The Final Soul?; Reaper's Split-Second Decision at the Edge of Life

Kilik chooses to pursue Janine's group.

He dashes around the corner of the building with his pots ablaze with their elements. Janine struggles to keep up a fast pace while carrying a human being in her arms. Orgog runs at her side, keeping the same slow pace as her.

Kilik runs with determination on his face.

"Stop! Please!" Janine yells and buries her face in Chibi's hair.

"I'm not supposed to hurt any of you badly," Kilik yells. "But I have strict orders to capture you at all costs!"

"Leave us alone!" Janine yells.

"Double T!" Kilik yells as he punches the ground with his second pot. A blast of thunder ripples through the ground and knocks Janine to the pavement. Chibi slips out of her hands and tumbles several feet away.

"No!" Janine yells and reaches out to her.

"Triple…" Kilik winds up to punch. His pupils shrink as he lowers his weapons. Orgog stands between Janine and Kilik, starig into the pot meister's eyes. Kilik's eyes turn red as he falls under Orgog, the Bewitching Beast's control.

"Good boy, Orgog!" Janine smiles. Chibi comes back over to Janine as she gets to her feet. "Keep Kilik here while Chibi and I go after the others."

Orgog barks in agreement.

Janine and Chibi run back the way they came from. Before they pass Kilik, the pots begin to glow red and yellow. Two tiny children step in front of Janine's path. They both wear tan overalls. Pot of Fire wears a red cap and Pot of Thunder wears a yellow cap.

"Oh dear," Janine stops running. Chibi, however, walks up towards the Pots looking tough. She stands face to face with Pot of Thunder. "Chibi?"

"Tag," Chibi smiles and taps Pot of Thunder's shoulder. "You it!"

Pot of Fire and Thunder open their mouth to laugh as the three run in circles around Kilik's frozen body.

"Well I'll be," Janine puts her hands on her hips and watches for a moment. Then she continues off towards the direction the other three left.


Reaper and Grims weave as they run down the street away from Ox's thunder blasts. Kim runs beside him.

"Where's Janine?" The white scythe asks.

"I need to go back for her!" Grims yells.

"She can handle herself!" Reaper yells, ducking under a bolt of lightning.

"She's my meister!"

"And you're an autonomous weapon!" Reaper yells. "Be strong and lead Ox away from us! We'll handle Kim!"

Grims pauses to think the situation over, then says, "Alright."

Grims stops and turns towards Ox and Kim as Reaper hurries off. Grims transforms his fingers into 10 little gun barrels and shoots a wave of multicolored bullets at the two in front of him.

Ox skids to a stop and dodges the bullets while Kim pulls the ring from the top of the lamp. A long black rod extends from it as fire shoots from the base of the lamp.

"Change "Pixie" " Kim yells. As she hops on the lantern. It soars into the air and over Grims, continuing to chase Reaper.

Grims stops shooting and transforms his fingers back to normal.

"It's just you and me, Grims," Ox says and gets ready to leap forward.

"It sure is," Grims smiles. A portion of his belly begins to glow with several different colored lights. When the glowing fades, a bag of firecrackers hangs down from his body. "Now let's go go go!"

Ox twirls the spear over his head and raises one leg. "Lighting King Quake!" He yells as he stomps his foot and hits the ground with his crackling spear.

Grims jumps into the air before the electricity in the ground can hit him. He reaches into the bag and pulls out three explosives.

"Three Bang!" He declares as he throws the firecrackers at the ground. They each explode by Ox's feet. He steps back to avoid the blasts.

As Grims falls back to the ground he throws an explosive under his feet. It explodes and throws him back into the air again.

"5 Bang!" Grims yells as he grabs a handful of firecrackers and throws them at Ox. He knocks them all out of the air with his spear. Grims turns himself upside-down in the air above Ox, dumping the contents of the bag out at him.

"Watch out!" Harvar yells from the spear.

"27 Bang!" Grims yells.

Ox turns and run back the way he came as the ginormous explosion occurs behind him. The blast keeps Grims in the air as the bag melds back into his body. Then his arm flashes and transforms into a katana blade.

"What's with this guy?" Ox grunts.

"Samuraisutoraiku sagari!" Grims-san yells as he brings the blade down at Ox.

(Translation: Falling Samurai Strike)

Ox swings the spear so the shaft intercepts the attacks. Ox kicks Grims back and spins the spear again to stab.

The katana transforms back into Grims' arm. Then, a spiked chain appears, running up the length of his forarm and over the tips of his fingers and back down his arm.

Crazy Grims cackles as the chainsaw hand starts up. He swings his arm at Ox. He parries again.


Reaper turns to see Kim, flying through the air on her lamp, leaving a trail of fire behind her.

"We need to get airborne," Moon says.

"Good thinking!" Reaper says. He brings the scythe over his head and spins it, lifting him into the air. "Copter Scythe!"

"What are they doing?" Jacqueline asks.

Reaper soars into the air at eye level with Kim.

"Do the others know?" Reaper asks.

"No," Kim says. "And hopefully they never will!" She flips over so the bottom of the lamp is facing Reaper. A blast of fire erupts from it and hit Reaper. He falls from the air and lands on the roof of a building.

The scythe falls from Reaper's hand and slides across the stone.

"Stay there, Moon," Reaper commands. "Don't change back!"

"Sure," Moon sighs.

Kim comes in low to hit Reaper directly.

Reaper's hand sparks with his soul wavelength. His drives his palm into Kim's chest.

"Soul Tremor!" He yells as the lantern crashes to the ground and Kim rolls off.

Kim hits the ground and a large gasp opens on her shoulder.

The lantern hits the ground next to the scythe. Both weapons turn back to their human forms. Jacqueline wears the same clothes as Kim, but has long black hair.

"I guess you and me are fighting," Moon grins.

"Oh brother," Jacqueline says as her arm transforms into a lamp.

Moon's arm becomes a scythe blade as he throws an attack at Jacqueline. He raises her lamp arm to block. Sparks fly as the metal collides. Smoke bellows out of the lamp and the white scythe turns red with fire.

"Shit!" Moon cries as he falls back. "That frickin' burns!"

"I'm a demon lamp," Jacqueline says. "What'd you expect?"

Kim sits up and takes off her glove. She then presses her hand on her wound and chants, "Tanunucoon racooncoon ponpon ponkitanu pon pon pon." When Kim removes her hand the blood is gone and her shirt seals back up.

"You are a witch," Reaper says.

"I know," Kim replies and leaps at Reaper. She knocks him over and spirals over his head.

Moon rushes to his meister's side as Jacqueline transforms into her lamp form. Kim reaches out to her and catches the ring.

Moon transforms entirely into a scythe as Reaper grabs him and runs at Kim.

"I just need a witch soul to make Moon a death scythe!" Reaper yells.

Kim's eyes widen as Reaper swings the scythe to cut her in half. She shoves the lamp behind her back as the white blade reaches her. The lamp shield's Kim from the blade.

"Kim!" Jacqueline yells. "Don't move!"

"But how long are you going to be able to keep this up!?" Reaper smiles evilly. His hands crackle with his wavelength as he drives his palm at Kim again. She tilts her neck to avoid the blow. Reaper continues to use his Soul Tremor against Kim, but the witch continues to dodge.


Ox ducks under Crazy Grim's chainsaw arm.

"You can't beat me!" Ox yells. "I'm the Lightning King!"

Janine runs up from behind and tackles Ox.

"Damn it! Leave my partner alone!" She yells.

"Good to see you, Janine," Grims transforms his arm back to normal. "Where's Chibi?"

"Playing with Pot of Fire and Pot of Thunder," Janine answers, pinning Ox's arms down.

"Oh," Grims says. "Reaper's off fighting Kim."

"Should we go help?"

"Nah, he's got it," Grims bends down and stokes Ox's hair.

"Stop that!" Ox yells.

"Then don't let Harvar attack us, huh?" Grims says.

"Alright alright! Just stop it!" Ox cries.

Janine chuckles as Grims bursts out with laughter in approval of Ox's answer.


Sweat pours down Kim's face as she hangs on to her life.

Reaper, completely maddened, throws punch after punch at Kim.

"Moon! Soul Resonance!" Reaper yells.

"I'm gonna be a death scythe! I'm gonna be a death scythe!" Moon sings.

He takes his seat at the Concert Duet Stage in his concert attire. The he begins a piece composed of sharp notes and a low tempo, all in a low octave.

The white blade curls around, letting Kim fall onto the ground.

"White Scythe Crescent Moon Mode!" Reaper yells as he holds the sickle over his head.

Kim gasps as the blade enters her head and in immediately pulled back out. Her body disintegrates. Kim's clothes fall to the stone and her purple soul floats up into the air.

"No!" Jacqueline sobs. "You assholes! You bastards! You mother fuckers!"

"We did it! We did it, Reap…" Moon starts cheering but stops.

Reaper grabs the witch's soul out of the air and resonates with it. He lets it back into the air to reform.

"I can't… I'm sorry… so sorry…" Reaper cries.

"Reaper?" Moon's reflection appears in the blade.

Reaper runs and leaps off of the building as Kim reappears naked. She quickly throws her cloth back on and she and Jacqueline follow Reaper off the edge of the building.

Orgog and Chibi, along with Kilik, Ox, Janine, and their partners run to meet Reaper as he hits the ground and tumbles forward to absorb the shock.

Kim flies down off the building on her lamp. When they hit the ground, Jacqueline turns back into her human form and the two run to their friends. Orgog, Chibi, Grims, and Janine run to Reaper's side.

"Get out of here!" Reaper yells. "ALL OF YOU!"

Moon sits in shock at the bench in front of his piano. Suddenly, the keys begin to play themselves. A hard, jumpy tune flows from the piano.

"Wha!?" Moon gasps. "Reaper's playing by himself!"

The scythe in its Crescent Moon form begins to curl back down. The end of the blade connects to the shaft and blue energy fills the gap in the middle of the semi-circle.

"White Scythe Half-Moon Mode," Reaper says as he twists the weapon around so the hammer is facing down. He holds it up above his head with both hands. "Special Attack - Impact with the Moon."

He brings the hammer down onto the ground. An explosion sends the hunters from the DWMA flying. They disappear over the edge of a billboard.

Reaper raises the half-moon back up as it glows bright blue. Moon reappears.

Team GrimsReaper stands in silence.

Chibi tugs on Reaper's hand. He looks down at her with tears streaming down his face.

"How shoduh?" Chibi asks.

Reaper smiles and leads Chibi by the hand back to the apartment with the rest of the team.