AN: Hey everyone, I have the next chapter here. Thank you for all the support this series has gotten here and on Tv Tropes. This one has a bloody brawl in it that was a blast to write. But before that, we get a little conversation with the Spring Maiden. I am so happy people liked the fact that Mama is now here. Regarding the other two mystery Maidens, I will not spoil who they are. However, I feel I can say this, you have technically seen all four Maidens in this series now. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.
Chapter 20 – Savage
Yang.
In the hotel lobby, Kintoki sat in front of a computer while the rest of the group stood near him, "I don't understand why we cannot call her via a scroll." Gilgamesh commented, "We have to use this outdated equipment?"
"She doesn't own a scroll, says it's too small to see and use." Kintoki responded, "She likes stuff like this to see people's faces better."
"Okay, but I have a question," Yang asked, "If she is the Spring Maiden, I'm guessing she's super strong. So, where was she during the invasion last year?"
"I uh, might have asked her to stay in this far off edge of Apocrypha when I started teaching at Chaldea." The Golden Rider responded, "I just didn't want her showing up in the middle of my classes and embarrassing me." He said before turning to the others, focusing on Gilgamesh and Sisigou, "Which reminds me…please don't stare."
"Why would we-?" Sisigou asked as the monitor showed a video feed started.
Suddenly, the woman in question was seen. However, the camera seemed to have been poorly angled. At the top of the frame was her chin, at the bottom was her stomach, her voluminous chest was in the center of the frame, "Kintoki!" The woman said as her chest bounced with overjoyed voice, "You look as rough and tough as ever!"
"Oh…" Sisigou said as he couldn't stop staring.
"Mom, you have the camera pointed too low!" Kintoki nearly shouted, "And I have guests!"
"Oh, sorry!" She said before reangling the camera, showing her face with a sweet smile, "My, what lovely friends you have." The Spring Maiden said before tilting her head with a giggle, "My name is Minamoto no Raikou, or just Raikou is fine as well." She then closed her eyes as she giggled, "Some people call me Mama Raikou. I don't mind that either."
"Uh, nice to meet you." Sisigou said as he pinched the bridge of his nose, hiding his red face, "I'm a coworker with your son, Kairi Sisigou."
"I'm Yang, this is Gil," The blond outlaw introduced herself and her boyfriend, "We're both past students of your son."
"Oh, he was able to get students to take his class! That makes me so happy!" Raikou said with glee before looking to Kintoki, "You made it as a professor!"
"Thank you, Mom." Kintoki responded before having a serious expression, "But, I call you to tell you something important." He said with Raikou tilting her head in confusion, "Someone is trying to kill you."
"Really!?" Raikou responded before grinning, "I'll just kill them first." She said before seeing Yang have a look of sorrow, "Hm, something the matter?"
"Well, this is hard to explain, but…" Yang tried to elaborate, "The one trying to kill you is a woman named Raven Branwen. She is after your Spring Maiden power." Yang said before her right first clenched, "She's also…my mother." The blond outlaw then reaffirmed her focus, "Look, if there's no other choice, I understand. But-"
"Oh, I see." Raikou responded, "I won't kill her." She said before smiling, "Instead, I'll teach her how to be a real loving mother."
"Huh?" Yang responded, "That's not what I was going to suggest."
"We were going to ask you to meet us halfway from both our location," Gilgamesh said to the Spring Maiden, "Raven may know your position by now."
"No need, you can come to visit me," Raikou responded, suddenly having an idea as she turned back to her son. "Oh! I can bake your favorite apple pie!" She said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know to only use Golden Delicious apples."
"That's nice, but…" Kintoki said as his face was turning red, "I'm worried about your safety."
Raikou smile grew more loving, her eyes half-open, "It's okay, you don't have to worry. Your Mom is the strongest Mom in the world." She said with Kintoki having a slight smile return to his face, "I love you, my little golden boy." Raikou said before kissing the camera.
"Mom!" Kintoki said as she went a little too far, "Fine, we'll be heading over to your home. We should be there within a few days. Bye!" He said with her waving and giggling, a smile on the Spring Maidens face before the screen went black. The Golden Rider sighed before hanging is head low, "This is so humiliating." He said before looking at the blank screen, "I probably just got twenty times less cool in your eyes."
Suddenly, Yang put her right hand on his left shoulder. He turned to see her smiling at him, "Nope. In fact, I'm a little jealous." The blond outlaw said with Kintoki having a look of confusion, "I wish my mom was more like yours." She said with him slightly shocked, but then he noticed the remorse in her eyes. The Golden Rider then nodded before standing up, "In any case, I think we should hit the road." Yang said before yawning.
"We should spend the night here." Sisigou suggested with a smirk, "Besides, I already reserved two rooms." He said with Gilgamesh looking to him, "Don't worry, this one fits your standards." He said with the King of Heroes smirking. The four then walked over to an elevator, Sisigou pressing the button for the eighth floor. The door closed without anyone else entering.
However, standing out of sight in the corner of the lobby was Vitch, who finished drinking a martini, "Well, who would have thought that the Spring Maiden power would have gone to such a …. top-heavy woman." She said before walking towards the exit of the hotel. However, she turned to the counter to see a shirtless man talking to an intimidated concierge, "Hmm," The Killer Faunus said before smirking, "After I tell the others, we should leave this town immediately." Vitch thought to herself as she made it to the exit, "Before we get caught in the crossfire."
A few moments later.
Kintoki and Sisigou stayed in a room in a different hallway. Yang and Gilgamesh entered their room with the King of Heroes yawning, "Tried too," The blond outlaw said before smirking, "Seeing his mom didn't get you all flustered?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Gilgamesh responded.
"Come on, you're a guy. You had to have some sort of reaction." Yang said with a slight punch to her right shoulder, "Even I couldn't help but notice she was ridiculously…you know…Come on!" She said with him remaining unflinching, "What, you don't look at other girls like that anymore?" She said as she crossed her arms, "She looked like a rare treasure."
"Why would I," Gilgamesh said as he walked closer to Yang, "When I am with you?" he said before holding her close, the two kissing with the closing door behind them.
After a few seconds of passion, Yang pulled back with a smirk, "Heh, and here I thought you going to start acting like a dog."
"I'll thank you for not comparing me to those mongrels." The King of Heroes said as Yang giggled.
The blond outlaw then uncrossed her arms, now moving then to behind Gilgamesh's back. The two began to kiss, their tongues entering each other's mouths. Their bodies then swayed to falling on the bed, their eyes closed in the lusted as the hat fell on the pillows. As the King of Heroes laid atop her, Yang's grip on his back tightened.
Suddenly, a knocking was heard on the door. However, the two ignored it. Gilgamesh moved his head to kiss Yang on the neck, while she moved her right hand to the back of his neck. Then, the knocking returned louder than ever, but they remained belligerent. The third time was louder than before, the door's hinges shaking. Yang opened her eyes, the iris red with rage, "Oh, for the love of-" She said before pushing Gilgamesh away, "One second." She said with his sigh, moving over as she stood up, "Who is it!?" She called while standing a few feet from the door.
"Room service." A male voice called in a feminine mincing tone.
"Huh?" Yang said before turning to her boyfriend, "When did you order room service?"
"I didn't," Gilgamesh responded as he and Yang heard the knocking return.
Suddenly, the door flung off the hinges as slammed into Yang's right side. Gilgamesh had a look of shock as his girlfriend was flung back into the right corner of the room. The King of Heroes then glared to the door entrance, seeing a shirtless man cracking his knuckles as he entered, "It's on the house." The bounty hunter said as he glared at Yang, "But I can take you as the tip." He then looked over to see Gilgamesh spawn his tablet. However, the shirtless man picked up the unhinged door, tossing it at the King of Heroes. Gilgamesh avoided the door, but his view was blocked from an oncoming kicking. The bounty hunters right foot embedded in the King of Heroes' chest, sending his body through the wall and into the next room over.
"Gil!" Yang screamed before looking at the shirtless man. Her eyes flared red as she rushed him, tackling the bounty hunter in the door to the room across.
"Oh, feisty!" The bounty hunter said before he grabbed Yang's hips, "And I thought this was going to be easy." He said before picking the blond outlaw up, then slamming her into the floor with a piledriver move. The two crashed into the room below, the woman in her bed screaming in fear. "Let's take this," The shirtless man said before grabbing the blond outlaw's right ankle, then looked to the balcony, "Outside!" The bounty hunter said before chucking Yang though the sliding glass door.
Yang's body brock through the glass, then bounced off the rails before felling the seven stories to the street. The crowd ran in terror as the blond brawler crashed into the middle of the road, the force cracking the pavement. She laid on her back, her vision slightly blurry while coughing blood. However, while looking up, she saw something heading towards her. At the last second, she rolled out of the way of the shirtless man landing on her body. The ground slightly concaved as a small crater formed. Yang moved to one knee as she saw the bounty hunter's crimson aura through the dust cloud.
"This is just great." Yang sarcastically said as the bounty hunter looked over to her, "Let me guess, you're after my bounty?"
"Correct." The shirtless man said as he emerged from the smoke, "Name's Beowulf."
"Like the Grimm?" Yang asked.
"Exactly, except a hundred times more deadly." Beowulf responded as he cracked his knuckles again, "If it's still too confusing, most people around this part of the world just call me The King of Savagery." He said before spawning two weapons made of black metal. In his right hand formed a large club with jagged edging. In his left hand was a short sword with holes in the frame of the blade. A chain then formed to connect the shackles, "Enough talk, let's get down to business!" The King of Savagery said before rushing his target.
Yang gritted her teeth as she assumed a fighting stance, see the first attack was a downward swing of the club. She dashed back to dodged before lunging with a left cross. The punch connected with Beowulf's left cheek, but he just grinned. He then swung his sword horizontally towards Yang's right side. However, she barely managed to block the blade with her warped metal right gauntlet. Yang then looked to see Beowulf headbutt her in the face, causing her to stumble back. In doing so, the blond outlaw tripped on the chain before falling backward. As she laid on her back, Yang's eyes widened as The King of Savagery raised with both weapons over this head.
As Yang saw the sword and club come down, she pulled Thunderer. In fanning the hammer of the revolver, the blond outlaw unleased six shouts. In the hip firing, two missed completely. One bullet was destroyed upon impact with the club. However, the remaining three pierced Beowolf in the upper right of his chest. The sudden pain caused his swing to falter. Yang rolled to her left, avoiding the sword swing as she got to one knee. The blond outlaw smirked as she looked at the gun, "Knew this thing would come in handy."
"Eh?" Beowulf said as he looked to Yang's weapon, "It's that the Kid's Noble Phantasm?"
"I'm borrowing it." Yang responded as she aimed at The King of Savagery, "Now, I'll give you one chance to walk away."
"Ha, the only thing I hate more than weak opponents." Beowulf said with a glare, "Are cowards who hid behind other people's weapons." He said with a slight smirk forming, "Also Grimm Dragons, hate those too." The King of Savagery said before rushing Yang.
The blond brawler smirked before fanning the hammer again. However, she failed to realize the smaller ammo capacity of her new weapon. In her distraction, Beowolf hit her left forearm with the club, knocking the revolver out of her hand. He then ran the black metal blade into her right-side abdomen. As Yang coughed blood, The King of Savagery unleashed a vicious thrust-kick into her lower chest. The force ripped the sword out of Yang's body as she flew across the road. She then crashed into the front glass window of a parked car, the alarm screeching in her ears.
Yang groaned as she pushed herself up. She held her injure for a second before seeing a yellow light. The stab wound suddenly healed without a scar as she wiped the blood off her mouth. She then glared over to Beowulf, who smirked as held out his left hand, curing his fingers towards himself, daring her retaliation.
In response, Yang's eyes flared redder than before. She picked up the car she landed on and tossed it at her opponent. However, Beowulf batted the car back with his club. The blond outlaw ducked the oncoming vehicle as she rushed the King of Savagery. She positioned for a right uppercut, but he dodged at the last second. Yang redirected her momentum for a left spin kick, but Beowulf blocked with his sword. He then pushed back on the blond outlaw before swinging down with his club. Yang held both her arms over her head in an X-shape, blocking the stick. The force caused her boots to sink into the dirt. However, her eyes widened as Beowulf reeled back his sword for another abdominal stab. As the blade was pounding towards her, Yang adjusted her block, freeing her right hand to catch the sword before it could make contact.
Yang's hand bleed as The King of Savagery smirked. He pulled back on the blade, the slash almost cutting off Yang's right fingers. With his right hand, he swung his club again over Yang's head. This time, the metal crashed again her skull as her one arm was not enough to block. Blood poured from her head as her vision became blurry. She failed to make out Beowulf's right knee crashing in her face, launching her back to the ground, "Come on, is that all?" Beowulf taunted as Yang's wounds started to heal, "I thought you would be stronger than this."
"Heh, you don't know about my semblance?" Yang stood up, her hair glowing like the sun, "Every hit you land just makes me stronger." She declared before rushing the King of Savagery with a barrage of punches. However, Beowulf did not attempt to block or dodged these hits. Each punch connected full force with his body. At the end of her combo, Yang delivered a right cross into her opponent's face, causing his head to rock back as stood he motionless.
Yang smirked in confidence, but then had a look of confusion. Beowulf's skin started to become darker, his weapons growing with a redder aura, "Well, what are the odds?" He said as he moved his head back, glaring at Yang with a grin, "That's the same as my ability."
"What!?" Yang said as Beowulf swung his club again in an upward fashion. She blocked with both arms like before. However, the force this time was nearly three times as powerful. Her eyes widened as before her forearms' bones were shattered. Her body was flung upwards into a small building, bouncing off the edge of the roof before landing back down into the street. Yang heaved with every breath, she then heard Beowulf rushing her again. She tried to get up, but he was already too close. The King of Savagery kicking Yang in the stomach, punting her into the corner of a different building on the opposite side of the street. "AAAAA!" Yang screamed as she fell back on the ground, her lower ribs shattered as her body started to struggle to recover.
"You may have impressive healing, but everyone has their limits." Beowulf said as Yang moved to one knee, "What say we finish this right," the King of Savagery said as he despawned his weapons, "and do this fist-to-fist?" Yang stood up as she regained movement in her arms. She then hit her first together as he smirked.
At the same time, the two charged at each other. Yang reeled back her left arm, while Beowulf did with his right. Once within range, the punch collided with the other person swing. A shockwave of the hit echoed a few meters out from were the two brawlers were standing. Each then pulled back as they unleashed a punch with the opposite arm. However, this hit was also mirrored with the same outcome. Yang gritted her teeth as Beowulf looked down on her with a smirk.
The two then engaged in a highspeed volley of punches. Beowulf smirked as he matched Yang blow for blow. Suddenly, he connected with a right hook into her left cheek. The blond outlaw stumbled back before taking a step forward, unleashing a gut punch to the King of Savagery. While blood leaked out of the corner of his mouth, Beowulf still sneered.
Yang and Beowulf resumed the barrage of trading blows. Their bodies started dripping with blood and sweat as Yang tried to look for an opening. However, he saw one first. The King of Savagery connected with a left uppercut into the blond outlaw's chin. Yang's felt her lower jaw crack but refused to allow herself to be sent flying again. She held her stance, pushing back on his fist with her chin. At that moment, she reeled back her left arm, delivering a hook into Beowulf's right cheek. This one slightly dislocated his jaw as fell back a step. As The King of Savagery looked back to Yang, he laughed in excitement before continuing their clash.
After a few more seconds of exchanging strikes, both fighters knew they had to end this in one more punch. Yang chooses her right arm to deliver the punch, as did Beowulf. The two fists rocketed towards each other, a burning red aura around each knuckle. The punch sent out a shockwave that echoed through the whole town, cracking the pavement beneath their feet. Yang adjusted her stance as her muscles began to tear themselves apart. She slowly gained ground over her opponent. However, in looking at Beowulf, she discovered his skin growing darker. His scars changed to a crimson, while his arm tattoos changed to yellow. His red eyes then glared through Yang's, his power reaching a new level.
The King of Savagery's fist brock through Yang's, shattering her knuckles before the punch collides in her upper sternum. The blond outlaw felt the hit vibrate through her whole insides, her bones and organs ripping apart from the reverberation. Her body flung backing into the street, creating a trench as she skidded on the ground. She finally came to a halt as her hair stopped glowing. Yang shut her eyes before spiting up a cupful of blood to her side. In opening her eyes, they had reverted to their normal color.
"Heh, not bad." Beowulf said as he walked toward Yang, "But not good enough." He said with a sneer, "I'm just stronger than you in every way possible. Anything you can do; I can do better."
Yang struggled to move to a half sitting up position, "Says you," Yang said before coughing more blood, "I have something you don't."
"Oh yeah?" Beowulf challenged the claim.
"Yeah," Yang said before laying back down, a smile as she looked up at the sky, "A King of Heroes."
"Huh?" Beowulf responded before looking up. However, his eyes widened at the sight.
Hoover in the middle of the sky was Gilgamesh, who glared down at Beowulf. Surrounding the King of Heroes were nearly fifty of his vortexes to the Gate of Babylon. "With the best treasures, I will defend her." He said before multiple golden arrows of partly emerged from the vortex, "My resolve shall flood Remnant in light." He said as his body glowed like the sun, surrounded with runes of light, "Witness, my new Noble Phantasm, Melammu Dingir!" Gilgamesh declared before the Gate of Babylon released its arsenal. Beowulf could only gasp before the rain of golden arrows of light crashing into the town block. The onslaught decimated the area as The King of Heroes' focus remained unbreaking.
After nearly a full minute of the torrent, Gilgamesh's rain stopped. The vortex vanished as smoke filled the area below. After a few seconds of waiting, the smoke was carried away in a gust of wind. The King of Heroes descended to see the carnage, the runes of light fading. His golden arrows of light vanished upon him touching the ground. In examining the rubble, not a soul was seen.
However, one emerged from the rubble. As Gilgamesh turned to has the person, he discovered it as Beowulf, "Hehehe," The King of Savagery cackled, his body mangled as blood leaked from his skull, "You think that was enough to kill me?" He said with The King of Heroes responding with a scowl, "All you did was turn your girlfriend into a corpse." He then sneered before rushing toward Gilgamesh, "Don't worry, I'll reunite you!" Despite the approaching of his opponent, Gilgamesh smirked. As Beowulf was within range, the King of Savagery reeled back his right arm for a wild punch.
Suddenly, someone erupted from the ground under the King of Savagery. Beowulf's eyes widen in shock as Yang's were red with rage. She connected with a left burning uppercut to his chin, shattering his lower jaw as his body backflipped. The two brawlers hung in the air for a few seconds. However, while Gilgamesh caught Yang, Beowulf landed on his back, unconscious. The King of Savagery's body color faded back to normal as his scars reverted as well.
"Looks like it worked," Gilgamesh said with a smile to Yang, then looked at her hands covered in dirt and blood, "I gave you the cover for that surprise attack." He then turned his smile with a smirk, "Though, it was a very risky move."
Yang formed a weak smile, "Yeah, but it worked." She said before coughing a few times, her eyes turning back to normal. Gilgamesh then hugged her, causing a look of confusion on Yang's face, "Hey, you'll get your nice clothes dirty," She warned as he hugged her tighter, his eyes closed. The smile then reformed on Yang's face as she closed her eyes. With her arms barely able to move, she managed wrapped then around Gilgamesh, hugging him back.
AN: There you go, Beowulf verse Yang and Gil ends with another bounty hunter down. The King of Savagery was fun to write, more than I thought when I decided to put him in this story. I basically worked his ascension art into a semblance like what Yang's does. The battle also has a couple of references I liked including. Now, Cinder's group has the lead on the Spring Maiden. However, will they reach her before Raven does? Next week will be another Roadmap Chapter, then I will not upload the week of Thanksgiving, so the story will come back next month. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.
