Did I make this instead of studying for finals? YES! Do I regret it? YES. Do I care because I'm transferring to a new school? NO! I wanted to thank everyone who has left a comment and to tell some of you not to be embarrassed or worried about leaving a lengthy comment! Those tend to be some of my favorites! Feel free to PM too is you have anything you wish to say in private or are too scared to post a public comment! Please keep it respectable or I will shut off PM's or delete on sight! Now Enjoy!
"Hello, hello," Ritsuka smiled as he entered the classroom again. "I welcome you my third year to this special class," he closed the door as he turned to face the rather small class.
There were only about 11 people in Class 3 A, courtesy of Aizawa no doubt; but they knew what was expected of them. They knew that this teacher meant business.
"Today we will speak of what the Beasts of Humanity are that Mr. Toogata asked," he clapped as the others shifted.
They had all seen that exhibit, they were all unnerved by it and they all knew it was something very...dangerous.
"Now," he began. "I will make it clear that the Beasts do not hate humanity. In fact...they love it."
"Huh?"
"They love humanity so much that they would want to destroy it and remake it in an image that they find is perfection for our kind," Ritsuka began, pacing as he spoke. So no powerpoint. "It is a confusing conundrum but I want you to understand that Love can make people want to destroy the world. In fact, it was a lot more common back then."
"Like with the princess stealing and all the other fairy tail stuff," Nejire asked with a confused looked.
"Almost," he nodded. "This is more...primal in nature. More base, if you would,' he offered up. "They represent the most ugly parts of human nature, our ugliest desires that grow with civilization. Pity, regression, comparison, pleasure? All those things we are guilty of yet we cannot stop are not the seven sins that are known in the christain mythology are not these sins. They are their own sins of humanity that are prevalent in everyday life. Though regression is something that I do not see."
"What does that mean," one student asked as Ritsuka stopped.
"Huh? OH! Regression as in the thought of going back to simpler times...let's say...no quirks," he shrugged as the class shuddered. "The older generations gripe about going back to the good old days?"
"The world was so bad by that point," one girl protested. "So much violence and discord! Heroes are meant to help people!"
"I hate this place so much," Ritsuka murmured to Count in French with a smile as the man snorted. "They are so completely indoctrinated that it's actually making my head hurt."
"They can't help it. We would have better luck in stealing children from foster care," Edmond shrugged, enjoying their confused looks. "You'd think they'd have a mandatory second language class."
"Oh shush," Ritsuka brushed him off. "Now," he smiled to the students. "We unfortunately have not found all known beasts, but we do know that some have split into 2 to cover the vast expanse of what they represent. Such as Pleasure."
This was...going to be a very conflicting day for those heroes students, if their teachers smile meant anything.
"Vice," Edmond spoke, snapping them out of their stupor. "We have a problem," he coughed, handing him his phone.
"What...what in the hell," Ritsuka felt a headache forming as he sighed. "Great," he grunted. "Class Dismissed. I have a problem that needs to be sorted out."
He stomped out with Edmond laughing behind them and they could only sigh in relief as the tension filled air left.
A FEW HOURS EARLIER
"Hooo there," a voice called to Sirius who looked up only to gulp at the rather large ship she saw. "You Sirius?"
"Yes," she nodded as the woman whistled.
"You lazy bums get here! Jason! Dioscuri! Black Beard! Bartholomew! Anne! Mary! Nemo! Odysseus!"
"Yesh Drake, must you be so loud," the infamous Pirate hero Black Beard sighed as he entered their line of sight.
"Haaha! Master told us to work with this crew to get the Drug Ring under control," she laughed as the others appeared with either tired or bored looks.
"I say we could have handled this ourselves," Jason sighed, shaking his head as he moved to get the plank down. "Get up. We don't have all day," he called.
"Right," Sirius yelped as Selkie nodded to his crew.
They felt awe around them as they got onto the boat that looked like something out of history books.
"Oi, you lazy bums," Drake yelled...at children? "Get to raising the sails!"
'You heard her," a boy yelled who looked like all the other's . "My Nemo Marines don't slack! You better work!"
"HAI!"
It had to be his quirk, similar to Ectoplasm? But...he was so young too...
They rushed off to finish their work as they began to head out to sea. Selkie began to order his crew to set up the radar machines and keep a look out from the ground of the ship to the look out. All the while the Chaldean heroes watched them in confusion as they immediately began to get to work and not even rest afterwards.
"Come on now," Drake smiled as she stood from her place at the wheel. "Rest a bit, we're not even far out enough to catch any prey," she laughed, head thrown back as the others lounged about the boat without much care.
"They could be using submarines-"
"With their cargo? I doubt it unless they want to die there in that small space," Mary huffed as Anne giggled. "Rest, no use getting strung up now."
'We need to be diligent-"
"And we will be! You don't work on the seas just to be lazy and not pick up a few tricks," Drake laughed with wink as they began to drift further and further out into the sea.
"I don't know how Chaldea operates, but this is a serious mission on an international scale," Mick called out.
"I say we have a few hours before we're even going to need to keep an eye out," Drake laughed as she stepped away from the wheel. "You folks have any good sea shanties to pass the time?"
"Huh," Selkie asked as the others looked to one another in confusion. "Sea Shanties?"
"You can't be serious," Jason sighed as the Dioscuri, or Castor, turned his nose up to them in disgust. "Songs?"
"Not even one," Castor huffed as the others began to ask one another what sea shanties were supposed to be.
(Annapantsu's cover of the Wellerman is recommended to know what I got inspired by)
"Well," Drake smiled. *"There once was a ship that put to sea. The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea. The winds blew up, her bow dipped down. Oh blow, my bully boys, blow!"
Her voice was deep and commanding as some of the heroes pulled out instruments and began to stomp on the boat. The tambourine, the violin and other sort of small strings.
"Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go," she gave a dramatic bow as Bartholomew and Black Beard began to...tap dance?
"Ho," Nemo smiled as Drake continued her song.
"She'd not been two weeks from shore. When down on her a right whale bore. The captain called all hands and swore. He'd take that whale in tow," she sang joining the two men in their dance, the American like step dancing impressive as they never seemed to lose rhythm.
"HO!" The rest yelled as Anne and Mary returned with...was that alcohol?
"Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go," Drake yelled out as she grabbed a bottle and drank straight from it.
"What," Sirius yelled as the other yelled out in happiness and began to drink from the bottles.
"Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da," they snag as a few began to dance with one another, bottle still in hand.
"This...this is not appropriate," Selkie boomed as Nemo handed him a bottle. "No!"
"Before the boat had hit the water. The whale's tail came up and caught her. All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her. When she dived down low," Drake belted out, a new bottle in her hand. When had she finished the first one?!
"HO," they all yelled as the Oki Marine Crew watched in awe as they…let loose one the job. They drank on a fucking boat that was theirs….
"Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go," Darke interlaced her arms with Pollux who smiled as they began to twirled with bright smiles.
"No line was cut, no whale was freed. The captain's mind was not of greed. And he belonged to the Whaleman's creed. She took that ship in tow," Mary and Anne took over as Drake drank from her bottle.
"HO," they yelled out as the music got louder to their stomps.
"Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go," Nemo sang this one as he drank from a thermos, thank god. But he was still handing out Rum to the Oki Marine Crew and his own workmates
"Da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da," they all snag out as the winds picked up.
"Boss this is very bad," one yelled to Selkie who watched their utter debauchery of their work. Was this a game?
"For forty days or even more. The line went slack then tight once more. All boats were lost, there were only four. But still that whale did go," Drake resumed her singing, grabbing ANOTHER bottle, dear lord how much had all of them drank already?
"HO," even some of Selkies men yelled it out raising their bottles, if only to get the Nemo Marines off their backs. One poor sap had the bottle shoved in his mouth and was slightly intoxicated by that point.
"Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go," Most of them sang by that point, the men who began their step dancing stumbling by their flushed cheeks.
"As far as I've heard, the fight's still on. The line's not cut, and the whale's not gone. The Wellerman makes his regular call. To encourage the captain, crew and all!" Drake sang through her dancing and drinking, how many bottles did they go through, Selkie thought as he looked at the empty ones scattered about.
"HO!"
"Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go. Soon may the Wellerman come. To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, when the tonguing is done. We'll take our leave and go," the all belted out the last lines together, dancing and drinking as if they weren't on a mission at all.
"This...is crazy,' Selkie coughed as Sirius nodded, helping the few unfortunate men who had rum poured down their throats in an attempt to 'have fun' and 'let loose'.
"Apologies," Odysseus murmured as he approached Selkie with a smile. "We may be heroes, but we are not accustomed to all work and no play." He shrugged like it was an everyday occurrence.
"That's fine," Selkie sighed. "But we need to be working and cautious, not drunk and playing around," he motioned to the Chaldean crew who were belting out another shanty.
"Cruel and Cold like winds and the sea," Mary began as the others began to hum low.
"How does your director let you get away with this on the job! I would have half a mind to report this, but I know it wouldn't do a damn thing," Selkie was mad.
"It's a pirate's nature," he shrugged. "Lord knows they could be fornicating right about now," he sighed. "But they've denied themselves to simply drink and dance," he shrugged with a smile.
"Pirates don't exist outside of movies-"
"I would keep your voice down," He murmured to Selkie with glowing eyes. "This is our nature. Even mine when the desire strikes," he offered up. "It's our nature, simple and base as that."
He walked past Selkie and accepted a bottle of rum from Nemo who was on his phone speaking to someone it seemed.
"Best accept it," one of the marines said as he took the un opened bottle of rum and opened it, handing it back with a smile.
The party seemed to go on for hours, the Chaldean drinking, laughing, singing and dancing as the Oki crew tried to go about their business. They now understood why people never wanted to work with the Marine crew of Chaldea a bit more than before.
The stories of them getting smashed right before fights where true it seemed.
"Captain," an Oki member called. "We have signals of another boat!"
"HOO! Hostility right off the stern," Castor yelled as leapt up from Jason's embrace. "It's not a regular ship!"
Their ship isn't regular, the Oki crew though.
"That ain't who we're after," Drake slurred before her eyes turned sharp. "Oi…"
"It's one of us," Pollux gasped before her sword materialized in her hand. "And it's hostile."
"It's a chaldean-"
"Step back," Nemo ordered, eyes sharp as he pulled out a Telescope. "Shit. There's three of them, they don't look like allies."
"Oi you shits get ready," Drake barked as she swallowed the last of the rum and grabbed her pistol. "We got a pest problem on the seas. Now this is nostalgic!"
"Ah," they yelled just as something shot toward them.
"FUCK," Jason screeched as it came toward him. Castor threw his discus to stop or slow down the enemy, which worked in a way before they jumped over it and landed on their ship.
"Fuck," Black Beard snapped as he realized the class of servant they had on their hands. "This is not good for us."
"Ciao, Ciao," the two young children called as they raised their hands not intertwined with one another in the air. "We are the Assassin's of the HC!"
They looked like they were with 7 or 9, depending on how you looked at it. The girl had pink hair and a small piece that was longer on her left, the boy was the same but with blue hair and the longer piece on the left. They had matching dull blue eyes and eerie smiles as they shifted in their alter children outfits.
"This is not good," Nemo swallowed. "Where's the third," he demanded as the Chaldeans held back the other Heroes. They were surprisingly sober now.
"Caster of Carthage is an old man that is better left behind," the girl huffed as the others jolted. "He's such a bore as well.."
"Caster...of Carthage," Bartholomew asked, making sure he heard right. "As in H-"
"Of course you all know who he is," the boy sighed. "That makes no difference to us, he is easy to figure out after all," the boy pouted. "But we have a mission and how lucky we are that it's all mostly Riders! After all we only need to kill a few of you!"
"Fuck," Drake aimed only to have Sirius push her last second as she fired. "WHAT THE FUCK WOMAN! THEY ARE DANGEROUS!" She snarled as Mick went to detain her. "GET OFF OF ME YOU-" she went off on a tangent as Sirius gasped, turning to the children.
'They are children forced against their will," she panted as the Oki Marine crew went about detaining the Chaldean Heroes. "Your safe don't worry," she turned to the relatively calm children with a smile before it faded at their faces.
"Ho, thanks for doing all our work," the girl giggled before she jumped on Sirius and stabbed her right on the back. "But we will leave no survivors," she gave a demented giggle as Sirius fell with a gasp.
"SHIT," Anne yelled before she got out of their Oki's Crew grip and got to her gun. "You little fuckers, I'll kill you!"
"Not likely," the boy yelled, rushing to the busty woman. In his hand he had a dagger of gleaming black, aimed straight for her back as she managed to get her hands on her rifle.
"ANNE," Mary yelled as she looked at her lover.
"Not on my watch," a new voice joined as the boy slammed into a shield with a rather...horrific face on it.
"I knew it," the girl gasped as she jumped back. "A rogue Servant! Just like they said!"
"WHAT," the Chaldeans gasped as the man straightened up.
"Wait...that Shield," Jason gasped as the Assassin duo stepped back. "Y...you can't be!"
"Not happening," the masked man yelled as chains appeared, capturing the two who tried to escape in the chaos. "Thanks caster," he turned to the man onto the rail to the second level, the Greeks gasping at him.
"I am Caster of the Underworld, my companion is the Rider of Argos," he smiled, his lovely white hair falling over his red eyes. "We ask to speak to your master, the Master of Chaldea."
"Fair enough," Drake coughed as she pushed Mick to the ground. "Mind ending those two?" She motioned to the Assassin's who struggled in their grip with snarls. "Don't move," she warned the Oki Marine crew, aiming her pistol at Selkie who had other weapons on him as well. "You should all be well aware the threats we face are not normal. So that girlie stopping me could have gotten us all killed."
"She's right," Rider nodded, his mask covered in blood before sighing. "Caster? Can you kill them?"
"Not likely...we've fallen into a trap I'm afraid. One concocted by the Alter Ego of Astrology," he sighed as the two giggled before vanishing. "This was all to draw us out."
"Fuck," Odysseus snarled as he watched them leave. "Damn it!"
"We have what we need, and we have your identities, Rider. Caster." That had to be the Alter Ego.
"And we have enough on you three. And our other friends will be appearing soon," Caster called just as the strange presence left.
"Ha...what an annoyance," the masked man sighed as he took it off, revealing soft pink locks, poisonous lime green eyes and a crazed smile. "Soo...any chance you can put in a good word for me to head to Greece where Medusa is?"
Dear god, this was getting complicated.
IN CHALDEA
"I...gave you a mission to stop a drug ring, instead we have rouge servants that are both our allies and enemies," Ritsuka asked as he looked to the Pirates. "Like during our stints in Singularities and Lostbelts?"
"Yes."
"And we have two new Heroic Spirits in Perseus and Orpheus?"
"Yes."
"I am too sober for this."
"We agree."
"Great," Ritsuka sighed as he leaned back, "and you say you know the two that attacked us?"
"Indeed," Orpheus nodded as Ritsuka flicked his eyes to Perseus who smiled. "Hannibal Barca and The Borgia siblings, Lucrezia and Cesare."
"We heard of them during the Requiem incident...but to think that they would actually materialize," Ritsuka sighed as he placed his index fingers in the bridge of his nose. "And you say that you have how many more allies?"
"We have three more allies that are heading to England and Rome at the moment," he nodded.
"Okay," Ritsuka nodded. "Okay."
"What of our enemies? We have three know servants, who else," Sherlock demanded.
"They have two more allies, they are all very powerful and very deranged," Orpheus advised.
"So that's why they are allying with All for One? Or they have their own agenda?"
"You honestly think they would follow someone like All for One," Perseus smirked as he cracked his neck. "And my position in Greece?"
"I see your point and what the fuck do you want with Medusa you freak," Ritsuka grunted as he looked to the smiling Rider who gave a toothy manic grin.
"I just wanna see her in all her beauty!"
"You're crazy."
"He is," Orpheus nodded, looking to his companion with a disgusted look.
"Well, I have promised to go to the USJ event with Robin, Billy, Chiron, Nightingale and Asclepius to promote...whatever they think we're promoting," Ritsuka shook his head. "Then I'll have Chiron take over my class while I deal with the problem. It seems that this is getting more complicated by the day."
"What about I-Island and the Sports festival? They are expecting us at both events," Agravain pushed. "The press caught wind of what you did to those school kids and the curriculum, you're not in such good water at the moment."
"I know, I know," Ritsuksa snapped, fingers interlaced as Perseus and Orpheus shifted. "You killed someone didn't you," he sighed, head falling back as his arms went limp.
"It was a man, attempting to shoot another," Perseus explained. "The man had his child in his arms, begging the other to not shoot...I could not stand by and allow that man to live after he had already shot the man's wife in the chest in full view of his daughter."
"I see," Ritsuka nodded. "Orpheus?"
"A man had beaten a woman in an alley in full view of her lover," he breathed. "I...I could not stand that as he pushed the man to the ground and knocked him out, continuing his brutal assault on the woman. I took the measures needed and ended scum on this earth."
"I don't blame you, but this is making things difficult for us," Ritsuka groaned. "UA is pushing for interns again?"
"The Japanese government is thinking about approving it to get them off our backs. If only for a little bit, they fear they might attack or try and get into Seraphix if we deny them any longer," Sherlock admitted with a shrug. "It won't be our fault if they are devoured by those two."
"It will be trouble for us if one of them escapes," Ritsuka yelped, jumping up in anger. "I am not proud but…"
"We must do whatever we can to ensure our survival. Mana here is sparse at best, even in hot spots like Britain, the Middle East and Japan," Sherlock whispered to his master. "Do not dwell on Seraphix, BB and those two have everything under control."
"And our staff," he hissed.
"They are on the road to being healed. Mashu and Goredolf have been moved from critical care and with the others.
"Is it wise to go to the USJ though? Their involvement with us or their current involvement with us is drawing eyes to us. They think we take in crazed killers," Agravain protested. "We need to focus on damage control!"
"I can't,' Ritsuka shook his head. "The trip is tomorrow. Not to mention the security breach we had today…"
"I have questions about that breach," Da Vinci interrupted as she looked up from her iPad. "What was taken?"
"Unfortunately I am not privy to that information because of my status of...well just being someone associated with Chaldea," he shrugged without much care as Da Vinci sighed.
"Of course...and I assume that is because of you teaching about Beasts of Humanity?"
"Hoo the earful I got from Vlad King and Eraserhead for that," he sighed like he was remembering something fond, which to be honest he most likely was. He liked to poke fun at his fellow employees who suffered through his habit of teaching the kids things to shake the foundations of their being.
Very recently had he turned to physical teaching in the way of the choking of Kanakawa and the beatings of the three first year hero students.
"I see, well I will do a preliminary scan and give everything to Chiron. Edmond will not be leaving your side for the entire time of the USJ correct?"
"Hmmm…" Ritsuka hummed as Da Vinci drew close. With a claw-like grip she wretched his to her's and gazed deep into his eyes.
"Correct?"
"Right," he nodded, sweating nervously as the woman released his head with a huff. "Your dangerous woman," he rolled his shoulders before flinching at her glare. "AHaha! Well you two will be staying here for the time being and I don't care what you do, you will not be going to Greece any time soon and Medusa will not be coming anytime soon either," he pointed to Perseus who pouted before lowering his raised hand.
"That's acceptable. His half brothers and cousins should be able to keep him in line," Orpheus nodded.
"Great. Now we all have a busy day ahead of us. Dismissed."
"Before we leave, the Oki Mariner crew-"
"They are being dealt with," Ritsuka waved off Chiron who nodded, leaving along with the two new Greeks who whispered in hushed tones.
"Seraphix wishes to have you speak to them," Sherlock mentioned in passing as Ritsuka gave a stiff nod. He sat for a couple more minutes, contemplating whether he should put off the visit, but they were never ones to call him willy nilly. Steeling himself he left his chair, moving to the gleaming silver door that resided inside his office, his shadow shifting to reveal Angra, Goetia, Ashiya and Edmond awaiting him to leave.
"Have you any idea as to why they called?"
"I have some," Ritsuka admitted as Angra clung to his arm.
He was a clingy one, if a bit annoying but Ritsuka didn't hold that against him.
"Let's go so we can come back earlier," Edmond gruffed before opening the door to allow them in.
It wasn't too long before they heard an achingly familiar voice.
"Hello dearest master," Kiara cooed as she approached with her usual strut in her...vulgar outfit.
"Kiara," Ritsuka spoke curtly. "Why the call?"
Her smile vanished and it was soon replaced by someone dedicated to her master and his cause. "We have sensed the presence of someone not of Chaldea or of this plane near the holding cells for Sefar and Type Ort," she explained. "But their signature is too much like a servant for us to rule out anything but."
"I see...and you're certain of this?"
"Yes," she nodded. "Me and Kama have been keeping a closer eye on the spiritual balance of Seraphix and we sensed a change similar to an unwanted servant entering. Unfortunately they noticed we were tuned in and vanished just as quick," she admitted with an annoyed sighed.
"Must be one of the rouge servants," Ritsuka began. "It's not impossible that they are trying to get to Type Ort or Sefar. What of Archimedes?"
"What do you think?"
"Keep an eye on him and keep it discrete and tell him I want the report of how our mana excavation is going. We can't keep relying on Moon Cell."
"Understood," Kiara nodded.
"We should just take what we need from the man and be done with it!" Ashiya hummed as he placed a finger on his chin. "He's not loyal to us and is simply not one to be loyal. Not when he has his own agenda!"
"I know," Ritsuka admitted. "I'm wary of him too, but you all know I am one to give people a chance when others don't."
"You don't seem too keen on doing that for those hero brats," Ashiya hummed as they moved to leave.
"They need to learn that before you can begin to give acceptance, you must first face denial," Ritsuka offered up before heading back to his office
"How beautiful," Ashiya cooed before he vanished along with the rest back to the shadows where they watched their master in silence and secret.
OKAY! COMMENT! Tell me what you liked, what you suspect will happen next and anything else within the realm of kindness and constructive criticism! Enjoy!
*Not going to lie, I listened to Annapantsu's cover of this and felt inspired cause I feel like they would do this just to fuck with the modern heroes. Or just because. Credit it too her and the original creator of this song, Nathan Evans.