Harry Potter and the Forces of Darkness
Chapter 13: A Dubious Teacher
A fish cargo ship sailed briskly across the Atlantic ocean a light shower of drizzle flowing on the fisherman only garbed in canary yellow raincoats for protection against the child storm. A large thunk of falling steel down below alerted one of the senior sailsman to the cellars clinging down below the only significance of a disturbance was a dark blue light swirling around a figure a chant of incoherent mumblings under his breath.
The figure himself didn't appear very dangerous, although there was always the saying of believe half of what you see. He was a scrawny elderly man dressed most unusual his skin was sickly pale long untamed grey hair and inches of greasy nails. He was dressed in a black robe with his hood drawn his features twisted and malevolent just peeking from the surface eyes heterochronic one on the left a dark yellow while the one on the right a teal blue. The robe he wore reached to the hem of his ankles accompanied with a blue shirt with matching shoes.
His face also had two tattoos one on his forehead with what looked like an arch with a small sphere in the centre and another with what looked like a zig-zag over his left eye reached down to his cheek. In his hand was a wooden staff a glowing jewel attached at the top.
This man was Daolong Wong, a Dark Chi wizard obsessed with the popularity of darkness and chaos in the balance of the universe.
"Hey buddy I don't know what ya think you're doing here, but me and the boys won't have any stowaway on my ship so ye better-" the fisherman rant was interrupted a streak of black lighting had gouged its way through his chest the man's insides decorated the hatches door in crimson. Daolong Wong stared blankly and continued with his chanting irritated he had been interrupted.
If it had been his way he wouldn't have bothered to come to this wretched country at all much more prefered to his time in Albania where the practices of Dark Chi/Magic were welcomed with open arms sadly, there were barely any people for his experiments but the still he missed it just narrowly. It had been a few months ago that his magicks had detected an incredibly powerful explosion of magic in the city of San Fransisco the magical core being dangerously close to that of the once defeated demon Shendu.
But this arose more confusion in the older adult than it did excitement. According to legend and past data, the Demon of Fire had been banished by his subjects centuries ago along with the rest of his demon bretherin the doors been able to only open on this side of the cosmos.
So why. Unless...
Much like the gods of Greek mythology some demons would visit the human world to mate with humans and breed their children into hybrids in the hopes that to learn to gain more power they would free their fathers and mothers from their imprisonment to become a full-fledged entity themselves. His findings had proved him right.
Daolong Wong peered inside a glass orb the figure of Luse Guizu statued blankly inside his exploits in obtaining the Talismans proven and hs goal obvious. Daolongs eyes gleamed in caution when the globe turned black a pair of eight glowing red eyes glaring at him in warning the orb shattered into a million pieces. This boy was not to be made an enemy.
Daolong Wong had been accused as a greedy old man only interested in his own goals in life, but they would be wrong to be attacked with a glare and a silent scoff. This "Luse Guizu" would not be treated as an enemy like people would assume but instead a valuable ally one that he could train to be so much better. Luse was a demon after all a brother of darkness.
And what glorious carnage they would create together.
Jade and Jackie were both training inside of the makeshift dojo inside Section 13 each performing Tai Chi breathing slowly the imagination of a mirage of power coursing through them. Except for Jade, it wasn't a mirage or illusion what she felt was a bulky surge of power coursed through her veins eliciting her posture and crushing her anxiety or lack thereof.
"The breath flows from the fingertips, and down to the toes", Jackie stated calmly flowing his arms in front bending them slowly to coil to the ground again and hence repeating.
Jade copied the posture reciting to remember the rest. " Then the toes go up."
Jackie nodded, cancelling his stance beaming at his niece. "That's enough for today, Jade. I gotta admit that you've done very well today I also noticed that you hadn't had once infamous phone call from your teachers either."
Jade shrugged. "Oh you know gotta grow up sometime right. Anyway better, get ready for school." With that, the young girl left the dojo to dine in the government cafeteria grown accustomed to a few of the workers around the top-secret base of operations. Jackie watched her quietly half proud of her progress in the short time and the other half instinctively concerned.
Ever since Luse had secretly gifted her the book on how to control her Chi it felt like she was living on Cloud 9 her speech, emotions, posture and attitude had all completely changed overnight shocking both her uncles, classmates, teacher and Captain Black. She stopped her freely given stories to her "friend" Drew in her class and paid more attention to her studies and meditation spending at least half an hour before and after bed, instantly recognizing the results.
Suddenly everything in her school books made sense as though an imaginary cloud had been lifted and she knew how the theory was made and how the practical work was formulated. Her teacher Miss Hartman was shocked not even attempting to hide her features for the first time writing down Jade to be a straight-A student counting down the passing days to be a new record she hadn't had to call her Uncle for her rude behaviour or that she hadn't gotten into a fight.
When Jade would return to her room, she would usually isolate herself from her Uncles and devour through the Chi practice book eyes bulging and hungry to learn something new from the basic practices. Some chapters managed to grab her attention when she skipped ahead of the beginner's guide:
Elemental Manipulation
This technique allows the user limited control over the four elements of fire, water, earth and air. Sub elements are also able to be self-taught such as ice, lightning, metal, light and darkness. For the beginners, it is highly suggested that they begin with the four essential elements to start with as sub-elements are much trickier to manipulate.
With that Jade spent hours pouring over the context of the book learning different types of meditation when delving into the manipulation of the elements their history with the world and how they were revered to ancient deities or gods.
"One of the five major elements which make up this world." Jade began the book kept open with her Super Moose plushie as a paperweight a hand outstretched closed tightly. "The spark that ignited genesis, the light which nurtures life and the illumination of judgement which vanquishes all evil. While at times a gentle blessing given to men by gods, it is also a terrible curse which annihilates everything. Its name is fire."
With that Jade imagined the Chi flowing through her focus into a single point on the palm of her hand imagining the heat from a tiny spark until it got bigger and bigger until she opened her palm inside was the most minuscule of embers it glowed partially in her room matching the wide grin on her face.
This was the journey to power.
"Dad mind if I have a word."
Shendu attention was brought instantly to his son after been gifted the Snake Talisman the two of them tried to prank Vamount with the statue of Shendu had mysteriously vanished from the wall only for the two demons to explode in laughter from the crime lords shock making him scowl and storm out his own office.
"Of course son to what do I owe the pleasure of this chat," Shendu spoke happily
Luse tossed a newspaper towards Shendu who levitated it for him to peer closer at the images. It was a report on the past homicide case a couple of days ago with the man identified as Arnold Brown killed due to falling from some kind of plane, but police analysts failed in deducing on how he was covered in the huge block of ice. Luse had done a little research and found that Arnold had been a Half-Blood wizard so he must have had some connections in the Muggle World, including an identity on that side.
"I see" Shendu mused his eyes still skimming the leaked pictures of Arnold's corpse. "I fail however...to understand what the problem is a child. Do you feel wrong for killing this man."
Luse shook his head his arms wrapped around his chest eyes glaring into the ground. "No not at all I don't feel angry at my actions. The problem is that I don't feel anything when I killed him. I mean, what does that say about my dad."
Shendu sighed. "I had a feeling in my gut that this conversation would come up. Luse, you must understand that as demons for us to kill humans and still attain a human moral would be the most torturous thing we could endure through the years. It was decided by the old ones that demons would kill without remorse no matter how bloody it turned. You can't win wars without a small amount of bloodshed."
"So it doesn't matter if I kill and don't feel anything." Luse thought aloud. No matter how much time he spent with his demon relatives, the human side of him still lingered there knawing away at him. His time at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione, Ginny, Voldemort, the death-defying "accidents" and the wizarding world still lingered. "Honestly I just wish I could get rid of my light side forever id be so much better without it."
Shendu paused for the longest time as though conflicting something in his mind. "There...might just be another way."
Luse perked at that. "Really how."
"Of the twelve talismans that I own." Shendus voice was slightly grave as though he was regretting even telling his son this. "There is the Tiger as part of the Zodiac. It has the power to separate Light and Dark from an individual into two separate forms I would wager that with that Talisman you would be able to exile your good side forever."
Luse smiled brightly at that until his smile faltered. "But I would not have a balance. I'd be out of control with no light to guide me."
Shendu laughed. "That's what your demon kinsman is for child. Plus there is always Su and that Chan girl you like."
Luse blushed. "W-What are you talking about you old gecko I don't like her."
"Oh, so you didn't give her a kiss and a book from your personal archives on Chi manipulation. "Shendu deadpanned.
"Yeah I did but so that I might actually have a challenge this time. They have been way too easy to take down." Luse huffed.
"Awww Luses got a girlfriend Luses got a girlfriend" Ratso, Fin and Chow nearby mocked and taunted making kissy faces at the demon to which they completely forgot about. They were reminded.
Luse smiled grimly conjuring a huge axe from the shadows and waved it in the Enforcerors direction which hurled purple lightning in their direction making them yelp and scurry around the room and out the door diving for the elevator with a pissed of demon child on their hide.
"IF I CATCH YOU FUCKERS ILL FLAY YOUR DAMN CORPSES." Luse bellowed
"Language" Shendu calmly called out to him.
Luse (after conjuring half an ocean of freezing cold water to simmer his hot-blooded nature to simmer down) took a morning stroll through the times square a few police officers were still present obviously still on the investigation for the "Ice King" serial killer a name that Luse found both flattering and slightly insulting to his cheery mood. A few TV monitors caught the attention he paid attention to boringly paying attention to a documentary of a near-extinct turtle species that had been taken care of at the local zoo. It was the tint of something purple that caught Luse's attention.
The tortoise that had been taken in (Aesop) had something rather unusual embedded on the top of its shell an odd sort of rock with an inscription of a bunny in violet markings. Luse made a call to Valmount to get the gang to meet him at the Zoo and be ready. If this was found on the air, then it was likely that Section 13 had seen this too.
Besides good guys always watched TV right.
As Luse entered the zoo, the collection of various aquatic animal smells of seawater, and mashed fish distilled a small sense of familiarity to him. He still chuckled a little to himself whenever h thought of the boa constrictor petrifying his cousin into shock falling on his plump face as the glass disappeared. It was one of the few good memories of Harry Potter.
Ratso, Finn, Chow and Tohru along with a few other goons had met him a little late at the entrance he nodded towards the hulking giant in greeting to which he gave a crisp nod back all of them advanced forwards the art of subtlety lost on the goons as they pushed past innocent onlookers in the way sneering at them to leave.
Two zoologists were standing on a small piece of land the tortoise that Luse recognised as Aesop was currently munching on a chunky piece of lettuce eyes blank with boredom as the two men scurrying around his frame taking documentary pictures and whispering in hushed voices like school girls.
Luse approached the three using the water underneath as solid footholds carefully treading his way forwards it was a little unnerving for him considering that his water attribute from Bai Tza hadn't been used as frequently as he had hoped the source of water could usually be conjured by his magic through its applications were often better yet more unstable when using an open-source like lakes or seas.
"Pardon me" Luse boomed making the to men jump from fright the ninth demon's smile was greatly disarming to them his eyes roamed Aesop's shell until he located the Talisman locked rather tightly in the centre the vibrant purple markings were the only lively thing about the exotic creature.
"Excuse me young man, but I'm afraid that I can't allow you just to approach Aesop like that, so you're going to have to leave" one of the men a more portly man sniffed. "How on earth did you even get on this platform."
"You are too noisy," Luse growled his eyes never leaving the Talisman he raised a had to the two. "Glacia"
A massive blast of ice and snow exploded from Luse's hand until the two men were engaged toe to neck in ice each too cold to move until the constant rocking sent them tumbling into the water below. Luse was a little shocked ignoring the howling of laughter from the Enforcerors he hadn't many light-based spells since he inherited his demon side, but he could detect the difference they were more powerful than before yet there was still blatant favouritism to his attributes and Nothingness abilities even his Chi was prefered.
"Don't move big guy I am just going to take a little of the top." Luse soothed to the unflinching animal. Shadows coiled around Luse's fist to form a small dagger jabbing it into the shell to try to loosen the Talismans placement. Just a little more...
"GUIZU."
Luse's head shot up meeting the fiery eyes of Jackie Cahn a little disappointed to see Jade this time. Paying the martial artist no mind he turned back to his work completely ignoring him.
"I'm way too tired to deal with you right now, Mr Chan, as you can see I'm hunting rabbits," Luse said his eyes turning to his platoon of goons. "You guys wanna maybe tag in here."
Tohru nodded growling at Chan as he charged forwards, but Jackie was faster spinning over the sumo and kicking him from behind and making him tumble into a pit of stingrays. The others decided to charge themselves ending with a five against one duel. Luse whistled a little tune as he continued his work until he managed to uncork the Talisman pocketing it in his jacket pocket.
"Don't suppose you wanna hand that over."
Luse smiled, turning around to see Jade smiling back at him serenely as she jumped from a tall rock to approach Luse. The demon child could detect a significant difference to the chi prodigy the last time they met her Chi was remarkably more significant and more defined her skin had more colour to them with a tint of maturity beaming in those hazel orbs. Otherwise, she just looked completely the same. He also noticed that he hadn't even detected her until she made herself known even his senses hadn't picked her up.
Luse smirked flashing the Talisman again. "No can do gorgeous you know how it is."
Jade sighed. "I know you have to save your...actually you never said who it is you have to keep.
Luse shrugged. "Mostly my father along with my two aunts and five uncles though one of them I treat more like a brother than anything else." Changing the subject, Luse gazed at Jackie beating the enforcers down like amateurs. "I see you read the book I gave you."
Jade blushed twirling a strand of her hair. "Y-yeah its been helping me with my school work along with some new tricks I learned along the way. I'm only here because of the Talisman, and my teacher wanted to give me some extra credit for a research project on Aesop."
Luse pouted. "Aww, you didn't wanna come to see me."
Jade rolled her eyes. "Naw not really."
The two laughed for a little while until the girlish screams of Jackie as he was twirled around by Tohru were brought to attention. Jade made her usual "tsk."
"Jackie can be a little wimp sometimes," Jade mumbled.
"At least you don't have to deal with working with a bunch of idiots." Luse countered. "Still, it will be all be worth it when I win."
"If you win" Jade pointed out cheekily.
"You might wanna check the scoreboard babe" Luse countered. "Among the Twelve Talismans we have the Rooster, Ox and Snake and now" Luse flashed the Rabbit. "Sure there is the Tiger, Monkey, Dragon, Rat, Pig, Dog, Sheep and Horse left but it still marks us in the lead. How many does your precious J Team have again."
Jade irritated huffed sending a ball of water at Luse making him drenched in seawater he was a little miffed at the slight cold but vastly impressed that she had managed her branch of elemental manipulation at just a few weeks of practice it was nothing to scoff at. Smiling Luse started to casually strip off his Jacket and shirt slowly making Jade blush to the nth degree. "Why miss Chan if you wanted to see me naked all you had to do was ask," Luse said amusedly.
From a distance, a car pulled at the entrance the door bursting open making the other Drak Hand goons make a quick break deserting the fight with Chan and making a break for it. "Guizu we gotta get going man. If you got the bunny, then let's get out of here."
Luse shrugged turning to Jade again who had pulled her hoodie over her face to hide her flushing cheeks conjured from nothing an onyx black rose planting it behind her ear to rest in her hair before he gave her another kiss on the mouth detecting her resistance breaking down a little.
With a final kiss on the front of her hand, he departed. "Until next time mon amour."
Luse triggered the Talismans power exhilarated by the rush as he zoomed at lightspeed out the zoos wall completely ignoring the open entrance. Doors are for people with no imagination.
Jackie who was panting from his fight with the Dark Hand helped Jade from the platform after questioning her why she was here in the first place only to be shot down when she presented her proof for extra credit. Frequently he would accuse her of just being here for the adventure except she had been improving well in school and her constant phone calls of bad behaviour had ended so he had decided to let it slide just this once.
"Well, Jade" Jackie sighed as his niece started her documentation with Aesop scribbling her findings in a small notepad. "We might not have been able to get the Talisman, but at least Aesop is safe. And since you have been doing so well in your studies ill let you have any one thing you like: new video games, movie night or maybe a pet.
Jade, whose face was masked in her notes, had perked at this and turned to her uncle in full seriousness. "Jackie...I want French lessons."
"Ah hello, again young one. Come to reclaim what yours I see."
Luse nodded politely as he entered Daniels store noticing that the solidified blob of pitch-black Crystel had greatly enlarged making tares and cracks in the floor and roof from how it towered over the two a pulsing light of violet glowed inside beating like a heartbeat growing bigger when Luse placed a hand on the side.
"So how does this work," Luse asked his eyes never leaving the hulking crystal.
Daniel jumped over the counter the jingling of his pitch-black jean and combat boots rang through the shallow shop he made his way over to Luse's side while flattening out his overly large Mettalica T-shirt the long hair he had before was now cut down to a more soldier look with a light brown beard.
"Fairly basic." Daniel mused his eyes drawled over the crystal. "You just need to extend your magical core into the crystal until ou detects the presence of your staff's foci and establish a mental connection. The rest will finish by itself."
Luse shrugged focusing his core into the crystal to search for his ultimate weapon from the outside view it was like a vast waterfall of red and black was escaping Luse's back tendrils ensnaring itself inside probing for its target with fluidity like water. After ten minutes, the glow from inside exploded along with the crystal that melted to the floor in the heap of sloshy black snowmaking Daniel sigh from his future job at cleaning his store. Levitating itself a few inches from the ground was a single staff made of polished midnight black steel the tip had a single curved blade like a crescent moon edged with a black crystal held in the centre Celtic runes and inscriptions lined the hilt.
Luse stepped hesitantly forward tracing a single finger down the length admiring the warm feeling on his skin like trapped fire even better than his old Holly wand had. Earning away from his hesitation Luse grasped the staff with both hands surprised by the eruption of destructive magic bleeding from the tip so large and powerful it exploded from the crystal orb aimed by the blade pulsing a beam of pure magic through the roof earning a gasp from Luse and a sigh from Daniel. Luse turned to daniel slightly sheepish.
"My apologies about the roof Daniel I can pay for the damages immediately."
Daniel accepted the heavy bag of coins a glint in his eyes as he stowed it in a safe from behind the counter eyes returning to his customer who once again started to admire his new foci. "Any plans on a name Mr Guizu."
Luse blinked. "A name for a staff."
Daniel nodded propping himself to sit on his counter while ejecting a cigar from his jacket pocket a flare of fire flicking from his finger to light.
"Some wizards and witches, especially with a staff in ancient times, liked to refer to their focis by name much like pets or evocation for power to imbue them sentience. Maybe you would be interested."
Luse bit his lip thinking of something that didn't sound too over the top. "Nothing comes to mind. Why don't you try one."
Daniel intrigued by the challenge plucked the staff from Luse examining it for further study balancing it on the tip of his finger to laughing when the end with the blade cut his thumb a slight trickle running down the mysterious wand makers hand.
"Well..." Daniel pondered, handing it back to Luse. "How about the title of Gungnir."
"Gungnir," Luse asked, confused.
Daniel nodded. "Aye, that's right. It was the name of Odin's weapon from Norse mythology. Legend says that the blade was so well balanced that even a ranked amateur was able to strike a man with it. It was a mighty weapon for a grand destroyer or creator."
Luse chuckled. "You seem to know a lot about Muggle myths Mr Alexander."
Daniel gave Luse a strange smile. "Meh I might have tangled with a god or goddess or two very boring people, but they did make for good drinks and glorious orgies fathers wives and the daughters especially. Damn shame they were banned from interfering with mortals of course.
Luse couldn't tell whether the man was joking or not.
Daniel seemed to shrug himself out of his perverted thoughts, beaming a grand smile. "In any case, your weapon is your to name and use at your leisure Ill be taking twenty-five Galleons if you will though the staff itself is most unusual if I do say so myself."
Luses eyes scrunched in bewilderment. "How so."
"For starters, the staff is entirely made of steel which is one of the worst materials used for a magical foci as magic travels up that as good as electricity can go through bricks. But from the explosion of your initial touch to it and the remaining shards of my roof. Daniel pointed out, making Luse smile nervously. "Is most irregular."
Luse made his way out of Knockturn Ally, and through the substantial bustling street of Diagon, his new staff clutched tightly in his hand as he eyed it strangely for a while. When he had concluded his business with Daniel, he had tried sending the staff through one of his portals to wait for him when he got back, but for some reason, the staff refused to go through like a magnet repelling itself from leaving its masters side. It was evident that wands and staff were much different.
A few people stared at him even in the wizarding world though mostly from the staff/spear in his hand striking the gawkers down with a frosty glare till they stumbled eyes pretending to do something else they were ignored he had decided long ago that he would forget wearing his hood and allow his hair to flow it is much more comfortable instead of being stashed away. It was then that Luse heard a gang of voices that made his inside windle in rage.
"Oh hello, there my dear Gretal I must say those wounds are healing quite nicely hmm."
Luses eyes scanned the entire crowd activating his mage sight until one aura, in particular, caught his eye the size was higher than anybody else's something which he guessed was due to the characters magical strength and ability. Standing there just outside of Eyelops Owl Emploriam was the man that had manipulated his entire life, set him up to dies on a prophecy foretold by a dimwitted hag that had predicted his death every weak and abandoned him to wretched child abusers for over ten years.
Albus Dumbledore
It took every sheer force of will not to lunge in full demon mode at the candy-loving fool and rip him to shreds, to disintegrate his entire molecular form into nothing the various images of torture flashing through his min dso fast it made his brain swim. Luse bit his lips in the attempt to hide his rage drawing blood tasting the copper-like taste with his tongue his teeth had elongated into fangs and his fingernails hand lengthed into razor claws the wings coiled around him fluttered a little as he continued to repair his Occulemency shields down to flatten his wraith.
He repeated his soothing mantra that Dumbledore would face hell in this timeline and that he would burn by his own hand as he watched his chess pieces and board be destroyed, but for the time being, he wasn't anywhere close to confronting him just yet. He still needed to save his family from the Netherworld along with the retrieval of the remaining Talismans he wouldn't let his wraith interfere with his promise. If he were to try anything now, then his mission would fail, and he'd be damned before he would allow that.
Until then...he needed to remain hidden.
Luse stood upon a large rocky hillside adorned in a bloody red t-shirt, jeans, boots and a leather black trench coat hung on his figure which flapped in the strong winds his eyes scanned the railway waiting for the sounds of a train on its way through this area holding various cargo. Including the sheep Talisman.
It had been decided that since the Enforcers had been so incompetent to give Luse support (or lack thereof), he had ordered them as scouts of information instead and to report their findings of the other Talismans to him including the help of Valmont. Ratso was investigating the Pig and Dog Talisman who was having some surprising results coming from Bavaria, Finn was searching for the Monkey Talisman somewhere he said might be somewhere under ocean levels, Chow had been investigating the Horse and Tiger and Tohru had located Rat Talisman near a vicinity of his hometown who had politely asked permission to visit his mother who had been waiting for his return. Luse over the past few months had struck a kind of friendship with the familiar giant and had given him express permission almost daring Valmount to speak out who had also begrudgingly been through grunt work beneath him and had been looking for the Dragon Talisman though his findings whatever they maybe were kept close to his chest making Luse slightly suspicious.
As for Luse, another informant had told them the Sheep Talisman was located on this train found and concluded to be a unique artefact for a wealthy fools collection to collect dust in his house.
Like hell, it was.
Luse leapt from the hillside cliff enjoying the rush of air in his face as he extended his wings and glided on the air currents to catch up with the train while conjuring a huge mass of Silencing Charms around him not to avert anybody that might be waiting inside. Before he could make a hole in the train, however, the youngest demon was blown back by a huge blast of green light making a colossal bruise on his chest flinging him back to the ground.
It was Uncle who was glaring daggers at him something that looked much like a blowfish glowing a lilac green pulsed with energy brandished down on him like a sword. "AYA I thought that Uncle would find you on this train demon child. You will not have the Sheep Talisman."
Luse snarled. "You have no idea who you are messing with old man. I strongly suggest you leave here before I split your head open."
"This couldn't make any sense," Luse thought to himself as he quickly hoisted himself up tenderly rubbing the healing burn mark on his chest. He was sure that he had erased the old fools memories back at the shop. Guess that his house must have been warded inside just as much outside.
Uncles glare, however, didn't waver. "Jackie may not be capable of defeating you, and it appears that Jade is having to goo-goo eyes for you whatever reasons they may be. You are trying to make this world go dark are you not."
Luse sniggered, pointing a finger lazily at the elderly man. "You have the stones to say I'm dark. It wasn't me that bound a child's chi."
Uncle gasped.
Lusees eyes turned into crimson slits, and his teeth clenched tightly in rage. "Yeah that's right you old fucker it wasn't exactly hard to figure out. Out of Jades family tree, you are the only one alive and capable to bind another's chi you twisted fuck. Do you have any idea of how dangerous and unstable that could be?
"What I did was to help Jade live a normal life by the request of her parents." Uncle sniffed.
Luse scoffed. "By what making her a feel powerless. I've had enough of this I'm sorry Jade...Die"
Luse inhaled a huge gust of air before exhaling a torrent of blue flames charging straight into Uncle whos eyes rose in shock until a curled of flames blanketed his form. Luse sighed, wishing the old man hadn't interfered and apologising that Jade had lost a relative, but nothing would stop him from freeing his family, and he had given the fool a warning.
"Feh is that all you have. Pathetic"
Luse stopped dead in his tracks swirling around in shock at the form of Uncles banishing away the ocean blue flames like they were nothing as they were devoured by the roaring winds of the moving train. Luse stared in shock, not understanding how the old fool was still alive after a blow like that. He didn't detect, and type of magic used he would have known, and the chi wizards clothing isn't made of anything special. Although his eyes did detect something strong worn around his neck...it looked like...
Uncles charged forwards skipping over the lining of the train until he managed to land a powerful kick to Luse's jaw though he barely even felt it. So then the old fool had found the Dog Talisman from Bavaria already seemed that Ratso was required for lecture the man might be immortal and with a few youthful modifications, but physical attacks like martial arts did little to nothing to him his magic had affected him much more.
Sighing Luse brandished Gungnir from his belt pocket enlarging it to its full size conjuring a bolt of purple lightning that struck Uncle in the chest making a hole in his cotton shirt revealing the Talisman hung around his neck. Smirking Luse rushed Uncle grabbing his head and pinning him to ground like lightning, making Uncle groan from the pulsing pain in his body. Not wanting to risk it Luse turned Gungnr around and jammed the spear end into Uncles' chest until half the staff was embedded through him making the wizard cough up a heavy amount of blood which dribbled down the corner of his wrinkled mouth.
Luse summoned a pair of Shadowkhan to keep an eye on the old man until he got back and to make sure that the Talisman stayed where it was exactly. Luse's hand shot at the roof of the train until a black swarm eradicated a hole for him to enter through. Inside he scanned the various crates until he found one with an aura propping it open with a shadow coated knife beaming at its contents. The Sheep Talisman lay there peacefully on a small cushion protected by a glass casing.
It was almost begging to be stolen.
Snatching his target, he returned back to the roof of the train, noting that it was starting to slow down obviously due to the amount of commotion they had made from before. He received Gungnir from Uncles's chest making the fatal wound even more painful as it slowly healed itself satisfied with the three quarter recovery Luse took the Dog Talisman snapping it from Uncles necklace watching as the wound pause its healing magic and stared blankly at Uncle as he gasped for air.
"I know that you will survive this little ordeal, so I'm going to make this as plain as possible. You are not going to interfere with my work again, and you will stay away from your niece and quit your meddlesome interference from this point onwards."
Luse stepped away the dog and sheep curled in his fists until he stopped Uncles' head crunched to follow his movements until his eyes could weakly track his attacker's movements.
"Just to let you know, I'm serious and a small gesture of kindness..."
Luse plunged the sheep talisman into Uncle until an invisible vaporous form of the wizard sprung from his physical one gasping while examing his not so real jest in shock slowly realising that he wasn't dead and only existed on another plane he scowled at Luse attempting to punch him, but his fist only sank through him.
Luse giggled his eyes wandering around him blindly. "I know wherever you are right now that you can hear me, I might not be able to see or hear you, but you cant use any of your fancy spells in that form. Id recommend staying like that until somebody manages to find you some help or you can attempt to strike me in your wounded state."
With that Luse fell backwards wings elongated as he soared away high with a scowling Uncle glaring at his form struggling to keep up with his physical body while the train came to a stop all the while the staff and crew were trying to deduce why there was a hole in the roof of the train, a valuable artifact was missing and an elderly Chinese man was halfway to death.
It was the greatest shock of Luse that Ratso, Finn, Chow and Tohru had all returned with the rest of the Talismans being the Pig, Rat, Tiger, Horse and Monkey the enforcers had their chests puffed out proudly as they awaited their praise to be showered on them. Luse inspected each one shocked, even more, when he realised that each one wasn't a fake of any kind and actually genuine using his Mage Sight to detect the magic within and the various abilities.
Luse, Ratso, Finn, Chow and Tohru were all huddled together in a popular cafe booth though the size of Tohru managed to take up at least two sweat making it a little uncomfortable for the others until Luse used magic to make the chairs longer. They had called Lsue to meet them because they had said they had a "little" surprise waiting for him.
"How in the Netherworld did you four manage to find all of these so fast," Luse asked aloud while cupping the tiger Talisman in his hands intently a thumb rubbing over the rocky texture.
"Hey hey hey Lu-Say were not your common alleyway thugs ya hear," said Finn. "We take our work very seriously."
"Until Chan whoops out buts" Chow muttered in his coffee-making Finn scowl at him.
"But it wasn't very hard at all." Ratso beamed munching on his bacon and eggs half full in his mouth. "We just found them all bunched together on one of the islands we were scouting from.
Luse blinked. "Ratso...what do you mean you found all of them together.
Ratso shrugged. "Exactly what I said we found them all buried rather badly near the ocean that the Monkey Talisman was supposed to be rumoured to be when we were chatting with some of the locals there. It surprised all of us really."
The Enforcers plus Tohru who was silently sipping on green tea stared confused at the contemplating look on Luses face as he glared at the Talismans before him. Something in his mind told him that this was way too easy that there was no way these blundering fools (apart from Tohru) found all these Talismans together by mere coincidence. There was something at work here.
Something flicked in Luse's sight on his right until he saw a huge ram of purple light storming towards them. "GET DOW-" was all Luse had t say before the cafe exploded in a mushroom cloud of smoke.
The Enforcers were groaning from the pain all sporting bruises and various traumas to the head but otherwise were fine mostly Tohru taking the blunt force of the hit himself as he staggered backwards until he became unconscious. Luse checked his pulse quickly until he sighed in relief at the pulse of life.
"It was a trap all along. You three are going to take Tohru back to the DH base and report what happened to Valmont. GO."
Luse would have almost smirked in humour as the three wimpy men struggled furiously at lifting the bulging fat of the sumo as they carted him away from sight. When the dust settled a figure trampled through the rubble, a strange gleam playing on his eyes (or eye) as he staggered forward. Luse used Accio to summon the Talismans before dropping them in a small portal on the ground to be sent to the Netherworld for safekeeping.
Daolong Wong had arrived in San Fransisco.
Wong peered at the demon child in front of him mildly impressed, confirming he was the source of that intensive blast of darkness he had felt previously. He wanted the power of the Talismans, much like himself though his reasons for requiring them were much different than his whatever those may be. It had been a simple matter to sending his own dark minions to retrieve the Talisman from their placed locations in the four corners of the world as his feeble physical vessel would have never made the journey well.
Luse unleashed his wings, tail and horns his body grew at least twice its size grateful to the enlargement charms he had placed on all his clothes. The sudden generation of wild winds lifted him from the ground arcs of indigo lightning corded around his figure a dash of crimson mixed with amber in his eyes.
"YOU DONT FUCK WITH A DEMON" Luse screeched his voice so loud it forced Wong to cover his ears from going deaf the nearby buildings glass windows ruptured from the pitch.
The first thing that eased into Daolong Wong's mind at seeing this was probably being on how much of the power scale comparison he was with Guizu.
Of course, that comparison was like the difference between an ant and a lion.
Wong may have the edge in advanced Chi and magic, but Guizu filled out in every other category. He didn't think he would have much trouble and never assumed a lowly gang like the Dark Hand had an operative from the supernatural much less a demon child. Even if Wong's magic was sufficient to hurt Guizu that was all he had his brittle body wasn't much of a threat, it would only take on hit to put him down. He had dabbled in the Dark for years sacrificing his own eye at one point for greater access to the mystic arts, yet this child practically leaked strength.
"Please, brother" Wong bellowed out, lowering his staff. "I have no intention of fighting you at all."
Luse scoffed. "Oh and that attack you sent to my associates and me. I guess that was just your way of saying hello."
Wong shook his head vigorously, placing his staff on the ground soon sitting down on the hood of a car a few feet away from his hands held in the air in surrender. "I think we both know you would have survived that blast. At the very least, allow me to explain myself before you execute me."
Luses stared at the old man, shrugging. "Talk is cheap. I'll take a look inside myself."
Entering the dark chi wizards mind (much to the old man's shock) Luse pulled out and viewed the muddled up scarps f the man's memories from his birth to his general training into magic ad his roots of evil being seduced by the dark side of the craft. Finally, Luse saw Daolong Wong's recent memories, the vision of the sailor man brutally murdered and stepping through the streets of San Fransisco through the elderly man's eyes/eye.
Pulling himself out Luse couldn't detect any trickery or alternative motions through his Mage Sight apart from the wailing souls etched in the man's aura, nor through Legillimancy he gently lifted Daolongs staff to him who caught it silently.
"Ok, you aren't lying to me that much is certain." Luse mused slowly shrinking and stowing away Gungnir. "But you haven't explained to me why you want to meet with me."
Daolong Wong heaved himself from the hood of the car and strode towards Luse until he took one knee his face bowed uncomfortably obviously not used to doing something like this. "I Daolong Wong have travelled very far to find you Luse Guizu son of Shendu" Wong rose his head his features marred in seriousness. "I want you to become my apprentice".
Luse blinked. Whatever he expected, it was nothing like that.
Luse erupted in laughter; his voice cracked in amusement. "And whatever thinks that I need your help, old man. If you haven't noticed I'm already advanced in nearly all branches of magic I don't even need verbal incantation or movement. What the hell can you provide me."
Daolong Wong waggled a bony finger-like interrupting somebody slow. "You might have the power you require young demon in spades," Wong said. "However your not the only one that can read minds. From what I have gathered, you rely mostly on your elemental attributes by your demon kin and your own magical core, but you have little experience in using your Chi and your own Nothingness power. Plus your Occulemency could use some work.
Luse growled mentally slapping himself for allowing his emotions to open a door through his mental shields he began pacing countering his options with each other. It was true that is Occulemency was tricky to master despite in the true form he had had difficulties when studying from Hsi Wu and Xiao Fung. So what was he supposed to do?
Pros. He was nearly a master in the Dark Arts, could help with his use of Chi including Su Li and Tohru and maybe Jade if he could get her away from her Uncles fo the time being. Just because the Gringotts Blood Test had stated, he was a Mater Legillimancy/Oculemency it doesn't mean that he knows how to he himself had to train first with his relatives in a number of gruelling hours before he could manipulate lightning or fire. His first sighting of Dumbledore had stoked some white-hot rage in his system if he had let it out he could have destroyed half the ally.
Con. It might all be some malevolent trick to lower his guard, he had been able to pierce inside of the man's mind but had been thrown out by something indicating his Occulemeency shields were at least advanced or above so this would all hinder on trust.
Conclusion...At least he's better than Lockheart and Umbridge.
Luse nodded, reaching a hand to Daolong Wong, lifting him from the ground.
"I accept Daolong Wong. However, I have some requirements." Luse said in a warning like tone.
"Name them" Daolong Wong replied testily.
"Rule number one you are going to be a partner in my grand plan of things, not a teacher we are the be treated like equals for me and anybody else I deem henceforth. Number two there are others I wish for you to train to help them adapt to Chi and Magic better I shall teach them Light while your expertise will concern the Dark your teachings will end if I deem them too dangerous."
Daolong, Wong nodded. "And the final rule my young demon friend
The area they both stood in exploded in a twister of cerulean fire surrounding the two pebbles and stone erected in the air and the sky above morphed onyx black.
"Cross me, and I will show you the same kindness I showed to the last Chi Sorceror that got on my bad side" Luse growled while extending a hand. "Do we have a deal."
Daolong nodded, frantically his two different coloured eyes blinked faster than his own body should have allowed.
A strong, tanned hand met a sickly pale shaking one meeting halfway a tangled cord of golden wire shone for a second before it disappeared.
A/N: Like I said a few chapters before I was going to include Daolong Wong into the story soon just as soon as I got at least two of Luse's harem members introduced with him first.
The reason being is that unlike other OP Harry Potter fanfics I have read in the past I don't want to make him COMPLETELY OP just yet instead wanna give him a few weaknesses and let him grow up from there.
Another memo. The first is that I will be breaking Sirius Black out of prison HE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED MUCH IN THE STORY.
Second Remus Lupin shall be treated as an enemy just as much as Dumbledore. (Want to know why just message me)
I do intend to make a new chapter soon for Lightning Empress.
New Story after these two:
Hadrian Sparda - (Harry Potter raised by Sparda - Dante - Vergil - Eva)