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(Chapter 1: Just Another Day)
It has been nearly a decade nearly a decade for twin brother Tomas and Issei Hyoudou since their parents were slain by a 10 winged fallen angel with red eyes and since that day only one thing was on their minds after that fateful day. That being to gain revenge and make sure that their parents and their attempted murder didn't go unpunished however, even in the 10 year olds young minds they knew that to do so would take power, resources, skill and money that would be needed to avenge their parents.
Therefore the twins ever since had left their home of Kuoh Town and wandered the world in their quest to become stronger having over the years made a reputation for themselves as the most noted and famed pair of bounty hunters that ever were to come. Since if there was someone or something you wanted taken out or killed off then you called the Hyoudou brothers were the ones you called and for the right price they'd make sure that it was taken out and stayed dead.
(July 12th 2015, Phoenix, Arizona, 8:40 Pm)
It was the middle of the night as our twin heroes were chasing down a werewolf that was currently wounded and running away from the 18 year old twins which was easier said than done considering that it had been shot 4 times in the gut and 2 in the face, for a target had never a evaded them since they started and it wouldn't start now.
"Quit running you werewolf piece of shit since this only makes it worse the more you try and run!" Issei exclaimed as he and Tomas ran through the streets of Phoenix
"Never none of you will take me alive." The werewolf who was 5 foot 9 in tattered pants and had a coat of black fur and green eyes before letting out a beastial snarl
"Do you really want to try considering that my brother and I always get our targets and nothing's gonna stop us from taking you out." Issei responded as he leapt and brought down his dual battle-axes upon the werewolf
With that the werewolf soon found itself getting hit in the back from Issei's twin battle-axes that soon hooked themselves into it's back as it tried to shake Issei off but to no avail as he just stood his ground as soon enough the werewolf managed to get Issei off its back at the expense of multiple slashing wounds to it's back. That in mind the werewolf let out a roar before charging after Issei who met the charge by ducking under the attack and slamming both of the battle-axes into its side while the left one bit through fur and sinewy muscle the other was parried with its claws.
However, before it could bite Issei a loud bang was heard as it was shot in-between the lungs by with a loud bang as it was sent 10 feet backwards as a smirking Tomas was beside Issei with his trusted customized revolver. With him opening fire again this time catching the werewolf in the shoulder and blowing off a chunk of flesh as it snarled at the twins in anger of being so consistently wounded by the two as thunderous force was once more felt.
"Man this fleabag is getting annoying to deal with." Tomas commented as he reloaded his revolver with several more bullets
"Well if you feel that way I'll go in and line it up for you to get a shot in to the legs so we can put this sucker down." Issei responded spinning his dual battle-axes in hand
"Damn I knew I was forgetting to do something to it." Tomas cursed at the fact that had he remembered to shoot the werewolf in the legs earlier this would've been done much earlier
"Now who's the idiot and your supposed to be the tactical one between us." Issei teased his twin brother
"Fuck you Issei." Tomas spoke as the werewolf glared daggers at them again
"You two will pay for this you hear me the both of you are dead!" The werewolf roared as another shot from Tomas's revolver silenced it
"Will you please shut up your loud enough to wake the dead ya know." Tomas spoke considering that people were trying to sleep around here
With that Issei rushed into action as he tossed one his battle-axes into the air and waved his hand as soon enough the area before him glowed forest green as soon enough gnarled spikes and thorns sprang forth as soon enough the werewolf howled in pain as the 20 feet it crossed was wrought with said spikes and thorns piercing into its flesh. However, before anything could be done Issei soon caught his battle-axe he tossed into the air and slashed it across the werewolf's face slashing off the rest of the flesh from its face that had been shot off by Tomas revealing angry red muscle and some bone as it snarled at Issei as it tried to bite at Issei only for Issei to use the handle of the axe in his right hand to hold it off.
As Tomas took this chance to blast it in the right thigh as the werewolf's leg was bleeding evident by the hole in its thigh that just narrowly missed the femoral artery but still pretty damned painful to say the least. With Tomas taking another snot as it tried to run after him with a half dash half limp only to soon have its left hand be reduced to a stump with only the thumb remaining as it fell over clutching its bloody and malformed hand in pain as it went to stand up to try and attack once again at Tomas.
Only for Issei to come in and with both axes slam both blades into its chest and with a hard yank sundered its chest as such force was done with the blow that three and a half of its ribs were ripped out of it as it soon crashed before them in a bloodied heap. With Tomas for good measure in order to make sure that it couldn't get up to attack them shot it in the kneecap causing shards of bone and small chunks of flesh to fly across the pavement.
"So then any final words to fail before you die?" Tomas questioned the werewolf who glared at the twins
"Fuck you cunt." The werewolf spat at Tomas put the barrel of his gun at its forehead
"Really I give you the chance to say something cool and fuck you cunt is the best you can come up with, oh man am I glad that I get to blow your brains out since you suck at this." Tomas spoke and with that he executed the werewolf with a headshot
"Well that takes care of that, so then I'll take load the body into the car then since I'm pretty sure that we don't need anyone finding a body around here." Issei spoke stowing away his battle-axes and hefting the werewolf carcass over his shoulder
"Sounds like a plan as you hungry Issei since chasing that fucking thing really does make you hungry?" Tomas asked as the two sped off towards their car
"Sure I could go for something to eat as where do you want to go to eat." Issei responded
"I could go for some Wendy's right about now if you're up to it." Tomas said to Issei since he could really go for a Baconator about now
"Ok Wendy's it is and by the way man can you believe we've been doing this for about 6 years now." Issei spoke since coming up on tomorrow would be 6 years since they've started doing this
"It doesn't feel like it when you look back at it since everything after awhile just blurs together." Tomas spoke since to time really does fly when you're with your twin being a bounty hunter for hire
"Fair point I suppose." Issei replied as the two continued to speed off through the night
"Anyways let's get something to eat and turn this bounty in so we can get our fucking money, after all between the two of us I'm the better one with people." Tomas spoke since while both were good with money as despite his usually cold disposition he was very good with money and haggling that it was to an avaricious and near miserly degree
"Fair enough I suppose however, remember that between us I'm also the one who's better with people since while granted you know how to get us better deals at stuff. Remember that I'm usually the one who sets up contracts for us since you are very much a brute force guy and therefore its a good thing that you stick to your guns." Issei countered since while Tomas was good with money it was usually Issei that was able to get them good contracts and bounties due to him being very charismatic to an near flamboyant degree when needed to be
"Can't argue with that logic." Tomas replied knowing that his twin brother was right
"Anyways let's head off to Wendy's since by the way our stomachs are both rumbling we're both pretty fucking hungry." Tomas spoke since as if in unison their stomachs simultaneous growled
"Good idea." Issei spoke as both them headed off towards their car and then to a nearby Wendy's
(3 days later, July 15th 2015, Phoenix, Arizona, 9:45 Am)
It was a couple days later as the two were having just finished breakfast Denny's and were now waiting to get the check so they could go onto their next destination after all they did do a coin toss and Issei had one it out. Therefore he decided that where they were to go next was that of Seattle so granted it would be a long drive they knew they could make it and with that in mind they were just screwing around at the current moment wondering what to do.
"So then Issei any plans for what to do when were in Seattle?" Tomas asked his brother as he was on his phone wondering if there was anything that they could take out
"Well there's a Hopsin concert I want to go there while were there." Issei told his brother who rolled his eyes
"Why am I not surprised since you are a fan of his, then again the guy is does got some awesome bars." Tomas spoke since it wasn't a trade secret that his brother was a Hopsin fan
"Hey I still stand by what I say in that the guy is fucking awesome rapper and nothing anyone says will change that." Issei stated to his brother meanwhile halfway across the world a short white haired girl sneezed as she had the feeling someone was talking about one of her favorite rappers of all time
"And no one is trying too." Tomas responded
"However, I'm pretty sure that we still gotta summer of carnage and getting more money to go through before its over." Tomas stated since they still had a good chunk of the summer to do stuff
"Yeah although there's one thing we still gotta watch for." Issei stated
"Yeah I know considering that we fucked it up bad in the Vatican 3 years ago as how we made it out of there in one piece I'll never know." Tomas stated considering that the incident with the church did put them on the church's shit list
"Fair enough but hey look at us Tomas we're both Ultimate class threats, so unless they're gonna send someone after us that's top tier I'd like to see them try. Especially since together we're a near unstoppable dynamic duo of fucking shit up." Issei stated knowing that together and separately they were damned hard to take out
"Agreed since hey we've changed a lot over the years since who would've thought two bastards from Kuoh could hit it this big. Since we may look alike but I think we can agree that I'm the better charmer." Tomas stated with a smug smile on his face
Because standing at 5 foot 9 Tomas Hyoudou had brown hair combed over to the right side with his hand that had patches of stark white in it with fair skin and almond shaped eyes of chocolate he shared with his brother with them sharing the same facial features as well just that his were less rough in appearance. With him having relatively athletic and well kept build that was required for his chosen melee weapon he stole so long ago with the Major Arcana numbers for the Devil on his left forearm, as well as some burn scars that had healed over across his arms and neck from failed attempts of tinkering with his guns.
As he wore blue jeans with black sneakers as he had belt buckle with the Venom logo on it with a slightly faded Sinestro Corps t-shirt on with a stainless steel watch that had Roman numerals inside it as he wore a St. Peter's cross with a sapphire inlaid into it.
By contrast Issei standing at a solid 6 feet with him being more heavily built than his brother with him having broad shoulders and a very muscular build like that of a middleweight boxer evident by the large and defined muscles he had with his facial features being sharper and more rough than his brother's almost like a dragon's. With him having Major Arcana numbers tattooed onto him like his brother on his fist with his having the one for the Chariot on his right fist with him also having an perpetual lazy smile on his face that showed his sharpened fangs for teeth that were like a shark upon close inspection.
With Issei wearing sunglasses to conceal his bright reptilian absinthe colored eyes with his jaw length chestnut brown hair held back by a crimson bandanna that had Alice in Chains logo on it in black. As he wore navy jean shorts and red and white sandals with a Hellboy shirt on with a St. Peters cross like his Tomas only instead of a sapphire in the center his had a ruby in his.
"Don't be a fucking smartass Tomas since I can and will slap the shit out of you." Issei said as he cracked his neck
"Oh please like you could." Tomas said as he looked over his phone for future bounties they could do
"Do you really wanna try me, because I will pimp slap you right now." Issei told his brother
"You can try but you'll fail." Tomas told his twin brother who proceeded to do so only for Tomas to catch it without looking up
"I told you so Issei since remember you maybe stronger than me but, I'm faster and have the better reaction time between us." Tomas replied as Issei rolled his eyes from behind his sunglasses
"Whatever." Issei spoke as wrenched his hand away from his brother
"Still let's just hope neither of us run into Irina anytime soon, since that we be a disaster waiting to happen especially knowing that she's with the church." Tomas spoke as Issei non-verbally agreed on that front
"Oh dear god don't remind me since I'd rather not have to be reminded of the fact that Irina is a god damned exorcist. Considering that if she comes after us then I'd rather not have to beat the shit out of her or better yet you blow her fucking brains out because granted we haven't talked in years. But that doesn't exactly mean I'd wish death upon her." Issei replied considering that if he had to go up against Irina that would just be a clusterfuck waiting to happen
Because granted Issei and Irina had been distant for sometime now after his parents were murdered in cold blood but, he still did value the friendship they had and as such wanted to avoid conflict with her as much as possible. For he didn't want to brutally beat the hell out of her considering that she meant enough for him to rather that not happen nor did he want for her to wind up being gunned down by Tomas who wasn't as sentimental towards her.
"I know you don't Issei however, remember that if she comes at either of us and she's in range I will take the shot, since I'll be damned if I get sliced up by an exorcist." Tomas said since if Irina was in his line of sight and was apart of the opposition then he would take the shot
"I understand however, at will you try not to kill her since I still care about her and some us aren't fucking Terminator's ya know. So for me please don't kill Irina if we do face her." Issei requested of his colder and calculating twin
"Know that I make no promises Issei since I will try not to however, if she makes the first strike then I will take the shot. Since at least that's better than the alternative that you know I'm really capable with since at least if I take the shot it'll be much quicker a death than the alternative option. Because I'm not gonna have either of us die because you care for your friend since remember that its and us against them game Issei." Tomas told him considering that he would hold nothing back and that if it came to it he would he would look her dead in the eyes and blow her brains her brains out if it came it to it
"I know Tomas since I know that we can't really afford mercy on anyone considering that with who we are and what we got that people are either trying to kill us or capture us to have us on their side. However, all I know is that I still care about so if you can just shoot her in the legs at least since at least that way she can't get us if she can't move." Issei requested of Tomas
"Gotcha covered since that's good enough and I can do just that." Tomas spoke since that was good enough for him
"Thanks Tomas I appreciate it." Issei thanked his brother in compromising
"It's no sweat Issei as I'm not trying to be a dick about it. Just understand it from my point of view since as bounty hunters we have people that people on both ends that want us therefore we need to have our A-game. Since why do you think I have Howard as our inside man on the church since I we need to have all the help we can get and having an inside man on the church helps us out." Tomas spoke since it was the main reason why he had his friend that was made during their time in Brooklyn
"Yeah as for an alcoholic he's real damn good at swordsmanship." Issei stated as for a drunk Howard was quite good with a sword
"Agreed and therefore its people like him that we need in our corner for when shit goes down." Tomas told him considering that having people like Howard in their corner really helped
"Ya got that right and hey if we do see him again I don't think he'd mind if we brought him a couple beers and had some down time with him. Because out of all the people we've met along the way he's been the one I can consistently like as a person." Issei spoke since the alcoholic for an exorcist was someone he consistently liked
"Agreed since when we get the time we definitely are hanging out with him sometime." Tomas agreed since the drunken exorcist was a blast to be around
"Yeah now then the real question is how we're gonna set that up, because its gonna be a bit difficult considering that he's got his duties as an exorcist and all." Issei spoke since it would prove a bit trying to hang out with Howard what with him being an exorcist and all
"I'm sure we'll figure out something since this is us we're talking about we'll always find a way." Tomas replied confident that they'd work around it
"I guess your right still when we do let's make sure its nowhere near exorcists since I'd rather we not have Howard get caught in a complete clusterfuck. Because we're already wanted men in terms of being bounty hunters so I'm pretty sure we don't need to add anyone else to that accord." Issei spoke since he'd rather not get the drunken exorcist
"Fair point I suppose and well anyways now that our bill is all paid out you wanna head out and get a move on towards Seattle?" Tomas asked his brother as they got up from their booth
"Of course as man do I wanna go to that Hopsin concert." Issei spoke as they walked out the restaurant
"Alright well then too Seattle away then." Tomas spoke as they walked out towards their car since they had a long ways to go from Phoenix to Seattle
(3 days later, Seattle, Washington, July 18th 2015, 10:24 Pm)
It was a few days later as Issei and Tomas had made it to Seattle without really any issue as they had soon set up shop in a hotel where they had been able to stow their stuff away except for what was needed. So now they were at their car parked at a local Burger King as Issei was in particularly good spirits considering that it had just been several minutes after the Hopsin concert that had made the twin very happy.
"I told you that concert was gonna be freaking awesome!" Issei cheered feeling particularly good about his life right now since he got to see Hopsin live
"You were right since the guy does have awesome bars and I gotta say that if there was ever a person I'd want to see rap battle Eminem it would be him." Tomas spoke considering that he thought that it would be pretty cool to see Hopsin and Eminem go at it in a rap battle
"You kidding me Tomas that would be so cool." Issei said wishing he could see that happen
"As somebody needs to set that shit up immediately, since I want to see that happen as fast as fucking possible!" Issei exclaimed as to him seeing a rap battle between both Hopsin and Eminem would be so freaking cool
"Agreed anyways now that were done eating let's get back to the hotel since I want to finish modding my my guns, since I want to try out something that I've been working on." Tomas spoke since he wanted to try out some of the adaptations he made made to equip to his guns
"Alright as let's head out then." Issei spoke as they soon got into their 2008 Ford Shelby Mustang colored in Indigo
With that in mind they proceeded to head back to the hotel and for the next hour they just were doing their own thing with Issei updating his journal on monsters they've hunted down and slain as well as sharpening his battle-axes. While Tomas was at work modifying his guns namely his revolver and his rifle that he liked using for more stopping power with this continuing on until suddenly they felt presences they recognized all too well.
That in mind they soon suited up with Issei with his battle axes at the ready in a Hopsin t-shirt and black sweatpants and Tomas had slung across his back his rifle and his revolver at the ready wearing Spiderman pj's and a Gojira t-shirt as they exited the front door. Only to find a dozen exorcists with 2 4 winged angels and leading them was a 6 winged angel in armor with black hair and bright blue eyes with fair skin that glared down at them.
"Wow the church must really want to bring us in or down considering that they went this far out in advance for us." Issei stated looking at the opposition before him
"Agreed Issei and look they even went to the expense of bringing a 6 winged angel after us, since they really must want to bring us down." Tomas said as he loaded up his revolver that thanks to his most recent modification to it almost seemed to mist with a powerful cold
"So then how do you want to do this then Issei since we can wipe out the exorcists just fine?" Tomas asked as they continued to ignore the exorcists and angels talking to them
"I'll take the big guy on myself after we're done with their playmates while you go for the double trouble; does that sound like a plan you can get behind?" Issei questioned as he cracked his neck
"Oh most definitely that being said I think these idiots were saying something to us." Tomas spoke before turning towards the opposition
"So what were you holy idiots saying again?" Tomas questioned as he took out of his jacket a grenade
"That we are here to take you in for you're crimes against the church and do you have anything else to say before we bring you heathens down?!" A exorcist shouted as Tomas smirked
"Actually yes I hope you like my little present since it tends to give people very explosive endings." Tomas spoke as he lobbed his grenade as hard as he could
With that in mind he threw the grenade and by the time the exorcists realized it was too late as many of them were caught in the explosion with the 4 remaining exorcists being covered in severe 3rd degree burns while the rest were blown apart or incinerated by the explosive as the angels had flown to evade it. With the exorcists struggling to get up however, they were quickly taken out of commissioned when Issei launched himself and decapitated two of them while Tomas had shot two of them in the jugular and in the face quickly dispatching of the angels reinforcements.
So with that out of the way the twins began to split up running off and using the chaos of what had happened to their advantage after all with stuff like this divide and conquer was always the way to go. With the 6 winged angel telling his 4 winged subordinates to give chase to Tomas while he did so to Issei with everything playing in place for them to take out their angelic opposition since while to the angels this was an all out fight against the Hyoudou's to Issei and Tomas this was just another night of fun
"Alright now then that's right get in my line of sight you overgrown pigeons." Tomas thought as he had his rifle out and soon attached a scope to it
"That's right now then let's see how well you deal with being literally disarmed." Tomas said under his breath as he took the shot and soon enough the angel cried out in pai as it was shot in the elbow
"Now then time for you to enter a 2nd afterlife and get payback for you fuckers ruining my night." Tomas thought to himself before taking another shot and soon got a direct hit as the angel he'd shot soon clutched his throat in agony as a gaping hole was made as he proceeded bleed out
"That takes care of that….well shit time for me to get a move on." Tomas said under his breath as the remaining angel soon barreled after him with a light warhammer of sapphire light
"You'll pay for what you've done!" The 4 winged yelled out the warhammer made of light swung back in preparation to take Tomas's head off
"You can try but many angels, regular and fallen alike have tried and have only wound up like your pissant friend there!" Tomas exclaimed as he quickly slung his rifle over his shoulder and began running off the roof
"I'll make you regret what you've done to my race!" The 4 winged angel growled out in anger as he came closer and closer towards Tomas
By the time the angel reached him Tomas had already fallen off of the roof with a smirk on his face that confused the angel who dived down to strike him only for him into quickly point his revolver and shoot at the wings of said angel with him smirking as the bullet covered in frigid energies blasted forwards. This caused the angel to plummet downwards 20 feet hitting brick as he did so while Tomas managed to catch himself on a stairwell as ice and hoarfrost began to seep into the angel's wound taking this opportunity he aimed his revolver once again and shot twice more one in the angel's stomach and one in the sternum.
With the one to the sternum having been smacked away by the warhammer of light although having cracked it a good deal however, the stomach shot was dead on nicking the liver as a result as the angel gasped sharply in pain as frigid energies spread throughout his body evident by the skin turning a pale blue. The angel soon glared at Tomas before rushing at him going in for a swing to his knee only for him to dodge and flip backwards as the angel tried to rush at him again with a swing to his stomach only for him to duck under the hammer blow and point the barrel of his revolver to the angel's face as he pulled the trigger.
The result was the angel dispelling the light weapon as the angel covered his face as hoarfrost covered the now gaping eye socket as blood and ocular fluid that showed signs of partially freezing as his head rang as though tiny shards of ice were shredding and freezing the inside of his skull. With him deciding to get some distance and soon shot the angel right in the nuts causing said angel to fall to the ground in agonizing pain before he used his last bullet shoot off the remaining wing on the angel's right side before deciding to run off and reload.
"Come on I thought you angels were gonna try and take me out, instead your half blind with half your wings blown off." Tomas taunted as he ran through the streets reloading his revolver
"You and your brother will be brought down and have retribution brought down upon you for what you've done." The 4 winged angel growled out as he gave chase to Tomas
"Oh really well then, you guys have been trying and epically failing so I think that Issei and I are in the clear." Tomas retorted cheekily as he continued to reload the last bullet into his revolver
"I make sure you two suffer for what you've done to my brethren do you hear me!" The angel exclaimed as Tomas turned back to dodge a sapphire light spear
"Oh I'm so scared of the busted up angel." Tomas replied as he pointed his revolver
With that he decided to shoot the angel this time in the kneecap as said angel charged after him with the light warhammer the angel soon letting out a gasp of pain as he landed face first in pain skidding like a stone as hoarfrost covered the wound. The half blind angel stumbling to get back up and the moment he tried to put weight on his good leg to stand Tomas concentrated and with a pull of his trigger took a violent shot at his chest the result being hole in the chest of the fallen angel nearly twice the size of a half dollar.
The angel lie on the ground bleeding out as the skin around turning a pale blue from the cold as Tomas knelt down and put the barrel towards the fallen angel's empty socket and fired blowing out a chunk of the fallen angel's skull across the pavement.
"Now then time to go and find my brother." Tomas thought as he concentrated and suddenly the space around one of his arms began to warp until soon enough with an golden and black burst of light made itself known
"Since I wonder how he's fairing against the big guy." Tomas said as a gauntlet that went to his forearm appeared and with that the air warped and distorted before him until a goldenrod and black portal was formed and soon enough he jumped through it with it imploding like a black hole as soon as he went through
Meanwhile Issei was taking it to the 6 winged angel attacking as though he were an axe wielding battering ram since the force with which nearly destroyed the light weapons he conjured as Issei kept going non stop with a relentlessness to him that was to put simply instinctive aggression tempered by many years of experience. As Issei's battle-axes came in intense staccato like bursts that kept an oppressive pressure upon the 6 winged angel who was floundering against Issei's superior offensive evident by the fact that the the breastplate had been rent asunder prior and that their were slashing wounds that colored the once pristine wings with rivulets of blood.
For the angel tried to take flight to gain an aerial advantage only for Issei to slam one of his battle-axes into the 6 winged angels right thigh causing blood to rush outwards as it hacked through muscle before Issei slammed said angel back down as he refused to let the angel go airborne. With the angel having to quickly summon a light spear as Issei crashed down upon him with both battle-axes in hand as he continued to press down upon it as said weapon soon cracked and once it did Issei swung once again this time breaking one of the ribs of the angel.
The 6 winged angel tried to once again blast Issei with ice magic evident by the 60 foot long cone of frigid winds as the blast of freezing winds and bits of ice flew towards Issei like a tornado however, Issei soon conjured up a 10 foot by 20 feet long and foot thick of swirling winds to protect him against it. While it mitigated the damage as the walls and concrete were soon covered by sheets of ice that hissed and steamed in the summer heat as Issei was covered in frost and chunks of ice that he shook off as to him this was really nothing new to him.
"Nice try with that ice attack there whatever the hell your name is but, you'll have to do a lot better than that to try and take me out." Issei stated as he dusted off the chunks of ice from himself
"It's Ronan damn you and I will not have someone like you look down on me as I swear it right here and now I'll destroy you and your brother." Ronan seethed as Issei rolled his eyes as his wings started to gray
"Careful with that temper now we wouldn't want you to go from overgrown pigeon to a giant crow now would we." Issei taunted seeing that in the angel's anger his wings briefly darkened before turning back to white
"I mean after all what would your deadbeat dad upstairs think if he saw one of his pigeons fall from grace." Issei continued to further taunt before he soon made a light scimitar and struck out at Issei with it
"That's enough you hear me I will not be talked down to by you!" Ronan spat angrily as the scimitar was blocked by Issei's battle-axes
"You see that's funny since in this case your the prey who's fucking with an apex predator, so allow me to remind you why I am one." Issei retorted
With that in mind Issei proceeded to use his sharpened teeth and bite Ronan on the side of the head before with a yank spat out the man's right ear leaving gaping hole in his head that bled profusely as Issei spat out the auditory organ before Issei slashed with great force into his stomach in a devastating crosscut. The result was Ronan having to clutch his stomach as his innards were so very close to spilling out if it weren't for them still being connected by lines of muscle tissue and fiber as blood spilled out across the concrete.
With Ronan trying to once again swing out with his scimitar made of emerald light that sent sparks across Issei's armor and dented the shoulder plating, but Issei wasn't deterred as he once again slashed at Ronan's legs his right thigh being a bloody mess, as blood came from the wound as Ronan screamed in pain as one of the axe blades scraped against his femur. For the 6 winged angel soon felt his right leg go numb from the blood loss and the severity of the pain as he managed to slash Issei in the face with the scimitar of light cutting a decent sized gash across his face that bled scarlet down his face.
However, that was did nothing to deter Issei who despite suffering another cut to his neck was more annoyed by it as he proceeded to jam the axe blades underneath Ronan's ribs and in a show of strength launched him 10 feet away. For Ronan soon sent out a Bowie knife sized shard of ice that Issei slashed through only to have it explode in his face as ice and frost made itself known as Issei proceeded to dust himself off of the ice as the 6 winged angel proceeded to fly away only for a gunfire to be heard as he plummeted back down.
"About time you showed up." Issei spoke as Tomas showed up with rifle in hand as Ronan was now missing one of his wings
"Hey I'm sorry but you try manipulating gravity to make portals to find your ass it isn't exactly easy ya know considering that I can only do it within my line of sight. Which means I have to avoid getting hit by cars and what not." Tomas retorted to his brother considering that when you could only make portals to where you could do it within your line of sight you had to be careful to avoid those types of obstacles
"Fair point I suppose since I can't argue with that logic." Issei responded considering that he knew this wasn't something to argue with his brother about
"Anyways nice job on beating the hell out this overgrown pigeon." Tomas spoke as he took aim with his rifle
"Thanks as let's finish him off since man as is dealing with his ice magic annoying but, at least I have some new spells that I can commit to memory now, since at least they'll make bounties easier to take down ." Issei stated since some of the spells Ronan showcased were right up his alley to try and recreate
"Good to know anyways let's kill him already." Tomas spoke as he readied his rifle
"Already behind you." Issei spoke with a grin as he readied his battle-axes
"I'll destroy the both of you, you hear me you two just don't know it!" Ronan seethed as his wings continued to flicker from white to black and grey
"Wow looks like someone's throwing a temper tantrum." Issei responded as Ronan let out a battle cry flew towards them
"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" Ronan bellowed out in rage as he barreled towards them
"Well you pissed him off so I hope your happy." Tomas spoke as he fired off a shot at Ronan
With that Ronan's flight towards them was stopped by a shot from him stopped him dead in his tracks evident by the broken sternum as his breath hitched before another shot that hit him one again this time breaking another rib. Before Issei jumped over him him slicing off two of his wings that clattered to the ground, as the angel soon yelled out in pain as once he turned around to raise his scimitar to retaliate against Issei he soon found himself yelling out in pain as the frigid pain of Tomas's bullets made themselves known from his revolver as another one of his wings fell to the ground.
With him preparing to use one of his ice spells only for Issei to interrupt this this by hooking one of his battle-axes into Ronan's ribcage and tearing out one of this making the angel take a sharp gasp of pain at the grievous for him to be literally disarmed by Tomas moments later as with a precise shot blasted off his left hand at the wrist making the angel yell out in agonizing pain from the now bleeding stump of a hand.
Only for Issei to deliver the debilitating blow by delivering a slash to the gut that soon had his innards spill out to the ground as Ronan fell over hemorrhaging blood as he tried to frantically put his organs back into his stomach cavity. With Ronan's attempts soon failing epically once Tomas delivered a violent headshot that made a good portion of his upper right skull be blown off evident by the fact you could see utterly decimated gray matter all over the place as the corpse slumped over to the ground.
"Well that takes care of that mess, as at least the guys they send after us make for very good target practice." Tomas spoke as he slung his rifle over his shoulder
"Anyways shouldn't we probably get rid of the body since once again it wouldn't do so well to have a dead body out here for all to see." Issei stated since it would probably not do so well to have a corpse such as Ronan's lying out in the middle of the street
"Well help me carry this sucker to one of the piers here since we might as well dump this trash in the ocean." Tomas spoke as he started grabbing the arms and Issei the legs
"At least this made for a pretty fun night." Issei said as they quickly carried the body through the city streets
"You got that right, as this has been one eventful one I'll say that much." Tomas replied as they continued to run with the angel's corpse throughout Seattle
(The next day, Seattle, Washington, July 19th 2015, 1:24 Pm)
It was soon the next day as the Hyoudou twins had gotten a good night's sleep after disposing of the bodies and looting them for any money and valuables as Tomas was in the hotel room by himself while Issei was out sight-seeing for about another hour. With Tomas doing some cleaning of his guns in wanting to make sure everything was working right and wouldn't misfire for when they went out on another bounty when he soon found himself getting a Skype call on his laptop from someone who he knew all too well.
"Oh hey Kourtney how've you been?" Tomas asked as he saw one of the 2 friends he made in Brooklyn
"I'm doing just fine..well I'd be better if I weren't stuck being in this stupid wheelchair all the time." Kourtney responded as she sat in her wheelchair
For Kourtney Bromista was a young woman in her early 20's with her having onyx colored hair with imperial violet highlights that went to her wrists in a thick curtain that made her look like the lead singer from Cannibal Corpse's daughter; with her bright and cheery smile and dark navy eyes that gave off a sense of undying optimism. As she would've stood at 6 foot 2 hadn't she been in a wheelchair with her having olive colored skin detailing her Italian descent, as she had a relatively curvaceous figure evident by the fact that her sizable ass was squished together in the seat and her borderline almost DD cup bust as well as her having surprisingly muscular legs for someone who should be paralyzed from the waist down.
For she wore an Sabaton t-shirt stretched across her bust with her wearing a necklace made of onyx and ruby in the shape of a snarling dragon's head gifted to her by her granduncle as she wore cutoff blue jean shorts as well as being barefoot at the current moment.
"Still I'm so sorry about having that happen to you Kourtney since none of knew that pit fiend would be there, since had either Issei or I knew of it being there. Then we would've made sure you weren't caught in the crossfire and you wouldn't be in your current situation." Tomas apologized having felt guilt for having gotten her paralyzed that day since had he been better prepared then he could've stopped it
"Hey you apologized plenty enough and so has Issei so I've made my peace with it and so should you Tomas since you did everything you could to help me. Hell you even personally carried me to the hospital something of which I thank you for." Kourtney spoke thanking him for having rushed her to the hospital that day
"Not to mention the fact that you paid for my hospital and recovery bills, so really everything you've done is apology and thank you enough." Kourtney added since underneath the cold, calculating and merciless exterior was a kind young man it just took some time to get to
"What can I say a Hyoudou always pays their debts and besides you are well worth the money Kourtney." Tomas spoke since he didn't mind spending money on her at all since she was well worth it
"Glad to see I'm worth it." Kourtney said with a wide smile on her face
"Hey since we've been traveling in the states again why don't Issei and I come see you after all it would be nice to see you again." Tomas suggested to the optimistic paraplegic
"That sounds wonderful as I'd be glad to have you guys come over." Kourtney said loving the idea of having the twins come over
"Sounds awesome as it'll be awesome hanging out with you again." Tomas replied since he really did think it would be nice to spend time with her
"As hey if there's anything going on when you guys come here I'll let you guys know and we can do stuff together." Kourtney told him since if there was an event going on she'd immediately let them know
"Thanks Kourtney I appreciate it." Tomas said to her
"It's no problem after all that's what friends are for." Kourtney replied with a wide smile on her face
"Yep and remember Kourtney that I'm still gonna keep my promise to find a surefire way for you to not only walk again, but also get that Captain America action going since you deserve the best. And I will do all that's within my power to do so." Tomas promised her with steadfast resolve
For ever since her incident that rendered her paralyzed below the waist he had been using whatever money and resources possible at his disposal to find a way to repair the muscular and spine damage done from that encounter with the pit fiend. Something of which had been frustrating considering that fully heal the damage it have to be using magics that even skilled healers and neurosurgeons have given up on therefore Tomas was in a never ending quest to find a way to heal his good friend and have her walk again.
"Look you don't have to do that for me, since I've made peace with the fact I'll never walk again and you've been trying for years now to find away. So wouldn't it be better if you just made peace with it like I have?" Kourtney told him since she's long made peace with her paralysis and therefore decided to simply live with her disability
"I haven't ever given up on anything so why would I start now of all things, because when I said that I would get you to walk again I meant it. Therefore nothing you say will ever stop me and that's a promise." Tomas responded with absolution in his voice that no matter what he'd find a way to have her walk again
"Well since you're so dead set on this seemingly impossible task of yours. The best I can really say to you is good luck Tomas since you'll definitely need it." Kourtney spoke wishing him the best of luck in that regard
"Thanks but I don't need luck rather than the fact that I just need time is all since sooner or later I'll find a way for you to walk again. Once I do then we're gonna celebrate by going to the Cheesecake Factory on me that much I can promise you." Tomas swore to the black haired paraplegic who let out a soft laugh
"I'll hold you to that since you know how much I love cheesecake." Kourtney replied since if there was one thing in this world that could be her kryptonite it was strawberry cheesecake
"Trust me that day will come for you if it's next month or next year I will make it happen since I will always make a way I guarantee it." Tomas promised as no matter what it took he wouldn't stop until he delivered on his promise
"Good to know your so adamant on that." Kourtney spoke
"And it has been nice talking to you and what would make this a lot better is if we could get Howard involved then it would be perfect." Tomas said wishing that the drunken exorcist would be there with them
"Yeah I suppose but you know how it is since even he has responsibilities in being an exorcist, as one thing I'll give him is that even though he's a hardcore drunk that he's really damn strong." Kourtney said knowing of the fact that the alcoholic paladin was really something else when it came to strength
"Agreed as who knew that someone with a drinking problem as strong as his would be one of their up and coming top tier warriors." Tomas spoke considering that around the exorcists that Howard's strength wasn't anything to scoff at
"But then again we are all pretty much pretty great at shattering people's expectations of us after all once we get your legs fixed up the offer still stands of you joining Issei and I as bounty hunters ya know." Tomas told her since he very much welcomed the idea of having her join
"Hey when you can fix up my legs real good then I'll be glad to join you guys." Kourtney spoke as she the thought of being a kickass bounty hunter appealed greatly to her
"Good to know since compared to Issei and I when that day comes you'll have a bit of catching up to do." Tomas said to her since while Kourtney was abnormally strong for a human she still would have a ways to before she could stand head to head with Issei
"I'm pretty sure that I could catch up in no time." Kourtney said sure of the fact that she could catch up to them in no time
"Good luck with that since you'd need it." Tomas replied with a small chuckle
"Whatever anyways I gotta go since I gotta make lunch for myself and I'm pretty hungry so I'll see you later." Kourtney said to Tomas as she began to disconnect the call
"Alright well Issei and I will see you in a few days, so goodbye." Tomas said as she disconnected the Skype call
"Well that was nice, but back to cleaning up my guns and moreover seeing if I can do anything with all those light weapons I got off those exorcists. Since I bet if I get the time I can jury rigg something together if I have enough time." Tomas spoke knowing that he could make something really interesting and cool with what was left of the weapons of the exorcists
"Although the real question is what as so many options yet only so much time to build them, oh well I'll figure something out in no time, as I always do." Tomas thought as he went back to cleaning his guns
"Since guns first then plotting out a course to Brooklyn." Tomas thought to himself as he continued to clean out his guns
With all of that settled and out of the way we now have the Hyoudou brothers on their journey across the states as now we see them headed towards Brooklyn to meet up with a friend, so find out what shall happen next time in the new chapters of Tale of the Hyoudou Bros: Redux.
And cut as that ends things here and hope you liked this chapter to the reboot since for those of you wondering why I'm rebooting Tale of the Hyoudou Brothers its because I looked it over and I realized that it had a good chunk of plot holes and wasn't going in the direction I originally wanted. Therefore I'm going to rebuild it and do it over with the same characters in mind however, this time things will be done right in my mind so with that said let's get down to it.
First up we've got Issei and Tomas going up against a werewolf to which I thought would be nice since the story is now having Dungeons and Dragons elements included it helps out a lot in me defining there skill sets with Issei being based off of the Hunter archetype of a Ranger and Tomas of the gunslinger class of a Fighter.
Next up we've got the scene to which their personality traits for now are set which I thought would be nice as it also allows me to show it through the Major Arcana tattoos on their fists with those who join up with them on their side gaining tattoos on their person of the Major Arcana that shows them in the manner I see fit. With Issei's aggressive, blunt and confident personality making himself known through the Major Arcana of The Chariot and Tomas's cold, calculating and merciless personality befitting him of the Major Arcana of the Devil.
Following that we get the follow up scene to which shows more of their fighting capabilities to which I thought would be really awesome since it shows just how far they are as bounty hunters and as combatants. Not to mention the fact that we haven't seen all of what they can do just yet, since I've yet to show off what they can really do with their Sacred Gears something I'm saving for later on in Part 1 of the story.
Lastly we've got the scene between Tomas and Kourtney that does a better job of expanding upon the relationship had with them in the original as well as the set up for next chapter since I thought it would be nice to do just that since I will be giving as many as possible their chance to shine in the story.
That being said please favorite, follow, review and share this story as much as possible since I know that this story has the potential to be something really good as I know it can be a really good story as all I have to is make the effort. Also reviews are very much welcome so please give them when you can since they may give me ideas for future chapters and also let me know how you like the story so far, also flames will be ignored and criticism so long as its reasonable and well thought out is welcome.
So with that in mind this Nomadic Chaos using the power of said chaos to give you guys good content as next chapter is the Hyoudou's hittin' up Brooklyn and meeting up with Kourtney so stay tuned for that.
Part 1 Theme Song: Reno by Tenafly Viper
Random End Song: Lesson Learned by Alice in Chains