Hakusho Reaver
Chapter 3- Kuwabara's Cowry
As I walked to my destination, I began to think. It took me five months to recover from the beating Taujecht gave me the first time we met, and the Earth, as far as I knew, was still in tact. Then I was defeated a second time, and this time, it took two thousand years to wake up. And this time, the Earth was in shambles! I had a feeling that if I were to be beaten a third time, there just might not be a world left for me to save!
But I was pretty confident. This new reaver thing seemed to be pretty powerful. I just wish it had the ability to give me flight, or super speed, or some sort of method of quick transportation. This walking business was for the birds!
No sooner did I think this, however, did I encounter some demons. Four human shaped six footers that looked like statues. Each rock beast had a set of wings, but no form of weaponry.
(RAKONKI- A relative to the Kyukonki. It has no soul stealing abilities, and usually isn't a very bright creature, but it's brute strength makes up for everything else.
"You there." One said.
At first, I was panicked, but then.
"Never mind brothers, he's one of us." He said.
The monsters dropped their defenses and simply stood there looking at me in amazement.
"Man-fox," the rock monster asked. "You gave us quite a shock. A lot of humans have been coming out of that forest with the will to destroy our leader."
"Wait a minute." Another interrupted. "I smell something fishy about him."
He lifted his arm, and removed a slip of paper from his arm pit. I don't know why he had it there, but something told me it was a bad thing. After he looked it over, he put it back, and gave his comrades a grim look.
"It's him." he said. "The traitor Taujecht wanted dead if still alive!"
"So you've heard of me." I said. I called forth the reaver, and prepared to do battle.
All four charged at me, But I jumped to the right to avoid them all. Apparently, these rocks were dumber than. Uh. Rocks. Before they could realize what happened, I got behind one, and cut him in half lengthwise with the reaver! As his rock like body crumbled into gravel, a green sphere of light floated outward. I instinctively pointed the tip of the reaver at it, and instantly, the sphere was sucked into the reaver!
"My god!" the leader shouted.
"I don't know what that thing is," the one on his left commented, "But keep me away from it!"
They started to make a run for it, But I wasn't about to let them leave. I leaped upward, and tackled the slowest of the trio. I now stood over him looking into his fearful eyes, and ready to drive the reaver into him.
"Spare me!" He begged.
"After what your kind have done to me?" I asked. But before he could reply, I jammed the reaver into his chest, and pulled it out along with his green sphere of a soul. "I don't think so."
I let my symbiotic weapon finish its feeding, then chased after the remaining two: leaving their comrade to lie there and erode.
I swear, for a couple of rocks, they could run like hell! It really made me wonder why they didn't just fly away, but either way, I wasn't about to give up. I kept on running, and I wasn't about to give up. And whatever had possessed me when I killed those humans was now motivating me to kill those damn rocks!
Eventually we stopped at what would appear to be a pit. The two rock monsters leaped upward, and plummitted downward into the hole.
"You think that's going to stop me?!" I shouted, leaping right after them.
The landing was fairly smooth, but I wished I wouldn't have done that. For I found these two weren't the only monsters of their kind down here. I saw at least twenty or thirty of them standing there in random spots like statues. But judging by their red glowing eyes, they were far from statues.
"What's going on?" A voice shouted.
All the rock monsters instantly moved out of the way as a six foot six figure made its presence felt. His skin looked like that of the rock monsters, but it was orange rather than gray. He only wore a pair of blue sweat pants, and had a red mullet for a hair doo.
"Kuwabara." I said. "We meet again."
"Well, if it isn't the traitor." Kuwabara said. "I can't believe you decided to backstab us all those years ago."
"I know you aren't that intelligent, but even you should've been smart enough to know better than to join Taujecht."
"Talk talk talk, that's all you ever do. I'm going to beat you so badly even kittens won't look at you!"
"I'm not interested in a fight with you. Where's."
Before I could finish, he nailed me with a punch to the face! I was knocked flat on my back, and hurting pretty badly. The pain, however, only fueled my desire to fight even further as I called forth my reaver! This act alone seemed to shake Kuwabara a little. I tried four or five different attempts to tackle him, or at least swing at him, and he avoided each and every one of them.
"I see you got one too." He laughed, making a fist and focussing his spirit energy into it. "Well two can play at this game."
His spirit sword then came into existence, and the battle continued from there. I took swings at him, and he blocked with his spirit sword. He took swings at me which I either avoided completely, or blocked with my reaver. This went on for a while until finally, we clashed blades, and simply tried to see who could out muscle the other. You'd think that would be no contest if you took a good look at Kuwabara, but those souls that I had recently taken were actually boosting my strength to match his!
"I'd ask why you don't listen to reason," I said, "But I remember you're the stupid one. There's really no point in convincing you of anything."
"What?" He shouted, his strength suddenly increasing, but not enough to take me off balance. "I'll show you, you stupid."
He let out a roar as our blades tore away from one another. He tried to decapitate me right then and there, but I ducked, went behind him, and waited for him to turn around. Sure, I could've killed him right then and there, but for some reason, I wanted to play with him a little more.
Once he turned around, I struck him down with the reaver; leaving a gash across his bare chest, but keeping him alive.
"You dirty punk!" He screamed. "I'll KILL YOU!"
"A little backwards, aren't we?" I replied, ready to jam the tip of my reaver into his heart.
But he instantly sat up, and smacked me once again with that fist of his; this time nailing me right in the chest! I fell flat on my back, but quickly somersaulted back to my feet, and ducked a clothesline from my opponent.
"Hold still!" He shouted.
I attempted to strike him once again, but I had apparently forgotten about his spirit sword. For he instantly turned around, and our blades clashed once again. We continued to sword fight till both of us were out of breath, and barely able to stand.
"For someone who's been sleeping with the fishes for this long," Kuwabara laughed, "You're still pretty strong."
"And for someone who doesn't have much activity going on upstairs," I replied, "You've still managed to match me move for move."
"Oh, but the fun's only beginning. You see, two millenniums have given me time to learn some new abilities. Don't know what I'm talking about?" He backed up a couple of steps, and let his spirit sword fade out. "Then watch this!"
He crossed his arms over his chest, and began to consentrate. Then, he threw his arms out, spreading them as wide as he could. Instantly, he grew an extra two feet, and his skin became more of a greenish brown color! His body became that much more muscular, and it was a wonder how his attire managed to survive the transformation. Of course, the lack of a shirt made me then realize he must've done this technique once before.
When his transformation was complete, not only was he twice as big as usual, and just as buff, but the gash I had made on his chest had faded out of existence. As I looked around, I could see streams of green energy leaving the bodies of our audience of rock monsters, and entering his body. He was somehow using THEIR energy to mend his body, and transform it into whatever he had now become.
(HinKONKI- a close relative to the Kyukonki. The strength of these beasts is unbelievable, and can be increased even further with the assistance of souls from nearby rakonki.)
How do you like me now?!" Kuwabara laughed, his voice now much deeper then it was before. Obviously a minor side effect of the transformation.
"You look even uglier, if it's possible." I replied. "And amping up like that's only going to make your soul that much more enjoyable for the reaver to devour!"
I lunged at this new beast, but that was probably not a very good idea. For he smacked me with his large hand as if swatting away a fly! I flew all the way into the nearest wall of this pit, and sagged down to the floor. Slowly, but surely, I stood back up, and made sure the reaver was still in tact.
That was when I noticed something. There were two of these monsters standing on each side of me. They simply stood there like statues, but judging by the glow in their eyes, they still had souls! Souls I could easily take, and increase my own strength with. I impaled them both; the one on the left going first, then the right. The reaver greedily devoured their souls as I felt my strength increasing.
"WHAH?!" Kuwabara exclaimed in shock.
"You're not the only one who can steal souls." I shouted as I lunged at him again. I noticed I was moving much faster than before; not giving Kuwabara enough time to comprehend what I had just done, and to defend himself in the process.
When I was close enough, I swung, and left a deep cut in Kuwabara's rock like flesh. The force of the blow caused him to lose his balance, and fall flat on his back. He was so big now, I could stand on his chest, and not lose my balance.
"Now then," I said, "I'm not going to ask again. WHERE'S TAUJECHT?!"
"I pleed the fifth." He muttered.
"Wrong answer."
I jammed the blade of the reaver into his chest, and heard his horrible roar of agony echo through the pit. He struggled, and tried to get me off of him, but it was useless. Within a few seconds, he slowed down, and eventually gave up completely. He now lay on the ground motionless, so I withdrew the reaver and saw a rather large orange sphere of a soul on the blade. It took longer for the reaver to devour this new soul, seeing as how it was much larger than the others, but it eventually engulfed the entire thing.
Once the reaver faded, I looked at my dead opponent. God, what have I done, I thought. Sure, I didn't mind having to kill Kuwabara. He was the dumber of our little quintet after all. But we were still friends. And I killed him in cold blood.
"Well done." A familiar figure said.
I turned around, and saw her. The four foot woman from earlier.
"I thought you gave me all the instructions I needed." I growled angrily.
"Yes, but apparently, you need a little help." She said. "Those dead Rakonki are blocking the way. You can take souls, but I doubt you can move rocks."
She rose a hand, and instantly, most of the dead rock monsters moved out of the way; revealing something I didn't see earlier. There was a hidden tunnel built into the wall of this pit.
"There." She said. "Now keep going. Lug-head wasn't much help, but the other three might know."
She faded out of existence.
There's something about her I just didn't trust. She was so cheerful, but yet had a more morbid ora surrounding her. What was her deal?
I didn't have time to think of a reason for why she was so god damn weird. I decided to move on using the tunnel I now had access to. God only knew what I was about to face next, but one thing was for sure. I would need a miracle to live with the guilt I was already feeling; let alone the guilt that I would feel after I slaughtered the others.
Chapter 3- Kuwabara's Cowry
As I walked to my destination, I began to think. It took me five months to recover from the beating Taujecht gave me the first time we met, and the Earth, as far as I knew, was still in tact. Then I was defeated a second time, and this time, it took two thousand years to wake up. And this time, the Earth was in shambles! I had a feeling that if I were to be beaten a third time, there just might not be a world left for me to save!
But I was pretty confident. This new reaver thing seemed to be pretty powerful. I just wish it had the ability to give me flight, or super speed, or some sort of method of quick transportation. This walking business was for the birds!
No sooner did I think this, however, did I encounter some demons. Four human shaped six footers that looked like statues. Each rock beast had a set of wings, but no form of weaponry.
(RAKONKI- A relative to the Kyukonki. It has no soul stealing abilities, and usually isn't a very bright creature, but it's brute strength makes up for everything else.
"You there." One said.
At first, I was panicked, but then.
"Never mind brothers, he's one of us." He said.
The monsters dropped their defenses and simply stood there looking at me in amazement.
"Man-fox," the rock monster asked. "You gave us quite a shock. A lot of humans have been coming out of that forest with the will to destroy our leader."
"Wait a minute." Another interrupted. "I smell something fishy about him."
He lifted his arm, and removed a slip of paper from his arm pit. I don't know why he had it there, but something told me it was a bad thing. After he looked it over, he put it back, and gave his comrades a grim look.
"It's him." he said. "The traitor Taujecht wanted dead if still alive!"
"So you've heard of me." I said. I called forth the reaver, and prepared to do battle.
All four charged at me, But I jumped to the right to avoid them all. Apparently, these rocks were dumber than. Uh. Rocks. Before they could realize what happened, I got behind one, and cut him in half lengthwise with the reaver! As his rock like body crumbled into gravel, a green sphere of light floated outward. I instinctively pointed the tip of the reaver at it, and instantly, the sphere was sucked into the reaver!
"My god!" the leader shouted.
"I don't know what that thing is," the one on his left commented, "But keep me away from it!"
They started to make a run for it, But I wasn't about to let them leave. I leaped upward, and tackled the slowest of the trio. I now stood over him looking into his fearful eyes, and ready to drive the reaver into him.
"Spare me!" He begged.
"After what your kind have done to me?" I asked. But before he could reply, I jammed the reaver into his chest, and pulled it out along with his green sphere of a soul. "I don't think so."
I let my symbiotic weapon finish its feeding, then chased after the remaining two: leaving their comrade to lie there and erode.
I swear, for a couple of rocks, they could run like hell! It really made me wonder why they didn't just fly away, but either way, I wasn't about to give up. I kept on running, and I wasn't about to give up. And whatever had possessed me when I killed those humans was now motivating me to kill those damn rocks!
Eventually we stopped at what would appear to be a pit. The two rock monsters leaped upward, and plummitted downward into the hole.
"You think that's going to stop me?!" I shouted, leaping right after them.
The landing was fairly smooth, but I wished I wouldn't have done that. For I found these two weren't the only monsters of their kind down here. I saw at least twenty or thirty of them standing there in random spots like statues. But judging by their red glowing eyes, they were far from statues.
"What's going on?" A voice shouted.
All the rock monsters instantly moved out of the way as a six foot six figure made its presence felt. His skin looked like that of the rock monsters, but it was orange rather than gray. He only wore a pair of blue sweat pants, and had a red mullet for a hair doo.
"Kuwabara." I said. "We meet again."
"Well, if it isn't the traitor." Kuwabara said. "I can't believe you decided to backstab us all those years ago."
"I know you aren't that intelligent, but even you should've been smart enough to know better than to join Taujecht."
"Talk talk talk, that's all you ever do. I'm going to beat you so badly even kittens won't look at you!"
"I'm not interested in a fight with you. Where's."
Before I could finish, he nailed me with a punch to the face! I was knocked flat on my back, and hurting pretty badly. The pain, however, only fueled my desire to fight even further as I called forth my reaver! This act alone seemed to shake Kuwabara a little. I tried four or five different attempts to tackle him, or at least swing at him, and he avoided each and every one of them.
"I see you got one too." He laughed, making a fist and focussing his spirit energy into it. "Well two can play at this game."
His spirit sword then came into existence, and the battle continued from there. I took swings at him, and he blocked with his spirit sword. He took swings at me which I either avoided completely, or blocked with my reaver. This went on for a while until finally, we clashed blades, and simply tried to see who could out muscle the other. You'd think that would be no contest if you took a good look at Kuwabara, but those souls that I had recently taken were actually boosting my strength to match his!
"I'd ask why you don't listen to reason," I said, "But I remember you're the stupid one. There's really no point in convincing you of anything."
"What?" He shouted, his strength suddenly increasing, but not enough to take me off balance. "I'll show you, you stupid."
He let out a roar as our blades tore away from one another. He tried to decapitate me right then and there, but I ducked, went behind him, and waited for him to turn around. Sure, I could've killed him right then and there, but for some reason, I wanted to play with him a little more.
Once he turned around, I struck him down with the reaver; leaving a gash across his bare chest, but keeping him alive.
"You dirty punk!" He screamed. "I'll KILL YOU!"
"A little backwards, aren't we?" I replied, ready to jam the tip of my reaver into his heart.
But he instantly sat up, and smacked me once again with that fist of his; this time nailing me right in the chest! I fell flat on my back, but quickly somersaulted back to my feet, and ducked a clothesline from my opponent.
"Hold still!" He shouted.
I attempted to strike him once again, but I had apparently forgotten about his spirit sword. For he instantly turned around, and our blades clashed once again. We continued to sword fight till both of us were out of breath, and barely able to stand.
"For someone who's been sleeping with the fishes for this long," Kuwabara laughed, "You're still pretty strong."
"And for someone who doesn't have much activity going on upstairs," I replied, "You've still managed to match me move for move."
"Oh, but the fun's only beginning. You see, two millenniums have given me time to learn some new abilities. Don't know what I'm talking about?" He backed up a couple of steps, and let his spirit sword fade out. "Then watch this!"
He crossed his arms over his chest, and began to consentrate. Then, he threw his arms out, spreading them as wide as he could. Instantly, he grew an extra two feet, and his skin became more of a greenish brown color! His body became that much more muscular, and it was a wonder how his attire managed to survive the transformation. Of course, the lack of a shirt made me then realize he must've done this technique once before.
When his transformation was complete, not only was he twice as big as usual, and just as buff, but the gash I had made on his chest had faded out of existence. As I looked around, I could see streams of green energy leaving the bodies of our audience of rock monsters, and entering his body. He was somehow using THEIR energy to mend his body, and transform it into whatever he had now become.
(HinKONKI- a close relative to the Kyukonki. The strength of these beasts is unbelievable, and can be increased even further with the assistance of souls from nearby rakonki.)
How do you like me now?!" Kuwabara laughed, his voice now much deeper then it was before. Obviously a minor side effect of the transformation.
"You look even uglier, if it's possible." I replied. "And amping up like that's only going to make your soul that much more enjoyable for the reaver to devour!"
I lunged at this new beast, but that was probably not a very good idea. For he smacked me with his large hand as if swatting away a fly! I flew all the way into the nearest wall of this pit, and sagged down to the floor. Slowly, but surely, I stood back up, and made sure the reaver was still in tact.
That was when I noticed something. There were two of these monsters standing on each side of me. They simply stood there like statues, but judging by the glow in their eyes, they still had souls! Souls I could easily take, and increase my own strength with. I impaled them both; the one on the left going first, then the right. The reaver greedily devoured their souls as I felt my strength increasing.
"WHAH?!" Kuwabara exclaimed in shock.
"You're not the only one who can steal souls." I shouted as I lunged at him again. I noticed I was moving much faster than before; not giving Kuwabara enough time to comprehend what I had just done, and to defend himself in the process.
When I was close enough, I swung, and left a deep cut in Kuwabara's rock like flesh. The force of the blow caused him to lose his balance, and fall flat on his back. He was so big now, I could stand on his chest, and not lose my balance.
"Now then," I said, "I'm not going to ask again. WHERE'S TAUJECHT?!"
"I pleed the fifth." He muttered.
"Wrong answer."
I jammed the blade of the reaver into his chest, and heard his horrible roar of agony echo through the pit. He struggled, and tried to get me off of him, but it was useless. Within a few seconds, he slowed down, and eventually gave up completely. He now lay on the ground motionless, so I withdrew the reaver and saw a rather large orange sphere of a soul on the blade. It took longer for the reaver to devour this new soul, seeing as how it was much larger than the others, but it eventually engulfed the entire thing.
Once the reaver faded, I looked at my dead opponent. God, what have I done, I thought. Sure, I didn't mind having to kill Kuwabara. He was the dumber of our little quintet after all. But we were still friends. And I killed him in cold blood.
"Well done." A familiar figure said.
I turned around, and saw her. The four foot woman from earlier.
"I thought you gave me all the instructions I needed." I growled angrily.
"Yes, but apparently, you need a little help." She said. "Those dead Rakonki are blocking the way. You can take souls, but I doubt you can move rocks."
She rose a hand, and instantly, most of the dead rock monsters moved out of the way; revealing something I didn't see earlier. There was a hidden tunnel built into the wall of this pit.
"There." She said. "Now keep going. Lug-head wasn't much help, but the other three might know."
She faded out of existence.
There's something about her I just didn't trust. She was so cheerful, but yet had a more morbid ora surrounding her. What was her deal?
I didn't have time to think of a reason for why she was so god damn weird. I decided to move on using the tunnel I now had access to. God only knew what I was about to face next, but one thing was for sure. I would need a miracle to live with the guilt I was already feeling; let alone the guilt that I would feel after I slaughtered the others.