Chapter Four
Nine
Nine was suddenly standing next to Ten and Cthulhu. He bowed to Cthulhu. "Lord Cthulhu. Hello." His eyes drifted over to Ten holding Vasi and Lis. His eyes widened. "Vasi and Lis. The Shield of Anti-Matter and the Sword of Matter. I had no idea that they were merged in Vasilis."
"You knew about these things?" Ten asked.
"He is ze Experiment wiz ze most experience in ze supernatural world." Nine nodded in agreement. "Now, I have brought you here for you two to spar."
"Sweet. It has been a while since we last sparred." Nine thought back. "Holy shit. The last time we sparred was during the forest training skirmish. That felt like ages ago."
"This time I'm going all out though," Ten smirked as he drew a pistol from his belt.
"Wouldn't have it any other way." With that Nine flew at Ten with with the Kusanagi drawn. Ten barely blocked the swing as the sound of the two legendary weapons reverberated through in his ears. Ten fired a few bullets out of his pistol as he jumped back. With very little effort, Nine sliced them out of the air with deadly precision. Ten could feel electricity in the air as Nine landed another massive blow on the shield. He was blasted back by arcs of electricity. His shirt now had a massive hole in it so he threw it inside. Ten himself looked around and saw the chopped down trees from Four testing out the Golden Fiddle. He dived behind one and took potshots at Nine, which he easily sliced. Nine got dangerously close before he was blasted back by what felt like the force of a million volts of electricity. As Nine got up, Ten swiped through the air with his shield, causing the area to be encased in darkness. He had assumed that this would give him an advantage, but that thought was dashed when Nine's knee came into contact with his chin. He spat out a bit of blood before the Kusanagi was pressed under his chin.
"And ze winner is Mr. Wondershine. No surprise zere," Cthulhu remarked. The place was illuminated as Nine helped Ten up.
"I don't think that I will ever be able to beat you in one on one combat."
"Might be best to keep me at a distance. You almost had me. Maybe let Newt heal your chin when we get back."
Cthulhu waved his hand and they were back with the others. Baba was immediately fussing over Ten's chin. "I'm fine Baba. Nothing that a little healing can't fix."
"Claire says otherwise," Heb remarked as she looked intently at his chin. "Nine, did you seriously have to dislocate his jaw?"
"How do you know this stuff Hebby?" Newt asked.
"Claire was a nurse."
"Okay."
Lix and Panto were standing off to the side of everyone else, having a four way conversation with each other, Ma'at, and Delphi.
"I don't see why Cthulhu isn't just giving us the book," Delphi asked.
"Mom. He has to uphold Order," Ma'at responded.
"Can you two stop arguing?" Panto snapped, the purple section of her eyes glowing.
Lix looked deep in concentration. "Primordial Chaos grows more powerful with more disagreement. As his mother and sister, you two should know this. And I don't know why you aren't showing the fact that you have the Stones Panto."
Panto looked shocked. "How can you tell?"
"Your eyes Ms. Mime," Cthulhu remarked from behind them. The two of them turned around. "It is now your time for me to train you."