Nakahito, who was standing at the coast meditating, saw a white haired boy on the rocks near the shrine. The boy jumped down to the surface of the water, and actually floated on top of it. He walked toward Nakahito, suspended completely by the density of water.
The boy said," Help me. Nakahito, please, I need you to help me. Lend me your powers, Nakahito. Help me, please" With a hypnotic gaze, Nakahito lost conscious, and fell just as easily as Zataku did.
A few hours later, Zataku awoke in a brightly lit room, lying on the floor, with white walls, a chair and a bed. He tried to move, but could barely even command his little pinkie to flex. His eyes were blurry and badly focused, and his mind had noise running though it constantly.
He heard Nakahito ask him," Where are we? How did we get here?" Then, he sat up.
"So, you're awake," said a stoic voice.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Mikhail"
"Mikhail?" Nakahito repeated," Where am I?"
"Academy base. Don't worry about you're friend. During transit, he gave us a little trouble, so we drugged him to remove his powers if only temporarily. It should be wearing off soon"
True to his word, Zataku found that he wasn't paralyzed one hundred percent anymore.
"The academy?" Nakahito asked, disbelieving.
"I brought you both here because we need you. The drug should be worn off by now, incarnate"
Zataku sat up, and asked," How do you need me? Don't you just want to kill me?" He blinked once to clear his vision, and glared a Mikhail.
"You, incarnate, are the only one who can stop an angel's heart.
Zataku chuckled smally, but then that grew into torrents of laughter. Suddenly, it ended as quickly as it began, and he snapped," You expect me to betray my friends? Sorry, but when it comes to backstabbing, it's something I try to avoid"
"You misunderstand. All you need to do is tell Kurumi to cooperate with us because she'll do anything you tell her to"
"If I were to cooperate with you, what would you do if you had Kurumi under your control?"
"We'll take the Mark II angel heart out of her body, and store it elsewhere"
"If you do that, you'll kill her!"
"You're working for the academy, aren't you, Mikhail?" Nakahito asked, accusingly," You're up to something, and Kurumi's the only one who can stop you. You want to get rid of her, but you can't. Am I right?"
"Not at all. It's quite the opposite. This is or Kurumi's sake as well"
"Well, tell me, great lord of all knowledge, how is killing Kurumi for her sake?"
"Do you even know what an angel heart is?" Mikhail asked, and let silence pass for a moment before answering," An angel heart has the power of angels sealed within it to gain powers beyond their even comprehendible by modern science"
"The powers of angel sealed within?"
"The reason steel angels aren't mechanical puppets is because of that"
"So, what you're saying is that Kurumi's Mark II heart is her soul?" Zataku asked, then yelled," You want that heart just so you can use it to further your own powers, you bastard! Even if you kill her and bring her back, she won't be the same. Well, you can tell your superiors that I refuse to cooperate with you, and that I only have one thing left to say. IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!!!" Zataku lashed out with his claws, and sent a massive energy crescent wave at Mikhail. Just before it hit, a shield flashed up, and the power was negated.
"You didn't let me finish," Mikhail said," Angel hearts have divine power stored within, but someone wasn't happy with that. His name was Dr. Ayanokoji."
"I know. He was the one who let loose the demonkind and spawned the incarnate, myself."
"But do you know why he did that? The good doctor wanted to improve the angel heart; make it even more powerful than it already was, and created the mark II heart. But the doctor was relying on a power that was never meant to be used or even known about"
"Which was?" Nakahito asked.
"The Mark II heart has not only the power of angels, but the power of the demonkind as well. But, it is much stronger than even you, incarnate, the god of all demons.
"Trying to trick me isn't going to work!" Zataku snapped.
"I'm only speaking the truth"
"You're lying! I control all evil! All of demonkind! The world is mine to do with as I please! There is nothing outside my control!"
"If the demonic power within Kurumi takes over, she will become god-like herself. Even you will stand no chance against her. There would be no one left alive"
"I don't believe a word you say"
"I don't want that to happen either, Mikhail said, stoically," However, I say this with absolute certainty that the demon will spread its wings and appear. You cannot tell me that you have not sensed it"
"When Kurumi figures out where I am, she is so going to kick your ass"
"When the obedience circuits can no longer be controlled, she will not be the Kurumi you know"
"But you're asking me to kill Kurumi, and I'm sorry, but I can't do that!"
"You must love Kurumi very much" Mikhail said," But steel angels don't need love, and neither do demons. They are beings designed to have no emotion. Remember, they are just things that are made. They're born, they live, and they die, the end"
"Fuck you! Kurumi's not a thing! She's alive in my book! She laughs when she happy, and she cries when she's not! And if you ever say something like that again, I'm going to tear out your lungs and use them as a bag pipe, got it?!"
"It is a thing that pretends to be a human being. It's actually quite pathetic"
"Die!!!!" Zataku screamed as he lunged at Mikhail with his claws. As he struck the boy, the shield flared up again, and Zataku was electrocuted. He was blown backward, sizzling. "You son of a bitch! Stop talking about Kurumi like that!"
"It you love Kurumi that much, shouldn't you stop the angel heart with your own hands rather than us have to take it by force?" Mikhail asked," Do you want to watch an angel you love become a demon that you can't control? I'll give you a little time to think"
Mikhail exited the room via sliding door at the side of the room. After a moment of so, Zataku said," Come on, preacher boy. Let's get out of here"
"How?"
"What do you mean 'how'? You've got a god on your side. I can do anything" He lashed out at the door with his claws, but didn't even make a scratch. He tried punching it, but it was reinforced from the outside. "Fine then. Get back, and cover your head. I'm gonna try something big" Then, he began to chant," Lords of darkness and demonkind of the four realms, on my strength I do swear, grant me all the power you possess, born of the lord of darkness, five strengths that spin around my soul, I now let loose a single arrow that shall pierce the souls of evil and restore all order to the my world. Let the fool who stands before me be destroyed with the power I now command. Let it be god, monster or human, it matters not for my heart is pure. ELEMENTAL BANISHMENT!!!" Power was thrust out of Zataku's body on a truly massive scale, and was large enough to be heard all over the academy. However, it didn't do a damn thing against the door. It was magically and spiritually sealed. "Holy shit! And that was the thing I was planning to destroy the world with, too!" he joked, but then got serious and said," Well, I guess we'll just have to wait for that fruit loop to come back"
"And then what?"
"Then we kick his ass until he lets us out"
"Uh, Zataku, I don't think that'll work. You say what happened when you tried to attack Mikhail. Your mystical attacks were blocked, and when you tried to hit him directly, you were shocked"
"Shut up. I'm god. You listen to me, preacher boy" Later, when Mikhail came back, Zataku leapt at him with an angry roar. Let me tell you, it didn't end well. With once punch, Mikhail reduced Zataku to a smoldering pile of ash, but at least he didn't kill him. "Ow... Pain, we gotta stop meeting like this. Ouch"
"Have you made your decision?" Mikhail asked.
Zataku recovered and said," Yes, I have. I'm sorry, Mikhail, but I can't bring myself to harm Kurumi in any way. So, fuck you. Fuck your superiors, and fuck your views"
Mikhail approached him, and whispered," I'm so sorry about this," and then he kissed him!
"AAHHH!!! You son of a bitch!!! I've been violated!!" Zataku screamed as Mikhail transformed into a... beautiful... woman. Who saw that coming? Suddenly, Zataku's eyes slid out of focus, and he dropped to the floor. He was drained of spiritual power, which was the thing he used to power his spells. Draining him like this was not an easy thing to because, as the demon god, Zataku was able to move mountains with a gesture.
The boy said," Help me. Nakahito, please, I need you to help me. Lend me your powers, Nakahito. Help me, please" With a hypnotic gaze, Nakahito lost conscious, and fell just as easily as Zataku did.
A few hours later, Zataku awoke in a brightly lit room, lying on the floor, with white walls, a chair and a bed. He tried to move, but could barely even command his little pinkie to flex. His eyes were blurry and badly focused, and his mind had noise running though it constantly.
He heard Nakahito ask him," Where are we? How did we get here?" Then, he sat up.
"So, you're awake," said a stoic voice.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Mikhail"
"Mikhail?" Nakahito repeated," Where am I?"
"Academy base. Don't worry about you're friend. During transit, he gave us a little trouble, so we drugged him to remove his powers if only temporarily. It should be wearing off soon"
True to his word, Zataku found that he wasn't paralyzed one hundred percent anymore.
"The academy?" Nakahito asked, disbelieving.
"I brought you both here because we need you. The drug should be worn off by now, incarnate"
Zataku sat up, and asked," How do you need me? Don't you just want to kill me?" He blinked once to clear his vision, and glared a Mikhail.
"You, incarnate, are the only one who can stop an angel's heart.
Zataku chuckled smally, but then that grew into torrents of laughter. Suddenly, it ended as quickly as it began, and he snapped," You expect me to betray my friends? Sorry, but when it comes to backstabbing, it's something I try to avoid"
"You misunderstand. All you need to do is tell Kurumi to cooperate with us because she'll do anything you tell her to"
"If I were to cooperate with you, what would you do if you had Kurumi under your control?"
"We'll take the Mark II angel heart out of her body, and store it elsewhere"
"If you do that, you'll kill her!"
"You're working for the academy, aren't you, Mikhail?" Nakahito asked, accusingly," You're up to something, and Kurumi's the only one who can stop you. You want to get rid of her, but you can't. Am I right?"
"Not at all. It's quite the opposite. This is or Kurumi's sake as well"
"Well, tell me, great lord of all knowledge, how is killing Kurumi for her sake?"
"Do you even know what an angel heart is?" Mikhail asked, and let silence pass for a moment before answering," An angel heart has the power of angels sealed within it to gain powers beyond their even comprehendible by modern science"
"The powers of angel sealed within?"
"The reason steel angels aren't mechanical puppets is because of that"
"So, what you're saying is that Kurumi's Mark II heart is her soul?" Zataku asked, then yelled," You want that heart just so you can use it to further your own powers, you bastard! Even if you kill her and bring her back, she won't be the same. Well, you can tell your superiors that I refuse to cooperate with you, and that I only have one thing left to say. IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!!!" Zataku lashed out with his claws, and sent a massive energy crescent wave at Mikhail. Just before it hit, a shield flashed up, and the power was negated.
"You didn't let me finish," Mikhail said," Angel hearts have divine power stored within, but someone wasn't happy with that. His name was Dr. Ayanokoji."
"I know. He was the one who let loose the demonkind and spawned the incarnate, myself."
"But do you know why he did that? The good doctor wanted to improve the angel heart; make it even more powerful than it already was, and created the mark II heart. But the doctor was relying on a power that was never meant to be used or even known about"
"Which was?" Nakahito asked.
"The Mark II heart has not only the power of angels, but the power of the demonkind as well. But, it is much stronger than even you, incarnate, the god of all demons.
"Trying to trick me isn't going to work!" Zataku snapped.
"I'm only speaking the truth"
"You're lying! I control all evil! All of demonkind! The world is mine to do with as I please! There is nothing outside my control!"
"If the demonic power within Kurumi takes over, she will become god-like herself. Even you will stand no chance against her. There would be no one left alive"
"I don't believe a word you say"
"I don't want that to happen either, Mikhail said, stoically," However, I say this with absolute certainty that the demon will spread its wings and appear. You cannot tell me that you have not sensed it"
"When Kurumi figures out where I am, she is so going to kick your ass"
"When the obedience circuits can no longer be controlled, she will not be the Kurumi you know"
"But you're asking me to kill Kurumi, and I'm sorry, but I can't do that!"
"You must love Kurumi very much" Mikhail said," But steel angels don't need love, and neither do demons. They are beings designed to have no emotion. Remember, they are just things that are made. They're born, they live, and they die, the end"
"Fuck you! Kurumi's not a thing! She's alive in my book! She laughs when she happy, and she cries when she's not! And if you ever say something like that again, I'm going to tear out your lungs and use them as a bag pipe, got it?!"
"It is a thing that pretends to be a human being. It's actually quite pathetic"
"Die!!!!" Zataku screamed as he lunged at Mikhail with his claws. As he struck the boy, the shield flared up again, and Zataku was electrocuted. He was blown backward, sizzling. "You son of a bitch! Stop talking about Kurumi like that!"
"It you love Kurumi that much, shouldn't you stop the angel heart with your own hands rather than us have to take it by force?" Mikhail asked," Do you want to watch an angel you love become a demon that you can't control? I'll give you a little time to think"
Mikhail exited the room via sliding door at the side of the room. After a moment of so, Zataku said," Come on, preacher boy. Let's get out of here"
"How?"
"What do you mean 'how'? You've got a god on your side. I can do anything" He lashed out at the door with his claws, but didn't even make a scratch. He tried punching it, but it was reinforced from the outside. "Fine then. Get back, and cover your head. I'm gonna try something big" Then, he began to chant," Lords of darkness and demonkind of the four realms, on my strength I do swear, grant me all the power you possess, born of the lord of darkness, five strengths that spin around my soul, I now let loose a single arrow that shall pierce the souls of evil and restore all order to the my world. Let the fool who stands before me be destroyed with the power I now command. Let it be god, monster or human, it matters not for my heart is pure. ELEMENTAL BANISHMENT!!!" Power was thrust out of Zataku's body on a truly massive scale, and was large enough to be heard all over the academy. However, it didn't do a damn thing against the door. It was magically and spiritually sealed. "Holy shit! And that was the thing I was planning to destroy the world with, too!" he joked, but then got serious and said," Well, I guess we'll just have to wait for that fruit loop to come back"
"And then what?"
"Then we kick his ass until he lets us out"
"Uh, Zataku, I don't think that'll work. You say what happened when you tried to attack Mikhail. Your mystical attacks were blocked, and when you tried to hit him directly, you were shocked"
"Shut up. I'm god. You listen to me, preacher boy" Later, when Mikhail came back, Zataku leapt at him with an angry roar. Let me tell you, it didn't end well. With once punch, Mikhail reduced Zataku to a smoldering pile of ash, but at least he didn't kill him. "Ow... Pain, we gotta stop meeting like this. Ouch"
"Have you made your decision?" Mikhail asked.
Zataku recovered and said," Yes, I have. I'm sorry, Mikhail, but I can't bring myself to harm Kurumi in any way. So, fuck you. Fuck your superiors, and fuck your views"
Mikhail approached him, and whispered," I'm so sorry about this," and then he kissed him!
"AAHHH!!! You son of a bitch!!! I've been violated!!" Zataku screamed as Mikhail transformed into a... beautiful... woman. Who saw that coming? Suddenly, Zataku's eyes slid out of focus, and he dropped to the floor. He was drained of spiritual power, which was the thing he used to power his spells. Draining him like this was not an easy thing to because, as the demon god, Zataku was able to move mountains with a gesture.
