Hakusho Reaver
Chapter 2- Rebirth
I had forgotten how long I was lying there; sealed under the ocean floor while hanging onto my life by something much thinner than any thread. But finally, something happened.
By some mysterious force, I was ripped from the ground I was sealed in, and pulled out of the ocean! I looked up at who had saved me, and saw a woman. She was only three or four feet tall, but she looked like an adult. Her hair was a dark blue, and her dress was the same color.
"Hey there." She greeted. "Pleased to meet you."
If I had the ability to speak, I would've. But I didn't, so I couldn't. She seemed to understand.
"Don't worry," She said. "I wasn't expecting a reply anyway. I might as well heal those wounds of yours. And judging by how much blood went into the river, you must've had the daylights kicked out of you."
She rose her hands, and instantly, three items appeared. A sword similar to Taujecht's, a green orb the size of a baseball, and a mirror. I recognized all three right off the bat as the artifacts of darkness. She was obviously sent to the living realm for a reason, but why was she wielding these weapons. After the artifacts had appeared, they floated upward, and began to glow a bright purple. They then quickly began to murge together into a blob of purple light that looked absolutely impressive. Then finally, the blob molded itself into a ghostly figure with a sword for a left hand!
"Don't worry." She said. "This won't hurt that bad."
Instantly, the creature that had formed from the artifacts lunged at me, and disappeared once his glowing body made contact with my own. I could then feel my strength returning, and my wounds healing! Then finally, after a minute or two, I stood up, and looked around.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"My friend," the woman said. "You've been in a state of near death for over two thousand years. And in that time, Taujecht has terrorized this world. His ultimate goal was to have the world become property of demons. In his two thousand years, he's already claimed nine tenths of the planet. Regions of South America, and Australia have yet to see the terror that has ravaged this world."
"And what, pray tell, do you want me to do about it?"
"You seem to have a serious grudge against Taujecht, and you've come the closest to defeating him. I feel that reviving you, and combining you with the soul of the three artifacts of darkness is a good idea. For now you possess powers that not even Taujecht could ever imagine."
"And what are these powers?" I demanded.
"You'll learn soon enough. But first, you have to find your way out of this forest. And sadly, it's changed compared to it's original form from two thousand years ago. Some of the surviving humans now live in these woods in hiding, and won't comprehend your form. They'll try to kill you I'm afraid. If you still want to save humanity, I'd strongly advise you to keep the casualties at a minimum. Of course, a man's got to do what a man's got to do. Or so they've told me. I'm sure you'll figure out how your new powers work by then."
With that she faded out of existence, leaving me here all alone in this new world with a new power I had no idea how to use.
Hours had gone by, and I still hadn't found my way out of the woods! It really made me wish I had a compass or something.
Just then.
"DIE DEMON!" A voice shouted.
I looked behind me, and saw a man with a blood stained sword heading right for me! I leaped upward, and landed in a tree top in an attempt to conceal myself. Unfortunately, he saw where I had jumped. For he began to climb the tree after me! So I jumped out of the tree, and made a run for it.
Unfortunately, I didn't realize he had company. A quartet of sword wielding humans were standing in my way, and weren't about to move!
"Get out of my way!" I shouted. "I'm not the enemy!"
"All demons are the enemy." The leading man said.
"But you don't understand!"
"We understand just fine. It's you who doesn't seem to understand. Run now, or I'll make you into a ."
At that moment, it was as if I had lost control of myself. For I let out a horrible shriek like roar, and quickly thrusted my hand forward. Just then, in a ten second cycle, I saw it begin to glow purple and mold into a blade of purple light! The humans backed up a few steps; obviously shocked, but otherwise ready to back down.
"Get him!" The leader shouted.
It was as if something else were in control of my mind at the moment. For even though I wanted to run, something inside told me to stay and fight. I leaped upward, avoiding the blows from their swords, then in mid air, lunged at their leader! He tried to get away, but I successfully tackled him, and pinned him to the ground. He begged for mercy, and I would've let him go, but unfortunately, something else was controlling me. For instead, I jammed the tip of my bladed arm into his chest, then after he had stopped squirming and gagging, I drew the blade to reveal a basketball sized sphere of blue light had been impaled upon it! Of course the sphere quickly became a baseball, then a golf ball, then a marble, then disappeared completely as if the blade had devoured it!
"WHO ELSE WANTS SOME?!" I shouted.
Apparently, everyone else wanted some. And just like their leader, I slaughtered them. Not in the exact same way, but each conflict ended with me jamming my blade into their chest, and removing these blue spheres of light that the blade devoured greedily.
Once I caught my breath, I watched as the blade instantly faded out of existence.
"My god." I thought, looking at my kills. "Did I just do that? What have I become?!" I then began running aimlessly through the forest, hoping not to run into anymore people.
Luck was obviously on my side. For after I started running like crazy, I quickly found my way out of the forest. There I saw her. The Four foot high woman from before! She was just standing there looking at me as if she were glad to see me.
"I see you've discovered your reaver." She said.
"What have you done to me?!" I demanded. "I demand you tell me."
"Or what? You'll take my soul like you did those men in the forest? My life is meaningless, and you gain nothing from killing me. Of course, you didn't really gain anything from killing those humans either, but you need not worry about them.. Your task is much more dangerous than any human. For you must take down Taujecht and his associates."
"I'm not doing anything for a pint sized vixen such as you."
"Fine. If you'd rather allow me to take back the soul of the artifacts, and leave you a nearly dead heap of flesh and bones, that's fine with me."
I gave her an irritated glare. She was reminding me of a combination of Botan and Hiei right now. She had the girlish playful charm of Botan, but had a soulless manipulative personality like Hiei. Whether she was on my side or not. Well, she was on my side, but you'd easily be fooled.
"I haven't known you for more than a few hours, and you're already annoying me." I muttered.
"Ah, too bad. So I guess you're accepting your fate like a man-fox should. Allow me to explain your situation. The reaver is now your symbiotic weapon. It was divided into the three artifacts of darkness when King Yamma realized how dangerous the reaver was on it's own. The shadow sword was it's blade like hand that slayed victoms like cattle. The orb of baast was its hunger for souls manifested into a physical shape. The Forlorn Hope was nothing more than a prison to store the remains. When united, these three artifacts can reform the reaver, and whoever breaks the curse will be blessed with it's power! Sort of it's way of repaying you for freeing it. To use it, you must." "I know how to use the damn reaver. Now what do I have to do?"
She began to float upward as she spoke as if trying to add emphasis on her words.
"Your mission is a simple one." She said. "Taujecht has four associates. And in order to get to Taujecht, you must get your answers from them. I can only direct you this far before I have to return to the spirit world. Simply head east for a few miles, and you'll find the rock cowry where one of his many associates are currently hanging around."
"Who are.?" I started, but then froze. "Oh my god. You don't mean."
She nodded as she began to float upward, and fade out of existence.
It became apparent to me now as I began to move east bound. In order to get to my enemy, I would have to kill the people I had once considered friends!
Chapter 2- Rebirth
I had forgotten how long I was lying there; sealed under the ocean floor while hanging onto my life by something much thinner than any thread. But finally, something happened.
By some mysterious force, I was ripped from the ground I was sealed in, and pulled out of the ocean! I looked up at who had saved me, and saw a woman. She was only three or four feet tall, but she looked like an adult. Her hair was a dark blue, and her dress was the same color.
"Hey there." She greeted. "Pleased to meet you."
If I had the ability to speak, I would've. But I didn't, so I couldn't. She seemed to understand.
"Don't worry," She said. "I wasn't expecting a reply anyway. I might as well heal those wounds of yours. And judging by how much blood went into the river, you must've had the daylights kicked out of you."
She rose her hands, and instantly, three items appeared. A sword similar to Taujecht's, a green orb the size of a baseball, and a mirror. I recognized all three right off the bat as the artifacts of darkness. She was obviously sent to the living realm for a reason, but why was she wielding these weapons. After the artifacts had appeared, they floated upward, and began to glow a bright purple. They then quickly began to murge together into a blob of purple light that looked absolutely impressive. Then finally, the blob molded itself into a ghostly figure with a sword for a left hand!
"Don't worry." She said. "This won't hurt that bad."
Instantly, the creature that had formed from the artifacts lunged at me, and disappeared once his glowing body made contact with my own. I could then feel my strength returning, and my wounds healing! Then finally, after a minute or two, I stood up, and looked around.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"My friend," the woman said. "You've been in a state of near death for over two thousand years. And in that time, Taujecht has terrorized this world. His ultimate goal was to have the world become property of demons. In his two thousand years, he's already claimed nine tenths of the planet. Regions of South America, and Australia have yet to see the terror that has ravaged this world."
"And what, pray tell, do you want me to do about it?"
"You seem to have a serious grudge against Taujecht, and you've come the closest to defeating him. I feel that reviving you, and combining you with the soul of the three artifacts of darkness is a good idea. For now you possess powers that not even Taujecht could ever imagine."
"And what are these powers?" I demanded.
"You'll learn soon enough. But first, you have to find your way out of this forest. And sadly, it's changed compared to it's original form from two thousand years ago. Some of the surviving humans now live in these woods in hiding, and won't comprehend your form. They'll try to kill you I'm afraid. If you still want to save humanity, I'd strongly advise you to keep the casualties at a minimum. Of course, a man's got to do what a man's got to do. Or so they've told me. I'm sure you'll figure out how your new powers work by then."
With that she faded out of existence, leaving me here all alone in this new world with a new power I had no idea how to use.
Hours had gone by, and I still hadn't found my way out of the woods! It really made me wish I had a compass or something.
Just then.
"DIE DEMON!" A voice shouted.
I looked behind me, and saw a man with a blood stained sword heading right for me! I leaped upward, and landed in a tree top in an attempt to conceal myself. Unfortunately, he saw where I had jumped. For he began to climb the tree after me! So I jumped out of the tree, and made a run for it.
Unfortunately, I didn't realize he had company. A quartet of sword wielding humans were standing in my way, and weren't about to move!
"Get out of my way!" I shouted. "I'm not the enemy!"
"All demons are the enemy." The leading man said.
"But you don't understand!"
"We understand just fine. It's you who doesn't seem to understand. Run now, or I'll make you into a ."
At that moment, it was as if I had lost control of myself. For I let out a horrible shriek like roar, and quickly thrusted my hand forward. Just then, in a ten second cycle, I saw it begin to glow purple and mold into a blade of purple light! The humans backed up a few steps; obviously shocked, but otherwise ready to back down.
"Get him!" The leader shouted.
It was as if something else were in control of my mind at the moment. For even though I wanted to run, something inside told me to stay and fight. I leaped upward, avoiding the blows from their swords, then in mid air, lunged at their leader! He tried to get away, but I successfully tackled him, and pinned him to the ground. He begged for mercy, and I would've let him go, but unfortunately, something else was controlling me. For instead, I jammed the tip of my bladed arm into his chest, then after he had stopped squirming and gagging, I drew the blade to reveal a basketball sized sphere of blue light had been impaled upon it! Of course the sphere quickly became a baseball, then a golf ball, then a marble, then disappeared completely as if the blade had devoured it!
"WHO ELSE WANTS SOME?!" I shouted.
Apparently, everyone else wanted some. And just like their leader, I slaughtered them. Not in the exact same way, but each conflict ended with me jamming my blade into their chest, and removing these blue spheres of light that the blade devoured greedily.
Once I caught my breath, I watched as the blade instantly faded out of existence.
"My god." I thought, looking at my kills. "Did I just do that? What have I become?!" I then began running aimlessly through the forest, hoping not to run into anymore people.
Luck was obviously on my side. For after I started running like crazy, I quickly found my way out of the forest. There I saw her. The Four foot high woman from before! She was just standing there looking at me as if she were glad to see me.
"I see you've discovered your reaver." She said.
"What have you done to me?!" I demanded. "I demand you tell me."
"Or what? You'll take my soul like you did those men in the forest? My life is meaningless, and you gain nothing from killing me. Of course, you didn't really gain anything from killing those humans either, but you need not worry about them.. Your task is much more dangerous than any human. For you must take down Taujecht and his associates."
"I'm not doing anything for a pint sized vixen such as you."
"Fine. If you'd rather allow me to take back the soul of the artifacts, and leave you a nearly dead heap of flesh and bones, that's fine with me."
I gave her an irritated glare. She was reminding me of a combination of Botan and Hiei right now. She had the girlish playful charm of Botan, but had a soulless manipulative personality like Hiei. Whether she was on my side or not. Well, she was on my side, but you'd easily be fooled.
"I haven't known you for more than a few hours, and you're already annoying me." I muttered.
"Ah, too bad. So I guess you're accepting your fate like a man-fox should. Allow me to explain your situation. The reaver is now your symbiotic weapon. It was divided into the three artifacts of darkness when King Yamma realized how dangerous the reaver was on it's own. The shadow sword was it's blade like hand that slayed victoms like cattle. The orb of baast was its hunger for souls manifested into a physical shape. The Forlorn Hope was nothing more than a prison to store the remains. When united, these three artifacts can reform the reaver, and whoever breaks the curse will be blessed with it's power! Sort of it's way of repaying you for freeing it. To use it, you must." "I know how to use the damn reaver. Now what do I have to do?"
She began to float upward as she spoke as if trying to add emphasis on her words.
"Your mission is a simple one." She said. "Taujecht has four associates. And in order to get to Taujecht, you must get your answers from them. I can only direct you this far before I have to return to the spirit world. Simply head east for a few miles, and you'll find the rock cowry where one of his many associates are currently hanging around."
"Who are.?" I started, but then froze. "Oh my god. You don't mean."
She nodded as she began to float upward, and fade out of existence.
It became apparent to me now as I began to move east bound. In order to get to my enemy, I would have to kill the people I had once considered friends!