Griffon Castle – Lobby:
The guys stood inside the dark castle, taking in the atmosphere, which was bleak and depressing. It reminded Laharl of the Netherworld and some of the old castles he explored when he was younger. "Ah don't think this is wut the castle is supposed to look like, is it," Arron asked looked as some of the gargoyle statues.
Laharl scrunched up his mouth and responded, "Netherworld influence... which would explain why the griffons aren't here."
Spike tugged his pant leg, "Hey, when do we beat up the bad guys?"
Issac patted his head, "As soon as we go the way were suppose to go."
Spike was about to ask more but he saw five doors with five signs in front of them. They read in order, "Rubber Pirate", "Soulless Machine", "Dumb Wolf", "Hillbilly Sword" and "Blackheart". Issac, Vektor, Dark Wolf, Arron and Laharl went through the door in the order by the names they were being called. Laharl entered his door with Spike, which turned out to be an elevator with a button that only makes it go up. Spike looked up at Laharl and asked, "Hey Laharl... what does Blackheart mean?" He said nothing as he pressed the button and the door closed.
Issac's Way:
The room Issac walked into was covered in ice and the room was freezing. He took slow, deep breaths, trying get his surroundings in order. As he walked through the room, the sense that he was being watched grew more and more heavy. Out of nowhere, ice daggers flew at Issac's head but he moved quickly out of the way of the daggers but one of them nicked his neck. He turned around to see three ninja men dressed in sky blue colors. The middle one spoke in a deep voice, "Pirate Overlord... if you leave now, you will live to see tomorrow."
Issac turned around, smiled and did a windmill with his right arm, "Sorry, but I like this world and I'm not a coward." The three ninja disappeared leaving behind three life sized ice statues with fuses coming out of the heads. Issac quickly hid behind a pillar and there was an explosion. He peeked out from behind and saw ice shards spread out everywhere. Shurikens flew out from both sides ready to hit Issac, but failed.
He blended into the pillar and came out the other side, falling on the ground. One of the ninja came down from the ceiling with a katana in aiming for Issac's head. He rolled out of the way just in time and as the ninja landed, Issac brought his leg up in the air and slammed his foot down on the ninja's back and there was a loud cracking sound coming out of the ninja. Just as he stopped twitching, he disappeared in a pink light.
A leg encased in ice came up and struck Issac on the side of his head, sending him through two ice pillars and crashing into a third one. He rubbed his head, brought his hand in front of his face and saw blood. As he got up, two fists encased in ice punched the side of his head, causing him to fall to the ground, holding his head, groining in pain. As one of the ninja came up from behind with a sword above his head, Issac swung his back-fist into the ninja's face, causing him to cover his face, yelling in pain.
Issac quickly got up and slammed both of his fists into the ninja's head, causing him to fall to the ground, not moving and disappeared into a pink light. Before Issac could catch his breath, he felt a sharp, piercing pain from his left leg. He looked down to see a blade sticking out of his shin with blood dripping out. He slowly got up, turned around and saw twenty-five ninja looking right at him. The ninja in front of all the others stepped forward and spoke in the same deep voice from before, "I am sorry but Tengu promised a very hefty reward for yours and the others deaths."
Issac stretched back a little and grabbed onto the ice pillars behind him. Ice enveloped around his hands, Ice Frackle: Issac thrust his hands forward, sending forth a devastating ice storm at the ninja's. When the storm cleared, all the ninja's were nothing more than ice statues, unable to do anything.
Issac then grabbed the ground and stretched his arms back, Gum Gum Giant Scythe: he launched himself forward with his arms stretched out, cutting through the ninja's. One by one, the upper halves of the statues fell to the ground and all the ninja disappeared in the pink light. He quickly pulled the blade out of his shin and he fell to the floor, yelling in pain. He quickly crawled out of the room and lay on the floor, panting heavily, "I... hate... doing... this... job... some... times..."
Vektor's Way:
Vektor felt uneasy as he entered the room that he was directed to. It was too dark with tall, large square pillars. The air was musky, like it has been recycled for years and years on end. As he walked further into the room, a voice could be heard that sounded familiar. "Vektor, Trixie needs your help, she has been captured!"
He raised an eyebrow, 'Do they really think I'm that stupid to fall for that... but I'll play along, just for fun.' He walked towards the voice, "Don't worry Trixie," he pulled out a handgun and cocked it, "I'll help you." As he rounded the pillar, he saw a small recording device with a bomb with five seconds left on the timer. Chains came out of the pillar and attached themselves to Vektor, preventing him from moving. The timer hit zero and the explosion was huge, any sign of life in the blast was obliterated.
A black-armored android with a female physique appeared from the shadows and spoke in a robotic tone, "Bomb explosion complete! Signs of life... unable to detect! Prepare to clear smoke debris!" The android turned its arms into fans and blew away the smoke to reveal nothing, no signs of Vektor to be found. The android ticked its head a little and spoke, "Translation response to modern language... process complete! What the fuck, I blew that bastard up and there is no sign of him!"
Vektor hid behind a nearby pillar, 'Thought that would kill me, didn't ya.' He pulled out the same handgun he had earlier and took aim at the androids head, "До свидания(Goodbye)." He pulled the trigger, hitting the android in the head, knocking off its feet a little but it turned its head to Vektor and kicked him in the chest, sending him into another pillar. The android zoomed up to Vektor and punched at him but he moved his head and the android missed, hitting the pillar.
The android then did a swift kick, which sent Vektor into another pillar. He quickly turned invisible just before the android got to him. "Bio-scan in process," it said while looking around for its target. Before it could do anything else, a long, black blade came out of its chest and the android fell to its knees. The blade retracted and two more went through its shoulder region. The android turned its head to see Vektor smiling as he retracted the blades into his robot arms.
The android quickly lifted up its arm, pointed a finger at him and shot him in the chest but it did not penetrate his armor. Vektor lifted his hand and the fingers extended out and grabbed the androids head. He swung his arm while at the same time, twisting the android around so fast; its body dethatched from its head and flew off nearby. He lifted the head and it spoke, "You think Laharl will win, you are wrong!"
Vektor crushed the head in his hand and dropped it, "That's what you think, bitch," then he smiled.
Dark Wolf's Way:
Dark Wolf found himself in the middle of a dark, dense forest with the smell of actual nature. It all reminded him of home and how much he missed it. The feel of the trees brought out his wild nature and was about to lie down and nap but something caught his attention. A little red speck kept flying around and getting closer to him. It got on his forehead and when he pressed it, he realized it was a light.
He heard a loud gunshot and got out of the way, hiding in the foliage. A tall, slender woman dressed in a red leather outfit, holding a rifle came out of the foliage and spoke in a German accent, "I vill get you mien little Blackheart friend." She slowly walked to where he was, "You vill not get away from Linda Frostman."
Dark cringed and gritted his teeth, 'Frostman,' he thought as he was running through the forest. He stopped for a moment, 'That must be his sister,' the thought of killing her would bring him happiness, even if it was not the right Frostman. He quietly climbed up a tree to survey his surroundings. Before he could do anything, there was another gunshot and he jumped out of the tree before the bullet hit him.
He ran off into the another part of the forest with Linda chasing him, "Mien brother should have killed back then, but me getting to hunt you if much more fun... don't you think Blackheart." She slowly walked through the forest with her rifle pointed forward, "I vas there your mutter and vater vere gunned down by mien brother," she sighed happily, "it brought a smile unto mien face."
Dark snarled a little, "Oh God I'm going to kill her!' Before he could get any farther, a metal bear trap caught his leg, causing him to stumble and fall in pain. He tried with all his might not to howl in pain as he pried off the trap with his bare hands. He successfully got it off and limped away as fast as he could. He found some cover but started to panic as Linda got closer to him.
"I see you have a vound from one of mien traps herr Blackheart," she said getting closer to him.
He quickly looked around to find something to help him and then he took off his coat and looked at it, 'Goodbye... old friend.' Linda followed the blood trail, which lead to a black coat on the ground with a huge lump in the middle.
She sighed, "I guess zi hunt is over herr Wolf," she dropped her rifle, pulled out a machine gun and sprayed the entire coat with bullets. When she was done, she walked over, lifted up the coat and found to her surprise, a mound of leaves.
Suddenly, she felt pressure in her back and could not move. "I have you now," Dark Wolf spoke from behind her.
Linda smiled, "Remember herr Wolf, I am a Frostman and you know vat I am." He smiled and slowly shoved his fingertips and then his whole hand into her back.
There was a small jolt in Linda's spine and Dark spoke, "I have sent voluntary impulses to your brain. When I remove my hand, you have thirty seconds to live and after that, your body will bend backwards to the point where your spinal cord snaps."
He slowly removed his hand from her back and limped backwards away from her. Linda panicked and ran towards Dark, chocking him, "Fix me now you disgusting Black," she stopped when she felt a small crack in her back and she slowly bent over backwards. She started to cry and beg, "Please herr Wolf, help me... I'm sorry, I'm...," her back bent backwards with a loud snap and she fell to the ground with a look of terror in her eyes.
Dark smiled, "It's not him but it's still satisfying."
Arron's Way:
Pink leaves fell from the many cherry blossom trees in the room Arron was in. The air was so clean, the sky was blue and the sun was high. He walked onward until he came upon a small picnic area with a man dressed in a black samurai out was sitting down, drinking tea. He motioned Arron to come over to join him. Arron did so and soon the both drank tea together.
"My name is Hatoru," said the samurai, "and I will be challenging you this day."
Arron took another sip of tea, "M'ah name is Arron and Ah accept your challenge." They both ate some rice cake and Arron spoke again, "Ya know... wut Tengu's doing is asinine."
Hatoru nodded, "Yes, I know... but," he removed his arm armor to reveal a tattoo of a black bird on his forearm.
Arron shook his head, "You got suckered into helping,"
Hatoru shook his head, "Threatened is more the word." They finished, stood up, bowed and pulled out their swords. Hatoru wielded a black saya with a red handle and an eagle insignia on the saya. He unsheathed his sword, which had a bright silver glow to it. Arron pulled out of his coat a red saya with a black handle and three black diamond's on the saya. He unsheathed his sword, which was grew with a purple flame design around the sharp edge of the blade.
Hatoru cocked an eyebrow, "A muramasa?"
Arron smiled, "Eeyup."
Hatoru narrowed his eyes, "That's a very dangerous game your playing." They both took their stances and stood still, eyeing each other for any movements.
Hatoru started to sweat, 'Damn that blade of his... one wrong move and it's over for me!'
Arron narrowed his eyes, 'Jus' gotta wait for him ta make the first move!'
In a flash, they both charged at each other and swung their swords when they both came into range. They were feet apart, with their backs turned to each other. No one did anything for a few second until Arron knelt down on one knee, holding his left side, which was bleeding heavily. Hatoru dropped his sword, "It's a shame that it had to end like this." He fell to his knees, blood gushed out from his chest and then he fell on his back, dead.
Arron rolled over on his back, still holding his side. He took off his hat, held it over his face and screamed as loud as he could, "God dammit, son of a bitch that fucking hurts!" He groaned some more and then he stopped. He grabbed some nearby cherry blossoms, pressed them up against his wound and laid there, panting, "Ah hope Laharl finishes this up."
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Author's Notes: I would like to apologize for not writing for a long while. I have been busy with a lot of thing... mostly medical wise. I will be posting new chapters up more when I can. Please have some patience. CIAO!
