Chapter 9: Spilled Blood
"Those who do not believe, shall not overcome the darkness…"
'Yo, Ren you alright back there?" Soul Says looking back at the girl.
"Yeah, yeah. I am fine, perfectly fine." Ren says displaying a smile towards Soul. She wipes the blood her hand and she scurried up to the rest of them.
However, the fact of the matter was, Ren was not 'alright'. Actually, she was not doing so well, her soul itself was in grave danger. Not only did she have the black blood inside of her. She also had a replica of Medusa's soul within her.
The children reach the house and have what they would call a sleepover. As this was happening, something else was going down in Professor Stein's lab…
"Stein. I want you to train me." Dai says looking up at the male.
"I knew sooner or later you would come. I guess you know the situation Ren is in?" Stein looks down on his desk.
"Yes, well I know this much. Her soul is being taken over by the witches copy soul, and if I do not connect with her soul in about a month. She will become a slave to Medusa…" Dai places his hands into his pants pockets. Then leaning his frame against a near by wall.
"Well I see you're almost fully aware of the situation." Stein sits in his chair, grabs the bolt on the side of his head, and turns it clockwise.
"Almost?" Dai then questioned the male; taking a glance up from his hood.
"Ren has taken in a copy soul, right? In addition, she has the black blood. The blood will mix with the copied soul of Medusa. Moreover, not only will Ren be taken over, but also her entire existence will change into Medusa. In other words, Ren will become a copy of Medusa." Stein continues to turn his bolt.
"Are you sure what you're saying is true?" Dai took a full glance up at Stein.
"Yes I am. I have done the research and this is my conclusion. Nevertheless, me training you and Ren starting to take control of her own soul can prevent this all." Stein stops turning the blot going through his head and yawns silently.
"Well, should we begin?" Dai leans from the wall and glances towards Stein.
"You know, I'm not going to take you lightly just because you're my student. When we finish your training, you will be able to connect to about anyone's soul." Stein gets up from his chair and takes a fighting stance.
"Right." Dai removes himself from the wall he was leaning on and takes a similar stance to Steins.
Stein then dashes towards Dai appearing in front of him. He would then push Dai in his chest with his palm, attempting to send a soul wavelength through his body.
Dai turns to the left and Steins supposed attack misses. He'll then take his right arm in the process of dodging the attack, punch Stein in the face with his right fist, sending him to the left a little while Dai then tries to uppercut Stein in the jaw with his left.
"Good, but not good enough" Stein moves to the right and pushes Dai in the stomach with a 'Soul purge'.
Dai goes flying and crashes into one of the lab tables. He would pick himself up from the ground and wipe his mouth with his jacket sleeve. Before this, Dai sends a smirk towards Professor Stein.
"Becoming serious now I see…" Stein then says ready for anything.
Dai slams both of his palms on the ground and the cement would crack form the pressure of his palm. A black aura would surround his palms and he then would say "Soul Travel".
Soul Travel is a technique that most meisters do not learn until they have almost no life span left. This also could be a technique only Dai could use, because of his great soul energy. This skill can sends one soul pressure through the ground towards their opponent. Having a wide range of twenty-five, feet and a length of about fifth teen feet from the user, lastly the height being about ten feet.
Stein smiles sadistically towards the boy and then places a soul stitch into his own feet for him to stay in place. A soul stitch is only a skill Stein was seen doing, and could be a very helpful technique in bad situations. He holds his arms out and a yellow type aura borders the palm of his hand.
Stein stands right through Dai's attack as if it was nothing. Stein then laughs in an insane tone. Before blocking Dai's soul energy attack, with his bare hands.
"What the?" Dai takes a glance over towards Stein with an unbelievable look on his face. "How in the hell did you block such an attack? That's impossible."
Stein laughs become more insane before he answers Dai question, having a disturbed look in his eyes. His hands were smoking from the blast, and he kept his eyes towards the ground. "I'll tell you how…It's not that my defense was stronger. Your attack was weaker. In other words, I am more powerful than you are when it comes down to the soul."
"I just need to push my soul power to the limits. In addition, surpass Stein, but if I go to far…That does not matter, I must do what I have too." Dai says thinking to himself.
"Well, bring it…" Stein looking at the boy says. Almost provoking him to kill himself.
Dai dashes forward and yells 'soul menace'. He pushes his right palm into Stein's chest and sends his own soul wavelength through one of his hands to damage Stein's body system. Sending Stein flying, spinning in mid-air; crashing into tables, chairs, and lab equipment.
Dai begins to pant and starts to notice Stein's soul appear around him. Stein begins laughing insane once more before Dai would say…" Stein, I think I have it now. I can see your soul."
Stein's laughter did not stop and he dashed towards Dai so fast he could not see. He grabbed Dai by his throat and picked him up from the ground, with one hand. "We aren't done yet, boy…"
"S-s-stein! Snap… out… of i-it." Dai says while his face turns blue from Stein suffocating him.
Stein the releases him, dropping him to the ground, he then begins to walk away and say…"That's all for today…"
Dai gets up from the ground and holds his neck coughing slightly. "I suppose that's Professor Stein's insane side that we all were warned about."
He walks from out of the lab door; the lab trashed from their fight. Dai begins to walk home, Ren appears from out of nowhere, and she appear at unease.
"Ren? What are you doing here?" Dai questioned the girl.
"…" She does not say a word.
"Ren? Are you going to answer me?" Dai takes a glance up at the quiet but strange girl.
Ren disappears then reappears behind Dai and pierces him right through his shoulder, Dai had no way of blocking this attack, because he never saw it coming.
"R-Ren? What are you…"
