Author's Note: Really? All I have to do is write about the Demon Reaper? Should I just post a spin off following his adventures instead?
In the ruins of the city once known as New York a conversation was being had between a Reaper and the shadow of one, looked on by a young witch girl.
"My you have tapped into something dangerous haven't you?" Charon asked looking at the slime covered building.
"What is this stuff? It looks like tar but it isn't is it?" Yukari asked while she examined the building.
"Clever girl. The technical term is 'Negatively Charged Ectoplasm' although some people prefer a slightly less long winded 'Black Slime.'" Charon stated not taking his eyes off of Az. "Tell me little girl. You've read more of my son's books than he has. Do you know how ecto and Ki interact?"
"It's not too different from the reaction between Protons and Electrons. The Soul acts as the protons, a cluster at the core that the electrons, or the Ki, circle around. And just like with Protons and Electrons, if the two ever come into contact with each other they neutralize each other. That's why it was so effective against Rael in Megaville. But energy is always constant, so what happens when they run into each other?" Yukari asked knowingly looking at the black slime.
"Very good. But tell me, do you know how you make negatively charge Ectoplasm?" Charon asked his smirk getting bigger to match Az's.
"Ki is life force, it's not consistent like the soul people lose it over time, but they have to lose it through an outlet." Then realization dawned on Yukari. "Emotions. New York, Los Angeles and Detroit. All cities that were infamous as places full of hatred and spite when they were active."
"Clever one isn't she?" Az asked spinning around with his hands in the air. "Now the Asians! They were ahead of the curve, realizing that each and every living thing takes and expels living, breathing energy! But when they expel it, it's tainted, both with something good and with something bad, so they needed a way to get rid of the bad. But Shandor, he figured out how much power was in the bad! Way more potent then the good. Enough to reshape the world in his image!" Az explained as he danced in a short circle while he laughed in joy.
"Is that what you want? To rule the world?" Yukari asked suspiciously glaring at the Shadow Ganger.
Suddenly both Charon and Az started laughing out loud as if they just heard the funniest thing in the world for a few good solid minuets.
"Oh that is a good one!" Az stated wiping a tear from his eye.
"And you said she was the smart one!" Charon stated unable to hold back his giggling.
"That's not what he's doing?" Yukari asked confused, floating on her broom behind Charon, now scared.
"Yukari, it's been over six years since anyone lived in this city, and the other two as well. There's not enough for that. Now tell me: what is the first thing that Rael did when he stepped into the land of the living?" Az asked, as he summoned his pet reanimated T-Rex.
"He grew his partial Nergaling into a full one." Yukari stated realization dawning on her.
"And he is made his out of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc all things that he's made out of. But me? I'm made out of hate! So I gotta make mine out of hate too!" Az stated as he happily twirled around on one foot.
"Hence what you're doing here. As well as your counterparts in Detroit and Los Angeles, not to mention any manner of construct that you've placed in charge of any other of the cities across the country. Of course your plans for the future are still unknown to us. Yukari dear, I trust that you've gotten all of the relevant information?" Charon asked looking back at the young witch in question.
"Yes. I even managed to collect a sample of this stuff earlier and sent it back to the castle on top of that!" Yukari stated proudly puffing her chest out.
"Oh shouldn't have done that kid!" Charon stated sounding more like he was amused than angry, confusing the young witch. "Sorry to send yah off to your execution like this but it's better you then me!" On that note and without any explanations what so ever Charon opened a portal underneath Yukari's feet and sent her back to the castle.
"Oh that's cold!" Az stated sounding more happy than anything else.
"I would think that you would be more concerned. You are the greed fragment, so surely you have some fond memories of her yes?" Charon asked with a twisted grin on his face.
"She was his friend. Not mine! So how are we going to do this?" Az asked as he was positively shaking with anticipation.
"I thought I would start with the basics. Relearning from scratch can be a difficult thing to accomplish, but it's vital that we address everything that idiotic Grim Reaper filled your heads with." Charon stated, suddenly having switched to the tone of a serious lecturer.
"Wait, what are you talking about? I thought we were going to throw down?" Az asked looking very confused all of a sudden.
"What I have been looking for all these years was a worthy successor to me. To my role as 'the one who destroys.' I was promised that I would have a worthy successor, and what I got was someone so indecisive that he split into nine different beings. So now it's up to me to clean up this mess!" Charon stated glaring down at Az with a level of cold blooded determination not seen before by Az.
"Interesting proposal? So how about we make a bet for it? Right now the two thugs you sent after my other two thirds should be shit deep in toxic ectoplasm, so what do you say we see how they are doing?" Az asked as two view portals rose up from his sides.
Dan dragged the flaming black slime covered body of his opponent through several roof tops before throwing it across the city. In response the present incarnation of the Demon Reaper grabbed hold of a tendril of black slime and hurled a huge chunk of it across the city. The slime transformed into a cloud in midair and began raining it's contents all across the city. From the area where the slime touched various ghostly apparitions emerge, vehicles long since abandoned suddenly sprang forward with new life and transformed into dinosaur like creatures, Pterodactyls, T-Rex's and Triceratops.
"Huh? So the gas in those cars mixed with the slime and caused it to try and reanimate back to the form they had when they were dinosaurs and this is the end result. Ah well. Complicated stuff like that isn't my thing!" Suddenly Dan formed a huge ball of ecto and threw it down to the ground, the resulting blast of ecto leveled an entire city block. "That on the other hand. That's more my style!"
Nergal Junior stood on top of a sky scraper as he looked down at the streets. Zombie like apparitions of everything from Cave men to Martians were appearing in the streets. Nergal knew they probably none of them were what they seemed to be, this was Holywood so they were all probably wearing costumes. That said he knew exactly what they were.
"Echoes, trace remnants of those souls who have passed on already. So it's your intention to overwhelm me with shear numbers?" Suddenly Nergal Jr. popped out a hoard of guns from his arms, sides, and even transforming his Pompadour into a cannon. "You're going to need bigger numbers!" On that Note Nergal Jr. fired off all of his guns at once, creating a massive light show of Echoes being slaughtered.
"It looks like my guys has your guys out numbered."
"Yes but my allies have yours out gunned."
Back at the Grim Castle, a Reaper portal opened and out walked Grim, dragging behind him both Mizore and Kurumu.
"Gang's all here!" Grim sat down both girls with Yukari in front of Mandy, who was sitting on her lounge chair with Deshiko in her golden monkey form standing next to her.
"Well this is a interesting mess you've almost dragged us into. Fortunately, Deshiko here was able to resolve the matter without any major casualties." Mandy stated, her calm voice carrying a undertone of fury.
"What are you talk...!?" Kurumu shouted before she was silenced by a glare from Mandy.
"Tell me Yukari, do you know what you sent us?" Mandy asked, leveling her cool glare at Yukari.
"Charon explained it. Black slime. The fury of the undead." Yukari replied in a knowing sad voice.
"Correct. Do you know what that is?" Mandy asked pointing to the Ashlands in the expansive desert.
"A massive amount of dead things waiting to be reanimated." Yukari stated the shame in her voice evident.
"Also correct. And do you know what this place is?" Mandy asked, indicating the entire castle with her arms.
"A massive source of residual hatred generated by you, your forces and those who have come here meaning this place harm." Yukari stated knowing where this was going.
"Really? Then tell me, do you know what would have happened after bringing that slime here?" Mandy asked, the fury in her voice just a tad bit more audible.
"Firstly, the Black slime would be excited and grow out of control beyond our ability to contain it. Then, once it escaped into the Ash Lands it would reanimate the ashes there where the resulting specters would act upon their residual hatred and attack this castle with such overwhelming numbers that this place would be crushed." Yukari stated, almost unable to hold back the tears that were forming in her eyes.
"Just be grateful that Deshiko here was able to resolve the issue without any casualties." Mandy stated, indicating tall humanoid monkey to her left with her arm.
"Purifying both Ki and Ecto is a specialty of those from the golden monkey tribe." Deshiko said as she went to fetch the tub of now purified ectoplasm. "Rather, I believe that it's a good thing that they brought this matter to our attention before it could spread beyond the dark continent."
"Very well. So as the expert on this matter, what do you propose we do?" Mandy asked having actually calmed down some what.
"Those among our forces who are capable of using the purifying properties of Ki include myself and Minnie. I propose that we dispatch both of us to one of these cities and whatever aid Rael is able to get from the Huang family to the third location. Failing that, we can try mass producing this stuff by bringing it to a area with a high level of good Ki and dumping it into the area we want it for." Deshiko explained tapping her staff against the bucket full of slime.
"Agreed. I assume that you got all of that!?" Mandy shouted, loud enough so that Minnie who was watching the conversation while sitting down on one of the high up towers could hear them.
"Indeed mother, I shall get into contact with mine brother and inform him of the situation." On that note Minnie went to go find a Reaper to send her along her way.
"I'll take this to grand father." Deshiko stated picking up the vat of slime and carrying it under her arm. "After that I'm going after the negative Ki in Los Angeles."
"I'll send Minnie do New York." Grim stated as he disappeared through a reaper portal.
"Then I'll send the Huang family representative to Detroit. Happy hunting everyone." Mandy stated, before she went to sleep in the lounge chair.
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