Fallen Angel

Sakura froze as she felt a sting to her heart. The demons turned as they heard a loud gasping noise.

�Baby, what�s wrong?� Kurotio asked. The tenshi-chi�s words came out choked up in her throat. Black clouds began to swirl up from her feet.

�What�s happening?� Cherry asked.

�It�s starting,� Frankie explained. The others all turned their attention to her.

�What do you mean?� Foxy asked. Sakura let off a choked up scream in the background. The clouds shot into her chest.

�The shin heart is activating,� Frankie answered.

�So how do we stop it?� Cherry asked. The fighter tenshi-chi shook her head.

�Can�t,� she answered. �Outside influence will only speed up the process.�

�But what can we do?� Kurotio asked.

�There�s not much we can do,� Frankie answered. The black clouds inside Sakura�s body turned her wings darker than night.

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Spike looked up and found himself on the beach again. What the�? The cowboy happened to look up and notice the sun looking bleak against a blackened sky. As he lit up another cigarette, Spike found that he couldn�t hear the ocean behind him. The man glanced, thinking that it was in his head. He walked over to the silent moving waves. Is this a dream? Spike looked down in his hand to see that he still had his gun. He uncocked it and looked inside. All six bullets remained unfired inside. Spike�s stoic expression on his face didn�t change.

So I wasn�t hallucinating, but what am I doing here? And why isn�t the ocean making any noise?

A loud screaming in the distance made the cowboy freeze. That sounded like�

. �Her shin heart is unstable and has become a time bomb inside of her. All you have to do is take the shin heart and crush it. It�s much better for her to die by your hand then by the angels,� Ryan�s words echoed in his head.

�Shit,� Spike muttered to himself. He cocked his gun and raced back to the house.

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The angels in Heaven opened their eyes.

�My lord!� they cried. �His child�s shin heart has awakened! Let us kill her now!� Kami rose to his feet from his throne.

�Capture her!� he commanded. �If she or her lover resists, kill them!� The angels darted down to the living realm on Mars. Kami sat back in his throne and waited for the battle to unfold again.

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Spike made it back to the beach house. Pancha stood on the front porch, awaiting his arrival. She held out her hand before he came within arm�s reach of her.

�Pancha?� he asked with an eyebrow raised. �What�s going on here?�

�You must turn back!� the guardian angel shouted.

�Why?� the cowboy asked.

�She has been tainted,� Pancha answered. �You have plunged her soul into chaos.�

�What are you talking about?� Spike asked.

�You�ll want to stop right there!� a woman�s voice snapped. Spike�s eyes glanced behind him as he felt the tip of a knife lightly touching his back.

The Holy War Begins