Made this one a bit longer, because it's the last one! Wasn't really sure how to end it, but decided that this was long enough. Hope you all enjoyed it and mega thanks to 'Sleeping-force's-inside' for all the reviews!
Ch.13
"Strife!" Fury yelled when she saw her brother bend over and the girl falling to the ground.
"Don't look away!" 'Death' shouted and brought his scythes down again, forcing the female to jump back.
War had picked up Chaoseater and was prepared to swing at the Reaper again, when something bright flew past him and straight into 'Death'. Turning around, he saw Strife standing, Redemption in hand and mask fully closed again.
"W-What?" everyone present uttered, looking in disbelieve at the supposed dead Nephilim. "Impossible! No one could have survived my attack like that!" the possessed brother hissed, completely focused on the gunner.
"Yeah, I know, that's why I didn't. Bur she," he pointed at Air: "brought me back. Don't know too much about it, only that it took her life…"
"A life for a life…" Lyle looked at the former Angel, sadness on her face.
"The hell was she 'hinking?! Bringin' someone like ya back?!" Hitoku sneered.
"Not like you guys could stop him… And here," Strife threw a scroll at the portal user.
"Read that and you'll understand."
"Enough talk! All I want to hear," Death brought his weapons in front and charged at the White Rider: "is you screaming!"
He laughed with sadism as he dashed forward, before a large hand grabbed him by the arm and something wrapped around him leg, tripping him. Being completely unaware of the other two, the Reaper needed a few moments to register what happened. But that was long enough for War to bring Chaoseater down, right atop Death's chest.
"Did he get him?" Lyle whispered, scared that the monster might hear her.
There was a strong silence as Strife and Fury came closer and inspected the body. Standing around for a few seconds, nothing happened. But the gunner yelled: "Back!" in the next second, jumping away.
A pair of scythes shot upward, so the Black rider braced herself while the Red rider tried to block with his sword. But before the two weapons could hit, they changed into one, large scythe known as Harvester.
Knowing this attack was too powerful to take and their forms were sloppy, Fury and War tried to jump back, but the time for that has passed. Harvester was aimed at the youngest. The sword swinger let out a curse, thinking this was the end, until the scythe passed through him.
The Nephilim all looked in shock as War was unharmed. But Strife quickly knew what happened and turned to face the bystanders.
"It was you?" it was more of a statement than a question.
"Wha' can I say? I don't wanna die," Hitoku smiled.
"You just signed your death warrant!" 'Death' started spinning Harvester, knocking the Horsemen away.
Just as the Reaper was about to attack, something flew towards him. It was a glass flask, containing green liquid. It hit the Pale rider in the chest, as the Nephilim gave out a hiss of pain. The liquid left a nice mark on his torso.
"You pathetic-" he would have gone on, if something large wouldn't have hit his back. The blast was strong enough to knock the Horseman to his knees. As the other three got back up, they saw Lyle had transformed into an Angel and held a Redemption Cannon.
"Wow…" the boys blinked.
"You all want to die… that badly huh?" the Death muttered as he got to his feet.
Then, out of nowhere, wild animals appeared, attacking the Reaper as he tried to fend the off, but there was too many.
"Enough!" at that moment, the Pale rider transformed into the real Reaper, slicing around himself and killing the animals. Ciel was also knocked back, as he was in control, so Lyle returned to normal and ran to his side.
"How do we seal him back?" Fury asked, attacking with her whip.
"Last time I just tired him out and dragged it out so Death could regain control. But this might be harder now," Strife shot but the bullets were blocked.
"Why's that?" War gritted his teeth, as he blocked Harvesters attack.
"Tynan did somethn' to his head. I don't know what, but it made him go nuts."
"Doesn't he 'ave a weakness?" Hitoku called just as he ported War out of harm's way.
"That's it!" the Black rider smiled, eyes wide.
"What's it?" her brothers asked, the Red on by her side, while the White one kept attacking.
"I've got an idea, but you have to keep him busy!" she called, before running towards the other siblings.
"Wait what? Keep him busy?" the gunner blinked behind the helmet.
"Easier said than done…" the sword swinger sweat-dropped.
"You shouldn't zone out like that!" 'Death' screamed with glee as he was above the two, Harvester prepared to swing.
But luckily, a portal opened just in time and absorbed the Reaper, moving him a few meters back.
"That ability of yours… it is VERY irritating…" the possessed brother growled, eyes glowing red. In the next moment, he appeared behind the Chimera.
"Hitoku!" the others yelled, but it was too late as Harvester was stabbed though his back and looked out on the other side. The portal user fell to the ground, blood spilling out of his wound.
"Now… you're next," Death laughed, eyes focused on Victor, who was trembling.
"Vic! Get out of there!" Strife yelled.
"Too little… too late," and he raised the scythe above him, prepared to swing it down, when something stopped him.
No, it wasn't a weapon or anything like that. It was a voice… one from behind that made the Pale rider freeze in his tracks.
"Death… My son… Look at what you have become…" it was female, as the eldest brother slowly turned his head around, his body shaking.
"M-Moth… Mother?" he spoke barely above a whisper, voice trembling and confused.
"Death… What are you doing?" she added as behind her stood Fury, sadness in her eyes.
In moments, the other two brothers were also stunned, the elder of the two more, as War never really saw his mother.
"H-How… are you alive?" Death had turned fully around, facing her.
"Please… my son you need to stop… You are hurting your siblings… You are all already alone, and with you being like this… it shall be the end…" Agony's voice was begging.
"I… I" for a second, the red eyes turned yellow again, as the Reaper form vanished.
"No!" but in the next, they turned red, the Pale rider hold his head.
"It's an illusion! It won't end like this!" he hissed, as something hit his shoulder.
"Strife…" Fury whispered, knowing he'd hear her.
"Damn it Death! You are seriously a poor excuse for an older brother! And you wonder why I don't listen to ya anymore! You're so weak, you'd let that monster kill our mother again!" there was so much anger in his voice, everyone was shocked.
"Shut up, you little brat!" the Reaper hissed, still holding his head as he felt his power of the Nephilim fading.
"Brother," War lowered Chaoseater.
"Death," Fury stepped next to Agony.
"Shut up! All of you!" he roared, closing his eyes tight.
"Son… I am truly disappointed in you," this time, another voice they all knew, but it was male.
"Father…" his eyes went back to yellow.
"You are unworthy of calling yourself a Nephilim. Unworthy of the skills I taught you. Unworthy of your siblings…" Wrath's voice was hard and emotionless.
"No! How could I be defeated by these tricks?!"
"It's not you we tricked," the sister closed her eyes as she walked closer. "It was our own brother… Everyone has a weakness… not matter how strong they are."
"Your weakness is the fact you share the same body as Death, that means you must have some of the same weaknesses. Pretty smart of you Fury," Strife laughed, as Wrath transformed back into Lyle.
"Aghhhhhhhhhhhh!" Death fell to his knees, as the dark aura returned, but only for a moment, as it vanished later, replaced by his usual pale on.
His eyes blurred and he started falling, when someone caught him and put his arm around their neck.
"It's alright now… We got you," it was War.
"Ah… sorry…" Death tried to laugh, but his whole body hurt.
"Sheesh! If you keep gettin' takn over by that monster, we might as well kill ya! Would save us a lot of time…" Strife let out a long breath.
"Oh, come on now. If it were, you'd be in even worse shape," Fury rolled her eyes.
"Hell no! I'd never let anyone take over my body!"
"Can you two stop? We need to get Death back to the Council and see if he's alright," War's eye twitched.
"Wha? Who died and made you boss?"
"No one, but you two clearly…" the arguing continued, as the Black rider walked next to Lyle and Victor, who stood next to Ciel.
"Thank you," she bowed, her red hair flipping over. "Things could have ended very differently had you not helped."
"Think nothing of it," Lyle smiled. "It was our fault this happened in the first place."
"Sorry for your loss…" Fury added, looking at Ari and Hitoku.
"…They always wanted to die fighting…" Victor spoke grimly.
"So, what will you do now?"
"We… aren't sure," the she-elf looked at the ground.
"Well, why don't cha go to the Angels? I'm sure they'd be able to help your brother get his voice back and the Chimer's blood to normal," Strife called, walking next to them with War behind.
"I guess…" the three shared a look, before bowing to the Horsemen.
"Thank you, for everything," two out of three said in unison.
"What for?" War hid his confusion.
"For freeing us from Tynan… We are forever in your debt."
"Call it even for helpin' us stop our idiot of a brother," the gunner laughed, as Death tried to give him a glare, yet it didn't look at all menacing.
"Until next time!" Lyle called as the Horsemen entered the portal.
Arriving before the Charred Council, they gave the report, letting out the 'possessed Death, War vs Fury and letting the 'enemy' escape' parts.
"Man!" Strife threw himself on the sofa. "These things are getting so normal to us, it's so wrong."
"I'll say… But, if you ask me, we might actually have grown closer now," Fury smiled.
"I agree… As a wise man once said: Good things lead to bad things that lead to more good things" War nodded.
"I'm just glad none of you was badly hurt… And I'll have to work hard to control this power again…" Death closed his eyes.
"Hey, don't push it too hard! You know you have all of us at your back!" the sister gave him a pat on the back.
"Right?" she looked at the brothers, as War gave another nod. "Right?" her voice hardened as she almost glared at Strife. "Yeah, yeah... I'll be sure to kick your ass again when that thing takes over," he laughed.
"Then you better get stronger, because today you actually died," Death shot back as the two entered another starring contest as they argued.
"Ah, I'm so glad everything's back to normal!" Fury stretched her arms and giggled as War was dragged into the mix as well.
Well, that's it :v I do hope you liked it (even if you didn't review...) and thanks for reading!