Hey what's up everybody? I'd like to present anothe chapter of TWOEAS! (The Wolves of Earth and Sun). this one will finally reveal who Deathscythe truely is as well as some other things as well. Enjoy! Oh and "Declaration of a God" is playing now. Oh and i'll be switching from person to person, you'll see soon.
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Chapter 36: Deathscythe Revealed
*I began to run towards the spot where I was to fight Deathscythe in my wolf form when it began raining.
"Great, it had to be rain…why does this feel familiar?" I muttered to myself.
I shook off the feeling of nostalgia and focused on getting to the place, all the while my eye was starting to become irritated.
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Amaterasu was the one who woke everybody up, "Ishimaru is gone!" she said.
The others were waking up to this and didn't get it until Amaterasu explained how she saw that Ishimaru wasn't with her.
"Then were the hell could he be?" Shinji wondered.
Suddenly the old man appeared from the gate with a piece of paper in his hand, "He has gone to face Deathscythe prior to a request he has given him," he said. Waka and Ohoyama were shocked as well as the others by this news.
"Is he nuts?!" Shinji hollered.
Amaterasu read the note and her hands began to shake from reading it.
"Sister…" Ohoyama began but Amaterasu was already out of the door.
"Amaterasu! You can't go and fight Deathscythe by yourself!" Uzume said and touched her shoulder.
"I wasn't going to fight him, but I need to ask you something brother…" Amaterasu turned to look at her and Ohoyama saw the glare in his sister's eyes, "…What have you been keeping from me?" she asked him.
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I managed to get to the spot and soon saw two men; one was Rashamaru, sitting on a boulder as the sea was raging, the other was that brown cloaked man from Shinshu. I suddenly sensed someone else coming and looked around.
"So…you came…good," a cold voice said.
I looked around for the source until I laid eyes upon its speaker. 'No way…' I thought.
Before me was the same wolf from my nightmares, its pitch-black fur blending into the shadows nicely, the dark blue markings that looked disturbing similar to mine and Amaterasu's, not to mention the scythe on its back. It was dark blue and the edge was a purple color, like that of a demon fang. The wolf glared at me with the light red eye and the golden Sharingan eyes with a look of boredom or an emotionless look.
"You…you're from my nightmares…" I said.
"Yes…it's about time we finally met…Saruta…" the wolf said.
"It's Ishimaru, not Saruta!" I told him.
"Different name, same fate," he replied.
The wolf made a motion with his head to the other two, "Go to the Temple, and keep the others busy for a while," he said.
Rashamaru and the cloaked man nodded and disappeared. Now I realized what was the plan, oh no, the others!
I quickly turned and right before I could even run a barrier appeared and surrounded us.
'Damn…' I thought.
"Sorry, but there's no way anyone's gonna save you now…prepare yourself…" Deathscythe said and charged at me.
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Amaterasu looked at her brother as he sighed, "Fine…but the other Brush Gods must be here as well to explain this fully," Ohoyama said.
Amaterasu nodded and instantly the group was transported to the area where the Celestial Brush Gods were located.
"Whoa…" Shinji's voice said when they saw all thirteen brush gods before them.
"Mother Amaterasu, is something wrong?" Yumigami asked.
"Deathscythe, just who is he and what does he want with Ishimaru?" Amaterasu asked them.
The thirteen brush gods were surprised by this, "He's alive?!" Tachigami shrieked.
"But then that means that…" Nuregami began.
Ohoyama held up a hand and everyone was silent.
"Sis…it's time we told you the truth…" Ohoyama said to her.
"Alright, what is going on here?!" Shinji asked.
"We'll explain…you see…Deathscythe…is the man responsible for the deaths of every Celestial Being onboard the Ark of Yamato," Yomigami began.
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Ishimaru's POV
I dodged the attacks Deathscythe was throwing at me; he used that wicked scythe so effortlessly and flourished attacks as I guarded against them with my weapons. But with each strike I blocked I saw an image of my nightmare in my head from each attack Deathscythe gave me.
I blocked another attack as another image appeared in my head. I shook my head as the thoughts went away, but my damn right eye was burning and I was sure some drops of blood were coming down from it. I panted from the sheer effort in trying to protect myself against Deathscythe and shook off the sweat, "Crush the unholy beings from the divine earth, Kōryūmaru!" I yelled as he was surrounded by the earth and the dragon took form.
"Kōryūmaru…the dragon of Earth…interesting," Deathscythe said in an intrigued tone.
The dragon and I both growled as Kōryūmaru shot at Deathscythe, I expected a sound of earth rending flesh, but I heard was a 'clang' sound and saw Deathscythe was holding the dragon back with the scythe's handle. I decided to use my new technique and lifted my brush, drawing the circle and the arrow. Suddenly the earth cracked into pieces and some chunks flew up into the air. I then used my Earth Levitation move and sent them flying at Deathscythe.
I had hoped to hear the 'crunch' from the boulders hitting the body, but what I saw was Deathscythe in front of me and the boulders were cut into pieces.
"That's it? I thought you'd be more practical than that Saruta," Deathscythe said as he shook the dust off. "Though the Earthquake move did throw me off balance I'll admit that, seems like you got another brush god before you came here…However…you failed to forget one thing: I to have a brush much like yours," Deathscythe said to me. To my horror, I realized why the tail looked so much like mine.
It was a brush-tail.
Deathscythe drew some lines in front of him and suddenly I felt my body's torso being torn to shreds and skidded back, whining from the pain. I looked and I saw a large scar on my body.
"Demon Claw, much like Power Slash, only more powerful," Deathscythe said.
I suddenly reverted to my human form due to my power being damaged considerably by the attack. Deathscythe raised his eyebrows with surprised when he saw my human appearance.
"Amazing…you've changed a lot since I last saw you," he said.
"Hang on, how do you know me?" I asked him.
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"But Deathscythe was supposed to have been killed…we were wrong…" Yomigami stated.
Amaterasu was at a loss for words, she couldn't believe what she heard was true.
"Then…Ishimaru is…" she muttered.
Yomigami nodded, "and Deathscythe is related to him…in his old time he was known as Sakamoto Okami…" Yomigami began.
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"Come now, you don't remember me?" Deathscythe asked as his body was covered with darkness and his form began to change.
I watched with horror as Deathscythe's form began to resemble a human. When the darkness was gone a man was standing in front of me. He was wearing a black trench coat with a dark blue and black trimmed school uniform that I wore at school before I came here. Around his neck were demon fangs adjourned into a necklace. The man's face was covered with a black wolf's mask with blue markings like my mask did and behind it was black hair in dreads.
"I thought you'd recognize the appearance of your own brother," Deathscythe had said as he removed the mask.
I gasped and shook as I saw the face," No way…you're…"
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"But then he disappeared, he later went by a new name…it was…" Yomigami took another breath.
"Nakaboshi Takeshi," Ishimaru and Yomigami's voices both said.
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I looked at my brother's face, "Nakaboshi…" I whispered.
My brother, who had his eyes closed when the mask was removed, now opened them, revealing the red eye and the gold Sharingan eyes in both of them.
"Hey…bro…" he replied.
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Whoa! Deathscythe is Ishimaru's brother Nakaboshi! But then does that mean...Stay tuned to find out what happens next, and trust me, it's going to be a shocker! R&R plz!