Reverse Rebirth
Chapter I: Death of a Goddess
"What the hell is wrong with you!? Using a technique like that! It could destabilize-
"Don't you dare try to lecture me on destabilization. I did what needed to be done, and I will continue to do so."
"What are you-
Zero's form flickered. His hair grew longer, and became streaked with white. A flowing robe engulfed him as two long slash marks appeared vertically over his eyes. Death took a step backwards.
"No…you're not going to-
"Clotho has overstepped her limits one too many times. If I hadn't acted when I did that entire sector would have been thrown into chaos. It is clear she is no longer fit for the role of Weaver, something I had told you many a time. However, no longer will I allow your excuses to stay my hand."
"You can't just punish her though…"
"I am aware of this. Her sisters will receive their punishment at the same time."
Knowing how cruel he could be when his mind was in this state, Death realized what he was going to do…
"You're horrible…"
"It is a fitting punishment. They themselves had no active hand in her manipulations; however, they stayed and watched as she did so, without making moves to stop her. Therefore they shall watch as she is erased."
"You've already started haven't you?"
"They are confined to posts in the council room. Clotho has received a summons there; she will attend where her sentence shall be carried out."
"I don't like this."
"A new Weaver must be found afterwards. I have one in mind, but I am not the leader of your group, I am simply the assassin."
He began walking away.
"Did she really…almost end an entire sector?"
"I had to use the System Chronos."
Death gasped, that was one of three ultimate Temporal Manipulatory spells. She hung her head as Zero walked away…
(BGM: Valkyrie Profile 2 – Unrestrained Struggle)
They knew. They all knew what was going to happen. There was going to be no battle. It was going to be a slaughter. The rumors were flying. Zero had been spotted in his Shinigami attire. The REAL Shinigami. They knew whoever was called was going to die, and not return…ever. When he was wild and uncontrolled he was fearsome enough, for his instincts took over and made him a powerful beast. But when he was angry enough that he would become cold and calculated…
Let's just say entire worlds were decimated at his will in that state…
The young looking Weaver entered the chamber, a large stone almost coliseum looking building. She saw her sisters tied to crosses in the distance and gasped. She raced towards them only to be knocked backward by an invisible force.
"What's going on here?!"
"Clotho, Weaver of Destiny, one of three Sisters of Fate. For your crimes against the realm of Mortals, for your blatant disregard for Mortal existence and for your extensive misuse of your power and station, you have been sentenced to complete and total annihilation."
She looked around and saw Zero standing in between the pillars.
"Bastard! Let them go! They had nothing to do with that!"
"Indeed. They took no action either way, therefore, their punishment for not stopping you is to watch as you are destroyed. A fitting punishment, considering they did nothing but watch as you toyed with Mortal souls."
As much as she wanted to, Clotho could not argue with that. Had they assisted her, they would be erased as well, but since they didn't even try to stop her, they were to be forced to watch as she died…but…nobody said she'd go down without a fight.
She summoned two spheres of negative energy.
"Then come get me."
"Your struggle will be meaningless…I shall tear asunder the sisterly bond!"
Clotho launched the spheres of energy, but they impacted upon a barrier around him. Suddenly a glowing circle of power appeared beneath his feet. The circle flashed yellow, and a tendril of gold lashed out at her. She flicked it away with a small silver strand of energy that was emitted from her fingertips, but another appeared and struck. She batted that one away as well…but then more came. She swung her arms wildly around her, deflecting the golden tendrils of sand that tried to strike her…until one pierced her defenses.
She gasped as it wrapped itself around her right arm. She tried to rip it off, but as she moved to do so, another wrapped around her…then another, and another, until she was one big bundle of sand. The Higher Deity's eyes widened as they realized what he was going to do.
But he surprised them all. Instead of crushing her like normal; a series of stone lances slammed into the bundle of sand, impaling the goddess. Some of the sand stained slightly red with her blood, turning it a dirty brown color. But then, bolts of lightning raced towards the stone lances and electrified the goddess within.
The circle turned red, as a yellow dot appeared on the outer rim.
The lances and sand vanished into thin air…but a series of flaming chains impaled her body from all sides. A sphere of white hot lava launched itself from in front of Zero. The goddess held back a scream of pain.
The circle turned green, as a red dot appeared on the outer rim.
A wave of solid air slammed into the goddess, solidifying the lava into hard earth. Zero kneeled down and touched the ground, which rippled underneath his fingers as a green glyph flashed into existence for a moment. Milliseconds later, a series of gigantic thorn covered roots erupted from beneath the goddess, impaling and entangling her in them. Her blood flowed freely down the sides of the roots, as her sisters cried silent tears of sorrow.
The circle turned blue, as a green dot appeared on the outer rim, opposite the red.
The coliseum rumbled as a giant twister of water erupted from beneath Clotho, ripping through her and trapping her within its mighty vortex. Slowly, four small spheres emerged from the twister and floated away from it. They slowly morphed into small spikes and were suddenly turned to ice. The ice lances slammed into the center of the vortex, again, impaling the goddess.
The circle turned black as a blue dot appeared opposite the yellow.
A giant black orb appeared where Clotho stood and engulfed her, slowly constricting into a tiny dot.
The circle turned white, as a black dot appeared below and between the green and red.
The black orb was then engulfed in a blinding white light that scorched the area around it.
The circle turned silver, as a white dot appeared above and between the yellow and blue.
A transparent image of a giant clock appeared around Clotho. The clock's hands rotated…and slowly halted. When they did, the clock shattered…and Clotho was frozen in place.
No…please…no!
An emotionless look on his face, Zero held out his right hand. The circle of power beneath him flared with energy, and in front of him formed a red cross. The cross became surrounded by a ring, and on the upper and lower tips of the cross, the tips extended into arrow shaped blades. Everyone present gasped.
The Divine Treasure…Gungnir!
"He transformed the Wand of the Terror of Death into the Divine Treasure Gungnir?!"
But he wasn't done.
He placed his left hand next to his right…and seemed to twist the 'hilt' like a wheel. The left side of the arrow tipped blade split from its right, and shifted. Now, what once was a double ended blade, became…
"A Fuuma Shuriken?"
The weapon formed a glowing disk of energy around it. From that disk four small pillars appeared and reached forward like a claw. The claw turned inward where a glowing orb of energy formed. Around the orb formed transparent rings containing hundreds of different symbols.
"Chaotic Requiem."
The orb rocketed towards Clotho and slammed into her, eliciting an ear piercing scream of agony from the young looking goddess.
The four claws returned to their erect state as a series of pillars appeared around the weapon, turning it into what looked like a satellite dish. The transparent pillars rotated, one set clockwise, the other set counterclockwise. The orb splintered and began firing lances of light into the spinning rings, forming a path between the two. Six points of light, yellow, red, green, blue, black and white, appeared around the center of the rings. Each light fired a beam of its respective element into the orb. The orb then flew from Clotho's body and into the spinning disk.
The pillars faded…but the beams of light remained. With a single pulse of energy, the beams seemed to enlarge for a split second…and after that moment…Clotho's body shattered to pieces, turning into millions of glowing lights that were absorbed into Gungnir.
Zero sighed as Gungnir vanished and his appearance returned to normal. The crosses holding Atropos and Lachesis vanished, sending the two older women crashing to the ground. He looked up to the watching, fearful gods.
"This was a show. A visual lesson for you. Overstep your boundaries too many times without good reason and you will be erased. And not always like this. She was a higher level Deity. That required me to weaken her considerably before she could be erased."
He turned to the remaining two sisters.
"Find a Mortal by the name of Suzumiya Haruhi. She is a good candidate for your new sister."
And with that he began to leave.
"WAIT!"
Atropos called out to him.
"What is it?"
"That world…the world she was meddling in…what are you going to do?"
"I will weave that world's thread myself."
And then he vanished in a wave of silver.
And that begins the new story. Clotho, the Weaver of Destiny, has been destroyed. No reincarnation, but complete and utter annihilation. I hope this was a good start for you. Next chapter involves a different decision about Bellatrix's letter…and a great deal of Darker Minded Harry. You'll see what I mean soon enough.
D&S Master: Here's the beginning of undoing what was done. It just gets better from here on.