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It didn't take me long to figure out why I was going as a medic, I was actually running back-up to Chopper, we had a man named Urahara and a demon named Mukuro we filling “scout” duty. And we had four powerhouses: Sesshoumaru, Gohan, Kakashi, and Knuckles. We were going deep into enemy territory after what Knuckles referred to as a Chaos Emerald.
The tunnels got our party pretty close, but it wasn't long before we encountered the main army.
The gem was supposedly resting in a cave system, among some buried ruins. A few miles off we began having some skirmishes with Solarus. Our group, however, easily blew through them. Then we began running into machines and renegade demons mixed in. The bots were fairly easy to crack open, and the demons had a bit more of a range. It wasn't until we reached the cave entrance that we actually began having trouble.
Solarus were swarming all over the place, sensor bots were placed all over as well, turret guns, demons, and despite all of that a massive pressure pulsed from the cave.
“Okay, here's the plan.” Gohan said, sketching into the dirt. “Kakashi and Sesshoumaru will take out the sensors quietly, then I will destroy the turrets before we go and begin a general melee with the remainder.” Alarms began sounding near the cave; he sighed.
Urahara was already in the center of the clearing, his blade dancing in the sunlight. Nothing could get close. Gohan launched after the turrets, creating a series of explosions along the cliff face. Mukuro landed near Urahara, the two were just watching the cave entrance; their combined energy ripping apart anything that dared get too close. Finally Kakashi disabled the last alarm and silence fell over the field.
The ground shook, power surged from the cave. I had heard Metudo describe a creature made of shadow, formless and powerful. What surged out of that cave he hadn't done justice to. Darkness poured out of the cave like a faucet, crushing the surrounding cliff, and reaching up and outwards. It's shadow eventually drenching all of us in darkness.
“Akane!” I heard my name called from behind. “We'll handle this, go into the cave and get the emerald!” I nodded, not sure who had said it, and bolted for the cracked opening.
I felt rather than saw the others push away the creature's attack as it tried to follow me, then I was inside the pitch black of the cave.
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