his fingers. The arrows melted into thin air. Yoshi was shocked.

"C'mon kid- don't get so cocky! You think these little tricks will work on me? You call yourself a demon? Ah! How the standards have fallen!"replied Azazel.

Yoshi was confused. Never in a hundred years had anyone been able to stop his arrows. But who was this Guardian that could melt them down.

"Okay- you bore me- get out of here- shoo!"said Azazel and waved his hand.

Suddenly Yoshi's body caught on fire and he started to burn in infernal heat. Within seconds, he burned to ashes leaving only the bow on the ground.

Azazel walked towards it and picked it up.

"You fool- if only you could know, how to properly wield this weapon, you could have defeated God himself! But for now I'll keep it-" he said and absorbed the bow into Johnathan's body.

"Congratulations to Johnny boy- I got yoy a new weapon- but too bad you'll never get to use it!" he laughed.

Johnathan was trapped in his own mind. Azazel cheated. He wasn't allowing him to take his body back...

"Now where do I find some fresh blood?" Azazel grinned and walked away into the darkness completely taking over Johnathan's body.