Short Skirts and Demons (FF, NN1, and Felix)

[Firebreath Fishslap]

As the days passed, Kyle spent more and more time training with Double D, occasionally with some help from the amnesiac angel Crow, who had ended up attaching herself to their little group without bothering to ask their permission. Kyle didn't mind too much, though she bothered him a bit.

At the moment, right outside the apartment, a girl had walked up to the door. She was around the same age as Kyle, though what most people would notice were A) the large doll strapped to her back, and B) her amazingly short skirt. It wasn't "Dawn from Pokemon" short, but damn, it was close to it.

She paused at the door, and checked the back of a photograph she had. She then looked up at the number on the door and knocked a couple times on the door.

Kyle stuck his head out of the bathroom. "Could someone else get that?"

What was he doing? Cleaning, of course. When he wasn't training with Double D and the others, he was cleaning. This kid was obsessed with making himself useful.

[nintendonut1]

"Holy~OH MY GOD. KNOCKING. IT'S REVOLUNTIONARY. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S~"

"Eddy, just go get the door before even I'M tempted to get violent with you," Double D chided, sweatdropping.

"Alright, alright, sheesh... this place needs some serious lighting-up to do..." Sighing, he got the door and opened it up, sizing the visitor up listlessly. "...yeah?"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

The girl coughed and looked Eddy in the face as she spoke.

"Hola. Mi llamo es Pilar Gonzalez, y..."

"Pilar, you're speaking Spanish to idiots again."

"Oh," she whispered to herself. "I keep forgetting I'm surrounded by idiotas..." She cleared her throat and tried speaking again. "Hello, my name is Pilar Gonzalez. Have you seen this boy?"

She held up the photograph she was carrying. It was an old photo of Kyle, probably from a year or so ago, back when Kyle was still attending public school.

"His name is Kyle Morgan, and he's a highly dangerous and deadly murderer," Pilar explained. "He's possessed by the Puppetmaster Demon Oni, and is responsible for both the deaths of Susan Morgan and his entire third period chemistry class at Void City High School, as well as possibly dozens of other deaths."

Kyle stuck his head out of the bathroom as he heard his name being said. His eyes widened as he heard Oni's voice in his head. Pilar's widened as she saw Kyle's head. The spirits resting in their bodies had the exact same thoughts as they sensed their opposite number's energy.

Him.

"Larry!" Pilar yelled, and there was a bright flash of light as her features shifted. She gained horns, pointed ears, and a long tail. In fact, her new form was rather similar to the one Kyle took when Oni possessed him.

"Oni! It's taken me five years, but I've finally found you!" said a voice that was distinctly more masculine than Pilar's normal voice. "She" pushed past Eddy and ran into the room, unraveling the bandages that covered the doll on her back as she ran. At the same time, Kyle's shadow flared up into Oni's form.

"Kappa. You're really outdone yourself this time," Oni chided. "I have to say, you've really let yourself go. Possessing a little girl."

"I am not a little girl!" Pilar's voice yelled. "Larry! Waste this asshole already!"

[Felix Falora]

"Well however your violence goes, just please try not to leave any blood on the carpet," Masahiro said.

"If she exorcises him, I'll kill him," Felix said. "Now... which dress suits me better?"

"I'd have to say the flower-WHY DRESSES?!" Masahiro spazzed.

Both of them had become TOO desensitized to this madness... as of right now.

[nintendonut1]

"WAH!!" Eddy fell over, gaping at the scene unraveling before him. "...OH COME ON!!!"

"What the HELL are you two doing!?" Raz exclaimed to the the angels. "Get a GRIP!"

Double D winced. Why, oh why did he have a feeling this was going to happen? Almost in exasperation, he calmly handed Marion to Skywise and got in the middle of the two demons.

"HOLD IT.[/i]"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Oni and Larry had both entered battle stances as Double D ran between Larry and Oni. Thing was, that probably hadn't been a smart decision on Double D's part.

"Get out of the way angel!" Larry yelled. "If I don't do this, that demon will just suck that boy dry and repeat the cycle again! I've chased Oni for years! I know what he's pulled! Tricked this kid into a blood pact that ends with Oni taking over his body. This is the only way to stop that cycle!"

Crow walked in at this point. Not like they had actually closed the door after Larry ran in. "We have been working to exorcise the demon on our own. Without Kyle's death."

Larry looked around the room, and growled. He was surrounded by angels, and he WAS a demon. He didn't care much for God's little servants because of it.

He looked over at Kyle, and then at Double D.

"You're not going to move, are you... well, fine! I'm sorry I have to take your friend away, but I have no choice!" Larry yelled. The doll he was now using to attack ran forward, thrusting one powerful hand forward toward Double D. It was an attack aimed to kill.

"NO!"

"Keon, what are you doing?!" Oni yelled as Kyle ran forward and pushed Double D out of the way. Leaving only Kyle to take the deadly attack. Larry's eyes widened as the attack pierced Kyle's heart. Kyle gave a cough, and what came out was pure blood.

"No...." Kyle choked. The doll drew back, and Larry's eyes were still wide and surprised as Kyle stumbled on his feet and looked down at the large gaping hole in his chest. "It wasn't... supposed... to end this way..."

He stumbled a bit more before collapsing to the ground in a puddle of his own blood, his lifeless eyes still staring out at the others.

[nintendonut1]

This... this was...

Double D had fully intended to to break up this quarrel, was prepared to, as usual, zap a bit of light energy into either one of them to keep them at bay and away from each other's throats. Anything to protect the boy he'd sworn to to keep safe.

But in one swift motion, that had been dashed in an instant.

Double D's heart sank. He staggered back up against the wall, while the others stood in shock, regarding the both of them in horrid silence.

"Oh...no...!...KYLE, NO!!!![/b]"

[Felix Falora]

"And then..." Masahiro continued. Both hadn't even noticed.

"Um... FUCKHEADS, HELLO!" Trevor yelled at the two angels.

"Oh shit," Felix said, noticing Kyle's death.

"That girl is too powerful," Masahiro said with a sigh. "We wouldn't have been able to stop her attack anyway."

"After this is over, I'm killing you two," Trevor growled, noticing they didn't get the point at all. "Are all angels this retarded, Double D excluded?"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Crow reacted before the others did, considering the others were still in shock over Kyle's death. She grabbed Larry by the collar and forced him up against a wall.

"Give me one good reason I shouldn't kill you now. Give me one good reason I shouldn't kill you for that little stunt," Crow snarled.

"It was the only way. I'm sorry it had to end this way, but we don't have much time before Oni takes over his body. If we kill him while he's still shifting, we can destroy Oni," Larry said back. "And plus, you'd be killing Pilar too. Could you stand the blood of an innocent on your hands, angel?!"

Meanwhile, Kyle's body was being enveloped by shadows...

"I don't know. I might already have it. I don't even know if I'm fallen or not," Crow growled. "Well, I guess we'll find out once you're dead."

The wound on Kyle's chest sealed up, and a pair of familiar horns and a tail grew out from his body. The thing was... it was more of a physical morph than the ones Kyle had before. There were lots of sounds of things popping and growing into place. He groaned and pushed himself up. The red markings around Kyle's neck and wrists were glowing more vividly than before.

".....Kappa you fool," Oni said. "...Ddwen. You're just as stupid as the other angels. This wouldn't have happened if it weren't for you.... heheheheheheheh..."

Crow wheeled around and dropped Larry as she heard Oni's voice. "SHIT!"

Oni popped his neck. "Too bad. Looks like it's too late to save Kyle now, eh?"

[nintendonut1]

"Oh...no." Raz gulped. "That... doesn't look good."

Double D stood there trembling, clutching at his hat in dread. No... no... no...! This wasn't...this couldn't be...no...no..!!

He tried so hard to protect him...to be the light in his dark world... to bring his heart peace... but.. but now...!

The Angel of Light sank to his knees, curling within himself. He felt like a failure. He felt unworthy of his wings.

But most of all... he felt anger. If not for Oni... if not for that...

[glow=yellow,2,300]"...b....B....BASTARD!!"[/glow] he shreiked, eyes aglow with rage as he launched himself at Oni.

[Felix Falora]

"Double D's pissed?" Masahiro asked. Trevor, however, flipped the two of the angels and promptly slapped both of them across the face with a loud crack that would not interrupt the battle, but it showed it HURT.

"Look, you fucking retards. If you hadn't been goofing off, this wouldn't have happened. So you better get in there and help or I'll kick your fucking asses," he growled.

"Jeeze, jeeze, we were gonna anyway!" Masahiro said. "Look at Felix, he's already going."

"NOW YOU DIE ONI!" Felix yelled, glowing with Twilight energy.

"Damn, is he always quick to attack?" Trevor asked.

"MAKE UP YOUR MIND ON US ATTACKING OR NOT!" Masahiro said to Trevor before drawing his sword and going in to attack as well.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Oni only laughed harder as the others tried to attack him. Shadows wrapped around his body again, and he appeared behind Double D. He was smirking as he spoke again.

"Double D, please! Don't hurt me!" Oni said in Kyle voice. It was a cruel trick, and it showed as Oni used the momentary hesitation he knew it would cause to attack Double D, slashing him in the back with the claws he'd grown since taking this form.

"Your cries of despair amuse me, Ddwen," Oni said. Crow let out a yell and tossed several dark feathers at Oni, which were easily blocked with a shadowy claw.

"Dammit! How's he so strong?!" Larry yelled. This was different than before...

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...It was dark.

He'd felt so much pain, and then... nothing.

At least it had been quick.

Except it hadn't. He was feeling every bit of pain his own body was. And now he was seeing what was going on. He felt the anger build in his very spirit as he saw what was going on out in the waking world. These were his friends, and Oni was playing with them.

It took him a bit longer to realize that he wasn't in some cold dark afterlife after all.

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Oni backed up a little bit. "Well, this has been fun... but I have other things to do. Oh well. Ddwen, Lilix... I'm going to enjoy watching you two kill each other."

He held up one hand, and tied to it were several dark strands, the ends of which leading to Double D and Felix's wrists. Oni smirked for a moment before sensing something and whirling around.

Something was rising from his shadow. Something familiar, and yet not. It was humanoid, unlike Oni's shadow form. But it was very familiar.

"Don't you dare use my voice like that, you bastard," Kyle snarled before socking Oni across the face.

[nintendonut1]

"Nngh...ANGH...!!" Double D staggered forward, moaning in deep pain at the clear, three-slash bloody imprint in his back. Tears were already flowing in rivers down his face... he had failed... he was a failure as a Guardian... as a friend... as a...

"N...NO!" He struggled wildly as the trendils wrapped around him again, giving Felix a tormented gaze. "I...I failed, Felix...I... I...!!"

But his breathed hitched at the new arrival. "K...Ky...KYLE!!![/b]"

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Oni stumbled a bit before catching himself on the ground. He turned his head, glaring at the shadowy version of Kyle before him. "Well, I can't say I expected this development..."

Kyle looked over at Felix and Double D and scowled. He picked Oni up by the collar. "Let them go." Oni ignored him, only continuing to smirk.

"Let. Them. Go!" Kyle yelled.

"How are you even still alive, anyways? You should be dead," Oni said.

"Your pact was fulfilled. My body was yours from that day I made the pact until I died. Well, that pact's gone now. I'm taking it back," Kyle snarled. Really, he didn't even resemble anything close to human at this point. Larry got to his feet again, and held out one hand. The doll rushed Oni, knocking him over.

"Grk!" Oni landed rather violently on the ground. That doll was strong. He looked up at Kyle. "Hmph. So, this is Ddwen's fault, then. If it hadn't been for you meeting him, I'd be nice and cozy inside my new body right now. I should have killed that angel when I had the chance. He's going to grow up to be the Wizard, after all."

Kyle glared at Oni. "Get out of my body, Oni." Oni only continued to smirk.

"Better listen to him, Oni," Larry said. "You're surrounded by angels, for Izanagi's sake. You're way out of your league."

Oni sighed. "Shame. This was probably my strongest vessel yet. Oh well. There's stronger on the island..."

Oni closed his eyes, and the dark energy around Kyle's body dissipated before solidifying into an orb nearby it. The body fell to the ground with a thump, and the orb changed into what could only be described as a freaking adorable version of Oni's true form.

"H-Hey, that's the form he made that pact with me in before!" Kyle yelled. Oni stuck his tongue out and ran out the doorway.

"Hey! Get back here, asshole!" Pilar yelled. She was actually riding on the doll as it ran out the doorway. Kyle blinked, looked down at his lifeless body, and then at his current form.

"I don't even know why I'm here..." Kyle said. "But... I'm free."

[nintendonut1]

As the shadows disappeared, along with the demons, there was silence...

...and then the apartment arupted in cheers.

"WAAAAAHOOOOOO!! GET OUTTA HERE, ONI!!"

"Way to be, Kyle! You showed him!"

"JOY!!"

Once again, Double D stood in the middle, trembling at the dear boy floating just within reach. "K...Kyle... oh Kyle...!"

He gasped lightly when his hand began to glow a peculiar light on its own. Slowly, it guided him over to Kyle's newest form, and as the angel took his hand, he knew what he needed to do.

[glow=yellow,2,300]"...here. I'll guide you back in,"[/glow] he spoke in an etheral voice, gently bringing Kyle over to his body on the floor. The others watched with wide eyes.

"...whoa..."