Chapter 37: Chapter 37 : Collision Go!
Arsenal and the clone tried to stomp on Duri and Seven's head; Seven jumped out of the way, but Duri grabbed the bottom of Arsenal's foot, punched the middle of it, leaving a large hole in it.
Arsenal yelled, and Duri flipped up to Arsenal's face and punched him in the cheek, knocking him back a few feet on the ground.
Seven walked up to Duri, and pinched his ear, saying, "DUDE! WHY ARE YOU EVEN BOTHERING TO ATTACK IT?! YOU HEARD HEARD WHAT HE SAID! THE MORE DAMAGE HE TAKES, THE MORE HE GROWS IN POWER!"
Duri shoved Seven off of him, replying, "Force of habit. My body just acted on its own. Anyway, if we wanna keep him from doing any freaky shit again..we gotta restrain him. Knocking him out is an issue, because he probably could do that weird stuff while he's asleep. And it's a fucking gamble on which power shows itself when he takes damage."
Seven responded, "You got those shadow arms that come outta ya'. We'll use those. You just grab him with those, and hold him there."
"Then what? It's possible he would break out of the grasp. And I don't have full control of the shadow hands yet."
"Bullshit! You were using them fine during the first test!"
"It feels weird coming out of me, okay?!"
Arsenal and his clone grew 4 more feet, and Seven thought, 'Arsenal's tail…shook just as he was growing…'
Seven asked, "His CLONE can share his power too?"
Duri responded, "Obviously! Dumbass!"
"You're the dumbass for making him stronger!"
Duri said out loud, "I told you it was a force of habi-!"
Arsenal zipped over to them, throwing a punch at Duri's chest. Duri put his arms up to his chest in an "X" formation, blocking the punch. But the punch was too strong, Arsenal and Duri went crashing through a nearby wall, crumbling it to pieces.
Seven yelled, "Duri!"
Arsenal's clone jumped behind Seven, and tried to slash her in the back with its sharp tail.
Seven barely reacted, and she jumped out of the way, sliding back. Before her feet could touch the ground, the clone threw its sharp feet at her face.
Seven leaned back dodging it, spun on her hands, and threw herself into the air, thinking, 'That ugly piece of shit is fast! I can restrain him on my own, but I don't want my powers to get carried away. I might hurt everyone in that hotel. I might even hurt Duri. Ew! I-I don't care about Duri! He WISHES I cared about him!'
Arsenal was throwing fast jabs near Duri's head and body, Duri was trying not to hit back, instead, he was just slapping the punches away from him, doing spins to evade the blows.
Arsenal screamed, "Give me your flesh!!"
He threw a quick punch and Duri caught it with one hand. Without thinking, Duri punched Arsenal in the chest, sending him flying through another wall.
Duri smirked, "Ha! Take that ya dumbass!"
Seven yelled to Duri, "DID YOU REALLY HIT HIM AGAIN?!"
"Shit! I TOLD YOU it's a HABIT. I can't help it. If someone attacks me with full intent to kill me, I get defensive. It's the way I grew up."
"I…understand. Just don't do it again. Use your shadows to hold him."
Arsenal grew another tail, and that tail had black flames on it.
Duri thinks, 'Guess that means it got stronger. And it looks like his clone got the same thing.'
Seven yelled to Duri, "Use them!"
Duri answered, "Heh?! I told you they feel weird!"
"So what?!"
"Quit your yapping! You sound like an annoying bitch!"
"You did NOT just call me that! Asshole!"
"Just…give me a minute!"
Arsenal dashed up to Duri, grabbing him by the head, and began hitting him in the stomach.
Duri grunted, trying everything in his power not to hit Arsenal.
"...Go!" Duri exclaimed as shadow arms came from his chest and held Arsenal tight.
Arsenal was trying to break free, but the arms were holding him.
Duri jumped back, and said, "Got him restrained. Now what?!"
Kedarah got on the earpiece, saying to Duri and Seven, "Don't kill him or try to render him unconscious."
Duri asked, "Then what do we do?!"
"Hehe. Think. STOP him. In other words, you and Seven need to find a way to keep him from getting more powerful."
"Ohhh that's so easy. I'm being sarcastic by the way."
"Oooo you're so adorable! Marshy says that same thing alot. Anywayyyyy, find out how to truly stop Arsenal, and then report it to me."
Seven and Arsenal's clone were still going at it, but Seven was doing anything to attack, she was just avoiding the blows.
'Duri needs to hurry and restrain this clone too, he's a jittery little bastard! I'm trying to spot weaknesses on him, but he's moving too damn fast! Okay…his eyes shake when he punches, when he breathes…he stops doing that when he kicks…and his tail rattles when…'
Seven slid to the right, and the clone shot its long sharp tongue at Seven. Seven ran forward to it, and spun above it to dodge it. She looked inside the clone's mouth, and saw nothing but hundreds of teeth.
Seven pushed off the air, and landed on the ground, and the clone went after her again.
The clone slammed its fist onto the ground, and parts of the ground were breaking over to Seven, trying to hit her.
Seven threw her purple orbs at the big ground pieces, blowing them to bits. She was about to destroy another one, until the clone jumped in the way, trying to get hit on purpose.
Seven thought, 'It got in the way?! On purpose?! It's…TRYING to get hit!'
Before her orb could hit the clone, Duri's shadow hand reached out and snatched the clone out of the way.
Seven stumbled to the left, and she fell into Duri. Duri and Seven's lips touched, and they were both staring at each other.
They both blinked once, and then they backed up with their faces blushing and fully red.
Duri and Seven exclaimed, "EWWWW!"
"GROSS GROSS GROSS!"
"I JUST KISSED…D-DURI!"
"SHUT UP! Don't act like you didn't want to!" Duri scoffed.
"HUHHH?! YOU IDIOT!"
"YOU'RE THE IDIOT! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STUMBLING OVER AT!"
Duri and Seven calmed down, and Seven asked, "...So these idiots are restrained. Did you spot anything strange from the real Arsenal?"
Duri answered, "No. You?"
"..I was noticing a few things. Studied it while it was attacking. Its eyes shake when he punches, it stops breathing when it kicks, and its tail rattles when it talks and power ups."
"Then that could mean.."
Duri and Seven said at the same time, "His tail is his weakness!"
Duri added, "We gotta cut that shit off then!"
"That's a big gamble though…what if it's his eyes."
"...You said his tails shake when he powers up..meaning it's reacting to his power."
"Yeah..I didn't notice anything else on his body acting differently when he DOES power up. Merge with his power, Duri. And let me hit you. And tell me where you feel your power comes from the most when you're powering up."
"Heh. Yokai," Duri said, looking at Arsenal.
Arsenal thought, 'Damn. These brats have good eyes and wit. I can't let them anywhere near my tail! That kid with the birthmark on his face is really tense, he has a great sense of awareness. That's good.'
Arsenal looked down at Duri's shadow hands, and was about to pierce through them with his sharp tongue.
Duri yelled, "I don't think so, asshole!"
Duri accidentally squeezed Arsenal's tongue back upward, and Arsenal grinned.
"Gotcha.."
Duri replied, "Shit….I hurt him. I tensed up.."
Seven responded, "Really, dude?"
"Shut..up."
Arsenal pointed at the sky, making Duri and Seven lookup.
Coming from the clouds, was a black panther with red spots all over it and black and white swirling eyes, and it had four black wings on its back. It also had ten tails, and they were rattling.
Duri scoffed at Arsenal, "Oi! Undo that! Send that thing back to wherever the hell it came from!"
Arsenal answered, "Give me your flesh, and I shall! And give me the flesh of everyone else here!"
"Hell no!"
"Then it won't leave."
Immediately, Duri and Seven vanished, and they were back in the kitchen.
They were in the middle of the kitchen, and everyone was looking at them, but the customers that were eating were minding their own business, eating.
Nine asked, "Ohoho shit what happened to you two?"
Kazuma added, "Have you two been fightinggg?"
Duri and Seven looked confused, and they looked at Kedarah.
Duri asked Kedarah, "What happened? Why are we back here?"
"Why, I brought you back."
"Why?"
"Because it's time for you to tag your teammates in, duhh. This is a team activity. Once a couple of you kids leave, the others will take their place doing their kitchen duties until they return. All the other kitchens are doing the same thing. On the other side of the hotel, there are mythical minotaur's trying to enter the hotel. When a group is outside fighting Arsenal, at a random time, I will pull them back in the kitchen to sub them out like I did you two. So do you mind telling Tek, Kazuma, and Nine Arsenal's weakness?"
Duri said, "Forget Arsenal, he literally spawned a PANTHER. IN THE SKY."
"What's Arsenal's weakness?"
Seven replied, "We believe the source of his power comes from his tail. It rattles every time it powers up. Cutting his tail off will stop him. So I'm guessing cutting the tails off the panther would do it too."
Duri adds, "Tek, Kazuma, Nine, avoid striking Arsenal or the giant panther anywhere else besides the tail. But if you strike the tail make sure you cut it off. Even if you damage the tail, it's most likely gonna power up."
Kazuma replied, "HAHA! YES! ALRIGHT!"
Tek said, "Tsk."
Nine responded, "Okay. I still don't like you, Duri."
Duri answered, "Don't care. Just don't any of you die."
Tek said to Duri, "You wouldn't have to worry about us if you got the job done in the first place…Duri."
"Shut up."
Kedarah snapped her fingers, and Kazuma, Nine, and Tek vanished, and were outside.
Kedarah smiled to Duri and Seven, "Okayyy! Now, you will do Tek's, Kazuma's, and Nine's kitchen chores! Hehe!"
Duri and Seven sighed, "Ugh."
Duri and Seven looked at each other, then they looked away.
Outside, Tek, Kazuma, and Nine were standing across from Arsenal, and the giant panther was circling the skies.
Tek said to Kazuma and Nine, "If you strike, only cut the tail off with one hit. Just reminding you fools."
Nine responded to Tek, "What? Who you callin' a fool, nerd?!"
"Obviously you two. Focus. Kazuma, create your fire lions and have them take me and you up to the panther."
Kazuma grinned, "Alllllright!"
Nine asked, "What about me?!"
Tek said to Nine, "Lower your voice. You will take down Arsenal. With your speed and lightning abilities, it shouldn't be a problem. Or am I wrong?"
"Ha! You're not wrong, nerd!"
"I better not be. Let's end this before Kederab subs us out."
Kazuma and Nine replied, "Yokai!"
Arsenal looked at them, saying, "Where are the other brats I was dealing with earlier?"
Tek answered with an obvious lie, "Don't know."
"...Doesn't matter. 3 is better than two. Give me your flesh!!" Arsenal sped over to them.
"No."
Green and white lightning sparkled around Nine, and she zipped over to Arsenal with a streak and bolt of lightning on her fist, and she was grinning.
Nine thought, 'Cut the tail, nowhere else. Cut the tail, nowhere else. Cut the tail, nowhere else.'
Nine made her hand in a sharp chopping form, ready to cut Arsenal's tails off.
Arsenal's clone jumped in front of Nine, and Nine rammed her hand through the chest of the clone, splattering blood everywhere.
"Shit!" Nine yelled.
Arsenal and his clone smiled together, and five more clones jumped from Arsenal's back. And from the giant panther in the sky, it grew another clone from its mouth.
Tek was riding on Kazuma's fire lion, and Kazuma was flying beside him.
Tek said, "Another clone."
Kazuma responded, "T-that doesn't look very good!"
"Obviously not. What the hell is Nine doing?"
The giant panther blew a giant hurdle of red and black fire at Tek, and Kazuma flew in the way of it. Kazuma started to blow towards the panther's fire, and Kazuma blew regular fire from his mouth, and it was about the same size as the panther's fire.
The two flames collided, and Kazuma held his fire with his hands, making sure the panther's fire didn't overpower his
Kazuma said, "If I let go, the fire will strike the hotel! If I hold it like this, it will eventually die down! Go!"
Tek answered, "Don't have to tell me. Just hurry to my aid when you're done."
Tek and the fire lion shot up to the sky, and Tek thought, 'I need to blind both panther's. That'll give us a slight advantage. They seem fast enough to react to my chains…but are they really?'
Tek stretched his arm and fingers out to one of the incoming panthers, and chains bolted out fast like a shot of lightning from the sky.
The chains ripped straight through the tails of the first panther, and it sliced them all off. One tail was dangling, but then it fell off a few seconds later. The panther yelped, and then it exploded.
Tek said, "One down."
Immediately, the remaining panther grew in size, also gaining another tail. And down below, Arsenal and his clones grew an extra 11 feet.
Tek thinks, 'How?!'
Tek then remembered the tail that was dangling off of the panther.
'That's it. My chain's didn't do a full clean cut. As the tail dangled, it applied damage and pain to the panther, making it power up. All in all, the tail IS the panthers weakness. I guess Duri isn't as much of a hotheaded idiot as I thought. The panthers' tails are tough then..let me cover its eyes so it won't react to me. I noticed closely that the tail hardens when something gets close to it. If I cover the panther's eyes, then it won't react, meaning it can't harden its tail.'
Back in the kitchen, Duri was heating up meat in the ovens, and Seven was helping cook.
As Duri was doing Kazuma and Tek's kitchen task, Ren-Ren walked up to Duri, asking, "How was it?"
"How was what?"
"Outside. Is the bad guy a threat? Is he a strong peasant?"
"He's…a strong ass bastard. Get's stronger after taking damage."
"That's kinda overpowered. That would be a great power for me to have for my villain campaign!"
"Yeah whatever. I'm guessing you, Jiyu, and some of the others are going outside next if the ones out now don't take down Arsenal."
"I should've gone first to be honest. Or second. I'm the one with the sword and I can teleport."
"Knowing how fucking deranged you are, it was best you didn't go first."
"I'll gladly take that as a compliment, Duri."
As Seven was cooking, she and Duri kept looking at each other, and they kept looking away. Seven thought about how she accidently kissed Duri, and she blushed again.
'Get it out of my head. Get it out of my head. Get it out of my head,' Seven thought.
Espen was beside her, saying, "You kissed Duri?"
"SHHH! SHHH! Don't say it again."
"How was it?"
"How was what?"
"The…K-I-S-S."
"Leave it alone, leave it alone, leave it alone, dude."
"But I'm a female."
"Dude."
"Oops. My fault. It's how you talk."
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