Chapter ten
Dead Master watched as the crowd silently parted in front of her, moments after her challenge was issued.
I'll never be a hero like this, she had thought as the guilds of Fiore fought the otherworlders. So she had watched in silence, until the names of all the otherworlders surfaced. Then she had dropped to the ground, brushed a twig out of hair and announced her dare.
Black Rock Shooter stared at her. "Don't interfere Rock," Dead Master spat, "I don't want you to ruin everything like you always do." Black Rock Shooter remained placid and backed off.
"Dead Master. Are you foolish enough to challenge both me and Black Matagi? I did not think you so childish, overconfident." Black Devil Girl said.
Dead Master's face remained the same, but inside she jumped. Is she developing emotion? No, she can't be. "Last time, if I remember correctly, it was an easy battle against both of you. And I won." she responded she sneered. "But do you accept the terms if I win?"
"Yes, we do." Black Devil Girl said speaking for all of her comrades.
Dead Master raised her scythe and smiled "Good, then let us fight." The she glared at BRS, "And spectators, do not interfere."
Black Matagi stepped forward and flicked her sword, sending blood flying of the blade. Black Devil Girl did the same with her katana, the blade glinted. Then, they lept. Black Matagi's sword coming from above, Black Devil Girl's katana held behind the wielder. Dead Master deftly knocked them out of the air with her scythe.
Twisting in mid air, Black Matagi pulled some sort of hidden trigger, and a purple streak shot out of the end of the blade, aimed straight at Dead Master. Even as Dead Master dodged, it clipped her arm. Her eyes widened. She had forgotten. Black Matagi's sword was not just a giant sword but a gunblade.
Dead Master stood and saw Black Matagi spring off a tree and launch back, right as a sneaky katana headed for her neck. Quickly, Dead master ducked, hoping Black Devil Girl would stab her other attacker. Then, she slashed her scythe above, hoping to slice anyone above her.
Black Matagi humped off Dead Master's back, her arm pierce by Black Devil Girl's katana. Black Devil Girl sprung off Black Matagi's gunblade, distorting the flight of her comrade, her waist grazed by Dead Master's scythe.
The three otherworlders stood in a triangle. Unfazed by pain, impossible to tire. Then Black Matagi did the most unimaginable thing, someone would expect her to do, take off her headphones and toss them to the ground. As Dead Master stared at her, Black Devil Girl ran, too close for Dead Master's comfort, so she swung her scythe. But Black Devil Girl just ducked and cut off one of Dead Master's horns. With her free hand, Dead Master racked her attacker's face with her claws then kicked her away, where she landed, fazed on her back in the dirt.
But she hadn't forgotten Black Matagi. She grabbed the gunblade and yanked. Then reaching farther up, she yanked again. She repeated this process a few times, until she reached Black Matagi. She then shoved her scythe in her mouth. With one of her hands, she held Black Matagi's face, with the other, she punched it until Black Matagi dropped her weapon. Then she grabbed Black Devil Girl's face with her punching hand, catching her while she leapt to attack, again. She tossed Black Matagi against a tree, which she hit her head on and slid down. With her now free hand she grabbed Black Devil Girl's katana, before it cut her. She head butted her opponent so she loosened her grip, and yanked the katana out of reach.
She kicked the gunblade out of reach, then tossed the katana to Erza, one of the closer spectators. She retrieved her scythe from her mouth and held Black Devil Girl, who tried to bite her hand and arm's length. With her abnormally long arms, even when Black Devil Girl tried to kick, she couldn't reach. Black Devil Girl tried to scratch Dead Master's arm and hand, but Dead master was unfazed.
Dead Master readied her scythe. A quick, clean cut and the head would be severed.
A hand tugged on the bow at the back of her dress. Dead Master swung her head around to meet a fist. "Don't you dare touch my sister!" Black Matagi yelled.
Dead Master dropped her captive, who scuttled away, and dropped to the ground. "Your, your sister?" She asked.
"Our otherselves are sisters." Black Devil Girl said rising.
"If Black Devil Girl and Demon Cannon User were sisters I'd believe it," Dead Master said looking at Demon Cannon User, Black Devil Girl with cat ears, tail and a gun, "Or Black Matagi and Ninja Zero Two, but you two? No. We resemble our otherselves, and you two look nothing alike."
"We do have emotions, in case you were wondering, ever since we came here." Dragon Slayer said, from the crowd. "And if you kill Black Matagi or Black Devil Girl, we'll kill you."