Hi everyone, so I've decided on showing some of the stats for the other BBs, so I'll probably disclose about two to three of them in this chapter for now. Here's the first two, Moka and Sebastian's stat sheet:
Moka: Lvl. 48/100
HP:899469000/899469000
Atk: 460
Def: 812
Ht: 300
Spd: 652
personal skills (15/15 used):
Storm chaser: increased Lightning, Ice, Wind and Water damage significantly, fear can be used to amplify this ability even more so. cost 5
Limit Break: stats increase while in overdrive. cost 1
Divine shield: Greatly reduces incoming damage, save for Distortion Drives and Astral Heats. Cost 3
Shield Breaker: Allows you to break through the opponent's guard with Special Attacks and Distortion Drives. cost 1
Turn unlimited: triggers unlimited mode at will (Quintuples stats, and Storm Chaser gets a 30% chance to freeze, paralyze or stagger opponents). cost 5
Grimoire: Verdant Grimoire EX (Max proficiency)
Atk: 566/999
Def: 921/999
Spd: 667/999
Ht: 350/999
Hp: 892/999
set skills
stat boosts lv. 9
Mystic Waltz lv.. 7
Sebastian: Lvl. 50/100
HP:782254000/782254000
Atk: 790
Def: 600
Ht: 100
Spd: 775
personal skills (13/15 used):
Boiling blood: All distortion drives are doubled and could cause a "bleed" effect, draining the opponent's Hp to increase power. cost 5
Regeneration: healing factor. cost 1
Limit Break: stats increase while in overdrive. cost 1
Beautiful charm: halves damage from females. might cause women to be infatuated with him. cost 1
Turn unlimited: triggers unlimited mode at will (Quintouples stats, and triples drive power and absorbing effect with Boiling blood). cost 5
Grimoire: Onyx Grimoire EX (Max proficiency)
Atk: 689/999
Def: 500/999
Spd: 603/999
Ht: 300/999
Hp: 795/999
set skills
stat boosts lv. 9
"Ragna?" Moka started, walking beside the man in question.
"Yeah?"
"did we really have to go through the sewers to get to the lower level?"
"kinda. we had to lose that living bucket of bolts somehow, and Kaguya's Seraph and Sylpheed aren't charged enough yet to teleport again."
"I'm more worried about this 'Arakune' guy you keep talking about." Sebastian added, walking up to the two conversing Black Beasts. "he sounds... unhealthy...weren't we supposed to meet this Litchi chick first, or was it the catgirl?"
"We already met Tao, we'll meet Litchi later."
"Ah."
"we're here." Ragna stopped, a familiar-looking area he knew all too well. the other Black Beasts caught up to the three ahead of them.
"This smells like a boss battle..." Ruby bluntly stated.
"Mow?" the Cat black beast mewed, tilting his head at the red-themed girl.
"she's right Kets. This is where Arakune is supposed to be. the question is where?" Ragna added. a sudden feeling of suspicion flooded his body, making him even more wary.
"well this Arakune must be pretty crazy if it's making you stiff. I wonder how we'll take it-." Moka said, then jumped at the sudden echo of maniacal laughter flooding the whole area.
"well, on the bright side. at least this guy's got a sense of humor." Sebastian quipped, right before equipping his staff.
black ooze poured out of multiple spots, each blot of black essence inched towards a single spot. buzzing noises and the sounds of scampering scrapes followed suit, an abnormal blob of pure black accumulating as more of the splotches merged into it, a circular mask-like circle with three circle holes slowly popped out.
"A...ure...AZ...e! ALL...Yo...AZU...!" the horrifying sac of black crap roared wriggling excessively.
"THAT'S ARAKUNE!?"
"He looks like a literal talking shit!" Umbra shouted.
"GI..E M.. AZ..R..! AZUR...AZ..RE!" The black nutsack squealed menacingly.
"I don't... fuck it. alright everyone, same as before! Divide and Conquer!" Ragna ordered, everyone nodding at his command. the entire group split up from their initial spot, with Ragna and Sebastian rushing into the frontlines.
"Take him down!" Ragna yelled, drawing out Deathscythe.
"You got it Boss! HAH!" Sebastian yelled, swinging his staff at the Muk rip-off with enough force to send it back.
"GIMME!" the black blotch howled, opening up its ooze like body, and several yellow arachnid legs shot out, grabbing the staff. However, the Black beast simply smirked.
"Come and get it!" he announced, before his entire right arm glowed red, flowing through the scythe, then suddenly-
*BAM!*
"AAAAAAAH!" Arakune garbed in pain, the tip of the staff near him glowed... and Sucker-punched him with an enlarged fist of blood red.
"Knockout!"
"My turn!" Ragna shouted, swinging Death Scythe in an upward arc that launched him away from the two.
*splat*
smacking faceplate first into some debris, Arakune hissed at the two in the distance. jumping back to the fray, Arakune lunged at the two... only to get blown back by a strong gust of wind.
"Stay down you fecal slob." Moka shouted from a distance.
"keep him there! I got him in sight!" Dahlia shouted from further away. a red dot shone on Arakune's... face?
*pew*
*BOOM*
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" the squealing sack of crap wailed, squiggling around and getting out of the miniature wind storm that bound him.
"This is getting us nowhere…" Ragna whispered to himself, deflecting several insects. "I wonder what everyone else is doing at the moment…"
Jin Kisaragi sighed as he set down the last stack of papers he was given, He was just given orders to restrain from pursuing the group Black Beasts, and seeing the blonde-haired secretary that reminded him of his dearly departed sister did nothing to help. He was ready to throw everything out the window before he received a sudden call. Letting go of the desk he was about to flip, he took the phone and answered the ringing device.
"Speak." was his only word to the phone. Hearing the other end, Jin nodded and ended the call. Gently putting down the phone, Jin sighed heavily and stood from his desk… and threw everything off the desk. Walking out of the room after taking his signature blade, Jin advanced forward, new intentions and orders fueling his resolve to his new mission.
Rachel sighed once more as she, Valkenhayn, Nago and Gii regrouped in one of the rooms in the Alucard mansion.
"Valkenhayn, Nago, Gii, I wish to be alone for the moment." the Vampire simply said. Looks of surprise etched on all three of their faces from her statement. "Please. I wish to collect my thoughts by my lonesome before my next confrontation with Ragna."
"Hmm. true… he does seem different than the first time we saw him all those years ago." Nago replied, gii nodding alongside the cat familiar.
"If you truly wish for it, madam…" Valkenhayn sighed. "We shall leave you be for now. Pardon us madam Rachel." gesturing the door, the three servants left the room they were in, leaving the Vampiress to her own devices. Before she managed to sit on the additional chair beside her, she cleared her mind and focused on the lingering souls within.
"Peashiko, are you awake?" she asked, seconds later, the childish voice echoed through her mind.
Yeah… yeah, I'm awake…
I am awake as well.
The second familiar voice of Milo accompanied the two.
"I apologize for waking both of you, but I require some help in this situation. Before that though, Are you alright, child?"
Yeah… I'm okay… Koko changed a lot back then…
"Yes, I apologize again for meeting her again in such conditions."
You needn't apologize every time, Rachel.
Yeah… it's alright… although… that doesn't mean I like that neglectful, one-eyed, self-centered, FUCKTARD OF A FLEA BAG!
"..."
…
...sorry, I just really hate that…. Jubei….person.
...I can understand, you and Kokonoe were old best friends before… the event. It's natural to feel that way for what he did. Reliving the same thing over and over doesn't really help either.
"Whether or not he abandoned her, let us digress from that subject. What are we going to ask that anomaly?"
...hmm, I don't know, but how about we ask why he was absorbing these seither spots?
"That could be a fine start, now to add onto that…" Rachel pondered, lost in thought. "Obviously asking about his entourage is yet another valid idea, but aside from those two, I am rather perplexed about anymore."
Hmm…
Hmm..
"This is going to take a while…"
"I'm sure they're doing fine." Ragna shrugged, uppercutting a sewer lid and jumping out. Several of the Black beasts jumped out seconds later, and Arakune hissed ferally before taking the discarded lid and throwing it at the group. A well-timed deflect and a ground pound later, the group sighed as the blob of sludge was gone.
"Um… excuse me… Can I help you?" a new voice asked them, turning around, Ragna became face to face with a tall woman in a doctor's uniform.
"Um… yeah, kinda, we kinda got lost around here, miss… um.."
"Litchi, Litchi Faye Ling."
"Well then miss…"
"GOOD GUY!" a familiar voice shouts out, a familiar catgirl followed suit, tackling the Black beast leader.
"Tao! You don't charge at random strangers!" Litchi scolded, dragging the Kaka mercenary off the man.
"Aww… but Booby Lady, Good Guy's really great! Ooh, give him some of your meat buns!"
"T-TAO! Don't say it like that!" Litchi yelps, her faces tinted pink by Kaka's poor choice of words.
"Goodness, not even a minute, and our leader were offered "meat buns". You should at least take him to dinner first." Moka decided to pitch in.
"I… that's not…"
"Sorry about her, Miss Litchi, Moka's always like this." Sebastian waved off. "Why don't we talk a bit more inside?"
"I… Um.. yes, of course… right, this way."
~...~
"Yes, I know where we're going." a young boy in purple answered. A towering mechanized doll-like female followed closely behind.
~...~
"Sis, the last thing we need is to draw more attention to ourselves."
~...~
"Alright, fine. We'll ask for directions, but we have to pick which one will be able to help us."
~...~
"What snake man?" the doll raised her arm like appendage, pointing at two individuals walking towards them, unaware of the two.
"Ask them? ...I don't know sis... That guy looks sleazy at best…"
~...~
"The girl? Huh… yeah, she looks like she's helpful. Excuse me, miss!?" the boy waved over at the female, both he and the doll advanced over to her.
"U-um.. yes, is there something wrong?" the girl, who turned out to be Noel, answered.
"Yeah, we're kinda looking for a place, do you know where the Kagutsuchi Library is?"
"Oh, I was actually heading-" before she could say more, the older male silenced her with a pinch of her lips.
"That info, I'm afraid, isn't free in this case. first off, who are you boy?" he said. An eye twitch from the kid in question caused the green-haired man to smirk.
"I am Carl Clover, Mercenary, and this is my sister, Ada."
~...!~ in a sudden action, the doll wrapped her arm around Carl and slowly dragged him away from the man looking like something was offsetting about the older individual. The green man smirked wider at this.
"So, Daddy's kiddos are looking for their parents methinks? Or maybe Ragsy for that big bounty of his... Oh this day just keeps getting better." he thought. "Well, I'm Hazama, and this little buttercup here is a worker of mine, say hi Noel."
"O-Oh, hello. I'm sorry, I never asked your names before Mr. Hazama- Ahh." flinching lightly at the sudden flick on her forehead, she turned to the man.
"I told you already; outside of the office, it's JUST Hazama. You don't need to address me as your superior in public."
"I'm sorry, M- I mean Hazama."
"Aww see, you're learning." Hazama nodded. "Anyways, what business do you have there?"
~...~
"You wanted me to ask, I'm asking," Carl whispered back to her. "We're… looking for someone, or at the very least, some form of info on them."
"Oh? For a bounty I take it?"
"Well.. not really."
"Huh, could've sworn this kid was gunnin' for Old Rags… doesn't matter." Hazama pats Noel's back. "Well, you can tell him, or should I?"
"A-Ah, the Libraruim's actually a few blocks down from here once you climb the stairs. Noel said, pointing to a staircase near the group. "It's about 2 hours by foot, but there's transport at the top that'll take you there."
"Wait… why don't we all go together?" Hazama suddenly asked, surprising the three. "Well, believe it or not, Noel and I were heading there as well, we can all go there, then we go our separate ways."
"Hmm…" Carl thought about it.
~...~ Ada stepped back, dragging Carl slightly as she was still wrapped around him protectively.
"I don't see why not., but I'm keeping an eye on you, Hazama…"
"Oh? Well let's get going then!" he then proceeded towards the stairs. "Oh, and by the way, a picture will last longer kid, I suggest you take one now if you wanna watch me."
~...~
"Yeah, I'm suspicious of him too. We'll watch over him for now, in case he tries something."
~...~
"Yeah I know he looks familiar. I just can't tell how just yet."
~...~
"Okay, fine. We'll do it your way next time."
Rolling his eyes, Carl, Noel, and Ada reluctantly followed the green-haired man out of the area, none of them noticing a shadowy figure phasing back into the darkness it was hiding in.
"Rachel, we didn't even get to finish what we were trying to do, are you that impatient?" Ragna said smugly, crossing his arms.
"Bloodedge, you know why I am here, so I would suggest you stop with this cheeky behavior." the vampire replied, an eye twitching at the casual look the criminal had.
"To be fair, you should really put a leash on your pooch," Ruby said, lightly poking at the slowly regenerating Lycanthrope.
"To be fair, you lot shouldn't have insulted our mistress!" Nago hissed, rubbing a bruise on his head.
"We were inside the clinic talking to Litchi, How do you know what the hell we were talking about?" Sebastian retorted.
"Enough! Rachel spoke, silencing the group. "I shall talk to Valkenhayn later, but augmented or not, I will not stand by and let my servants get needlessly injured by you ruffians."
"HE started it!" Dahlia said, pointing to Valkenhayn.
"You lot were the ones who provoked a reaction after you attacked me." said butler replied coldly.
"Yeah, thanks for starting that dumpster fire, by the way. Moka." Sebastian said, half glaring at the vampire copy.
"I was really the only one who felt it the wrong way when we found him inside?" she said.
"Inside?" Rachel added.
"Yeah, we found this old codger inside sipping tea when we entered. Said that he was "waiting for you" or something."
"Well, it is nice to see Valkenhayn outside the manor for other- we are getting off track."
"Yeah, I doubt you're gonna let us go like this." Ragna shrugged, stepping closer to the petite princess. "So how about this, I'll tell you one thing I know, and we can all forget this ever happened, alright?"
"Not this time, urchin." Rachel answered.
"Ooh, hear that guys, we got upgraded to urchins!"
"Wow, we skipped right past Jackasses and bugs! That's a big leap!" Umbra whooped in the background.
"I'm afraid I will have to teach you to not instigate a battle with my servants."
"Again, he started it." Sebastian said.
"Ok ok, so where are-" before Ragna finished his sentence, everyone, sans Litchi and the other attendants of the clinic, was teleported to a field of roses. "Are we really going to do this?"
"Yes, you Arrogant fool! Just because you became stronger is no excuse for this attitude. I was caught off guard before, a mistake I will not make again."
"You sure about that, Rae Rae!?" Ragna said, taking out blood scythe.
"Enough with that infernal nickname!"
Aww. c'mon Rae, you love it.
Peashy hush.
"Oh, it seems we have a plus 2," Ragna said, getting in a battle stance.
"See what you did here, Moka!?" Sebastian yelled indignantly in the background.
"I'm not sorry." was her reply.
"Do not attempt any tricks this time Mongrel." Rachel snapped her fingers, Nago and Gii appearing beside her…
Only to be knocked away from her seconds later by two blurs.
"What?" looking back, both her familiars were held down by her duplicates' variants
"Let go of me! Nago shouts wiggling heavily against Iago, who was on his back.
"Don't eat me!" Gii said, getting chewed and thrashed by Phi.
Looking back at the group, both Rachel and Ragna looked over to Moka, equally confused.
"A true vampire requires no help to get their point across, you don't need to use your pets for every little thing you do." Moka clarified.
"Well, in that case…" Ragna shrugged, sheathing his weapon and cracking his knuckles. "I won't be using my weapon either.
"It matters not." Rachel said lightning danced across her figure as she began floating upwards "I don't need weapons to teach you your place!"
"Then Let's GO!" Ragna shouts, rushing towards the vampire, fists drawn for battle.
You thought this was dead? You were WRONG!
TBC