Sin 59: Sand & Fire (2)
"What happened!" Falbium was staring at the screen the whole time, he watched as the sand rose out of nowhere trapping the young phoenix and crushing it accordingly without it having a chance to break free, all in a matter of seconds while the one they thought was a normal human just yawned and closed his palm "The sand came to life and crushed the young phoenix!"
Ajuka was watching the process in detail "There are no signs of magic, it doesn't look like anything previously known, it's more like it could control the sand at its own will."
Haru on the battlefield retracted the sand to the ground releasing Raiser's remains, soon Raiser's slave girls were approaching the site to see the remains of their master.
"Coff, coff..... ugh..... DAMN!" Soon the figure of a dying Raiser was revealed who had steam all over his body "You took me by surprise you damned human!"
Haru looked at his palm closing and opening it repeatedly "No mistake, I crushed him with the same force I shredded the truck during training" after finishing the inspection of his strength Haru looked at his opponent who had no visible wounds only torn clothing in some sections as a sign that at some point he was damaged "Well I guess it couldn't be as easy as I thought."
Inside the occult research club room everyone present was stunned, the image of Raiser being crushed by the sand was enough to create terror towards the red head, if any of them had been in Raiser's place they would have ended up lifeless.
The only reason why Raiser was still alive was due to the bloodline he possessed and his practical immortality, another reason is Haru's inexperience in using the arena style who never realized that while closing his hand he put his thumb inside.
"..."
No words came out of the mouths of those present, everyone was shocked enough to be unable to say anything.
"Did you ever see Haru control the arena?" asked Sona looking around at everyone present.
Both Akeno and Rias remembered Haru but the one moving the sands was none other than Shukaku who was currently not present.
"I.... I saw Haru-san use the arena once" the soft voice of the blonde nun caught everyone's attention quickly which only took a step back.
"It was during one night that I woke up late due to the noise coming from Haru-san's room...." Eyes fell more directly on Asia as she sensed that the nun was spying on the red-haired man's room "When I looked into the room Haru-san was practicing, shukaku-san was teaching how to move sand in the air"
"Shukaku, who is Shukaku?" asked Sona not understanding what the nun meant
"Shukaku is a tanuki that Haru brought home, he said he was an animal that they did experiments with and that's why he has sand all over his body" when he finished talking everyone looked at Issei who was the one who interrupted and answered the question, everyone understood at once that Haru had lied about Shukaku's origins.
"Haru-senpai is surrounded" Koneko returned everyone's attention to the screen where Haru was standing surrounded by all of Raiser Fenix's maidservants, the red head didn't look nervous rather he was smiling slightly.
Soon Haru brought his right hand up to his mouth to bite his thumb until it drew blood, he instantly made a few hand seals before resting his palm on the ground for little Shukaku to appear.
"Huh?" Shukaku looked in all directions in dismay "I guess it's my turn now isn't it kid?" soon the one tailed demon looked up where the red head stood with a confident smile.
All the spectators were watching the scene intently, focusing on Shukaku and his next moves but what they never expected was that that bijuu would just perform a hand seal to proceed to cover the whole area in white smoke.
"YEAHHH, SHUKAKU-SAMA is finally free to play!" The shout coming from the white smoke reached all the ears of those present no matter where they were "Kekeke" the evil laughter was heard everywhere as that white smoke cleared allowing everyone to see the creature "Don't be shy, Shukaku-sama has a game to finish and he can't afford to waste time Kekeke..."
Now that Shukaku had returned to his true form everyone could feel the titanic aura emanating from the tailed beast as well as the details that were lost in his small compact form
The maou in the sky couldn't help the surprise on their faces, not only did Haru possess more power than they had information on but also the sand beast that Grayfia had commented on also had a colossal size.
Haru stood on Shukaku's head with his arms crossed looking directly at Raiser in the distance.
The third son of the Fenix family could not control his temper which was already a hurricane of emotions that could be reflected on his face and in his movements.
Shukaku took a look around to slightly understand the situation "Let's start the game ladies!" the sand slid from the ground like waves towards Shukaku's surroundings covering everything at once, Raiser's nobility was quick, after having felt first hand Haru's attack they knew what to do, they all spread their wings and flew towards the sky avoiding the sand.
Seeing how Raiser's nobility soared into the air, Shukaku let out a long annoyed snort "It won't be that easy" several sand tentacles unfolded towards the women.
From those sand tentacles came out thinner ones that wrapped around the demons until they completely took away each one's freedom "Captured!"
"What do I do now Haru?"
"Just make them lose consciousness, I have business with the canary."