Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - NEVER Make Fun Of The Pirate!
Chapter 2
Evan wakes up in the room of a Pirate with arguably the worst temper on the crew who is avoided by some of the crew for that very reason, other than his obsession with fighting and bloodshed...perfect match for the self confident and brave one time leader of the Morlocks...or is it?
Evan woke up late last night and hasn't slept a wink since then...why?
Well, before him was a man...well, it was male in sex but he didn't think 'man' was the best term to use in the case of this individual who was a humanoid white Tiger who was at least pleasant enough to be wearing clothes, his name was Drakko and he wore a pair of plain brown cargo pants and had a large pair of boots before him as he sat on his bed meditating deeply since late last night as he opened his grey cat-like eyes to see what he considered an intruder
Evan wasn't intimidated by this...Drakko wasn't going to pat himself on the back however as he was trying to scare him away or to death, whichever came first, not just intimidate which he didn't think was going to be an easy feat anyway for him
"Leave...you are not welcome here" Drakko growled even though he seemed calm by his tail resting behind him, albeit uneasy, he felt that peace between Humans and anything that wasn't their kind was going to cause problems especially where power was concerned
He did agree with the late Ghoul Lord, Kami Kurosaki that Humans weren't trustworthy creatures but not enough that they should be eradicated altogether as he believed they were both an asset and a problem
Evan took a step towards Drakko, who glared at him not to get even an inch closer "Your captain won't be happy about that, so I'm planning not to get on his really bad side"
"Make me mad...and the Captain's bad side would be the least of your problems" Drakko warns as senbon shoot from the walls, everywhere but where Evan was at the door at speeds that could amputate limbs
Drakko was unfazed by this however, as he may not be the leader of his people, the Beastkins, yet but he was very well respected and more than powerful enough to be a member of the Black Fang and respected by the whole crew even if they differ in ideals as he serves the King of Beast Spirits, Animus as opposed to God
"That does it!" Spyke snarls as he goes into his armored form and shoots several spikes at Drakko only to notice that they stopped mid air before even making contact along with any senbon that came his way due to having an aura so strong that he could kill beings weaker than him by just being present near them, he is also the only member of the crew that fights only with his bare hands at all times unless threatened to do otherwise by the only two people he fully respects without question...Dartz and the Cap'n
Evan only blinked and Drakko had already moved from feet to inches from him as he said "One gate is all of the total eight it'll take to break every bone in your body without harming a single organ...five gates and it could kill us both, so three should suffice and I won't forgive ya if ya die on me too quickly" he comes in with a palm strike that rips Evan's shirt off even though he blocked it as he was sent out the door and sliding across the deck...everyone also possessed these hidden gates but very few can access even one and Drakko can open 6 of the 8 total before worrying about dying
He was stopped by two others...Jack, a Jackel with all black fur and red eyes and Mello, a Hyena with light brown fur and yellow eyes
"Oy, numbnuts...you got some deathwish making Drakko mad" Mello laughed in an African accent as Jack said in an Egyptian accent "I wonder if he's the only human here...hm, at least he's not as disgusting as Mr. Rat and that horse piss he drinks"
"You two...interfere and I'll tear you a new one first" Drakko charged but stopped when he sensed the Captain's magic in waves as he tossed Evan over his shoulder and went that way before he even had a chance to protest as he tapped a pressure point to knock him out
Drakko made it to the main ship to see most of the crew and their assigned mutants but no sign of the Captain or Kommamura yet...
Dartz leaned against the wall near his quarters with his arms folded and his bandana on "What the hell is going on here?"
"I see you've met Evan...he better not be dead, mate or I'll make a fur coat outta yer hide" Dartz snarled as Drakko replied as he held Spyke by one leg and shook him as he woke up "He's alive, mate...now, who the hell thought putting it in my cabin while I slept was a great and marvelous idea?"
No one answered, as none of them knew as Dartz looked at the door of the Captain's quarters as Udon said "maybe it was the Cap'n..."
"No one has seen him this morning yet..." Voorhees says as he was the first to notice that someone had changed their intended course "wait...where the fuck are we, Gedharm?"
"We're close to Japan..." Gedharm says as Ulysses adds "...and too far off our originally intended course"
"Oh, I happen to have some rather pleasant words fer a certain former Ghoul Lord..." Dartz says he sensed the captain and looked into the water, he was at the bottom interior of the ship "Oy, Cap'n...ye down there?"
"Aye, I'm down 'ere...I'll be up in a minute" Baccus indeed said from the bottom of the ship, he was looking for a chest with certain items that will help all who weren't a Ghoul or Human to look Human once they were in Tokyo...they did not want to scare the Humans with how they really looked despite none of them caring one bit who they scared with their real forms
Suddenly, Drakko sensed movement behind the door of the Captain's quarters as Dartz grinned savagely despite knowing that he shouldn't because Drakko was very likely to kill someone...being nearly as loyal to Baccus as Dartz was
Laura indeed steps out of the Captain's quarters, as Ulysses said to her "Oy...Omae (You)...you had better not be oversleeping in there"
"...and keeping me waiting..." Voorhees said as he saw that Drakko was giving X-23 a very murderous look, he was the second strongest on the ship that surpassed the Captain, after all...being tied with Voorhees himself both in strength and being sadistic but weaker than Dartz
"Uh oh..." Udon said as Drakko lunged right at X-23, but something got between them at the last second...Kommamura
"Oy, Bakemono...I don't think I can't let ya just kill my favorite super heroine, I hope ya don't take that personally"
"Heh...why do you even care, you and her are as different as predator and prey, am I wrong, Ghoul?" Drakko asks as Kommamura raised an eyebrow and laughed a bit "Yer Chinese...and barely at that, who the hell do you think you are addressin' me as a Bakemono when you can decapitate someone with a single punch"
"I don't need your permission to be fluent in Japanese, Arabic and the other languages I know..." Drakko snarls as he flipped back to where he was "Last time I heard...you can decapitate with a single punch too...rotten Ghoul" Drakko snarls as, outside of the Ghouls among their crew and the very special respect and admiration he has for the Captain and Dartz...he outright loathes Ghouls...Kommamura also tops the list as he has some bad blood between him and the Beastkin Tribes and killed one of their heads in a duel who happened to be Drakko's grandfather shamelessly before the eyes of a young adult Drakko, which only fuelled his hatred of Ghouls and made him turn down his birthright so aggressively that no one dare even speak of it in his presence
"Oy, old man...what're you waiting for to make a rug outta that overgrown house cat, an invitation?!" Renji suddenly snaps as Kommamura scowls at his nerves being tested "Do I need to do everything?"
"Oy, stay out of this...baka-pprentice...go play target practice with Dartz-kun or something" Kommamura snaps "I don't fight your battles...I suggest you don't fight mine"
"Apprentice...?" Drakko asks, slowly turning to give the Human a chilling look "Interesting...and here I thought you Ghouls only chose apprentices amongst your own kind and that's not saying much given who the poor thing's master is being Ike Kommamura, of all people"
"So, yer the one shootin' at me with them arrows all over the mansion...yer grounded fer that and I'll get even once we get back to the mansion" Dartz glares at him, as he hopes that Dartz will forget by the time they're ready to go back to the mansion...Dartz has the best memory among the Ghouls back at the mansion though and only forgets if he wants to forget
Voorhees pulled out two swords and tossed them to a waiting Laura from the small bag strapped across his chest and hanging at his side which seemed too small for a weapon that big to even fit in before tossing it to Scott dropped it due to him being surprised by the sheer weight of it and how leisurely Voorhees tossed it to him, this didn't do wonders for Scott's mood as his eyes glowed beneath his shades as he grabbed Voorhees' arm
Scott had made it pretty clear last night that Voorhees couldn't make him do anything as he tried to stay up all night to keep watch on the Orc Chief, who was the least interested in gaining his trust anyway and only put him to sleep by tricking him into drinking with him...unaware that he drank a strong sleeping potion which still had him drowsy now and Voorhees drank plain water
Scott was drugged as far as he knew...with a sleeping potion made partially due to Orc Alchemy but otherwise with ingredients all found naturally practically anywhere as Scott took his shades off and fired at Voorhees but barely grazed him and hit something invisible in the sky...Grimm's ship
Grimm managed to make eye contact with Voorhees as he attempted to use an emergency landing procedure...a mistake Voorhees intends to make him regret dearly
By the time the Captain makes it back to the Main Deck where everyone was, Voorhees' purple aura alone was rocking the ship.
'Shit...' That was the immediate thought of every mutant and especially Dartz and Scott as Dartz immediately regretted letting Grimm talk him into tagging along with them, even if it was from afar and he wasn't to set foot on the ship or anywhere near his only parent, Voorhees
Voorhees was able to calm any and all fighting on the ship with a single glare as he requested permission to leave the ship...as if anyone would dare deny him such a request "Oy, Cap'n...I'm off to go play with a special someone, of course not without your blessing and permission" he said succinctly as he looked at Kommamura with his red eyes, which was due to contacts he wore and a grin on his face that seemed so plastered on that his anger was very obvious "Don't let my purty smile fool ya, Wolf...Tiger, stop fighting unless ya wanna fight me instead!"
Baccus tossed him a ring with gold Orcish marking that rotated around it and Voorhees simply looked at it then him without a word as he explained "Use that ring to blend in with the locals when yer finished with yer business..."
"Can I let loose on this one, Cap'n...Dartz?" Voorhees asks the only two people whose opinions mattered to him as Dartz said "No" and the Captain replies surprisingly "Bring him back...alive"
"I'm coming too and there's nothing you can do about it" Scott snaps as he tried to jump on Voorhees but only caught green smoke as Voorhees appeared behind him and a Glyph becomes visible beneath Scott's feet, bouncing him into the air and into the water "maybe that'll teach ya not to go around touchin' people's stuff"
Voorhees scowled that if he killed his son, he may not be allowed back on the ship and have to fight both Dartz and the Captain too...something his own stubbornness won't even allow him to think he can handle as he looked at Laura "We're still gonna have our fight, little miss Wolverine...keep the swords 'til then" he sprints off and jumps into the sea, closer to land before heading into the forest, straight for where Grimm crashed
"Hey, can I make a suggestion, mister...um, Captain, sir?" Kitty asks as Baccus was looking at her hiding behind Dartz but nodded "Cap'n will do fine, Koneko-chan...what is it?"
"Can we go with who we want?" she asks as Ulysses asks her "Well, who'd you have in mind to go with...that is, If you don't intend to hide behind Dartz all day?"
Ulysses follows her eyes to Rat as he smirked at her "Go on..." But Dartz warned her "but beware of the Rat's Surprise and try it only at yer own risk...all o' ya, I don't want ya gravely ill"
"Don't worry, I'll protect your Kitten, Dartz" Quinlan piped up, his Italian/Esperanto accent suddenly becoming really thick as he smiled at Dartz, who wasn't falling for his charismatic charm any more than Kitty was, but if she trusted him...Dartz had no problems as he glared at Quinlan "The Captain alone can make that call, not me...but if even a hair on her body is harmed because of you...well...do I really need to explain that, Quin?"
"Aye..." Quinlan said with a look of genuine fear...Dartz has never made good on his threats to kill him, but he has been punished before by him which hasn't weakened the trust he had for only Dartz
Kitty saw a change in Quinlan as he caught one of the same rings Voorhees got before he left, he was giving her a small grin that wasn't seductive "So...do you trust me now?"
"What?" Kitty asks as Quinlan replied "You think I can't tell how much you trust your friends...they're more like your family now...you seem hesitant and shy of me, however...why?" He knew his appearance had nothing to do with it
Then he catches on...she was terrified of Voorhees and to an extent, him as she thought he was out to harvest her organs or God know what else "I know...I'll cook you whatever you want to eat since ya haven't had breakfast yet and you're free to come to my quarters so I can kick your butt at Shogi or my kitchen"
"Wait...you can cook...we're not gonna end up eating bugs, are we?" Berserker asks as Quinlan replied with a grin "Only if that's your personal preference...I can cook anything, being the ship's chef and all"
"So why did you ask Dartz' permission and not the Captain's?" Laura asks what everyone was thinking as Quinlan frowned "Oh, Dartz practically raised me...my own kind tried to kill me once they were done with my parents...my pa could make Voorhees look very tame but my ma was a kind soul that didn't deserve to die...they both were sentenced to death for protecting me and died doing just that, scarring me in the process, make fun of me for it though and I assure ya that you'll be part of the menu for our next banquet and half the crew won't care or think twice to eat it anyway either" the more Scott heard things like this from particularly Orcs, the more it made him feel less welcome...not that they were welcoming folks to begin with
Kitty saw no scars on him physically but Jean sensed that he was destroyed emotionally and showed no sign that he cared if she entered his mind or not as he had nothing to hide from them, but he was aware that Jean was a telepath as he looked at her, his personality becoming darker "You seem like the most powerful one here...but the most held back because of it"
Quinlan had a darker side of his personality that he didn't like others seeing, born from his pent up hatred of other Orcs, especially those who killed his parents...it made him lash out at times and he almost killed Voorhees with with a spatula for insulting him as well as beat Udon within an inch of his life for getting in the way...both Orcs were much stronger than him too but while he gained Udon's respect, he and Voorhees still hate each other. The only Orc who he likes, at least a little, was Gedharm because he kept his distance from him when they first met and he fought the other Orcs on the crew and even praised his higher intellect and thirst for knowledge while threatening to lobotomize him if he ever got out of place with Dartz, the Ghoul who raised him and gave him a reason to live. He also hated Taeger for his several attempts to kill Dartz and has yet to forgive him
Quinlan put on the ring the Captain gave him, just to see how he looked in the ring's disguise and grabbed a bucket of water to see he looked like (the Orc in the cover pic) but with pale Caucasian skin and he had the same tattoo on the right ribcage and most of his arm and dreads, his canines were smaller...enough to be the size of an average humans and he had bright green eyes...the ring doesn't change one's eye color but he can rub the Orcish inscriptions to modify his appearance, if he so wished
"You're really going out of your way to impress Kitty, aren't you?" Gedharm asks as Quinlan glares at him but doesn't answer as he asked "Ready to disembark, Captain Baccus?"
"Yeah, if everyone knows who they're goin' with..." Baccus says Rogue and Jubilee want to go with Hunter Gilliam, Berserker, Scott and Beastkin went with Drakko who was curious about if Beastkin had any relation to his clan
"Yeah...about that...how exactly do we 'disembark' from this far out?" Multiple asks as Baccus simple said "Same way Voorhees did...how else, mate?"
All the X-Men gave a scared "What?"
"This should be...interesting, to say the least" Renji said as he went with Kommamura who smirked "You ready?"
"Make sure you jump higher than that walking Handbag, Master" Renji snarled as Drakko growled, liking a challenge "As if...don't let the ground hold ya back, Kommamura!" As he was the first to get airborne followed by Kommamura then everyone else
They all landed safely on the coast as Gilliam stared at Renji while he wasn't paying attention as he put his giant sword at his throat as master, student and Drakko argued over who jumped higher "Enough...you morons! None of you jumped higher, it was actually Gedharm and Quinlan who jumped higher because they weren't busy trying to outdo one another"
"Wait...I won their ridiculous bet?" Quinlan said as he really barely played any mind to Ike and Drakko's incessant chatter when he was trying to impress Kitty "See that, Miss Pryde...a Ghoul and a Beastkin got beaten by me and I couldn't care less about their bet" this made Kitty smile as Quinlan wasn't even interested in seducing her, understanding that she belonged to Dartz and only him...all the others were a different story however
"I'm not bothered...he still beat the Ghoul" Drakko said as he did some hand signs for a technique unique among his kind, the Humanification Technique which made his fur burn off to make him look more human, only his tail remained furred as he wrapped it around his waist to keep it hidden and he groaned in annoyance as he was never taught how to turn off this ability at will and will spend three more days as a very feral looking human as Kurt comments "Hey, you look like heer Logan..."
"No...I look like heer Drakko" Drakko replies back "get used to this for another three days or so..."
Once they made it to Tokyo, Kitty and Rogue wanted to go shopping as Drakko was left to keep them from doing so
"Ooh, can we-?" The girls said before Drakko cut them off with a sharp "No...in the next life, maybe"
"Aw, but" Kitty whined as Drakko said again "No" as he whipped out his tail to smack the two on the butt
"Please let her go, Drak...pretty please" Quinlan pleaded for the girls as Drakko gave him a disciplinary glare as he complained "Captain...Quinlan, Anna-Marie and Kitten are trying to raise my blood pressure..."
"Aw, does somebody need a belly rub?" Bobby teases as Kurt and Multiple chuckled until Drakko cracked his knuckles and gave a sinister glare as he showed his chiseled chest and stomach "Try it and I'll be your worst nightmare for the next three days...you too, girls"
"You guys just love pushing your luck, don't you?" Piotr says as he walked with Laura who seemed to want to see Drakko punish them for their stupidity as his tail whipped out and struck the boys on the back like a whip before being hidden, he saw even Laura blush at that and gravitated to her "Don't faint there...why do you think I don't know you're watching my every move?" He asked her quietly
"I don't know what you're talking about..." Laura said as Drakko put his arm around hers and gave Piotr a stink eye to get away from them as he grinned "Sure ya don't...but there is something feral about ya, I wanna meet this 'Wolverine' fella the whole crew's talkin' about too"
Wolverine was all the talk among the majority of the crew but only members of the crew who have actually met him in the past were Gedharm, Udon, Voorhees, Rat, Dartz and probably the Captain...he was well known for being a fighter that was as fearless as any Ghoul, animaliatic as any Beaatkin but had the heart of a man, Drakko can respect that but he never really met him before and has a desire to meet him, even if he has to follow Dartz back to the mansion to do so
The Gang made it to the Forest between Tokyo and their destination and a few miles out, they run into traps which catches Drakko...he was stronger than he looked however and broke out of it with relative ease as he scowled "Gedharm, we need to watch our step here...why are there frickin' traps set in the middle of nowhere anyway?"
"We're close..." Dartz said as they saw the city entrance finally and it was guarded, as usual as Drakko decides to take his ring off that concealed him from the Humans and growled "I really don't appreciate the Welcoming Committee these Ghouls have, I'm gonna go say hi"
Drakko was extremely confident and calm, his eyes were sharp and he seemed a bit annoyed as he walked out from where they were hidden and decided to just waltz into the city...knowing full well that he'd be stopped if not by the fact that he was a Beastkin in human form, then by the fact that not even other Ghouls can just walk into the city without a damn good reason, even in times of peace
The Guards' eyes look at each other without any other physical movement as they saw Drakko approaching, they had spears and armor but that didn't make them any less cautious of ferals (be it Ghoul or Beastkin)
"Go home...freak" one guard said as both put their spears across Drakko's way as Drakko inspected the bladed weapon "I'm here on business, nothing more and take that freak insult back or I'll stuff it down your throat...show some respect"
The other guard, thinking Drakko wasn't paying attention swung his spear at him but he dodged "What part of you not being welcome here don't you get?"
Drakko flipped over one guard and put a dagger with a vial of green liquid on the end at his throat as he tilted it slightly for the liquid to run down the blade and drip at the guard's foot, coroding the spot "Go ahead, try me and this goes into your bloodstream...there's enough demonite in this to kill 200 Ghouls and only one nick is needed to get it in your body so pray my hand doesn't slip and slice your throat open...I will kill you even if fighting with a weapon goes against by personal ethics"
"You're joking..." The other guard said as Drakko snarled "You forget...my people are second only to the Snakes that followed the God, Orochimaru in terms of skills with Toxicology and we have a poison for every occasion despite it not even being the reason we're so feared"
The guard still attacked however and Drakko slit the Ghoul's throat and kicked the other one in the face to knock him out
Drakko then signalled the others that it was safe to come out as Berserker kicked the Guard whose throat was slit, just to make sure he was dead "Was that really necessary...we could've just asked nicely without killing the guy"
"Don't do that or you'll wake him up...I said that I had poison, but not which vial was poison" Drakko showed the vial in the the blade he used and revealed that he had others in six other colors "...it was a very strong sleeping potion, but I do have the poison"
Berserker was now having a glaring match with Drakko as Gedharm swung his arm between them "That's enough...we should be going"
Drakko and Berserker were still glaring at each other however as Drakko thought 'this kid...they were all trained in some way by Dartz, but he's going to be a threat to me...sooner or later' he saw a fire in Berserker's eyes and was uncertain which of them would win if they were to fight here and now
Dartz looked over the two, he knew they felt his eyes on them then grinned for some unknown reason as he thought 'Laura may be the Cap'n's favorite X-Man but Berserk's one o' my favorites...watch yerself, Drakko, cuz he ain't always all talk...I've seen him back up that talk very violently if he had to'
Dartz wanted to see who would win if the two fought as well but placed a hand on his shoulder "Mutants...I think there's somewhere we should pay a visit to before Voorhees rares his ugly head again, eh Drakko?" Drakko nodded, still uncertain why he felt genuinely threatened by Berserker and not by the usually more aggressive Spyke
Everyone heads to the furthest end of the city, the Ghouls in the area seem to be ignoring the likes of the X-Men...surely they knew who they were but sure Berserker piped up asking everyone "You ever get the feeling that you're being watched...yes, I'm aware that we're in the middle of a strange yet familiar city and everyone's watching us but I mean in the creepy 'breathing down your neck' kind of vibe"
Remy agreed, like everyone else and looked behind him to be met with a man in the distance with bright but sinister yellow eyes watching them, he was sure this person was following them since back in Tokyo but showed no sign of wanting to talk
"Creed...is that you?" Anna-Marie asks as Sabertooth had also gone violent against Magneto as Logan did with Xavier...surely, the feral was hurt by the revelation that Xavier and Magneto were responsible for the existence of someone like Michael Darkstone and indirectly Kami as well, as they almost fought over who would recruit him as well despite how much more evil he was than Darkstone and the level of resent he had for them too, Kami had given them warnings of these mentors too...which they wouldn't take seriously enough until Kami's death sadly
The Feral did not answer as another feral the X-Men hadn't met before came to his side..Kyle Gibney known better by the codename WildChild and someone who has earned nearly as much of Victor's ire as Xavier and Magneto
"What're you doing here, Creed and where the hell have you been?" Gambit demanded, earning a growl but an answer from Sabretooth as he said "I've been around...here and there...watching, where's Logan?"
"Back home" Dartz said, earning a sneer from Victor...surely he was not nearly the same person as before Kami's death but he was still sadistic and no longer held back by Magneto, should he snap as he didn't look happy now "Can we join yer little crew here, Dartz?"
"Captain...?" Dartz looked at Baccus as he said "Sure...why not?"
Victor looked at Baccus, surely he knew the Hierarchy of the Black Fang crew but he thought Dartz had graduated to Captain by now "I thought you were Captain by now, Dartz...shame, I assume Asakura isn't with us either"
"Yer friend's awfully silent there, mate...I don't assume he plans on leaving yer side" Baccus pointed out as Kyle stepped forward "I am Kyle Gibney...Weapon Omega's Wildchild and you'd be surprised, you look familiar somehow" he looked at Baccus
"Really...I don't think I'd forget ever meeting someone as...odd...as you" Baccus said as Gibney insisted "We have met...only this is the only time we have been face to face with one another" this made some crewmates and X-Men suspicious
A few meters into their journey and it was clear that they were being followed by at least three different parties...Bounty Hunters, a trio of Assassins and one disgruntled Crypt Wardin that made the rest look like amateurs
"Why do I get the feeling that we're being watched...and followed" Bobby says as Dartz says "That's cuz ya probably are bein' followed...but yer definitely bein' watched, Kami's old man must already be well aware that we're here by now"
"D-did you just say Kami's father...the same Kami that was trying to kill us all?" Rogue asks as all the X-Men were now on high alert as Gedharm even held back a shudder from his first time meeting Ryujin "Yeah, I think I'd much rather deal with Kami than that sourpuss..."
"I wanna see his reaction when you tell him that to his face" Drakko smirks as Gedharm replied "No way in hell...Udon and Rat got the dumb idea to try to rob the guy and it didn't end well as he knows a lot more about us Orcs than anyone knows about him for some reason"
"You tell him or I will..." Drakko demanded as Gedharm replied "You do it then, I don't care...see how well that ends"
"Uh, hate to interrupt ya'll but I know fer damn sure we ain't in winter yet" Quinlan informs the group as everyone notices it to be snowing all of a sudden "This place ain't prone to snowstorms...is it?"
"No...it ain't..." Dartz said as he quickly charges behind Quinlan to stop the Death Axe from tearing him in two as he glared at it's wielder, Titus and the members of Kakuzu's Bounty Hunter Guild, Akatsuki
"Long time no see, Dartzy" Titus snarls "You disappear for nearly three years then suddenly pop up in our city with the whole family and have the nerve to not come say hi...Why you so mean to us, Dartzy?" Titus said, knowing he was getting on Dartz' nerves as he replied "I ain't too fond o' ye and ya nicknames...Titan...and we ain't here fer ye"
"It's Titus...I know you know that I hate being called Titan" Titus snarls as Nic, Ritchie and their new partner Yahiko appeared only to be intercepted by Drakko who scowls "You...human...don't interfere in Dartz' business"
Ritchie then pointed his gun at Wildchild, who had very little reaction to it besides inspecting just how damn good the gun itself was with a curious "Nice...you could really fuck us up big time with that...if I let you, that is"
"Aw, Nicky...it's no fun when your prey is already semi-retarded" Yahiko said caressing Nic's face, causing the deaf swordsman to grin as Wildchild scowled "Hey, bitch...I don't take kindly to being called stupid by a nobody like you...I'm well aware of not just that the gun's loaded and he's a trigger happy moron who is getting kinda pissed at me but those bullets are not made to kill me unless I'm a Ghoul...which clearly, I'm not"
Ritchie grit his teeth as both his guns were now on Wildchild's chest, he wasn't going to take an insult like that very lightly
Wildchild was about to attack Ritchie when Victor grabs him and smacks him face first into a tree, he would do this until he passed out "Jesus, yer worse than Deadpool, how many times do I have to tell ya never open her big mouth and spit out bullshit again?!"
Victor snarled as he showed his claws "Yer in our way...I don't like that One. Fucking. Bit" he swung his claws at Ritchie but he was quicker than Victor gave him credit for as he backflipped onto a tree branch, mocking Creed 'Magneto no petto no shikaku ni dangan o ireru no wa ureshikunai to omou no wa nazedesu ka? Ghouls o korosu dangan shika nai to omoimasu ka?' (What makes you think I won't be happy putting bullets in Magneto's pet thug...you think I only have bullets that kill Ghouls?)
Victor had finally snapped...it was world news that he wanted nothing to do with Magneto anymore when he left the Brotherhood and Bayville altogether after Magneto and Xavier's shared past with Darkstone and Kami was revealed by them...he only then reappeared for Kami's funeral due to his respect for Bane but barely anyone knew he was there as he was ready to remove Ritchie's head from his body but a wall of ice stopped him
Victor glared vemonously at Iceman as Bobby said "Hey, don't look at me...if it was me, you could break through it with ease"
"I think we've said enough..." Guren said as his breath was visible from his cold abilities as he gave both Victor and Titus a glare as he said "Calm down...you'd best be on your way, Titus and you can say 'konnichiwa' later"
Titus begrudgingly withdrew his weapon with a "Hn...why did Kakuzu leave us to take orders from this stick in the snow again?" He didn't dare let Guren hear him
Titus' group left as everyone else turned to go to the Crypt but someone else wanted to say hi...
"What have we here, Mitarashi...a legend is in our midst" Yamimaru 'Yami' Shirokage says standing on the underside of a branch directly under Roku Mitarashi
"Oy, Kaizoku-san (Pirate)...which of these frails stole Asakura-san's heart like that Angel did to Kami?" Roku asks as he stared at the girls as everyone stared at his arm which he turned into a jagged blade "Quit staring or I'll give ya something to stare at!"
"None of 'em...I was hopin' you had someone in mind" Dartz said as Roku was undoing his pants for some reason as it infuriated Yami who was right under him as he tried to stab him in the face with his black bladed katana "Baka, no way in hell you're pulling out your junk with me under here or with them in front of us...you tryin' to make me kill ya or something?!"
"Can we get to taking about the Legendary Iceman now?" Bobby asks as both Yami and Rogue nearly died of laughter and Yami said "move aside, Legendary pain in my ass...I was talking about Victor Creed" Victor had no reaction to this anymore as it happened every time he or Logan met Ghouls, especially if they were together
"I'll only be a true legend when I disembowel Magneto and Xavier's lying asses...but first I wanna have a word with a Ghoul known as Valoran and a clown called Raiko"
"Valoran, huh?" Yami raises an eyebrow as Dartz scowled "What in the hell is your business with Raiko, Creed?" Dartz was indeed annoyed because Raiko was his older brother, an ally of Michael Darkstone but he also was trying to get someone to come after Victor and just about anyone who got on the wrong foot with him
Raiko was also a dangerous fellow, he took on and almost took out the entire X-Men plus Victor, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch just to prove a point and note just how inferior they were but he was clear that he had something special in store for Creed and many other Ghouls and mutants that was worse that actually killing them and Victor wanted to know who Azar was...as he seemed to be on the level of Azazel or higher and a complete mystery
"I want some answers from Raiko...he will be safe in his little cell, as long as I get what I came for" Victor said as Raiko topped his list of people he hated or didn't trust with Azazel as he couldn't trust them both and hated Raiko with a passion
Elsewhere, Voorhees found Grimm's ship but no sign of his son yet...he knew such a crash couldn't have possibly killed his son...he would make Cyclops suffer dearly, if that happened...he had no time to waste in allowing him to get away
Voorhees started removing the red contacts from his eyes, which were starting to itch "What a pain..."
He circles the crashed ship, apparently he hadn't done much damage to it as Grimm wasn't inside anymore...he had no problem with hunting him down if he had to
Grimm however, was in a tree not far away watching the Orc Chief...he found the older Orc to be huge compared to himself and he was trying not to be intimidated or found as Voorhees was a master hunter and was not only looking for him, but listening as well by how his ears twiched at the slightest sound
Grimm merely took a deep breath and gulped as Voorhees took up a small rock as he picked even that up without Grimm being aware of it
Voorhees threw the small harmless rock with great speed right past Grimm's head, he thought nothing of it until he saw that the same rock that nearly took his eye out was back at his ship where Voorhees no longer was 'Wait...there's no way he found me that fast and even then he couldn't move to get to me anywhere near that fast'
Grimm turned as every hair on his body stood on end as Voorhees crouched on a branch with the sun behind him and Grimm in his clear view as a purple aura burned to life around him "Grimm...well well, I never thought it'd be you I had to deal with...I already had plans for you...plans on exactly how I'd kill you"
"You know who I am?" Grimm asks as Voorhees replied "Do I know who you are...I have many children I never took care of, but I actually took care of you for the first four months of your life, I named you Grimmjow...you were special then, but now...not so much"
"The name's Grimm...and I came only to talk" Grimm said as Voorhees charged and missed with a slash of his sword but not with a knee to the gut, leaving him in crippling pain "I don't think you understand why I'm here though...there's nothing I would ever want to talk to you about, only reason I haven't killed you yet is because I made a promise to someone not to and that someone ain't you"
Grimm was vomiting from that blow to the gut but he jumped away and threw special seeds at the pursuing Voorhees called Blast Seeds that would explode on contact...but Voorhees countered with Blast Seeds of his own then came at him from above "Come now...draw your weapon"
Grimm drew a large greatsword that was larger that Voorhees' but was heavy and hard to weild, if not for Grimm's experience with using it as if it were a Katana, Grimm focused his wrath into his sword and swung it but Voorhees stopped it mid swing with his foot "Wow...the mighty Greatsword, Excellis...I never thought that sword that I've only heard of in Orcish fairytales and scary stories was actually real"
"I don't care very much for fairy tails...but I'll tear you apart with it!" Grimm spun back swinging the sword again as Voorhees tries to jump away but was still grazed across the chest by the blade "I'm going to dethrone you just like Bane did with Kami...you're not worthy of being Orc Chief if you're just a monster!"
"Me...unworthy?" Voorhees asks "How willing are you to make those your last words...to kill me?!"
"You think I was going to just give up without a goddamn hell of a fight, well you're so wrong!" Voorhees' aura was burning the forest and he saw Grimm was shaking but far from willing to give up "words mean nothing...but actions speak volumes"
A/N - The Pirates return to the Ghoul City in order to show the young mutants around the Crypt, but will the Wardins be willing to allow this...Where has Victor really been and why is Wildchild of all people with him and can Grimm really kill Voorhees and replace as he says he will despite his clear inferiority to the mad Orc Chief of the Black Fang Pirates and what does Dartz really have planned for his evil brother, Raiko? R&R and find out!