"I'm screaming revenge again
I've been wrong for far too long
Been constantly so frustrated
I've moved mountains with less
When I channel my hate to productive
I don't find it hard to impress
Bones in traction
Hands break to hone raw energy
Bold and disastrous
My ears can't hear what you say to me"
The next few days blurred into one routine. Wake up from a horrible nightmare, mourn, train with weapons, steal food with Sun, eat, train again, mourn again, sleep and then repeat. It wasn't exactly a fun lifestyle but for someone who had just lost both their parents at age fifteen he was getting by. Kage had just finished sharpening the blades on The Razor's Edge. He really needed to come up with a name that's a bit more plural but that was the least of his worries. He had just set down the deadly gloves on the table when he heard rocks being thrown at the boarded up window, he walked over to it and peeked through the slabs of wood where he saw Sun carrying a punching bag, signalling for the door to be opened. Kage did just that, fist bumping his new ally on the way in.
"What you got there?" Kage asked
"I have birthday cake" Sun sarcastically replied
"Really? Aww you shouldn't have. You're the best" Kage and Sun both laughed and walked past the stairs and straight to the factory floor where they had made a make shift training ground for them to hone their skills. Kage took the punching bag from Sun and he set it up on a meat hook. After a bit of searching they found this place used to be a slaughter house where they would not only hold the animals but kill them and create the produced there and then to keep it fresh. It seems kind of messed up but in a world where monsters standing at well over 100 feet tall are roaming casually roaming the face of the planet; this would seem somewhat normal.
"You ready to go Fauxnus?" That was Sun's nickname for Kage since he was only part Faunus.
"Keep calling me that and I'll be ready to kick your ass" Kage smirked and mentally prepared himself for a sparring session which was actually quite therapeutic for him, taking out his aggression and focusing his energy on something else other than his parents can only be an improvement. Just as they were going to engage in combat they heard a smash and an alarm go off outside. Curious as to what was going on; Kage and Sun postponed the sparring session and ran up the stairs to the rooftop so they can see what was going on without drawing unnecessary attention to themselves; they did beat up a bunch of police officers after all. Some vans were parked by the local dust shop "Dust To Dust" This was where all the commotion was happening they stopped and stared at the men inside ransacking the shop. Kage saw a logo on their backs. "White Fang…." Kage gritted his teeth and anger surged through his body. He couldn't contain himself without hesitation Kage darted off the roof and kicked a massive dent into the White Fang's getaway vehicle. The driver startled and confused made his way out of the van only to be kicked straight back in and drove out the other end from Kage's straight kick to the chest. Okami leapfrogged over the van and drove his heels into the chest and ribs of his downed foe, actually surfing on him for about ten feet. Meanwhile; back on the rooftop. Sun was in shock his friend just went after the most feared organisation on the planet without a second thought. Sun muttered to himself "Is he out of his damn mind?" He thought about joining Kage but he didn't in the end. He'd take a bullet for him but he wasn't stupid. The White Fang would find him eventually. He saw that the Kage left without his signature weapon so he ran back inside the grab the metal wolf paws it was the least he could do without engaging in combat.
Back to the street and Kage had just made his way into the dust shop and was bouncing off the walls, sneaking in punches when he could. He was dealing with far more skilled foes than the cops and didn't know how they operate. To the naked eye it would seem like Kage is helplessly trying to avoid contact but he's scanning them, figuring them out. One of the White Fang goons was flailing his arms around trying to catch him with something. It was too easy. He's was panicking. Kage hopped up and bounced off the wall going for the ceiling. Kage sprung off the ceiling and drove his body into his foe's gut slamming him down, making a crater in the marble floor. Kage stood on his hands as another White Fang goon ran towards him. Kage sprung up and shot his legs towards the goon, hooking the tops of his feet behind The White Fang member's neck, hanging of him before shifting his weight and swinging like a pendulum, front flipping onto his feet which evidently causes the goon to flip onto his back from being yanked down by Kage's feet. The half human, half Faunus looked to the left and clocked by nightstick that the 3rd and final goon was carrying. It knocked him back and but he quickly recovered and ducked another swing from the knight stick he jumped and brought his knees up to his face burying it in them, managing to avoid not only another swing from the nightstick but a leg sweep from the goon that Kage flipped seconds ago. His response to their attempted attack was very old school. He swung his leg back and kicked the nightstick wielding goon in the crotch. The goon folded over and grabbed his swollen manhood. Okami kicked the downed goon before taking a few steps back an running towards the hurt White Fang henchman, favouring his nether region, rolling over his back grabbing the briefcase of dust on the table opposite him, swinging the solid object over him down on the back of the goon's head knocking him out completely. Kage saw the flipped henchman stand up and he quickly and gently threw the case towards his head with both hands like he was throwing a ball. The unimpressed goon obviously caught it but before he could even finish his laugh; Kage dropkicked the case into the goon's face. Kage smirked and looked at his handy work.
"Not bad" Kage proudly walked out and saw Sun emerge from the rooftop door with The Razor's Edge.
"Here! Take your weapons!" Sun shouted at Kage, The half breed looked up at his comrade in confusion then slowly grinned when it hit him
"I appreciate that, buddy but I don't need them now. The matter has been dealt with"
"Oh.." Sun muttered disappointed "I really wanted to see what it does"
"Another time, Wukong…Another time" Kage jumped up and managed to get half way up the building, clinging on to the ledge of a window before launching himself to the top. Walking past Sun with a smug grin; Sun simply laughed it off, still in some sort of shock and followed Kage into the building, confronting his friend.
"Kage, If I can be serious for a second?..."
"You? Serious? This I gotta see" Kage turned to Sun and sat down.
"Do you have any idea who you just attacked?" Sun asked concerned for his friend's safety
"I know exactly who I just attacked. If it were anyone else I wouldn't have gone down there" Kage got serious in a hurry and took a deep breath and let it go through his nostrils, getting mad at the thought of them
"Then you should know that they are very dangerous people. Why would you go after such a powerful cult?"
"It's a long story, Sun; a story for another time"
Sun spoke up and put his foot down "Kage, if we're going to do this together then I can't be your clueless, trusty sidekick. I need to know what's going on"
"I said. I don't want to talk about it" Kage raised his voice glared at him "Another time"
Sun stood up and started pacing back and forth angrily "It's always "Another time" with you isn't it? We've been around each other for most of the week now and I still know nothing about you other than your name; Oh and that you're crazy enough to go after the White freaking Fang!"
"It's personal okay?" Kage was getting fed up of arguing he didn't need reminders
"It's always personal with them. Nobody goes after a cult that feared and dangerous without having a serious vendetta"
Just then they were both interrupted by an almost blinding light piercing its way through the boarded up windows and the sound of helicopter blades. He was hesitant but Kage got up and peeked through the slabs of wood where he heard beeping. It took a second but he quickly identified the sound. Kage yelled at Sun to get back before jumping backwards himself. He didn't get far before an earth shattering explosion shoved Kage back mid-flight and into a wall. Sun was on the other side of the wall when the explosion happened and he ran back around to aid his friend but was met by 4 heavily armoured White Fang enforcers. Sun drew his staff and got into his fighting position. All four enforcers lunged at Sun at the same time and he dived to side to avoid the onslaught. The Faunus spun the staff around for momentum and struck one of the enforcers with it, cracking a hole in his helmet. Sun flipped back and waited for the party to come to him. Once again all for enforcers ran towards him. Sun snapped his staff in two and became nunchucks. He started spinning around the chucks and connected with multiple shots to each of the enforcer's heads. Before snapping it back into a staff and sweeping them off their feet and onto their backs. Meanwhile Kage was crawling to get his weapons. He was clearly in pain. Not being able to hear anything but a high pitched, white noise. Kage was only aware of what was going on by looking back. He had to insert himself into this despite being hurt. Sun's skilled but the numbers game is too strong. Okami reached up and picked up The Razor's Edge, slipping the metal gloves on his hands and strapping them on. He slowly got up to his feet and made his way to the window.
Sun was holding his own well despite trying to avoid using the gun attachment on his weapon. He was standing in an old building and a blast that powerful could make the floor give way. The Faunus shoved the end of the staff into the glass window of one of the enforcer's helmet and lifted him up with the staff, spinning him around and using his body as a battering ram knocking the three other enforcers on their backs. Sun then pushed the staff into air (The end with the enforcer still attached being the end that's elevated.) before tilting the staff and ramming the end of the staff into the floor slamming the Enforcer down with it head first. Sun was sure he heard a crunch. Something that extreme was new to him but at this point he didn't care. He was fighting for his life. He yanked the staff out of the enforcer's head like King Arthur and quickly bashed in the legs of another enforcer just as he was getting up, spinning his body in a full 360 degree revolution and smacked the staff behind the enforcers knee, causing him to back flip onto another enforcer. That's three enforcers that were down for the time being. Sun quickly looked around to find the fourth but was met with a running knee into his skull; stunning the Faunus. The final enforcer standing then had Sun in a headlock, his front against the blonde's back, squeezing his throat between his forearm and bicep, pulling as hard as he can. Sun was fading. On the other side of the room; Kage was about to go for the chopper in the air but saw his friend being choked out. He quickly changed his mind and drew the blades on the right glove and slashed the enforcer's back, cutting his heavy armour and back open. He screamed in agony and let go of Sun. The Faunus straightened his back and with the back of his head butted him in the face, making the him take a few steps back. Kage tightened his fist and drew his titanium covered hand back, clocking the Enforcer straight in the head, shattering his helmet and incapacitating him. Sun let out an animalistic grown the likes not even Sun had heard of before. The furious half breed, grabbed the enforcer by the ankle and dragged him to the window where the chopper was waiting.
"They've been in there an awful long time. Maybe we should go in there and help them" One of the would be reinforcements asked the pilot.
"C'mon! It's four on two. They're fine" The confident pilot replied, not even giving him the satisfaction of turning around to look at him"
"Guys, he's back" One of the other enforcers shouted, pointing at Kage dragging their teammate's body along the floor. "He's got one of them!"
"WHAT!?" The pilot yelled in disbelief. "Go after him then you morons!" The reinforcements grabbed their guns and quickly loaded them however Kage was done fighting. He lifted the body by the foot with both hands and spun him around like a lasso and with all of his strength threw the incapacitated enforcer at the tail of the chopper tearing it off completely from the force.
"Holy sh- We're going down!" The pilot panicked as the helicopter spiralled out of control and steered for about a quarter of a mile before smashing into a nightclub, bursting into flames. Kage just stood there breathing heavily for a minute with Sun looking on in shock.
"Oh my…Oh my god" Sun was sitting against a wall still trying to take in what he just saw. "You just killed like six people"
Kage turned to face Sun, completely emotionless
"That's what happens in the real world. People die. This isn't a fantasy land where people don't get hurt. If you don't put the rabid dog down it's just going to keep biting you"
"You know they'll be back right?" Sun barely got the words out. It was a lot quieter than it was a minute ago. Kage paused before replying.
"..I know" Kage's head sunk as his rage subsided and he was himself again. "I'll be ready whenever they decide to grace us with their presence"
Sun stood up, clicked his neck and walked over to Kage. "They're not going to stop, Kage. Not until you're dead." Kage turned to his friend and looked him straight in the eyes.
"Well then I guess we'll have to kill them first"
"Wait, we?" Sun looked back surprised
"Yeah…You with me?" Kage offered his hand to Sun and looked down at it for a few seconds before looking back up at him. It took a second but Sun nodded and shook Okami's hand
"Yeah, I'm with you" They both smiled at each other and looked out at the wreckage about ten blocks away. They saw the owner of the nightclub furious and shouting at a cop who had no idea what just happened. They laughed it off and Kage walked over to the chair and sat down with Sun attaching himself to the light bulb on the ceiling with his tail. Kage had looked down and saw the metal box that The White Fang had stolen and brought back to his house on his birthday. Okami picked it up and placed it on the side of the table that isn't broken.
"You know what's in there?" Sun quizzed his friend.
"No" Kage shook his head and just stared at the box. "Not sure if I want to know either. Who knows what's in it. Could be something really valuable or the box could explode when I open it. One explosion is enough for me today"
"It could be useful, you'll never know unless you open it" Sun let his hands fall and dangle. Still looking at a motionless Kage.
Kage paused before placing a hand on the top of the box. "Yeah I guess you're right." Okami flipped open the lid and shocked at what he found before a huge grin snuck up on his face. "Oh. Hell. Yes"
"What?" Sun dropped down a walked over to Kage in excitement "What's in the- Holy crap!" Both Kage and Sun had huge smiles on their faces, looking at the uncut dust crystals staring at them both. "Dude you're rich" Sun could barely believe what he was seeing. Something like is worth an awful lot of money.
"No... I'm powerful" Kage popped open the wrist on one of his gloves and took and empty canister, twisted the lid off of it and scooped up some dust that had fallen off the crystals and gathered at the bottom of the box. He twisted the lid back on as Sun looked on. He clicked the canister back into his wrist and stuck his arm out with his hand facing the open the window. Little beams of colour emerged from different corners of the hole in his glove; green, blue, red, orange, pink. They all formed in the centre to make a bright white light. Sun stepped back as the glove started shaking his hand before a large burst of energy shot out of the glove and headed for the sky Kage and Sun both looked on as they watched the ball of energy head off into in to the distance, out of sight.
"So that's what it does…" Sun muttered in amazement.
Kage smirked "C'mon let's get rid of these morons and board up this window and I'll tell you about my history with The White Fang"
"Deal" Sun went downstairs to grabbed some spare planks of wood, Kage soon followed
"It happened like this…"
