Alright, I'm sorry about disappearing lately. It's been a stressful week, my mum's recovering from surgery and I'm picking up the slack.

So, I thought I'd share a deleted scene from For Every Soul with you. I've done a couple of drafts for potential scenes lately, but I'm posting this now since it won't be in the story. It just wasn't epic enough.

I chuckled in spite of myself as we stepped out of the darkness. "Mitsuru, I'll need a favour from you after all this is over." I told her.

"Why are we in a prison?" she asked.

"I told you." I replied, walking along the steel walkway until I found the one cell with someone still inside.

It was also the only cell with bleeding words all over the walls.

I'll give you three guesses what they were.

The inmate laughed as he looked at me, but it was one of mixed emotions, glee, relief, joy, despair, and madness and loving it. "And so it begins…" Adachi told me with an evil smile.

It wasn't a nice evil smile. Sure, it was friendly, but you could feel the malice a mile away.

I was facing a man who was completely, unashamedly irredeemably evil, but so amusing to watch.

Normally, a person like that deserves nothing more than a bullet through his skull.

But he's just too much fun to kill.

He actually plays the game by The Rules. The actual, insane, messed-up rules no one else dare to admit knowing, and that's just so damn rare. Killing him would be the smart choice, but…

"Could you do it though?" Adachi asked, almost as if he was reading my thoughts. "Come on, the kid never managed it. Even when I had a fog monster holding me back those kids barely managed it."

"That's true." I laughed, waving Mitsuru over. "Mitsuru, this is Tohru Adachi, the one scumbag He couldn't kill. Adachi, Mitsuru Kirijo, I'm sure you know her."

"Well, wasn't expecting you." He told her with a grin. "So, this a conjugal visit, you just here to talk?"

I smirked. "I'm actually considering helping you escape." I told him. "I'm sure you've noticed what's going on."

He chuckled. "Bad Wolf, right?" he asked, leaning back in his bunk. "It's been all over the place."

Mitsuru leaned over into my ear. "What was he convicted for?" she asked.

"Attempted rape, multiple homicide, perversion of justice, destruction of evidence, and that's just what they could get him for." I replied. "Remember that time in January that He came back to the dorm full of bullets?" I pointed a thumb at my favourite inmate. "Disabled His Persona's resistances and shot him in the back, leaving him to die in the snow."

Adachi snickered. "Man, those were the days." He reminisced. "Remember that time you turned my arm into an accordion?"

"Or the time you shot Him in the face in the hospital?" I laughed. "Yeah, good times."

"Looks like it's just Bad Wolf now though." He laughed, swinging off the bunk and walking up to the bars. "So, why do you think I want to leave?"

"Look in your pocket." I told him.

"Aaaaand what if I don't want to?" he asked, putting his hands in said pockets and rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet.

"You do." I told him. "Because you're bored. You're bored out of your skull. You got caught, then used that to lure those kids into tearing out the fog demon Izanami placed inside of you, and you agreed to come quietly and remain in prison because you wanted to finish repairing the damage to your soul. That's why you have that Velvet Key in your pocket." I told him. "A man like you is evil to the core, but since you're charismatic and amusing, people will listen to you. People will even like you. Hell, I've killed men better than you, but you're just so much fun."

Adachi laughed, shrugging. "What can I say?" he asked. "I'm a people person."

"So, here's the deal." I told him. "All the things you've done and the fact that you don't even give a damn, I should kill you right here. However, you're the only guy we've got that can get us answers, so you're gonna help us, and you're gonna be a good boy while doing it."

"Nah, I'm good." Adachi smiled. "I'm fine without a bomb in my brai-"

He stopped when I was dangling him over the edge of the steel walkway by his throat. "Minato!" Mitsuru shouted.

"Wrong." I replied, feeling the fangs grow. "I am a Shadow. The True Self. I am one with the universe, and I know what is in the hearts of all men." I leaned forward to whisper in his ear. "And if you ever even think of touching her, hell will be a pleasant resting place after I'm through with you."

Then he burst into crows.

DAMMIT!

He booted me over the edge, laughing as he did so.

I rolled in the air and landed on a banister below then jumped back up to his level and swung into a kick to his head. He ducked under it and headbutted my groin, and I banged my back against the steel railing.

An ice spear stabbed through his shoulder, then another rose from the ground to trap his hand. "MITSURU GET BACK!"

Adachi broke her ice with a ring of fire as he twisted around to kick her in the jaw, step forward, retrieve her katana and shove an elbow into her chin, knocking her out.

Mitsuru should be made of stronger stuff.

Adachi was at about a quarter of his current strength when He last faced him.

He's got both skills and power.

And he knows I want him alive.

I twisted around and backhanded Adachi as he teleported behind me, but he rolled unto the fist and sliced my arm off before kicking me back. The arm regenerated, but he still managed to shoulder-smash me back, and I tripped over Mitsuru.

He stood over me, pressing his heel against my jaw to push my chin back as he leant over to look me in the eye. "Ya know, I can feel just how strong you actually are." Adachi told me, tilting his head slightly. "You're getting rationed power from a physical god, but you don't use your own strength that much." He laughed, drawing the katana over my head. "Man, you still don't understand just what you guys are capable of when you get creative."

If I dodge, Mitsuru'll take the sword swing and die.

And he's right about my power being rationed.

So let's get creative.

Yeah, as you can see, it just wasn't epic enough. Sorry that you only have this sub-standard quality stuff for now, but I promise that I'll make it up to you when I can.