Rise Part 2
"The rebels have taken a hit by losing one of their leaders. While the Empire have their own losses as well. Night Raid, lure them to here while King Crimson lures the Jaegers. Understand, brat?" Blood Night questioned Deidara, whom gulped and nodded to the man. "Good, now take the bird and make some noise." Deidara grinned and hopped on a large black crow, going through a portal made by Shambala, thinking of only one goal on his mind.
'I'll show them that art is an explosion!' As soon as Deidara left Blood Night's gaze, the schemer turned to his side.
"You two should prepare for your own separate missions." Blood Night's words made two figures come out of the shadows. One was a man with dark green eyes and dark skin, the lower half of his face covered as well as the top of his head. Next to him was a man with grey hair and pink eyes, wielding a tri-bladed scythe. "Hidan, you can go slaughter those revolutionaries in their camp after Deidara lures Night Raid from them and Kakuzu, take out as many soldiers in the Capital as you can."
"Even if you didn't order me to, I would still kill them all because Lord Jashin wishes it!" Hidan spouted out like a crazy person, though this simply made Blood Night chuckle. Blood Night opened a portal using Shambala, allowing Hidan to leave immediately.
"It's a shame that he thinks the construct you made for him is a deity. He thinks his abilities were given to him by his God." Kakuzu commented, his eyes stared at Blood Night whilst his body didn't move at all. "When the person whom gave him his abilities was you." Blood Night opened a portal for Kakuzu too. 'As were mine.' Kakuzu left Blood Night alone, the mad man chuckling.
'Now what to do? I heard Esdeath created a trump card for herself. It would be fun to see and maybe I can make countermeasures against it? Yes, that'll do.' Blood Night left the area himself.
(With Empire officials)
"This seems to be getting out of hand. Our Teigu users are being taken and all we have left is General Esdeath's group and Great General Budo." A bald official spoke in fear, knowing that right now, the Revolutionary Army had the advantage with Teigu.
"That might be true, but General Esdeath and General Budo both are powerful warriors, with them we have nothing to fe…" His head was sliced in half, followed by the next three people to his left. Soon the lights went out in the room.
(Aquaman OST-The Black Manta)
"W-What's going o…." Another official was cut in half from the middle.
"Prime Minister! What's going…." More were killed until Honest was left by himself, looking at the bloody mess that was once his co-conspirators.
"W-What's going on here!?" Honest was then kicked from behind and crashed through the table. "AGHHH!" Honest was impaled by through the abdomen by something sharp. 'It's a good thing I trained and modified this body.' Honest, got up and manged to run to the door, breaking it down with his enhanced strength. 'I won't die here!'
'The target has run away, exactly as planned.' King Crimson came out of the room and brandished his sword.
(With Esdeath)
'Time to get answers from the Minister. I may work for him, but my subordinates are off limits.' Esdeath walked through the halls and ordered her team to wait in their accommodation. Suddenly, Honest appeared in front of her and she prevented him from getting closer by grabbing his face with her hand.
"Just the person I wanted to see. You have some explaining to d…." Esdeath moved Honest out of the way and caught a knife sent her way. "Who are you supposed to be?"
King Crimson stood in front of her with his katana in his left hand, holding it to the side in a relaxed position, though it was difficult to tell what the shinobi/knight hybrid was feeling. He pulled out a dagger in his other hand and slowly approached the two.
"Minister, get out of here. I have a bad feeling about this one and I feel as if I can't hold back too much against this one." Esdeath didn't feel much bloodlust from King Crimson and was a little overconfident. Suddenly, King Crimson moved fast and disappeared from Esdeath's view. Esdeath was able to prevent King Crimson from cutting into her by clashing swords. 'He's fast!' Esdeath jumped back before King Crimson could slit her throat, however, King Crimson managed to kick her to the side, breaking the palace walls. He followed her, only to be hit by a large ice ball and then sent to the roof of the palace. King Crimson destroyed the human-sized ice ball and landed on the roof with no visible damage. Esdeath followed him through and had some blood come out of her mouth.
(OST End)
"You're tough, I'll give you that." She wiped the blood off her mouth and smirked. "At least let me know your name before I break you." She was confident that she would win.
"My name is no longer of importance. However, my code name is King Crimson." He told her, though he still maintained his monotone voice and battle stance.
"King? You're an arrogant one, aren't you? Crimson will suffice." Esdeath was used to getting whatever she wants since she always ruled over weaker beings, however, King Crimson was someone far from being a weakling.
"It does not matter what you call me, for my mission is complete, all of the Minister's allies have been dealt with." He surprised her with this information and then chose to take the fight to him. She created an ice blade, but King Crimson surprised her as her ice blade started to melt when he continuously dodged her blade attacks.
'His body is releasing steam!' As soon as her ice blade touched him, it shattered instantly. He tried to cut off her head, but she jumped back and barely avoided it. 'He heated up his own body. I guess I'll take it up a notch!' Esdeath began using more ice attack and summoned several ice shards, sending them at King Crimson, whom avoided the barrage by running from the roof and jumped off from the ledge. He whistled as his ride, the same species of Danger Beast that carried Blood Night and Deidara arrived. Also, by coincidence, the remaining Jaegers arrived to see Esdeath create ice shards on her limbs to fly and chase after a bird Danger Beast.
"I'll go after them! You guys follow through your horses and then I'll alert you guys to them using a flare." They nodded at Run's instructions and the former teacher took to the skies, following their captain. Naruto and Kurome jumped down from the building and went for their horses.
(Revolutionary Base)
"Art is an explosion! Hahahaha!" Deidara already killed some soldiers by surprising them and was now on top of his Danger Beast. "Come and get me Night Raid!" Deidara had already took out some Teigu users among them. Deidara took off North from the camp.
"Akame! Leone! Mine!" Najenda prepared the manta and told them to get on. "You too Susanoo! Lubbock and Tatsumi, you help out with the defences while we chase down that bastard!" Lubbock reluctantly obeyed, having a bad feeling about this with Tatsumi worried for Mine. After meeting with the leader of the Path of Peace, he and Mine began dating, everyone in Night Raid knew about it by now.
"You two! Take guard on the East s…." The captain had his head cut in half, blood gushing out and landed on the male Night Raiders faces. The saw the cause, a curved blade attached to a cable, which retracted back and returned to Hidan's scythe. Hidan had already cut up many rebels and now licked the blood off his weapon. He began slaughtering more rebels, moving quickly.
'This guy…..He looks human but he doesn't feel like one.' Lubbock then noticed the maniacal grin on Hidan's face. 'No…. he's a demon!' The two Night Raiders could see a black aura surrounding Hidan and seemingly going out of control around him after he stopped taking out the rebels and stood in front of them
'That's his bloodlust!' Tatsumi began to sweat, with an image of Esdeath appearing in his mind. 'His bloodlust….. it's worse than Esdeath's!' Tatsumi was sweating and took a step back. However, Lubbock pulled himself together and placed his hand on Tatsumi's shoulder, bringing the rookie out of his funk.
"We can't be lax, equip Incursio and….Watch out!" Lubbock pushed Tatsumi out of the way and barely jumped out of the way himself. "Tatsumi! Do it now!" Tatsumi didn't hesitate this time around and activated Incursio, this time he used his weapon to block Hidan's scythe.
(Back at the Palace Courtyard)
"Everyone! Keep firing!" Soldiers kept firing, however they were useless against Kakuzu. Kakuzu had black tendrils come out of his joints, the tendrils moving wildly, blocking the bullets. His tendrils began to cut down several soldiers, leaving them in bloody pieces.
"What is he!?" Honest watched from above and ran the other way, not seeing a foot appear from the side and force him to fall flat on his face. "Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" He rubbed his face and ran in circles. "What the hell did that!?" He stopped moving and glared at what caused his fall until he saw Blood Night standing in front of him. "You!?"
"Yo." He saluted the fat man, too mockingly for Honest's tastes. However, before Honest could yell at him, Blood Night held Honest's crown in front of him. Honest's eyes widened as he touched the top of his head and then looked back at Blood Night. "You need to be careful there, Minister." Blood Night said minister in a condescending tone. He then shocked Honest by crushing the crown in his hand, destroying the hidden Teigu within.
"Oi! What're you doing Blood Night!?" Honest never completely trusted Blood Night but thought that the man in front of him wouldn't want to become his enemy considering what he did traitors. He definitely did not expect Blood Night to punch him through the gut and make a hole through the corrupted official's stomach, with his fist now through Honest's back, covered in blood.
(Play Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OST-Killer)
"Why I'm putting my plan into motion of course." He pulled out his arm from Honest's body and watched as the fat minister spat blood and panted. "That training and body enhancement you've done to yourself is keeping you alive, too bad you lack regeneration powers." He then pulled out something for Honest, it was a vial with another serum. "I believe you wanted a serum that would give you new life, right?" Honest's eyes widened and stared at the serum for a moment before looking back at Blood Night.
"W-Why?" Honest wanted to know why Blood Night was doing this to him? Blood Night stopped his usual playful jabs and his voice turned cold.
"Do you really need to ask?" He knelt to Honest's level and gripped his hair, pulling it back painfully, forcing Honest to look at the masked man. Blood Night placed the serum on the ground and removed his mask very briefly, shocking Honest to the core. "Now do you understand?" He put his mask back on picked up the vial. "This serum will give you a new life, but in exchange, the current you will die, painfully I may add." Now Honest was fearful and began cry, fearing for his life.
"P-Please! I don't want to die just yet!" Honest spat out more blood, only for his hair to be pulled even more.
"It's useless to beg for mercy now." Blood Night went back to his usual tone but said one more thing to Honest in his cold tone. "Besides….you never shown me mercy." He shoved the vial into Honest's mouth and forcefully fed him the serum. Honest then began to roll around after Blood Night let him go.
(OST End)
"This is how you'll feel in your last moment of life before your body becomes an instrument of carnage. Helpless, just like the many victims you and your underlings loved seeing in pain. The pain you caused me, the future you took from me and what you made me, this pain you feel will last a lifetime for you when it will only be for mere moments. Whether I win this upcoming war or not, one thing I can be certain about. You will not be there to witness it." Blood Night teleported out of the palace and left Honest alone, whom began screaming and his blood became black and his skin pale, with red veins appearing over his face and body.
'T-This can't be it!' Honest gasped for air one last time as his lifeforce faded and became a corpse. Suddenly, Honest's body began to twitch, his eyes reopened except they were completely red. Honest woke, with and gave the scream of a beast.
(Back with Esdeath)
"I've got you!" Esdeath and her pet dragon managed to take down King Crimson's Danger Beast. However, King Crimson managed to crash land his beast and used it to his advantage when Esdeath followed him through. He jumped and cut off one wing from Esdeath's pet dragon. Esdeath jumped away from her pet and clashed with King Crimson once more.
Meanwhile, one of Shambala's marks appeared from King Crimson's Danger Beast, with Blood Night coming out and moved quite a distance away, so that he could simply observe them and gain data.
(Play Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OST-Fight to Antagonize)
"Now! Show me your true power!" Esdeath decided to fight with more ferocity, managing to kick King Crimson back and then follow with ice blade attached to her arms. She went to cut him, only for King Crimson to release steam from his body and instantly shatter Esdeath's ice upon contact as King Crimson heated up his body, only for Esdeath to touch him and cause him to freeze over.
'She capitalised after I let my temperature drop. She's good but I'm better.' King Crimson increased his body temperature again, letting his guard down, only for Esdeath to spin her heels and kick, forcing him to block with his katana. The katana shattered, however, King Crimson had grabbed the broken part with the top and impaled Esdeath on the left side of her stomach before flying back.
"Agh!" Esdeath touched the blade inside her body and pulled it, freezing the wound immediately afterwards. Esdeath summoned more ice shards and sent them at King Crimson, however, King Crimson heated up his body, only to dodge at the last second as the ice shards only melted slightly.
'She increased the potency of her ice and she decreased the temperature, so she's not taking any chances against me.' He focused and held his broken sword in a backwards position. 'Then I'll do the same for her.'
'He's planning something.' Esdeath was ready for anything and smirked. 'Today is the day I can try out my trump card.' Esdeath then spotted Run above, whom was ready to strike, only for King Crimson to jump out of the way and cut him down, forcing the man to fall. King Crimson then went for the kill, only for Esdeath to protect Run via a makeshift ice shield and giving Run a chance to move out of the way.
(OST End)
"You shouldn't have followed. Now you will die with your leader." King Crimson then moved out of the way as Naruto and Kurome also arrived on their horses, with Naruto firing a shot at King Crimson.
"Naruto." King Crimson's body released steam, however, this time he also released a large amount of bloodlust. "Naruto!" King Crimson said in anger, his steam and body temperature began to make the group sweat rapidly.
'This guy, his bloodlust feels familiar.' Naruto took out his steel balls and the others also got ready for King Crimson's next move.
'His hatred for Naruto really is something. He might actually end up killing them all.' Blood Night watched intently and then had a sudden thought. 'Oh, that's right. Deidara should arrive with more guests, right about…now!' Blood Night moved back as Deidara and his Danger Beast crash landed, forcing King Crimson and the Jaegers to jump out of the way. As the dust settled, everyone looked on as Deidara came out, holding his shoulder.
"Damn those Night Raiders." Deidara then spotted King Crimson with his broken katana. "Yo, Crimson my man, looks like you've been having some trouble." He then looked at the sky, Night Raid had also arrived.
"Najenda." Esdeath called out, thinking about what an opportunity this was to take them out with her fellow Jaegers, but also considered their difficult situation. 'Looks like I will have to use my Trump Card after all, as soon as I get the chance.'
'My wound isn't too bad, I should be able to help out, but I can't let my guard down from hear on out.' Run began to calculate their odds and come up with some strategies.
"Big Sis." Kurome said, with Naruto turning his gaze towards her for a brief moment and then at the older sister of his teammate.
'This just became more difficult.' His head turned towards King Crimson and he began to think of what said person stated earlier. 'He called out my name earlier, so, either he did his research on me or I know him from somewhere. The way he called out my name in rage and that bloodlust, he's got a grudge against me.' Naruto began to think until he realised it suddenly. 'No, it can't be him!' Naruto shook his head and prepared for the long battle ahead.
(Back with Hidan)
Hidan had was covered in the blood of the Revolutionaries inside in the camp, with Lubbock and Tatsumi nowhere in sight.
"Those two heretics caused me to transform, next time I find them, I will show them no mercy for insulting Lord Jashin!" Hidan had a few wounds of his own. "At least my work is done here and Lord Jashin got plenty of tributes, guess I can't complain." Hidan walked off, leaving the bloodied campsite.
"H-He's gone!" Tatsumi camouflaged himself using Incursio and used his stealth ability to hide Lubbock too. They both fell, with Incursio dispelling and Tatsumi panting. "That was all we could do, we underestimated that guy." Tatsumi gained some injuries from their battle.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't call him a guy. He was more like a demon, his abilities were out of this world." Lubbock then gained an annoyed expression. "Did you have to spoon with me?" This made Tatsumi's face flustered.
"It's not like that! I had to maintain my camouflage and it was the only way I could hide you too, by covering your body with mine!" Tatsumi wanted to forget what he said.
"Then explain your thing poking me?" Lubbock asked Tatsumi, making the youth turned his head and whisper to himself.
"I was thinking of the time I snuggled with Mine. Then I….." Tatsumi imagined that specific night, not making Lubbock feel any better.
"That's not helping!" Lubbock shouted at him.
(Back to the Royal Palace)
"Is this all you can muster? At least give me a challenge?" Kakuzu was now the sole member in the courtyard. Suddenly, Kakuzu moved out of the way from a lightning bolt that appeared in front of him. 'What pressure.' Kakuzu saw the person in front of him, a man that towered above other men and maintained a serious demeanour.
"You've spilled blood in the Royal Palace. Now you shall make amends with your blood." Great General Budo had arrived and he was not happy.
End. Sorry for the delay, I'm currently playing Kingdom Hearts 3, already finished the story, just doing the extras now. I had problems with how to go about this chapter and I'm sorry for its pacing, hopefully the next one will be better. After this story, I've had a few ideas for another story to work alongside Great Sea but can't decide which one to do for now. I'll be borrowing concepts from Resident Evil, mainly monster elements since the serum Honest was fed killed him but turned his body into a vicious creature.
A few notes, King Crimson was specifically made to fight Esdeath, his abilities are taken from Jojo, but I will reveal the full extent of them soon. Esdeath isn't a pushover, this time she will take King Crimson seriously. Also, Hidan's bloodlust was hungrier than Esdeath's, that doesn't mean he's stronger than her by any margin. Please review, but no flames.
