Disclaimer:Namco owns the Soul Calibur series or characters.I do not. Peter, "Death's Right Hand," is my character.
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A Grimm Assistance: Journey of the Double-Scythe Soul
Chapter 2: The Burning Cold Warrior
The snow falls from the heavens over a modern town. People bundled up as the winds chilled the exposed flesh to a rosey red. A town where the roads are surrounded by many buildings. However the story is not focus on Menasha, a small city in northeast Wisconsin, instead, a person of the city, unaware of the cloaked figure floating in the sky.
"It seems this is the location of the chosen one,"the Grimm Reaper said as he appeared from the Neitherrealm to the city. He then vanishes into an invisable state to see this chosen without detection, then heads to the house.
Behind the house, a man, holding a staff in his hand, prepares to work on his techniques. The bare feet dig into the snowed ground, bare and scarred chest exposed to the wintry winds. He takes three deep breaths, paitentally waiting to start his exercise with the song of his choice. Suddenly...
"Showtime," the man whispered to himself. The music starts. He starts with syncronizing beats to the balance of the music. He works to the rythym of the sacred prisoners' dance. The flow of his movements was like the waves of a rabid ocean under the moonlight. For ten minutes, his graceful workout cannot see an end.
"Peter, mail," a voice rang out. It causes the man to lose his balance...and makes him face plant in the fresh powder. As he got up, a slightly younger man appeared.
"James, how many times must I tell you NOT to interfere with my exercise," Peter yelled in anger.
"Oh, you're still trying to combine staff work and Caporeria, aren't you?"
"Nevermind. Anyway you said I have mail."
"Yeah, a letter along with this scythe." James hands Peter the scythe and letter. Peter felt the weight of the scythe.
"The Grimm Reaper?" Peter asked. He then open the letter. Peter was surprised when he read it.
PETER-
YOU WILL HELP ME BY GOING ON A JOURNEY. PREPARE MY SCYTHE FOR YOUR WEAPON. I WILL FILL OUT THE DETAILS WHEN I MEET YOU IN SEVEN DAYS. I WILL NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.-THE GRIMM REAPER
"He wants...my help?" questioned Peter. "This is a gust of wind of a new direction."
"Can't argue that."
"Well now. What do I do with this?" Then he looked at his staff. He remembered how it was like to be balanced with a weapon such as the staff. Then he has an idea.
Over the next six days he developed on the Reaper's scythe. By the time day seven came, he was finished. He fused a blade, a practical replica of the scythe's blade, to the butt-end of the scythe. He called it simply, the double-scythe. All he needed to do was wait for the Reaper to appear. An hour later, he shows up.
"Peter, take a look at this," Reaer said as he showed Peter the shard of Soul Edge. "This is a mere fragment of a mighty sword called Soul Edge. It uses the body to help absorb the strongest of souls and can help grant it's weilder's desires. If you succeed, I probably give you eternal life."
"What's the catch?" Peter asked as if he was unconvinced.
"The only way to retrieve it is if you take this piece to the past, locate the other pieces, and come back with the sword. That much I can tell you."
"I understand and now, I'm ready."
"Now about the catch..." Reaper started. Then, he takes the double-scythe, holds it high, and swings the blade of death into Peter's stomache, piercing him. Peter is shocked to see Reaper taking his life, or so he thought. Then, Reaper inserted the fragmentinto the fresh wound. That's when the fragment started to glow. The fragment shot out beams from Peter's entrails and opened a portal.
"Now go, chosen one," Reaper said as he hurled Peter and his weapon into the portal. The portal then closed.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Peter has a gaping wound in his mid-section as he travels back in time to retrieve Soul Edge. How can he with an injury like that?
