Chapter 6: Bearer of Wrath

Another Dimension that (luckily) Wasn'tEarth

This dimension was strange for Ira, it was filled with bright colors and small talking animals that can fly and use magic, it was so fun for Ira to see such innocent talking animals be friendly to him without bias, without prejudice, it was so innocent, they talked about the magic of friendship and it was so powerful that it was evil's bane, for they believe that evil does not know friendship, but Ira knows friendship, so without any form of mercy Ira killed any citizen he could find as he wander throughout that dimension's world, like those talking animals, he did it without prejudice and bias, he ate their flesh and skin their hides, after a day of non-stop slaughter, content for his deeds of battle and feeling proud of the many trophies he obtain, he left that world and set his sights to return to Alistair's domain to make his allies enjoy his spoils of genocide.

Alistair's Domain

So as the dimension that Ira fought in blood bag has finally been popped and being flatlined , Ira finally went back to Alistair's domain, bearing trophies and dead bodies to display his strength, and to piss off Rize and Luxuria for they always get angry at him whenever he show's them a couple of heads on wooden pikes. He will give the skinned bodies to Beelze, he will surely cook them, make them actually taste good for their meat is foul but then again, it's what to expect from sentient humanoid's for they all just skin and bones and nothing more.

He showed off his newly acquired heads to Luxuria and Rize, both of them gave him the same reaction as they always did, disgust, in fact, Luxuria slapped Ira in the face because of it, he only laughed in response, stating that they don't have spines, he gave the bodies to Beezle who humbly accepted his new ingredients that he must experiment on, and he finally presented himself to his master, but instead of obtaining praise from his master, he instead received a mission.

"It's been one day since Mason died by accident..." Alistair said to the Red Bearer, his voice becoming louder when he mentioned that Mason's death was caused by accident.

"I want you to carry on his task Ira, bring me Star Butterfly's head and wand..." Alistair commanded Ira who nodded in response without a second thought, and so Ira dropped all of his trophies and spoils of battle, Luxuria with a form of reluctance opened a dimensional portal to earth.

"She's followed by a boy named Marco, make them infight, meddle with their relationship, then break them apart!" Alistair commanded as he curled one of his hands into a fist.

"I will Master, for anger can course through anyone, may it be god or mortal..." Ira said confidently right before entering into the portal, his robes still doused in blood.

After Ira left Alistair's Domain to earth, Luxuria quickly closed it, and glared at her 'Master'.

"Can't believe that you made the Psychopath do Mason's mission, you know how over exaggerated he is?" Luxuria said to Alistair who didn't even made eye contact with her, but he made an audible scoff.

"I suppose that Beezle will have to dig another hole then..." Luxuria said rebelliously, This instantly got Alistair to glare at Luxuria. She shrugged when Alistair did so.

"I'm just stating the truth, Alistair, maybe you should give Ira some help, because you know, sending one bearer worked out really well..." Luxuria said, her tone of voice being deep in snarkiness.

"I know it didn't work, it was just dumb luck is the reason why those two children slain the Bearer of Envy, Only reason!" Alistair said with a confident tone.

"And Mason's own envy is also the only reason." Luxuria retorted causing Alistair to huff in annoyance.

Earth, Saturday, Diaz Residence

If Star was being honest, she actually enjoy her night with Marco, they watched a couple of movies, stayed up late due to being Friday, they ate nachos, and enjoyed each other's company, which Star really appreciated, of course our two heroes needed rest after defeating the Bearer of Envy, so instead of going to the dance, Marco almost as a way to not show that he and Star was a pair to the school, decided to stay at home for the night, although Star did enjoy last night, she's still at the same position as she was before the dance, only a friend and not a girlfriend.

But the thing that was is truly on her mind was how proficient Mason was at using the Royal Magic Wand, sure his was a carbon copy but he knew exactly what to do with it, shouting out specific words to summon serpents and summoning swords that were made of shadows, did he use the Royal Magic Wand before? Star pondered if that was true. Another strange thing that happened was that Mason's weapon, the spear with a jade blade still remained, heck, Marco even kept the spear, as a reminder that he forgave Star for losing her mind and essentially accepting a deal with a envious devil. Of course another reason could be the fact that it is a cool looking-spear, pitch black handle that surprisingly compliments the green blade. Another reason could be that Marco needed something more if Mason's allies head to earth bearing the desire for Star's head and wand. But these are just assumptions, for all could Star know Mason was just lying and he was some random mercenary hired by Ludo.

All of these thoughts were interrupted by a board snapping coming from Marco's room, instantly worry started to course through Star, and so, she quickly ran to Marco room. But what she saw was something that wasn't out of the ordinary for Star ever since she arrived on earth and residing in the Diaz residence, what she saw was Marco in his karate gi with green belt and all, breaking wooden planks with a simple karate chop, but unlike those other days for which his strikes were controlled and calm, his strikes were more agitated. It was so noticeable that Star even ask what made Marco so bothered.

"I'm just practicing for my Karate tournament tomorrow." He said normally, as he set up another board, Star mentally slapped herself, she forgot that Marco had a tournament tomorrow against a kid known as Jeremy Birnbuam.

"You see Star, Martial Arts is all about honor and discipline." Marco continued, then all of a sudden his mood quickly changed to aggression.

"And that's why tomorrow, I'm going to kick Jeremy Birnbaum's butt!" Marco said as he practiced a couple of strikes

"Jeremy Birnbaum, isn't that kid like six years younger than you?" Star said, Marco quickly huffed in response.

"He's just this creep in my dojo who's only any good because his rich parent's buy him fancy equipment and private lessons!" Marco said in response in a defensive tone.

"But on sunday..." Marco said as he placed an extra wooden plank on top of the other. This plank was twice as thick than the plank on top one.

"He's gonna get a taste of this!" Marco said as he raised his to prepare a karate chop, and when he did do the karate chop, he broke the first plank with little to no effort, but he strangely didn't break the second one. This caused Marco to shout in frustration, and then he did another karate chop, the plank still didn't break, in fact, Marco's hand was hurt more so than the actual plank of wood.

"Damn it!" Marco said as his felt his hand sting in pain from his failed attempts of chopping a plank of wood with only his hands

"Maybe you're getting little bit too in to it..." Star said to try and calm her friend down. Luckily Marco realized this and actually tried to calm down, he sat on his bed, Star as a effort to get closer to him, sat right next to him.

"I just want to be better than Jeremy..." Marco said quietly.

"He's needs to learn that private lessons and flashier karate gear doesn't make you better..."Star was going to say something but was interrupted with the knocking of the house's front door. Marco quickly got up from his bed and answered the door, leaving Star in his room, she sighed sadly as a response. There goes her chances...

Marco opened the door, no one was on Marco's doorstep, a ding-dong ditch, people still do these nowadays based on this successful attempt, Marco was going to close his door with a grumble, that is until he noticed a piece of paper on the ground, quickly he picked it up, it was a red paper that compliments with its black text, it displayed nothing more. What it said on the paper was.

'Do you want to dominate this karate tournament this Sunday!?, Then come to this address and learn from the Master of Karate! If you have this flyer then you can get lessons for free.' Marco read, it seems quite fishy, for he can clearly see the other houses doorstep's and they didn't have the same flyer as he did, but then again, maybe this distributor knows who can do karate and who can't. It was free though, everything's better if it's free right?

"Who was at the front door?" Star asked in a rather polite tone, Marco quickly turned to his friend and simply said.

"It's just some flyer for free karate lessons, should I go?" Marco asked his friend for advice.

"You should probably take them, you need all the help you can get to defeat Jeremy..." Star said, almost amusingly as Marco considers the eight-year old kid was a legitimate challenge for Marco's karate. Which admittedly, is quite amusing.

"Really?" Marco responded, Star gave him a reassuring smile and nodded.

"But can I come with you?" Star asked with her usual bubbly tone, hoping to spend more time with her crush.

"Of course you can." Marco said kindly, Star smiled in response.

"Just don't go crazy again." Marco said with a small snicker of laughter, Star quickly retracted her smile and looked down slightly. Marco seeing that his best friend was hurt by his comment, said in a guilty voice.

"Sorry..."