Thanks for the reviews everyone, next chapter coming up WARNING Minato bashing skulls like a badass up ahead.
It had been a long time since Minato had thought about this. Maybe it was because he had done this kind of thing too often to care now. But this was just one of those times that he was remembering… It was about a year ago, or something along those lines.
The depths of the alleys were a familiar sight to Minato now as walked through the darkness. In the slums you had to be careful; you'd never know whether another worthless punk was going to come up from behind you and stab you in the back, taking your money or anything else of value.
That's why when he was cornered by five of such people, he was ready for them and alert. "What do you guys want?" Minato asked in a bored tone, already knowing where this was going. And since he did, it was probably only a matter of time before he got pissed and ripped them all to pieces.
Without saying anything the five thugs charged at Minato with balled fists, trying to land some hits on him. Minato was used to this. No style whatsoever, and so easy to predict. He merely grinned before dodging out of the way of the hits, weaving through all of them with no problem before he took his opportunity to grab the collar of one of them and swing the punk into the rest of the incoming victims.
Each of the thugs slammed against the bricks of the wall, hard. It was hard enough that Minato was able to hear several satisfying echoes of cracking bones. They weren't done yet though. He was about to remedy that.
Approaching the group, he smiled wickedly before grabbing two of the punks' necks and pulling them into the air. Resounding snaps filtered through the area a split second after Minato pushed them hard against the wall and snapped both of their necks easily.
He let them go and watched as they slumped to the ground, cold.
He looked to the other two with that same maniacal smirk. The remaining conscious thugs were shivering as they saw what he had so easily done to their allies, and they both knew they were going to be next if they weren't able to flee. To Minato's satisfaction, many of the bones in their bodies had already been broken. There was no chance that they were going to be able to escape.
He took one of the punk's arms and twisted it around viciously, eliciting a harsh cry of pain from him before it was promptly ended by Minato's fast punch to his stomach, making him scream. Minato didn't stop there though; he slammed his knee up the punk's face making him fall on the ground clutching his bloodied face in a state of complete anguish. Minato bashed his fist two times on the fallen punk's face causing several shrieks before they finally died down. Minato wiped the blood off his hands on his jacket eyeing the dead teenager.
The stench of iron was filling up the alley quickly, making the remaining conscious mugger wrinkle his nose in disgust. This was ended all too quickly as he too was taken by the arm and thrown onto the ground, creating a crater in the pavement. The thug coughed out more blood onto the ground, staining more of the bricks scarlet as his lungs were speared by his broken ribs.
With a final heel kick down on the punk's neck, it was shattered to pieces and the pitiful remaining breath of life that he was still clutching onto had disappeared.
Minato was about to walk away before he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Turning around he saw the first thug that he had used to slam the others against the wall with a switchblade that was buried considerably deep into his shoulder.
Glaring at the punk and ignoring the pain that he was feeling, he let his anger run build up and run wild as he summoned Death: Thanatos. The death god roared menacingly, the sheer force of the raucous sound removing the mugger's lingering fingers from his switchblade and sending him stumbling back into the ground and tripping over one of his downed allies.
His surprise and panic didn't last long before the only thing he saw was black, white and silver and total emptiness.
Minato dropped to his knees, gazing at the dead bodies that scattered the dark alley. Summoning Death always took a toll on his body… Slowly calming his breathing Minato looked at the carnage in front of him. Taking a few deep breaths he abandoned his dark jacket which was full of blood, and staggered out of the alley.
Shaking his head out of that time, he returned his focus to the road in front of him.
"Bastards," Minato muttered as he walked back to the dorm, hands in his pockets "That's why you don't screw with me...but those damn people don't get that." Just moments ago he took the life of a teenager that threatened him with a switchblade again.
"I don't get it… Why can't you all just leave me the fuck alone!?" Minato shouted to the sky.
Walking back into the dorm he ignored Mitsuru's and Akihiko's greeting, shot a glare at Takeba and stomped to his room, slamming the door shut. Without even changing he lay on his blue bed and slowly drifted off to sleep, into Hypnos' clutches.
The next day just went on. It was boring, at least in Minato's opinion. There was no pain, no screams, and everything just seemed too dull. He opted to charm a girl in the school but decided against it "Nah I ain't in the mood." He pushed Junpei to the side and then quietly walked towards the dorm.
"Oh he's back." The voice of Yukari called out earlier today she tried to apologize for the horrible statement yesterday to Minato who just ignored her.
"So this is our new guest?" An elderly voice called out, a gentleman in a brown suit, having shoulder length brown hair and glasses stood up from the couch wearing a small smile on his lips as he looked towards Minato.
"Good evening, my name is Shuji Ikutsuki, I'm the chairman of the board for your school," He introduced himself "Ikutsuki hard to say isn't it? That's why I don't even like introducing myself. Even I of all people get tongue tied sometimes." Minato stared at him blankly but inside, just looking at him just fuelled his urges to snap his neck in half.
"Any questions?" Minato was broken out of his thoughts as Ikutsuki finished telling something, most of which Minato ignored.
"No." Minato replied.
"Then I hope you have a successful school year," He stood up. "You must be tired from all the excitement you should go to bed early," A grin crossed Ikutsuki's face. "As they say the early bird catches the book worm." He chuckled. "Please forgive the b-"
"That was fucking horrible." Minato hissed as Ikutsuki's eyes opened wide at his words.
"E-Excuse me?" He asked in a state of bewilderment.
"That was painful to hear, I despise people who try to act funny but come across as a massive douche." Minato snarled, promptly answering his earlier question.
Yukari gasped at how rude Minato was towards the chairman of the board, before any of them could utter a word Minato was already walking up the stairs "Stupid people."
"That was...unexpected." Ikutsuki mused.
"Jerk..." Yukari hissed but she was busy marvelling Minato's appearance, "But he looks so good…"
Hamuko skipped towards Minato who had just climbed the stairs. "Minato-kun!" She sang as she stopped in front of him "How was your day?" She asked cheerfully.
"B-Boring…" Again, Minato felt several levels of calm standing next to her.
"Aww… Don't worry you should join a club, and then your fanclub will grow even more." She smiled.
"No thanks, I hate fangirls." Minato replied with a scowl on his face.
Hamuko sighed, "I feel ya dude."
"D-Dude?" Minato asked.
"Oh you want me to call you something else?" Hamuko asked and then smiled playfully "How about sweetie?"
"Hell No!" Minato shouted, but instead of feeling scared Hamuko giggled.
"You're blushing again." She noted with a smile, only intensifying the pink that was already dusted on his face.
'Why the hell do I feel so weird around her?' Minato asked himself again. It feels like I…know her from somewhere. Minato thought inside his head but then mentally shook it. I met her a few nights ago that's not it.
"Are you even listening?" Hamuko pouted looking at Minato who gave out an apologetic look in response.
"S-sorry…" He replied sheepishly.
"It's alright!" She smiled leaning close, edging her face closer to his. Minato could feel her strawberry breath on his face and she slowly whispered into his ear, "Sweet dreams Minato-kun."
Her voice was full of sweetness and Minato for the first time in ages smiled at the auburn haired girl, a sudden warmth washing over him as he gazed deep into her eyes. It had just been so long, that it just became something completely foreign to him: feeling actually happy instead of being stuck in the pits of anger and rage like he usually was.
Hamuko laughed, "Aw…you look so cute while you smile," Placing her hand on Minato's own, she looked at him with a gorgeous grin. "Try to smile more okay?"
"I-I'll try.." Minato managed to say and with that he quickly walked towards his door, opening it and walking in.
Hamuko was standing there still giggling, "For someone who has Death he still is cute." Her giggling stopped as the word Death left her lips. "Why did we have to carry such a burden?" She asked herself, sadness lingering. "Why are we damned with this fate?"
"Why him…?" Hamuko said her eyes getting wet. As she had gotten closer to him, she could smell the iron-filled stench of blood from Minato's clothes but still… She tried her level best to open up with him.
"I know it hurts Minato-kun." Hamuko whispered walking back to her room.
Minato had a strange dream that night. Not even a few minutes after he fell asleep, a blue door appeared out of nowhere in front of him. From inside it he could hear soft melodies that sent waves of calm through him, the always present hate inside him dying down.
He slowly turned the knob and opened it. There was a flash of blue light and Minato shielded his eyes from the intense burst and when he opened them, he was sitting on a chair face to face with what seemed like to be an elf, with an enormous nose and bloodshot eyes. He was grinning at Minato, clad in an old gentleman suit.
"Your nose is big…" Minato pointed out stating the obvious as he looked at the strange man's nose.
He heard a giggle from his right side "I agree." Minato turned around to see a drop dead gorgeous girl with silver hair and golden eyes smiling at him. She wore blue gloves and hat, a uniform that resembled an elevator attendant's. Tearing his eyes off her Minato looked around the whole room was blue and strangely it seemed to be moving upwards like an elevator, like her uniform had suggested.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room." The mysterious old dwarf spoke.
"You have very special circumstances… it looks like the hunter has taken control." The gentleman stated confusing Minato, who stood up.
"Hunter? What do you mean?" Not knowing what the hell this hunter was, it was no wonder that he would have wanted to know what that meant.
"My name is Igor," Igor introduced himself. "You have a very peculiar fate."
"What the fuck are you on about?" Minato hissed growing more and more enraged by the cryptic comments.
"Elizabeth." Igor commanded and the girl snapped her fingers. Suddenly Minato's body went rigid and spasms of pain shot throughout his body, making him drop to a knee.
"Dammit, what are you going to do?" Minato spat.
"You have been blessed with the Wild Card yet most of your humanity has been robbed." Igor stated as Minato struggled to move, to no avail.
"Blessed? Robbed?" Minato managed to say through the pain.
"Seek your humanity back." Igor stated. Elizabeth clenched her hand making the pain intensify and as a result Minato screamed louder, although there was a hint of sorrow in her golden eyes.
"Destroy the dark creatures that appear in a pattern…" Igor spoke.
"Farewell." He bid Minato farewell as he was still writhing on the ground. After another flash of bright blue light the dream ended.
"The fuck!?" Minato woke with a jerk his whole body aching in pain.
"Hunter? Humanity? Robbed?" Minato repeated the words, "What the fuck was that and what does it mean!?" He screamed, pounding his fists into the mattress.
In a certain room in the dorm an auburn haired girl was looking sadly at the monitor that showed the feed of a angered Minato slamming his fists on the mattress, cursing repeatedly.
"Igor told him?" She asked "But what pattern?" She asked before busting into tears looking at the feed.
"I'm so sorry…" She whispered quietly.
Back in the blue room, "Master…" Elizabeth called out to Igor with a worried tone. "If he defeats them, then Death will walk the earth once more."
Igor nodded. "Yes, but if he stays like this he might die, releasing the essence within him."
Igor stated, looking up at the endless sky. "The wheel of fate has started spinning, and he is the best hope for humanity."
"But the other one…" He continued, "She is the deciding factor."
"You mean her?" Elizabeth asked to which Igor nodded.
"Yes now we shall see if the human's will is greater than the power of death." Igor took a deep breath, "If he does not get rid of it soon, he might completely lose himself rendering the last straw for humanity useless."
Hoshi AN: Welp, I'm glad this story's getting some more support. It's fun seeing that increase.
But to say something, if I miss anything in grammar or in spelling it's probably my fault. XD Haha.
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