FM Minato : ... For thousands for years I lay dormant, who has disturbed my-!?
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Oh, it's you goofs...
Whaddya want? Wut huh? Got tired of boring retards and wanna be psychopaths or did you simply need the one true messiah back in your life (screens)? I should be digging holes and taking souls but since people wanted me here... I'll bless you for a while.
Also, HAH! Good on the folks who said yes. Good on you, show that filthy author that I am the messiah and that his filthy plan to make me hated failed miserably!
... Just like his others stories...
YYYYYEAAAAAHHHH!
Anyway, I'll be here for a while but I will leave before this comes to an end. Now what do we have here? I'll do introductions for these two morons but holy hell, she summoned NYX? Goddamn, what I wouldn't do to stab two of em at the same time.
Anyway!
From the bitch corner, exhibit A, crawling and bitching his way outta the grand canyon, we have Ryoji aka little bitch. Man, look at him waltzing around like he owns the place. His head his is so far up Nyx's ass that it disgusts me, fucking mutant bitch centipede the two of em.
In the other corner, cowering from behind little boy's legs, we have Hamuko Mari-
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Who the fuck named her that!?
God I hate this one even more already.
Anyway, these two morons are about to battle. I'd love to head down there and remind them who the messiah really is but... I'm spectating this one. Don't want to spoil my hands and these two don't deserves my messianic knuckles against their faces.
If you have questions then feel free to ask BUT WATCH IT!
Also, as usual, while I love to see the despair... Fair warning that this WILL get nasty and creepy because the author wants to give off the vibe and workings of a God.
Pft.
Fucking moron.
Hamuko braced herself for the impact and it still managed to rock her briefly while Ryoji stood still, not staggered by the pressure give off by the clashing of the blades. He stared the redhead in her bloodthirsty eyes and shook his head, charging the reddish energy into his fist and raining it down-
The darkness quickly followed Hamuko, wrapping around her and cloaking the female in the shadows before Ryoji could crash the almighty energy onto her head. He took a step back this time and grunted when Hamuko flicked a finger in his direction, followed by an invisible force crashing into his chest and blowing him away.
Ryoji was not hurt by the force but he was still a little surprised. What on earth did she even do?
The darkness coiled around Hamuko and she bolted, wrapping her blade in the element and swinging a blackish razor in the direction of the appraiser who blocked it and howled, quickly running in response to her charge-
The two clashed in the middle again, with Ryoji growling and Hamuko smirking slightly, bolts of dark energy surging around their struggle and the skies above darkening under the presence of the Night Queens. Ryoji paid no attention to the supernatural shit around him and screeched in her face, studying her eyes for that essential flicker of fear but it never came.
The invisible force crashed against his body again and Hamuko yelled, the darkness crashing forward and wrapping around the body of the appraiser who was hurled towards the skies by the primordial darkness-
Ryoji flapped his wings and easily gained balance in the skies, conjuring sparks into his fists and sending numerous bolts of lightning to the ground-
Hamuko faded into the shadows and giggled, her laughter echoing in the open space and coming down from the night sky.
"Keep hiding, you bitch," Ryoji swore, not bothered by the fact that she was plotting from the shadows. "Just like you hid behind his legs."
Hamuko reappeared from the rift on the ground and flipped him the birds. "You go fuck yourself!"
"You go fuck yourself!"
The memory of Minato overrode his senses and the Death God came swinging down with a slash for her neck that was slipped and then countered when Hamuko retaliated with a counter for his chest that Ryoji blocked with his gauntlets, leading to another swirl of dark mist around the two.
Hamuko saw the chance and the darkness around her exploded in Ryoji's direction but this time, the God shook his head and bolted, managing to graze her cheek with a lunging punch that opened up a cut and drew a grin from Ryoji while Hamuko scowled, clenching her fist and swinging with a slash that was parried upwards, leaving her stomach open-
Hamuko yelled once more, evoking another tornado of dark mist which caught Ryoji off guard, a grunt escaping his mouth when something solid tore through his chest, almost like knives and blades. He reached out and grabbed a hold of the redheaded girl by her throat, slamming her down and cracking her head against the pavement with a sick crack-
Hamuko punched the ground with both of her fists and the cyclone exploded high into the skies, forcing him to retreat and watch on with uncertainty at the impressive but confusing display of power.
What the heck was this power of hers?
Hamuko bolted out from the cyclone and tackled Ryoji, grabbing onto his arms and channeling the darkness around her body again. Ryoji froze again when the same invisible force gripped his body and launched him to the other side of the room, his back crashing against the wall-
Hamuko saw the chance and bolted, gathering the element around her fist and punching it forward, letting loose a massive amount of darkness in the direction of the God who moved to the side and barely avoided the high pressure attack that easily tore through the crystal-
Hamuko did not let up on the pressure and got in his face again, infusing her blade with more darkness and swinging it forward to take his head off-
Ryoji studied the movements and started blocking and parrying, firing back whenever he found an opening and while he was faster than Hamuko, he had to deal with the random punches and shoves from the shadows as he was still fighting in the dense darkness-
Ryoji caught her right punch and gripped her wrist, slicing open her other shoulder with his blade-
Hamuko yelled and attempted to launch him into the skies but this time, Ryoji forced his weight down and didn't move, eyeing her neck and launching the blade to take her life-
Hamuko freed herself from his grip and moved back to avoid the slash, sending another burst in his direction and moving forward with a kick that connected on the side of his body, finally eliciting a small grunt of pain from the Death God who howled at the insolence, static electricity gathering around his body and exploding in a brilliant explosion of light-
"Shit!" Hamuko was burned by the light but she quickly launched the mist in his direction, blocking the source of light and Ryoji stepped back, grunting and blocking the burst of darkness that collided against his body and split to the sides, fading into mist-
"I'm here moron!" Hamuko mocked and slammed her knee against his back-
Ryoji screeched and whipped around, narrowly missing her neck when she ducked and smirked-
Ryoji saw the charging darkness and tried to move back-
The darkness in her palms detonated in a sick explosion, the force lashing out against the body of the appraiser and blowing him backwards-
Wrapping-
Consuming-
Crushing-
Hamuko gasped when the spell was countered by a burst of electricity, forcing the two elements to explode in blue and black. She watched on as Death simply got up and walked forward, cracking his neck with a demonic smile on his face-
"Seems like a bitch can learn a trick or two," Ryoji mocked with a sneer. "Very well, you asked for this. If only you rolled over and gave up like the rest of those fools."
"Thought you weren't holding back?" Hamuko countered.
"I wanted to see the light leave your filthy eyes!" Ryoji howled back.
"And I can't wait to see Minato rip you apart, limb from limb," Hamuko scowled. "He's going to leave you in a pool of blood, sweat and tears, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
Ryoji screeched in her direction and bolted, a cloak of needle like static electricity forming around his heavily armored body-
Hamuko cloaked her body in the darkness of the Night Queen and met his charge-
Black and blue coiled around the two and exploded seconds later, sending rippling shockwaves through the floor but neither the two backed off just yet, still mouthing off and cursing each other admist the blue and black bolts-
Hamuko smashed her shin into his stomach just when she disengaged, ducking underneath the volley of bolts and lunging forward with a number of fast slashes, laced with darkness that ensured an explosion every time Ryoji blocked her attempt with his own blade-
Hamuko barely avoided the bolt that burned through her darkness and ended up scarring her cheek. She spat in his direction and stomped hard, causing a eruption of dark pillars in succession towards Ryoji who flew into the skies to avoid the attack and cloaked his blade with almighty energy, launching the pulsing red slashes in her direction-
Hamuko countered with dark flames and endured the heat and force from the collision of spells, almighty against darkness-
Ryoji glided down in a blink of an eye, catching her off guard with a hard punch to the side of her face that knocked her down to a knee. She hurriedly collected her senses and grabbed the blade in her her palms, stopping it inches away from her head-
Before Ryoji could overpower her and slice her head in two, Hamuko concentrated and the darkness exploded forward with a termendous amount of force, sending the God reeling and this time, the force DID hurt him-
Figuring that the time for playing and warm up was over, Hamuko summoned more of the darkness and took off running-
Ryoji flapped his wings and and the blue veins in the middle pulsed, signaling that the God that was done holding back as well-
Hamuko stopped midway during a punch and gasped, ducking underneath the swing of the raven wings that blinded her momentarily, forcing her to move back as Ryoji lunged forward, slicing open a wound on her stomach but the next swing was blocked-
"Tch!" Hamuko hissed as the wings swung passed by her head, followed by the knuckles of the God drilling against her chest-
Hamuko moved out of close range and coughed out blood, flipping Ryoji off once more and then charging towards him again. She made a mental note to be wary of those damn wings as they just large enough to completely obscure her vision and in a battle like this, even a moment of uncertainty meant death.
"Death, huh?" Hamuko kept her pace and, channeling the dark mist into her fists. "So be it."
Hamuko pulled back to avoid the feathery wings and fired a kick that Ryoji blocked and rifled a punch in return-
Dark flames flared around her hand and Hamuko launched her fist at the same time, her knuckles cracking at the collision but she held on and dug a knee into his gut, swiftly moving around to avoid the blade and then bolting forward-
Ryoji infused his massive sword with electricity and Hamuko gasped, the explosion detonating as soon as the blades made contact. The darkness around her dissipated and the female was blown backwards, managing to land on all four with blood running down her temple.
"Just because you slept with him doesn't mean you can match up to me," Ryoji hissed. "Power is not sexually transmitted, no matter how much you fuck his brains out."
"Oh please, shut the fuck up!" Hamuko blew a raspberry. "You're the son of Nyx! You don't get to talk about sleeping around."
"Keep talking..." Ryoji said.
Hamuko shrugged and paid no attention to his menacing glare. "You were probably watching the first time, no?" she hummed. "Now, what would my darling say about this... hmmm..."
"You will regret this..."
"Ah yes!" Hamuko snapped her fingers and scowled at him. "You're a stupid cuck!"
Ryoji roared, the bolts coursing around him his frame shooting forward in her direction-
Hamuko slipped past the bolts, summoned the darkness from the depths of her psyche and moved forward again, not giving a shit about the wings and getting into his face with a number of lunging swings, followed by kicks that Ryoji slipped and blocked, repeatedly blinding her vision with his massive swings.
Hamuko ducked and moved her way, barely avoiding the fast paced thrusts that he aimed for her chest and neck and while a few of those did gash her up, Hamuko fought back, slamming the darkness against his body for openings and slowly and surely slicing through the thick armor on his body-
"UGH!" Hamuko willed and the mist latched onto Ryoji who fought back and roared, casually breaking free of the invisible binds and shooting forward to punch her to the ground-
Hamuko disappeared into the shadows to avoid the swing and reappeared behind Ryoji who whipped around and wagged a finger-
"Grr!" Hamuko yelled and the cloak around her exploded once more, the dark element spreading through and seeping down to the lower floor. She conjured up shadows that rose from the ground and her eyes flashed red once more. "Come to mommy, little boy."
Ryoji growled at her words, launching the red spheres of energy in her direction and Hamuko quickly faded into the shadows again, melting away into a portal and quickly bolting out from behind Ryoji who was caught off guard and struck, losing his balance and for the first time, he collapsed down with a thud-
The God of Death caught her by the throat as she pounced on him and launched the redhead across the floor. He got up and bolted to follow her, digging his knee into her gut and plowing backwards until her back shattered through a nearby pillar, drawing out a small scream from Hamuko-
Ryoji held her in place and brought his blade down to end her life-
Hamuko solidified the nearby darkness into a dark shield and the blade bounced off, pushing Ryoji backwards due to the impact and the small whiplash-
Hamuko charged forward and shattered the shield on his mask, momentarily stumbling the God who fired a sloppy slash that Hamuko slipped past, snatched the blade from his grip and plunged the massive weapon into his exposed chest, drawing out a sharp screech of hatred and pain-
"YOU STUPID BITCH!"
Hamuko hurriedly opened up a rift behind her and faded, narrowly missing the explosion of dark energy that exploded out of Ryoji who looked around wildly, the tarot card of the Hierophantin his grip.
This was the first time he had to switch his arcana because of the damage.
That bitch was going to pay for this.
Hamuko spawned from the darkness and willed the blade towards her grip, holding it up an lamenting at the fact that she moved back. "Ah well, lots more to come."
"Eternity awaits..."
"RIGHT BENEATH HIS FEET!" Hamuko yelled back at him, widening the eyes of the appraiser and forcing a horrible scowl on his face. Casting a revolution and taking in the power, Ryoji bolted, faster than last time and knocked the wild card several feet away with a straight punch-
Hamuko got her senses and desperately tried to move out of the way but for some reason, Ryoji was much faster than before and quickly closed the distance, catching her in mid-air and cracking the back of her head against the pavement. His clawed hand dug into her shoulder and Hamuko hissed, trying to slither out of his grip-
Holy shit, now that he got his hands on her, she could tell he was massively strong-
Hamuko quickly formed another shield to block the punch and launched a beam of darkness that pushed him back, giving her the chance to hop up to her feet and crowd him again, her arms blocking the the damn swings while she jumped up and dug her knee into his face-
Ryoji punched her off in mid-air and quickly launched another round of red spheres that crashed against her body, drawing out a hiss until the darkness enveloped her frame and cooled off the heat of the attacks. Hamuko stumbled forward, clenching her fists and glancing at her knuckles, a few of them busted and deformed.
"Huh..." Hamuko watched on as the darkness seeped over battered knuckles, healing the cracks and injuries inside-
"That will not save you forever," Ryoji said slowly. "You stole this power but sooner or later, it will fade and you will despair like always."
"Despair?" Hamuko scoffed. "Minato healed my soul! Deal with it, asshole!"
"Stupid girl," Ryoji spat. "You knew this better than anyone, beyond the beaten path lies a demon that no one can overcome. Stop this futile resistance and roll over like the worthless bitch that you are!"
"There are exceptions to every rule," Hamuko countered. "And there is one mortal... That one mortal who you just cannot overwhelm, no matter how hard you."
"He got lucky-"
"In fact, make that two," Hamuko interjected. "Fuck off, death boy. You won't be taking anyone's life tonight."
"The Dark Hour will never end now," Ryoji said. "No matter how long it takes, I will drag him down to where he belongs... right next to my feet..."
Hamuko listened to his words and screamed back at him, anger and hatred rushing through her veins. She grabbed her blade and launched herself at the bastard with another screech-
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Minato bulldozed his way through the shadows and clutched his head, evil, vile, horrible thoughts drifting around his vulnerable mind. He could hear the clash and battle going off at a nonstop pace and he was dying a little inside just imaging the pain Hamuko was going through-
"That idiot," he scowled and started running, quickly locating the stairs and moving up.
As soon as he stepped onto the next floor, dozens and dozens of shadows came in his way, drawing out a screech from the enraged persona user, vicious enough to scare a few of them off.
"You son of a bitch!" Minato looked at the ceiling and scowled. "Every wound you inflict on her, I will repay back a thousand fold!"
The shadows roared back in response and Minato summoned Helel, calling forth the golden ray of light from the skies-
"Damn this tower," he hissed.
He was not in a mood for playing games.
He was in a mood for these little pests.
"ALL SHALL PERISH!"
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Hamuko was knocked backwards and almost collapsed down until the mist under her feet caught her and launched her forward, more of it forming a dense shield around her forearm that blocked the blade, pushing the God backwards-
Ryoji aimed a punch that bounced off another shield and Hamuko slipped low, channeling the mist into fist that she crashed against his stomach-
Ryoji screeched, his right wing hardening and crashing against her temple, the force lifting her off her feet and worsening the wound on her temple. Ryoji powered his way out of the darkness and flew up, clutching the blade, holding it up and swinging back down with every bit of force packed into the weapon-
Hamuko gasped and quickly formed a massive shield to block the blade, cringing at the sound of collision and the cracking that followed as little by little, the shield started to shatter under the force of the insane God-
Ryoji powered his way through and resumed his attack, his eyes widening in insanity when the blade touched the skin of her neck-
Hamuko opened up a rift under her feet and disappeared at the last second. The blade impacted against the ground and Ryoji released the grip momentarily, the whiplash strong enough to rattle him briefly-
Hamuko appeared a few feet away and tackled him away from the blade, using the darkness for support and managing to drag him far away from the sword despite being physically weaker than him-
"Gack!" she coughed out blood when Ryoji broke free and his clawed hand ripped through her neck, drawing out a low growl from the redhead who stepped to the side and avoided the punch, rolling into a stance and slamming a kick into his side, suffering due to the armor but also knowing that she had to break and soften up the armor for Minato-
Hamuko dodged the next shots and started kicking his body, throwing a little bit of mist in his face to blind him and unbolting a round of kicks for his stomach, gritting her teeth and growling in pain every time it made contact-
Ryoji caught the next kick and knocked her off her feet with a straight punch to the side of her cheek. He tightened the hold around her ankle and started slamming the wild card into the ground, over and over again until he launched her into the skies and flapped his wings, roaring out towards the heaven to instill fear because the end was coming-
Hamuko heard the roar and got her senses, the darkness on the ground shooting up and swirling around her, keeping her up in the skies-
Ryoji never stopped his charge and hardened his body with a few spells, looking to break her bones-
Hamuko slipped to the side at the last second and flew up higher, quickly forming a hammer of darkness in her grip and slamming the weapon into his exposed back as hard as she could, eliciting a horrible screech when the God plummeted downwards at a furious pace-
He never expected her to move and dodge like that in mid air, as if she was still on the ground-
That darkness...
That darkness basically made a ground for her in mid air-
Hamuko wasted no time and lifted her lifted her fist up. She locked her stare on Ryoji who landed face first to the ground and did not move. "To hell with you and your bitch mother!" she scowled and punched her fist down, the darkness exploding out of her fist and spiraling towards akin to a tornado, crashing into the body of the ground and shattering through the thick armor, silencing his horrible screaming seconds later when the attack came to an end.
Hamuko panted, wondering if this was over-
Ryoji powered his way to his feet and glared in her direction, crushing the card of the lovers in his grip.
"No..."
Hamuko landed down, eyeing the new card in his grip...
"The Chariot..." Hamuko whispered.
"No more playing around," Ryoji said, crushing the card and switching his arcana. "You have succeeded in pissing me off and now you will suffer for it."
Hamuko clutched her chest and fell to a knee, the darkness around her fading when the exhaustion finally became too much for her. The cloak dissipated and she closed her eyes briefly, inhaling rapidly to get her breath back.
"As I suspected," Ryoji said. "That power takes a toll on you..."
Hamuko got up to her feet and grabbed her sword, holding it up and eyeing her busted up face on the cold steel.
"Not very clever, are you?" Ryoji continued. "You are dumb as ever."
"Focus, moron," Hamuko cut in. "Do you really think I give a crap about exhaustion?"
"..."
"Remember what I said, I will kill myself trying to take you down," Hamuko repeated. "If not.. I WILL take a piece of you with me."
"For Minato, huh?" Ryoji scoffed.
"Damn right," Hamuko spat back. "What's wrong? Still hurt and lonely that he choose us over you?"
"Shut up..."
"Are you going to cry, Pharos?" Hamuko mocked. "Hell, you cried more on his shoulder than even me!"
Ryoji blocked out her taunting and power charged his fist, swinging his sword moments later to launch a stronger and faster version of his almighty that exploded against her body, making her scream in pain but she had no time to nurse her wounds as Ryoji started moving forward, looking to finish her as quickly as possible because her new person was troublesome-
Hamuko moved away from the slashes and hopped back in when she found an opening, swinging for his head and backing off to avoid the counter but the force of the missed slash was enough to blow her back by the pressure alone. She slammed back first into a pillar and ducked to save her neck-
Ryoji kicked her into the pillar and grabbed her throat, brutally smashing the back of her head against the stone and holding her up there, her feet off the ground-
Hamuko switched her persona and discharged a burst of flames on his face, forcing him to release to the grip and she landed on her feet, quickly grabbing her blade and lunging forward with a slash on his armor and a knee against his chest which was the only part exposed-
Ryoji regained his sight and hardened his wings with a power charge, slamming his wings against her face and chest but this time, Hamuko managed to stand her ground, flicking her wrist and summoning another stream of flames that engulfed Ryoji-
Hamuko coughed out blood and Ryoji rushed out of the flames, knocking a tooth down her throat with a rushing punch to the side of her face. Hamuko weaved out of the next shot and came back in the range, focusing her eyes on the armor and moving forward with a flurry of kicks to damage the armor-
Ryoji stomped hard and Hamuko stumbled because of the quake, her eyes widening when the small mouth on his face opened up, revealing sharp fans very close to her face. She screeched and repeatedly slammed her knee into his gut before shoving him backwards-
"Get your filthy teeth off me!" Hamuko scowled.
"There will be nothing left of you..."
"Go fuck yourself!"
Ryoji charged yet again and this time, Hamuko summoned blue mist around her frame and summoned, calling forth Thanatos who bolted forward as soon as he was summoned, charging against the entity and drawing out his sword-
Ryoji blocked the massive blade with his own and power charged his right hand, shattering through the blade and the persona-
"Now!"
A beam of purple energy blasted the appraiser just seconds before the persona faded and Hamuko took off running, leaping into the air and drilling her knees into the side of his head. Ryoji caught her in mid air and harshly slammed her down, finally cracking the back of her head as the blood came gushing out-
Hamuko rolled out of the way and summoned yet again, sending the Thunder God in his direction-
"Useless," Ryoji whispered and shattered through the persona, brushing off the bolts and unleashing a wave of almighty attacks in her direction, forcing her to dodge until a few spheres detonated next to her feet, drawing out another small scream-
Hamuko stumbled backwards, feeling the crimson liquid running down the back of her head and neck. "Ugh!" she growled at the charging God and moved back, remembering the gameplan and strategies that Minato had made up for her.
Hamuko studied the movement of his punch and slipped to the right, twisting her body and kicking him in the gut as hard as she could. Ryoji hissed and reached out to grab her but she slipped away from his grip and beckoned him by her middle finger-
Sparks coursed through his fist and Hamuko made a mental note to avoid his punches. He was constantly charging up and loading on his punches and a few well connected punches could very well mean death or a brain injury at the very least. Hamuko hopped as he got closer, throwing a wild haymaker over a missed slash-
"Keep moving, I got it," Hamuko said, weaving through the two attacks and resetting as Ryoji quickly closed the distance, his punches breezing past her but only barely. Sometimes, the force and pressure behind his missed attempts were such that Hamuko stumbled but thanks to her constant movement, she disrupted his focus and angles just enough to slip past without major damage-
Hamuko countered the next punch with a wheel kick over the top, her boot crashing against the crown on his head and forcing him to step back but he bolted as soon as he saw that her back was exposed, his heavily armored frame breaking a few in her body when he slammed against her with a fierce amount of force, making her hack out blood-
"D-Dammit," Hamuko winced, crashing face first into the pillar and sliding down slowly, blood smeared and dripping down the structure while Ryoji stood above, reaching out and grabbing a rough hold around her ponytail-
"It's over-"
"..."
"You will perish..."
Hamuko kicked him between the legs and reached back, grabbing his face during the moment of surprise and catapulting him into the same pillar. She lunged forward and slammed her knee into the stupid mask, crushing the pillar behind him. She growled and started kneeing his face over and over again-
SLICE-
Ryoji shredded through her stomach and Hamuko pulled back, the follow up punch almost knocking her out but she held a palm against the ground and jumped up, dodging the next flurry and grabbing the nearby sword to block the swing as she rose up, holding on to endure the shockwave from the clash-
Ryoji glanced at her wounds, the hideous wound on her temple, her exposed and cut up shoulder and the bloody streaks on her stomach. He focused on her face and made one promise.
"I'm going to beat you to the point that nobody will recongize you," he said slowly, dangerously, promising her that. "After I am done with you... He won't ever spare a glance at you."
Hamuko disengaged when she heard the cracking of the blade, moving backwards and avoiding a punch that would have surely taken her head off. "Is that right?" she spat. "Your bitch mom said the same thing, scar me so bad that he'll never look at me ever again."
"You watch your filthy mouth about US..." Ryoji warned.
"We still made sweet, sweet love yesterday and today," she shrugged. "So yeah, shove those empty promises and threats right up where you stuck your head, Ryoji."
The new found courage of hers was PISSING HIM THE FUCK OFF. While Minato infuriated him with his constant talking and various insult, Hamuko was just as annoying and never stopped talking either. Her audacity was worsening the whole battle for her because sooner or later, she was going to tire and when she did...
Ryoji breathed out and glanced at her chest and then at her legs, holding up his sword as the voice of Nyx blared into his head again and again.
Scar her.
She told him.
Scar her like never before.
Hamuko could feel his filthy stare on her body. She hissed and raised her blade, growling back at him. "Get your disgusting eyes off me, bastard."
"Here is another promise," Ryoji said after a few seconds, holding her gaze. "After this is done... When he looks at you..."
Hamuko clenched her fist-
"He will cry..."
Hamuko held his stare and shook her head, having an idea of what was going on in his sick head. While the fear was long gone, she still had a hard time wrapping her head around the entity standing opposite to her. The avatar was a disaster in every way possible but then again... she was thinking as a mortal while the being in front of her was a mixture of a god and goddess, death and the night sky.
"Sweet love, huh?" Ryoji spat out the words like they left a bad taste in his mouth. "You filthy mortals DISGUST ME!"
"Go to HELL!"
And they set off once again-
...
Minato glanced up after another explosion and tugged on his fringe, having a real hard time controlling his thoughts as they were all over the place and blocking out the whispers and voices as they were never ending.
He was finally so close to the 200th floor now. Just a bit more. Now that he thought about this, this could been a lot easier and faster IF THAT MORON DIDN'T FUCK UP HIS SANITY LIKE THIS!
"Dammit, Hamuko," he scowled. There was no way he was going to hit her but after this... there was no way she was ever leaving his sight again and not a snowball chance in hell that she was battling ANYONE ever AGAIN.
Snapping out of his thoughts and cursing at the voices in his head, Minato started running, quickly moving up the steps-
"He will scar her..."
"Fuuuuck!" his high pitched scream terrified the nearby shadows, some of them moving away to make room for the blue haired psychopath who blazed his way through the floor, leaving the filthy place in flames before moving up.
"RYOJI!"
At first, Ryoji was the one screaming in name in hatred and now here he was, constantly yelling out his name to let the fucker know that he was coming for him.
"Tch!"
All because of her...
...
Hamuko quickly sidestepped the thrust aimed for her chest and widened her eyes the next second, jumping out of the way of the slash that was aimed just below her hips. "You disgusting son of a-"
She pumped her body with a speed and defense buff before meeting his charge-
"BITCH!"
Dust and debris blew when metal found metal but despite all the impact and pressure given off, Hamuko still saw his staring at her legs with his hollow, vacant eyes-
"Grrr!" she parried the blade to the side and got close, suffering a punch to her throat but replying back with another round of rapid knees to his stomach and sides, swiftly moving and constantly switching her stance to confuse him, just like Minato had taught her-
Hamuko tilted her head to avoid the punch and brought her blade forward to block the thrust that he had aimed yet again for her chest. The force made her stagger and seeing that, Ryoji lunged in with his vacant eyes widened in madness and insanity-
Hamuko kicked the legs from under him and power charged her leg, lifting him off the ground with a kick up his gut-
Crack-
The armor finally started breaking under the barrage of shots but Hamuko moved back instead of upping the assault, only barely avoiding a swing that would have definitely scarred her like he had wanted.
Hamuko backtracked and clenched her fist when she saw a small cut on her thigh. Moving backwards was wise, otherwise, that bastard would have done achieved what he wanted. The human in her was yelling at her to run away because this battle threatened something much much worse than blood loss and a simple injury. The appraiser was really looking to maim her in the worst possible way and while the thought was alarming and scary, Hamuko did not back off.
This was just another tactic to scare her. If this happened a few weeks earlier, she would have wilted under the pressure and horror but not anymore...
There was no way in hell he was going to hurt her like that.
There was no fucking way that Minato was going to cry ever again because of something that happened to her.
"Tremble and despair, you bitch!" Ryoji roared in her direction and yet still, she did not back off, never showed a hint of fear that he was so used to before. "Remember what we did to you in your dreams. Remember when we brutalized you. Remember when you raped you. Remember when we KILLED YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN!"
"Keep talking," Hamuko spat. "Maybe you'll put me to sleep because I don't give a fuck!"
"Grrr!"
"Those threats are scream are real scary and all but..."
Ryoji widened his eyes, remembering-
"They just don't work on somebody who just doesn't give a shit..."
"They just don't work on somebody who just doesn't give a shit..."
Those words sounded familiar...
And they pissed him off just liked before!
"Twisted bastard," Hamuko shook her head and dodged her way out of slashes as they were becoming real predictable and stepping forward when as volts spiraled up her frame, power rushing into her veins after casting a power charge. She timed the next punch and managed to catch the his fist in her palm, the impact crushing a few bones in her palms but she tightly gripped his hand and sliced open a wound from his chest up towards his chin-
Ryoji screeched and slapped her to the ground, jumping on top of her with his blade-
Hamuko slithered out of the range and bolted, punting his temple with her knee and knocking him to the ground. She quickly grabbed onto him and started wrestling him down, managing to stab him a few times until she pulled back from a vertical slash, the cold metal only managing to cut her jacket open-
"SICK SON OF A BITCH!" Hamuko bolted once more and brutally smashed her knee into his face just when he sat up. "He isn't crying over me anymore!? Do you hear me!?"
Ryoji dug the blade into her bicep and Hamuko screamed, kicking the bastard on the face and digging the blade out of her muscles. "Tch!" she looked up and Ryoji quickly closed the distance, blackening her right eye with a power charged fist to the side of her face, knocking her out briefly but-
The sound of the blade slicing through the air rang warning bells in her head and she regained her vision, jumping up-
"Fuck!"
The blade sliced open another nasty gut on her stomach and Hamuko screeched in pain, blue mist exploding out of her soul as Thanatos quickly materialized between the two rivals, his maw opening up and a large sphere of pulsing purple energy exploding point blank towards Ryoji-
The appraiser was lifted off his feet and soared backwards, hissing and growling in pain until he saw Hamuko rushing towards him at a furious pace, her blade wrapped up in bolts and dark-
Ryoji hurriedly powered up to his feet and as soon as she did, Hamuko launched the razor of dark matter in his direction, only made more stronger by the constant power charges she had been casting into her blade-
The spell exploded against his stomach and chest, somewhat lessening the pain but the explosion of dark mist and the tornado of dust formed from the impact obscured his vision briefly. He pushed himself forward and his eyes fluttered wide open when the redhead came into his line of sight-
Hamuko grabbed onto his neck and pulled him down, whispering another buff into her knee and launching it against his stomach as brutally and as hard as she could-
CRACK-
Hamuko switched her stance-
Fired her other knee at the same spot-
CRACK-
The armor finally crumbled and she tore the remains off, leaving herself open and getting another power charge infused fist onto her temple which blurred her vision, her brain smashing into her skull and darkness flooding in-
Hamuko fell back-
Switched-
Ryoji saw that her guard was down and she was blinded momentarily. Seeing that chance, he cursed out Minato and launched the blade for her legs with a sick grin on his face-
Hamuko stopped playing possum and blocked the blade with her foot that was crackling with bolts, trapping him in place. The sudden block surprised the appraiser and he looked ahead, managing to catch the blade flying for his-
"Ugh!"
Hamuko drilled her blade into his exposed stomach and scowled, her eardrums nearly rupturing at the shrill screech of the God but she pushed the metal deeper and deeper into his body, streaking it upwards and then jerking it to the side, crushing the blade to bits inside his body, eliciting a final scream from the God of Death before he fell silent-
Hamuko was blown away by the burst of darkness. She skidded to a stop on the ground and watched on as the darkness started spiraling upwards, no doubt healing Ryoji who was snarling and hissing inside, still muttering various curses and promising fatal injuries and scars. He was still too focused on scaring that he fell for her trap and even though her vision was dark, switching to Nyx at the last second allowed her to see, even in the darkness of her mind.
"H-Hamuko,"
Fuuka spoke up and Hamuko listened.
"Minato-kun is almost there..."
"..."
A part of her giggled, happy to see that her psychopath ran all the way towards the top in record time just for her. That was Minato. That was so Minato but another part of her lamented that miracle because now was not the time-
She faced the cyclone of darkness and pressure-
She could still go on...
"Fuuka..." Hamuko called out, pausing for a bit to glance down at her condition. She was busted up and with every shift, Ryoji was healed and fresh. If this battle kept going... she was most likely going to die as she was tiring with every second but-
"Teleport him back..." Hamuko ordered.
"W-What...?"
"Take care of him if something happens to me," Hamuko breathed out. "No matter what he does or what he says, do not leave his side, alright?"
"Y-You can't-"
"There is no other way, Fuuka," Hamuko said, eyes still fixed on the cyclone that grew denser. "We're at the end game now... This must be done."
A roar from within made her yell-
"DO IT!" Hamuko yelled. "Teleport Minato back to the lobby, now!"
"... Come back alive, Hamuko..." Fuuka whispered. "... You know he can't live without you."
Hamuko winced-
...
Minato stomped over the dead shadows and looked up at the steps. Finally, he was there. He could literally smell his disgusting scent from above. Hamuko was still alive and he made it to the top in time. The constant thinking and the loud voices had already pushed him to the edge and now, that little son of a bitch was going to be a perfect victim for him to vent all his hatred on-
Minato made a run for the steps-
"Ryoji-"
He yelled out the name of the bastard but stopped midway through-
Upon seeing green-
His breath hitched inside his throat and the voices screeched in unison, blackening his senses briefly-
"NONONONONO!" he reached out to step away but it was too late. A whisper of Juno later, Minato screamed towards the skies as he was forcefully teleported and taken away just one step away from the stairs-
"ONE..."
"FUCKING..."
His inhumane shout was cut short when he disappeared from the tower-
Reappeared inside the lobby where his friends were nursing their wounds-
Minato stood still for a few seconds, hunched over and blood leaking out of his eyes as he tried to wrap his head around what the fuck had happened but when it did set in and when he accepted what had happened-
He laughed-
He finally laughed-
Minato turned around and licked the little bit of blood on his upper lips, his soulless eyes staring into the souls of his friends one by one before finally fixing on the girl who was shielded by her persona, Fuuka, the girl who had brought the devil into the lobby against his wishes-
"Hahahaha..."
"M-Minato?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
...
Hamuko heard the shriek of Fuuka and hissed, calling out to the girl. "H-Hey, listen to me!" she spat. "Tell Minato that-
Ryoji bolted out of the cyclone at lightning speed and Hamuko, far too worried about what was going on in the lobby and about Minato's mental condition could not bring her guard up on time. She did see the blackish blur that zapped past her, followed by a sharp pain on the side of her face-
"F-Fuck!"
The pain overrode her senses and buckled her knees, making her crash to the floor while holding onto her face-
Or rather...
"Heh!"
What was left of her face-
Hamuko glanced down to see gallons of blood gushing out of the hole on her face, staining and completely covering her clothes with the crimson liquid. She touched the side and widened her eyes when the reality dawned on her-
Her right cheek was torn off-
"..."
Ryoji had chewed off her cheek, ripped off a good chunk of her face-
Crunch.
Bite.
Hamuko crawled towards the other direction and saw him swallowing the flesh with a hiss of disgust but on his face was a grin because he was finally seeing that void behind her eyes, something that was missing, something that pissed him off before but it was finally settling in-
She was going to break-
She was going to cower-
Just like old times-
"G-Grrr..." Hamuko removed her hand from her face and glanced at the blood, powering up to her feet, surprising the appraiser when the void disappeared as soon as it came. The reality took a little time to sunk in but it was never about fear, she was surprised and caught off guard but that was it.
Fear had nothing to do with it.
"Y-You..." Hamuko saw her reflection on her sword and scowled at how hideous she was starting to look. That bastard had really torn off and eaten her cheek, almost entirely, leaving a gaping hole on the side of her face. "Little fucker..."
"Stay down!" Ryoji finally lost it and screamed at her-
Hamuko gripped her evoker and pressed it to her temple, yelling out the name of the Night Queen-
"NYX!"
The darkness returned and the eyes of the goddess flashed briefly for Ryoji to see and now, he understood what was going on. That darkness itself was Nyx and Hamuko had finally summoned her again, her deformed face stretched into a hateful, HATEFUL scowl.
Ryoji summoned a sphere of light in his palm and the pillars rose up around him-
The cloak around Hamuko grew in intensity-
It was Light against Dark now as Ryoji had switched his arcana to Justice-
"You're going to pay for that, little boy," Hamuko swore, the darkness healing some of the smaller wounds. She was exhausted from the battle but she could sense the end slowly drawing near, the end of the battle and possibly... her life...
Hamuko sent out a little prayer and an apology for Minato. She knew that she had hurt him but...
"This had to be done..."
It had to...
Now she had one objective in mind, chip away at his forms and soften him up so that Minato could finish him off-
"Die, you disgusting whore!" Ryoji punched the ground, flapped his wings and bolted to end her life-
"This is for Minato!" Hamuko said the same thing as before as she bolted, her life flashing before her eyes when they clashed for the hundredth time that night, resuming the tiring and chaotic battle right one floor away from the top and right under the blood red moon.
Well, there we go. I actually had fun writing a BL Hamuko match, almost felt like I was writing FM Hamuko again with her shit talk and brawling pressure style. The darkness parts were the most fun and it's also nice to see that this is somewhat progressive, that dreadful OC girl could hide in shadows, Sho can summon darkness and modify it a little for his ultimate spell but Hamuko has complete control over darkness with her new persona. She can do whatever she want, make weapons, shields, cook breakfast, take off Minato's clothes and all.
Pft, just kidding. Hopefully you liked it and I like to stress, this was meant to be fucked up and disturbing. Again, Ryoji and Nyx are gods, their thought process is vastly different and what is taboo to human doesn't mean shit to them. Not only that, this did hit a few points that would have scared the old Hamuko but eh... she's grown. She's also by far the second strongest member in the team, hell she can match Minato now too. SEES ain't doing jack shit if she simply wraps them in the darkness and breaks their bodies with a simple flick.
Also, not sure if he's around but FM got recommended on tv tropes so... by any chance the person who did recommend it is reading it, THANK YOU! Minato is on the top AN like people wanted but he won't be there forever.
As always, do review since I need moar for motivation. I want to finish this dammit and we are so, so close now.
Damn, my career is almost over!
Hopefully you liked it. Do send me your thoughts! Cheers!