Prologue-Birth of Misery
-Year 4…hidden chamber-
"Is he aware?" a male voice echoed in the darkness.
"Yes Minaka but-," a female voice answered.
"Where am I?" I questioned unable to open my eyes.
"You're in the MBI labs," the first voice answered, "Do you know your name?"
"It's…Yoshitsugu," I answered…who was this man, "Who are you?"
"I'm no one important," the man laughed, "But take heart…I've big plans for you."
"What…do you…," I felt unnaturally tired and soon fell into a slumber.
-Year 4…Month 5…MBI Facility Training Grounds-
I was fighting a hologram…I didn't know who it was exactly of as all they would tell me was it was another Sekirei…like me…but different. I drove these thoughts from my mind…all I needed to know was that it was an enemy and needed to be annihilated at all costs. I feinted left as I moved to attack and my opponent fell for it swinging it's sword with all of it's might at the place it thought I'd be I felt energy begin crackling with in my body as I prepared to unleash my power on the target…but something was wrong…the entire world was spinning…my body screamed in unimaginable agony…my blood boiled only to freeze seconds later and then repeat over and over…and I collapsed as the screams of my body were vocalized by me.
"Yoshitsugu," a voice cried out to me…
"B-b-big brother," I strained as my vision faded and I saw a man of 20 with silver hair standing over me fear and worry in his eyes…and then nothing.
-Year 4...Month 6-
"I thought you said he'd be different," a voice I recognized as Minaka shouted at someone.
"He is sir," a second male voice responded the terror evident in his voice, "but without the final core his body will continue to rebel against him."
"Why haven't you done this?" Minaka questioned.
"Well you see sir the other four cores were inserted prior to creation and as such didn't need to be devoured," the second voice answered shaking, "The final core is already in a living UB Sekirei and as such-"
"I know what that means," Minaka growled, "I created them after all…The Demon Sekirei…meant to mirror the normal Angel Sekirei…I will fix this little flaw and he shall be perfection…or as close as possible."
-Year 4...Month 6...City…-
I shall not fail sir Minaka…he has chosen me to hunt down the renegade demon…and I shall do this or die trying.
I leapt from rain drenched rooftop to rain drenched rooftop easily being able to maneuver in an inhuman manner far better than any Angel or Demon…of course pushing my body harder than this would cause my very body to revolt against me. I sped along my way when I saw my target…he was entering the park…a Sekirei in a black hooded overcoat a katana in a purple sheath clutched in his left hand. I followed him into the park leaping from the rooftops to the trees in the park and continuing my pursuit from branch to branch. As I approached the central area of the park I saw my quarry had stopped near a fountain…I quickly leapt down and landed near silently about 20 yards behind him…but not silently enough apparently as he turned to face me getting into his combat stance his right hand resting upon the hilt of his blade.
"Are you prepared to die?" I asked as I got into my stance…I was a fist fighter who specialized in grapples and palm strikes, "Because here I come!"
I charged with near blinding speed moving to strike my opponents right side but instead of attempting to dodge he drew his sword faster than any eye could see and slashed at me…I felt dozens of strikes rain down all over my body from that one strike…but they did not cut…why? I reoriented my self midair to land on my feet and kick off with increased speed catching my opponent before he could react. I grabbed his the arm clutching the hilt of his blade and ripped his hand away locking it into a grapple as I began my attacks. I charged my palm full of my blue lightning energy and struck with full force causing lightning to radiate from where the blow connected. I proceeded to strike as many blows as I could…knees to the stomach, palm strikes to the face and back…and he couldn't dodge them due to the close proximity and the grapple…so he had to take all of my strikes…but he didn't struggle…Why isn't he struggling…I'm finishing it now!…I swept his legs out from under him shifting my grapple to dislocate his shoulder and as he hit the ground I struck driving my palm fully charged with my element into his chest and sending lightning skyward…I gazed at my defeated opponents face and felt my blood run cold…
"B-big brother," I stated recognizing the silver haired man as my elder brother Mitsunari in an instant his face smeared with blood from my attacks.
"You've become powerful Yoshi," He said as he smiled, "Guess I didn't need to worry about you anymore."
"Mitsu don't say things like that," I yelled feeling the tears well up in my eyes, "You'll always need to worry about me…you're my big brother aren't you!"
"It doesn't matter anymore Yoshi…I didn't have much time left anyhow," he coughed spitting up a little blood reaching to pat my tear stained cheek, "Yoshi promise me…you'll never become some humans pawn…that you'll always be you…and no one else…promise me little brother."
"Mitsu…why are you talking like this?" I asked the tears continuing to stream down my cheeks.
"Know that I'll always be with you Yoshi," he said the hand on my cheek glowing with a dark light as the light in my brother's eyes faded, "…good bye…"
"MITSU!"
-Year 5...Month 8...Hostile research facility-
I was silently flying through the air…ever since I devoured Mitsu's core I had apparently awakened latent abilities…the ability to temporarily attain flight or float around at a maximum of 2 yards above the ground indefinitely and finally the ability to easily read incoming attacks…but there was a downside to all of this…my body was in a constant of pain. I landed near to other Sekirei…Angel class Sekirei…both women…one with dull sand colored hair and the other with brown.
"Whose the kid?" the one with sand asked the brown haired one…she was equipped with a katana, "This can't be the reinforcements Minaka sent."
"I am UB 05...Yoshitsugu…Codenamed Lord of Misery," I answered calmly gazing at the forces arrayed before us, "I've been sent by sir Minaka to oversee the destruction of those who endanger the S-plan."
"Wait…this kid is one of the so called Demon Sekirei?" the sandy haired woman sneered, "They don't seem so special."
"Don't be so rude," the brown haired one said, "Hello my names Yu-,"
"I don't care about names," I cut her off looking away remembering the one person I held a connection with…and what I did to him, "Connections with others are fleeting and painful…they're not worth the trouble."
She seemed taken aback but I wasn't paying attention as I jumped from the cliff to launch my attack…sirens began sounding all around the base as soldiers moved to intercept me…I…I…I shall save them all…all beings…from the misery of this world…A tank shell explode near me illuminating my face as the soldiers opened fire their bullets arcing wide in their frenzy to kill me…and the other two who had followed my charge…a tank was cleaved in twain by the Sekirei with the sword. A soldier ran towards me hoping to stab me with his drawn combat knife but I simply side-stepped his attack using my much greater strength to knock him into the air and leap after him to drive him into the ground with my second attack. As I landed I evaded right dodging a volley of incoming bullets as the brown haired Sekirei disabled them with her attacks but did not kill them…Why…why such mercy to the weak?…I picked an enemy rifle and used it to begin picking them off from a distance as I strafed right Minaka's words echoing in my mind…Remember Yoshitsugu…you're to destroy the enemy totally and that means no survivors…I advanced across the battlefield making damn sure I eliminated the soldiers that had been disabled by the brown haired one who had already made her way into the facility and I followed her in…I did not know her objective nor did I know care…all that mattered was the utter annihilation of these men and women…and an end to all of there pain. I tossed aside the gun and charged into the entrance avoiding the downed soldiers…with what I had planned they'd be dead anyway. I entered an elevator down to the lowest floor…the reactor room…and as I exited the room I was greeted by a simple bipedal walker…machineguns were mounted on both sides of the nose and duel rocket pods were attached to its back just above and behind the cockpit.
"Surrender," the pilot ordered over his intercom, "You're out gunned here freak!"
"Are you so unwilling to free yourself from the agony of your pathetic life," I hissed as my pain and agony began to rise…the mech fired three rockets at me which I easily dodged in the wide open room, "It matters not what you wish…for I shall end you all!"
Red electricity began crackling around me…a symbol of my misery…a symbol of my despair…a symbol of my promise.
"I'll destroy all who stand in my way….may all who bar my path be reduced to dust and my misery shattered," I recited a phrase that meant nothing for Demon Sekirei could not boost their abilities the same way as normal Sekirei…but it did comfort me, "PERISH!"
I charged forward ignoring the incoming missiles and gunfire…I knew that they could not do any great harm to me. I struck the ankle of the machine and felt it give way before me…nothing would impede my ambitions…not a demon, not an angel, and not a human…nothing would stand in my way ever again. As the machine toppled I leapt onto one of its missile pods and activated one of its last missiles which detonated shortly after I jumped away…nothing was left of the machine except for a few pieces of scrap. I turned my attention to the reactor…a nuclear reactor…and I began destabilizing it…nothing would remain…no survivors. I took the elevator back up as alarms began blaring throughout the base and as the door's opened there stood the brown haired Sekirei holding a young girl in her arms.
"What did you do?" she asked the shock evident in her voice.
"My job," I answered simply running out of the door with her quickly on my tail.
As we left the crater the sandy haired one caught up to us smiling asking where her friend had been but I didn't care the blast would be going off and I would need all of my speed to get away…and yet the other two kept up just fine even the one carrying the child…we ran…and ran…and ran…and ran…then…the world fell quiet…as the light behind us expanded for at least a mile…wiping out all evidence of our existence to the world at large…I don't know what happened to the other's but I kept running…and I never looked back.
-Year 19...Modern Day…MBI Tower-
I gazed into a mirror studying the figure that gazed back…I resembled a mummy of ancient Egypt as my entire body was wrapped in cloth except for my right eye which showed a crimson iris. I wore a white sleeveless overcoat with crimson markings around the places where the body would joint, a pair of gloves with white plating on the back and crimson on the joints, white pants that hid most of the white boots I wore…this was the attire I chose…a mask against misery that hid the darkness of my soul…The man gazing back at me…my reflection…me…I am Yoshitsugu Lord of Misery…UB-05...a Demon Sekirei.
Ok…before people start jumping down my throat about this entire idea let me explain in detail what Demon Sekirei are and how they differ from normal (Angel) Sekirei.
A Demon Sekirei has immense power that surpasses most unwinged Sekirei easily and is only slightly outmatched by a Sekirei who uses the powers of their pact. But there is a downside to this immense power…they can't naturally increase it. An Angel Sekirei's power increases or decreases based upon their relationship with their Ashikabi. Demon Sekirei's powers and abilities can only be increased by devouring the core of another Demon…otherwise they become stagnant.
Now as to what Demon Sekirei are really…well they're not true Sekirei…They're genetically manufactured Sekirei who've had Ashikabi DNA spliced into them making them both their own Sekirei and Ashikabi…thereby earning them the designation UB (UnBound)…this type of Sekirei was created by Minaka to create a different type of "piece" for his "game"…something to shake things. There are a total of 20 UB Sekirei but only 16 are functional as the original 4 known as the proto-demons were deactivated due to instabilities…all UB (Demon) Sekirei are named after a famous warrior from the Sengoku period of Japan and are as widely varied in personality as their Angel counterparts. Though most were only put into production 15 years ago they've been aged faster with only two UB's being their actual apparent age…UB-05 and UB-06...
Well that's all for now if you've questions feel free to private message me.