"Kenneh, keep up the pace!" Kenny McCormick rolled his bright blue eyes and sighed dramatically. He and his meister partner, Eric Cartman, were on their way to investigate Keshin activity a few hours over from South City and Kenny was already exhausted from Cartman's hoots and hollers of
"Move your ass Kennah!" Ugh... Kenny's neck was tight with achy muscles and he desperately wanted to take a hot shower and collapse into his warm, plush, bed.
"They say this Keshin wanna be calls himself Jack the Ripper." Eric piped after a few minutes of silence.
"Oh really?" Kenny sounded uninterested, after all he knew the details from the debriefing he and Cartman shared.
"Yeah! He apparently has devoured souls so savagely it is as he'd ripped them free from their bodies!"
"Great. He sounds like a real sweet peach. I'd love to meet him in a dark alley and ask him over for tea."
"Don't be a smart ass with me Kenneh!" Kenny shrugged and slid the hood of his parka over his face, relaxing in the comfortable shade over his eyes as the late afternoon sun began to blind him. Their feet continued to crunch down the dirt road in comfortable silence as the grinning sun began to sink lower and lower into the sky. Before long, the pair arrived at their supposed destination.
"You ready Kenneh?" Cartman asked in a serious voice, Kenny nodded and tightened the strings of his hood. His blue eyes narrowed as he concentrated and allowed his body to transform from his usual human appearance and into an etched blade ninja sword that landed comfortably into Eric's hand.
Usually the duo would have waited until conflict had arisen for Kenny to change his shape, but Lord Hankey had failed to mention that the town they'd be visiting was pretty much desolate.
"Keep your eyes peeled fat ass..." Kenny warned. He suddenly jumped as his nerves frazzled when the two heard a female voice shriek with terror.
"Cartman!"
"Shut up Kenneh! I'm running!" It was true, Eric was huffing and puffing as his legs carried him with ultimate speed. During his childhood, Eric had been mocked for his weight. As he grew, he had begun intense training to better his soul, mind, and body. He now stood quite thin, but rather muscular. He was shorter then the other boys, but beefier and what he lacked in height, he made up with extreme determination and loud mouthiness. He shook his head, clearing his mind of silly thoughts and continued to plow forward to find the ripper.
She shouldn't have come here. The town was empty for a reason... But it had been a stupid dare, and she was so desperate for the people in the village to be fond of her, to want to be her friend... So she swallowed her fear and walked to the deserted town. Big mistake. She had been wandering around for all of ten minutes before a cold hand grasped her shoulder and was turned face to face with a horrifying creature with saliva dripping from it's grinning mouth and crazed eyes.
"The r-r-ripper!" And then she screamed loud enough for her voice to echo to the moon and back. The creature cackled wildly, and gave her a mighty push. The girl tumbled to the ground, her bright green hair splaying about the dirt and filth. Her head whipped in his direction as a rusty blade suddenly protruded from his right arm.
"I sure do love the taste of a terrified human girl!" It hissed, it's yellow teeth gleamed maliciously in the moonlight and it advanced forward, it's head craning so that the face was a mere few inches from her own.
"P-Please spare me!" The girl sobbed as the foul breath crawled up her nostrils and took up dwellings in her brain. The monster only laughed again, it's weapon arm drew back, winding with intent to kill as it swung ferociously, and Delphi closed her eyes and awaited the killer blow.
But, she was never met with death. Instead a very intense clinging sound rang in her ears, and the sounds of people speaking. Curiously her eyes opened to see a boy dressed in a red jacket wearing a blue scarf and a matching and blue and yellow hat with brown hair peeking out from beneath, was fighting off Jack the Ripper using a single ninja blade.
"Hurry up stupid, get out of here!" Cartman hissed to the girl he had just saved. She made a noise of agreement and hurried to her feet, scrambling into the shadows. The ripper roared at his lost meal, and pushed an intense amount of force into his next attack, causing Cartman's feet to slide backward and Kenny to grunt in discomfort. A devilish grin spread across the partners faces, as it was time to let loose.
With sudden strength, Eric lifted his foot and swung his leg with a devastating blow and completely knocked his target tens of feet away. It rose to it's feet, scuttling forth with surprising strength. Though, it's speed was nothing in comparison to the great Eric Cartman's. With each step he gained momentum, Kenny gripped firmly in his hand and the two braced for the impact.
"You ready Kenneh?"
"I'm always ready, fat ass"! Cartman glowered and his brow furrowed even further. At once though, his mind focused, any rage could ruin the attack, and at such close range, he and Kenny would be finished. Time seemed to slow down as he took each step. The ripper was mere feet away, no make that inches now. As the distance between the three was closing, Eric forced Kenny into his heart, and sent a fatal blow of his soul wavelength into the creature's head. Silence fell, and the weapon and meister pair had reigned victorious.
"I'm Eric Cartman, the world's best assassin. One day, I'm going to be your God. So don't piss me off!"
"And I'm Kenny McCormick. Sorry about Cartman, he gets a little excited sometimes.." Kenny said as the fat ass continued to embarrass him with Godly claims. Turning his attention to the girl in front of him, Kenny noticed she was really cute, but not his type considering she looked about eleven at most. She had long minty green hair with big matching eyes behind thick glases and pale skin. Her little scraped hands picked absentmindedly at the hem of her large white tee shirt or pulled at the belt loops of her deep green shorts as she struggled to accumulate a sentence of gratitude. It couldn't be helped, Kenny's sheer hotness was known to stun woman and girls into silence, that and the usual trauma of almost dying.
"Thank you guys... So much for saving me"...
"It's no trouble at all! We were glad to help."
"Good thing we got here when we did, or you'd be-" Cartman paused to drag his finger across his throat "-toast." This mannerism earned him a rather loud thunk on the head.
"Ow Kenneh! What the hell was that for?!" Kenny shot him a glare that clearly said 'Can't you see she's about to piss her pants with fear right now! She's just a kid'. Cartman taking the message, softened and he reached to ruffle the girl's hair.
"It's okay little girl. You're safe now, Kenneh and I will get you home safe to your meem and dad." The little one's great big eyes turned to meet Cartman's and her little voice piped up...
"My name is Delphi... And I'm sixteen".
After an awkward little bow of gratitude Delphi said she could walk her own self home thank you and with that her little fists balled and she stomped off on her merry way back to the stupid little village where she was shunned for taking a little more time to progress through puberty then others. Leaving Kenny and Cartman to hoot and holler in the center of the ghost town, because they both shared a horrific sense of humor. Cartman against short people and Kenny to girls who didn't have boobs. Together they walked arm and arm laughing their way silly all the way back to South City, much to the little girl Delphi's dismay.
Author's Note: so! I know that the first time we're allowed to see Black Star and Tsubaki they're battling Mifune buuut I wanted to shake things up! So I hope you enjoy, next chapter will introduce Craig the Kid with his twin pistols (one was adopted) Clyde and Token! (Tweek will be making an appearance but is not apart of Craig's team)
