[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

Originally Posted by SweetSuicide

**How's that CN?**

***He'll like it alot SS ! ***

The tangible expression of Akuma's animosity was all too appeasing. I couldn't help but smirk. "What is it that ails you about it Akuma? Why don't you hand the gem over to me, and I'll show you how to achieve it's abilities." I shifted my right leg in the snow, stabilizing myself. Both my hands gripped the cold metal of Inferno. I closed my eye, and envisioned a flame, glistening and gleaming in the snowfields. Then, the same flame I saw, appeared before me. Akuma didn't seem to be bothered at all by this. He'll indubitably be confounded.

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO BOY. BUT YOU'LL FIND THAT IT'LL DO YOU NO GOOD." Akuma got into a stance, and placed both his hands out in front of him. Sort of crouching. The flame shifted, and turned into a board. With alacrity, I hurdle upon this fire board. (Imagine the Fire board as a snow board, but it is made of fire, and it can move very fast because it melts the snow as it travels. So it makes things slippery, and gains momentum as it moves down.)

The fire board allowed me to zoom around Akuma at a great speed. This way, I conserved my items and didn't drain my strength by increasing my metabolism. Luckily, I was in contract with Inferno, so the flames under my feet, didn't burn me at all. Akuma stood still, and gathered a force field around him. The energy was released, and came straight at me. The fire board hopped over this blast. A bit shaken up, I plunged the Inferno at the base of Akuma. Upon impact, the snow exploded, and the Silver bastard was sent flying across the field. I had to watch what I did. HE may be stronger in this state, but Nozomi is only human. She'll die if this excessive damage continued.

"Be careful of what you do Tatsu. My powers are not infinite." whispers Inferno. "I know!" I think in my head. "Nozomi, you have to come back you are better then this guy."

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( Inside of Nozomi's mind )

"Akuma! stop it! stop using me to satisfy your pathetic needs!" Nozomi screams at Akuma. "Little girl, this is my body now, and nothing, I mean nothing, with remove me ever again from controlling this host. I have learnt to stay in control of this body for all time. You'll never see Tatsu again!!! Hahahahahaha" Nozomi lunged at Akuma, aiming for his throat. Akuma read her movements and jumped over her head, giving her a blow to the back of the neck. Nozomi crashed down and layed motionless......

"Enough." echoed a voice from somewhere. "WHO IS THAT?! SHOW YOURSELF. THIS IS MY ROOM. NO ONE BELONGS IN HERE." Within the encroaching darkness, a light appeared. A burned a hole through the black room that Akuma created. A soft glow came, and then it disappeared. When the light faded. A woman dressed in white with long black hair down to her bottom stood there bare foot. "WHO'S THIS?!!" shouted Akuma.

"You don't belong here." said the girl in a beautiful voice. "This body belongs to her, and only her. You and I are dead, we don't belong intruding on her life...." The woman lowered her vision to the ground. Her hair blew in a breeze that wasn't even there. "CAN IT BE?! ARE YOU SHIMA. IT IS THE ONLY EXPLINATION! NO ONE ELSE COULD BE HERE." The woman moved her hair away from her ears. Her ears were long and pointed. "Indeed, I am Shima. If you Akuma, are the Darkness within Nozomi, then I am the Light, and I am here to cancel you out. Shima raised an arm and the room was covered in a bright light. When it vanished, no one was there except Nozomi.

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(Back in the battle field, on the Misty Mountains.)

The moment Akuma crashed into the snow, the black mist surrounding him vanished, along with the red eyes that Nozomi had. Akuma was gone again, and Nozomi returned to me.