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Chapter 02: Dark Knights
The abbey was cold, a wind blew through shuffling the grass and blowing away the fog.
The only light available were lights set up by the knights and his men to see what they were doing while their fog held firm. They left them behind after the reached the treasure they sought. Packing them up would have eaten valuable time and if one meister found them another could be on their way.
"Kami? Kami? Wake up!" Someone had come after her.
During the fight Kami had beaten around the men a fair bit and nearby lay the shards of a broken sword. In the metal sheen reflected the image of a distorted ghostly image of one Tezca Tlipoca. His body was torn, he was a man with one large stuffed bear like head wearing a suit that like his body had been torn to ribbons.
His nature as a mirror had allowed his soul to inhabit mirrors even when his body was destroyed.. One of his many powers was the ability to track any soul he'd ever reflected and with his ability to slide through mirrors all it took him was some focus to find one lost soul on the bequest of the new Lord Death.
"Kami! Please wake up!" Tezca was one of the death scythes and was friends with Kami. It pained him to see her buried under the stones and not reacting. For once he wished he still had his body, to try and help her.
He sighed, "42-42-564 when you want to knock on Death's door." He whispered as he wrote the numbers on the reflective surface of the sword shard.
He slide through the reflection as quickly as he could.
"Tezca?" Kid greeted him as he appeared in the large mirror in the death room began to ripple.
The ghost image appeared, "I found her but she doesn't look good."
Behind him they could make out the Abbey.
"Mama?" Maka whispered in shock, to see her mother hurt and not moving. "Is she-?"
"I think she's alive." Tezca reassured her, not that it helped much, "I still found her soul, I found it there, she's alive she's hurt though. We need to get someone to her!"
"Don't panic." Soul whispered to Maka taking her hand in his and giving it a squeeze, "Your mom a tough, this won't keep her down long."
"It looks to be the Abbey." Kid gathered from what he could see of the background. "Where's Excalibur?"
"I don't see him here? You want me to look for him?" Tezca asked,
Kid shook his head, " We have to focus on Kami for the moment.
Kid didn't know what happened to Excalibur, he wasn't a coward and he didn't seem like he'd leave a hurt Kami behind. Kid just didn't know what to do there and focused and one thing he did understand, that one of his meister was hurt and need help.
Kid walked over to his desk where a phone waited, he planned to call someone in their England branch to head to the Abbey.
What he didn't notice was that the necromancer walking towards the mirror, she leaned in and whispered.
A pulse of energy was felt in the room shaking everyone present to their very soul. The mirror ripple, not light the actual material of the mirror rippled.
And with a flash of light they found Kami in Eu's arms.
"What happened?" Tezca said confused, reflecting off the dull metal that was Eu's armor.
Eu didn't bother to listen as she took off her gauntlet from her arm, a glowing ball of purple magic forming in her palm and she pressed it into Kami.
Light flowed through the unconscious woman's body, her body began to adjust, broken bones repaired and moved back into place. Bruises, cuts began to heal leaving no sign that they had ever been there.
Eu's knees trembled as she started to collapse.
The group rushed to their side as Kami's eyes burst open.
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Tsubaki watched as both Black Star and Nene fought, it had only been a few moments but the tops of the stairs and the area around them had been decimated.
Marie had moved back and Azusa stood before her to try and defend her should something happen.
From what Tsubaki could gather from watching them neither one was going full strength and paying enough attention to their surroundings to make sure no stray attack hit anyone else.
Black Star had limited the use of his soul attacks and from what Tsubaki saw Nene had no show of using her powers to cancel the attacks.
Which was what worried Tsubaki, Nene physically took any attack she didn't dodge and didn't seem worse for the wear. Nene was clearly tougher than she looked, it was almost like her own skin was as tough as armor. The attacks certainly landed, her clothes were showing some damage but her body was unaffected.
As for Black Star, after been struck by the slab he was making sure to avoid as many attacks as possible.
Their strategies were starting to be revealed, Black Star had been trying to attack head on and force Nene to show off her powers. It wasn't working as Nene was too tough to be forced in such a spot. Nene was limiting her movements allowing Black Star to do all the work and tire himself out, a task that wasn't easy on its own either.
Something would need to change in order for one of them to beat the other.
Black Star usually was impulsive when he fought, focusing on powering through a fight, but here he was measuring his attacks and testing his opponent. Tsubaki could only assume this meant Black Star did think of the woman as a worthy opponent. Tsubaki did like seeing Black Star fighting like this, most people didn't know how hard her meister worked.
Black Star rushed her this time to do some damage, "Black Star Big Wave!"
His hand crackled with power as he rushed to use a soul attack. Inches away from Nene energy rippled through the area.
His fist stopped as Nene's hand wrapped around his hand and started to squeeze, a faint glow wrapped around her hand. Black Star now realized this was Nene's magic to cancel attacks and powers.
Nene looked the side letting Black Star go, "Eucliwood?"
Nene rushed back into the school.
"Okay, so I won, right?" Black Star held out his hands in victory.
"No, I doubt think so." Tsubaki motion to his finger, which were now all pointing in odd angles.
Shock started to wear off as Black Star looked at his fingers, "Aaaaah!"
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Marie and Azusa took off after Nene but she was like a woman possessed.
They found their way to the death room just in time to see a tired looking Kami helping Eu into the chair.
"Nene?" Kami turned to the small group.
"What happened?" Nene asked her.
"I bit more than I could chew." Kami told her checking that Eu was all right.
I'm fine
A trembling hand held out a note.
"Thank you." Kami whispered placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Are you okay?" Maka asked her mother, she knew how strong Eu's power could be but she found herself asking before she could think.
"Yeah." Kami caught her breath, she turned to Nene's worried expression,"I'm fine, we both are."
"What happened?" Kid hated to be so focused on the mission but he had to be, it might seem cruel to ignore their injuries.
"I found some people at the Abbey they were digging…"
They know about the treasures and weapons. I told them.
"Oh, so, yeah, I stopped them." Kami admitted, "I was going to bring them in when a knight in black armor showed up and took me by surprise. There was something off about them, they beat me before I could react. They left me there and took what was in the abbey."
"And Excalibur?" Liz added.
"He wasn't there?" Kami looked around realizing that Excalibur was nowhere to be seen.
Tezca shifted back into the mirror before them, "I've already looked for his soul, I can't find it."
"Excalibur wouldn't just leave me…" Kami pondered, "They had to take him, it wouldn't be hard to beat him without a meister."
Kami neglected to mention that only possible if he failed to move, maybe if he was trying to protect someone.
"Was there anything else you can tell us about these people you found in the abbey?" Kid tried to focus on the mission.
"No," Kami tilted her head, "Which actually says a lot."
"What?" Patty scratched her head, "Did you hit your head hard?"
"Maybe, but I meant that I have soul perception and I tried to use it on them but it didn't work. I couldn't see their souls."
"I get it." Liz snapped her fingers. "It's gotta be someone with the power to block out soul perception."
"And they seemed to know me."
"What do you mean?" Maka raised an eyebrow.
"The knight caught me by surprise but I fought him I relied on my instincts. The moves I most commonly use, that was the give away they fought in a way to specifically to avoid those move and get through my openings. No one, not even Stein can do that in an instant after they meet someone so they had to be someone who knew how I fight. "
"That's good, right?" Soul asked, "then you have to know them, who do you know like that?"
"No one, I don't know any fighters who would be able to pull that off and use some sort of magic to hide from my soul perception. The magic was weird too, it wasn't like soul protect, it hurt me to look at him and I saw a black aura."
"So have you ever seen magic like that?" Ayumu tried to be helpful.
"Once." Kami cringed at the memory, "But that person is dead."
"Are you sure?" Kid asked her.
"Yes, I'm the one that killed her."
"Who?" Marie asked her, she wasn't sure what was happening but she couldn't help but ask.
"I killed Morgan La Fey, if you don't believe me ask Spirit he ate her soul." Kami said removing all emotion from her voice, "Kid, come with me I have an idea and I think you should see it."
She gave Eu another kiss on the forehead and whispered for her to get some rest.
Kami started to walk out and Kid followed her if hesitantly.
Some thought it was a sign of her pride being bruise but Maka, Eu, and Nene saw what it truly was, she was just moving to put down a threat as quickly as possible.
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Black Star wiggled his fingers the resident witch Kim had healing power and she healed him up quickly.
"I'm just saying that fight didn't count." Black Star pouted, "She just walked away, I could have beat her even with only one hand."
"Sure, you could." Tsubaki smiled at her boyfriend.
"Hello." Out of a corner a girl about 16 jumped out.
She seemed chipper and glad to see them. She wore pair of thick brown boots, other wise her outfit seemed to consist of black. She wore a pair of black jeans, a leather black jacket and a black leather corset top. She had bits armor, pieces of armor around the arms and shoulder, she even wore a pair of gauntlets along with a pair of black gloves with small metal plates. She had long wild bright red hair and glimmering green eyes.
"You must be Black Star." She smiled brightly.
"Yeah," He blushed a little his eyes looking at her ample frame.
"Black Star." Tsubaki growled slapping him in the back of the head.
"Sorry honey." Black Star said bashfully."Huh? Do I know you?"
"I don't think so, but I know you."
"Well, of course you do who doesn't know the great Black Star."
"My name is Willaertia."
"Yeah, I'm not gonna be able to remember that name." Black Star scratched his head, "Maybe not even say it."
"That's fine, most people call me Will."
"Nice to meet you Will." Tsubaki politely greeted her.
"I wanna fight you." Will stared out at Black Star. "I want to test myself against you."
He held out his chest, "Sure, I can't fault you for that. I wanted to surpass god so who would I be if I didn't let others try to surpass me. Besides, I didn't get to finish a fight earlier and have some steam to blow off."
Black Star cracked his knuckles.
Will cracked her neck, "I want to fight you and Tsubaki at your best."
"You want to fight me too?" Tsubaki could only point at herself.
"Yeah, I said best, and he fights best with you."
"She's right," Black stretched out his hand. With a small smile the weapon transformed and few into his hand. "You have a weapon? Either way I'm not in the mood to hold back."
"No! No! No!"
A new player entered the scene to the pair's confusion.
Another girl with red hair, but hers was short and stylish. She wore a long tan trench coat, over a crisp white blouse, a simple black skirt, a pair of black stockings, and a pair of black running shoes. Her green eyes were dark and outraged.
"We talked about this?! You can't do this!"
Will ignored her, "That's Niko my little sister!"
"Little?! You were born like ten minutes before me!"
"Still older and you're still smaller." Will showed that she was a half a foot taller.
"And you're not as filled out as her." Black Star motioned to her chest and less curvy figure.
Niko turned her furry to the ninja, "Fight, fine let's do this." She said fixing her fine black leather gloves.
"I called first." Will smiled at her sister.
"Fine," In a flash of light Niko vanished in a flash of light only for a katana to replaced. Will took the sword, a fine silvery blade, with a black and red handle.
"Your sister is a sword." Black Star smirked, Tsubaki already in her enchanted sword mode. "This could be fun."
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Maka found her father in his small office working on paperwork. He was all for letting Soul take over most of his duties as death scythe, he knew kids had to take over. He also wanted to secure Soul's livelihood if he was to one day marry his Maka.
Maka hated how he would tell them that, she didn't hate the idea but it was far too soon to think about that. Still, it was nice that her father was begrudgingly accepting their relationship. Though everyone once in awhile they get a drunk phone call from him.
Still, he was there working through the paperwork he had waited until the last moment and needed to be done before the year ended.
"Maka!" Spirit cheered as he saw his daughter there.
"Papa, I need to ask you something."
"Mama said something, about Morgan La Fey."
Spirit flinched at the name.
"Mama said she killed her and you ate her soul."
"I did."
"Tell me everything."
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Soul got the zombie teacher known as Sid and they headed down into the depths of school. With all the Camelot connections Soul thought it would be best to ask for one person they knew had been there.
Mordred, son of Morgan La Fey. He'd been captured and left in their prison though they never got him to talk.
Maybe with this they could pry his tongue.
As they reached his sell they found in the corner of his dark cell rocking back in forth.
"Mordred." Soul growled, "What do you know about your mother's magic?"
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Patty and Liz went to talk to another person who might know a thing about these treasures.
Index the keeper of Eibon's book and knowledge if there was anyone else who know about these treasures and tools it would be him.
"Yes, I do recall the notes about them." Index flipped through the book on his desk.
The room was a bit dark, Index hated the idea that light would dull the pages of the book or any of the books in his cluttered office.
"Squid-ly, er assuredly as you said the tools and weapons were given to King Arthur by Eibon. They were merely prototypes, ideas that eventually led him to the demon weapons. I never knew what happened to them."
"Is there anything you can do to help?" Liz asked him.
Index hummed, "I'll have to check the book. There might be something to track them, Eibon knew of Morgan La Fey there might be ways to deal with her methods as well."
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In the infirmary Eu rested in one of the beds.
I'm fine
"That's probably true," Nene smiled, "but let's get you to rest a little."
"If you want I can get you a snack." Ayumu offered.
"Nonsense." Seraph interrupted, "I will go make you something and bring it to you post haste."
No! A snack from the cafeteria will be enough.
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Sparks shot out as blades struck blades. Tsubaki was still surprised by the turn of events, Will had nearly as much strength as Black Star. She fought wildly, each kick or punch was packed with power and seemed to be by the spur of the moment so no one could guess them. But each swipe of the sword, each movement was calculated and precise never letting any motion go to waste.
It made it hard decipher her fighting style and plan for it accordingly.
"Times up!" Niko's voice rang out.
"Fine." Will jumped back and with a sigh dropped the sword.
In a flash of light Niko transformed and at her side was a massive sword, it was more like a giant club sword than an actual sword. It was taller than Niko and the blade was nearly as wide as her.
Niko grabbed the sword and carried it effortlessly.
Black Star took a step forwards, shadows like a children's stick figures rose from the ground and attacked her. With a wild swing of the large blade the shadows were torn to shreds. Niko walked forwards raising the sword over her head and charged.
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In a white room, one that seemed to be made of light Kami stood pulling out a drawer to find a candle.
Kid stood outside, the room was some sort of strange storage magical extra space that opened up whenever Kami used a specific key on a door. Kid only assumed that such things were possible having a necromancer as a daughter and Merlin as a friend.
Kami patted some weapons that rested a shelf and exited the room. The door closed she took out the key.
They were in the candle room so it made sense that she brought out a candle.
Kami placed it the center and lit it with one of the other candles.
"This is a special candle, filled with special sulfuric chemicals that will make it easier to mediate." Kami explained.
"You want to mediate?" Kid didn't know what to make of this.
"Tezca couldn't find Excalibur, I couldn't use Soul Perception on them, my guess is whoever is doing this has some power behind them. Enough power to keep them hidden."
"That would make sense."
"I'm going to talk to Excalibur."
"How is that supposed to work?"
"Dreams are a funny thing, the unconscious mind, they can reach out and touch each other like this. If we can't find Excalibur maybe we can reach out into his dreams."
"How is this supposed to-" Kid paused as he realized they were now sitting as a round table in a grassy field with a star filled sky above. "It's happening already, isn't?"
"Yes, we're both asleep. Now we reach out and see if we can get to Excalibur."
"Why did you need me?"
"I think it's time to teach you some tricks, plus it's uncertain how much Excalibur would be able to tell. I might miss something, having some extra ears could help."
"You think my little brother can help?"
Both meister looked on as Asura materialized behind Kid.
"Asura!" Kid yelled ready to fight.
"Fragment, worry not he can't hurt you here."
A figure made of what looked like black goop rose besides them.
"The Great Old One of Power," Kid recognized him as the being that he met while trapped in the book.
"Hiya Goop!" Kami greeted him.
"No hello for me?" Asura smiled, "You haven't aged, but you're her. The nice lady that gave me those candies."
"Candies?" Kid turned to Kami.
"Time travel is crazy, Kid. He used to be nice."
"You know, you kinda look like this girl I punched through her gut."
Kami glared at him, "I said used to."
"Hehe!" Asura grinned, "Oh, I get it. She's your daughter. Is it that Maka that annoying brat is always on about?"
"Crona?" Kid surmised, "Is Crona all right?"
"Pink hair? Probably."
"This is no time for that." Eibon materialized.
The cloaked figure with a strange mask stood above them.
"Eibon? What are you doing here? I'm trying to find Excalibur." Kami explained.
"I know," Eibon told them cooly, "I called the others here, Excalibur is still awake and won't be able to join us."
"Yeah, I had a little dream that you wanted to talk." Asura grinned.
"We must talk quickly, the age of gods is coming to an end. We might all be dead soon and we must act."
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Spirit was surprisingly serious, "That was the first witch we killed together. One scary lady, we'd only been fighting her two minutes and we were nearly dead ten times. The way she looked at us… like we didn't matter… like nothing matter… like killing us was nothing more than swatting at a fly. That's the thing i remember most, like it didn't matter one way or another if we lived or not. Like our whole lives meant nothing."
"What?" Maka asked him, "Do you remember anything else?"
"She was about to kill us but she hesitated. She looked at your mother and … she looked alive, more alive and more passion was shown by that woman in that second than the entire fight. We would have died, we couldn't run but your mother used that hesitation and used me to cut her clean through. We collected her soul and the notes we found there, later did we find out that she was Morgan La Fey. If she hadn't hesitated and your mother hadn't acted we wouldn't be here."
Maka stared at her father, clearly that's why her mother was sure she was dead.
Maka had only heard a vague description of this story before. Kami told her because of time travel Morgan hesitated because she recognized her as the woman she would be. Time travel was certain a scary thing, how it assured her a life and a death.
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The black Knight held a white and gold sword as he stood before a chained up Excalibur in a cage.
"What do you want?" Excalibur struggled to say.
"I want your wrath, I want the lives of your family and I want things to go back to how they were."
"You stay away from them!"
"My men are already there." The Knight informed him. "Soon I will be there too."
"No! No!"
Excalibur struggled to escape and to try and stop him but found he was unable to.
The knight walked away to one of the treasures, a chariot that waited nearby.
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One of the knight's men put on a shroud and vanished, another held close the dagger and he too turned invisible. They walked into the school unnoticed as the other men waited nearby to start the attack.