You may find the plot speed a bit rushed. It is because I write this in the (Character name) Story Mode format back in Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift games. And most of the fights end fast because Ragna has trouble holding back in the Susano'o Unit but he will learn how to in the future.
Here is an early draft of his new moveset:
*Special:
Hell's Fang - No change (N/C)
Gauntlet Hades - N/C
Inferno Divider - Inferno Slasher
Dead Spike - No longer usable
Belial Edge/ Nightmare Edge -? Combined into Death Cross
Blood Scythe - Gale Blade
*Overdrive:
Blood Kain Idea - invalid until later.
*Distortion Drive:
Carnage Scissors - Infernal Buster/ Infernal Blaster
Devoured by Darkness - N/C
Disaster Gazer/ Disaster Roar (Overdrive)
Bloody Banquet (Counter-type)
*Astral Heat:
Black Onslaught - Black Onslaught Kai
Divine Judgment of Star God
~Broken Continuum Shift~
Ragna ignored the concerned questions that Noel kept asking him and decided to study her figure. It's true that she looked nothing like that Tsubaki girl except the uniform and he had a weird feeling when looking at her face.
'Saya… Wait, what am I thinking about?!'
He had his right hand on his face before noticing something strange. There was a black crack running from his wrist up to the shoulder. And worse, it was glowing. Noel's eyes were tearing up again, prompting Ragna to smack her head.
"Ah hell, stop crying for once!"
"I… I am sorry! Because of me, you get injured so bad –"
"I got worse in the past so man the hell up!"
At this point, Noel tried her best to hold back her tears and ended up crying more. Ragna let out a howl that chased away birds and dogs.
…
Later that day, Ragna was released from the clinic with another promise to pay Litchi back later. The doctor just gave up on asking him and returned to her house. Now Ragna had no idea where to go. Both of the bunny leech and his Master had told him to go Kagutsuchi and while he did kill the Murakumo Unit in this city, the price was high. He looked at his right hand and felt the beatings from the Azure Grimoire along with the Susano'o Unit.
"Dammit, what kind of mess did I get myself into?"
"Hm? What are you talking about, Mr. Ragna?" Noel loomed her face to Ragna's innocently.
"Nothing, idiot. Watch your steps!"
"Eep!"
True to his words, she stepped on a rock and nearly fell down when Ragna pulled her hand. She was about to thank him when his irritated face silenced her.
"P-Please don't scold me!"
"…Just be careful next time."
Ragna released her, patted her head twice and continued his way. Her face reminded him a little too much of his sister and being an overly protective older brother, he could not dare to yell at her. The incident with the 13th Murakumo had been the last straw. Meanwhile, Noel was still awestruck at how caring he was.
"Mr. Ragna, I..."
"Call me Ragna. The 'Mr.' part makes me old."
"…Are you, perhaps, Ragna the Bloodedge?"
A young spectacled boy with purple set of clothes and top hat stood before the duo. He looked nothing dangerous at all but Ragna eyed warily at the marionette behind him, hand subconsciously reaching the missing Bloodscythe.
'Darn, must be my habit.'
"O-Oh Carl, what are you doing here? And what are you finding Ragna for?"
Noel asked the boy with a friendly tone but everyone knew that her demeanor was forceful since she was wary of his Nox Nyctores as well. Almost instantly, the Deus Machina: Nirvana dashed at her with its sharp claws. Ragna jumped in and partly summoned the Susano'o to block the attack. Despite the armor's superior defense, he still felt the impact on his arms.
"I want to take his Azure Grimoire and I will kill anyone on my way, including you Miss Noel."
"Stop this, Carl! This is not like you!"
Ragna deflected another strike and retaliated with Inferno Slasher. He brought his own claws upward, empowered by darkness, to knock Nirvana to the air. Ragna then sent an additional jab at its face to send the doll further away.
"Don't try to reason with him. Nirvana has the tendency to inflict madness on its user." He said to Noel. "Go while I am holding him back."
"But his target is you –"
"And you will be caught in the crossfire! Argh!" Nirvana's claws sank deep in Ragna's arm as he grunted in pain. The shell on his right hand opened wider and the Susano'o further manifested. Seeing the situation got worse, Noel had no choice but comply. After making sure that she was out of range, Ragna turned to Carl who was surprised at his new power.
"Alright punk, you want blood." The mask covered his face and its feral grin grew. "I will give you one!"
Makoto Nanaya arrived at Kagutsuchi per Kokonoe's order to find Ragna the Bloodedge and signal her to teleport him back at Sector Seven's headquarters. The feline initially wanted to send Tager but the cyborg was still in repair since his last encounter with Hakumen so the beastkin was on the line.
"But professor, aren't us Sector Seven supposed to stay out of NOL's business? The Librarium won't happy with us capturing the Reaper."
[To hell with the NOL and their bullshit. Besides, I just want to study his Grimoire and then release him. His bounty is none of my interest.]
"But you can just locate him and warp him to your place." Makoto argued back while exiting the city's train station.
[Because some idiots had the bright idea to activate the jammer and none of my radars can pick his location! Talking to you is already a miracle itself so get to work quick or I will cut your salary!]
"U-Understood!"
…
Tsubaki Yayoi walked on the streets of Kagutsuchi in her Zero Squadron disguise coat. She thought of her friends and the supposed cause of their betrayals. Not to mention the picture.
"Is that…?"
She saw someone running hastily on the road, someone that she was familiar with. Tsubaki decided to come closer for a better look and was shocked to find Carl with numerous wounds. She tried to speak out for him when people's screams interrupting her. Her heart stopped beating for a moment. A monster was dragging a motionless Nirvana across the street and it seemed to follow after Carl.
"Stop right there!"
Tsubaki dropped her guise and armed with Sealed Weapon Izayoi. The monster stopped his advance after seeing her and the cowering Carl. He effortlessly threw Nirvana to their spot.
"Go get your fucking doll and scram, kid. And don't show your goddamn face again."
"That voice! You are the Grim Reaper, Ragna the Bloodedge!"
Ragna dropped his face mask at this moment. Tsubaki took the chance to tell Carl to run away before things got escalated. The short boy used his tool to wake up Nirvana and fled the scene.
"You are that Tsubaki chick!"
"How dare you calling me a chick!" Ignoring how he knew of her name, Tsubaki took great offense at that nickname. She brandished her knife and rushed at Ragna.
"Woah hey lady, I am not here to fight you!"
"Silence! In the name of Justice, I will defeat you!"
The Izayoi shined as Tsubaki jumped and made a dive at the defending man with Agnus Dei. A dark colored blade extended from his arm as Ragna deflected her slash. They exchanged blows after blows, leveling the buildings around them.
"Stay still so I can arrest you, Ragna the Bloodedge!" Twelve blades shot out from Izayoi and formed a circle around Tsubaki, ready to skewer Ragna. The latter's right arm grew a massive bow on his forearm.
"Look, try to survive after this okay? That guy won't forgive me if you bite the dust here." Ragna began to pull the string as the bow cackled with energy and flared.
"Requiem Maledictis!"
"Disaster Gazer!"
Tsubaki commanded the blades to shoot towards the blazing arrow cutting the air ahead. Unsurprisingly, it tore through her Distortion Drive and collided into Tsubaki, resulting in her scream and fall into the ground. Ragna sighed before dismissing the Susano'o. He kneeled down before the weakly struggling Tsubaki.
"Stay put. I will haul your ass to the doctor."
"Shut up! I will avenge Jin – Argh!" The burning cut on her chest prevented her from shouting further. Ragna found it strange as he did beat Jin to a pulp but he clearly didn't finish his pathetic life.
'Brother, I suspect that snake decided to push things sooner than I have anticipated. He is manipulating Tsubaki Yayoi into fighting you to buy him some time.' His timeline's Jin whispered to his ears. Ragna found one more reason to fuel his hatred towards that despicable man. Speaking of Terumi, he was standing over a rooftop with Phantom floating nearby. His enhancing Ars allowed him to hear their conversation.
"Good, hate him more and become my perfect pawn!"
He also noticed the sneaking Makoto near Ragna and Tsubaki's location but chose to ignore the beastkin. Hazama focuses his eyes at Noel, who was wandering in the place that Ragna previously fought Carl. A malicious smirk crept on his face.
"Time to visit the Doll! Gyahahahaha!"
Back to Ragna, who was trying to be as gentle as possible but the girl kept punching his back!
"Stop hitting me, woman! I am getting you fixed up and all you do is breaking my fucking back!"
"I will never allow myself to be treated by a scum like you! Release me!"
Eventually she fainted due to her injures. It was tough but he managed to get to Litchi's clinic, two times in the row. The woman was tired when seeing him again but Ragna reasoned with her and promised to, again, pay her back.
"Good grief, at this rate I will get bankrupted because of you, Mr. Reaper."
"Yeah thanks a lot, doc."
Leaving Tsubaki at Litchi's hands, Ragna went outside to get some fresh air. After walking back at the ruined street to find Noel, he heard screaming at the alley and headed to there. It was Arakune catching a squirrel-looking beastkin in its trap.
"Gauntlet Hades!"
Ragna delivered a spin kick at the monstrosity and briefly stunned it. He quickly grabbed the beastkin and made a run. After a fairly far distance, he stopped to get a break.
"Ouch… You, you are Ragna the Bloodedge!" The squirrel girl exclaimed.
I seem to be unable to progress the story as 'normal' and 'Blazblue-like' at this rate. If someone can become my beta and help me with this problem, thank you very much!
