Chapter 21: The Brew

Every Meister and Weapon was gathered at the school atrium to listen to Shinigami's orders. Confusion was among them, wondering what was so serious that made Lord Death gather all of them.

"As you know, the Kishin is back to life. He himself isn't that big of a deal, but the madness that he brings is. His madness woke up Arachne, an ancient and powerful witch that controls spiders."- the Death Lord explained.- "This witch is after a unique device called The Brew. When used correctly, it grants its owner one wish."

"Where is this device located?"- Ox asked, formal as usual.

"It's located in Lost Island. Every single one of you will come to aid us in retrieving that object before she does."- Shinigami replied, killing the doubt.

"Why do we all have to go there? Isn't she just one witch?"- Kirikou asked, receiving the nods from his fellow students.

"While she was "asleep", Arachne maintained a bunch of contacts all over the world. She has a lot of followers that will fight to the death for her. We need you to fight them while Stein and Marie retrieve the brew."- he explained once again. Ren's eyebrows rose.

"I have the strange feeling that you are not telling us everything."- he commented, making some of the students angry for not respecting their Lord.

"Well, the brew is located inside a flaw of time in the middle of the island. Standing in that flaw of time will cause your body to become history as well. The maximum ammount of time for anyone to stay there is 10 minutes. That's why we need you to come with us. If Stein and Marie face any opposition inside of the time flaw, they might not make it back."- Sid replied in Death's place. The students started whispering.

"Great, it's a suicide mission. But fuck it, if that witch is there, I'm going. I need a witch soul anyway."- Ren turned around and crouched. Michelle got in a piggy back ride and he zoomed through Death City, heading for the airport.

Hours later, they were all aproaching Lost Island on boats. It was really cold and it was snowing. Every student had their down jackets or longcoats on.

"Tssk, I haven't seen any enemies yet."- Black Star commented.

"I hope that bitch, Giriko, is there. I so want to cut his fucking head off."- Ren commented as well. Every person on that boat looked at him with worried eyes. Some thought he was taking his grudge too far, some thought he was losing himself to the dark side, some thought he was just completely insane. The thing was, all of them were right. The voice inside of him kept speaking now, and his rage, transfered from his father, was almost overwhelming him. He struggled to keep himself from killing anyone around him.

"Ok, you all know the plan. Some of us stay down, some climb to ambush their forces and some go to protect the time flaw."- Sid said. Ren smiled. Then he chuckled and he ended with an insane laughter.- "What's the matter?"

"You actually think things will go well? By now the island is probably infested with golems. Arachne probably sent Giriko as well and her army is big in number."- Ren looked at the students around him and gave them an insane grin.- "THIS IS A FUCKING SUICIDE MISSION! YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"..."- they didn't say a word as he laughed and laughed. Probably because they knew he was right. Who were they trying to fool? Arachne was smart, enough to not be ambushed so easily. Giriko was a bloody demon, and who knew what other thugs she had in stock? Ren stood up on the boat and got into dirt bike mode. Michelle quickly got into a piggyback ride before he entered Gear Four and jumped out, landing on the beach several meters away. A fight was already going on between the Shibusen and Arachne's army. Ren quickly headed up the island to see Giriko leading a whole gang of giant golems.

"Nice."