Disclaimer: Namco owns Soul Calibur franchise, but not Peter, "Death's Right Hand."

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Chapter 4: His Journey of Souls Begin

It has been three weeks since Peter had separated from Seong Mi-na to look for the Soul Edge, while using a fragment as a compass. As he traveled he still remembered the personality switch he suffered while interrorgating the captian of the ninja clan. That switch was when he turned from himself to somewhat of a psycotic killer. In fact, he constantly had nightmares about the incident. All the time he dreamt he suffered the switch, and forced his victims into his game of "Scythe Roulette," but not all of his nightmares had the same victim. Some times it was the captian, some with girls who put him down back in his own time, and others with himself. Most of the time he woke up coated in sweat. When this occured he cleansed himself, then writes a poem or two to calm himself down. Others, he had felt a hand, as warm as the campfire, and as soft as his favorite plush dolls from when he was little, rub along his exposed cheek and forehead where it recieved a kiss. Peter would recognize it was female but wasn't sure if it was Mi-na, thinking she wanted to stay with him. Either way you look at it, it's been robbing him of his sleep.

Today, he makes it into town where the fragment had pointed to. For an hour he had asked folks for info about the Sword of Salvation. As he was walking away from a restaurant, he is cut off, and nearly recieving a headache, from a rod aimed at his head. Peter knew he was lucky he stopped before that hit him.

"You here for Soul Edge?" A voice from the other side of the restaurant asked. "If so, then I would have to kill you. I want your fragment."

"What makes you think the 'Right Hand of Death' will simply give you his piece?"

"The 'Right Hand of Death?'" he continued as he stepped from behind the wall, revealing a seemingly young man. "Ah, so rumors of the man who wiped out Taki's branch army of ninjas was no mere tale." It sounds like the battle of the ninjas versus Peter and Mi-na had spread throughout the land.

"Taki's branch? From what I was told by the captian, it was a guy called Maxi who sent for my execution."

"Are you saying Maxi borrowed Taki's connections? Did you do anything to provoke them?"

"How would I if I didn't see them?"The man thinks it through.

"So it's also true. Something must have occured with those two. And the fact that-"

"Excuse me, but if you have information, tell me." Peter said, interupting the man words.

"You will have to defend yourself. I, Kilik, will make you, Peter, regret ever making contact with me, thanks to my Kali-Yuga."

"Funny. I never mentioned my name." Suddenly both clashed weapons. As they fought, all that connected were the weapons. 30 minutes go by and, despite both warriors' hands well swollen, showed no tiring. Kilik charged at the blonde youngster. Peter decides to catch the Kali-Yuga, then knock him down with the backside of his scythe. He swings, but Kilik lifts the weapon, causing Peter to go off balance. Kilik then swung down at Peter. Peter regains himself, sees the rod, but instead of moving to the side, raises his head as if he was doing a headbutt, and makes contact with the rod. Kali-Yuga snapped apart where Peter used his head...litterally. Peter spun, and as stopped, he stuck the scythe at the now defenseless soul. Kilik knew he was defeated, and surrendered.

"You win. You have proven to be strong, not only with the scythe, but with your body as well." Peter lowered the double-scythe to his side.

"I would test your luck, but I see it is not nessesary." Then, Peter heard something coming their way. Kilik saw Peter looking up the street, waiting for whatever he heard. Just then, a large wheel was barreling down on the two recovering warrior's. All Kilik could do was watch. Peter was staring at the wheel rolling right at him. Then, he spins to the right, sticks the scythe in the wheel, and pulls. The wheel became straightened out and was flung to the ground. It turns out that the "wheel" was a man with what looked like a head muzzle.

"Head's up, Peter. Voldo's unpredictable, even though he can't see, hear or speak."

"How are you familiar with him?"

"His master was a friend of my grandfather's. I'm not sure how he became this freak." Peter became aware that Voldo could shift his body at will. Voldo, although blind, deaf, and mute, somehow knew Peter was hesitating. He then bent his body backwards, planting Manas and Ayus to the ground, and approached Peter in a speeding crab stance. Peter alertly leaped over Voldo, but as he did, his scythe split open his shoulder, but was a light cut. Peter landed and immediately turned around, thinking the target might not be for him, but for Kilik. Just then, Voldo stopped a few feet from the rodless fighter, and started convulsing for some reason. Peter looked at his scythe, and saw a drop of blood where Voldo's shoulder was cut. The bloodspot started to glow on the scythe. The handicapped assassin was flailing around like he was fighting for his life. Then the Wisconsinite remembered what he said to the captian about the double-scythe, how one side would mean a person's death, and the other probably wounds. Then the glowing blood stain dimmed to normal. He looked over at Kilik, who was over a lifeless Voldo. Kilik was terrified about how this had unfolded. He knew that he would have died at the hands of the blonde warrior. That man walked over to the dead snake-like fighter, and pulled a fragment from the corpse. The piece started to glow, a lot like Peter's piece.

"It's Soul Edge." He took his piece out of his jeans pocket, and the piece was glowing besides the other. He put both fragments in his pocket, and started to walk off.

"Wait...why did you spare me?" Kilik questioned. "Why didn't you kill me like you did Voldo?"

"I want to fight you again. I don't have to kill you if you tell me where Maxi is."

"Check the indies. Sources tell me he's training with a school of monks there."

"Thank you." and with that Peter leaves Kilik to dispose of Voldo. As sunset draws near, he resumes his journey, knowing full well that the Grimm Reaper is watching him, as well as the mysterious girl.

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Peter goes to see Maxi about the reasons of Taki and Soul Edge in the next Chapter.