Scrapper Juuzou

He woke in darkness, sobbing echoed through the large stone prison from the other captives hidden away in separate cells, as he inspected his surroundings he wondered if he'd been given back to his Mama since the cell he was in looked so similar to the one he inhabited back then.

"I'm so glad to see you're awake," he looked beyond the bars of his prison only to find Orino smiling down at him, no not Orino, Juuzou may have only just met her but he could tell that the person standing before him was not Orino. "I was afraid I'd put you in a coma." She said, she wore a cartoon style pig mask which covered her eyes and nose, her platinum hair held in place with a pig barrette, she wore an elegant evening gown and had perfect posture.

"Why am I chained up?" He questioned, his Mama never had him chained when he was in his cell.

"Because you've only just arrived, My Dear, and you did try to kill me yesterday evening." She explained delicately, "you don't have to worry though, I'm your Mama now, and I'm nothing like that Dreadful Madam who kept you before, I'm much more civilized than that." Somehow Juuzou doubted that.

"I promise to be behave." He said, as he wondered if he should try and escape, or if he should wait for CCG to show up. He'd told Shinohara his suspicion of Orino and had explained his plan to get close to the girl, Shinohara had insisted Juuzou wear a wire, along with a tracking device… But wait, the Pig said that he'd been there since the evening before, the CCG would've come in by then, why weren't they there?

"And I'm sure you'll make good on that promise, but for now, I'm leaving you like this. I'll unchain you when it's time for the performance tonight." She began to walk away but stopped, "oh by the way, I know it's been a while since you've scrapped but I expect a show worthwhile." She continued on, her heels clicking on the stone as she went.

"Rei-chan, this woman says she's my Mama now. What does that mean?" He paused before answering himself in a lower tone. "Do well in the performance tonight and let her praise you." He shifted his arms above his head, the chains rattling as he did so. "But, Rei-chan should I try to escape? Juuzou-kun isn't a scrapper anymore, Juuzou-kun is an investigator." He lowered his head some. "Escape and kill the new Mama, go back to CCG." "So neither Rei-chan or Juuzou-kun know what to do…"

"Please Gluttony let him go, he didn't do anything to you!" Orino pleaded, she didn't know him well, she didn't know him at all, but no person deserved to be chained up and caged like an animal.

"Isn't it always the case though? No one ever does anything to me, but it doesn't make breaking them any less fun. Suzuya-kun already seems to understand how the situation works, but I should've guessed he'd know considering his background." Gluttony said as she sat at her vanity, and began to apply lipstick.

"He already went through it once! Don't make it happen again! Find your humanity!"

"I can't find what I don't have, and you shouldn't talk like you're not the same. That's your problem you know, you've never embraced what you truly are and that's why you end up in situations like these."

"That's not true! Even if we're ghouls that doesn't mean we don't have humanity somewhere inside!" Gluttony had always been the problem from the very beginning, she was always the one who caused Orino the most grief, Wrath was, of course, difficult as well but she wasn't as greedy as Gluttony nor was she as conniving, also she was more concerned for Orino's wellbeing, in her own rough way. "I end up in these situations because of you!"

"You are me, and I am you." Gluttony recited the words that always made Orino tremble.

"What should I do?" Orino questioned, "no one can live happily this way, what should I do? What should I do?"

"Become a memory." Gluttony said gently, and Orino was silent.

"Good evening, My Sweet." Tsukiyama greeted as Gluttony ushered him into her home.

"Good evening to you as well." She chimed.

"My, my you seem more chipper than usual, has something good happened?" He questioned and Gluttony found her smile widening.

"Oh yes, two very good things have happened!" She exclaimed, "I've found a scrapper who I know will be sure to entertain us!" Tsukiyama clapped his hands together.

"Magnifique!" He cheered, "you've been searching for so long, I hope he lives up to your standards."

"There's more, Darling," she said as she touched his arm, "Orino and Wrath have both gone silent!" Tsukiyama's eyes widened.

"Wha-what that's never happened before, whenever your around you're always complaining about Wrath shouting and Orino weeping! What does that mean?" He questioned, "will you be in control forever?!" He grinned.

"I don't know, but I'm sure we'll find out soon." She said as they took their seats at the dining table. "But I do hope it's the case, then I can eat to my heart's content!"

Juuzou remained silent as he sat on his knees motionless as he waited for the woman claiming to be his new Mama to come free him. He'd made up his mind on what to do finally, and refused to give it anymore thought. Footsteps drifted closer to him, the other captives being held in separate cells began to whimper and sob as the ominous steps drew nearer.

"Suzuya-kun." He raised his head slowly as he watched her unlock and open the cell door, "are you ready, Dear?" She questioned.

"Yes, Mama." He answered with a smile, she came closer to him until she was just inches before him, she crouched down to his eye level, taking his chin in her hand.

"Are you going to be obedient? I won't tolerate bad behavior like the other evening."

"I'll be good, I promise." She smiled sweetly at that, and her eyes fell a bit.

"Good, because," she held up remnants of the wire and tracker that he'd been wearing, "no one's coming to get you out of here. It was destroyed in our little scuffle yesterday." She smiled once again, Juuzou was silent as he watched her drop the devices onto the floor. "You're just so adorable you know." She said before unchaining him, then applying new chains to his wrists in order to lead him on. "Come now, it's time for you to fight for me."

Juuzou was transported to Gluttony's arena, where a poor unsuspecting victim waited for scrapper Juuzou to prepare him for dinner.

"That's my Juuzou!" Big Madam shouted, as she approached Gluttony, "what do you think you're doing with my Rei-chan?!" She questioned as she towered over Gluttony who only continued to watch through her opera glasses.

"He's not yours any more, Madam, he's mine now. Weren't you always the one saying how much I would've loved to see him scrap? Well you were right, it's quite an art form the way he goes about it."

"You stole my Rei-chan! How dare you!" Just then Big Madam threw a punch at her, Gluttony broke the large Madam's wrist without hesitation, the woman cried out and Gluttony smiled.

"Would you like me to throw you down in the ring with Juuzou? I'm sure he wouldn't mind preparing you for dinner." The Madam whimpered away.

A loud scream was heard and Gluttony became confused, the human who was meant to be killed was still alive, and Juuzou was nowhere to be found.

"Gluttony look!" Tsukiyama exclaimed as she lowered her opera glasses, Juuzou, was attacking the audience, not only that, but the CCG had arrived as well. It didn't make sense; she'd destroyed the tracking device so how were the Doves able to find her location?

"Go now, Tsukiyama." She ordered, as she turned away from him calmly. Orino and Wrath began to speak up once again, so then they weren't gone after all…

"Where're you going, Sweet?!" He called.

"Just go!" Her ukaku expanded and she darted out of the arena, she couldn't stay there any longer not if she were to continue living.

She was in a quick escape when something fell on her from above, the sudden weight caused her to go off kilter and she was smashed into the floor of the underground hallway, her mask breaking into pieces and falling away from her. Her exposed face twisted into a grimace; she looked over her shoulder to see Juuzou sitting atop her back, smiling down at her.

"Hello again, Mama." He mocked, she snickered at him he really was too adorable. The scythe that he'd wielded in his skirmish with Wrath came into her line of sight, she guessed his comrades had brought it for him. "I'm really so glad I went out of my way to get to know Orino-chan, I thought I would only catch the Yoko but as it turns out I caught a Gourmet too! This is so exciting!" He exclaimed, "I'll get a new quinque!" Gluttony laughed again.

"I see now why Orino agreed to go out with you," her voice was somewhat strained, "actually I noticed it a while back. You're quite charming even in a situation like this."

"Oh-ho! Why thank you!" He exclaimed, "don't take this personally, but I'm gonna have to kill you now!" He giggled as he raised his scythe.

"Sorry, Dear, but I can't let that happen." Her eyes grew darker, "it's up to you now Wrath!" He brought the blade down only to have her move her head to the side, the blade was lodged into the stone flooring and then a low chuckle came from the ghoul beneath him, slowly turning into a boastful laugh.

"You're so dead!" She growled through a grin, and her ukaku burst from her back, hardening into sharp shards as it did so, Juuzou felt one of the shards pierce his leg and he jumped away from her, leaving his Jason stuck in the concrete. "What do you think?" She was on her feet before Juuzou even saw her move, "should I kill you with your own quinque?" She questioned as she pulled the weapon from its confines, "I must say it's quite a beauty, whoever this poor sap used to be you make good use of him don't you?" He was silent as he didn't like the sudden change in personality that girl transitioned into, her grin widened and she dropped his quinque on the floor, placing a foot on its blade, she gave it a rough shove causing it to slide just before Juuzou's feet. He gave her a questioning look. "Our fight wouldn't be much fun otherwise." She explained.

He slid his foot under the handle of his Jason and kicked it into the air where he caught it with a certain level of grace, he returned her mad grin as he readied himself for a fight.

"Please Wrath just run away!" Orino cried from inside her, Juuzou swung his scythe but she avoided the attack skillfully as she hardened her ukaku and attempted to cut him in half.

"Don't run, he knows too much! He destroyed my arena!" Gluttony exclaimed, Juuzou and she continued going head to head.

"Stay out of it Gluttony! Leave him alone!"

"Orino! Charming as he may be, a human isn't worth dying for! He knows our names, our face, our locations, we have to kill him and go into hiding! Get rid of him already!" Wrath took a bite out of his arm, he sliced her stomach with his quinque.

"Who're you to decide whether or not humans are worth dying for?! I never said anything about dying! Just stop fighting and run already!"

"Have you forgotten what his kind did to you?!"

"Of course not! How could I?! But just because I remember doesn't mean I have to dwell! I was able to forgive and forget all that when you two showed up!"

"Dwell in the past! Reside in the memories of the gluttony you wished for!" Gluttony screamed, "you wanted to devour every last human! You wanted to break them like they broke you! Devour their flesh, soul, hope, will to live! Devour their everything!"

"Wrath! Please I don't wanna die!"

"And you won't so long as she ensures he's dead!" She thrust her ukaku at his forehead, ready to deliver the final blow.

"Don't you remember why you were created Wrath?!" She stopped short of his forehead. "I created you, both you and Gluttony. I created you because I couldn't handle the hate I harbored for the people who'd captured me, for the humans who used me as a test subject. I wasn't strong enough, and the hatred I felt only made it worse, that's when you appeared, all nasty and ready to protect me at a moment's notice, ready to exact my wrath for me."

"I was made for the same reason! I was here before Wrath! You weren't strong enough to exact such powerful greed and that's why I was created! To indulge in the greed, you needed! It's thanks to me that you even escaped that wretched place!" Gluttony cried.

"No it's not! It's thanks to Wrath! She's the one who had control when we escaped! You took over afterwards and began to devour everything in sight!"

"You were only a little girl then…" Wrath's statement caused Juuzou to blink, "I was made, so that you wouldn't have to suffer through the sin of wrath, it was too much for your little body to handle." Her ukaku disappeared, and she sat on her knees.

"I don't need protecting from Suzuya-kun, we can escape him easily, the one I need protecting from is Gluttony, who was born of a needless desire. You've done terrible things to humans too, Wrath, but, it's because deep down somewhere I really can't ever let go of the rage they instilled in me back then, Gluttony has calmed into needlessness because my want to devour vanished long ago." Juuzou craned his neck to one side as he looked at her.

"You're both evil, you're both sins, but just because you're evil doesn't mean you can't make good decisions or have good intent," she and Wrath were speaking together then, "if anything it gives you more of a reason to do so. I don't need Gluttony anymore, and I don't think I ever needed her in the first place." Her body was becoming lighter as she spoke, "but I'll always need Wrath, because without you I wouldn't be able to continue living. Wrath is my rescuer." She raised her eyes, "just as the CCG is yours."

Juuzou blinked a few times. Which one… Was she? What was she talking about? Sins, rescuers, evil, was their fight over with? The ghoul before him blinked a few times, before speaking again.

"I, we, made a mistake. Forgive us." Her ukaku extended again and she flew off, leaving a small aftershock behind.

Stumbling down the stairs and crashing through Uta's door, she collapsed from her injuries as blood pooled around her. The store was closed, thankfully, and Uta was the only one present, he went to her side quickly.

"Wrath! Are you okay?"

"Not… Wrath…" She breathed and Uta shook his head.

"Which are you then? Gluttony?"

"Gluttony's gone, for good." She rasped, "I-I couldn't go to Anteiku," she said quickly, "so I figured I'd go to the one guy I know who loves a little chaos in his life." He shook his head with a laugh, before lifting her and taking her into the back room where he would allow himself to be cannibalized for her sake.

"Juuzou!" Shinohara called as he came running to his partner's aid, "what happened where's Gourmet Gluttony?" Juuzou shook his head.

"…I'm not sure." He looked in the direction she'd flown off in, "it's a total mystery to me." He looked back to Shinohara, "speaking of mysteries, how'd you find this place anyway?"

"Ah, well, yesterday evening we were monitoring your infiltration when you got into that fight, we went to the sight immediately and when we got there the Gourmet had just left. Luckily we were able to catch up with her, we were gonna take her down then but we thought it would be best if we waited for her to show us a location like this, so that we could free the captives she'd taken." Shinohara placed a hand on Juuzou's shoulder, "sorry for making you go through this…" Juuzou shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, nothing bad happened." He assured with a smile, but Shinohara noticed his eyes were somewhat glossed over, and he frowned as he knew Juuzou had been faced with his past trauma's once again. "But Yoko and Orino-chan are still out there." Juuzou added as he stood.

The two ghouls that escaped would have to wait, since there were still arrests to be made within the arena and victims to free from their shackles.