Third person POV
Waking up from the loss of consciousness, Akuma gasped, immediately bolting up to her feet despite the aching pain from her sides. The wound of arrows disappeared, but her clothes remained stained with roses and torn from beasts.

"I did you a favor and healed your wounds...! It's quite shocking how off guard you are! More than I can ever imagine!" Ayna giggled, in a vast room where the ceiling is almost endless.

"Shut up!" Akuma screamed. "YOU DIDN'T KEEP YOUR HALF OF THE DEAL! I RELIVED MY PAST! THE OBSTACLE WAS THERE! I AM NOT IN THE RIGHT STATE TO ACCEPT AND GO THROUGH SUCH THINGS AGAIN! YOU B*TCH!"

"... Such vulgar language!" Ayna sneered. "This is why you don't belong with the rest of us lost women! You don't have proper means of a lady and how we yearn for love~!"

"F*UCK OFF! YOU JUST WANT TO FEED ON LOVE AND SUCK OUT THE SOULS OF MEN! YOU PIECE OF FOUL SHIT!"

"You have such a hideous mouth! It's a shame that you haven't had a single wrinkle among your porcelain skin!" Ayna clicked her tongue, annoyed. "Your ugliness is useless for mines and the others' goals... Which is simply why Kiroyuki will take your place as our sacrifice. She is more beautiful, gentle, ladylike— More than what you could ever be. Your beauty has also been drained because of your lost youth~!"

Ayna revealed Kiroyuki, wrists and ankles chained, exposing a painted tattoo on the girl's chest and up her neck. A circle of blood surrounded her with symbols painted in red from someone's head.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Akuma began breaking down once again, summoning two dual swords, filled with poison and hatred. She dashed forward, about to strike her sword down at Ayna until she was pulled back by a force of followers.

'Leave her alone.... P-please.... Or else Ryu and everyone else would feel sorrow...' Akuma's inner thoughts cried weakly.

The cloaked women behind her choked her from behind, but Akuma countered this by cutting off their hands.

"I'll kill you all... I WILL KILL EVERY ONE OF YOU!" A demon, a devil, unable to remember how to love and only despair and hatred. How her heart was closed from the world again. And now, another era of her monstrous side returned, breathing heavily with hatred.

"Make sure she doesn't reach the girl!" Ayna ordered, an army of cloaked women appearing before Akuma, holding a variety of weapons at hand.

"DIIIEEE!" Akuma shouted, her voice ringing out into the whole entire land, reaching out to some individuals far out.

The cloaked women came at Akuma one by one and group by group, all falling to their deaths into a slumber forever. Weapons from swords, spears, bows and arrows, staffs, daggers, maces, flail weapons, and so much more deadly materials came flying at her.

Akuma let out a war cry, bringing down every enemy in front of her eyes. Her frown slowly turned into a grin. This demonic girl whose soul is burdened, she is crying deep inside her heart, wanting to depend on someone, wanting to be hugged and be told that everything would turn for the better despite the cold.

With majority of the army gone and stains spilled onto the ground, Akuma placed fear into the women's emotionless hearts. She was unstoppable. Her hatred, sorrow, despair, anger, and pain was powerful. But, her negative emotions can only last so long to her limits. Akuma was strong indeed, but her strength is slipping off her hands by the second.

"I will win... I will kill every one of them... I will bring happiness within my pain... I will win... I must win..." Akuma muttered to herself, panting raggedy with her sword coated in red.

With her drained spirit and energy, up above, there was an archer who aimed for Akuma's heart. Releasing the arrow to the unsuspected demon, the arrow was too close to Akuma.

*Tink*

The arrow slammed into a wall of ice, unable to reach Akuma's sorrow filled heart. The cool breeze brought warmth around Akuma.

"AKUMAAA!" A young male's voice yelled out above, eyes wide.

"...... Ryu...?" Akuma snapped out of her trance and her eyes softened, changing.

"Ohoho~! This is getting more interesting now~!" Ayna licked her lips, smirking.

"Shirayuki, you'll stay behind to attend to later wounds! Mitsuhide, stay back to protect Shirayuki and slowly transition forward! Zen, Obi, and Ryu, you three will take the frontlines to Akuma and Kiroyuki! Kiki and I will help assist in the mid area! Hanayuki, take care of the archers!" Izana appointed orders and roles within seconds, everyone rushing to their take action of their roles.

Shirayuki brought out a staff, using it for self defense just in case she had to rely on herself. Mitsuhide kept his eye on his surroundings, making sure Shirayuki was safe as he analyzed the area. Zen and Obi ran in front of Ryu, taking down every cloaked women that came their way. Kiki and Izana were lighting fast, swiftly taking down every enemy. Hanayuki chanted a few spells, sending crystals to impale the archers one by one, all faltering.

"Ryu..." Akuma muttered softly, her hands trembling, dropping the swords in her hands. "Ryu!" Akuma cried out, about to run towards the boy until the ground before her lifted up high into the endless ceiling.

"Akuma!" Ryu yelled, rubble taken by gravity and shooting down to those below.

*Rattle*

Chains wrapped around Akuma's wrists, getting tighter and tighter by the second. She grunted and gasped for air as the chains wrapped her whole entire body.

"Ahaha~! She is far out of your reach now!" Ayna gave a wicked smile, snapping her fingers. And with her signal, the chains tightened more around Akuma's body, earning a loud and painful scream.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Akuma's scream struck through everyone's soul, causing them to wince as their actions slowly grew slower and slower. After all, normal humans cannot handle the negative air and energy of this world.

"Ω θείες ψυχές, ακούστε τις προσευχές μου και απελευθερώστε τους σπασμένους από τις αλυσίδες!"
(Oh divine souls, hear my prayers and set free thy broken from the chains!) Hanayuki chanted, sparks flying towards Akuma, slowly freeing her from the restraints.

"Who would have thought that Miss Kidnapped And Oh So Powerful Princess Hanayuki would have showed up! Why can't you just die and accept your soul to become one of us! You can have a position just as powerful as me!" Ayna shouted, laughing maniacally. This caught everyone's attention to that fact that Hanayuki could have been one of the lunatic cloaked women if she wasn't careful.

"Shut your mouth." Hanayuki created a cage around Ayna, but she easily slipped out of the bars with an illusion.

"Hurt me and you'll damage the two girls~! You already know that yourself Hanayuki~!" Ayna tugged onto Kiroyuki's hair, sending off a cruel smile. "But either way, you won't last long here either~!" Ayna winked at Hanayuki, laughing at the reaction of he gang's surprised looks.

"Tch!" Hanayuki clicked her tongue, grains of dirt falling down.

"HYYYAAAH!!" Akuma dropped down from the platform form above, swinging down a ginormous sword as a wagon towards Ayna.

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! YOU ARE CONNECTED TO ME AND ONLY ME RIGHT NOW! THOSE MARKS ON KIROYUKI ARE FAKE!" Akuma ripped off a portion of her shirt to reveal markings on her chest that glowed bright red.

"I know I am the one you want... So do me a favor and fight me seriously!" Akuma's eyes glinted with fire in them, scaring Ayna for a split second.

"Dropping the glove now I see." Ayna said, summoning dual swords, clashing swords with Akuma.

"What?! She has the same ability as Akuma and Kiroyuki!" Zen exclaimed, slashing across a cloaked woman's chest.

"These cloaked women are endless! Where the hell do they keep coming from?!" Mitsuhide grunted.

Akuma and Ayna kept returning blows and attacks, both not backing down from their fight. Sparks and fire traced behind their steps, separating their skills from the rest.

Akuma slashed a shallow cut across Ayna's chest, inflicting pain on Ayna to spit out blood with pain emitting from her own chest. Both were breathless, clutching onto their sides, eyeing only each other down to find any weakness within one's stance.

"You're going to end up dying with me dear~!" Ayna grinned painfully, blood spilling all over her hands.

"...... I'd rather give up my life than let you live!"

"You are quite hesitant when you say those words dear~!" Ayna chuckled. "Oh! It's time~!"

"Akuma!" Ryu shouted, running past Obi and Zen, shocking the two.

"Ah!" Akuma stumbled on her feet, dropping her weapons, gasping violently. She clutched her chest, unable to scream.

"Mitsuhide! Let's go further up to assist the rest! We'll have a better chance to get to Akuma and Kiroyuki!" Mitsuhide nodded his head, Shirayuki following behind the taller male.

"Tch! Obi, Zen! Hurry and assist Ryu! Make sure he reaches Akuma in time!" Hanayuki shouted, clearly frustrated and worried. Instantly, she took down twenty of the cloaked women with a crystal in each of their hearts.

'I-I can't move or s-speak...' Akuma trembled, her knees slamming down to the ground, unmoving to her wish and will. The red marks on her body grew, branching out to the ground below her. A circle surrounded her and her wooden puppet body, sending massive waves of harmful negativity to the atmosphere to everyone in all direction.

"Ah!" Shirayuki fell, panting heavily.

"Shirayuki!" Everyone exclaimed, Mitsuhide struggling to protect Shirayuki while attacking the cloaked women who are after the weak.

Right after, Kiki fell, legs and arms immobilized. She grunted in pain and frustration, the women about to cut off her head. Hanayuki placed a barrier around Shirayuki and pushed Mitsuhide in the direction of Kiki. Luckily for Mitsuhide, Hanayuki saved his feelings by pushing him with immense force directly in front of Kiki, able to protect her.

"Agh!" Hanayuki grunted, reaching her limit. She lost her balance, falling. Izana, who was nearby, caught Hanayuki from her fall.

"Sorry Izana... But I won't be of anymore use... Seems as if my time was shorter than I thought..."

"... You helped us graciously in every way. Rest now, we'll handle everything." Izana said, laying Hanayuki down as her eyes shut tight into slumber.

"Ahahaha~!" Ayna giggled once seeing how the intruders of her land faltered, pure happiness running through the course of her veins. "It's over! People from Clarines— You all could have lived your long filled lives if you had not step foot into this land! You only sacrifice your time to die! Even you Hanayuki— Thinking that you can help them?! Insane! I can sentence you all to death now if it were not entert-"

"You sadistic bitch!" Akuma roared, punching Ayna square in the nose, blood flowing from Ayna's nose.

"AAAHH!" Ayna screamed, clutching her nose in pain. "How the hell are you able to move from that circle?!"

Akuma's knees fell back down, another circle forming at her new location. But even so, she still continued to stand up even when her body is being pulled towards the ground.

"I won't allow you to kill them! Did you forget that you are only my reflection?! You are me and I am you! You are the side that makes me insane and kill with a smile!" Akuma shouted out to the world, shocking her friends. She immediately threw a dagger at the annoyed and furious half, striking both of Ayna's legs, but wincing and falling herself.

Ryu on the other hand, he was lagging to a slow jog, breathing ragged and uneven. Obi and Zen had only barely caught up to Ryu with their dragging souls.

"Akuma! Please don't give up! Don't lose yourself! Stay strong!" Ryu shouted, voice quiet yet loud.

"......" Akuma heard Ryu's words, but her eyes only flinched for a second. Seeing that Ayna was motionless, she stood up shakily and walked over to Kiroyuki. She summoned an axe, breaking off one of her chains as Kiroyuki's finger twitched, eyes awakening to the world around her.

"BEHIND YOU!" Obi yelled, eyes strained and trying to dash faster despite the disability. A blurred figure ran past Obi and Zen like lightning, shocking them both.

*Stab*

*Drip*

*Drop*

*Spill*

Akuma's eyes were wide from dismay. She turned her head to see Ryu holding her from behind. Ryu's eyes were shut right, mouth quivering.

"Ah!" Behind Ryu was Kiroyuki, who had immediately jumped up to protect the both from the blade. Ryu, he was able to feel her warmth from behind, remembering her faint yet real self.

But, not an ounce of her blood dropped.

"Augh!" And behind Kiroyuki was a male. A rather familiar male whose crimes are unforgivable to many except two who are intertwined.

"NEIL!" Akuma and Kiroyuki screamed as Ayna removed the sword from Neil's heart.

A/N
So sorry for the late publish!! This chapter isn't so great, but I hope you guys liked it!!

Summer is almost here, so I would have more time (maybe) to write once vacation starts. But as for now, I may be even more inactive on wattpad since finals are nearing as summer light arrives.

I hope you guys will have a great day/ night and thank you for reading!!!

Edited-ish (I need sleep 😂😭)
5/4/18
^May the force (4th) be with you
^I am not a Star Wars fan, but hehe