Slayer: Well here we are again. Back to my story which is (in my opinion) a whole lot cuter than your stories.
Judan: When did you start describing your stories as cute?
Shadow: Yeah… especially since you're the one who created the Darkwraiths, Abysswalkers, Voidwalkers, Voidspawns, and a whole lot of other things which are just kind of scary.
Slayer: I have Fuyo, Suki, and Ayame. Along with some other variations of Shirone, along with an adorable Flandre and a few others.
Shadow: Well… when you put it like that…
Suki: I am adorable aren't I?
Fuyo: We'rth both arth!
Judan: Yeah you're both cute and manipulative, now then how about our really only reviewer?
Neos: Sure I'll go ahead and do that. Now then RedBurningDragon… I actually don't really know what to say here.
Shadow: Then let the expert do his job! Freaking Broodknight… Now then while Segata and Chuck Norris are in fact in a stalemate at the moment. You forget that Segata Santuro is quite capable of cloning himself. Also Glacial is indeed one of the scarier dragons. Although it wasn't blood bending at all. No for it to be called blood bending it would have to affect only the person's blood.
Neos: Yeah! This affected everything, because in the body there are other liquids such as stomach acids, sweat, and mucus. She pretty much tore all of that out and more with her liquid manipulation.
Shadow: Indeed so while Kokabiel's death was quick, he felt the worse pain in his entire life within that moment. Also the shard Milly picked up was just that, a literal shard that still had some primal white element in it. Also there will be no Skeletron's or Skeletron primes showing up in this story. Now with that done who wants to end this?
Suki: Me and Fuyo can!
Neos: Never done a dual thing before… sure why not? Knock yourselves out.
Suki: Alright! Now say what I say okay?
Fuyo: Sure Onee Chan!
Suki/Fuyo: Now we here at the Dark Guard production own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their original owners, now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Suki: Good job imoutou! I'm so proud of you!
Fuyo: (Blushes) Thanks Onee Chan.
Neos: Aren't they adorable?!~ Makes me just want to go up to them and hug them.~
Shadow: Why don't you?
Neos: Because Flandre would kill me if she even thought that I'd replace her as my huggable cuteness.
Shadow: Hugga what now?
Neos: Doesn't matter let's just move on.
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Reaper/Fernus
{Hello}= Ddraig
(Hello)= other sacred gears
'Hello'= Suki talking through thoughts
Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Chapter Seventeen: Oh yeah… It's all Coming together.
The Black Dragon
Sighing in content as I sat on the couch, I looked at the ceiling while I contemplated how the day had went. Really it was quite hectic and I almost lost myself to Reaper. Truly he was starting to become stronger, and his own anger was starting to bleed into my own.
And it's not just his anger… but also his hatred and bloodlust. Truly I could've ended Sui in that fight easily, even without taking off my seals thanks to Suki. But I instead instinctually decided to prolong the fight, just so I could watch her suffer. What do you think I should do Fernus? I waited for a reply for a bit but received none and frowned. Fernus? Hello is anyone in there?
Frowning I was about to try again when I heard someone speaking to me. "Are you okay? You look rather upset dear." Blinking I turned my attention towards the voice to see Shirone looking at me in worry. She was also currently wearing her battle clothes, although she didn't have on her pouches or knife.
Smiling lightly I tried to alleviate her worry. "No I'm fine, but it would seem as if Fernus isn't speaking to me right now. But while uncommon he does tend to be quiet every now and then. Especially if he's thinking about something important. Anyway enough about that, was there something you needed?" Though my mate looked unsure for a moment she eventually sighed and sat down on my right. She then leaned into me with her head on my chest in her Nekoshou form.
"I just wanted to spend some time with you. After all we've been so busy lately, that we've haven't really had a chance to talk about our future together. Especially since so many things are changing now." When she finished speaking I chuckled a bit and put my arm around her.
Then after a moment I spoke happily. "Well I guess you're right but what can you do sometimes? Still to be honest I'm not exactly sure what to say about the future. Really I'm just hoping to spend it with you, Fuyo, and Suki." Shirone nodded her head before adding in her input.
"While I'm also hoping about that… I'm also wondering about anymore children we might have. And while I love and adore Suki and Fuyo, I mean any children that we'll make. Plus there's also official marriage and all that."
I couldn't help but blink a bit before speaking again. "To be honest while I am fine with all that… but I have to ask where all of this is coming from. Are you worried about something?" This time there was a long pause before Shirone sighed and spoke again. Only this time she sounded quite worried.
"It's because of today… I guess things are finally just setting in. I was just so worried earlier that so many horrible thoughts had crossed my mind. At this point it is safe to say that I wouldn't know what to do if you did die. I can't… I can't imagine my life without you in it…" When she finished I took an airy breath before tightening my grip on her.
I then turned her face to me before speaking. "Listen I know that the future right now may look dark and foreboding. But I can promise you that I don't plan on dying anytime soon. Or at all until I've lived a full life for that matter…" This got her to giggle a bit before she kissed me softly. This only lasted for a moment but I kind of just liked kissing her.
Still when we parted she sat up before speaking with a smile. "It's nice to know that; still don't you ever worry me like that again. Also if it's all the same to you I think we should get married when we're seventeen." I couldn't help but blink at the sudden change in topics, and before I could respond she was standing up and stretching. "Yes thanks for agreeing with me; anyways I should check up on the girls. At least Suki should be awake by now, see you later sweetie.~" So with that she left me standing there gapping like a fish.
I believe it was ten minutes later that I recovered enough to think. That conniving little cat. Although I thought that I couldn't help but chuckle before smiling. Alright why not? That leaves us two years to get everything in order. That's enough time; after all I'm a dragon god.
[Are you really?] Upon hearing the malicious voice I froze and my eyes widened. [HAHAHA! That reaction of yours always makes me laugh!] Gritting my teeth I closed my eyes and brought all my fingers together before speaking inside my mind.
Well… Reaper I didn't expect this. Now what do I owe to the surprise visit? Inside my head I could just feel Reaper smirking viciously.
[Oh I'm sure you know… after all you worried my kitten quite a bit earlier. Shouldn't you feel more ashamed with yourself?] I couldn't help but snort dismissively before answering his question.
Like you can talk… after all if you just let me finish the battle quickly my phone wouldn't have broke and she wouldn't have worried. Plus she's not your kitten, she doesn't belong to anyone. He snarled before snapping at me.
[HA! If I had my way I would've already made her our true mate! Who cares about her devil half, really now all that matters is making her mine. Besides you also want to… but you just don't have the guts to do it.]
I inwardly smirked at his childish argument. Is that right? Well then I guess you're more selfish than I first thought.
[Why you little-]
Sorry but you should know that you really don't matter as much as you think you do. Besides if I need strength I just have to ask Fernus, speaking of which where is he? That's when Reaper laughed and I felt a knot form in my stomach. What did you do?
I could tell there was a vicious smile on his face as he spoke. [Sorry… but he's rather preoccupied right now. He's currently tied up at the moment, after all there can only be one set of instincts. So I guess you're just going to have to get used to me, and soon enough… you will use me and it will be glorious!]
I frowned before retorting. Sorry but I'm not going to rely on you. After all we both know what you truly are, the anger and hate that I pushed to the side because I wanted to be accepted. Thankfully you took the form of my dominant instincts, while Fernus is my hunter instincts. A small difference yet while one uses strength and power to win. The other uses patience and cunning. In other words I'm not using you, so you can just forget it. Then like before Fernus will comeback like always. That got him to snarl before speaking one last time.
[We'll see about that…] That's when he went silent and I let out a sigh of relief.
What am I going to do now? With Fernus indisposed I'll have to find another way to suppress my anger. I then thought of Suki and grinned. Well at least I know that we care about the same things… so I wonder if that means he also has the "curse" of loving cute things.
[Don't you dare!] Well that confirmed my thoughts so I laughed evilly inside my head, much to Reaper's anger and fear. Still I thought that maybe… just maybe this wouldn't be so bad this time around.
The black dragon the White cat
The White Cat
After leaving the room I sighed and looked at the object that was in my hand. Sorry Chri Kun but this is for the best. Holding the object up to the light I looked at it with scrutiny. It was the vial of blood that my mate had collected from Sui. Shaking my head I walked to the office where everyone else was waiting for me. Once there I looked around the room to see the current occupants.
There was Ulysses, Glacial, Ophis, Keno, and Juda. For a few moments everyone just stood in silence until Ulysses finally spoke up.
"Okay what is this a funeral? Come on guys this is an important meeting but it isn't like we're planning our deaths. Now then almost little sister did you get the vial?" I nodded my head before tossing it to him. He caught it easily and then examined it. "Hmm… as expected it's a bit contaminated, but between me and Glacial we should be able to purify it. Then we can use this to find Sui and finally end this farce of a fight."
Everyone nodded in agreement although I felt a bit hesitant about all of this. After all I was going behind Chris' back, and we were planning on fight Cassandra. It was actually a rather daunting thing to do.
"Hey what's with the long face?" Looking up I turned to Juda Sensei before answering.
"I just still feel bad about doing this without letting Christopher know. Plus we are going to fight Cassandra… so I'm also a bit nervous about that." My Sensei nodded his head however before he could say anything Keno spoke up instead.
"Don't worry about it too much; after all it'll be our job to fight Samuel and Sui. Everyone else will deal with Cassandra, plus we have Ophis so that counts for something."
At her words Ophis slapped her right hand over her heart before speaking. "You can all count on me! After all there is only one being alive stronger than me and that's Baka Red. Plus I've come to really love Uncle Chris, so I promise to make the white dragon pay for what she did to him!" Upon hearing her declaration Ulysses picked her up while laughing. He then proceeded to plant kisses on her. "Dad! Stop! This is so embarrassing!"
This got everyone to laugh and eventually I just smiled before laughing lightly myself. That's when Ulysses finally put down the beat red Ophis and turned to Glacial.
"So you ready for this?" Glacial smirked before responding.
"You should know that I've been waiting for this for a long time. Now hand me the blood and we can finally get this started." Ulysses did just that and Glacial took the cork out before focusing on the vial. Eventually the blood floated out, but what looked like a bunch of black dirt stayed inside the vial. That's when Juda Sensei kneeled down, and began making a strange magic circle on the floor using chalk.
When he was finished I couldn't quite understand what the circle said, thankfully Ophis had moved next to me in order to move out of the way. In other words she saw and my confusion and was happy to explain.
"This Aunt Koneko is a draconic magic circle." Upon hearing her speaking I turned to her as she continued. "You see this circle in particular was designed by grandpa Altus in order to track people down. All we needed was a small amount of blood. Still as you may have guessed, it has limitations but it should show us where our enemy is hiding." When she finished speaking I nodded my head before looking back to the proceeding.
As Juda Sensei stood up Glacial walked over to the circle, and set the blood down in the middle as a perfect pool. She then moved back as Ulysses clapped his hands and the blood caught fire, however I didn't smell anything burning and there wasn't any heat. Then when the blood started evaporating, it created a small red cloud in the air right at my eye level.
Then much to my surprise, when the blood was gone the smoke started showing a picture. Eventually it became clear enough to see what it was showing us. It was a girl who looked a year older than me. She had snow white hair that reached her chest, with bangs that covered her right eye. And from what I could see from her left eye her eyes were silver in color. She was also wearing a black gothic dress with a white front that covered her chest. The skirt reached down to her knees and she had on black tights with black boots.
However the dress also exposed her shoulders. Also around her neck was a black collar tied together with a white bow. Then finally she had on a black coat lazily draped over her shoulders.
At that point I had my suspicions but Ulysses confirmed them. "Cassandra… wow she's really grown up hasn't she? Too bad she had to go all evil on us." Looking back at Cassandra, I couldn't help but hiss a bit at seeing the one responsible for my mate's pain.
So that's Cassandra… Now I know who my enemy really looks like.
"So our two fronts failed… this wasn't expected. Plus Kokabiel's death was definitely not planned; after all he still had a part to play. How unfortunate…" Upon hearing her cold voice I couldn't help but be surprised especially when the picture shook up and down. That's when I heard Sui's voice but didn't see her.
"I'm sorry my lady… I will accept any punishment for my failings." That's when I figured out that we were seeing and hearing things from Sui's perspective.
Now that's one interesting spell, it's like the familiar vision spell only with other people.
"No… there won't be a punishment, instead I'll just have to think of something else. After all we need my little brother the most. Ah… my dear little Chrissy it's been to long since I've last saw him… no matter we'll have our reunion soon enough. For now go and get some rest tomorrow we'll finally end this little fight, one way or another." That's when Sui must've bowed, because we saw the picture look down at the floor before turning around to a door.
But before she left Cassandra called out to her one last time. "Actually before you do… can you go tell the guards their shift is done?"
"Of course my lady, anything you wish of me I shall do." Sui then left and then navigated through a few hallways, before coming to a door. She then opened it reveling the outside as she turned to two guys in robes standing next to it.
"Stukov, Silber you guys are relieved go tell your replacements to come and take your places." Both responded with a yes ma'am before turning to enter the building. That's when the picture finally ended and Ulysses spoke up.
Though on his face was a grin. "Alright! By the looks of it, they're at one of the condemned office buildings on the other side of town. We finally have what we need to finish this." While everyone agreed I was a bit hesitant, after all why would Cassandra tell Sui to tell the guards to change shifts? One would think that they'd know when to switch out.
Unless she's just now changed the schedule, or and this is bad… she knew that we were watching and is now just waiting for us.
With that thought in mind I spoke up. "I think this is a trap." Upon hearing my declaration Ulysses laughed before saying something I didn't expect.
"Of course it's a trap! Cass has always been a bad actor, thankfully that hasn't changed. Obviously she was telling Sui to do that so we'd know where they were. Now she'll be bidding her time, however she's made a mistake. Based on things she doesn't know that we know that it's a trap. She also still doesn't know about Ophis or your improved strength. So while she thinks she's creating an ambush for us… we'll turn the tables and trap her."
I actually couldn't help but be a bit impressed with Ulysses at this point in time. Wow… and here I thought he was just a stupid over powered pervert. Seems as if he's a lot smarter than I originally thought. That's when Juda Sensei spoke up cutting my thoughts off.
"Alright now… I'm sure we can make Cassandra wait a bit longer, for the time being we should get some rest. Tomorrow we finally end this, for not only Mr. Black but for ourselves, and anyone else who's suffered because of one of our own." With that we all cheered a bit before filling out of the room. However as we left we saw had to pause as we saw a few people standing outside.
There was Lance, Issei, Irina, Xenovia, and even Kiba. However before we could even try to speak Lance held his hand up to silence us. He then spoke with a small smirk on his face.
"So… you were just going to go and fight the white dragon without us? Sorry but you'll need all the help that you can get. Not to mention we also have some unfinished business with them." When he finished speaking the others next to him nodded their heads.
So with a sigh Ulysses nodded his before speaking. "Alright then… but be warned this will be a tough battle and you might get seriously injured or worse. But if this is what you want then make sure you're prepared tomorrow." They all grinned before Issei spoke up.
"Hey don't worry about us; after all we have our own reasons for wanting to fight. For me I want to take care of the one who hurt my younger brother."
That's when Irina spoke up. "For me and Xenovia we were sent here to deal with the threat and retrieve the Excalibur's… unfortunately we failed in that last thing but we can help with the threat." Next to her Xenovia nodded her head as Lance spoke up.
"Well I've already decided to help keep the peace in this town so that's my reason."
Finally Kiba spoke. "As for me I want to get revenge for my friend's un-youthful murder! After that I'll be more youthful than ever!"
Translation I want revenge for my friends deaths so I can finally move on. Shaking my head I smiled along with everyone else while we came up with a plan. I could only hope that Chri Kun didn't find out what we were doing. Things could get rough if he did, especially since we didn't want him to get near Cassandra.
When we were finished we split up, and I headed to my room where I found Suki and Fuyo sleeping soundly. They were cuddled up with their tails intertwined, and both were snoring lightly. It really was an adorable sight and I couldn't help but smile as I entered the room. However before I could close the door someone closed it for me. That's when I saw Christopher with one hand on it while also giving me an un-amused look.
This can't be good… He then clicked his tongue before speaking.
"So… all of you are actually going to go through with this? I knew this would happen eventually, but I didn't think you'd do it so soon."
He knows! How did he figure it all out?! We've been so carful around him. Is it because he can read minds now? When my thoughts ended I could hear my mate start chuckling. At that point I narrowed my eyes on him before speaking.
"It's not nice to read my mind without asking first Christopher." He stopped chuckling before looking at me with a smirk.
"Oh Shirone… I didn't have to read your mind to know what you were thinking right there. But if you want to know the truth, I knew about this from the moment all of you started planning. You see I notice things, and my people ability is sensing life forces. And when people hide things their life force change around those who they're hiding from. I also know you all of you very well, for example did you know that your left cat ear twitches when you lie?"
I couldn't help but blink at that before talking again. "Seriously?" He only nodded his head as I understood what he was getting at. "So when I told you that I'd let you handle your sister… you knew I was lying thanks to my ear?" He nodded again as my eye, tails, and ears twitched in annoyance. "And you didn't think to tell me that you knew this whole time because…"
He shrugged before answering me. "I knew that you'd try and do it anyway, plus I find the twitch kind of adorable when you're just teasing me." I began to twitched more and he started laughing.
"This isn't funny you know?! Seriously we're trying to protect you from her, so please… just stay out of this I'm begging you." There were some tears in my eyes and now and he stopped laughing to look at me sadly. My mate then wrapped his arms around me tightly before kissing me deeply. When we parted he spoke sadly.
"Sorry Shirone… but I need to do this, if I don't it will haunt me for the rest of my life. I need to know the truth. I need to know why my big sister turned into a monster, my caring, loving big sister who wouldn't hurt a fly if she didn't have to. I need to know, and also know for myself if she's beyond saving." He then kissed me again before I could say anything. That's when I felt something over take my mind and my vision turned black.
When I finally came to I noticed that I was in my bed next to Suki and Fuyo. Immediately my eye widened and I jumped out of bed waking up Suki.
"Mama what's wrong?" Looking at her I must've let my worry show because she also became concerned. "Is something wrong with Papa?" Knowing that she'd just figure it out anyway I nodded my head. "Well we should go help him then." She then got up to get dressed out of her white nightgown.
However I had to protest. "No Suki this is really dangerous and I don't want you to risk yourself." Unfortunately it would seem as if she got my mates stubbornness. She showed it by her words as she put on her white dress.
"Sorry Mama but he needs me, Reaper has now fully taken over meanie Fernus. This means he has no one to help reign in his anger, hate, and bloodlust. He needs me to help calm Reaper down." With that logic I couldn't help but sigh in agreement, although I was surprised to hear that Reaper was in control.
This is bad… I can only imagine what will happen when he fights his sister. No doubt he already took the location from my mind when he put me to sleep. Speaking of which, while I'm glad he didn't physically hurt me I'll have to get him for that later.
Finally I sighed before turning to Suki. "Alright then, so can you turn into a knife sweetie?" Suki grinned before becoming an exact copy of my knife; the only difference was that the blade was black. With that I grabbed my belt and real knife before putting them on and walking over to Fuyo.
I then woke her up gently before speaking. "Sorry to wake you sweetheart, but I just need to tell you that I'll be out for a while. But if you need anything you can ask your grandma." Fuyo just nodded her head before yawning cutely and going back to bed. At that I couldn't help but gently scratch behind her ears, and kiss her forehead before leaving.
As I closed the door I quickly made my way to Ulysses who was in his room. I then knocked on it and he eventually answered. Except… he was only wearing his pants.
"Oh hey there what's up you look a bit frantic." You know though it embarrassed me I couldn't help but notice that Ulysses was indeed rather well built.
Get it together Shirone! So after shaking my head from those thoughts I told him what happened. This got him to slap his forehead before speaking angrily.
"We were too careless! He knew that we'd try something like this from the start, I underestimated him dammit! Alright go tell the others, we need to catch up to him immediately." I nodded my head while he closed his door, then before I knew it all of us were gathered in the front entrance with Ulysses leading the charge. Although we had picked up Ravel and Milly along the way, but no matter what we said they kept telling us that they were coming.
"Alright listen up people right now our stupid black dragon has gone after the enemy alone. And despite probably being able to destroy everything in his path, he still has to deal with Cassandra. Now let's move out and save our idiot!" We all gave a small yell as he opened the door and paused. "Oh crap…" Blinking in confusion I looked past him and ended up agreeing with him.
"Oh crap indeed." Outside standing smug and vicious was Samuel, Valper, a bunch of random fallen angels, and even more random people wearing white cloaks.
Eventually after some starring Valper stepped forward. "Sorry but we can't let you interrupt the family reunion, so we're going have to stop you all right here." That's when they all got out a pyramid of fate and crushed them in their hands.
Ulysses' described the situation best. "Oh double crap…" I nodded my head and we all stepped outside, and that's when they all charged us.
I guess I was right… this was a trap all along, really how did Cassandra predict this much?! I then shook my head and got out both Suki and my regular knife to parry a random white cloaked person who was using an axe. Please just stay alive until we get there Christopher! That's when Ulysses burned my opponent to ashes before speaking to me.
"Okay new plan, we'll stay here and deal with these guys. You take Glacial, Issei, and Ophis to go after Christopher. He'll need the back up and I think you have a score to settle with a certain seven tailed Neko." At his words I gained a determined look before nodding my head. Behind me I could see the others smiling determinedly. However before we could make a run for it a few two winged fallen attacked us. However that's when they were engulfed in a familiar power.
"We might as well help I guess." Looking above me I saw Rias and Akeno flying in the air before landing. "I heard a bit about what's going on, all of you should get moving now." I couldn't help but smile and give Rias a quick hug before turning to the others.
"Alright let's get to it, Chri Kun needs our help." With that we ran from the battle field while the others acted as decoys. I personally just hoped that we'd make it in time.
The black dragon the White cat
The Black Dragon
[So we're finally doing this then? About time, really we should've done this a long time ago.] While I didn't like his tone I actually agreed with Reaper a bit.
I guess so… but first I want answers, after that we can kill her if she can't be saved. And don't argue with me on this! I know that you care for her as well; after all you are me just like Fernus is. Though he grumbled Reaper didn't disagree with me as we stepped up to the condemned building. Although calling it that was a bit of a mistake, seeing how it looked brand new. Still outside the door was Sui who was looking impatient.
"So you finally arrived? Well I know you already know the way, so you better hurry Lady Cassandra shouldn't be kept waiting. But I have to ask how the bitch is doing. After all I bet missing an eye is disorientating." I only smirked before deciding to get some revenge on Sui; after all I still didn't like what he did to Fuyo, or what she did to Shirone. So with a single thought, I tossed her into the wall with enough force to make a crater in it. She coughed out some blood and then I used my power to send her into the ground.
[Now that's more like it! Let out all of our anger!] Grinning I entered the building leaving Sui in pain. As I walked towards Cassandra's "office" I noticed that no one else was in the building. That didn't really bother me, seeing how I knew Cassandra would send people to attack my home. And although I was slightly worried about my family and friends, I knew they'd be able to handle anything she threw at them.
Eventually I was right outside the door that led to my sister. Well… I guess it's finally time to confront my nightmares. Pushing the door open I saw Cassandra sitting down behind a desk grinning.
"Well… it's nice to finally see you again Chrissy.~ I hope you've been enjoying your time since we've last parted." At her question I thought about everything that has happened since that rainy day. And in the end I had to say that I did actually enjoy my time.
So I smiled politely before answering. "I have actually thanks for asking." I then disabled all of my seals and tossed a dark spear at her with blinding speed. However like I expected she summoned her sword just as fast and deflected it. It was a beautiful weapon, about three feet long with a six inch handle. The guard was silver and the saber like blade was pure white. However I noticed that the blade was thicker than before, and the back was now colored yellow.
It would seem as if she really did take Altus' power. With that thought I decided to take the initiative and use my field spell before she did. Her eyes actually widened when I did the spell and we were both teleported to my pocket dimension. However unlike last time I didn't feel any fatigue. Huh I guess all those times I used this for training the others actually paid off.
Across from me Cassandra stood tall and ready. "So… I see that you've improved a great deal since the last time we've fought. Still I have to ask are you sure you won't join me? I'd be happy to have my adorable baby brother by my side.~" Upon hearing her question I chuckled before giving her my answer with a smile.
"Nope!~ Sorry Cass but I already have people counting on me, and as you know I don't break my promises." She sighed before shrugging with a shake of her head.
"That's too bad… I guess I'll just have to do to you what I did to Altus. But always know that your big sister loves you okay?"
I smirked at that. "Oh I know… but the same goes for you. Remember that I always love you no matter what you do." This actually got her to frown as she took up a fighting stance with her saber out in front of her.
At this point I actually took a breath before speaking to Reaper. So… will you actually work with me on this? I think it's time we put aside our differences. There was a long pause before be answered me
[You know… why not?! After all I am you, and you are me. Besides we both want the same thing. So let's do this!] I then smiled viciously as I my red eyes became darker and I held my hands back.
That's when my scythe appeared in my hands. It was black in color and had a straight handle that was six feet long. The blade was also quite large and was double bladed; it was also three feet long. However on the back of the blade was a one foot long spike. This gave the scythe a cross like look, since the blade had a small pole connecting it to the handle. And the top of the pole was also a spike.
Alright this is when we finally let loose and end the nightmare. Still smiling I looked at Cassandra whose face matched my own. Then taking a step back I launched myself foreward, and when I was close enough I slashed at her only for her to block it. However to my satisfaction she actually was pushed back a bit so I spoke.
"You know I never understood why you did what you did. After all you were the smartest and kindest of us, really not even Glacial was as nice as you. So what changed? Was it something to do with your fusing with your dragon?" Cassandra narrowed her eyes at me and pushed me back a few feet, but I landed easily enough. Still I kept talking. "So it did have something to do with that… interesting, what exactly did you see?"
Cassandra only growled before charging at me. "Oh well I guess I can always pry the information from you when I beat you into a bloody mess!" I then swiped at her as she got close enough to me. However she blocked it easily enough and then twirled around and struck at me. However I just let go of my scythe with my left hand, and blocked her with a dark spear. But I frowned when I saw her sword start cutting through it so I jumped back.
She then held her own hand to me and fired off a photon ray at me. This I didn't even bother with and just moved to the side and sent a gravity ball at her. However instead of moving she sliced it in half.
Just what I'd expect of her. Really that sword will cancel out almost any of my spells. Still I couldn't help but smile as I felt excitement boil in my veins. So this is what I feels like? My own urge to actually dominate a worthy opponent. I had cut myself off from this when I rejected Reaper.
[Thou didst indeed but thou art better now.]
I wasn't even surprised to hear Fernus. You're back now? I guess now that I'm working with Reaper he let you out to talk to me?
[Indeed but now thou hast to finally let myself go as well. Thou shalt need all the strength thy can get.] I frowned as I blocked another one of Cassandra's strikes. But I agreed with Fernus, even if I didn't like it. Because really he's been with me through everything. And while I was loathed to let him go I knew I needed his strength.
Alright Fernus… I'll miss you.
[Don't instead remember that I'm a part of you] When he finished speaking I jumped back from my sister and closed my eyes. For a few moments I felt complete calm, but that was for a few moments before I felt a piece of me just click. That's when all of the Black Dragon's memories assaulted my mind. And let me tell you… having millions of years worth of knowledge crammed into your head isn't fun.
"Argh!" I couldn't help but clutch my head in pain and drop to my knees. However as soon as the pain started it vanished, leaving me breathing heavily on the ground.
That's when I heard Cassandra's voice. "Now that was surprising, but still this is a fight so I'll end this right now." At her words I couldn't help but read her mind. "To bad though I was expecting much more. Oh well at least I'll finally have my little brother back, still a simple decapitation should do it." I then smirked as she slashed at my neck. Then just by raising my arm I blocked her sword. There was a clang as I smiled evilly at her. "What did you-" She never finished as I sent a wave of pure gravity at her.
This knocked her back and sent her skidding across the ground. I then stood up and laughed, really at this point I could just feel the knowledge and power of the original dragon leaving a mark on me. I then stopped laughing and just turned to my sister lazily before speaking.
"Well that was unpleasant... but what can you do. Still I now fill quite stiff with a third of my full power unbound. I hope that you will provide good exercise for me?" As she looked at me I continued to read her mind.
"What is going on here, before we were even though I was holding back. But this… this is something different, and his eyes. Before they were red, now they have black outlining every detail of them… This is quite interesting." At her sudden change in tone I couldn't help but let my eyes widen.
What was that? It sounded… familiar somehow. Something from my old memories, like a feeling of dread at the back of my head. Shaking my head I lifted up my scythe over my right shoulder before speaking again.
"So… are you going to tell me now why you did what you did? Or do I have to cut off more pieces of your soul first? Because either way it will suit me just fine." That's when my smile vanished as Cassandra started laughing. It started out small but I then grew until she was almost falling over. It was disturbing so I took a few steps back unconsciously.
[What is that crazy women doing now?] I had no answer for Reaper especially when she charged at me.
However as I blocked her attack I felt her true strength as she spoke. "Interesting! So very interesting little dragon, but tell me… is this all that you can do Black Dragon?" My eyes widened as I felt the ground underneath me shake a bit, however as it popped up in a spike I jumped off it. I then felt the hair on my neck stand up as I landed. So acting quickly I rolled to the side as a white lightning bolt hit the area I was just at. "Come on you need to fight back eventually, running away won't help you win.~"
I frowned as I stood back up. That's not Cassandra! Her speech pattern has completely changed.
[Who cares? Kill her and rip out her soul that'll tell us what's wrong!] I gritted my teeth because while we were working together, we still had different ideas about this fight.
Not until I know there's no hope for her, but if there isn't I promise you we'll eviscerate her.
[We better!] With that argument ended I focused my energy, and thought upon some of the new spells I now had. I found one that brought a blood thirsty smirk to my face. Then with a single thought I used it.
Diminish! Cassandra glowed black as her eyes widened. Using this as a distraction brought up my scythe and jumped towards her. You see diminish temporarily weakens an opponent no matter how strong they are. So with the intent to get her to move I took a swipe at her neck. My idea worked as she ducked below it. I then quickly read her mind and found out what she was going to do next.
So as she slashed upwards at me, I twisted my body to the right and used the back spike of my scythe to try and stab her. However she was able to quickly move out of the way. Then pointing her hand to the sky she summoned a meteor to slam into me. Grinning I flipped my scythe around and cut it in half. As it flew by me I used the left half as a spring board to launch myself at Cassandra. It was then that I knew I had her, because her eyes widened in shock as I slashed at her.
"This is over!" However I was wrong as she smiled, and easily moved to my left avoiding the blade of my scythe. Then she brought her sword up and ran me through my stomach. I couldn't believe it; the way she moved was too fast to be natural. Plus she got though my enhanced body and coat even with diminish activated. She then kicked me off her sword, sending me sliding on the ground leaving a trail of blood behind.
As my sister walked over to me she also taunted me. "So is that all? Really I expected more Black Dragon. Still I guess you put up a good fight for now, but this is the end for you. In a way I almost feel bad, especially since after this I'll be going after your loved ones." Cassandra then laughed a bit while I struggled to get up. "Kukuku… or maybe I'll let you live and make you watch as I tear them all apart." She then kicked me sending me flying into the water surrounding the island.
"Won't that be fun?! Especially as you hear the screams of your girlfriend, and your daughters as I tear off their ears and tails before killing them. Or maybe your new mother as I rip out her heart? Or maybe the fallen angel girl Milly? I'm sure I can put her wings on display somewhere. Either way I'll torture them before killing them, what do you think of that Black Dragon?"
It was then as I dragged myself out of the water that I started laughing. "Oh? Has someone finally lost it? Good I want to fight you at your-" I cut her off as I pointed my finger right underneath her.
"Black hole…" I said it calmly as her eyes widened and she was sucked into a black hole right underneath her. However I couldn't keep it up forever, so I ended the spell causing it to explode outward making Cassandra hit the ceiling of the cave. She then fell back down creating a crater and coughing out blood.
[Kill her.] Grinning sadistically I walked towards her slowly while speaking.
"You know… I wanted to see if I could save you but I guess not. No instead you just threatened my loved ones in the worse way possible. Although I will admit that they did sound rather hilarious, since we both know that you only said it to rile me up. Still you succeeded and now I believe it's time to end this." I then took off my necklace and crushed my crystal. When I was fully transformed, I let out a roar before flying up and out of the whole in the ceiling.
Outside it was a sea of pure black water with the sun high in the sky. However I knew there was a limit to how high and far I could fly. But that didn't matter; I was going to end this with claws and teeth.
So with patience I waited, eventually I was rewarded when I saw Cassandra fly out in her own dragon form. It was as large as mine, only it had white and grey scales and no spiky goatee. Her head was also a bit narrower and longer. She also didn't have any horns. But the main difference was the four wings she had. The same wings I saw each time one of her followers used a pyramid of fate.
[KILL HER!] In my head I could feel myself slipping to Reaper's undying anger and hate. And for once… I didn't care… so I opened my great maw and breathed out a breath of pure shadow at my sister. In return she breathed out white flames to counter them. They collided between us and created an explosion of grey dust. However undaunted I flew through the smoke and rammed my shoulder into her. I then twisted my neck and bit into her own making her roar out in pain.
Still she managed to start clawing at me as our wings flapped to keep us airborne. However despite the pain I only bit into her harder. I then let out my shadow breath trying to end this quickly. However using her special magic Cassandra must've teleported away. Seeing this I quickly cut off my breath to save energy. That's when I felt a huge weight slam into me from above.
It was Cassandra and she then bit into my own neck as I tried to shake her off. Thankfully I was more successful as I sent out a large surge of gravity around me. This knocked her off me and sent her flying but she very quickly regained her bearings. We then both just stared at each other before healing our respective wounds. Although she used her recovery spell I instead used a new power.
This was based off my time magic and I just reversed all the damage done to me. This is the true power of time manipulation; I wonder what else I can do with it? With that thought I began to attack again, only this time I attacked her with magic by creating dozens of dark spears around me. Then with a mental command I sent them at my evil sister before flying towards her myself. As expected she was able to counter me by just using her so called holy flames.
[KILL HER] With Reapers voice in my head yelling out in bloodlust, I instinctually sped up my time. This let me quickly make my way in front of her. That's when I flipped over her back and slashed at her. She roared in pain much to my delight as blood squirted out of her back. I then faced forward again and latched onto her tail with my jaws. Inside my mouth could taste blood and felt bones snapping. But for some reason it brought me glee to wound her.
I then flew towards the ocean dragging her with me, and when we were close enough I whipped her towards the black water and let go. This made her splash into it. I could only smirk with glee as she was swallowed whole by the black waters. You see… every pocket dimension of the dragons had something that only they could thrive in. My ocean was much like my own scythe, it dissolves your soul. Only this was a much more painful and slower process. But unlike anyone else I could actually dive into unharmed.
After a few moments had passed, and she didn't come back up I roared into the sky in victory. However that's when things went wrong. My sister came splashing out of the black waters, only this time… her scales were orange red and she had red bony spikes coming out of her body. She was still bleeding however, but this time her blood was now purple in color.
However before I could contemplate this any further, she appeared right in front of me. She then quickly turned around and smacked me with her tail. In pain I couldn't right myself as I was sent towards the island, and into the side of it. But before I could recover she was on me with her left paw on my head.
"So… tell me Black Dragon, how much pain can you endure?" She then breathed golden flames on me as I roared out in agony.
The black dragon the White cat
The White Cat
I was running as fast as my legs could carry me. But I still didn't feel as if I was moving fast enough. Still when we made it to the building we knew Cassandra was in, I stopped as we saw Sui sitting up against the door. There was some blood on her and I knew that it was her own. I also knew that she wasn't in any condition to fight us. So I got out my knife and approached her.
"So I would see as if Christopher beat you up pretty badly, although I don't know why he let you live like this."
She looked up at me and growled before speaking. "If I had to guess bitch, he wanted me to suffer before I died. Out of everyone who follows Lady Cassandra he hates me the most." Although I didn't quite believe that my mate would just leave her here to suffer. I knew that what she said was true. Still I snorted before making a retort.
"Gee… I wonder why he hates you the most. Maybe because you hurt our darling Fuyo? Or maybe because you took my eye? Or even a combination of both perhaps?" I then knelt down to her level and put my knife to her throat. "But that's all in the past now, because I think it's time to end you." I was about to just slit her throat and be done with it when Suki spoke to me.
'Mama don't do this! It'll only make you as bad as she is if you killed her like this!' That got me to pause what I was doing before speaking to Suki.
Does that really matter? If we don't do this she'll only come back to hurt us later. Sorry but she deserves this Suki.
'No not like this at least, besides if you kill her now while she's beaten and battered. Then you won't be able to prove to her that you're stronger than her. In both body, heart, and mind. Plus I don't want to see you become a murderer Mama. And I don't think Papa or Fuyo would like this either!'
Upon hearing her words I gritted my teeth and was about to do it anyways. However in the end my conscience kicked in making me sigh. I then put my knife away and stood up, however my eye twitched as Sui taunted me.
"Oh is that all? I thought you wanted me dead, but I guess you're too much of a coward to kill me bi-" I had enough of her insulting talk, and interrupted her by kicking her in the head. This knocked her out as I talked to Suki again.
Well it seems as if you won Suki. Also sorry that you had to see me like that sweetie. But still thank you for stopping me. She giggled before replying to me.
'Don't worry Mama; in the end you didn't do it. So that makes you a much better person! So I'm just glad that I have an awesome Mama like yourself!~' I couldn't help but smile before becoming serious again and turning to the others.
"Alright Chris is probably fighting Cassandra right now. So we need to get in there and…" I was cut off as the building exploded outward. I then saw a huge black dragon come out of it as I dodged falling debris, and land over a dozen meters behind us.
It didn't take a genius to know who it was. "Christopher!" I knew who it was even though I've never seen him in this form. Still in panic I ran over to him as the others followed after me. Running to his head I very quickly hugged it as I looked his body over. There were horrible burns and there were large gashes all along his body. There was also large holes just oozing blood. His wings were also slightly torn and more blood was dripping from them.
He was literally bleeding all over and his blood burned as I touched it. But I didn't care even as the blood soaked through my socks and shoes. But as I looked back at his head I saw that his eye was still opened. However it was slowly closing as he made a whining noise in pain. Running up next to me Glacial frowned worriedly before getting to work.
She then spoke up in frustration as she started healing him. "Christopher you should've waited for us! Seriously why can't you let your loved ones fight for you for once! We all knew this would happen if you fought Cassandra!" As I continued hugging him he eventually spoke.
"She's… she's not…. Cass… it's… it's….." He then fell unconscious before he could finish what he was saying. However that didn't mean that it didn't confuse us.
Eventually Ophis spoke up. "What does he mean by she's not Cass?" The rest of us could only shake our heads until we heard a loud roar from where the building was. Turning around we saw a strange orange red colored dragon. It was covered in orange spikes and in its eye sockets were four squishy black eyes. It also had four strange wings that were a combination of a bat's wing and a bird's wing.
However that's when Glacial said something worrisome. "It… it looks kind of like Lavos!" I turned to her in shock before speaking.
"Wait that means that it was that creature that made Cassandra go bad?!" Glacial nodded her head. "But how?! Why is it here, and how did it corrupt her?!"
Glacial narrowed her eyes on Lavos before answering me. "I'm not sure how it got here, but the corruption is easy enough to answer. After all… it was able to get to the original dragon god, so why not just a piece of it? It just happened to be poor Cassandra. I also don't think Christopher's attack on her helped, remember his scythe slice's at someone's soul. Which means more than likely Lavos' own soul probably filled in the gaps. Now look at her… she doesn't even look like her old self anymore."
She then finished healing all of Chris' worst wounds, before taking a step towards the corrupted white dragon. For a while she just stared and the other stared back at her. But after that brief moment, the dragon roared what seemed like a laugh before a bright light encompassed it. The light than shrank before it revealed Cassandra in human form. Only this time her eyes were yellow with black sclera.
She then spoke to Glacial with condescension. "You know… I wasn't expecting one of the weaker dragons… still I owe all of you quite a bit of payback for what you did to me in the past. But I wanted to make all of you suffer first, still you must be wondering how I'm here? Well that's simple before I died I attached a small piece of my soul to the white dragon. I then suppressed her real white dragon and had her fuse with me. After that it was simple to start slowly taking control, although it was sped up when pieces of her soul were cut off."
Lavos then turned to Chris with a smirk. "I have to thank him for that. Now there is only the original mind of the white dragon and a tiny piece of her soul left. But they're no longer enough to stop me, especially now that I've taken the yellow dragons power for my own." She then looked at me and licked her lips. "But I am grateful to you for bringing me a few snacks." I glared at her as she jumped off the destroyed building and walked over to us.
That's when Glacial sprung into action and threw what looked like a knife at Lavos. However it was deflected easily by a white and yellow saber. Still that got her talking again.
"I knew that your weapon wasn't just a simple gun. Still this might be more interesting than I first thought." She then charged at us as I got out Suki along with my knife. However my eye widened as I saw her completely disappear only to have her reappear in front of Glacial. I saw the Blue dragonesses eyes widen before Lavos kicked her, I also heard bones break as she was sent flying away.
Issei then attacked her exposed back, but Lavos only struck at him lightly with the back of her fist. There was a breath pause as she hit his forehead, but then his eyes bled and he spat out blood before being launched backwards. That's when she turned to me and disappeared again. However using my hearing I struck behind me with Suki, only for her to block my arm. But while it was a simple block I felt my arm break and Suki go flying out of my hand.
Gritting my teeth I was about to attack again when she hit me in the stomach. I coughed out blood and doubled over but she then grabbed my hair and pulled me up. She then let go to grab my chin, while she licked my neck and groped my chest before speaking.
"You really do taste delicious.~ I'll make sure to savor you as-" She was cut off as a black ball of energy slammed into her. This made her let go of me while she was pushed back. I breathed heavily before turning to my savior.
"Thanks' Ophis I really thought I was a goner that time." My almost niece smiled at me before turning to Lavos. Her face then hardened in hatred as Lavos looked at her and laughed. It was disturbing especially seeing how she didn't seem hurt at all. Although her arm was twisted backwards, but I could only cover my mouth as her arm fixed itself. It sounded painful and just looked disgusting as blood spun everywhere.
Ophis however only spoke in cold anger. "You know… I don't like it when people threaten my family." Lavos only laughed before speaking haughtily.
"Sorry but that isn't my fault you chose these people as your family. They're so weak and pathetic, you could do so much better infinity dragon." Ophis narrowed her eyes at the mention of her title. Lavos noticed and taunted her more. "Oh yes I know who you are, but that doesn't change a thing about this fight. I'll devour you and the other dragons! After that I will devour all other life on this planet, just like I planned to do before!" That's when she attacked Ophis again with the same blinding speed.
However Ophis just stood there calmly as she created a few tendrils of energy around her. Then when Lavos appeared to try and cut her head off Ophis struck as well. Sword met dark energy and pushed against each other. Neither one gave in although I saw that Ophis was struggling to keep it up. Eventually Lavos jumped back before attacking in a quick flurry of strikes. Each one was blocked by more of Ophis' energy tendrils.
But Ophis seemed to have some trouble keeping up. Gritting my teeth I slowly stood up, and picked up my knife before running at our enemy. When I was close enough I slashed at her back. But much to my surprise it broke on her and shards went everywhere. However that's when she turned around with her left hand facing my middle.
"It's rude to attack someone when their back is turned.~ You must be punished!" She then fired a point blank photon ray at me. The next thing I knew was that I was on my back looking at the sky. I also felt something wet starting to coat my stomach. So reaching down I felt it before bringing my left hand to my face. On it was blood, that's when my vision swam for the second time that day and I fell unconscious.
Element Affinity: person… Dual elements are gained through special means. Such as a sacred gears or reincarnation it can also be gained by linage.
Order of the elements does mater.
Note: Having more than one element doesn't mean you're stronger than those with one. Having more than one only gives you more choices to use.
White: Milly
Black: Christopher
Green: Juda
Red: Issei
Red: Ulysses
Green, Black: Shirone
White, Yellow: Lavos
Black: Kiba
Blue: Glacial
White: Xenovia
White: Irina
White: Valper
Black: Suki
Green, Blue: Fuyo
?: Samuel
List will be cleared for characters only shown in current chapter's next chapter.
Dragon ranking system: White/Lavos First, Ophis second, Black third, Red fourth, Blue fifth, Green sixth
Slayer: And we leave off with another cliffhanger. Still I bet you didn't see that coming now did ya?
Judan: You're a horrible person sometimes. Still it would seem as if Fernus is gone now.
Shirone: I feel so violated…
Christopher: Don't worry I'll make you feel better my love!~
Shirone: Thanks but get your bloodlust under control first.
Christopher: (Salutes) Yes ma'am!~
Glacial: Now that sucks horribly.
Sui: Well I'm just glad that I'm alive still!~
Lavos: Maybe but who knows how long you'll stay like that.
Christopher: You… give me back my sister!
Cassandra: You do know this is just acting right?
Christopher: Oh yeah…
Slayer: Alright then I think that about wraps this up. So would you like the honor Lavos?
Lavos: Certainly! Now this has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
Shadow: Thanks for taking all my lines guys…
Neos: Yeah we didn't even get to talk!
Lavos: Well I guess you two weaklings aren't important compared to me.~
Neos/Shadow: We're a hundred times stronger than you!