For once in so long, Akio couldnt believe his eyes as he saw a familar figure in the darkness of the plains. There the demon stood still looking up at the night sky, Akio's eyes widened as he bit down onto his lower lip. "you!!!" he yelled in the night as the demon turned over with a grin remembering his face. "You killed my parents!!" he yelled in anger. "Oh?...I did?....last time I checked....you killed them with your own hands."

A sudden pain hit Tala's body and sent her to her knees. "No," she whispered as she forced herself to look up. "I-it's too soon, h-he promised." Her voice was strained as she fought to stand back up. Her breathing became labored as she fought to stay awake. It was as if the pain wracking her body was putting it to sleep, she had to fight it though. She snapped her wings open, a movement that didn't look quite as cool now as it had when she was perfectly fine. Leaping forward, she used her wings to drive her through the air quickly. She knew where she was going seeing as the closer she got to the demon the more pain she was in.

"There he is," she said to herself as she pushed herself more. A few more beats of her wings and she was there, her white feathered wings giving out so that she fell rather clumsily between the two males. "W-what are you doing here?" She asked as her green eyes rolled to the demon daringly. "Y-you promised that y-you wouldn't i-interfere a-and leave him t-till I brought him t-to you," she said, the words paining her as she said them. She didn't want Akio to know about this, she never had but she didn't have much control over being able to tell him even if she wanted to.

When the demon saw Tala in front of him, he ginned a bit and shook his head. "your a fool to believe me....even after knowing I tricked him...you actually believed me?" he asked as he reached down and picked her up into the air by her throat. "I wanted his family dead..I was planning on killing him that very day when he killed his own parents....but he got away, I've been watching him grow so that I could see if he'd become any stronger." he said as he tilted his head and looked over toward Akio.

While Tala and the demon talked, Akio's eyes widened as he stood still like a statue when he heard what Tala said. Sh-s-she was....g-going to bring me...t-to him?.....di-did she betray me too?.... he thought as he his thoughts of keeping her safe for all this time just all disappeared all at once. I guess....I cant trust any angel after all....fine! that works for me!!!

Tala's wings flapped wildly for a moment before falling still down either side of her body while the demon held her by her throat. "W-we had a contract," she told him, her green eyes narrowing. "C-consider it broken." Her voice was nearly a growl as she held her hand out before her. She could feel her body slowly falling asleep as she went light headed from the loss of air. The demon seemed to forget that she wasn't like other angels. A snap of her fingers and her body was covered in a bright light. As she was covered she began to change shape, much as she had done earlier when she was catching Akio.

After a few moments the dragon she had been before, she was once again. It's bright green eyes narrowed as scales grew in front of the glowing orb, creating a shield for it. Being covered with scales and being as large as she was, the demon's hold on her neck was no longer the same hinderance it was before. I know what I have done has wronged you, and I know that what I may do will not fix the past but allow me to fight, to aid you once again but this time in the light of the truth, she thought to herself as she placed her clawed hands on the demon's shoulders. Her hind legs easily rested on the ground as she took a deep breath before roaring at him, her wings outstretched.

When Tala had completely changed into her dragon form, his eyes grew wide from forgeting she could change that way. "Well...I feel stupid for forgetting this." he said as he jumped back when she grabbed his shoulder and roared. Once he was far enough from her reach, he clapped his hands together as he slowly released them having a reddish fire looking spear. "just because of your size..dont think...you can beat me that easily." he said as he tilted his head and grinned vanishing immediatly into the darkness. From the speed he was moving, the red spear looked like a little blur in the darkness moving in circles around the dragon.

Akio saw how the demon was right about to be fighting Tala, as he bit down onto his lower lip feeling pure anger and frustration that he had been traveling for so long just for a chance to get revenge on the demon and it ending up that she gets to fight him. Why?! Why does she always have to get in the way?!

The dragon hissed and growled at the red line that kept going around it. Tala's bright green eyes tried to follow it but the demon was moving too fast. She then lowered her head closer to the ground as she lashed her tail around her in an attempt to his the creature. The demon wasn't that great of a threat to her, not in this form, but yet he was still much more powerful than herself. That was why she was obeying him beforehand. She was trying to fix things but now, seeing, well not seeing the demon at this speed was showing her that just maybe she wouldn't be able to do it.

When the demon finally decided to attack, he went around her once more and bolted towards her from behind zig-zaging around so that it wasnt a straight line that was going to get hit easily as he jumped into the air finally able to still for a moment as te red fire speear was being aimed right for the dragon's head.

Akio had no longer cared for anyone or anything else at this point from knowing the truth behind Tala helping him as he looked at the demon and rand up Tala's tail to punch the demon while he still had the chance. With one punch he forced the demon to only go falling to the ground as he did it only for himself at this point rather then it orginally thinking about doing it for her.

Tala's dragon form fell back slightly when she saw the demon fall to the ground suddenly. She hadn't expected the ariel attack but the feeling of someone running on her tail told her what had happened. She felt her body go cold from that fear but she knew that she had to act upon this opportunity seeing as it probably wouldn't happen again. The hesitation was only for a moment before the dragon launched at the demon, each clawed foot holding down either his shoulders or legs. Her body was scrunched up as she lowered her face to his, teeth bared a menacing growl errupting from deep within her belly.

As the dragon's foot was on his entire body, the demon couldnt move but contiued to struggle to get free. "Let me go dammit!!" he yelled as he suddenly stayed speechless when he saw how close Tala's face was to his own. He gulped a bit quietly from thinking he was about to get eaten as he tried to move at least one of his arms to get free.

Akio saw what the dragon was doing as he realized that the demon wasnt going to die at his hands. He sighed and looked away from what was probably going to happen as he walked right off her tail and glared at the demon on the floor.

Tala shoved her claws further into the ground as the demon struggled. She couldn't let him get away, not now. Shoving her face even closer to his, the tip of her snout was pretty much touching his nose. She then lifted her head and swung it back to look at Akio. A purring like sound came from her throat as attempted to call him closer. She couldn't give up this form to do it because it was the size and weight that had been keeping the demon down all this time.

Tala remembed though. She knew that Akio wanted to kill the beast for what it had done to them and even though she had tricked him this whole time she was going to honor that part of their deal. Afterall, his vengence held a higher price on it than her own.

Hearing the quiet-like pur coming from Tala, Akio turned his head to the side as he looked over at her. "What do you want now?" he asked as he slowly turned his attention down at the demon who was starting to get extremely tired from his nonstop strugglnig.

The demon began to scream as the frustration of being trapped under a dragon's large claws were beginning to be too much on him. "Let me go Already!!" he yelled as he started to punch his fists against her legs as hard as he could.

Tala looked down at the demon and his constant batting. It seemed almost surreal that he had controlled her at one point, though he did have things to hold over her. Rather than dealing with the punching she dropped her body onto his, laying across it. She then moved her tail, wrapping it around Akio she picked him up and dropped him beside the demon. Nosing him gently it was as if she were urging him to get the revenge he had been so out to get.

As the demon felt the weight of Tala's entire dragon's body, his eyes widened from pain as he coughed up blood onto the side of her body. "Get off!!! That hurts!!" he yelled as it became impossible to even struggle as he couldnt move any part of his body anymore.

When Akio was picked up, he suddenly let out a little yelp as he laid next to the demon. He glared down at him without even realizing what Tala was really even doing. "Your going to die....for what you made me go through." he said as he slowly stood up and placed his foot right at the demon's throat and beginning to crush his throat under his foot.

Watching Akio's movements and actions, Tala lifted herself off of the demon. There wasn't much use for her laying there anymore and quite honestly she felt as guilty as him at this point. She may not have had anything to do with the fallen's death or loss of title but she had hid the truth from him. Her head was lowly along with the rest of her body as she backed away from the fallen and his passing demon. It was only a matter of time before the angel focused on herself or just left her again.

Akio looked down at the demon most of the time as he didnt notice how Tala got off of him. "I-....I'm going to kill you!" he yelled as tears began to run down his face from anger, remembering what the demon had done to him, or in this case what the demon made him do. Akio reached down and grabbed him by the throat and lifted him into the air slowly squeezing him tightly.

The demon couldnt seem to fight back this time at all, since the weight of Tala's dragon's body had crushed all his bones in his arms and entire body so he couldnt even lift a finger at all. "G-g-go ahead.....k-k-kill me......i....it wont bring back your parents...." he said with a grin as he grinned and glanced down at Akio. "Y-y-your parents....screamed like pigs..."

Tala flinched back at the demon's last few words; she knew they would hurt the angel. A quick flash of thought goes through her mind and she takes a quick step forward before stopping herself once again. She wasn't sure what Akio's reaction would be to what the demon had said and she knew the being was powerful and did not believe he would be easily taken down even in this weakened state. Either that or she could be wrong and there was truly more to the fallen angel than met the eye.

Right as soon as Akio heard what the demon said his eyes grew wide from anger as he slammed the demon's head right into the floor and screamed loudly. "How dare you!!!!" he yelled punching the his face into the ground contiously, remembering the screams his mother and father did when he killed them himself. "H-h-how dare you!!! I'll kill you!!!! I'll kill you!!!!" he yelled louder and louder as the more Akio punched the demon's face into the ground, the more it seemed to create a crater right at where the head was.

It seemed the more the demon's head was being slammed into the ground, everytime his body flinched the demon would seem to change in a sudden moment and turn back to normal contiously. H-h-he has no idea whats in store for him.... he thought with a little grin on his face.

Tala's form instantly reverted back to that of her usual angellic form. Fear filled her bright green eyes as she watched what Akio was doing. She moved towards him cautiously, placing a tentative hand on his shoulder. "A," she started but soon cut herself off. He was definitly capable of taking care of himself, she could see that now. "Akio," she then said softly, her voice quiet. "I-I think he's had enough," she tried reasoning with him though she was sure he would listen to her. She probably wouldn't have even listened to herself at that point, not after what she had done to him.

Akio didnt really feel or hear Tala's touch or voice as he contiued to punch the demon's head more and more into the ground nonstop. Once he had finally stopped, he grabbed the demon's face holding him up to the air and throwing him across the large plain and into the forest slamming him against several trees, breaking them all in half. Akio stood still looking at all the damage he did to the forest because of his anger as he was panting heavily. I....Is he dead...? he thought with a bit of anger still.

Once the demon had finally stopped, he grinned and stood back up as he cracked his neck left and right. His entire face was all beaten up as he had bruises and black eyes from the punches. He was beginning to bleed from his forehead as he tilted his head. "Well.....t-that was good....." he said quietly as he clentched his fists tightly and began to walk back to the plains completely changed from chest down to his feet, while his head was stil normal.

Tala watched Akio walk away for a moment unsure as if she should follow or not. It was like she wasn't even there when he was doing that and seeing what he had done to the demon so easily scared her. It was almost like no matter what sort of powers she had, she wouldn't be able to face the fallen. She took a few quick, shallow breaths before walking after him. She jogged slightly just for a moment to close the distance between them a little bit. After that she slowed back down to a walk so that she was still behind him. Her head was down, her green hair falling over her shoulders. She wasn't sure why she was following him at this point, but she also didn't know what else she would do now that the demon was gone and hadn't held up his end of the bargain.

Akio hadnt heard the footsteps from Tala walking behind him as he stared into the forest at where he threw the demon into. Slowly losing his mind, thinking that he killed the demon, Akio began to laugh manically as his wings fluttered behind his back as if they were in pain.

Slowly the demon heard Akio's laughter as he grinned and stepped out of the debris of the broken trees. "Whats so funny?" he asked as he tilted his somewhat deformed head.

Immediatly when Akio saw the demon come out, still alive, his eyes widened as he screamed in anger at him charging forward to attack him once more. "Why are you still alive?!!" he yelled in frustration as he no long seemed to care for anyone or anything else, but revenge.

This wasn't good, Akio was going to lose himself if he kept this up. She ran over to him, her foot falls landing lightly as she moved. She ran using her wings to cause her to move faster. She kept going until she managed to put herself in between the angel and the demon. "Akio, stop!" She yelled as her wings stretched out, her palms shoved out before him. She couldn't watch though so she dropped her head and looked off to the side, her green eyes clentched shut. The angel didn't know what was going to happen but something told her that if she didn't intervene now things would get much worse than they already were. Of course there were chances that Akio would think that she was just trying to protect the demon, but this was worth a shot at least.

As soon as Tala jumped between Akio and the demon, he frowned deeply as he stopped quickly and glared at her. "Get out of my way, y--y-you traitor!!" he yelled pointing at her in anger. "I believed in you!!! I trusted you!!" he yelled as he clentched onto his fists tightly wanting to punch her to get to the demon, but strangly he held himself back.

The demon grinned as he saw how Tala got in the way as he nodded a bit. Smart move... he thought as tilted his head looking over her shoulder and seeing how angry Akio was getting.

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Tala flinched at the accusitory words as her wings dropped. She never looked back up at Akio, she couldn't, there were so many things about her that were misleading and she was having to face them now. "I-I know," she said just barely audible. Her arms began shaking as her hands slowly balled into fists; she wasn't going to hit him though, it was all she could do to keep her arms from falling like her wings had. Her feet were shifting uncomfortably as she fought to roll her eyes to look at him. She could only barely manage it, especially after seeing the anger in his body language and eyes. "You don't want to be like him," she pleaded, her voice dipping down to a whisper as tears began to brim her eyes. She wasn't sure why she was doing this, it was out of her hands now, her memories forever lost though it was probably better that way. Akio was there though, he still had a future ahead of him and she didn't want him to lose that even though it was her fault that he almost did.

Akio looked at Tala with his anger still rising and being stubborn about what she had said, his own anger for the demon tricking him to killing his own parents had completely blinded him from how scared she seemed to be. "Shut up!!! I have to do this!! He has to pay for what he has done to me!!" he yelled as couldnt seem to keep his stance any longer, spreading his wings behind him widely and bolting straight pass Tala and toward the demon with his fists still clentched tightly into a fist. "I'll kill y--" right before Akio could finish his sentence the demon grabbed his face quickly.

The demon grinned when he had Akio's face in his palm. "You dont really think....I'm going to let you do that again to me.......do you?" he asked with a whisper as he slowly began to clentch down onto his face to break his skull right in the demon's hand. "I never did like you angels.....so I thought it'd be humorous to see one kill his own kind.....and guess what?....It was humorous..." he said with a little small manical laugh.