Slayer: You know… I'm annoyed. But mostly because I've finally figured out the font I was using to voice the "light inner voice" never worked! Trust me it looks completely different when typing it. Luckily I've finally caught that and have now rectified it! Anyway a small recap, Shadow showed up during the omake last chapter…
Shadow: YEAH!
Slayer: Gin got his but kicked like usual.
Gin: Gosh darn it! Hey why are my words being freaking censored?
Slayer: Because I don't use harsh language thank you very much. Never have and probably never will but that's just me. Anyways Mizore and I are also finally going on a date this chapter.
Mizore/Slayer: YEAH!
Shadow: Actually here's a thought why did you put Gin as an S class monster soon to be S+?
Slayer: Because despite all his faults which are many. (Gin: HEY!) When it comes to fighting he can actually be pretty darn impressive. So I have a few plans for him when it comes to this. Or not I might just kill him along with everyone else I haven't decided yet.
Mizore: Do you mean everyone as in everybody?
Slayer: Uh…
Tsukune: Please tell us you're joking?
Slayer: I don't own anything except OC's and Reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners.
Gin: Why aren't you answering us?
Slayer: Now without further ado… (Runs away while yelling) Here's the story!
Everyone: Get back here!
"Dark inner voice"
Thoughts/talking to inner voice
'Light inner voice'
Chapter Six: Sharpened Ice
I woke up the next day feeling great! It's been too long since I've been truly excited for anything. And better yet… I had no nightmares! Yeah! That's actually been a reoccurring theme lately. Ever since I told Mizore about my past they began to happen less and less. Now since I've rescued Shirone they've all but stopped. Although that was only a few days ago so I won't know for sure until a while later. Still I'm hopeful which is more than I could say for a long time. So getting up and stretching my back out a bit I quickly made myself some simple breakfast. I looked at the time after that. Nine thirty eh? Still have two and a half hours left. Pausing for a bit I realized I had no idea on what to wear. My wardrobe didn't exactly help me our either. Pursing my lips I decided to ask my two resident voices on what to wear. So I'm at a loss here. Do you two have any ideas?
"Well how bout you wear those black slacks with the white dress shirt?"
I nodded my head before speaking to her. I still find that weird. Okay that's a good start but I think we need something a bit more. So what do you think my light voice?
I heard a giggle from her before she answered. 'Well how about you also wear that black belt with the grey buckle and that dark blue duster there?' I looked at everything and nodded my head. Truly it would have to do since I really didn't have anything else at the moment. Taking out the clothes I paused and also took out a dark blue tie. I heard approval from my two residents and I quickly changed. Looking in the mirror I took a look at my appearance. Black slacks with a white dress shirt tucked in with a black leather belt. That part didn't look to bad, and then I put on my tie and coat. The coat stopped two inches below my knees. What I liked about this coat however was that it only had a collar and not any shoulder drapes. On my feet were black dress shoes and matching black socks.
I guess I didn't look to bad, but I felt slightly vulnerable without my armor. So to offset that I went over to the pistol I got from that strange Darkwraith last night. The guy still creeped me out… It was if he was lying the whole time and yet at the same time wasn't. Still the pistol was of high quality, I made sure of it myself last night. I even went as far as to check it for any lingering magic. The thing was completely clean. Checking it over one last time I used an hour from the remaining time to attach the holster to the inside of my coat. I attached it to my right side so I could pull it out with my left hand. For some reason I was always the better shot with my left hand. Personally I can't remember if I was originally left or right handed.
Not that it mattered I'm quite dexterous now which I say is a fair trade. Whoever I was before didn't really matter to me any more. Because as I was saying before I'm pretty happy with my lot in life at the moment. Still that wouldn't keep me from bringing a hidden weapon with me where ever I go. Like someone once said… "Just because they're not your enemy… Doesn't mean you're not theirs." I really must find a way to meet the person who first came up with that quote. They seem like an incredibly wise and intelligent person. Shaking my head and putting all that to the side, I started to think about what we would actually do today. I've never been on a date before, and I don't think Mizore has either.
Personally I'm fine with this but… It meant that we had no experience and really had no idea about what we were doing. Still for Mizore I decided to use what I know about her to come up with a game plan. In fact one of the reasons I chose this day to have the date was because the bus came today at noon. You see the bus only comes once a month, a large problem and bother to a lot of students but we got over it. However this just proves how far and carefully I planned out this thing.
I figured we could start with some lunch, go see some type of a movie if she wanted, go out shopping since I believe girls like that sort of thing. Although I myself needed to buy a few things, mostly stuff for my fridge as well as clothes for both me and Shirone. Storing them would be quite simple since we'd just need to drop everything off in my hunters dream. After that we could go out to eat something, or I could make something. I'd have to see what Mizore would want. Then for the finale we'd take a nice walk by the lake she likes so much near the school. Personally it doesn't seem all that bad to me but what do I know? Hey give me a break I've never been in love before or even been loved for that matter. Everything's completely new to me, but I was determined to try my best for Mizore's sake.
I took a deep breath to calm my nerves which were actually quite jittery. Finally calmed down I looked at the time to see that I had about forty-five minutes left. We had agreed the previous day that we'd meet at the bus stop. I knew it wouldn't take me long to get there but I figured arriving early was the best thing to do. It would also allow me to plan things out even further and also mentally prepare myself better without having to rush. Okay so maybe I was over thinking this and freaking out. I even admitted it to myself, but like I've said I'm rather new and also quite paranoid. I actually had to punch myself in the face to stop all of these thoughts. It worked but… In hindsight punching myself probably wasn't the best idea.
But it still worked and now fully focused I used my enhanced speed to get to the bus stop. When I got there I checked the time again. It was elven-thirty. Apparently all my freaking out cost me fifteen minutes. Still now that I was there I was able to sit down and just wait for my wonderful date to show up. The events for today would mostly take place at the Youkai mall. It wasn't the biggest mall but it was nice and fairly new. Plus it was made for monsters which was a bonus for this situation. I doubted that Mizore had really been to many modern human cities. Perhaps latter I might take her to the human world. But at the moment I thought that this was for the best. I was actually so caught up in my thoughts that I didn't notice someone was behind me, until two familiar pale hands covered my eyes. The hands were soft and cold. I was surprised at first but then I heard a familiar and wonderful voice.
"Guess who?" I had to smile at that, it seems as though she was finally able to sneak up on me. She has actually been trying since the beginning of the year. But I was so in tuned with her unique energy that I always knew where she was.
I finally answered after some mock thinking time. "Hmm… I wonder? Is it the wonderful and beautiful Mizore?" I heard her giggle before she answered me.
"Yep you got it right and thank you for the compliment." Even though I couldn't see her I could tell that she was blushing a bit. I gently grabbed her hands before turning around to see her. I was curious to see what she and Shirone would come up with. Really I could only stare at what I saw. Truly to the entire world I probably looked like an idiot with my eyes wide and mouth hanging slightly opened. My dark inner voice summed up what I was thinking rather well.
"Wow… Well at least we know she likes you enough to dress like this." I recovered slightly at her voice and answered.
Yeah but now I feel quite out of place. I mean my clothes don't quite compare. My new resident tried to reassure me that I was fine.
'Don't worry hunter you look fine! It's just Mizore's a beautiful young woman is all. It's only natural to feel this way.' I had to question her after she said that.
And do tell when did you become an expert? I never got a response back from either of my tenants. I thought so. Now recovered thanks to my inner conversation, I gave Mizore a big smile while taking a better look at her. She was wearing ice-blue flat dress shoes and white blue knee length tights. She was also wearing an ice blue summer dress with a dark blue ribbon around her waist. The neck collar of the dress was also dark blue and the straps were of the same color. But what surprised me the most was that she had actually cut her hair. Instead of being long and reaching down her back it was now shoulder length. In her hands she held a small light blue purse. It was simple but I actually liked it. It suited her just wonderfully in my eyes. Looking at her must have made her a bit nervous since she was now fidgeting under my gaze. I could tell she wanted me to say something so say something I did.
"Exactly like I said the wonderful and Beautiful Mizore. However… I think even this is a new level for you." She gazed down as her face became bright red, her pale skin not helping to hide it at all. Still despite her embarrassed blush she was still able to say a few things to me.
"Tha-thank you… Are yo-you sure that I look nice like this? Me and Shirone were actually curious to see if you'd like my hair like this." I smiled in truth I actually kind of liked girls with medium to kind of short hair. Not that Mizore didn't look good with long hair mind you it's just my personally preference. So answering her question was rather easy for me.
So smiling and putting my hand on her head I answered her, "Yes I love it in fact. It really does suit you Mizore." If it were possible I could've sworn her face became even redder. Laughing a bit I continued talking. "To be perfectly honest I feel slightly underdressed with you looking like this." Still blushing she shook her head when I said that.
"No! You look rather nice yourself." Since I was already smiling I continued while walking over to her left side and I put my right arm around her shoulders. I then pulled her into a tight embrace she felt cold but that was to be expected. Still she looked a bit surprised from my hug but then smiled and accepted it. It wasn't like this was the first time I've done this. But the other times were mostly friendly or me holding onto her to blink somewhere. This time I tried to put in what I felt for her. It seemed to work when she leaned into me. Another point for me! Not that I was tallying up anything that is…
We ended up sitting down on the bus benches in the same position. Except that Mizore was now resting her head on my shoulder. We didn't really say anything until the bus arrived and we had to get up and get on. I looked at the driver who had taken me to the academy in the first place. He still had that creepy smile and glowing eyes. He looked at us and then chuckled before speaking.
"Well it seems you're still alive good for you! And it seems like someone has a new girlfriend so where to killer?" I rolled my eyes at him but still had to smile a bit. Despite his creepiness and smoking habit, I found it hard to actually dislike the guy. So I ended up smiling at him anyway.
"To the new Youkai mall that has opened up. I assume you know where that is?" He scoffed in mock hurt before answering me.
"Of course I know where that is. I wouldn't be much of a bus driver if I didn't now would I?" I laughed at that before agreeing and moving down to the middle of the bus. It was the sixth seat on the right, stepping behind it a bit I offered her to sit down first like a chauffeur would open up a limo's door for their riders. Mizore giggled at my antics as she took the spot next to the window. Getting in afterword's I opened up the window to allow some wind in. It was still a high school bus after all. They tend to become slightly stuffy. And it didn't help that mister glowing eyes was smoking on a cigar. As I sat down next to Mizore I saw that she looked a bit warm on the bus. She took out her purse and was about to take out one of her suckers when I put my hand on her shoulder. She looked at me before I spoke.
"Please allow me good miss." With that I used both my wind and ice manipulations to create a cold pocket of air around us. She seemed to relax in comfort quite quickly after that. She looked at me with another one of her wonderful smiles before talking.
"Thank you very much good sir. How might I repay you for your actions?" She seemed to pick up on my little outburst of gentleman's attitude and decided to play along with the attitude of a proper lady. I gave a grin at our antics before continuing with it.
"Well perhaps a token of affection from the good lady will suffice." She cutely giggled before giving me my answer. That answer happened to be a small kiss on my cheek. Putting a hand to that spot I continued talking. "Yeah I think that'll do it." She giggled again before resting her head on my chest. Embarrassed a bit I scratched my left cheek while putting my arm around her. In the end though I rested my head on hers and we stayed like that. However I also ended up kissing her head through hair which made both of us quite red. Well at least more so than when she kissed me. We both looked at each other and laughed at our faces. After which we both went back to our previous positions.
However that was when I felt a few familiar energy signatures. They belonged to the rest of our group. I even felt Shirone, which was strange because I didn't think she was one to spy on me on a date. Still I looked up to see… No one. No really no one was there. As you might have guessed I was quite confused, but returned to my previous position while putting a bit of my coat over the aisle. After a few moments I heard quiet steps. They were slow and small but I was still able to hear them thanks to my enhanced hearing. And after a few more moments I heard the steps pass by our seats. I also happened to feel something brush up against my coat. I mentally sighed along with my other tenants.
Well it seems like the others decided to follow us. Why aren't I surprised? I was answered by my light tenant.
'It seems so. Though I wonder why Shirone is following us. And more importantly how are they invisible?' Her questions were answered by my darker half.
"More than likely the others put her up to this. We'll have to talk to them later about corrupting her. But as to how they're invisible… My best guess is that it's thanks to Yukari. I mean she is a witch, hazard a guess that she whipped up some spell or potion." We both had to agree with her assessment. Though I had the distinct feeling that it was mostly Kurumu and Yukari that put everyone up to this. But that didn't mean I wasn't going to give them all a stern talking to later for this. However I didn't want to bring up any unnecessary tension on me and Mizore's date so I didn't say anything. Although I had a feeling Mizore also knew they were there, but didn't say anything for the same reasons.
But that wouldn't stop me from messing with them. Well everyone but Shirone that is. I even had the perfect way to do it to. Grinning a bit I pulled out a singular bullet. Although this one was a blank so no harm would be done if it went off. Mizore looked over at me and saw what I was about to do. She only smiled and nodded her head. Smiling back I used my senses to locate the only male in the group and threw the bullet overhead behind me. I was successful although Tsukune did a good job at not making any sounds when the blank hit his head. However both me and Mizore laughed quietly at that, especially when they all yelped when it went off. Eventually the bus arrived at our stop and we got off. As we left the driver talked to us.
"Remember now I'll be back here at seven, so make sure to be back here by then." I nodded my head before speaking.
"Thanks but that won't really be necessary since we'll probably use my own transporting abilities to get back to school."
He nodded at that. "Yeah well if that's the case have good time there." We then turned and walked towards the mall. Although we could hear the others scrambling to get off before the bus as we left. Apparently despite my little bullet trick they still wanted to follow us. Makes me wonder what they were thinking.
"More than likely they believe it was an accident since you didn't say anything to them after it." The other voice in my head seemed to agree with that statement.
'Yes well Shirone probably had already figured out that we know they're following us. She's more than likely trying to make sure they don't try anything." I mentally agreed with her and went back to focusing on what I was doing. And that was trying to see where Mizore would like to have lunch for the day.
So rubbing my hands together I started that little conversation. "So… Is there anywhere you'd like to eat today? Don't worry about the price everything's on me." She adopted a thoughtful look on her face as she looked around. Since it was a mall there were actually quite a few different places to choose from. Personally as long as she didn't choose WacDonald's I'd be just fine. My thoughts paused when I glanced over that particular store. In all honesty I find the strange parallel between WacDonald's and Macdonald's rather disturbing. Sometimes I just had to wonder about dimensions paralleled to my own. Still we ended up eating at another burger place that actually turned out to not be so bad. Since Mizore pretty much knew everything about me already. Or at least everything I could remember we ended up talking about her family and home.
Her mother's name Tsurara and she grew up in the Yuki Onna's main village. Apparently the place was also had a ski resort since it was high up in the mountains somewhere. Unfortunately this is where things turned a bit sour. Because of the two of us talking and just enjoying each other's company I wasn't able to notice someone with a dark aura approach us until he was already next to our table. When he spoke his voice was gruff and serious yet… Also held a hint of insanity.
"Void Walker…" That caught my attention rather quickly and both me and Mizore turned to him. All though my eyes grew wide in surprise as I saw a large Black Hand gun pointed at me. Needless to say I acted quickly and made my chair fall to the side with me on it. The sound of a gunshot sounded throughout the area as he fired and barely missed me. The bullet made a decent sized hole in the wall. As for me I rolled backwards when the chair hit the floor and quickly got to my feet while throwing the chair at him with my right arm. At the same time I quickly took out my gun with my left hand and fired at him, while also making sure I wouldn't hit anyone behind him if I missed. He took out a twin pistol of his other gun and fired at the chair obliterating it while also dodging my shot.
Mizore yelled out to me in concern. "HUNTER! Are you alright?!"
I groaned before answering her the fall did kind of hurt. "Yeah don't worry I'm fine, he missed the shot." I heard her sigh in relief as I turned my attention to my attacker while narrowing my eyes. I was finally able to take in my opponent's appearance. Over his head was a bunch of loose grey colored cloth that acted as a hood he also wore a brown cowboy hat on top of his head. His actual face however was covered in white bandages with a metal eyepatch attached right over his left eye. His right eye though was yellow with red sclera. He also wore a brown vest with a grey long sleeved shirt underneath. On his feet were grey combat boots, and he also wore brown pants. He also had brown full gloves, and over everything was a grey trench coat that went down to his feet. Looking at his guns I scowled when I saw that they were both customized desert eagles. Although he probably used a different kind of bullet instead of the regular military issue ones.
I should know I use quick silver bullets so I didn't use regular bullets either. Another clue to this was how he shot a hole in the wall, and it was made of concrete. Desert eagles can't do that without some bit of extra oomph one might say. I continued to scowl at him his choice of clothing didn't help me in trying to see how he moves. Though in truth I also wore my outfits for the same reason, although it wasn't nearly as effective as the way this guy did it.
Still glaring at him I spoke to him in order to try and get some answers. "So who might I have the un-pleasure of meeting today? You do know this has pretty much ruined my date today, along with ruin many other people's day." Hey what I said was true everyone in the restaurant were looking at us with wary eyes and huddling close to the walls.
The man finally spoke up after grunting in agreement. "Yes well for that I'm sorry but I have a job to do and I will do it. Though my lord was quite surprised when he found out you existed. As such he ordered me to eliminate you."
I raised an eyebrow at that while continuing to question him. "Oh? And what exactly did I do to this "lord" of yours? And more importantly why would my existence be a surprise for him?" They were fair questions, yet he laughed at me before speaking again.
"Well Voidwalker you see… Very recently you ruined a plan of ours. That was when my lord discovered your existence. To be honest unlike most others my lord isn't blinded by pride and sees things as future threats."
My eyes widened when he told me this. "Future threats? And what do you mean ruining a plan recently…" My voice trailed off as my eyes widened even more in surprise and shock.
The man just laughed at me. "Oh?! It seems you've figured it out! Yes my lord looks, observes, and then acts. Threats are classified between three levels with level one being the greatest threat such as you." He said that while pointing at me with his left index finger before continuing. "And level three threats being the lowest like the small girl there." He then pointed over to where Shirone and the others were hiding. Or more precise Shirone herself. "Yes you see for level three threats we manipulate others to take care of the threat. For level two we send in a medium level member." He then paused while narrowing his visible eye at me while aiming his pistols at me.
"But for threats like you we send out people like me. Consider me a high level enforcer. Because while you're not a true threat yet… You have a high chance of becoming one. Especially since you've picked up that Asauchi." My mind was racing a mile a minute.
These guys are the ones that convinced Xenolith to attack Shirone?! And what in oblivion is an Asauchi?! Luckily for me that last question was answered by my new tenant.
'An Asauchi is a blank Zanpaktou. This is the sword you picked up Hunter, in other words me. Now normally it would take a while to bond with a Zanpaktou… You had such a strong soul that it happened in a few days. Although for some reason your dark half was also changed after I was imprinted.'
"Yeah but it's not like that matters to me." And like that suddenly things made quite a bit of sense. And much to my relief sense I now knew I wasn't completely losing it.
Phew! And here I though I've finally lost it! But what's your name? I still haven't learned it yet.
'Well to be honest you should've known my name already since I went into my release state with your fight with Xenolith. Which is actually quite surprising on how that happened my guess is that your will and desire to protect released me. But let's see if you can hear my name now. My name is Masamune.' I smiled at that before replying back to her.
Hey I actually heard that. And Masamune really?
For some reason I could tell she was pouting. 'Hey! It's you I'm based off of! Which means my name is your fault!'
Wow easy there! I'm sorry I really didn't mean to offend. But seriously Masamune we should get back to what's going on right now. She reluctantly agreed and I returned my attention back to my attacker. And remembering what he said I felt my anger return before I questioned him even more.
"So If my guess is right from the way you told me this along with everyone else you don't intend on letting me or my friends live? Especially since we all know of you and this lord of yours." The others finally revealed themselves while looking a bit nervous. Kurumu was the first to speak up.
"Hehe… So you knew we were here the whole time eh?"
I just shook my head at her seeing how she didn't notice the current atmosphere. "Yes we knew you were there since the bus. Why do you think I threw a blank bullet at Tsukune?"
Tsukune gaped at me when I said that. "Wait you mean you did that on purpose?! That hurt! And scared the crap out of me!"
I just shrugged at him before talking back. "That's what you get for stalking us on our date and also bringing Shirone into this." At that Shirone looked at us apologetically.
"Sorry Onii-chan but they talked me into this." Apparently she's now calling me her Onii-chan. Sometimes she's too cute for her own good.
So I just gave her a warm smile before speaking to her nicely. "Don't worry I already knew that. I'll make sure to punish them latter as for now…" I trailed off as I looked back to my attacker before speaking again. "I need everyone to get away from here and leave this guy to me. And before anyone protests know that this guy is on a whole different level than all of you. I'm sorry but you'd all just get in my way." I turned towards Mizore before smiling and speaking again.
"Sorry about this Mizore. It seems like our date was ruined. Can I ask you to take care of Shirone while I deal with this guy?"
She looked at me worriedly before slowly nodding her head. "Alright but you be careful now alright? I don't want to lose you…" I smiled at her while nodding. That was when she ran to the others and took Shirone's hand. They all nodded to each other before looking back to me.
Moka yelled out to me first. "Be careful alright?!"
Tsukune yelled out secondly. "Yeah you still have a job to do!"
Kurumu was third. "Yeah! Besides things would be boring without ya!"
Shirone then yelled out to me with worry. "Please just be careful Onii-chan!" Still as cute as ever, this in turn just made me feel guilty for worrying her.
Finally Mizore Yelled to me. "Make sure to come back safely okay!"
I just nodded my head before yelling back. "Don't worry I don't plan on dying here today." With that everyone ran out of the place even the other people in the restaurant. My face then grew serious again while turning towards the gunman. "Well I must say you're quite chivalrous. You had plenty of opportunity to attack me during the little heartfelt scene. So why didn't you?"
He chuckled before answering me. "That's rather easy, you see I believe in allowing my targets to say goodbye to anyone they care about. At least if they can say goodbye that is. If not I allow them to write a letter, a short letter but a letter nonetheless. I also believe on giving my name to the one I'm about to kill."
I gave him a small smile at that. "Well at least you're honorable. Anyway for introductions I'm Hunter Infinium a Voidwalker. But I have a feeling you already knew that, now then who're you?"
The man aimed his guns at me while I did the same then he answered me. "My name is Shizu Gun-meister an Abysswalker." My eyes widened when he said that. And instantly I knew I was in some pretty hot water. Like a Voidwalker an Abysswalker uses the powers given to them by their respective areas. Only an Abysswalker was made naturally stronger than a Voidwalker. Mainly because they were used as servants instead of entertainment, as such they had more powers and much greater strength.
Though still surprised I ran to the left and dodged the shots he let out in my direction. I quickly returned fire which he dodged by running to the right. I noticed that when my bullets hit something it let out an electric shock. Apparently the Darkwraith was telling me the truth about this gun. Running behind a table he kicked it so it was on its side before kicking it again sending it at me. I ducked underneath it as it broke through a window behind me. I grimaced at the amount of damage we were causing. I already knew that I'd have to pay for any damages. At that he opened fire on me again.
That's if I survive that IS! Quickly blinking behind the stores front counter to avoid the shots I took aim and fired again. However he made a roll to the left and fired upon my position. I ducked behind the counter so he wouldn't have a clear shot. However that proved to be a moot point as his bullets just went right through it! I had to dodge them while I couldn't see where he was aiming. Taking a chance I put my right arm on the counter and used it to hoist myself over it while firing at Shizu. He ran to the left to avoid my shots and quickly reloaded his pistols. He then opened fire on me once again. I scowled as he took advantage of me having to reload and rand in the opposite direction.
I stopped as he had to reload again. I counted that he had eight shots in each gun. Knowing that would be useful for later. Quickly taking advantage of this I charged him while firing upon him. He avoided my shots as I made it up right in front of him. Quickly I created a long ice spike in my right hand and went in to stab him. However he surprised me as he avoided it by stepping to the side. He then kicked me hard enough to send me flying through the last still un-broken window. Which was now broken I guess. When outside the place I righted myself mid-flight and used my right hand to slow down my momentum. The guy was strong as well as fast. Not only was he able to keep up with my speed but he was able to send me flying. Plus his gun skills were as good as mine.
I looked around me to see a bunch of people whispering about what was happening. I scowled before yelling at them. "I suggest you all run away if you know what's good for you!" However since they were monsters they really didn't take me seriously and laughed. Until Shizu started firing more bullets at me, then everyone panicked and ran away. Personally I always knew guns were an effective way to get people to move. It even got me moving! Although I was mostly dodging bullets and trying to find some cover. Running behind a wall I tried to calm my breathing while reloading. This guy certainly wasn't a pushover. Even Masamune and my darker half agreed on that.
Peering around the corner I had to quickly duck back behind cover as Shizu fired on me again. I growled at this because apparently he wasn't about to let up on me. Truly his deserved the name of gun-meister. I was also right on sending everyone away. Although to both me and Shizu we were probably moving at normal speeds… I knew to everyone else we were a blur. To be honest our speeds were the only things saving each other from the others gunshots. I looked to the left as I saw the railing. The restaurant was on the second level of the mall. I decided to use this to my advantage. Taking a chance I ran out from behind the wall while firing at him. My shots missed him as he rolled forward. However that was when I jumped off the railing. He followed me and I quickly shot at him when I touched the ground.
His visible eye winced as one of my shots grazed his left shoulder. However it didn't stop him as he quickly opened fire on my position. Even though I jumped back his bullets made a hole in the floor beneath me as the original holes expanded. I quickly fell in; landing on my feet I looked around to see that I was in some sort of storage area. The place was filled with boxes, crates, and shelves. And although this provided plenty of cover… It also provided cover for Shizu, and also would increase the amount of costs in damages. I groaned at that thought, but I turned serious again when Shizu dropped down a few meters away from me. As he landed I started to question him again.
"You know you're quite skilled so it begs to question why you'd be doing something like this with you skills."
He snorted at me before answering. "I could be saying the same thing about you. In truth you're holding back. We know of your abilities Voidwalker and yet… You've haven't used your lightning or wind. True you've used your ice and blink ability a bit but… You've haven't used them excessively. My guess is that you're trying to see if I'll say anything about my lord or our groups name or even our true mission. Am I right?" I scowled at his because well… He was pretty much right on the money with that statement. Usually by now the enemy would be bragging or taunting me about the "rightness" of their cause.
He laughed at the face I made; in truth that laugh of his was starting to annoy me. "Well judging by that face I was quite correct! But in truth I'll only tell you if I'm on deaths door!" He paused for a breath before starting to speak again. "You know I believe it's time to show you why I'm the Gun-meister." When he said that his pistols disappeared, this confused me until I saw a black shoulder mounted machine gun appear on his right shoulder.
Really there was only one thing I could say. "Ah crap…" He started laughing while firing at me. I blinked in order to get away from the line of fire, as dozens of bullets flew at my previous position. Truly the situation just became worse. Still I wasn't one to just give up, so I kept blinking out of the way. And eventually I made him lose track of my position. Peering around the large stack of boxes I was hiding behind, I saw him switch his mounted gun for two Gatling guns. In other words two large guns in two different hands, really I could only sigh at my predicament. Thinking I decided to ask Masamune and my darker half on what to do.
So guys any ideas on how to get out of this situation? Masamune answered me first.
'Well if you had me I would suggest getting up close to him to limit his fire but… I understood what she meant and finished for her.
But as of right now I don't have you and even if I did he has some close combat skills of his own. But this long range strategy isn't working either. Masamune agreed with that statement, that's when the other one spoke up.
"Well I guess you don't have a choice then. He's revealed his abilities, so I think it's time for you to do the same." I sighed but agreed with her statement anyway.
Yeah I guess but I didn't want to since I still need to find out who he is working for. Oh well here goes nothing. With that said I jumped out of cover and immediately created a thick wall of ice in front of me, as to block incoming fire. However I left a small hole so I could return fire. The strategy worked to block the incoming attack until… He swapped out his weapons for a rocket launcher, a Javelin to be precise. I quickly blinked over to the top of a tall shelf in order to dodge the rocket. While up there I both fired my gun and launched black lightning at him. He started back flipping out of the way until he was backed up against a pile of crates. However he proved to be not trapped as he jumped up onto the crates and fired his rocket at me again.
Using my lightning I shot it causing an explosion that obscured my vision. As I tried to peer through it Shizu jumped through the smoke caused by the explosion. He had re-equipped his pistols and was right in front of me. Eyes widening I wasn't able to blink out of the way so I dropped down instead. However as he fired his guns at me one of the bullets went through my right shoulder. I yelled out in pain as I gripped it to try to at least dull the pain. However it was for naught as I now had a huge hole there. Luckily it still didn't hit anything vital but… I was losing quite a bit of blood. Quickly thinking I got out a blood vial and drank it. However to my shock it wasn't healing.
That was when Shizu started talking again. "Sorry but that won't really work." I turned towards him my face twisted in pain and anger. However he ignored it to continue talking. "You see the bullets I use are called Dark maker bullets. They're made to be as strong as quick silver bullets. However! Dark maker bullets have the added bonus of making it so wounds can only heal as fast as a human. In other words no healing magic, items, herbs, or even healing factor will speed up the healing process. It'll heal as slow as human wounds. Sure you can wrap it up and stop the bleeding but… it'll still take a while for it to heal. As such advantage me."
I grit my teeth after he told me this. This just meant I had to be even more careful than before. I knew I wouldn't be able to take too many for hits from something like that. Still with that last hit my right arm has become quite useless. So standing up straight and letting my arm hang uselessly I started firing on him again. He jumped back while switching to what looked like a lever action rifle. Quickly running while holding my shoulder I ran behind cover as he opened fire. Making an ice wall I kept running and made another while slipping away to the top of some crates. He quickly destroyed the ice walls to find me gone. He lower his rifle and switched to his pistols again. Then he slowly walked forward completely missing my location.
Truly it was lucky for me that the place was pretty dark or else he would've been able to follow my blood trail. As he moved past my position I sighed and started breathing hard. I then used the opportunity to reload. You see without my right arm I could no longer quickly reload my weapon. You see all that stuff in games where someone reloads a revolver with one hand. Well… that stuff doesn't really happen in real life unless they have tons of practice. And well as for me I haven't really practiced all that much. (A/N not that this is real life of course.) Sighing I started to plan out my attack. That was when he jumped up to where I was and started shooting. Surprised I almost didn't manage to roll out of the way in time.
Unfortunately a bullet grazed my left thigh. Luckily it wasn't too bad and I was able to return fire. One of my shots finally hit their mark as well. As in Shizu's right arm, this made him drop his guns as bolts of electricity flowed throughout his body.
He quickly cried out in pain. However I didn't stop there as I was one to not let up on attacks. So taking advantage of his pain I continued to fire on him. Each bullet hit him and caused even more electricity to attack his body. However I still needed to reload and when I did so he managed to stand up and fire at me. Although his right arm was as useless as mine so he was only able to fire his left pistol. However he was still able to shoot my new revolver out of my left hand. Scowling as it bounced across the floor making clacking sounds… I turned to him and put wind, lightning, and ice into one single spike and sent it at him. Unable to dodge because of the electricity numbing his legs the spike tore through his chest. It didn't kill him but he fell onto his back clutching the wound as blood poured out.
Breathing hard I quickly picked up my gun and walked towards him. When I was over him I kneeled down and brought my gun close to his face. I aimed directly at his forehead, a place that would definantly kill him. Still though I had some question I needed answers and so held back on finishing him.
Trying to speak through the pain from my wounds I started the interrogation. "Well it seems as though you're on death door now doesn't it?" He growled at me since I was using his words against him but I still continued. "So tell me Abysswalker who's this "lord" of yours?" He sighed as he knew he was beaten.
After a few seconds he started talking. "I won't tell you everything but know this… My lord lives in New York; he also wears all red and carries a large sword with a skeleton crossguard. He also has white hair and blue eyes. But that's all I'm telling you." I sighed because of the vague information but I still had to give him credit. At least he was completely loyal that is something that's hard to find now a days.
Still I looked him directly in the eye before speaking. "Well thank you for that information. Now then I think it's time for you to say goodbye." Shizu starting laughing at that and I narrowed my eyes at him. "What are you…" I never finished as he opened up his coat revealing a multitude of explosives. "CRAP!" Yelling in frustration I jumped back as far as I could as I saw him take out a trigger and press the button. With an audible click all the explosives went off. This threw me back quite a ways away and through quite a bit of crates and shelves. Eventually I hit a wall hard enough to make a crater in it. Knocking the wind out of me and making me slump against it. I knew at this point I was heavily damaged. I couldn't even move a finger. I could tell Masamune and my dark voice yelling out to me but I couldn't tell what they were saying.
The last thing I saw before losing consciousness was Mizore running up to me. Apparently she heard the explosion and came to check on me. And though I could see her mouth moving I couldn't hear anything. Then everything went black as I fell unconscious.
Character notes
Monster classes… SSS, SS+, SS, S+, S, A, B, C, D, F+, F
Moka-Vampire: Natural S class monster-current class S
Mizore-Yuki Onna: Natural B class Monster-current class B
Kurumu-Succubus: Natural A class monster-current class A
Hunter-Voidwalker/Beast hunter: Natural D class monster-current class S+
Tsukune-Human: Natural F class-current F (comparison to Navy seals-C class)
Shirone-Nekoshou: Natural B class monster-current class B
Kuroka-Nekoshou: Natural B class monster-current class S+
Shizuka Nekonome- Nekomusume: Natural D class monster-current class ?
Yukari Sendo-witch: Natural C class monster/border being-current class C
Ginei Morioka-Werewolf: Natural S class monster-current class S verge of S+
Shizu Gun-meister-Abysswalker: Natural S class monster-current class S+
Story Omake: One
The adventures of Shirone Infinium
Part one
(This is an alternate non-canon series of shorts that take place six years in the future. Note that this will have no impact on the actual story. These will be at least 700 and at most 1200 words. So without further ado let's start.)
Point of view Shirone
I sighed as I sat in one of the mansions chairs reading a book. In all honesty I was actually rather impatient today. You see today Onii-chan is finally letting me try out my dimensional traveling skills. We would've done this earlier but the last six years were quite hectic. We've finally been able to teach me how to do it. And as a test run I'll be going back to my original world. I was slightly nervous about this but I needed to go back. There are some things I need to do after all. Onii-chan offered to come with me but I told him I needed to do this alone. I can see that this worries him greatly but he allowed me to do this anyway. On the condition that I carry a communicator much like his phone. This is what I'm currently waiting on actually.
Turning another page I heard him approach with the phone. He was wearing what he usually wears now. As in black slacks, white shirt and black vest, black dress shoes and a navy blue trench coat. The coat went about three inches past his knees. I myself was wearing a two tailed white coat. It had also had six white buttons going down the front. They were spaced out by two and a half inches each. The top two were unbuttoned so it was more comfortable. Underneath I wore a white long sleeved shirt. I also had on a black skirt that went about an inch above my knees. I also was wearing black tights and white combat boots. On my hands were my sister's gloves which were resized to fit me after I grew out of them a bit ago. Much to my chargen however I'm still short.
My brother interrupted my thoughts on my height when he spoke up to me. "Well here it is your own personal inter-dimensional phone." I took it gratefully out of his hands as I stood up. The phone was a slim flip phone colored pink with a black cat figure on the front.
"Thanks Onii-chan. Well I better be off then I'll make sure to call every week to tell you I'm fine." He nodded his head at me and we gave each other a quick hug before I left to go outside. Looking around I took a deep breath before channeling my inner energies. As a sign of trust Onii-chan wasn't going to watch me do this. It was kind of scary but also nice since it means he was willing to trust me with this. After a bit I activated the spell and a white vortex appeared in front of me. I mentally jumped for joy since this meant I was successful. So picking up my travel bag I took one last breath before walking in. It closed up behind as I looked behind myself. Looking forward I started walking.
If I was completely honest with myself this was actually rather nerve wracking. It was the first time I did anything like this by myself. But I was determined to get through this. I stopped however when I heard someone snicker. Letting out my senses and looking around I saw… No one. Setting my bag down and slapping my face a bit with both hands I sighed. Apparently my nervousness was getting the better of me. I then once again picked up my bag over my shoulder and kept walking. After a bit of walking in the endless white tunnel I saw a light up ahead. I recognized this as my stop and I quickly picked up the pace and ran towards it. Hopefully when I appeared no one would be around to see me walk out of a portal. That'd be both awkward and kind of panic inducing.
However what was panic inducing was what happened after I stepped through the exit. I suddenly found myself weightless and I began to fall. Looking down I noticed I was actually in the air and was falling towards the ground. In reality there wasn't really anything I could do and so I just prayed that I wouldn't make a hole through the roof. I knew that I would survive the fall. I just hoped I wouldn't break through the roof and scare everyone inside the building. Luckily I wasn't too high up so when I landed on the roof all I did was make some cracks. Sighing in relief I jumped off the roof after making sure no one was around. At the moment I knew I was in the correct world but I currently didn't know exactly where I was.
But by looking around I could tell I was in Japan somewhere. It took me a bit but I finally found a sign that told me where I was.
"Kuoh huh?" I read the sign out loud. Clenching my right fist I spoke out loud with determination. "Alright then! It's time for me to get to work!" Though saying that I quickly slumped because… I truly had no idea on how to start. However I perked up in confusion when someone started talking to me. Although they must have mistaken me for someone else.
"Koneko? What are you doing here?"
"Huh?" Confused I turned around to see who was talking to me. I turned around to see a brown haired high school boy with a blond hair nun next to him. "Umm who's Koneko?" He looked at me confused, and that's when I heard the same chuckling from before in my head. My eye twitched as I recognized it. I then spoke to me in my mind.
"Well now make sure to have fun dearie! And also eat a lot of cheese!" Yep Apparently Sheogorath messed with my teleportation. Now I had no idea on where I actually was and what would happen. However I was still determined and I wasn't going to let that mad god just get away with this! I'd play his games for now but I would get him back for this. So looking back towards the two who were now staring at me I decided to start with them. After all the brown haired one called me Koneko after all.
Slayer: (whispering) Well my readers currently I'm hiding from everyone so I need to be a bit more quiet than usual. Anyway how did you like this chapter? I bet It's been a while since you've seen a full out gun fight. Well mostly full out gun fight. Basically that was inspired by me watching Tri-Gun again. Ah… I love that show. Still as usual I've managed to make the lives of my characters even harder. And like I said in the last chapter things will start deviating from canon. This chapter also showed that I'm not the strongest yet. As you can see there are still plenty of people out there that can easily beat the crap out of me. Oh shoot!
Shadow: I think I saw him go this way!
Slayer: Well I need to make this quick! How did you like the omake this time around? I decided to do something a bit differently. If you want it as an actual side series just for funsies please review and tell me. Along with just reviewing to tell me what you liked and didn't like. Also if you can tell who Shizu was talking about during this chapter you earn a cookie! An internet cookie that is, but it might actually surprise you as to what is actually happening. But as always thanks for the support and thanks for giving this story a chance! As such this is Slayer Infinium Signing off!
Tsukune: He's over here!
Everyone: Get him!
Slayer: OH CRAP BASKETS!