Confronting an old nemesis.

Story by Riyoh on SoFurry

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This was what happened after Riyoh ran off.


--I've found you, here I come--

Seeing Dreamdancer regain her consious made him smile, that mind screeching assult; could bring up pain from his past. dreams of his brain getting squished in a mean screech. Aviose and Kraylen came in the room, Benji Kun was in with Riyoh, before he left. The lion had to finish a conflict....

The messy maned lion had been running for a long time, the night had glowed dark and glazed white dots beyond the surface, he hadn't seen nothing but this greenery for hours, the shadows had made it harder to see. The lion was leaning forward and dashing off, smelling the dark wind of his enemy. He got closer, paddling his arms back and fourth.

His eyes had turned black and had purple iris, breathing rough and growling slow....

His mind had only seen and felt; logic had submitted to instinct. The phantom felt the lion approach him and was shocked, however he figured that the lion just wanted to die on his own, a naieve attempt of protection. He thought, so he grabed his paws and foucsed on Riyoh's neck

"I got you, damn Thor. I got you."

The lion begun to gasp out, He fell face flat on the obscure grass hidden in the shadow. He hacked violantly and coughed. It turned around. ts floating image had three poles stuck out of his shoulder's three inches apart. The eyes where glowing red, when they made eye contact, the lion's eyes had gone back to sapphire iris and white all around.

Despite the grasp he had on him, the lion overpowered his mental hold, and wasted no time getting back on his feet. The panting subsided, he glared.

"You should- stay down." the purple and black phantom growled

The lion was silent, his eyes where heavy. He breathed calmly, but he would gasp out as he kept breathing, his body had begun to shake. He can feel his spirt crying, but he would growl.

"You bitch." He whispered and gritted his teeth, quietly growling.

Wind rotated around the lion, putting his paws infront of him with his index fingers out; pointing to the white dotted path in the sky, and his right finger was pressing under his left thumb. He had his feet four lion hind lengths apart, knees bent as he growled into a roar; making the wind stronger as his voice grew more primal.

his ethernal state was getting blown by the funnel the lion created, so the demon had changed into his physical form. His rough skin was the color of clay. He held a huge bane that was beyond razor sharp. He showed his vampire fangs, and had black short hair with short bangs covering his hairline. He stood up straight then bent his knees to brace the lion's wind.

Despite changing his form; the wind broke the grip of the large black blade from his hand, and it flew into the shadows then thumped into a tree too the ram horned figure's right. The demon jumped into the lion in a black muscle shirt and nylon pants, with a black silk cloak blowing, colliding into the lion with a foot.

The demon was blown off balance but got him in to stomach. He remained uprigt and backed up a few feet. The wind wasn't ready to be thrown around yet, but the demon knew a spell that doubled his gravity, thus not getting blown away. The wind had dispersed and weakend to dim as the demon pressed on.

The lion wasn't fast enough, and was getting pummeled in his mid section, he could only block about a fourth of the attacks the demon threw, and it was mostly low kicks and a few to his face. However, a straight had connected to the lion's jaw, making the lion stagger as he blacked out momentarly. Making him flit his lips, while his breath blew through his teeth.

The demon advanced, the lion blindedly threw a wheel kick, making the demon step back as he could hear the wind of the kick. The demon's eyes raised as high as they could go; feeling his chi pound across his face.

The lion stood there, staggering but kept his arms infront of him, glaring ahead into the demon's hazel eyes. He inched up to the lion, whom leaped forward with a punch. Which was evaded.

He circled the lion quick, so the feline switched his stance; the demon stepped in, then the lion spinned and came with the same kick. It was delayed by the arms, but got the back of his head. It didn't phase him, so he proceeded to trip the lion's foot as it landed. His arms absorbed most of the heel.

his back was facing the demon, when he rotated away from the trip falling on his paw, then proceeding to adjust and dropped to his his elbow he felt him bend making his foot go over his head. The lion rotated his lower body, sending a heel down below.

The hard heel kick phased even the strong bones of his massive knee, he went on that knee.

The lion rolled on a shoulder and back to his feet, then proceed to fly at him with a knee aimed right above his cheekbone, but he missed as the demon stepped up, spun and backsteped away. Now they're out of close range, the lion turned around. The two stood and gazed at each other. The Bane floated to the demon, but the lion slaped with his paws, the wind followed, and pushed it away.

"You traded your fire for wind little kitty."

The demon giggled and growled as orange flames came out of his massive body. But, before they could get big, the lion brought his wind back. Making it rotate it around the demon and was able to dim his flames, eventually dying.

"somebody put it out."

Dark grey clouds quickly formed which had covered the crescent moon, making it darker. White light would flash in the clouds as the wind had grown severe, swaying the trees. Lightning struck the the lion, which made his body relax, the swelling pain had begun to fade away in his mid section, feeling like he is finally able keep himself stable now.

"No- You traded your flames for electricity!"

"Hardou!" [Tribal language in Riyoh's birthplace. Usually meant as one]

The lion charged at the demon like the blowing wind. He had his hands togethor and slashed at the incoming lion. Lighting flashed around the feild like a strobe light the was seen from the Colosseum. The bright white light blinded both fighters, and whomever happened to be watching the fight. Thumps and growls of different tones, and cracks where heard. Suddenly, it had gotten silent, the light had stopped.

The lion was hunched over, with a dagger stuck in his lower torso, which quickly burned away, making him yarl loud; blood had rushed out of his side. Groaning and He droped to his knees, looking down and holding himself up with his hands, blood poured out to the ground. The lion shivered and trembled, trying to hold himself up. He felt dizzy as he looked up ahead of him.

The demon was standing, but he was walking backwards. He was shaking. Many deep claw marks and burns where visable at his windpipes, his forehead and his right eye. The lion's hand had scorched his body with a hole in his belly, his black blood gushed out from his wounds. He inhaled loud. He fell back and also roared loud, the lions paws was stained with black.

The lion fought against himself to take off his shirt, and take out a thin white rope from his back pocked which he tied around the shoulders, and tightly tighed his wound. Which soon burned, for electric threads seemed to sew the wound shut. Becoming thcker his bandage droped, his shirt burned away. The lion got to his feet slightly bent over and wobbling; gasping and moaning in screeches.

The demon poped up with a screech, a black shell that resembled tar covered his whole body, batwings sprouted out, his eyes where glowing orange like the flame he made earlier which enlighted his body.

The lion yelled and roared, clapping his hands, and putting himself in a front stance. His eyes widened as he felt nervous (Hey. What am I doing?) His mane tie, he usually wore around his thumbs had moved in between his paws.

Shortly after, A thick stick of electricity had errected out of his paws and took the shape of a wide blade. He held it in his right paw. Ashs of what used to be the tie had begun to disperse. The wind had blew the lion's mane back.

"What?" The disoriented lion panted.

"You won't get anywhere doing anything like that, you must die and you will. To think, you would of been the perfect little bitch like ya always wanted to be. But, you had to escape our grasp. I hope you had your fun roaming-"

" Shut up, just die!"

The lion charged at the demon so fast the demon barly got his blade that had floated to his hands while Riyoh charged and put up his guard, but Riyoh's forward motion made him come allot closer and he uppercutted up.

The focoused lighting drawing away from the lion's charge had sliced through his Bane; cutting the demon in half, he leans back and growls as his body became ethernal again, he gurggled and folded back before fading out of the realm. His spirit would burn up, and his presence died along with him... Fading out of existence.

Shortly after, the lion's electricty had gone away, including the threads in his gash, which closed about 3/4's of the way. The lion fell forward and closed his eyes. He had felt numb from the ice cold wind blowing around him for so long, but it dimmed down. He breathed slowly, reached out, grabed, pulled the ground, moved his knee, went forward did it with the other side but gave up after a few tries and his head droped to the ground; laying limp.

The lion thought about a lioness that was once alive - His sister... He could see her smile, hear her laughs.

"Hey little bro, don't worry about me hunny..." He was interupted....

"She didn't die because she was getting hunted. She died trying to save you." a whisper that sounded like a young female said, as the wind begun to stop, the clouds begun to disperse.

"Cyrus..." He whispered, tears fell out of his eyes. He gasped and his forehead was against the ground.

"That was your killer, big sister. I killed him, he kidnapped me and implanted his whatever that was in me. He's gone now... I'm glad you where...."

He looked up, but couldn't move so his head fell down.

"I feel- at one with the earth. I can feel it as if I where as round as the world." Tears flooded his face. He rested his right cheekbone, and looked off into the darkness, halting his tears. Moments passed, he closed his eyes....

The auburn sunrise had lit the dense forest up. The shirtless lion layed on the ground barley even twitching faintly with his paws dyed black from the thick blood of the demon. His slashed nylon pants had one leg torn off, the leg cloak was shredded as many pieces where missing and around the ground. His tanto he had hidden between his legs at his tailside had been shattered before the lion got close, the demon's aura had cause the whole damn thing to crumble, the sheath included when he drawed his blade. Most of his mane had covered his body, and was around where lightning flashed its brightest last night, his mane still filled his head quite nicely. His eyes where closed, his jaw was dropped. Blood had stained some of the grass in red, and black. His empty belly had rumbled, but he remained still. Bugs had gathered on him.