DespicableD: Big surprise for you guy's after this.
Trouble's brewing. Malus vs. Death Scythe Nagi
Death Room
Xeal, Phoenix, Mint and Lavender waited while the Grim Reaper mulled over the report they had just presented to him. "And you have no idea what may have been wrong with this Bio you met?" He finally asked.
"No sir." Xeal answered. "It seemed as if he was being controlled by something, but he didn't stick around long enough for us to figure out what. Most likely whoever was manipulating him saw the danger of us defeating him and summoned him back."
"Most likely." The reaper agreed. He reviewed the mission report once again until he came to the villager's interviews. "And what about this "Kage Senshi Kei"? Did any of you see him?"
"No sir." It was Mint this time. "By the time we joined back up with the civilians he had apparently already handled the situation. We assumed he was back up sent by you sir."
"I'm afraid we have no one in Shibusen who goes by that call name; though his appearance intrigues me." The reaper tapped his chin thoughtfully, and then tapped the other side for good measure. "I'll have Black Star and Angela look into it, for now I believe you may wish to head to the infirmary where you'll find the rest of your team." His amused smile caused them to look to each other nervously.
"Ten bucks says Muramasa finally went and put either Rob or Gabe in a coma." Phoenix joked while he led them out. "I'll take that bet." Mint answered with a giggle. Shinigami soon realized that Xeal wasn't moving to leave.
"Yes?"
"Sir-" Xeal started thinking hard on the words. "About Herriotza-"
Shinigami held up a hand to stop him. "I understand your personal reservations with fighting him. As a half witch you feel responsible for the victims of your race. But that cannot change the fact that in his current state he had killed a good majority of the villagers in Corn Hallow. Until an alternative can be found, we must accept that we may have to bring him down." Xeal stiffened at this but remained silent.
"I understand sir. That is all." And he soon followed his friends out the door.
KID sighed. "What happened to the days when only adults had to make the hard choices? Now it seems we live in a world where kids have to grow up much too fast."
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Northern Quebec
It was a rare phenomenon for Shibusen agents to report to a village of Native Canadian Indians and even rarer occurrence for the one of them to be a Death Scythe.
"So, you are the hunters of one-hundred spirits?" The village chief, a large man who wore what seemed to be an elk skin coat and smoking from a clay pipe, addressed the two men before him. Both of them were Japanese with auburn hair but that was where the similarities ended.
The first, the aforementioned Death scythe, clearly did not think to dress for the colder Canadian climate for he wore only a sleeveless camo shirt, with fingerless gloves and black combat pants as his only warm clothing. His brown hair was styled in a spiky flat top. "Y-yeah w-were here to s-s-solve your pest control problem." His attempt at arrogance was thwarted by his shivering.
"What Nagi-san means is that we will do all we can to stop whatever has been threatening your village." The meister, who seemed to possess more foresight, wore a blue down jacket with a white, long sleeve undershirt, also with black combat pants. His hair was slightly lighter and reached farther down to cover the nape of his neck.
"Hmm." The chief looked the two over thoughtfully. His shaman, being one who possessed Soul Perception, assured him they possessed brave and strong spirits but his doubts were still strong. "You know of what you hunt? Do you not?"
"A Wendigo." The meister, whose name was Saejima Daisuke, answered. "Your people call it the Outiko."
"Yes. "The starving glutton"," The yellow eyed cannibal"." The chief reiterated smoking on his pipe more rapidly. "Many nights ago we heard the death screams of one of our scouts. When we investigated we found only his spirit and his bones."
"It left his soul?" Nagi asked confused.
"Yes. Outiko cares nothing for man's spirits. He only wants the flesh around it. He only eats. And as he eats, he starves."
'Sounded like he had a pretty full meal to me.' Nagi thought, though he knew it would offend the chief so he kept it to himself. "So how do we kill it?"
"You do not kill Outiko."
"What do you mean?" Daisuke asked. "Why did you call us down here if we cannot kill the beast?"
"Outiko is everywhere and in everything. You can kill one of its physical incarnations but another will appear." The chief breathed out a hearty puff of smoke. "For we are Outiko." His gesture seemed to imply a general sense.
"Okay… that didn't make any sense." Nagi rudely remarked. "What the hell do y-." Screams from outside caught all three men's attention.
"Outiko has come."
"Daisuke let's go!" Nagi held out his hand, which his partner took. Nagi's free hand instantly became a three pronged trident tip. His body flashed white as it became the wooden shaft of a trident, made from orange wood with the image of a serpent painted across its frame.
"Aim for its heart." The chief said as Daisuke exited the tent.
"Where is it?" Daisuke asked aloud as he surveyed the village, the sound of more screaming caught his attention. "Found you." Rounding a bend he caught sight of one of the village women cradling a man in her arms as tears poured from her eyes.
"Where?" He asked the women, he didn't know there language but he hoped his meaning got across. She looked into his eyes and he knew she understood him. She pointed in the direction to the woods. Before Daisuke could give chase she caught his wrist, she seemed to be begging him to do something but what he couldn't understand as she released him to give chase.
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He'd been carefully prowling the woods for what felt like an hour. Not a single track, sound or even a disturbance to the trail. This creature was smart.
"Daisuke? Do you smell that?" Nagi asked up to his partner, probably a little to loudly considering what they were hunting. But he agreed, there was a foul scent in the air. "I think it's coming from over here." Daisuke prodded the bush carefully with his trident, incase this was some kind of ambush. Confident that there was nothing waiting for them inside the bush he brushed the greenery aside and immediately scrambled back at what he saw.
"God!" He turned his head aside and covered his mouth as vomit threatened to come up. He finally knew what the woman was asking of him. The beast had stolen her child and now he had finally found it.
Snarl.
"Daisuke!"
The meister just rolled out of the way as their quarry clumsily pounced at him from its hiding place in the trees. It plopped into the ground with a sickening thud and gave out a pitiful snarl as its arm bent at an obscene angle.
"Not very monstrous in my opinion." Nagi chuckled at the pathetic sight of their prey thrashing about in pain. The creature still appeared human, but its human aspects were easily covered up by it more monster like additions. It appeared to be a human male of fairly good height; it was taller than Daisuke. It appeared muscular but the sight of its receding stomach line distracted from that. Its nails were unnaturally long and its light colored hair was covered with mud and blood. It was naked from the waist down only covered by a tattered pair of trousers.
"Let's put this thing out of its misery." Nagi stated to which Daisuke nodded, revenge for the child clear in his mind. He brought the tip just over the creature where he believed he'd find the heart.
"Now, now. Let's not be too hasty." Daisuke jumped at the sound of foot steps behind him.
"You!" Nagi growled when he recognized the familiar face. He never forgot who it was that broke his nose those 2 years ago.
Malus gave Daisuke a wide berth as he rounded to the pitiful Wendigo's side. He tutted as he looked over the beast's injury. His arms suddenly took a firm hold on the creature's forearm.
Pop! Crack!
The Wendigo howled in pain, to its medic's amusement. He had popped the dislocated appendage back in place though the creature's cradling of its injured arm showed it was in immense pain. "I believe it's time we left." Daisuke then noticed the collar and chain wrapped about its neck which Malus held with an air of ownership.
"You tamed this thing?" Nagi asked astonished that anyone would want to keep one of these things as a pet.
"And created him." The Devil Buster look alike answered confidently. "I had just let him out for an afternoon stroll when you Shibusen folk scared him. And now look at him."
"If you are the beast's owner then we must demand that you turn him over for immediate destruction." Clearly not picking up on the obvious confession.
"What?" Malus mock exclaimed. He then laughed as he rested a hand on the beast's head which it fearfully shirked away from. "I'm afraid it's much too early in the game for me to allow you to eliminate him just yet."
"What game?"
"Oh you'll all know soon enough, but for now." He began to walk off, his rabid charge in tow.
"Hold it!" Malus turned to the Death scythe's accusing tone. "Who are you? Why do you look like the Devil Buster?"
"Ah!" Malus clapped his hands together happily. "You know my brother do you? Then could you deliver a message to him for me?" He leaned in close as if to whisper. "I look forward to killing everyone he loves, right in front of him." He cackled then at Daisuke and Nagi's stunned faces.
Shing!
Malus's cackling ceased when the trident tip appeared in front of his eyes.
"Declaring war on one Shibusen agent is to declare war on us all." Daisuke threatened.
Malus smirked as frosty mist swirled around his left arm. "That is my intention." He then slashed forward as Hrunting appeared on his arm. Daisuke only had time to back peddle out of the way before the icicle blade took off his head. He attempted to bring around his trident for a counter attack but his attempt was thwarted by a nearby tree.
"Not enough room in here for a trident." Daisuke commented.
"Then we'll try something smaller." Nagi answered. His shaft suddenly collapsed in on itself and shrunk to fit only one hand. Now wielding a shinobi style Sai, Daisuke reverse handed his weapon and charged the grinning Malus. Their blades clashed together sending sparks flying.
"Give it up asshole. You're fighting a full fledged Death Scythe and a three star meister. You don't have a chance in hell." Nagi arrogantly bragged.
Malus parried another of Daisuke's stabs and then gave a shrill whistle.
Snarl!
Daisuke had only enough to time to dodge another stab as the beast pounced on his back, digging its sharpened teeth into his shoulder. Daisuke bit back the pain and clubbed the pommel of his Sai into the beast's nose, still it held on.
"You're mine!" Malus charged in, Hrunting leading.
"Not quite!" Daisuke side stepped and caught the icicle sword between the middle and left prongs of his Sai and twisted. Malus stepped back as the end of his blade broke off.
"Impressive." He praised the duo. "But not enough if you wish to live." He gave another shrill whistle prompting the Wendigo to release its hold on Daisuke. The three star meister rubbed his shoulder, relieved to be free of that monster's bite.
"Allow me to show you how it's done." Malus grinned as he grabbed his pets shoulder. The Wendigo snarled and began to glow blood red. A loud whirring sound joined his growling.
"That thing's a weapon!" Daisuke exclaimed.
Malus chuckled manically as he rested the double chain-saw staff over his shoulder. The wood of its shaft looked rotten and the teeth of its blade was covered in rust but the weapon still gave off a feeling of menace.
"Daisuke we need to end this now!"
"Affirmative!"
"Soul Resonance!"
An orange energy orb surrounded the two. Nagi's sai returned to trident mode. Golden light seemed to flow between the three prongs.
"Dragoon!"
The light flared up as 2' energy blade sprang from the trident's head.
"So that's how you want it." Malus grinned and began to twirl his weapon in a rowing motion. Icy wind began to pick up all around him as his weapon roared louder and louder.
Daisuke immediately sprang upward, using the tree limbs to raise him higher with every jump. Maximum height reached, he dived to where he would be directly above the waiting Malus and he fell, his spear pointing downward.
"Hellbound!"
"Rabid Blizzard!"
The two finishers clashed as the mist covered blade of Malus's weapon met Nagi's energized spear tip. The insuing explosion fell several trees, causing the area to fill with a blinding dust layer.
"Did we get him?" Nagi asked as Daisuke covered his face from the dust.
"Not bad, dogs of the reaper." Malus's degrading voice seemed to resonate from everywhere. "I must be going now for I have a party to prepare for. But since I'm generous, I will leave you with a parting gift."
Daisuke caught his so called "gift" as it just came for his head. The dust cleared enough for him to make out what he was holding. It appeared to be the end of a cane. And on its head, was the symbol of the kishin.
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Shibusen Infirmary
"Ppphhhhbbbtttt!" Phoenix tried hard to stifle his laugh. Though he couldn't see his eyes, he knew that the man in the infirmary bed was glaring daggers at him through all the gauss wrapped around his head. "Best ten bucks I ever lost!" He chortled as he handed the money to the giggling Mint.
"Sorry." Maka apologized embarrassedly. "I guess I got a little too excessive with my punishment."
'Yeah. Excessive she says.' Soul thought as he rubbed the bandages wrapped around his forehead from his own punishment.
The mummy gave a muffled retort.
"Can't hear you Gabe." Robyn said as he took a nearby scalped to open a mouth hole for his friend to talk through.
"You beat me eight times with that monstrous book of yours and used Soul for the ninth. Screw off." Gabe gave a cold retort, causing Maka to look down sadly. "Ow ow ow OW!" Maka looked up to find the brown haired girl with the long hair grabbing Gabriel by the cheek painfully despite the encompassing gauss.
"Gabriel don't be mean. Now apologize to Maka-senpai." Allison ordered.
"Ow! Alright I apologize! Ow!" He called out prompting Allison to release him with a satisfied sigh.
"Oh wow!" Maka backed away as Sora, Lavender, Hana and Rosa got real close to her and stared at her with starry eyes. "I can't believe were standing next to The Legendary Kishin Slayer, Maka Albarn!" Lavender exclaimed.
"Well…" Maka blushed embarrassed at their looks. "I've been Maka Evans lately, though I suppose that doesn't have the same ring does it?" Soul flinched at her comment.
"But I have to say. You're all pretty amazing yourselves. Especially you." She said to a blushing Allison. "No one besides me and Hisako have been able to keep Gabriel in check like you do."
"Helps when the lassie has the Buster wrapped around her little finger." Fauna gave Allison a playful bump, prompting the girl to blusher deeper and attempt to hide her face.
"Is that so?" Maka turned her amused smile to the wounded Devil Buster. Somehow she knew he was blushing under all his wrappings as well as he crossed his arms as if he had nothing to hide.
"Well then…" Maka grabbed her husbands shoulder. "Soul, maybe we should have a slow dance track ready especially for them at the party this week." (DD: Bum bum bum!)
"Hah! Gabe dancing now that I gotta see!" Soul chuckled, with Wu and Robyn joining in.
"Ooh! I'd love to loan you a dress if you need one Rogers-chan!" Sora offered.
The meister and weapon looked at each other and at everyone around them. And then in unison they said: "EH!"
Heh heh. Oh how I love to torture my Oc's. If you want to better understand the chief's words look up Wendigo Psycosis.
And now:
Preview:
A city undersiege.
"Greetings, residents of Death City." Civilian and Shibusen alike gasped as the blond man with streaked back hair suddenly appeared on every monitor, t.v. screen and video phone alike.
A threat of biblical proportions.
"For too long has the Reaper and his mongrels brought only temporary peace to our dying world. And today a new God takes his place to lead the world in a great rebirth!"
A devil thrown into the lowest pits.
"I'm sure many of you watching me now may mistake me for a familiar face." He said smiling evilly. "And in respect for the dead I will make my true identity clear. My name is Malus Ringrose. And the man you are looking for, is here!" He then turned the scrying glass to reveal a beaten and bloody figure, his body completely covered in ice and a fragment of a crystalline blade embedded in his chest.
The time has come and so have I
I'll laugh last cause you came to die
The damage done the pain subsides
And I can see the fear clear when I look in your eye.
I never kneel and I'll never rest
You can tear the heart from my chest
I'll make you see what I do best,
I'll succeed as you breathe your very last breath.
Now I know how the angel fell [JUST KNEEL]
I know the tale and I know it too well [JUST BOW]
I'll make you wish you had a soul to sell [soul to sell]
When I strike you down and send you straight to hell
My army comes from deep within
Beneath my soul-beneath my skin
As you're ending, I'm about to begin
My strength His bane~and I will never give in.
I'll tell you now I'm the one to survive
You never break my faith or my stride
I'll have you choke on your own demise
I make the angel scream, and the devil cry
A rage like no other.
"You steal so many innocent lives for your precious destiny! If the world can only be saved like that. Then I will burn your new paradise with these cursed hands!"
Soul Eater Fury the season finale.
"Devil Dynamite!"