The Grand Master; Secrets available to one

Maka's POV

Kema punches down at the Grand Master who extends his hand and catches hers in his palm and punches Kema in the face causing her to go flying back but landing safely, She immediately charges again with Stein by her side. Kema changes her arm into a scythe and swings but misses by an inch before he punches her in the stomach sending her upwards to the roof where her feet landed gently on the ceiling, meanwhile Stein had attempted several swipes only to miss aswell. He swung Spirit around the Grand Master as if it would prevent him from escaping when I see what he is intending, Kema pounces from above with her scythe-arm out like a spear. She comes a hairs-length from hitting his head but instead scrapes him shoulder when he places a hand on Stein's chest.

''Serrated Soul Force''

Stein went flying backwards into a marble pillar causing him to gasp and cough up blood, Kema saw that and rage boiled under her skin. She screams so many obscenities in a few seconds my brain couldn't understand but what it could understand was the fact Kema began swinging her arm incredibly fast but somehow missing every slice.

''Soul, we need to help'' I whisper to my partner who nods in his own reflection

''Soul Resonance!'' We shout in unison as we power-up ''Witch Hunter!''

Suddenly Kid who was beside me also begins to resonate with his partners ''Soul Resonance! Death Cannon!''

''Tsubaki! Fey Blade Mode!''

''Right'' The weapon replied

''Speed Star!''

Black Star speeds towards the Grand Master just as Kema is flung backwards and slashes at the Grand Master with incredible speed only for each of them to be blocked by his bamboo stick. I sprint behind him and swing Soul only for an old hand to land on the shining blade before it shattered a second later. Me and Soul go flying back and I see Black Star go flying back aswell as Kid begins firing rounds at the Grand Master only for them to be deflected by his bamboo stick, I get to my feet and charge at him regardless of his strength. I swing Soul at him and the blade was so close to taking a slice at him when his damn stick stopped the blade, how can bamboo stick be so durable? Its a damn stick!.

I feel a hand on my stomach and freeze over before he said something inaudible over the gunshots when I am flung backwards and my back hits a wall, generating a cracking sound. Soul cries my name and I try to get up again but find that I cant, I just cant move my body.

Soul transforms next to me and starts patting me over and when his hand roams to my back I let out a yelp causing him to stop ''You may have broken something''

''Y-Yeah'' I grunt out when we hear a cry of pain and instinctively turn our heads to see Kid meeting a similar fate along with Black Star, their partners at their sides. The Grand Master stood tall at his victory when Kema got to her feet again and stood no more than twenty metres away from him.

Kema extends a hand out towards him ''Phoenix Fire''

Fire blazes out of her hand towards the Grand Master, from where I was I had a perfect side-view of this entire attack. The Grand Master extends his own hand and mutters something before a blue-tinted shield appeared in front of him and blocked all of the fire as it spewed out of Kema's hand. After the fire stopped Kema was instantly at the Grand Master's side and threw several punches only for them to be blocked like the rest of our attacks, The Grand Master threw a punch of his own out that sent Kema sprawling back. She shakily got to her feet when a thought crossed my mind, has Kema finally met her match? Someone who is equally strong or stronger than her?

Kema Extends a weak hand to her side and a smirk grew across her face before she spoke loudly

''Sorry about this Kid''

She downed the contents of the bottle down her throat, dribbles of black liquid ran down her cheeks and clothes. After she had downed the bottle she let it fall to the ground causing it to small, which was the loudest sound in the room. She was hunched over as markings on the ground began to appear in a circle around her before the started glowing violently, she slowly floated upwards with sparks coming off of her along with embers and drops of water. With my excellent eye-sight I noticed small skulls appear on her dress in the shape of Shinigami-sama's mask, they were printed in a light grey all over her black dress and I noticed a part of her fringe that was peeking out from under her hood was black along with another that was white. She suddenly tipped her head back and – almost instinctively – screamed at the top of her lungs ''ANGEL OF DEATH!''

Huge black wings spread out of her back that reminded me of Crona's, but unlike the swordsman these were all feathery and had skull markings on them. She flapped them once before speeding towards the Grand Master, like before he raised his stick to block the attack but unlike before when Kema's fist collided with the stick it shattered and he went flying back into a marble pillar not far from Kid, He gets to his feet weakly and makes a cross shape with his arms at Kema.

''Cross of Redemption!'' He shouted and a red cross went flying at Kema, when the cross got to her (Which only took like a second) she just hit the red cross with the back of her hand causing it to go flying to the left. The Grand Master gasped and backed-up against the wall, Kema put her fingers together to make a sphere shape. A black energy began to well up within her palms that sent arcs of electricity flying, she moved her hands behind her to her right side when she spoke.

''Vengeful Death Ray!''

She extended her hands and made it so the side of her wrists that had her artery's were joined together before a solid black beam shot out towards the Grand Master. When it reached him it completely consumed him, half-a-minute later the beam dispersed leaving the Grand Master painted against the wall but regardless he stumbled to his feet and clenched his hands together.

''Grand Armour!'' He shouted before golden armour immediately appeared on his body and a golden sword fell into his hand ''What're you going to do now Death Angel?''

Before Kema could answer the roof shatters above her causing her to jump out the way of the falling debris. Once the smoke clears a huge black dragon stands where the debris landed, it stared Kema down before breathing a beam of black fire. It raced towards Kema only to be back-handed like before causing it to soar to the left creating a hole in the wall, Kema had a calm expression but looked irritated. The dragon opened its massive jaw and sent out a deep roar that shook the entire building, I had to cover my ears to prevent myself going deaf but I kept my eyes on Kema. A minute later the dragon closed its massive jaw and I hear a loud chuckle causing me to turn my head at the sound, the Grand Master looked awfully confident.

''Down boy'' Kema said in a deep tone and the dragon yelped, the Grand Master's smile dropped. The dragon's whole body suddenly sliced into hundreds of pieces, most likely killing it. Kema turned to the Grand Master who has now shaking badly from what I assume is fear.

''Everyone!'' Oxford's voice calls out and for the millionth time today I turn my head to see all of our friends and teachers at the destroyed door. Sid, Nygus, Ox, Harvar, Kilik and his partners, Crona, along with other students and people with rifles. I hear the sword of metal hitting metal and turn back to Kema quickly to see she is still standing where she was before but instead the Grand Master had his golden sword to his neck.

''You wont take me prisoner!'' He shouted as the blade slowly dug through his gold armour

Kema raised her hand and the Grand Master froze before dropping his arms to his side, letting the sword fall to the floor making a clanking noise. Black lightning emerges from her hand and the Grand Master is practically sucked towards her and his neck lands in her palm, she spits at him before throwing him on the ground. He seems to struggle to move as his body is frozen in the position before and just rolls back and forth like a baby in a cot, Kema extends her hand a green jerry can appears in it. She throws it above the Grand Master before it slices in half, the liquid inside pouring all over the Grand Master and around him.

''W-What are you doing?'' He whimpers

''What you deserve'' She replied ''Stein?''

I look over to where Stein landed to see he is... SMOKING A CIGARETTE?!. Stein nods and takes the cigarette out of his mouth and throws it over to Kema who catches it between her fingers. She puts it in her mouth and takes a drag of it before throwing it at the Grand Master, igniting the fuel.

I gasp along with many others as the fuel instantly sets on fire and in a second the Grand Master is panicking and struggling to get up before he starts screaming.

''AHH AHHH AHHHH!''

''Karma is a bitch ain't it?'' Kema said coldly as the Grand Master continues to scream

''The enlightened... will go on!'' He chokes out as the armour he is wearing is bright red from the heat of the fire, I almost feel sorry for him but I'm too busy in shock from her actions.

''No-one in this world is enlightened, not even the Sentinels''

Sentinels? What in the world is that?

''You know... of the Sentinels?!'' He chokes out before his body starts having a spasm and bouncing on the spot like a tennis ball on a trampoline, I cant even see his arms... if he has them anymore.

''Know of them?'' Kema smirks at him ''I'm one of them''

She is a sentinel? What are the sentinels?

''I am happy that... I died to a sentinel''

''Shouldn't you be dead by now?'' Kema asks, half humorous and half serious

The Grand Master smiles weakly before the flames completely consume him and his face is no more. I now realise how terrified I am of Kema, how cold she could be and how easily she could kill me without a doubt. Maybe that was why Lord Death didn't want her to become a Shinigami, because she would be too strong to keep control of.

Kema turns back to us and I freeze over once again, she holds her hand to the side and a bag appears before she throws it at Nygus who just catches it ''Give one to each person who is wounded, get them to chew them and it'll help''

She turned to Sid ''Where is Marie and Joe?''

''W-We left them with ten gunmen'' Sid stuttered

Kema extended her hand to her side, a purple arc of lightning travelled along her arm before landing on the ground next to her and transformed into a human. Madness.

''Keep an eye on the pair, non-lethal force. Silent Agony is acceptable'' Kema spoke to her emotion who nodded before turning into a bolt of electricity and bouncing away through the hole in the wall.

''You have got some explaining to do Kema'' Sid said

''We can hold a meeting about whatever you want when we get back but for now we need to get out of here'' Kema said quicker than before

''Why?'' I ask drawing her attention to me

''Because this whole temple is about to collaspe and I cant hold it up much longer''

''How are you holding it up?'' I ask

''No time, we need to go!''

I nod and try to get up but fail before I feel a pair of hands around me, I look at Soul and he smiles a toothy grin a me before we are on our feet.

''I will head to the lower archives first and will meet you all back at DC'' She said but before I could answer she placed a hand on the ground and a circle in the middle of the room appeared as she broke through the floor and I could hear more floors smashing meaning she was going down and down until she hit the bottom.

''Should we go after her?'' I ask

''No, lets go before this building comes down'' Sid said and started barking orders but I wasn't listening, my eyes were on Kid. He said something to his partners before hopping on his skateboard with fire in his eyes and going towards the hole.

''Kid!'' I shout drawing all attention to him but to naught, as he dives down the hole after Kema.

''Damn it!'' Sid shouted before approaching the gaping hole ''We cant go after him without breaking our legs from the fall''

''We can-'' Black Star starts when the building begins to shake, cutting him off.

''GO GO GO!'' Sid shouts and everyone begins to run out the shattered doorway and into the Amazon air, I just hope Kid will be safe.

Kid's POV

The hole crumbled behind me, cutting me off from my only exit. That is unless there are more exits which hopefully haven't closed in aswell, so for now I am stuck in this underground cavern. Beelzebub vanishes as I tread through what seems like a stone-brick tunnel when I hear noise at the other end of the tunnel causing me to go into a crouch.

''Someone's up ahead...'' I whisper to my partners and they both silently nod despite being in gun form I can sense their souls nodding.

I tread to the end of the tunnel before it opens up greatly to a large room with hundreds of bookshelves and several floors. This must be the archives that Kema was talking about, I take a step forwards when I hear someone coming. I quickly move over to a bookshelf and hide there while the person passes, I take note of the skull-emblem dress and black and white hair. Kema.

''This is the Templars archive? Its smaller than mine!'' Kema groaned

''Well you have been collecting books since you were eight'' A voice said

''And even longer if you consider my ancestors who collected books aswell, totalling to over 800 years of book collecting'' Kema said matter-of-factly

''Yes, but we have a mission'' The voice said again

A mission? What mission?

''Right, Right. Shame I wasted time on killing the Grand Master''

''What was Shibusen's reaction to you being a Shinigami?'' The man said

WHAT?!

''I didn't tell them, I told them it was the potion''

''A potion making someone a Shinigami? Ridiculous''

I knew it sounded fishy when she first told us, lies after lies after lies.

''I know right, shame Stein cant be a sentinel aswell...'' Kema said quietly

A sentinel? Does that mean that man is a sentinel?

''He doesn't have the bloodline that allows us to become Shinigami's like Lord Death did several millennium's ago'' He said

My father became a Shinigami?!

''I know, its just going to be harder and harder to see him now''

''You really love him don't you?''

''With all my heart'' Kema said cheerfully ''Anyway lets just find these documents''

''We just need to take the most important ones and the clean-up crew will come by and pick up the rest'' The man said

''What about the Templars? They are still in existence''

''We can deal with them over time'' He said ''Another issue is when you go to that meeting what will they say about Kay?''

''Well he was made of magic so does it matter? I can say I found him dead in the archives and get all sobby or whatever. I actually kinda sad when he died''

Oh I am about ready to shoot Kema when I get the chance.

''They'll fall for that?'' He asked

''Totally''

The pair are silent for a minute while they search bookshelves and desks as I watch from between bookshelves when I feel a hand on my shoulder, instinctively I turn around and raise Patty and Liz but that rewards me with a punch to the face.

''Kid!'' Liz and Patty squeal and before I know it I am being dragged from my hiding spot into the open, my eyes flutter briefly before I recognise Kema.

''I knew someone was spying on us'' Kema spat at me, I was on my knees and my hands were cuffed behind me with Patty and Liz still in my hands.

''What should we do with him, Arch-Sentinel Kema?'' The man behind me said

''We aren't going to kill him that is for sure'' She said and I felt calmer ''But if he said anything he just heard then I could be in deep shit, Sentinel will be in deep shit''

I look up to face Kema now and see the man beside her was... coloured. He was wearing a uniform that could be mistaken for a soldiers but had different markings on it than I've seen before and he had a rifle across his back. I feel like a prisoner in cage: weak, helpless, vulnerable.

''Why?'' I say weakly

''Why what?'' She replies

''Why did you betray Shibusen?'' I growl

''I never betrayed anyone. My loyalties changed and that was over a decade ago''

''So you betrayed Shibusen over ten years ago? Yet you returned?''

''After I had joined the Sentinels I stayed at Shibusen as an informant for Sentinel'' She smiled

''You bitch!'' I shout at her before I am hit in the back of the head

''Show some respect for the Arch-Sentinel!'' The man behind me shouted

After I recovered and resisted from shouting an insult, I looked at her again ''Arch-Sentinel?''

''Kema has made her way through the ranks to reach her current rank, she is one of the few to be able to use the Lines of Sanzu at will'' The coloured man in front of me said

''What?!'' I cry out, my brain cant comprehend all this.

''There are too many questions and not enough time, I have to attend the meeting with the others before I leave. If I could ask a favour it would be to apologise to everyone for my early leave'' Kema said before turning, she snapped her fingers and I feel a sharp pain in my neck before suddenly feeling very drowsy. I try to stay awake but my body refuses to and before I know it I have been thrown into the land of sleep. No, that's not it. I can still hear, I'm half awake and half asleep.

''Sentinel command, we are en-route to Shibusen'' Kema's voice called out, her voice fuzzy.

''Roger that Sentinel 1-1, Sentinel 1-2 and 1-3 will be on over-watch if anything transpires. Remember the mission 1-1'' Another fuzzy voice said, it sounded distant but close at the same time.

''Copy command, 1-1 out'' Kema said before I feel myself being picked up, my body begins to bob and shake before I feel myself falling. My arms and body begin to hurt as I roll down what feels like stairs, my body hurts like hell and I hear a metal door shutting before everything becomes quiet. I open my eyes slowly as I adjust to the darkness before getting to my feet, more like stumble.

''Kid!'' Patty squeals and I look down to see both of my partners in weapon form sitting inside of my pockets ''We were so worried, Kema took us over her shoulder and then everything blurred and i felt really sick and then we were in a cell block and she threw us in this cell and her buddies left and are heading to DC! We gotta do something!''

I stand up and look forwards to see the stairs which I fell down along with a metal door at the top, I look around the room to inspect my cell. The walls were made of a stone bricks, it was a small square room with a single bed and sink. There were no obvious exits or windows so without any other options I climb the steps slowly before touching the door, the cold metal nipped at fingertips. I search over the door and cant seem to find a door handle but there was a window.

I tap on it once and instantly someone is at the window, causing me to gasp and almost fall down the stairs ''What do you want?''

''Where am I?'' I ask, probably better than begging anyway

''The Sentinel forward-operating base or S-FOB'' The man said, he sounded young.

''What are the Sentinels?'' I ask

''I don't think I am allowed to tell that to a prisoner'' He said

''Come on, I'm likely to die in a few days anyway'' I plead, thankfully Patty and Liz stay quiet.

''Well I guess it would be alright'' He mumbles ''The Sentinels are an elite group of Demon Weapons who can perform without needing a Meister. They must also be at a skill level of an Ultra-Death Scythe or higher to be eligible, they must also be able to handle a fight against another Sentinel to become eligible. People who rise through the ranks for doing outstanding stuff or having an immense power recognised by Lord Sentinel will be promoted to the rank of Arch-Sentinel who have more command over other troops and are highly respected''

''Why haven't anyone else heard about this?''

''They work in the shadows'' He replies casually

''What is the point of Sentinel? Their goal?''

''To eliminate any threats that Lord Sentinel orders us to''

''Hmm'' I hum, compiling all the information I have gotten so far so that when – if – I get out then I can report this all to father. I'm about to ask another when a man's voice calls out.

''Sentinel Ryan! Your off duty, head to the canteen and get some grub. I will watch prisoner'' His voice sounded very Russian and when he said that 'Ryan' ran off out of my view and was replaced with a man with awful facial hair ''What're ye wanting?''

''Nothing!'' I say quickly, he stands up and turns around revealing he has even uglier back hair, I turn back around and climb down the steps back to my cell. With nothing to do I may aswell try and get some sleep and figure out what the Sentinels are planning.

Liz and Patty sit next to me ''It will be fine Kid, I am sure they will come for us''

I groan ''If Sentinel doesn't get us first''