Author's note; Well, I fell short on my word again, haha. *slaps self* Reason is; my family and I suddenly had to travel abroad(more like they did, and decided to tell /me/ at the last minute. And guess what ? Pin pon! There's no internet there. So I decided to continue writing it(on by phone of course, it's where I do all my major writing XD) and now that I'm back, so are the five troublemakers! This chapter was very fun to write but it took a long while, since I need my muse. And the sea air seems to be it, haha. Anyways, enjoy the chapter and may there be more to come!
Disclaimer; I own none of the series, characters, or settings mentioned in the series. The only things I own are my own original characters and the bad jokes! Those are mine! :D
Inspired by a group of rascals. Enjoy !
This is a work of fiction and is in no way associated with real life happenings.
Now guys, this is where the story gets interesting, in a number of different ways. I was flooded by ideas the last few days so I'm pretty confident that I can make something out of this. It started out as a story I wanted to write just for fun, you know, a gag story with maybe a couple of chapters but after careful consideration and much plot remaking, I've decided to make this a thing.
Anyways, enjoy this chapter !
The last time we left the quintuplet of troublemakers, they had appeared in the world of demons and demon hunters without as much as a warning - as usual - and due to one reason or another - to tell you the truth, even they didn't know how they could be struck with such luck - they were left in the care of the famous devil hunter, Dante. How do the teens plan on dealing with him, and more importantly, how does he plan on dealing with them ?
The not so Fantastic Five - Chapter Eight
"Crack your head against the wall, maybe you'll wake up, cause this sure as hell ain't 21st century Tokyo."
"Oi, Ryuu, check this out." The red head called out to her blonde friend, grabbing his attention in a matter of seconds. He strolled over to where the female was standing, attempting to silent his laugh before it broke out in a concealed mocking. "Haaaha, Dante(already passed the point of suffixes I see), your house is infested with rats." He laughed merrily, his eyes travelling across the floor to the pairs of rodent feet making their own place in the run down old building. "Dante-san, you damn brat..tch, just kick it once and it'll go away." Not paying much attention to the rodents themselves but rather to the way the blonde had taken it upon himself to refer to him, the utterly unamused adult separated a measly few seconds to glare at the teen, ultimately returning to his magazine. It wasn't worth his frustration in the long run.
"Hey, where did those three go ?" Akane broke through Ryuu's muffled laughter, long losing interest in the grey infestations that had scampered away without further notice. "Kyon is off god knows where..probably looking for the nearest vending machine, and Akasuki and Aoi went grocery shopping with Patty. They figured they could help." Ryuu informed her, as he had been the one to see them off that very morning. It was now already reaching the late afternoon and he himself had gotten curious as to what was holding them up.
"And yet you two are here, bothering me." Dante noted with an internal groan, having finished his magazine and with nothing left to do than entertain himself with the two troublemakers he had present. The remaining three would join shortly, he mused. Akane stared at him momentarily, almost seeming baffled by his senseless mutterings. He was an odd one. And she would know. Snickering to herself, she straightened her posture from her previously hunched over knew, walking over to the man, Ryuu two steps behind. "Can I see your sword ?" She asked and for the shortest amount of time, Dante stood silent, almost as if asking her whether or not she was being serious. "No." Came a short response. "I won't break it.", "No." Again he refused, his voice as flat and dull as ever. "I'll cry." Akane whistled cheerily, sitting down next to the man she was having mighty fun in picking on. "I'll live to see the day when that'd actually happen." Almost as if to prove his point, the red head shot a menacing stare in his direction, silently scolding him. "Shut up Ryuu, I'm negotiating. Damn." She clicked her tongue, remembering to inform the blonde when she was cracking a joke next time, since he didn't seem all too eager to understand her dry humor. "Although it's nice to see some sarcasm apart from mine, you're still no closer in convincing me. I'm pretty stubborn, y'know ? Only Patty's managed so far and out of your little gathering, only the small one comes close. So you can forget it, kid."
"Akane."
"I'm sticking with kid."
"We don't like being talked down to." Ryuu managed through a see-through smile. Not quite up to Aoi's level, in the sense that it was completely obvious. "But see, I like talking down to people. So I guess you're outta luck." Dante proved to have a certain fond of outwardly mocking the teens, entertaining himself with poking at the blonde rather than the sassy red one. They glared defiantly, internally cursing the man out - and occasionally letting one slip out, let's say accidentally. Who said adults were meant to be respected ?
"Asshat." Ryuu growled in defeat, having been submitted to Dante's teasing for the time being. He really wasn't enjoying this but at the same time, he also wasn't all too confident he could take the man in a verbal onslaught. The man looked to have - undermining all of his vast bad points - a good set of wits. "Next thing you know he'll ask us to drop a penny into the swear jar." Akane's voice drew out, on a task to highlight the overall irony of it all. Dante was in no aspect meant to be viewed as an adult. And this was coming from her. Maybe a goth teen at best, feighing maturity.
"Tadaima~" Two heads turned, the third much too preoccupied with his eyes fluttering tiredly, denying sleep in all it's might. "Okaeri." Akane drew back from the door, falling onto the couch once more in a quiet thud. "Did you have fun ?" Ryuu chimed in curiously, eyeing the numerous sets of bags hanging from the girls' hands. "Ou, Patt-chan bought a lot of clothes!" Happy with the outcome of their adventure and her own gain in the whole situation, Akasuki set her bags down, stretching. "You know we might leave tomorrow, today even." Ryuu added in shortly after, gaze set on a patch of blue peeking out from inside the bag. "Stop crushing my dreams. I bought frilly dresses and I'm wearing them all." Puffing her cheeks in discontent, she trotted over to the two teens on the couch, setting herself on top of the arm of the couch. "Oi, where do you think that money came from, brats ?" The sudden racket robbing him of any chance to catch some shut-eye, the man's gaze trailed across the room to the dozens of bags. "We could do your job just as well as you could, /Dante-san/. Ignoring the age limit, of course." Adding a smile to boot, Aoi set the bags she was carrying on to th floor, walking passed the silver-haired man and to her beloved sister, who didn't mind when she spent money on sweets - mainly because she was just as bad in that area.
Akane grinned in a sinister notion, catching her sister's hint immediately and turning to face the lone adult in the room. If he thought they were being annoying now, she wondered what he'd say after tonight. The plan was already in motion, there was no declining. And she was sure that the remainder of the group would have no problem having her sister's and her back concerning this matter. They were, after all, a team, no ?
"So." Eyes closed in a simple smile, Akane's demeanour straightened into somewhat of a stance.
"No." Dante bit back immediately. If he even showed the slightest instance of hesitation..
"Did I hear a yes ?" Just what he was fearing..
"No, I said no. No."
"Then that's settled, we're accompanying you tonight. Did you hear that guys ?" Content, she leaned into the couch once more.
"I heard a yes." Ryuu smirked.
"So did I~" Akasuki added merrily.
"Since we can't decline.." Hiding the amusement in his voice, the megane brunette nodded in affirmation to the proposal; they could pull some sort of entertainment out of this..though it was still troublesome.
"There you have it." Akane finished, clasping her hands together darlingly, mocking the man yet again. No sense of leadership.
Aoi chuckled internally, patting the man on the shoulder on her way out, as did the three that followed after. Sometimes she was overjoyed to have a sister such as hers. It meant having all the sides turned in your favor without even having to ask for it. Sisterly love was a fearsome thing indeed.
~And then came nighttime~
"You kids are seriously tagging along." Dante's annoyed sigh travelled through the night wind. "Did we sound like we were kidding ?" Akasuki interjected, strolling ahead of the man in a childish manner. "Girls who wear frills like Patty don't have a say." The will to entertain the girl long fallen, he trudged behind, his sword swaying alongside him. Damn the thing was heavy, despite his reinforced body strength. "..did we sound like we were kidding ?" Ryuu repeated the notion. "You're not any better, kyojin.", "Okay that's enough..did we sound like we were kidding ?" Kyon ended the nuance, a spark of expectation in his voice. He wouldn't go as far as to make fun of his glasses, right ? "I don't particularly care if you die, yeah ? But Patty'll be on my neck the next month for 'mistreating guests' or whatever." So he wouldn't be insulting him. Huh. Go figure
"I could totally not die if I had your sword."
"No."
"My sister may look like she'll break it,"
"Which I might if you don't fix your attitude, Dante-san."
"But she's very good with blades, I assure you."
"See this baby ?" Ryuu interrupted, clawing at the man's attention. The male promptly pointed towards his forehead to a long scar following across the skin, albeit shadowed by the length of his bangs. "This happened when I found out just how deeply attached to Kuragar Akane really was." He said through a faint chuckle, reminiscing the time the girl had basically mauled him. "You were trying to break a rock with her." The red head hissed in response, clearly unsatisfied with how he'd turned the story in his favour. "And so you took the rock and destroyed my face." He persisted. "His only good point." Akasuki coughed in, receiving a troubling stare from the tall blonde. Well then.
"Putting that aside, you really chose fitting clothes." Walking alongside her sister, the redhead commended the girls. Akasuki was wearing a dark blue, almost black, frilly dress laced at the sides reaching just below get knees, a black bow decorating her chest and falling to her stomach. On her feet were high dancing shoes, topped off by a black bolero to preserve warmth. Think, goth-loli. Aoi on the other hand chose a much simpler approach, content with a regular white summer dress, closed sandals and a blue jacket. Akasuki had insisted she wear something more sturdy, or at least something darker but Aoi had assured her she would make it work. Akane, contrary to the two girls, went with a more practical approach; dark, tightly-fitted jeans, a pair of black leather army boots reaching to the upper half of her calves, a simple white tee all rounded by a black overcoat snuggled closely to her body, roughly reaching her upper thighs. Ryuu decided on a pair of grey sweats, a black hoodie and sneakers, rooting more for comfort than practicality. Lastly Kyon had insisted in remaining in his school uniform, reassuring everyone that he 'wouldn't be cold'.
It was a late summer night, no wind, barely a breeze although strangely chilly for the time of year. The five, plus the lone adult strolled through the empty streets of town, searching for theapparent 'demon' Dante had informed them of. He had been hesitant at first but after a stern talking with Kyon and his mysterious negotiating ways, he begrudgingly allowed them to tag along. Not like he had a choice in the matter but hey, where's the harm in making the adult feel in charge ? They had received numerous calls concerning cases of missing women appearing all around town and according to Dante, a demon was at fault. The demon, as Dante described him, was taking the form of a particularly handsome Sweed, going around town and raking up women one by one with a type of enchantment causing the women to lose their sense and fall victim to his false charms. Dante had accepted the job, signifying that the pay was extraordinarily high and that there was no chance he was passing it up, dangerous or not. Or in his words 'a quintuplet of annoying leeches or not'.
"We got notice of his next victim being underage. The caller was anonymous but a time and place is all I need, and they gave it. A farce or not, I got the money and I'm checking it out. You two can stand guard here." He directed towards the two males. "You're not exactly inconspicuous with the uniform and you.." Almost as if retracing the conversation, the man stopped in thought. "I told you," Ryuu interrupted him mid-thought. "I'm not going inside there. I've got a thing with those kinds of places." And as in 'those kinds of places' he was referring to an all women host club, led by, as you guessed, women. And Ryuu had a little bit of difficulty when it came to people of the opposite gender..the three girls excluded. "The three of you can come with me. You will infiltrate as part of the staff and approach the woman - ", "Is that him ?" Akane asked, pointing towards a tall, dark-haired man with exceedingly broad shoulders and a muscly build. "Yeah, but - " Without waiting for him to finish his explanation, the feisty red-head strolled over - not allowing the man to exclaim a word of protest - and punched him straight in the nose, sending him stumbling. "..or that. That works." Sighing in exasperation, Dante walked over to the man and in one gliding motion pulled out a gun and pressed it to the man's temple. "You're under arrest I guess." And then he shot. The shot rang loudly through the street and with a pained scream, the man fell to the floor before dissipating into the air. Holstering his gun silently, Dante adjusted his trenchcoat. A moment passed and his head rose up. "..that was too easy."
And then they heard it.
The screams.
Dante spun, running into the club without a word of notice. Akasuki and Kyon ran right after him, Aoi, Akane and lastly Ryuu remaining. There was a reason why he wasn't stepping foot inside that place but why weren't the two of them..? Akane was holding Aoi by the tip of the sleeve and her sister had gotten the hint. Noticing the blonde's confusion, a wide grin spread on red's face which only served in deepening his confusion. "Just wait. I think I know how this'll go. Any moment now.." As if on que, several of the club's windows shattered unanimously, harbouring dozens of bodies which flung through the opening. Three men, all uncomfortably similar to one-another glanced at the three teens watching outside, cursing. Were they with the mixed blood ? "Shit." One of them said, pouncing towards the only male in the group of three so-called bystanders.
At first Ryuu screamed; screamed at the top of his voice, forcing the twins to wonder if the man had succeeded in stabbing him with the candlestick he had in hand however, another assessment of the situation proved otherwise; the man was, simply put, revolting; his expression contorted into a maddening snarl on something that had at one point been a face, now ridden with scars and a dark, decomposing skin. Almost like.. "This fucking zombie!" He was enraged; how dare this undead asshole try and stab him! Next thing you know he'll be making a grab for his face! The creature's , previously a man's mouth opened, jaw separating to reveal a frighteningly gaping hole and a none too pleasant breath smell. "Wha- Th- AAARGHH!" Positively pissed off, Ryuu clasped the man's arm, pulling it fiercely. Truth be told, he had been aiming for a hold, so the surprise didn't fall short when the thing's arm just..popped off.
Ryuu gaped. Had he..had he just done that ? I mean sure, he was pretty confident in his strength..enough to break an arm or two..but this ?! He quickly drew back, giving himself some distance from the growling creature. "They're super fragile!" He called out to the two twins and at current, his only two partners. That was when he noticed; the remaining two zombie things were just standing there, not moving an inch. What, did they have grace and attacked one by one ? Or worse..did they think he was weak enough for only one zombie ? "What the fuck is this shit!?" They charged. Then again..since when did zombies think ?
"A, we were gonna let you take care of it." Akane snickered, stepping forward. "Mind throwing me that pipe, blondie ?" Ryuu twirled, the metal pipe catching his eye instantly. He made a grab for the pipe, all the while defending from the charging zombie. He threw the pipe towards the redhead, immediately bringing his attention to the problem at hand. He had his own mad creature to take care of, and in all honestly, it was enough for him. The things were fragile but still damn sturdy. What's that thing Kyon always used to say in a situation like this ? Ah, that's right..
"Troublesome!" Kyon flew through one of the already shattered windows, falling flat on his back with a loud thud. Immediately after came Akasuki who rolled to her feet and ultimately Dante who skidded to a stop right next to Akane. "Shit, there are hundreds of these!" He cursed, reloading his guns in a professional motion. "Try shooting at their heads!" Called Kyon, in the process of wrestling with one of the zombies on the ground. "I've tried that already! They keep standing up!" Dante called back, ridding himself of dozens of zombies all the while. "Which means.." Came Akane's voice, deep in thought. "We need to destroy the bodies." Tone as clear as velvet, Akane pushed against Dante's back. "Keep my back for a while. There's something I wanna try." He wanted to yell at her. To tell her he was busy enough as it is but she hardly seemed to be listening. Expression that of deep concentration, Akane gripped the pipe in a strong hold, burning her gaze at the root of the pipe. It'd be okay..she'd seen this in a movie once.
"Well aren't you the little rascal. Just like your father. Heh..I'll allow it. Let's do this, little Red Yori."
"Kura..gar ?" The katana lit up, replacing the rusting metal pipe in her hands. A purest orange enveloped the ancient blade, coating it in the most beautiful of flames. "GUYS. GUYS..GUYYYYYYSSSS! Look at this!" She raised her sword hand and to her utmost surprise, the fire trailed along, katana still clad in bright flames. "Yoshaaa! I knew it'd work!" Overwhelmed by the excitement of a job well done (..almost, they still had a hundred of the undead to deal with) she gripped at her blade with both hands, readying her stance. This was her sword. Her fire. "I'm in my element! Let's dance assholes!" And she was gone, rushing through the crowd into the dead center of the barrage. She was kind of at a loss for action, truthfully,.but the adrenaline pumping in her veins had a finger-two to say about that. "Let's see..uh..uh..uhhhh...GOT IT." She ducked low, bringing her sword alongside herself to horizontally trail it's full length. Drawing in air into her lungs, her meanwhile closed eyes flashed open in a brand new spark of determination. She could do this. She would do this.
"BREATH OF THE PHOENIX!"
A flashy name was the point of it all, right ?
Ending word; Aa, how I love cliffhangers. All in a day's work might I say. ;3 I went with a bunch of cliches this time but I have fun with them so who cares. XD From the next chapter I'll start off with the morbidly funny shorties again. Oh, and if any of you forgot, Yori is Aoi and Akane's last name. I'll be re-introducing the characters in a way, opening their minds to the lengths their powers can go and such. So I've got a lot of literary freedom in that area! Now, the sea is calling me, my pretties! Gotta run!
Please ignore all possible spelling mistakes! I'm feeling a bit rebellious so no proof-reading *coughnotlikeidoitregularlycough*
Anyways, look forward to the soon-to-be update!