2 days later-
Lelouch awoke with a start at 3:00 in the morning to prepare for his flight to South America while his roommates slept soundly in their beds. He was assigned to go on a pre kishin hunt with Death the Kid, another meister attending the academy; which he later learned was the son of Death himself. At first, Lelouch thought that Kid was sent there to watch him but through a lot of the remarks made by the weapon sisters that day, he knew for a fact for that wasn't the case. Then why would he send his own son at all? He could've just easily sent anyone else. If the headmaster really wanted to found out the capabilities of an unknown target, surely enough he wouldn't put his son in the crossfire, or would he? Lelouch wondered, a little angered by the thought of a parent using their own children as a tool for his own gain, this kind of reminded him of his own father.
At the airport-
After of what seemed like forever of waiting through airport security, the group finally get to board their flight. During their time at the airport, Patty was left behind three times and Liz had gotten lost because of Patty two times. In a way, this kind of reminded Lelouch of when the student consul had a field trip to a resort when Milly and Shirley had gotten separated from the group at the last minute and the Rivalz thought it was great idea to buy and then sneak some alcohol onto the plane, which put the whole trip in jeopardy! Sadly in the end, the student council spent their time vacationing at the nearest public beach they could find. Just thinking about that particular event made Lelouch feel a little nostalgic, knowing how the time he had spent as Lelouch Lameperouge wasn't all that uneventful.
-South America
Shortly after arriving in South America, Kid checked in for their reservation at a 5 hotel, and dragged the crew to a remote village near the rainforest. It was a long way, and Lelouch would have surely fainted by the time they got there, but to his luck they mostly were taken either by bus or boat, since Kid can't really fit them both on his odd flying skateboard.
"Lelouch," Kid called.. "I want you to listen closely. I don't know why my father decided to sent you out without a weapon partner, and since Liz and Patty's wavelengths don't match yours; just leave the fighting to us."
"Yeah, alright. I'm actually kind of glad you brought that up, I wouldn't stand a chance against a monster like that," Lelouch said scratching his head in a casual manner. "I just feel kind of bad, because I'm letting you do all the work." If Lelouch had to tell Kid the truth, he would've never really wanted to fight those things weaponless again-thank god he had his geass, or never mind getting back to the Black Rebellion!
"Don't worry about that, all meisters start out that way, I'm pretty sure you'll find a partner and battle in no time." Kid encouraged Lelouch. He know how hard starting out would be when he had first meet a lot of the newly appointed EAT students from the NOT classes.
"Gahhh!" A squall came from behind the two meisters, Kid on full alarm and Lelouch right beside him.
"Tar-tara-taranchula! The older of the Thompson sisters pointed frantically at the dinner plate-sized pest. Patty, meanwhile, slowly picked it up and tried to make Liz touch it. To Liz's everlasting dismay, Patty tripped on a root on the ground, launching the arachnid at her sister, whereupon it landed on her face and she shrieked, awakening all the nocturnal inhabitants of the rainforest. Only about an hour later did Liz finally recover from such trauma.
"Hey Kid look! We're here!" Patty ran ahead and brushed the lush green flora from view.
"We're late." Kid said regrettably, as the whole group got a glance at the tattered village. The place looked to be completely devoid of all life, with empty hollow buildings and shattered infrastructure; on the ground the group could see pieces of unnaturally curved daggers, homemade weapons, etc... It looked like before they got here, the villagers really put in their all to destroy whatever was trying to kill them.
"Come on, let's go," Kid commanded darkly. He honestly thought they would be on time to do eliminate the threat, but the enemy must've it's move early, so the only thing to do now was to kill it off for good; that's the least he can do for what happened here. As they walked along the path of the Main Street, more gruesome sights could be seen-both dried blood and fresh, accompanied by battered bodies crashed under burnt housing or cut to ribbon like a choice steak at the butcher's. Kid covered his mouth, feeling absolutely appalled at the sight, anger quickly boiling up inside to the point he felt like he was about to burst. Lelouch on the other hand, was as equally disgusted, but he took in the surroundings much better than Kid did. Then there was Liz who dearly wanted to throw up, and Patty, who gently picked up a dead kitten, vengeance burning in her eyes while she herself emitted a deadly killer aura.
"Liz! Patty! Weapon form now," Kid yelled as he sensed the soul of the pre kishin, just in time, too he thought. "Lelouch, get to the nearest place you can hide. There's no time to run!" The more experienced meister barked, he just hoped the pre kishin wouldn't find him. Guess he has to end this quickly to prevent an even bigger mess. THUMP-THUMP-THUMP, the ground shook around them. Everyone knew right away something humongous was speeding towards them.
"Foolish human!" A giant humanoid figure three times Kid's size appeared in the distance. It looked to have a long rectangular tribal mask, with huge round dead eyes and a plethora symbols painted carefully on both sides. It wore extoic jewels and clothing, and everything about it was completely, and utterly, symmetrical. "Do you really want to die that much?" It asked, slightly confused.
When there was no response, it began to raise its voice into a crescendo.
"FINE! THEN DIEEEE!" the angered pre kishin then charged at the stock-still death god, running at full force and unleashing an axe head filled with electrical charge out of it's hand.
"Kid! What are you doing?! Move!" Liz shouted. She was obviously worried for her meister, but also compelled to do justice for what happened to the villagers. But her meister nevertheless stood still.
"KID GET YOUR FREAK'N ASS OUT THERE AND TEAR THAT BASTARD TO PIECES! This time Patty was the one who tried to force some sense into their meister, who finally out of shock snapped back into reality. He then swiftly dodged the incoming burst of the attack, which left a huge dent in the ground and a blackish burn on the earth.
Kid then took advantage of his superior speed, shot the large pre kishin wherever he could've found an opening, eventually the monster started blocking his attacks with it's axe heads, but it still give Kid the chance to get closer every time until he charged towards it at full speed and spin kicked it up into the chin, flipping above it 180 degrees and did a mid air sanzu river shot to it's face, he then landed feet first with a part of a building he shot earlier crushing the pre kishin, shrouding it in a thick dust cloud.
"Did we do it?" Liz asked
"I don't know, Liz" Kid admitted, standing his ground preparing for another incoming attack.
-Death room
"Is it dead?" Spirit asked, looking into Death's mirror, spying on the group.
"No, this one's way more powerful than you think. In fact, it's midway to becoming a kishin." Death answered, seriously.
"But wouldn't we know about this thing the instant iit transformed into a pre kishin?" The redhead began to panic-after all, it was almost impossible for any mass murderers to escape the DWMA's radar.
"It must been the time when the DWMA focused all its forces on destroying the kishin and Arachnophobia. We were probably too busy to notice any minor problems popping up. And the kishin's supposed madness must've accelerated its growth by 6 times it's normal rate." Stein speculated.
-South America
Lelouch watched as Kid dodge an on coming attack from the pre kishin from a shattered, burnt building just near the battle ground. It was the closest place to be called a safe spot from the ongoing barrage of attacks flying in from both sides. The building was already half destroyed but the ceiling appeared sturdy, therefore it was the perfect place to stay and watch the battle. During the beginning of the fight, he noticed something strange with Kid-he wasn't moving, nor was he showing any signs of distress or fear. So what was going on? And when he did move out of the way, it seemed like something snapped him out his deep trance. The pre kishin didn't look like it could possibly affect it's opponent's state of mind, because if it did, he knew he would be affected as well; so the contributing factor must lie within Kid. What could it be? Stein even said he was a top meister so physical inabilities shouldn't be a thing, so that means it could be mental; now that Lelouch thought about it, he did sometimes see Kid messing around with how stuff was positioned or complain about certain imperfections of objects. At first he just chalked it up to be just a pet peeve, not a full blown issue of OCD that could affect him this badly in battle. But if this was the case, then now he knows why Death sent Kid other than anyone else he knew after this pre kishin, and due his son's inability to fight it, Lelouch would have to show whatever powers that he had that night to save them both now, and they were likely watching his every move. A Lelouch smirked. He wasn't that stupid. So he decided, why not make his move now?
Kid stood his ground, holding his twin pistols in a ready position to shoot down the unsuspecting pre kishin. Gradually, the dust that he had caused earlier cleared up, and there it stood again, it almost appeared unscathed by Kid's earlier attacks. Even a sanzu river shot to the face wouldn't do.
"No way,.. our attacks didn't even scratch it?" The older of the twin pistol sisters said, astonished. "Kid? Hello? Kid?!" Liz panicked, when her meister become unresponsive and started shaking madly.
"Wha-what have I done?" Kid uttered weakly, "Did I just destroy a perfect piece of art and symmetry?!" The death god asked himself in denial, as he noticed a jewel piece missing on the right of the pre kishin's clothes. "I'm truly a horrible monster! I deserve to die!" He said as he finally broke down. Dropping the pistols entirely, he dropped to his knees and became a sitting duck, just waiting to get mowed by his opponent.
"Kid! Snap out of it! You can't let all those people down!" Liz begged her meister to come back to his senses again, but just like last time he completely ignored her. Not only that, but the heavily angered monster charged at Kid with it's electrical charged axe head, which got him in the abdomen and sent him crashing through and into another building. This blow left Kid spitting blood and bleeding profusely from lacerations on the back of his head. But this was just the beginning of their misfortune.
" Patty?!" Liz felt her younger sister pick her off the ground.
"Hey, you scum! Look over here!" Patty shouted, rage clouding her eyes. This caught the pre kishin's attention moments before he launched Kid into another wall. The time it took for the monster to turn and face Patty was time enough for ten shots of comprised soul wavelengths to hit its body.
"Patty! This is dangerous! Didn't you see how our previous attacks didn't do anything to it?" Her older sister tried to reason with her. She doesn't want her younger sibling to do something stupid, after all.
"I don't care Liz! If Kid doesn't destroy this thing, then I will!" The younger twin snapped back. After shooting the pre kishin another 8-12 times, dodging a part of a building the monster decided to throw at them. It was then that Liz understood her sister's actions, because she felt the same way, but she only counted the cost to act, not what they could actually do.
"Patty! Switch!" Liz commanded at the last second, if the two didn't then, then Patty would've suffered a sick third degree burn; but thankfully they avoided that fate when Patty threw the pistol turning into the older twin, and transformed launching herself into Liz's hands. She then started shooting at the beast as well, running from place to place for certain shelters to avoid it and its attacks. "I know this won't do any good, but at least we can buy some time for Kid to recover…" She thought as she moved along the torn battle field, switching again when she was unable to dodge an attack in her human form.
This continued in for a quite a while, until the two sisters were dangerously close to running out of energy. "Huff..huff... Patty, switch!" Liz said, exhausted. She felt like fainting, but she had to transform to battle. However, she didn't do it in time, leaving both twins exposed to the oncoming attacks.
"Liz! Patty! Get out of the way!" The twins hear an unmistakable voice telling them to run, and they suddenly felt someone shove them from the line of fire.
"Kid! NO!" Liz screamed as their meister took the brunt of the attack from the ogre kishin's thunder axe. Mercilessly bashing the death god into the burnt earth, it began to charge its axe once more.
" Oi! Pre kishin! Over here!" The beast heard another voice calling it. It soon turned around trying to find the where the sudden interruption came from.
"Le-Lelouch?!" Liz muttered under her breath. Her eyes widened with horror-what the hell was that idiot thinking?! She and her sister couldn't even damage the monster, so what's a weaponless meister going to do?
"Liz, Patty. Transform." She then heard her meister say, Kid slowly got up and waited for the twin's coperapertaion.
"Ri-right!" Liz turned into her pistol form and spun into Kid's hands. He then walked silently to the pre kishin. Although Liz was glad that her meister had finally recovered from his OCD, she couldn't help but notice something unusual about him.
-moments ago
Lelouch, as planned got out of his hiding spot and called the pre kishin for it's attention. He kept calm and composed as always, as the angered beast approached him.
"How pathetic can you be? Risking your own life for another. Prepare to die!" The beast said, charging up it's axe again.
"Oh? You mean me? Are you sure?" Lelouch said mockingly, with an amused facial expression.
"What!? What are you up to now, human?" The pre kishin asked impatiently, confused. It even stopped charging it's attack half way.
"Just look behind you." The purple eyed meister directed.
"No, I know what you're going to-" Suddenly two giant beams of purple light rushed through the pre kishin's body, turning it's body to ashes. And there in the distance stood Kid with all his sanzu lines connected.
-while later
Hours later, the tired group of five finally got back to their hotel. After Kid's final attack on the pre kishin landed successfully, he had collapsed on spot and needed to rest. Lelouch got equally scolded and thanked by Liz, while Patty finally turned into herself again. It was a long and arduous day, no doubt, plus somebody still had to write the report of the mission. Lelouch smirked as he read a book, thinking about how Death failed to tear through his facade. The geass could be used more ways than one, after all, and using it on the pre kishin wasn't the only possibility.