What the heart should follow

Chapter 8
And then there was one


Tetsumi and Riku ran towards each other clashed their swords together as Rikki tired to get Ashieyu and the children out. \"No Rikki I won\'t leave him here!\" Ashieyu pushing Rikki out of the way with her powers as she used the same telekinesis on Riku slamming him against the wall.

\"Quick let\'s go.\" Tetsumi, Rikki, and Ashieyu ran to the door to find hundreds of demon coming through and attacking both Rikki and Tetsumi. Laughter was heard from the other side of the room as the demons put Rikki and Tetsumi into head lock with their swords to their necks.

\"I told both of you, my men are all around this place so you can\'t get out. I might as well just kill you now little brother and take your wife. Maybe I should kill your children to, but I think it would be much more fun if they grew up thinking that I was their father.\" Riku walking closer to Ashieyu, smirked. One of the demons put a collar around her neck as Riku grabbed Jiro and held him kissing him on the head.

\"Let go of my child!\" Both Rikki and Ashieyu yelled, struggling Rikki tired to get out of the grip that the demons had on him but he only managed to get cuts on him. Ashieyu tired to use her telekinesis but instead she got shocked and fell to the ground. Akio now crying as Riku picked him up from his mothers arms as well.


\"Oh yes Ashieyu remember I told you not to defy me or else your children die, your driving my patients. So maybe this collar will help you remember. This will shock you every time you use your powers remember.\" Smirking Riku knelt down in front of her as she looked to her scared and crying children.

\"Riku please give them to me. I promise I won\'t use my powers.\" Ashieyu reached for her children but a demon behind her grabbed her arm twisting it. Screaming a little she changed into her demon form and spread out her wings to get the demon off her, but after he got pushed back she got shocked once again and fell to the floor. \" Why is it shocking me?\" Ashieyu changing into her other form and looks to Riku still with her boys in hand.

\"Because my dear this collar won\'t let you change into your darkness form either we wanted to take precautions.\" Riku looking at her gave her the boys and them grabbed her face and forced a kiss on her lips.

\"YOU BASTARD! LET GO OF HER NOW!\" Tetsumi and Rikki grow more and more angry punched both demons in their guts. Tetsumi ducking slashed the demon in the heart and threw a water ball at the rest of the demons knocking them down. Rikki running to Riku, clashed their swords together. Smirking Riku pushed Rikki back as he ran to him. Rikki ducking tripped Riku but he rolled out of the way as Rikki brought down his sword.

\"Light sword!\" Rikki\'s sword was now full of light energy as he slashed the floor and a big light beam cut up the floor flying towards Riku. Riku not able to dodge the full attack got his arms hit. Looking at his bloody arm Riku glared at Rikki as he looked to Ashieyu. As the children fell to the floor Ashieyu picked them up.

Tetsumi slashing and cutting more and more demons, as more strength leaves him. \"Tetsumi watch out.\" Ashieyu tiring to use her power forgot about the collar and fell to the ground. Tetsumi making a wall of water locked all the demons in the hall. Running to Ashieyu he cut off the collar and helped her up.

\"Tetsumi grab on to Ashieyu.\"

\"Rikki what are you taking about?\" Tetsumi and Ashieyu looking confused ran to Rikki as he gave another slash at Riku and knocked him into the wall.

\"I\'m going to get you guys out of here its not safe. I\'ll stay here and fight Riku, I just want our children and Ashieyu safe.\" Rikki giving a small smile looked into the sadness of Ashieyu\'s eyes as he said this.

\"No Rikki please come with us!\" Ashieyu pleaded as Tetsumi looked at Rikki with sadness.

\"I can\'t I only have enough power for you four, I\'m so sorry Ashieyu. Tetsumi will protect you from now on, and I will be watching over you don\'t worry about that.\" Rikki kissed Ashieyu on the lips as tears fell from his eyes, then looked to his son Jiro and picked him up and held him for one last time before giving him back to Ashieyu.

\"Rikki please don\'t do this I love you please don\'t leave us!\" Ashieyu was held back by Tetsumi as Rikki\'s hands started to glow a golden color.

\"I love you both.\" With that a golden ring formed around them and the last thing they saw before they were transported was Riku running behind Rikki and stabbing him in the heart, as Rikki turned around and cut his head off.

\"NNNOOOOOO RIKKI!!!!\" Ashieyu fell from Tetsumi\'s grip to the floor of their home as the children started to cry as well.

\"Ashieyu I\'m so sorry, but its ok Rikki did what he had to do and you know he loves you very much.\" Tetsumi giving her a hug comforts her as she cries into his shoulder. A big blast of color happened outside and the sky turned black. Ashieyu and Tetsumi ran outside to see what was happening. The sky slowly turned to golden color and the horizon a beautiful red and orange came out as shooting stars flew through the sky.

\"Only when and angel dies.\" Silent tears came out of her eyes as she looked to her children. Jiro was the only thing now that she had left of him, the only remembrance of her first love, her lover, Rikki.