Getbackers: Remake
Chapter ten, enjoy.
Summary: They are the Getbackers; what is stolen, they'll get it back. But is that all they are? Follow them on their adventures and discover the secret Midou Ban has been hiding.
Pairing/s: GinjixBan, ShidoxMadoka (but not yet) and maybe some other.
Warning: May hold blood and violence.
Spoilers: Parts of the manga.
Other notes: Totally different Ban-attitude. Those who have read my other Getbackers-stories may notice this Ban resembles the Ban I usually display in them. Though in this one he remains pretty quiet, and a little scary. And his whole life in this fic will be different. Which means, his mother did not abandon him, he did not live with Maria and so on. I'll drop hints the further this story will go.
Also, this one will not really follow the anime or the manga all the time. I'll add other missions, and maybe take in some missions from the manga.
There are no Voodoo children in this fic, but Himiko still exists. It's just that her and Ban's relationship are different. You will see.
-
"Talking"
'Thinking'
-
Warning for this chapter: Nothing much.
-
Chapter Ten: Battle part Two
Ban coughed and blood splattered onto the roof with a sickening sound. Ginji could not move; his eyes were wide and his lower lip trembling just a bit. He watched the blood seep out from his lover, and how the pale skin became deathly white. Shunei screamed and Paul looked murderous at the one who had thrown the spear. A man came forward; his hair was dark brown and his eyes green. He smirked a bit and said:
"How noble, sacrificing yourself for your lover. But it matters little. I will still take Raitei and use his powers to gain everything I want. Too bad you killed Shiraku but I killed you in return."
Ban could not get a hang of what the man was saying. He tried to breath but it only made the pain worse. One hand had grabbed the spear but he was far too weak now to pull it out. His vision swam, and he slowly sank down onto the roof. He coughed again, blood spraying onto his lips and the man sighed.
"Too bad I had to kill you, Midou," the man said. "Your powers were quite good as well."
Ban's eyes closed.
"Good night, Midou," the man whispered. The next thing was heard by Ban's ears only: "Say hello to your mother and father from the one who ordered their deaths; their friend Yurami."
The Jagan-user took one last breath and then his chest stilled.
-
Yurami stepped closer and Ginji stood up slowly. A spark of electricity came out from him. The brunette stopped as the spark became a lightning striking out. And so the fight began.
-
The sounds were muffled and distant, like a dream. The real world slipped away within a few moments, and when Ban opened his eyes he was not lying on the roof anymore. He sat up and looked around. A meadow? How come he was on a meadow? The sun was shining and a wind was playing with the grass he was sitting on. His wounds and aches were nothing now, and he was dressed in a simple white kimono. He stood up slowly, stretching his body and tried to figure out where he was.
"What's wrong, baby?"
The voice made him freeze, and then he whipped around. Hinorie smiled widely and continued:
"You look like you've seen a ghost."
"M-mother?"
The woman waved him over, and Ban went to her.
"Am I dead?" he asked.
"Not yet," she replied and patted the blanket she sat on. "Your father couldn't come here, since he isn't like us. But he says hello."
He sat down, and she smiled reassuringly and continued:
"I'm here to get you in contact with Asclepius."
"Why?"
"Because his powers can save you," Hinorie said. "And you need them."
"If their powers can save you, how come you died?" the black-haired man said.
She did not reply for a while. Instead she came closer and stroke his hair softly.
"I was blinded by grief of seeing Mamoru die," she finally answered. "I could not hear Athena's voice calling out. I let them kill me. But I can't let you die."
Ban tried to listen to her but something else nagged in the back of his mind. A new voice was there, and kept whispering to him. He looked around, trying to find the voice. Hinorie smiled; just some small-talk and the two found each other. The Jagan-user felt his mother's hand on his cheek and heard her voice:
"Listen to him, Ban. He wants to help you."
Darkness surrounded him, and the new voice came forth:
"Just let me take care of it for a little while."
The Jagan-user suddenly curled up and hugged his knees. He felt tired, and had nothing against what the voice was suggesting.
"Let me."
Ban closed his eyes. A spark of light in the dark, and Ban fell asleep.
-
Ginji had given in to Raitei. Seeing his lover die made him loose it all. The blonde was crying inboards and no longer cared what would happen. He had wanted his lover with him all day; he could not imagine he would not be able to see Ban's smile ever again except in his memories. He would never be able to feel the man's skin or watch the Jagan-user as he slept. Ban was dead and nothing he would do would change it.
So he gave up. Several of the wizards and witches had fallen at his feet, proving they all had wrong that not even Raitei could kill them. Yurami was now worried; he wanted to get the man's powers but how could he get them without sacrificing more people? There were not really that many wizards or witches in Mugenjou that had guts enough to kill.
Taunting had not worked; it just made the Lightning Lord angrier and the man did not want him that. The blonde's friends combined their powers to take the others out slowly but surely. This was annoying; he was losing his chances.
He decided to take out Misuru (who had returned after killing Garou), Paul, Shunei and the man named Akabane; they were the most dangerous ones. The woman with the perfumes could be a problem later on, but right now he needed those four dead.
Yurami sent out the command silently to the others, and they immediately directed their attacks onto the four men.
Raitei ran to them and knocked two out before a knife hit his leg and made him fall. Cries of 'Ginji' and 'Raitei' were heard. A sword came towards the blonde and he looked at it as it came closer, unsure how to handle it. He could just knock it away with his lightning but for some reason he did not want it. He actually wished to see if the sword would kill him and send him to wherever Ban was. The brunette screamed; he could not loose the power he had tried so hard to get!
A person stopped the sword with his bare hand a few feet away from Raitei. Drips of blood fell down onto the roof, but that seemed to of little concern to the man himself. He threw it away from them without a care and settled his gaze onto Yurami. They all stared at him. Raitei suddenly disappeared, like a candle blown out and Ginji whispered:
"Ban-chan…?"
Ban's hair was flowing in the air and his skin was glowing. Where the spear had been was now flawless skin and a bit of blood. His eyes that were wide-open had gained a shining blue colour and Misuru whispered out:
"No, it's not Ban… it's Asclepius the Healer."
"The Healer?" Shido repeated. "I thought he was the serpent-bearer."
"Not from the beginning," Shunei said. "He was originally a healer that could bring people back from the dead."
Asclepius turned around to the man who had shot the spear, to the man who had betrayed his friends and spoke with an eerie voice:
"The time to be judged has come upon you. You have tried to gain access to the ancient of powers, living inside a man who does not even know it."
"You know?" the wizard said faintly.
"Your desire cannot be hidden to me," the old Healer spoke, his tone now icy. "The power of the real Lightning Lord shall not be underestimated. The power of Zeus the god of all gods lies within Amano Ginji; that is what you want. That is why you brought Amano Ginji back to Mugenjou; to rob him of Zeus' powers."
"And you're saying you're going to stop me? Try it, you damn healer!"
The glow disappeared and suddenly the Jagan-user was back. The symbols on his arms reappeared, and his eyes turned into a red-like colour. He held out his arms and said:
"The blackness of your world, bring it to me. The despair you fill our hearts with, take it with you. The hatred you make us feel, fill me with it. Bring me the powers of death, ruler of the underworld."
"Holy fucking shit," Shunei rambled, "he's fucking serious."
"No kidding," Paul muttered. "Guys, back up."
"Why?" Shido asked.
"You want to die?" the redheaded man replied. "He's out for blood, and not just because the fucking guy wants Ginji's powers."
"What for then?" Himiko asked.
"The man dared to hurt Ginji," Paul said.
-
Yurami stared as dark shadows surrounded the Jagan-user. Ban disappeared behind them shortly before they shot out in the air. A ghost-like man appeared before him and gazed at brunette with a cold look. The man was dressed in a black cloak and a scythe was in his right hand. Yurami stared at the summon and could not help but whisper:
"The death god Hades."
Ban struck out with his hand and Hades began running forward. Shido looked at Shunei and said:
"I got a question."
"What is it?" Shunei snapped.
"How do you know how strong he is? I mean, he's just summoning things…"
"He summoned two gods at once before," Paul said. "No one of the Midous could do that."
"Well, his records are still five gods at once," Shunei reminded.
"Yeah, and he was in a coma for two months after that," the redheaded man shot back.
Ban took a deep breath and began speaking:
"The man who deluded the gods, arise. You, who were brought down by the light of the god of all gods, come back. Rise from the depths of my soul, rise and fight. Come out, Asclepius."
Something came out from the black-haired male this time. A man stepped out, dressed in blinding white clothing and a face similar to Ban's own.
"He looks like Ban-chan," Ginji said.
"Some people say that the Midous comes from Asclepius," Paul said. "Because of their Jagan, which is a gift first known at the time Asclepius was alive."
The power-rush made them all look back at the scene. Hades and Asclepius had paired up, and Ginji could see Ban's strained face.
"He's exhausted," Paul said and readied his weapons. "He won't last much longer."
"We don't know that yet, Paul!" Shunei shouted over the wind that had created around them. "Ban can fake in order to delude his enemies! He's done it before!"
Yurami licked his lips. This power was far more exiting than Raitei.
"Such power should belong to me," he whispered. If he had known the Midous had powers like this, he would never have ordered their deaths.
Ban felt it, the man's thoughts. He growled and readied himself for a third and fourth summon in a joined request. He closed his eyes and focused. The symbols on his arms began to shine. He raised his voice to a commanding tone:
"Ruler of the abyss below, lord over the sky. Brothers of nature, destroyers at my hand. Join together, dark with light. Water from the sea, lightning from the sky. Behold the brothers of destruction!"
Ouch, he could feel that. Four summons are quite hard to accomplish since one summon took up a good chunk of your magic. Four summons, and he was testing his limits.
However, the two gods appeared. As before, Zeus and Poseidon linked powers with each other to gather up strength.
"Ban-sama…" Shunei whispered.
"Oh god, he's pissed," Paul said.
'Kill him in the most painful way you can think off.'
The four summons looked back at Ban, and bowed at the silent command. Then they all four began to run towards Yurami. He dodged their attacks and screamed out to Ban:
"That's all you can offer, Midou?!"
"You know, I don't like that guy at all," Shido said.
"Tell me about it," the blonde man said.
"Yurami was it?" the Jagan-user said, and the brunette stopped as the summons stopped. "I would like to give you something."
"Give me something?"
"Considering I'm one of the last Midous alive, I must somehow bring upon you the deaths of a thousand of my kin," Ban said and directed his now cold blue eyes towards the man. "You were the mastermind behind the slaughter."
"So what if I was?" Yurami said. "Nobody wanted the Midous alive. Everyone hated the Midous!"
"Humans hate what they don't understand," Ban replied, walking closer to the now hysterical man. "They fear unknown things, and fear turns to hatred, and hatred turns to the need to kill. Humans need to kill what they don't understand."
"If we're humans, what are you Midous then?!"
Misuru jumped down next to Ban, startling them all. During all of what had happened, the man had been surprisingly quiet. He smiled politely and replied:
"I guess we are monsters."
The four summons attacked. Yurami was unprepared. Zeus' lightning jerked him to a stop, Poseidon's water made him choke. Asclepius' eyes made him scream, and Hades' fatal blow made him die.
Then it was all over.
Tbc…
Hehe, short chapter and probably boring as well. Couldn't do it any better though.
Well, this fic maybe has one or two more chapters left to go. I reckon one; where I finish all up, give you some juicy stuff and a happy ending? Does it sound good? To me it does.
Until later, (hopefully soon)
Ja,
Tiro