05-10-2008, 11:31 PM
9. Cut
Shonasha shuffled through the ranks of dying men. He kept his pace slow and checked as if he were really answering the call that tug deep at his soul. Ignoring it left a muted pain in him, coursing across the etched blood lines that he could see on his forearms. But at the same time he was listening, and that lessened the pain in him. He was listening to that call, and going to his former master on the battle field.
It was surprisingly easy to navigate the field as he was. Much like how fleeing beasts can avoid the stationary trees and rocks in a stampede, the warriors fought around him. Lupnia's soldiers were ignorant of him while under onslaught, and the enchanted demons ignored him because of his marks that matched their own.
Finally he reached him. The demon stood proudly, decorated in no armor but his blazing insignia on a shield. And what would he need any other weighted protection for? Things were going far to well for him. His massive army had already been huge, but he had even turned the demon portion of the Lupnian army against themselves. Not to mention he had a goddess wrecking havoc on the field for him. Shonasha wondered if he could really turn the tables this way. Even if he could not, he would still get his revenge.
Totsu's face brightened as he noticed Shonasha coming across the hill. Shonasha gave himself up to the enchantment and his body went, unwilled, to the demon king. Totsu drew his sword, placing it an inch from Shonasha's exposed neck, "I wonder how you must feel now. Everything had gone against you favor now. Soon your god will be dead, and there will be nothing you can do." A smirk crossed his face.
Shonasha willed himself to bat the sword away from him. Even though eash step hurt, he stepped into Totsu's guard, willed his hands to grab the man's shirt and bury his face there. He felt Totsu lean back in surprise, his grip on his sword loosen.
"This is for everything," Before Totsu could have fathomed it, Shonasha's blade was plunged into his chest. He breathed out shallow breath that tasted of blood. Shonasha seemed incredibly far away now.
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