~The Grim Reaper Comes For His Souls~
Duo and Mercurius were equally matched and it was going to be a tough outcome for the two great Lords. "Argh! I will not let you destroy more lives Mercurius! You've already condemned yourself to Hell, don't bring the rest of the world down with you!" "Why don't you go to Hell!" "Ha! You forget one thing, I'm the Demon God, I live in Hell!" "Do you think that they will ever stop?" Omi wondered. Tsuki and Mikari looked at each other. "S-So…my Grandfather….he started all of this? But…how could he? Duo was his best friend…." Mikari said. "I don't know…my father did what he had to…I don't know why Mercurius is taking this all the wrong way, but it must end." Tsuki replied looking down. Kojiro listened to the two women talk and felt very bad for them. They had to witness this. Tsuki had to live through it again and Mikari has to see the last of her family die. Aya finally came around, though his wounds were still bleeding. He stared up at everyone with unfocused eyes. Omi glanced down at him and hastily said, "Tsuki you need to heal Aya…he's going to die…" Tsuki stared over at Omi, then down at Aya. She didn't have the strength to do anything really. She then noticed that the wounds were caused not by Mercurius, but by a weapon. Those wounds were created using an Angel Dagger. She didn't know how it could've been done, but that's what caused the slits on Aya's wrist's and ankles as well as his chest. There was absolutely no way that she could heal it. There was no use denying it….Aya was going to die. Tsuki's eyes welled up with tears as she jerked her head away, trying not to look into Aya's dying eyes. He knew that she couldn't help him and looked down. Omi didn't get it at all. "Tsuki why aren't you helping him!?" "I….I can't Omi…and I won't be able to bring him back either….I'm…..I'm sorry….Aya….." Omi's eyes widened. "B-But…" "J-Just don't O-Omi…I-It's alright…" Aya stammered. Tsuki couldn't bear to look at him now. She was able to heal anything, but that.
She was fed up, no more fighting, no more people dying, no more losing the people that were close to her. "ENOUGH!!" Everyone blinked and stared at Tsuki who was crying hysterically. Even Duo and Mercurius were shocked to see her acting like this. "W-What did you say?" Mercurius asked a little shaken. "I said enough! No more killing, no more fighting….I'm sick of it! And you! You can start acting like an adult for once! This is meaningless!!" "T-this battle is not meaningless!" "Yes it is Mercurius and you know it! Stop! Stop it now!" Mercurius wasn't going to stand there and let a little demon brat tell him what to do. He saw this as an opportunity to attack Duo since he was focused on Tsuki. Mercurius thrust the Angel's Blade at the unsuspecting Duo, who didn't have time to react. In one flash of light, it would've all been over. Mercurius and Duo couldn't believe what had just occurred. Tsuki was standing there with the sword sticking through her stomach, but she wasn't screaming out in pain or anything. As Mercurius tried to tug the sword out of her, she grabbed the blade and made sure he didn't have another chance at attacking her father. "I told you enough…" She growled. "Tsuki what the hell do you think you're doing!" Mikari screamed, attempting to run to her sister's aide, but was stopped by Yohji. "Don't…" "But….she's hurt Yohji we have to help her!" "No….I think this is what she wants…" Mikari stood there and watched as Mercurius tried to take the sword back, but Tsuki wasn't giving up so easily. Blood soaked her clothes and ran down her mouth and throat as she struggled to keep the blade in her stomach. Duo stood there with a look of horror on his face. "Nooooo!!!" He shouted as Tsuki's grip slowly loosened until her blood soaked hands fell from the sword. Mercurius grinned evilly and with one sharp tug, yanked the sword from her body. Tsuki fell to her knees, coughed up a little blood, then collapsed at her fathers feet. He was shaking all over, but it wasn't with sorrow or fear, it was with complete rage! "No……How could you do this! I will never forgive you for this VAMPIRE! YOU DIE NOW!" Duo screamed and with a swing of his scythe, finished Mercurius off. His head rolled on the ground and his body fell in a puddle of blood. Duo quickly dropped to his knees and lifted Tsuki up. "Tsukiryuu……Tsukiryuu…..oh please answer me little one…" "D-Daddy…….I-I'm sorry…" Was all she said, before closing her eyes and going limp in his arms. Duo's eyes widened and began to fill up with tears as he tried to shake her awake. He then checked for a pulse. He cried as he held the dead body of his daughter, wishing there was some way to bring her back. Omi, Aya, Yohji, Mikari, Ken, and Kojiro were all shocked. They thought that Tsuki could never die, but they were proven to be horribly wrong. Omi stood there wide-eyed and heart broken. Tsuki was dead? No Tsuki couldn't be dead, she's immortal. But there was no mistaking it, Tsuki was really dead and there was nothing he could do or say to change that. He dropped to his knees and screamed. "NOOOOO!!!!!" Teardrops fell as Omi stared at the ground, trying to calm down. Mikari went over to him and knelt down. "Omi….Omi please stop crying….I don't think that she would want that…" Omi looked up at Mikari and replied in a shaky voice, "H-how…..how could this have happened? She can't die, she told me that she would never leave me….." Mikari's gaze dropped a little, then she gently embraced him, in hopes to comfort him. No one spoke for a long time, when Kojiro said something that made everyone think he was nuts. "What's that white light?" "What the hell are you talking about!?" Yohji asked getting ready to beat the shit out of Kojiro for being so insensitive. "Look…." Yohji, Omi, and Mikari looked over to see a tall black figure emerging from a white light. In its right hand was a familiar 6 foot silver scythe. Duo lazily gazed up at the figure. Then his eyes widened. "M-M-Mitsumi!" Once the light was gone a man in a velvet black robe walked up to Duo. "Hello My Lord….long time no see huh? Man it's been more than a millennium since I got some good souls….okay lets see….I already got Gabriel's…hmm….oh now I remember….I'm here for Mercurius's and….." "No please spare Tsukiryuu's soul…" Mitsumi looked at him a minute and shrugged. "Sure if you want…well then I'll just take this one instead…" Mitsumi said and held out the cross on his necklace. Suddenly a white fuzzy light emerged from Mercurius's body and entered the center crystal on the cross. The whole entire cross and all its crystals started glowing, indicating that the crystals were full. "I couldn't take her soul anyways….the crystals are full….I'm sorry that she died Duo, but you know there is no possible way to bring her back…..at least not right now…" "What? What do you mean not right now? Do you mean that there is an actual way to bring her back to the Mortal World?" "Well of course….man you've been in hiding way too long, you've forgotten everything about our world haven't you?" "Yeah I guess….I've been too busy looking for Mercurius and Tsuki to even think about the Dark Realm…." Mitsumi scratched his head and shrugged. "Well anyways there is a way to bring her back, but it will take me about two years to find the items I need in order to do it…sooo…..you'll have to keep her body preserved so it won't deteriorate…then I'll be back in two years with the items…." Meanwhile, Kojiro and Mikari were listening to the whole conversation. Aya gazed over at Tsuki's body after hearing what the man in black was going to do for her, then looked up at Ken who was holding him. "K-Ken…" "Huh? Oh Yes Aya?" "Tell.…D-Duo…T-to Bring….." "Aya….?" "T-Tell….Duo…T-To bring me back t-too……" Aya said before closing his eyes. Ken started panicking. He had a dead guy in his arms! "A-Aya! Aya wake man you're scaring me! AYA!!" Ken yelled, but Aya was already gone. The others looked over to Ken who started to cry. "No…Now Aya's gone too? Damnit! This is fucked up! Why do so many peopled have to die!!" Yohji swore. Duo glanced over at them, then turned back to Mitsumi. "Alright….I…would also like you to bring Ran Fujimiya back as well…." Mitsumi blinked and yawned. "Fine, fine….if you say so….so do you want their spirits to hang around or do you want me to take them?" "Umm….I guess I'll let them stay with us, the humans won't be able to see them unless they allow it, but the demi-humans can see and talk to them right?" "Yeppers…okie dokie, well then I guess I'll be going after that.." Mitsumi said and wave his hand. A gold dust spread everywhere and Tsuki and Aya's bodies started to glow, then it faded away. Duo looked up to see Aya and Tsuki standing there blinking with blank expressions. They looked at each other, then looked at Duo, then looked back again. "Ummm….I….thought we were dead…." Aya said. Tsuki shrugged. "Don't look at me…." The two then gazed over at the group. Omi was crying a waterfall, Ken was sitting there holding Aya's dead body, Kojiro was completely and utterly confused and Yohji and Mikari were standing there with grieved looks on their faces. Everyone was sad. "I guess us dying hit them pretty hard didn't it Aya?" Aya nodded. "Yes it did Tsuki. But you'll both be back to normal in two years…." Tsuki and Aya jumped and spun around. "Were…..Were you talking to us?" "Yes…who else would I be talking to?" "Uhh….you can see and hear us?……cool…what about the others daddy?" Duo shook his head. "I'm afraid that the only ones who can see and talk to you are Kojiro, Mikari, and Yohji until he is changed back. Only demi-humans can see and speak to the dead…but Mitsumi promised to bring you back when he finds the items he needs…right?" "Yeah…man how everyone's grown….I feel so, so…….so young…" He then notices Kojiro and blinks a bit. "Is that…..Kojiro? Damn he's gotten tall…." Kojiro blinks and answers, "F-Father?" "Yeah that's me…." "B-but how? You're….younger than me…" "Hey just because I'm younger in human years doesn't mean that I'm not in demi-human years….so don't let it fool you….I've been watching you closely, and I haven't enjoyed what I've seen. I thought you would be smarter than your grandfather….but apparently not. At least you know the right path now…you better take good care of your sister and her baby…" Kojiro nodded with a grin. "Sure thing…" "Well I gotta be going now or it'll take me twice as long to get my task completed…..See you all in two years…" Mitsumi said and disappeared with a little pop. Duo sighed and picked Tsuki's body up and turned to the others. "Come, I know of a place where we can keep these bodies safe…" They all nodded and followed Duo out of the mansion, still unsure of who he was talking to earlier, it almost sounded as if he were speaking to Aya and Tsuki.
They traveled for what seemed to be hours, when Duo had Ken pull in to a giant Mansion, just outside of the city. He had Kojiro take Tsuki's body while Yohji carried Aya's as they made their way to a giant room with two tanks. "What are these?" Mikari questioned. "They are preserving tanks. They are used for occasions like this. It'll keep their bodies fresh and healthy until Mitsumi comes back." "Ok…" Duo then motioned for Kojiro and Yohji to take the bodies up to the top. The two men set the bodies down and got off the tanks. When they gave the ok, Duo waved his hand. The bodies suddenly disappeared and reappeared in the tanks, their clothing was neatly placed on a shelf where they would stay until needed again.
(Just in case you don't know, the tanks look like Melphina's from Outlaw Star)
"Well…now we just sit and wait…" Duo sighed. This was going to be a long and difficult two years….
Will Mitsumi keep his word or will Tsuki and Aya be forced to walk the Earth as spirits forever?
Find out in the concluding story of the Weiss Kreuz Saga…
The Next Up Coming Chapters:
~Wandering Spirits~
And
~Schwarz Revenge.~
Duo and Mercurius were equally matched and it was going to be a tough outcome for the two great Lords. "Argh! I will not let you destroy more lives Mercurius! You've already condemned yourself to Hell, don't bring the rest of the world down with you!" "Why don't you go to Hell!" "Ha! You forget one thing, I'm the Demon God, I live in Hell!" "Do you think that they will ever stop?" Omi wondered. Tsuki and Mikari looked at each other. "S-So…my Grandfather….he started all of this? But…how could he? Duo was his best friend…." Mikari said. "I don't know…my father did what he had to…I don't know why Mercurius is taking this all the wrong way, but it must end." Tsuki replied looking down. Kojiro listened to the two women talk and felt very bad for them. They had to witness this. Tsuki had to live through it again and Mikari has to see the last of her family die. Aya finally came around, though his wounds were still bleeding. He stared up at everyone with unfocused eyes. Omi glanced down at him and hastily said, "Tsuki you need to heal Aya…he's going to die…" Tsuki stared over at Omi, then down at Aya. She didn't have the strength to do anything really. She then noticed that the wounds were caused not by Mercurius, but by a weapon. Those wounds were created using an Angel Dagger. She didn't know how it could've been done, but that's what caused the slits on Aya's wrist's and ankles as well as his chest. There was absolutely no way that she could heal it. There was no use denying it….Aya was going to die. Tsuki's eyes welled up with tears as she jerked her head away, trying not to look into Aya's dying eyes. He knew that she couldn't help him and looked down. Omi didn't get it at all. "Tsuki why aren't you helping him!?" "I….I can't Omi…and I won't be able to bring him back either….I'm…..I'm sorry….Aya….." Omi's eyes widened. "B-But…" "J-Just don't O-Omi…I-It's alright…" Aya stammered. Tsuki couldn't bear to look at him now. She was able to heal anything, but that.
She was fed up, no more fighting, no more people dying, no more losing the people that were close to her. "ENOUGH!!" Everyone blinked and stared at Tsuki who was crying hysterically. Even Duo and Mercurius were shocked to see her acting like this. "W-What did you say?" Mercurius asked a little shaken. "I said enough! No more killing, no more fighting….I'm sick of it! And you! You can start acting like an adult for once! This is meaningless!!" "T-this battle is not meaningless!" "Yes it is Mercurius and you know it! Stop! Stop it now!" Mercurius wasn't going to stand there and let a little demon brat tell him what to do. He saw this as an opportunity to attack Duo since he was focused on Tsuki. Mercurius thrust the Angel's Blade at the unsuspecting Duo, who didn't have time to react. In one flash of light, it would've all been over. Mercurius and Duo couldn't believe what had just occurred. Tsuki was standing there with the sword sticking through her stomach, but she wasn't screaming out in pain or anything. As Mercurius tried to tug the sword out of her, she grabbed the blade and made sure he didn't have another chance at attacking her father. "I told you enough…" She growled. "Tsuki what the hell do you think you're doing!" Mikari screamed, attempting to run to her sister's aide, but was stopped by Yohji. "Don't…" "But….she's hurt Yohji we have to help her!" "No….I think this is what she wants…" Mikari stood there and watched as Mercurius tried to take the sword back, but Tsuki wasn't giving up so easily. Blood soaked her clothes and ran down her mouth and throat as she struggled to keep the blade in her stomach. Duo stood there with a look of horror on his face. "Nooooo!!!" He shouted as Tsuki's grip slowly loosened until her blood soaked hands fell from the sword. Mercurius grinned evilly and with one sharp tug, yanked the sword from her body. Tsuki fell to her knees, coughed up a little blood, then collapsed at her fathers feet. He was shaking all over, but it wasn't with sorrow or fear, it was with complete rage! "No……How could you do this! I will never forgive you for this VAMPIRE! YOU DIE NOW!" Duo screamed and with a swing of his scythe, finished Mercurius off. His head rolled on the ground and his body fell in a puddle of blood. Duo quickly dropped to his knees and lifted Tsuki up. "Tsukiryuu……Tsukiryuu…..oh please answer me little one…" "D-Daddy…….I-I'm sorry…" Was all she said, before closing her eyes and going limp in his arms. Duo's eyes widened and began to fill up with tears as he tried to shake her awake. He then checked for a pulse. He cried as he held the dead body of his daughter, wishing there was some way to bring her back. Omi, Aya, Yohji, Mikari, Ken, and Kojiro were all shocked. They thought that Tsuki could never die, but they were proven to be horribly wrong. Omi stood there wide-eyed and heart broken. Tsuki was dead? No Tsuki couldn't be dead, she's immortal. But there was no mistaking it, Tsuki was really dead and there was nothing he could do or say to change that. He dropped to his knees and screamed. "NOOOOO!!!!!" Teardrops fell as Omi stared at the ground, trying to calm down. Mikari went over to him and knelt down. "Omi….Omi please stop crying….I don't think that she would want that…" Omi looked up at Mikari and replied in a shaky voice, "H-how…..how could this have happened? She can't die, she told me that she would never leave me….." Mikari's gaze dropped a little, then she gently embraced him, in hopes to comfort him. No one spoke for a long time, when Kojiro said something that made everyone think he was nuts. "What's that white light?" "What the hell are you talking about!?" Yohji asked getting ready to beat the shit out of Kojiro for being so insensitive. "Look…." Yohji, Omi, and Mikari looked over to see a tall black figure emerging from a white light. In its right hand was a familiar 6 foot silver scythe. Duo lazily gazed up at the figure. Then his eyes widened. "M-M-Mitsumi!" Once the light was gone a man in a velvet black robe walked up to Duo. "Hello My Lord….long time no see huh? Man it's been more than a millennium since I got some good souls….okay lets see….I already got Gabriel's…hmm….oh now I remember….I'm here for Mercurius's and….." "No please spare Tsukiryuu's soul…" Mitsumi looked at him a minute and shrugged. "Sure if you want…well then I'll just take this one instead…" Mitsumi said and held out the cross on his necklace. Suddenly a white fuzzy light emerged from Mercurius's body and entered the center crystal on the cross. The whole entire cross and all its crystals started glowing, indicating that the crystals were full. "I couldn't take her soul anyways….the crystals are full….I'm sorry that she died Duo, but you know there is no possible way to bring her back…..at least not right now…" "What? What do you mean not right now? Do you mean that there is an actual way to bring her back to the Mortal World?" "Well of course….man you've been in hiding way too long, you've forgotten everything about our world haven't you?" "Yeah I guess….I've been too busy looking for Mercurius and Tsuki to even think about the Dark Realm…." Mitsumi scratched his head and shrugged. "Well anyways there is a way to bring her back, but it will take me about two years to find the items I need in order to do it…sooo…..you'll have to keep her body preserved so it won't deteriorate…then I'll be back in two years with the items…." Meanwhile, Kojiro and Mikari were listening to the whole conversation. Aya gazed over at Tsuki's body after hearing what the man in black was going to do for her, then looked up at Ken who was holding him. "K-Ken…" "Huh? Oh Yes Aya?" "Tell.…D-Duo…T-to Bring….." "Aya….?" "T-Tell….Duo…T-To bring me back t-too……" Aya said before closing his eyes. Ken started panicking. He had a dead guy in his arms! "A-Aya! Aya wake man you're scaring me! AYA!!" Ken yelled, but Aya was already gone. The others looked over to Ken who started to cry. "No…Now Aya's gone too? Damnit! This is fucked up! Why do so many peopled have to die!!" Yohji swore. Duo glanced over at them, then turned back to Mitsumi. "Alright….I…would also like you to bring Ran Fujimiya back as well…." Mitsumi blinked and yawned. "Fine, fine….if you say so….so do you want their spirits to hang around or do you want me to take them?" "Umm….I guess I'll let them stay with us, the humans won't be able to see them unless they allow it, but the demi-humans can see and talk to them right?" "Yeppers…okie dokie, well then I guess I'll be going after that.." Mitsumi said and wave his hand. A gold dust spread everywhere and Tsuki and Aya's bodies started to glow, then it faded away. Duo looked up to see Aya and Tsuki standing there blinking with blank expressions. They looked at each other, then looked at Duo, then looked back again. "Ummm….I….thought we were dead…." Aya said. Tsuki shrugged. "Don't look at me…." The two then gazed over at the group. Omi was crying a waterfall, Ken was sitting there holding Aya's dead body, Kojiro was completely and utterly confused and Yohji and Mikari were standing there with grieved looks on their faces. Everyone was sad. "I guess us dying hit them pretty hard didn't it Aya?" Aya nodded. "Yes it did Tsuki. But you'll both be back to normal in two years…." Tsuki and Aya jumped and spun around. "Were…..Were you talking to us?" "Yes…who else would I be talking to?" "Uhh….you can see and hear us?……cool…what about the others daddy?" Duo shook his head. "I'm afraid that the only ones who can see and talk to you are Kojiro, Mikari, and Yohji until he is changed back. Only demi-humans can see and speak to the dead…but Mitsumi promised to bring you back when he finds the items he needs…right?" "Yeah…man how everyone's grown….I feel so, so…….so young…" He then notices Kojiro and blinks a bit. "Is that…..Kojiro? Damn he's gotten tall…." Kojiro blinks and answers, "F-Father?" "Yeah that's me…." "B-but how? You're….younger than me…" "Hey just because I'm younger in human years doesn't mean that I'm not in demi-human years….so don't let it fool you….I've been watching you closely, and I haven't enjoyed what I've seen. I thought you would be smarter than your grandfather….but apparently not. At least you know the right path now…you better take good care of your sister and her baby…" Kojiro nodded with a grin. "Sure thing…" "Well I gotta be going now or it'll take me twice as long to get my task completed…..See you all in two years…" Mitsumi said and disappeared with a little pop. Duo sighed and picked Tsuki's body up and turned to the others. "Come, I know of a place where we can keep these bodies safe…" They all nodded and followed Duo out of the mansion, still unsure of who he was talking to earlier, it almost sounded as if he were speaking to Aya and Tsuki.
They traveled for what seemed to be hours, when Duo had Ken pull in to a giant Mansion, just outside of the city. He had Kojiro take Tsuki's body while Yohji carried Aya's as they made their way to a giant room with two tanks. "What are these?" Mikari questioned. "They are preserving tanks. They are used for occasions like this. It'll keep their bodies fresh and healthy until Mitsumi comes back." "Ok…" Duo then motioned for Kojiro and Yohji to take the bodies up to the top. The two men set the bodies down and got off the tanks. When they gave the ok, Duo waved his hand. The bodies suddenly disappeared and reappeared in the tanks, their clothing was neatly placed on a shelf where they would stay until needed again.
(Just in case you don't know, the tanks look like Melphina's from Outlaw Star)
"Well…now we just sit and wait…" Duo sighed. This was going to be a long and difficult two years….
Will Mitsumi keep his word or will Tsuki and Aya be forced to walk the Earth as spirits forever?
Find out in the concluding story of the Weiss Kreuz Saga…
The Next Up Coming Chapters:
~Wandering Spirits~
And
~Schwarz Revenge.~