Chapter 6: Dark Alliance
Mushyori City, Japan
In an underground section of Mushyori City, five men and two boys have gathered. There was a toxic pool of water, where a magical ship was floating with the man with green hair.
"It seems that the Spirit Detective has left…" one of the men said, he had a dot on his head and was tall and wore black clothing and had black hair.
"This is perfect, that means our plan can go on unabated," the one wearing a lab coat said, and he pushed up his glasses.
"The hole will be open ahead of time with them gone," the man with green hair, who was floating on the boat, commented.
"No, the defenders of humanity need to see us open the hole to the demon world," the man with all black clothing said as he came into the light, "The only problem now is where did he go?"
"Perhaps I can help…" a voice said from out of no where, and the seven looked around.
"Whose there?"
"Relax, I am no enemy…" a man wearing purple armor and floated into the room, followed by a raggedy man, "My name is Eric Magnus Lehnsherr, but you may call me Magneto."
"And what do you want here?" the man with black clothing asked calmly, and stepped forward.
"We both have mutual goals," Magneto began, "And I have been watching you for quite some time, Black Angel, or should I say, Shinobu Sensui?"
"Hm, very perceptive," Sensui started, and he walked forward, "So, Magneto, what do you propose?"
"One of my colleagues could tell you where the Spirit Detective and his friends are," Magneto started, as a woman with red hair, blue skin, and a black one piece suit walked out of the shadows, "May I introduce Mystique."
"The Spirit Detective and his friends are in the town of Bayville, New York," Mystique told Sensui and his followers, "They are getting schooling from Charles Xavier, who runs the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters."
"It seems we have much to discuss…" Sensui said as he began walking further into the cave complex, "Please, follow me…"
Magneto nodded, and he, Magneto, and the shagged man named Sabertooth followed him, with the rest of Sensui's followers. The cave let out into the middle of a city, near an apartment complex. Mystique shape shifted into a normal looking woman as she followed them. Up in the apartment complex, in a room near the roof, Sensui unlocked the door and walked in.
There was a aquarium….with a floating head and hand in it…but they still seemed to be alive! Sensui walked over into the kitchen area and turned on the light.
"Tea?" Sensui asked, and Magneto nodded as he took off his helmet.
"Yes, of course," Magneto replied as he took off his helmet and went to a nearby table.
"Who's the new player?" the head in the aquarium asked.
"They may be new allies, Toguro," Sensui told the head, who just snickered as more of it's tissue regenerated over his eye.
"Toguro? I thought he died in the Dark Tournament," Magneto inquired as the boy with blonde hair handed him a cup of tea.
"I'm his older brother, and thanks to him almost vaporizing me, I am almost immortal," the older Toguro explained, grinning slyly in the aquarium.
"So, what do you intend to do, Shinobu?" Mystique asked, "What was that hole in that cave?"
"It was a gateway to the Demon World, Mystique," Sensui explained, then he took a sip of the tea that he made, "After the gateway is ready, all that we need is a psychic powerful enough to literally cut through the dimensions. He, or she, would have to have the mythical Dimension Sword."
"There have been many psychics turning out lately, but none of them has the ability to do the Dimension sword," the blue haired man, Iztuki explained.
"The demons beyond that Kakai Barrier are the strongest in Demon World. They are the A, S, and Super S class demons, and are more powerful than a thousand armies. If unleashed, the world would be plunged into darkness," Sensui explained, and he leaned down near the table where they were all sitting at, and a shadow covered his eyes, "Every last dirty human being would be devoured…"
"But, could these demons be controlled?" Magneto asked, and Sensui looked over to him, "The mutant race must be protected, since we would inherit the Earth after the A and S class demons destroy the world."
"I see you're point," Sensui said, surprising his followers, "Humans are the evil here, but from what I've seen or heard of mutants, they aren't."
"Excellent…" Magneto grinned wickedly.
BAYVILLE, XAVIER INSTITUTE
The new students, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Keiko were watching television in the living room with Kitty, Kurt, Evan, and Scott. Kuwabara and Evan were playing Soul Caliber II, while Yusuke dosed off. Scott had a special bandage on his lip, one that Hank had invented so it wouldn't get infected.
"Hey Scott, where's Jean?" Keiko asked, starting to worry about her friend.
"Still up in her room…" Scott replied, with a tint of sadness in his voice, "She is still shocked on what Duncan did to me…"
"Can't blame her, can you?" Kurama told them, "I mean, she had strong feelings for Duncan, but he was only going to use her and discard her. Then, he attacked you, Scott, and she saw who Duncan really was, and it shocked her."
"Scott, I think you better go up and talk to her," Professor Xavier said as he entered the room, "I think I need to talk with Yusuke and Kuwabara by their actions."
"So wake up, punk," Logan growled, and Genkai walked up behind her pupil.
"Dimwit! You better get your ass up!" Genkai yelled into Yusuke's ears, waking him up.
"Oy, what the hell was that for grandma?" Yusuke asked, and then yawned, "I was trying to catch some zzz's."
"I need to talk about your method," Professor Xavier told him sternly, "Now, please follow me to the office."
Yusuke and Kuwabara followed the Professor, Logan, Ororo, and Genkai into Xavier's office. Wheeling himself behind his desk, Xavier put his hands together and leaned forward.
"Now, I don't condemn you for helping out Scott…" the Professor began, "But you could have really hurt them. You should have talked them down, and I hope you didn't use your powers."
"We didn't professor," Yusuke told Charles, "Just basic fighting skills that we learned back at home."
"I didn't even use have my strength to beat them," Kuwabara added.
"That's good," the Professor said to them, "You are dismissed."
Yusuke and Kuwabara nodded, and walked out of the room. Professor Xavier then wheeled to the window, and sighed.
"I fear something ominous on the horizon…" Charles said, looking up to the sky, "Like a dark presence has made itself known…"
"So, you're starting to feel it too, Charles," Genkai interjected, and she walked up to his left, "Hopefully Koenma will be sending Botan to fill us in soon."
"Koenma?" Charles asked, "You've mentioned him before, who is he?"
"He is the son of King Enma, the ruler of Spirit World," Genkai explained, "You see, Yusuke died once before, got ran over by a car while saving a child. Koenma put him through a couple of ordeals to bring him back, and at the stroke of midnight a year ago, Keiko kissed him to transfer her life-force into his body and reawaken him."
"Interesting, that would explain how Yusuke got his powers, since he hasn't been seen on Cerebro," Charles put his hand over his chin, "So, what do you think this feeling is?"
"It could be an opening of a gateway to Demon World," Genkai told him, "But, to be felt this far away would mean it the gateway portal would have opened quite a bit, almost 1.3 kilometers."
"That big? And what would open it?" Charles asked.
"A powerful psychic," Genkai told him as she looked to the ground, "We might have to start getting prepared for the worse."
"How did Kurama get through without a portal?" Charles asked.
"He and Hiei got through temporary portals threw the pseudo-space between dimensions. They don't open frequently, every fifty years or so," Genkai replied, "They psychic that is making this hole however must be powerful, almost as powerful as you."
"That's a little unsettling Genkai," Charles said nervously, "This is probably the reason why you wanted Kurama, Yusuke, and Kuwabara to come here, for more training to deal with this threat."
"Yes, it was," Genkai told him sternly, "But, we all have to be ready. That is why I am also training your X-Men even harder than the slacker Logan. We all need to be ready for this fight."
"I think I can call upon some allies to assist us," Charles told her, "The person who helped me build the Danger Room, Cerebro, and helped me acquire Velocity and the Blackbird…."
"And who is this?" Genkai asked.
"It was Tony Stark," Charles told her, "He is also known as Iron Man, and would be able to help us out."
"You should contact him then," Genkai told him, and started to walk to the door, "I'm going to give the kids another session in my training, since your Danger Room is still in need of repair."
Charles smiled warmly as his old friend closed the door behind her, "Don't go too hard on them, they still have school!"
MUSHYORI CITY, JAPAN, SENSUI'S HEADQUARTERS
Magneto began to orate what was next in his agenda, "Sensui, I propose an alliance."
"An alliance?" Sensui asked, becoming unsure.
"We are better than the human race, and deserve to rule," Magneto told him, "Human beings would persecute us like dogs, they would fear us, and try to exterminate us."
"Those are valid points Eric," Sensui sat back in his chair, "Mutants and people that are weaker than us would try to persecute and exterminate the mutant race, but I am still not sure."
"In Bayville, you may be able to open a larger portal to the Demon World then here," Magneto offered, "Just imagine it, thousands of powerful demons storming through a populated city, destroying the human filth."
"Yes, that would be interesting," Sensui then looked at Magneto, "But, the Spirit Detective and the world's most powerful psychic are living in Bayville, there will be no way to get in unnoticed."
"You're overestimating Charles Xavier," Mystique told Sensui, "I have been impersonating one of his student's friends for a little over two months now, and he still hasn't caught on. You will be able to open the portal virtually unseen."
"But, we would need to do things in secret, how would we throw Charles off our tail?" Sensui asked, and Magneto looked over to Sensui's youngest followers.
"Sea Man and Game Master would go to the Brotherhood House in Bayville," Magneto told him, "We need to keep undercover until the tunnel is opened, if you accept my offer that is."
"Secrecy would be a benefit to our cause," Sensui then looked over to his followers, "What would they do at the Brotherhood house?"
"They would try to blend in and not cause suspicion from normal humans," Mystique replied, putting down her cup of tea, "They would go to the schools in Bayville, but it would take longer than it does with Xavier's group."
"You mean we would have to go to school again," the little kid, Game Master, also known as, Tsukihito Amanumou groaned, since he hated school even before his powers manifested.
Sea Man, also known as Kiyoshi Mitari also groaned, "I don't see why I have to back to school, I hated it, the kids, the teachers, all of them…"
"You will be around other people who have powers, Kiyoshi," Mystique told him, "All mutants, hand picked by Magneto and myself."
"This offer of yours is very tempting Eric," Sensui formally said, and he put his hand to his chin, "We may have to think about it…."
"How long until I receive your decision?" Magneto asked, and Sensui pointed at the clock.
"This time tomorrow, meet us in the cave," Sensui told him, and Magneto nodded and led his followers out, "This could prove quite interesting…"
XAVIER SCHOOL FOR GIFTED YOUNGSTERS
Genkai had brought out all of Xavier's students into the back yard of the Institute. Everyone who had a uniform had it on, and since Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Keiko didn't have theirs yet, they were in basic workout clothes. Keiko wouldn't be participating in the exercise that Genkai had planned because her powers haven't developed yet.
"Alright, slackers! Now I am going to train you how to harness your spirit energy!" Genkai announced to the group of students in military fashion, "Because of Yusuke's display of power in the Danger Room, you will all be getting the same type of training, from me…"
Genkai began to pace back and forth, like she was telling the students to get into line. She stopped at Evan.
"Now, I understand you can form boney spikes, am I correct?" Genkai asked and Evan nodded, "Good, now, I want you to make some spikes, and put them into the ground. Make one for each student here, except for Keiko. What are you waiting for, get going!"
Evan started to grumble, and he grudgingly made spikes, all of the same length, and placed them into the ground. The other students wondered what was going to happen, but Yusuke knew. He had to do the exercise for 12 hours, and it wasn't fun. After all the spikes were in the ground, Evan walked back to the line of students.
"Now, all of you have spirit energy. Your mutant powers make it easier for you to harness it, but you can't realize it without proper training," Genkai then turned to Evan, "How long do your spikes usually last?"
"I don't know, about two to three hours," Evan replied, and Genkai smiled.
"Perfect," Genkai grinned, then she walked down to Yusuke, "Now, the dimwit here is going to demonstrate what you're doing."
Yusuke sighed, and leapt into the air. He dove down and put his finger out and aimed. Landing perfectly on top one of the spikes, he formed his spirit energy around the tip of his index finger to stay balanced.
"Now, the dimwit is used to doing this, using a pin back at my temple he balanced for six hours each day to increase his power and control. Now, it is all your turn," Genkai told them, and the student's mouths widened in surprise, "What are you waiting for? Hop to it!"
Kurama jumped into the air like Yusuke did, and did the same thing that he did, landing perfectly on the spike and forming the spirit energy on his finger for balance. Kurt teleported himself upside down onto one of the spikes, with his finger on the spike, he used his tail for balance, and tried to do what Yusuke and Kurama were doing, but couldn't seem to do it.
Jean was next, and she floated into the air, and landed with ease on the spike. She managed to get her finger to glow, but it wasn't nearly as bright as Yusuke's or Kurama's glowing digit. Kuwabara took a deep breath, leapt into the air and misaimed; he crashed onto the ground and almost hit the spike. Logan chuckled deeply as Kuwabara got onto his feet, and tried again, and this time he did land on it with his finger, but slipped off for lack of balance. It went basically the same way for most of the other students; only Jubilee, Amara, Ray, Bobby, Rogue, and Scott were able to get balanced on the spikes.
Then, the waiting began. The students who couldn't balance on the bone spikes sat on the sidelines, as the minutes ticked away. The sun moved slowly as the students who managed to get onto the spikes tried to keep their balance. Even Kurama was starting to struggle by the end of the second hour.
Beads of sweat were forming on Jubilee's forehead, and she dropped, not able to stay on the spike. Then Ray started to slip, the electricity on his finger disappeared, and he fell off the spike. Bobby almost got away with freezing himself onto the spike so he couldn't even move off, until Genkai side kicked him off of the spike for cheating. Amara fell down a half an hour later, almost completely exhausted for using her powers for that long amount of time. Then, it was down to just Jean, Kurt, Scott, Rogue, Kurama, and Yusuke.
Scott, even though he was doing well, was getting tired. The spike had started digging into his finger, and blood was dripping down it. He focused all his energy into his finger, trying not to sink any lower onto the spike. This had got to be the hardest exercise he ever done in his life.
Jean was doing as well as Kurama and Yusuke since she had been honing her telekinetic powers with the Professor for a couple years now. She was amazed that she actually got her spirit energy into her finger, since she only knew such a power existed a few days ago. She could do this, and would make it through the last hour, which was coming up.
Rogue, who didn't have the same type of powers as Yusuke, Kurama, or Jean, was doing remarkably well. She had a great center of balance which kept her from falling, and she had actually formed one of those spirit power buffers on her finger. She was, however, starting to feel the effects of staying on the spike for two hours, and fatigue was setting in, but she didn't want to give up and she sucked it up and kept persevering.
Kurt was starting to loose his balance, but by changing the direction of his tail he was able to regain it. He did this sort of thing back in his hometown, especially when the circus was in town. When he was younger, the kids would watch him as he balanced on poles, and they weren't afraid of him when he performed. Now, the strange spirit energy that he had been told about had gathered on his finger, and was helping him even more to keep his balance.
Kurama was starting to get bored, which was abnormal for him since he usually had a long patience factor. He balanced perfectly on the spike without moving and inch, and was watching the grass grow. His demon energy was making it grow faster, but not fast enough for him. He gazed over to his friends and saw the only one not really struggling was Yusuke, he had actually fallen asleep!
'He must have gotten used to this,' Kurama thought as he looked to Yusuke, 'He did train in his sleep during the ride to Hangman Island, beating up those demons while sleep walking.'
The minutes ticked on, and right when three hours were up, Genkai walked up to the group.
"Alright! That's enough for today!" Genkai yelled, walking Yusuke up, "You can all get down now."
Rogue, Scott, Jean, and Kurt gave a sigh of relief, and fell down to the ground. Kurama then leapt into the air, and landed on his feet. He then felt compelled to help out Rogue, who was clearly exhausted from the exercise.
"Here, let me help you up," Kurama said as he bent down to Rogue with his hand out.
"Thank you, Kurama," Rogue replied as she grabbed his hand, and was pulled up.
Yusuke then went over and helped Scott, Jean, and Kurt up, and Genkai went over to them.
"That was a very nice for your first try everyone, but you all will have to be able to stay on those spikes for three hours, then once we get some permanent ones, we will upgrade it to six hours, then nine hours, the final part is 12 full hours on those spikes," Genkai explained, "In a few weeks, I'll also give you all the Spirit Cuffs, which will also enhance your strength and keep your body, spirit energy, and mind in tip top shape."
"Not the Spirit Cuffs again…" Yusuke groaned, remembering how he fought Toguro with them on, but it did actually help him until Toguro increased his power to 100.
"Now, prepare yourselves, I am not going to baby you like Logan did," Genkai told them, which caught Logan's attention, "After school, you'll spend the first few hours training before supper, then after supper you will have the rest of the night off."
The students groaned, not liking the sound of straight after school a exercise like this again. Genkai, Logan, Ororo, and Hank then led the students back into the mansion for some much needed rest.
MUSHYORI CITY, JAPAN, 10:00 PM
Magneto, Mystique, and Sabertooth arrived back at the cave where they first met Sensui. The demon insects seem to be in less numbers than before, and that could only mean one thing; the gateway was being closed.
"Ah, so you have taken me up on my offer," Magneto calmly surveyed, seeing Iztuki floating on the water, "How long will it take for this portal to close?"
"About a month, since that is how long it took for us to get it this big," Sensui replied, "And yes, we have decided to ally ourselves with you. Your resources will make our operation unstoppable."
"Excellent, Mystique will start making arrangements for Kiyoshi and Tsukihito to move to the Brotherhood House in Bayville New York," Magneto told Sensui, "It will take a few weeks for their passports and transcripts to be ready, so be prepared to move the operation in a month."
"Of course, Iztuki will have this portal closed, and then we can relocate," Sensui grinned, "I was thinking of moving my part of the operation somewhere close to Bayville, probably Albany, or maybe Manhattan."
"It doesn't matter to me, there are a few mutants in New York however," Magneto told Sensui, "Now, let's start making preparations, and I think I have a gift for the older Toguro…."
"That is?" Sensui asked, starting to get intrigued by what Magneto could have.
"It is called a symbiote, an alien life-form that bonds with a host organism, and makes it stronger, faster, etc," Magneto replied, "It will be the perfect gift for him, don't you think?"
"Yes…" Sensui grinned evilly, as his plan for exterminating the human race started to become more real, not just a dream anymore, "Oh, I think I have a video that your followers should watch, it is from Spirit World."
"What is it?" Magneto asked.
"The Chapter Black Tape, it chronicles all the evil things that human kind has done over the centuries, that is how I got my followers, and would inspire loyalty to our cause," Sensui told him, "But, I'll keep it with me."
"Of course, it is yours after all," Magneto said, and then he turned for the exit, "I think it is time for our departure, we will meet again in a month, Shinobu Sensui."
Sensui watched as his new allies walked out of the cave, and started to grin venomously. His plan would be going faster working with Magneto, and then he would double-cross the powerful mutant, just to see him squirm…
To be continued…