Flames of Darkness - Chapter I - VII

It seemed like everything was too late. Nothing could be rectified from the battle.

Wolf's battered body was just left there, and the figure stood beside him.

"Tch. You're really.... useless, ya'know? I can't believe I could have defeated you! That's just stupid! But hey, it ends in my victory in the end! Ahahaha! Enjoy slowly decaying into the earth, Wolf." The figure turned around, and slowly walked away from his body.

Wolf's claws twitched. The figure never knew about it, though. Besides, struggling to be alive wouldn't help much in doing anything, would it?

Wolf was sprawled on the ground. He was badly beaten, anyone could see that. Panting and bleeding, he struggled to keep himself awake.

"Th--.... ye---...." Wolf said in a very soft tone.

The figure turned around, and saw that he was still alive. He walked towards Wolf.

"What did you just say? It's too soft, I couldn't hear you, weakling!"

"Thi-- thi--... is---" Wolf could only say it in bits and pieces.

"What?" The figure bent down, trying to hear what he said.

"THIS ISN'T OVER YET!" With a quick shout, Wolf took the earth that was on his claws and threw it right onto the figure's face.

The figure got a short stun, still recovering from the shock. Wolf took the opportunity to get all his energy ready to slash the figure. The figure was also attempting to be one with the wind again.

"Not... this... time!" Using all his energy, he pounced onto the figure and clawed right through his torso. The figure gave a sharp cry and fell to the ground.

Following that, Wolf continued to slash all over the figure, taking revenge from what happened earlier. But he didn't have that much energy. He collapsed right beside the figure, completely drained of all his stamina.

"Not.. bad...." The figure muttered.

"Time for you to tell me everything you know." Wolf panted.

"Not much, really... Your soul was... literally... ripped to shreds when you drowned... I don't know... why..." The figure was bleeding badly, and could hardly continue.

"I do know... however... that we were created... from these souls of yours... Our purpose is... unknown... but we were told... to fight you..."

"By who?" Wolf questioned.

"Never... saw... face..."

"You... are now existing... in the alternate.... reality... You... need... to find a way... back... soon........."

"The other figures... are waiting... More danger... lies ahead....... Do be careful... Wolf." The figure couldn't continue further. His injuries were very severe. After all, he was, just a soul of Wolf's.

"You... need to get... your souls back... regardless... of how painful... it could get... how dangerous... it is... how torturous... it could be..."

"Time for me... to return to my... owner..."

"Thanks... for... the... battle..."

With that, the figure Wolf was fighting slowly disintegrated into small light particles. It was too bright, for Wolf, who was badly beaten, at least. The last thing he could feel was that the particles were slowly entering him.

He couldn't sustain his consciousness any longer.

"More rest, huh...." and Wolf's eyes shut. He knew that things would turn out to be really interesting from here on out...