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Chronicles of B-Man: Wolf Saga: Part 3 (Finale)

Part 1: Confronting the Nightmare:

"Sky!" -B-man cried out as he watched in horror, Wolfs lizard like tail impaled his friend through the stomach. "One down, one to go" -Wolf grinned before throwing Skys lifeless body to one side, the demon grinned then wrapped his hands around B-mans body at opposite ends then snapped him in half. Bits flesh, organs, and bone dangled off as he screamed. All the while Wolf laughed with utter joy-

-Thunder roared out as B-man awoke sitting up sharply, sweat was running down his temples. In fact he was sweating so badly the simple sheets he had over him were stuck to his body. Slowly he lay back on the thin pad he had under a fallen tree. Three months had passed since the fight.

Without any idea what time it was he sat up straight. "oh screw it I can't sleep"-he thought to himself, the demon known as Wolf had left his mark on his soul once more. Glancing to one side he reached over and picked up one of the scrolls he had found at the river side, with help he had managed to translate most of the writings.

A martial art style had been scribed into scrolls, from what he could make out it was for fighting the unholy. In other words demons, the text as already glowing on the sheet of what could be paper as he unrolled it once more. "Tengoku-Ken" or "Fist of the Heavens" was the best translation that had been come up with even if it sounded rather corny to him.

He had noticed the change in his aura when trying to master the style, but in a few minutes he would find out if his training had worked out. Along with that the other scroll he found seemed to be some sort of art to increase ones physical abilities, it was incomplete so he had not really tried to use the full attack due to the amount of pain it caused his body during a trial test.

Temperatures were still in the mid to high teens in the forest, yet most of the leafs had fallen from the trees. Rich yellows, oranges, and deep browns coloured the forest with specs of red here and there but only to a point, almost two kilometres from the beginning of the Neko village everything was dead. Branches strewn the area from the fire storms that raged on days after the attack.

B-man stopped at the edge of the hill overlooking the village, shoe soles slightly blackened from the ash that had not been washed away by the rains, branches could be heard cracking as they fell to the dead forest floor. There was no sign of any life in the area, Neko remains from before had all but vanished.

Slowly he began to make his way down the slope, he could feel the land seething with dark energy. Sections of the ground had bits of debris embedded, left overs from fighting the demon before he fled to the volcano. Thunder could be heard getting closer, the faint flashes of lighting spiked and arced through the blackened clouds.

Reaching the bottom of the slope he could make out some of the cabins, of course either burnt out or damaged. From what he could also tell the surviving buildings had been entered recently, a faint bit of laughter caught his attention further ahead. Slowly he made his way towards the noise, his mind set on the task at hand.

Ghostly images of those who had once lived along the ruins passed by him, was it just his imagination when he thought he could see Winter and Shadow playing with the children? his thoughts were interrupted as he heard the sound of wood splintering. "Holy shit boys! What a fucking haul!" -the voice was deep and gruff-

"Hey boss! what about this stuff?" - a higher pitched voice spoke up clearly male, sounds of something metallic clattering to the floor echoed throughout the ruins- "Oh hell yeah" -rounding a the corner B-man stopped, a families belongings were strewn along the ground.

Four anthros in bikers garb were trashing a cabin looking for things, the largest was a hog followed by two equines and a bear. The bear and one of the equines he recognized, both were in the tournament and at Dixie's Diner- "you put those things back now" -the Bear blinked in surprise-

"Oh shit!" -The bear instantly did as he was told, much to the amusement of his boss. "Oh brother another fucking pussy, guys get rid of this hoooman" -The Hog turned back to what he was doing while the two equines moved past him towards B-man- "Uh, Boss we really shouldn't try to" -the bear was cut off as the two equines flew past the hogs massive form and hit the ground, they looked like a children's rag doll that had been thrown.

-The hog sighed- "must I do everything?" -he turned back to the human flexing his massive arms, the bear panicked instantly and ran for his bike- "Fuck this shit!" -with in seconds the bear started his bike and tore off into the distance, the hog snorted- "fucking whimp, now where was I?" -he grinned stepping up to B-man then motioned to his stomach- "try it"

B-man responded throwing a full force right body blow - "AAHCHAAAH!" -his attack was stopped as his fist sank in almost up to the elbow, his eyes widened as he thought-"What the hell is this?!" -he grunted trying to pull out but the "fat" tightened up holding his arm in-"pfft, as usual you martial arts types have no idea what you are getting into" -B-man looked up watching the Hogs right arm swing down towards him, B-man managed to block with his left arm in time but hit the ground as the "fat" released him-

B-man groaned getting back onto his feet from the fall, the hog grinned then swung his left arm trying to literally smash the human before him- "Be a good boy a die!" -the words struck a cord as B-mans left arm shot up, the hogs hand stopped inches from B-mans face. Grunting the hog tried to move but to no avail, he swung his hand down upon B-man only to have it stop as well-

-B-man shoved the Hog backwards hard enough to cause the anthro to fall to the ground- "I have no time for the likes of you, now get going" -B-man turned his head towards the castle trying to sense anyone, or anything inside, but the Hog had other ideas. "You piece of shit! I'm gonna~" -the hog never finished, B-mans right heel had connected with his jaw-

"Chou! Geni-Kayku!" -the fury of kicks collided over and over again with the Hogs stomach, spreading it fat out down to the muscle. Eyes wide the hog flew backwards after the reverse round house to his side, B-man huffed slightly looking down at Hog who was now scared stiff. he reached down and picked the hog up by his leather vest-

"I will say this one last time, Get. Out. Of. Here. Now." -To prove his point he slammed the hog back down onto the stone covered ground- "Now Move!" -with a great whine from the hog he rolled onto his back and ran off towards his bike, the smell of burnt rubber filled the air as the biker took off towards the nearest dirt road.

B-man glanced down then picked up a child's toy, he froze as it had blood strains on it. Slowly he placed it down next cabin before turning towards the castle, his foot steps echoed throughout the village. Further he went the more alien it seemed to him, some burnt out remains lay next to cabins or the remains of food carts.

Thunder roared out again with flashes of light soon following, shadows covered B-mans eyes as he made his way up towards the castle. The beautiful fountain covered in more ashes, railings usually polished to a mirror shine were rusting over or smudged with blood. Slowly making his way up one of the stair cases he stopped by the blown out double doors.

A slightly flickering of light caught his eye, further down the hallway in the throne room a fire was crackling. B-man slowly moved up then peeked inside, blinking in surprise he could see his duffle bag next to several other things sitting at the base of the queens throne. Keeping his mind clear for any feeling of energy he stepped inside, he blinked a few times smelling the perfume Winter wore as if she was going to step right from the corner.

Moving towards the throne he stopped realizing what it was, a shrine for those whom had fallen. A wedding gown lay across the chair clearly Winters, light blue cloth with silver ribbons. Less than ten feet away he stopped, not from the sound of a sword being unsheathed but the life force that held it. "Who ever you are just stay right there..."

He could hear the stress and exhaustion in the persons voice. "Drop what ever weapons you have...Now!" -B-man didn't move at first- "I am un armed" -he could hear laboured breathing of the person, he heard the foot steps as who ever it was rushed up, the sound of a sword ready to strike. B-man turned to meet the attacker. Shadow froze as he saw the humans face from the glow of the fireplace- "B...Brandon?"

Shadow dropped his sword quivering, B-man didn't move as the older Neko reached out to touch his face- "m..my god is it you?" -without warning he hugged B-man and wept into his chest, softly the human returned the embrace- "My God it really is you"-Shadow wept almost like a child for a few minutes- "Shadow, I'm so sorry I wasn't able to" -Shadow put a hand on B-mans mouth overcome with emotion- "N-No, it...it isn't your fault son..."

B-man held Shadow guiding him over to the throne, he gently put him down- "I know I shouldn't be asking this but, Are you alright?" -Shadow nodded slowly- "alive yes, but...no I am not alright. Brandon it.." -B-man nodded- "I know, Wolf." -the Neko nodded then perked up a bit- "You stopped him, and Sky is here too?"

-B-man shook his head some as he righted himself- "No, and Sky is dead because of it." -Shadow slumped back slowly, tears glistening along his eye lids- "So, it is just us then." -B-man nodded slowly- "it maybe true, but I'm going to fix it" -Shadow looked up at him eyes widening- "what? How? everyone's dead"

-B-man nodded- "I won't let that demon hurt anyone else" -Shadow was about to say something when he noticed a slight white blue outline of energy coming off the humans body, B-man didn't even notice he was gathering energy- "you...learned something new?" -Shadow tried to get up but B-man stopped him- "yes, but I am not sure if it will work. Your fight is over just rest and let me take care of it."

-Shadow hissed- "you say that now but, I've been hiding here and there from demons" -B-man blinked as the energy around his body faded- "what?" -Shadow nodded slowly- "I think Wolf is building an army, or just starting too" -B-man walked towards a window looking down- "are they in the village? I didn't sense anyone" -Shadow shook his head- " I think it's like a scouting party, preparing for the full out onslaught."

-Shadow reached over softy stroking his wives wedding gown- "what went wrong Brandon?...why is this happening?..." -B-man turned his body half way to Shadow still looking outside, the blackened clouds were getting closer a haze of rain could be seen under them. "do you know when they might be back?"

-Shadow didn't respond he was looking at the gown still, fingers gently stroking the fabric. B-man sighed knowing he wouldn't get anywhere, the mans wife and unborn child were lost. without a word he made his way over to his duffle bag then knelt down opening it, everything was still there including the fighting uniform he bought before returning to the kingdom-

"It's all here..." -he glanced back up as Shadow was standing in front of the fireplace holding the gown- "Shadow?" -B-man stood up slowly- "...you just wait here, I'm going outside to take a look around" -he could make out the tears streaming off Shadows cheeks, he didn't know if they were for those who had fallen or his return.

B-man was just about to step out when Shadow spoke-"Brandon..." -B-man stopped turning back- "yes?" -Shadow turned to him- "be careful out there, don't you dare die on me" -B-man nodded then stepped out, Shadow turned back to the fire place and looked into it's flames. The wedding gown shimmered in the light-

Half an hour later B-man returned, he could smell something cooking in the throne room. "Shadow?" -he stepped inside slowly as not to startle him, to his surprise Shadow had set a table and was just serving what looked like stew. "I thought we'd have a meal at least, can't fight on an empty stomach now can we?" -Shadow smiled slightly trying to put on a brave face.

-B-man nodded walking over- "thanks" -they both sat down, for a few minutes they didn't say a word. Both having suffered a blow to their lives, finally B-man broke the silence- "I think we have maybe another half an hour or so before that group you saw comes back, I could feel some energies making their way here" -Shadow nodded slowly then patted his sword- "I shall be ready" -B-man paused- "you are going to wait for me"

-Shadow suddenly exploded into a fit of rage, he gripped the sword and welded it- "They killed everyone, I shall have their hides nailed to the wall!" -B-man got up his right arm in motion as Shadow swung wildly, with a jerk the Neko stopped. B-man was gripping the tip of the sword firmly, the anger on Shadows features replaced by surprise, then sadness once more. "Calm down"

Shadow let go of the handle slowly- "I...I'm sorry Brandon. I just feel so helpless right now. If I was only stronger" -B-man placed the sword down slowly- "either way, we would be in this mess together sooner or later" -B-man sat down across from Shadow once more, they ate in silence.

Once they had finished B-man was about to try and lift the mood, when he felt about a dozen or so life forces coming towards the castle, Shadow picked up on it as his ears twitched- "what? what is it?-Shadow asked tensing- "company...just stay in here and wait for me" -Shadow protested- "No, I'm coming with~" -he never finished as B-man glared at him-

"Stay here..." -quickly he jogged out of the throne room, while Shadow cursed at himself once more. Outside a group of demons in full almost ancient styled body armour were just reaching the damaged fountain, they were talking amongst each other in a language B-man could not understand. "Hold it right there..." -the group turned looking at the top step of the undamaged staircase-

"a mortal? here?" -one demon asked out loud, some of the others shrugged unimpressed- "bah, finish him off already and we can start bringing more forces in." -one of the demons cursed making his way up towards B-man, deep red energy started to form around it's right hand. Before the unholy being could lay a hand on B-man the demon was sent backwards tumbling down the steps from a right cross-

" Who is your boss!? Is it Wolf!? if so tell him to show himself and fight me!" -the leader of the group grunted amused, while the lackey got up growling from the attack. "I don't want to fight, but I will if need be." the leader gestured for a couple under his command to attack, two demons ran up the steps letting off red energy blasts.

Kicking off B-man went into a front flip going over the demon and their blasts, he landed in front of the leader frowning- "This is the last warning I am going to give you, tell me where Wolf is." -slowly the other demons surrounded him, preparing their weapons. "Like I would tell you mortal" -was all the response he needed to know where this was going-

-a faint glitter of light appeared at the centre of B-mans pupils, then the attack began from behind from two demons. B-man spun to the right lashing out with a right kick, the demon was taken by surprise as its short sword flew out of it's hand hitting the demon next to it. The blade was moving fast enough and had enough force to dig into the demons rib cage.

As the second demon writhed on the ground in pain, the first was trying to stab B-man was a dagger. Only to pass straight through a afterimage of the human he was attacking- "where is he?!" -their leader answered- "Fool! Behind you!" -he turned to late getting a left handed chop to the base of it's neck, instantly collapsing from the impact. The lead demon grunted- "I'm impressed, you are not just a filthy mortal."

As the fight went on Shadow was watching from a broken window in the castle, he cursed under his breath for a second before watching two more demons go down. Each from seemed like a mere blow to the stomach, Shadow cheered on in silence as the others tried to hit B-man but without luck.- "Enough!" -roared the lead demon, the soldiers responded by backing away from B-man instantly-

"I am a totally different "Game" than my men, prepare yourself mortal..." -B-mans brow twitched feeling the demons energy increase, with a quick jerk the fight started. The two forces traded blows but not one landed, B-man grunted just managing to block a left body blow. he returned a left snap kick aiming for the demons neck, only to be blocked by it's forearm.-

-B-man winced, while the demon slowly smiled- "This guys as tough as Daimen," - he strained slightly to try and put more pressure in his attack but it wasn't working- "maybe tougher..." -they split up as the rain started to fall- "Burn Knuckle!" -B-mans right fist came alive with blue flame like energy as he lashed out, it collided unsuccessfully with a cross arm block but the force was enough to send the demon sliding backwards almost a hundred feet.

Lighting struck between them but it didn't hinder a thing, demonic energy started to rise upwards off the leaders body. "Your body and soul will break before me!" -B-man thrust his right fist down into the ground- "Power Wave!" -the leader grinned double fisting the ground as fire like energy intercepted B-mans attack-

-Demonic energy roared up towards B-man whom pushed off with all his might front flipping over the energy, only to get hit from behind with a well placed kick from one of the lackeys- "ouf!" -B-man landed on his hands and pushed off, front flipping several times to get some distance before turning back.

B-man just managed to a block a punch with his left forearm, he slid back several feet but continued to block as the demon leader pressed his attack. B-man started to loose balance as he was punched in the face three times then reverse round house kicked in the stomach, causing him to slide backwards crashing into a burn out cabin.

Dust and debris flew out from the impact, the demon leader stood at the ready to unleash a large energy attack- "Prepare to meet your death!" -a faint glitter of energy could be seen then just before a brilliant flash of blue energy caught the demons off guard- "Power Geysah!" -Shadow shielded his eyes from the blinding light-

Except for their leader most of the demons had vaporized in the attack, Shadow couldn't believe his eyes he had seen this attack before but not like this. "by the gods what was that?" -a protective red sphere of energy slowly faded from the centre of the geyser attack, a look of amusement was on the demons face clearly not expecting that sort of power-

B-Man stepped out slowly from the rubble of the hut, shadows were hiding his eyes. Both were soaked from head to toe now, demonic energy started to rise off the leaders body once more. "it was all fun and games but I really must be getting back to work, Lord Wolf dislikes delays " -taking a running start the demon leapt up readying a left downward punch.

-Everything came to a grinding halt for the demon, his left wrist had been grabbed so forcefully his body swung for a few seconds like a rag doll as he was forced to stop in mid air. Burning sensations started to spread out from the grab point the pain became pure agony as he fell to his knees. "L.. Let go of me you Filth..." -Looking up the demons eyes widened in fear, B-mans aura had changed looking now like ripples in a pond, but rising upwards off his body-

"you brought this on yourself" -the demon lashed out with the other hand, only to have his wrist locked between B-mans bicep and forearm- "W... What are you?" -B-man stepped back letting the demon go- "every nightmare you've ever had" -once again the demon attacked but each movement met only air-

Growling in fury the demons attacks turned wild, with a sudden jerk both of the demons forearms were locked just under B-mans armpits. B-man wrapped his arms around the demons applying extreme pressure on the demons elbows then with a sickening crack of bones, followed by shredded reptilian like flesh as the joint was reversed. Bone fragments drove out through between the demons bicep and inner forearm.

Shadow could not believe his eyes at the brutality, was this really the young man he used to know?. The demon staggered back- "W...Wolf will kill you!" -energy started to rise off B-mans body once more- "Shut up and Die already!"-before the demon had a chance to turn and make a run for it, B-man drove his right index and middle finger hard into the centre of it's forehead-

"w..what have you done to me!?" -B-man turned slowly and started to walk back towards the castle- "Lord Wolf is going to kill you!" -with a gasp the demons body started to bloat in various areas, organs and muscles started to implode- "let him try..." -B-man said with such calm as he continued to walk-

With a final roar of agony the demons skeleton was actually forced out of his body, before the remainder erupted in a shower of red and white energy. Limbs flew outwards then exploded in such grotesque fashion causing Shadow to almost vomited, by now the rain was coming down so hard all evidence of the demons whom B-man had fought had been washed away.

Shadow leaned agains't the doorway still reeling in shock, B-man stepped inside slowly dripping. "B...Brandon what...I..." -B-man didn't look at Shadow, due to the lighting half of a his face was hidden, only a faint blue white like glow came from his pupils- "you better get some rest...no doubt they will send a party to find them" -Shadow gulped- "I... I need to sit down"

-B-man watched him leave then turned back to look outside, he would use this weapon until Wolf and any of his followers were dead or dying. he glanced around the village before him, part of him wished his friend Sky could see just what he was going to do when he encountered the demon once more.