Chapter 14: Initiation, Part 4

(Misty's POV)

"Seems that the guy was so horrified he had no choice but to pass you," Genkaku said as he read the paper with Missy's scores. "I think that if he took the Undertaker Initiation after your four got here you'd be his Nightmare Test!" Mitzi laughed, and then winced while Hibana and Mitchie patched up where the miner guy hurt her.

"How were you able to withstand the Sadistic Bloodwrath's nature?" Miss Punishment asked her. "I mean, he hit you in your weak spot. That is why I am glad your sister Missy did him justice!"

"The laughing gas wore off but the effects of it being a painkiller are still in motion, sort of," my young sister replied. She's pretty tough, but not in the back. She secretly glanced at the guy who has whipped her and growled softly while he wasn't paying attention. Then she paid her attention back on me. "I wonder what your test will be like, Misty. So far we've all been given tests relating to our own strengths and weaknesses. Like me with the whips but then the tiger. Mitchell used his Nerdy Assassin skills, but then had a hard time with his eyesight. And then Missy went full-rage demon on her worst nightmare, even though her hematophobia hasn't been cured."

I thought about it for a while while playing with the straw from my empty juice box. When I looked up I had the others look up too. Standing behind Mitzi, who didn't even notice, was a large timber wolf. I quietly whispered her name, and when she looked up we all went rigid at the growling.

"Bear?" she asked us what animal was standing behind her. I shook my head. "Rabid dog?" Funny, but we had to shake our heads again. "Wolf?" We all gave her one huge nod.

As if trained to respond to that word the wolf grabbed the back of her shirt and shook her around while she struggled to break away, but it had a firm bite on the material. I hurriedly took out my bow and arrows and aimed one for the head. Before I could shoot the wolf pulled her into the testing room. I death glared at the guy in the white uniform.

"Is this part of my test?" I growled, my eyes flaming.

"Y-y-yeah, f-for the Defensive Tests," he replied with a tone shaking in fear. I am this close to shooting him in the neck with an arrow! But instead I ran in to finish this test.

My stomach felt uneasy at the sight. There wasn't just one giant wolf, but four giant wolves. They crowded around what I expect to be Mitzi. Bite marks were all over her arms and legs, and blood sprayed from a few of them. A bleeding scar can be seen on her left cheek. She kept trying to run, but the wolves were cornering her.

I raised my bow and shot the closest wolf with an arrow filled with Electro-Blood Dust; we all can create this out of our own blood, but Missy makes the best ones. It howled in withering pain and turned to glare in my direction. The others finally caught me and ran for me. I managed to flip over them and headed to check on my sister.

"For once get into Defensive Mode!" she shouted. "I don't think I'm allowed to help you since this is your test." I nodded and slashed my wrists and shins with the sharp ends of my bow; these were added for a reason. Ribbons of blood instantly turned into multiple blood daggers that created a shield around us. "Okay, since we can attack while shielding ourselves go shoot them!"

One wolf charged and actually made a crack in the shield. The impact weakened me down a bit since it's made my blood. I kneeled to regain strength before aiming a Vulture Claw arrow, an arrow with really sharp spikes that open while flying, at its head. I let it soar through the air into the nearest wolf's skull, the "claws" already opened and pointed before striking. The timber wolf hobbled backwards and sank to the ground, the light leaving its eyes. One wolf down, three more wolves to go.

All at once the other wolves bolted against my shield. Mitzi stood up and patted my back. I turned to see a katana in her hand; when did she use the diamond? By the looks of it she was ready to fight. Nodding I let the barrier go down and we split up to opposite sides of the room. Since she might not be allowed to protect herself I managed to create shields for both of us.

Getting as close as I can towards the two that chased after me without breaking my shield I slashed the sharp ends of my bow at the shorter one's face, leaving a bloody scar on its right eye. Again I repeatedly made quick blows at it until I made a finishing strike to the temple on the side of its head. It stumbled away like the first wolf I killed and it keeled over to die. Now there are two wolves angry at us.

There was a sharp pain pumping into veins as the wolf still trying to attack Mitzi scratched and clawed at the barrier I created for her. Damn, will these things give it a rest?! Quickly I released mine to run to her and protect her, but the wolf that was still after me pounced and pinned me down. Now I know how it felt for my sister when she was pinned down by that tiger.

Using my bow I held its throat back, also pushing the head back so it wouldn't lunge at me. The thing just won't give it a rest! It pinned my shoulders down as I tried to hold it off, so I couldn't reach for an arrow.

"No Misty!" my sister screamed. I looked over at her as she threw her katana towards the wolf attacking me. The blade hit it in what I suspect to be the abdomen. As it took the blow I pushed it back and stabbed its throat in a combination of the katana and my sharp-ended bow.

The last wolf seemed to be the largest of them all, almost Mitchell's height-he's 5'5"-and almost having black fur more than gray. I shouted to distract it, to which I succeeded. Mitzi stared at me as well.

Within seconds did I create a blood barrier around myself as it charged at me. At the same time I was still holding up a buffer for my sister. She was giving me a worried look.

"C'mon, you got him now!" she shouted; I didn't notice the wolf was a boy. "Try and attack it!"

"But if I do I'd raise my shield around you down!" I rebutted. She was now glaring at me again.

"Misty, I love you, but I can handle myself!" I looked at her in disbelief since this is my test and not hers, so she can't help me on this. "Ugh, I know I must be truthful on this, so let me just say this: do you remember the glare I gave you in the Carnival Corpse?" I gave a slow nod. "Well I know you are good at reading faces, but I might as well translate it now... Are you fucking kidding me?! Get out there and fight, you pacifistic bitch!"

I cringed at her statement. Sheesh, it's both a good thing and a bad thing that she can be brutally honest when she wants. Pro: at least she is truthful. Con: her words aren't really what you'd want to hear during a time of distress sometimes; that is the best way I can put it. Right now, her honesty is leaning towards the cons.

Slowly nodding I raised my shield down instead of hers while quickly grabbing an arrow to aim at the large wolf. It lunged at me, but I shifted over to the side and fired. My arrow sank deep into its side, but it was still standing. Once again I shot another one, this one filled with poison, and that landed into the heart. When it was still standing I inwardly face-palmed myself; I used the one with the slow-effecting poison.

The wolf clawed my bow out of my hands and I had no choice but to keep dodging its attacks. A large axe spun on the ground towards my feet. I looked up to see Mitzi, still holding her diamond; I don't remember seeing a glow, but then again my eyesight can be poor at times. Without hesitation I picked it up and blindly swung, and when I opened my eyes I saw the wolf's head chopped off.

Mitzi grabbed my bow for me and we ran out of the room together to reunite with Missy and Mitchell. Our brother and Hibana looked after her scars and claw marks while I went back inside to grab my arrows; they are still pretty useful if you fix them up a bit.

"Great defensive attacks!" the guy in the white uniform exclaimed. "I have no choice but to pass you and make you all Undertakers!" He took out a paper and wrote down the official signature to have us become official Undertakers.

"You are goddamned fucking right you've got no choice!" Mitzi growled. We turned to see her with gauze patched up on her arms and legs and a bandage on her cheek... and holding Missy's battle axe and an enraged smile on her face. "You whipped me and made me fight a tiger-" She advanced closer to the guy "-caused me to go through Sadistic Bloodwrath-" another step "-electrocuted Big Brother-" another step "-made Missy fight her worst nightmare and tied me up so that I could take crap from the miner-" She had him cornered with his back against the wall "-and then had me and Misty get attacked by a pack of wolves!" The rest of us stood back, and the sibs and I took out our phones to videotape this, Mitchell holding Mitzi's phone. "Either you get into the testing chambers now, or so help me I'll torture you and then watch as you experience a slow, painful death that will last for up to an hour!"

We were glad we were recording this, for the guy practically screamed like a little girl and ran into the chambers, our little psychopathic sister chasing after him. She locked the door behind him when he was on the other side and looked on the ground to see a remote control labeled "Undertaker Testing Controls". She had a sadistic smile on her face as she picked it up and we followed her to the glass window.

"Now it's time for this guy's Undertaker Re-initiation!" she laughed, and pressed a blue button. That button made the walls spit fire, a few rounds of it burning him. Next she flipped a light green switch that opened a secret door on the white wall, revealing a very angry lion. Once the beast thought he mauled the guy enough he returned to the hatch, the signal for our sister to press a big red button. When we saw that it activated giant buzz saws all over the floor we decided it would be best to post these videos on YouTube.

After five more minutes of torture Mitzi eventually decided he had enough and turned everything off; it was quite disappointing because his head was about to be cut off by the guillotine he was strapped to. She unlocked the door so he could crawl out, eyes the size of saucers and filled with fear. That was when we ended the videotaping and took a few pics of the face. He looked up at us and crawled to the corner and sat himself up in feeble position, rocking himself back and forth with a traumatized expression; this is pure gold!

Genkaku escorted us out of the room and back to the Undertaker HQ to make the announcement. We all celebrated by having a little victory dinner and drinks; the adults had sake while the rest of us stuck to either apple juice or cider. During the entire time Missy held her battle axe tight in her hands in case that guy who likes to skin girls Dōkoku.

The Uber Monk, which we've learned is Genkaku's nickname, stood up and raised his glass. "To the Canary Quartet, for their astounding performance in passing the Undertaker Initiation!" The rest of us raised our glasses, and juice boxes, to join with his.