The Lost Warrior
Disclaimer: I don't own any elements from Soul Eater or Is This a zombie.
Chapter 03: Weapons of Legend
A tea set formed before Kami and she began to pour sugar into an already filled tea cup.
This was actually just a memory of hers brought into the mindscape they were sharing but she had a sweet tooth and wanted anything to keep her mind from the gods around her.
She took a spoon and stirred in the sugar and sighed.
She took a long drawn out sip.
"Can we get along with this?"
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Black Star was getting annoyed, the girls were using a cheap trick.
Niko struck his weapon with hera and despite her petite form that blow had a lot of force behind it.
It stunned him for a mere instance but Niko was more than ready to make use of that instance. She push forwards and landed a quick punch to his chest knocking the air out of his lungs. Niko rushed to take advantage of it and attack but Tsubaki took the moment to transform into a smoke bomb and explode.
As smoke covered the field Black Star tried to catch his breath.
The girls were hard to read, he barely heard the air being cut by the massive blade in time to dodge it.
As Tsubaki took on the enchanted sword form again Black Star prepared to fight.
That was the problem, Niko herself fought decisively but she swung the sword wildly. When Will fought she fought forcefully and head forwards but wielded the sword like a true sword master never wasting a movement.
It didn't take long for Black Star and Tsubaki to figure out that each sister was influencing the other, it allowed them to use distinct fighting styles as naturally as it was their own.
It was a bond those sisters hand, it didn't help Black Star that when he started to figure them out they switched. It would be bad for anyone else if he wasn't used seeing Liz and Patty pull off the trick and if he wasn't the great Black Star.
Black Star wasn't much for strategy, he didn't find out what his opponents could do and think of some clever way to break it down and turn their strength against them.
Black Star's method of fighting was much more direct, but every time that he went for the attack they did something and force him to jump back or take their surprise blow.
Niko tossed the blade as she and her sister switch places.
Will held her sister close, "You know for being the supposedly this great assassin you can't really sneak up on us."
Will turned to Black Star, he could hear turn to her even if he couldn't see her because of the smoke. He moved not wanting to be found so quickly.
"That's only because you're using Soul Perception!" Black Star yelled waving around his hands.
Will chuckled, "So, you figured that one out."
Tsubaki responded, "We have a friend that has the same ability." Tsubaki smirked, "We can do something like that too."
Will heard the rustling of chains as a chain scythe wrapped around her.
While they talked the Tsubaki as a chain scythe moved around in the smoke listening in for their souls and got into position.
"Trap star activate!" Black Star announced with a grin on his face.
As the chains moved Will grit her teeth as she felt the chains around her and her sister tightly.
Black Star smiled, the rare times he missed something he was sure he could count on Tsubaki.
The chain would do enough to keep them from switching again.
"Try again."Will smirked, her hand wrapping around the chain and yanking it hard and to the side.
Black Star suddenly found himself yank away to the side into a wall. Tsubaki was forced to let go of the girls and turned into a ninja sword fitting quickly into her meister's hand.
"You expected us to do that." Black Star stated more than questioning.
Tsubaki knew better than most that Black Star wasn't stupid, in fact he was great at picking up things especially during a fight. He could figure out what his friends were planning so how to best help them and not get tangled in other attacks. In this case he picked up that the girls were clearly ready to fight them.
Will looked over the reflection of her sister in the sword.
The reflection merely shrugged, "There is no point in lying, let's just say we've had experience fighting someone like you but much better fighter."
"What?!" Black Star was now outraged, "Who could possibly be better than me?!"
Black Star rushed to prove them wrong but as he stabbed with his blade he found the girls had switch, now that overly large sword was held like a shield.
"My mother always says that you really have control your temper in life and in battle or you will do something you regret."
Black Star gulped realizing he fell into the trap.
The girls spoke as one, "Soul resonance!"
White energy crackled from the blade and the air stirred and they vanished.
Black Star's instincts went wild as he suddenly was overwhelmed like he was being attacked an all sides. He spotted Niko with her sword out of the corner of his eyes but felt something at his other side. Turning slighting he saw Will there with her sword.
Black Star's mind stalled, how can they both be in two places?
"This has to be an illusion." Tsubaki concluded.
Black Star agreed, it meant one of them had to be a fake but which one. Black Star didn't have time to guess who was the real one, they could have switched fast. He grit his teeth and choose a side, he slashed at Niko and found their swords clashing.
Black Star smirked at his lucky guess but that ended as he felt a sword cut through his back. He let out a pained yelled and as he did Niko slashed at his arm.
He felt it, she wasn't the illusion and neither was the other one. He felt another slash and then another on the opposite, and this repeated over and over again. He started to see dozens around him slashing at him.
He looked down at his skin and realized something.
"Special Attack!" Black Star yelled out, "Black Star Big Wave!"
Energy crackled off Black Star and energy from his very souls ruptured outwards in all directions. It blasted everything away finally clearing the smoke, they spotted two sword planted on opposites. Suddenly both of them transformed into their human forms and collapsing onto the floor.
"Okay, that was a pretty cool trick." Black Star actually chuckled. "You resonated together from a distance and created illusions that felt almost real. I mean, it hurt a little but didn't actually cut me it was just made up your soul energy."
It was a trick that came about their nature, they sister bound together by blood and a life time together even though they had such different personalities. They were two individuals and always connected, over time they developed a way keep their resonance together even they weren't making contact. After years of practice and their own dual nature as swords they managed to create an attack from it creating projections of themselves to attack from many directions.
None of the attacks did any physical damage as they were formed out of their soul wavelength, and none were too strong as the force was weakened over such distance, still over time they could add up leaving little chance of the girls getting hurt.
It was a pretty effective attack when dealing with a group of people.
Tsubaki transformed to her meister's side, "Are you two okay?"
"Just tired." Will admit it, "That takes a lot out of us."
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In his office Spirit continued to talk to Maka about the fight with a witch. "Honestly, we got super lucky. Your mom didn't hesitate when the witch did. She was powerful, we didn't know how powerful she was. We didn't realize it was Morgan La Fey until after we killed her, we gathered all her notes and brought them to the school and they figured out who she was. Even other witches hated her, she was dangerous and she was so power hungry. Power hungry enough to have her own brother killed. Then she vanished for years, no one knew what she was up to, just a few rumors of her attacking people but nothing solid."
Maka looked on deep in thought, she wondered how her mother could have fallen for a woman like that.
"Though," Spirit started out, "I have to imagine there was something good in her once, something that made someone as smart as your mama fall for her."
"Yeah, that had to be it." Maka spoke wistfully, unsure she'd ever get a proper answer to that.
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Soul beat on the cell doors, "Talk!"
"You're not good at this." Sid pointed out.
Mordred was just in the corner not paying any attention to them.
Sid explained it, "He hasn't spoke since he got here. He's physically fine, but he just doesn't want to say a wor-"
Soul stared at Sid shocked as he saw a wound form in his chest. Sid look down in surprise before collapsing.
Soul saw flickers of darkened blood and turned his arm into a scythe blade just in time to block a dagger.
"Huh? Invisible. Neat trick." Soul growled, "Doesn't work so well when you get blood on yourself."
Something kicked him int the chest forcing him back. The attacker became visible just for Soul to see him land a punch in his gut.
Soul collapsed on the ground in a huff, he clawed at the wall trying to get up.
The man used the dagger to slash the lock and walked in. "My Lord Mordred, I've come to save you from this prison."
Mordred looked up, "About time."
Mordred got up but their attention was turned to Sid as he held out a walkie talkie, "Alert! We have a break in! Everyone to the dungeons, someone is freeing Mordred." Sid smirked, "You'll need a little more than that to kill a zombie."
"We have to go!" The man grabbed hold of Mordred's hand and squeezed the dagger.
They vanished, Soul heard frantic steps running down the hall.
The invisible man knew he couldn't stay to finish them, they fight to their last giving more people time to arrive, and some might be able to see their souls if not their bodies. They needed to leave as soon as possible.
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In the infirmary the group watched over Eu when suddenly Seraphim and Nene both jumped up. Leafs flowed around Seraphim's hand before forming a sword and she pointed to where Nene grabbed.
"What's going on?" Ayumu looked on confused.
Nene felt something and with her other hand pushed off the hood of a cloak, to reveal herself holding a man's throat.
"I smelled your blood." Seraphim glared at the man.
Nene held his throat tight just giving enough leeway not to kill him. "You're not good at sneaking, and those wounds can't help." Nene looked over his arms bandaged up and a few bruises forming, "Now unless you want more drop the sword."
Ayumu gulped watching him drop a short sword, how close he'd gotten to them without him realizing it.
"I can only assume you've come for Lady Hellscythe." Seraphim asked moving the blade slightly into his skin. "Talk now and I might be persuaded to spare you."
The man looked at Nene, "You're the lover of the Kami woman, the woman that gave me these wounds."
"Oh, you were apart of those who hurt Kami?" Nene's smile never wavered.
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Nygus was walking back to the infirmary, she was the de-facto nurse and was headed to check on the patient. Suddenly a wall before her burst as a man went flying through crashing into the next wall. The man gasped reaching into his pocket and pulling a stone, a flicker of light on the runes on it before it going out. The man blacked out.
Nene walked over to him, "I might have gotten a little too far, he didn't get a chance to say anything."
Ayumu and Seraphim looked on in shock, both making a note never to piss off Nene.
Eu held up a note card.
Bring him over I can fix that.
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The Black Knight and his men stood on a building watching the school, a small stone glowed in his hand.
"They've been discovered. Begin the attack. Gather our targets." He turned to the chariot that waited nearby.
His men placed their hands on the chariot and one by one vanished.
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"Can we not play these games?" Kami sipped on her tea, it tasted like one her mother made for her years ago when she had a bad day. "You came to us, you know something. You always know more than you let on. Forgive me, I've had a rough day and I'm not mood to deal with enigmas of the future."
"They're coming for us." Eibon spoke.
"Okay, you got my attention."
"They seek to end the ages of gods."
"I thought it was already over." Kid spoke up.
"They wish to truly end it by endings all the old gods, by killing us. That does include you as well Kid."
"What?" Kid stood from his chair.
"They wish to end all the traces of the old ones."
"Just because of dear old dad," Asura rolled his eyes. "Looks like you'll get killed too."
"That includes you too Asura." Eibon told him, "Your position will just leave you to die last."
"Okay, if you know all this tell us how to stop them." Kami pointed out, "Maybe tell us who they are? Weakness? Anything helpful, is Excalibur still alive?" Desperation entering her voice, was she too late to save him.
"He still lives," Eibon sighed, "they have a magic user, a powerful one. One who provides them with a means to prevent their identity from being discerned. Our minds and our memories are clouded so we cannot find their identity. It clouds everything I see." Eibon paused, "We must talk, our time draws to a close." Eibon waved his hand stones appeared over his head, one had a skull, one had a white flame, one had a black drop, one had a heart and one had a S.
"They are crafted to find the old ones and their bloodline. "
"How long do we have?" Kid asked him, trying to come up with a plan to protect everyone.
"Not long." Eibon held his hand over his chest as a wounds began to form and black veins spread from it, "They have already... come for me…" He collapsed onto his knees, " Kid and Kami rushed to his side, "They are already at the school and they will come for the three of you next."
"Three?" Kid questioned.
The great Old One of Power told him, "His book is at the school, the book I'm in it."
"Wait, what about me?" Asura questioned.
"You're on the moon, you practically are the moon, even if they could get there what are they going to do?" Kami shouted at him "Eibon! You have to stay with us!"
Eibon's voice got weaker, "Save them… save yourself…"
"Me?" Kami questioned, "I'm related to Excalibur…" Realization struck her, "I'm his blood and so is Maka."
"Eu…" Eibon hissed, "They are coming for her too… they want her power…protect them…" Eibon turned right at her, "Don't let it consume you…"
Eibon faded away.
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In Alaskan in an island there was a magnetic field that could kill, there was an illusion of a time that has passed. Eibon lay on the ground a puddle of blood forming beneath him.
An arrow stuck out of his chest, he studied the arrow, "Poison tip… holly, mistletoe, old hedge magics…"
The poison on the arrow was constricting him, making it hard for him to move. The black veins spread from the wound.
A man wearing a thick winter jacket walked closer to him, walking from a long distance carrying a bow.
"Fail-not…" Eibon chuckled, "The weapon I made for Tristan…"
The bow was made so no matter what the arrow shot from it would never miss its mark. Even seeing it coming he would not be able to avoid it.
He saw enough of the future with his powers to know this was coming but knew that if he tried to escape he would not be able to warn them as much as did.
The future was clouded to him and he could only hope they would have enough to beat the threat that came towards them.
His time was coming to an end and he knew it as the darkness overtook him.
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"Well, at least it looks like he was right about people coming for us," Asura pointed out, "well, you guys." Asura leaned back and just floated there feeling perfectly safe.
The Great Old One of Power stood there, "You must act quickly."
"I know," Kid said trying to sound calm. "You need to get somewhere safe."
"I am in your school, in Eibon's book. I entered it of my own free will, they cannot remove me from it without the knowledge from Index."
"Index is already guarding the book we just have to secure them." Kid started to plan out.
"Kid, I don't think you see the issue at hand." Kami started out, "The weapons and tools they stole from Canterbury are what they are used against Eibon. They will probably use them against us. If they have someone using magic strong enough to keep their identity from someone with Eibon's power and those tools…"
"What?"
"One of the items we hid was the chariot of Morgan Mwynfawr, if you touched it you could teleport anywhere you wanted. I mean, if they are attacking Eibon why don't they attack us too, I mean they're going to attack us now!"
"…Kami, did we lock the doors?"
"Uh, I don't remember."
"And we're currently asleep and unprotected…" Kid realized the awful situation they were in.
"Oh this might be fun to watch!" Asura smiled waiting to see if they'd blink out.
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Two knights in light armor snuck into the school, it was easy enough with most students already gone with classes all but wrapped up and having the ability to teleport.
They both had two different stones, each was sent to retrieve a different target. They found themselves heading to the same direction.
The held a stone with a skull on it, the skull glowing brighter the closer they moved to the door, "It seems our targets are on the same room."
"So it seems." The other knight pulled out a sword putting away their stone.
They rushed forwards slashing apart the door.
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"We need to wake up!" Kid yelled trying to pinch himself awake.
Kami slapping her cheeks, "Wake up!"
The Great One of Power rolled their black eyes, "That is not how you wake up." The former god slapped them both across the face and they blinked away as they woke up.
"You're no fun." Asura mumbled, "You know how boring it is being stuck on the moon with pink hair?"
The other old one vanished.
"Just me now."
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Kami and Kid jumped up to attack anything, Kami in her battle stance looked around, "Uh, no one is here."
"Did we maybe jump the gun?"
"Yeah, maybe where are they?"
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The two knights were in shock not seeing who they expected to see.
They found the Thompson sisters and Index.
"The book!" One knight said holding out his sword having spotted the book sitting on the desk. "Give us the book!"
The other knight was confused, "Where's the reaper?"
"I found my target!"
"You want Kid?" Liz look on at the men that just burst in.
"We can't have that." Patty grinned a twisted smile.
Both knights paused at the girl's sadistic grin and she jumped towards them kicking one in the chest and punching the other in the face.
"Patty!" Liz called out.
The knight slashed at Patty but not before she turned into light and transformed into a right into her sister's hand.
"Did you just try to hurt my sister?!" Liz growled furious.
With a loud bang shot the knight right in the face with a burst of her soul's wavelength. Not letting the other recover she fired on him. Both knights laid on the floor unable to move for the moment.
"Index, get some rope." Liz told the librarian.
Index searched his closet for something they could use.
"Sis, are you okay?" Patty asked, worry peppering her voice.
"Yeah, just a little startled. We gotta get Kid and tell him about this."
"Okay, but are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Your wavelength felt off, a little different."
"I feel fine, it's probably just because we haven't had a chance to transform or fight anything in awhile."
"I guess that makes sense, you're so smart sis."
Liz felt a tinge of fear creep up her body, she had felt off the last week or so, she thought she was catching a cold or something and didn't want them to fuss over her. But if Patty felt it in her soul than it was something much more than a cold, she couldn't worry about it she had to find Kid and warn him someone was coming for him.
"Index, tie them up and call for help from security. We have to go find Kid." Liz said before rushing into the hall.
Index agreed finding some duct tape and deciding it would be enough. Neither man would recover from such a close range shot of a soul attack.
As he began to bind them one of the men grabbed him by the neck.
"What troublesome girls," He grubbed Index's neck. " The small one doesn't hold back when she punches."
Index then noticed a gleam from a stone in the man's belt, "The Stone of Giramphiel, it can negate all but physical blows."
"Yes, the shot did nothing to me but the punch did stun me. I just didn't fight back while I got my bearings." He looked over to the book on the desk, "My comrade was sent to fetch the book but now it seems the task falls to me."
The man quickly slammed Index into a wall. The knight took out a small dagger from a scabbard and cut Index with it. Index groaned as black veins began to spread from the wound. The knight reached over to his fellow and took a stone with a black drop.
He held it close and thought.
"Master, I have news. I have retrieved the Index and the book."
The Black Knight's voice echoed in his mind, "I sent you to capture the reaper."
"I know, my stone lead me to the same location as the book. The reaper is not here"
"The witches spells don't fail."
"No, I'm afraid there is worse news. The reaper's pistols were here and they knocked out the man you sent for the book. I fear they have gone to report this attack to the others."
"Yes, the prison release of Mordred didn't go well either. Bring back the book and the Index. The reaper will show himself soon enough."
"Understood."
The man picked up the book and Index and walked away leaving behind his so-called comrade.
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The alert was already out through the school, through walkies and other subtle methods of communication. They knew they were being invaded but didn't want to alert their enemies. Nygus went off with a first aid kit to go help Sid and told the other to lock themselves in the infirmary until she got back.
Eu whispered something to their would be attacker and he jolted up screaming.
"What did you say?" Ayumu cringed.
Eu simple sat down giving him the impression she would not answer.
Nene and Seraphim stared down the man they had tied up in a chair.
They made sure to remove his light armor and any items that might have been used against them.
"Why have you come here?" Seraphim asked him calmly.
"I gave for the necromancer."
Nene blinked, "I didn't think he'd be so forwards so soon." She turned to Eu, "You're doing?"
Eu simply shrugged nonchalantly.
"Why?" Seraphim pressed on.
The man struggled to stay quiet but found himself forced to speak only the truth, "My masters need her power. "
"Should I take it by your approach that Lady Hellscythe would not normally consent to the use of her power?"
"It would cost her life."
Everyone in the room intently focused on the man. He felt their killing intent.
"Tell us everything you know." Ayumu ordered.
The man's mouth opened up but a strange red light filled the room.
Nene rushed pushing Eu,Ayumu, and Seraphim against a wall and using her own body to block them from the light, A veil of thing white energy wrapped around her.
A power beam of light tore through the wall and struck the tied man and kept going into the following room.
The attack ended and the group turned around to find the room scorched and a single glowing red orb floating in the middle of the air.
A group of knights stood at the scorching threshold, the one leading the group dressed in full body green armor held out a spear whose tip glowed red.
"Hand over the necromancer."
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"What the hells was that?" Kami asked, they felt something strike the school sending tremor all around and they could hear the explosion.
"I don't know," Kid growled a little, "but someone is attacking my school and I intend to stop it."
"We better head out to where ever that book came from, if I know my girls one or both of them is already there." Kami paused as she sensed something.
The air before them rippled as a dozen knights appeared before them.
One of them held a stone with a white flame on it glowing as it moved towards Kami. "The Scion of Wrath and the Reaper."
"Scion of Wrath?" Kami raised an eyebrow, "I haven't been called that before." Kami pulled out a pair of knives from her sleeves.
The knights held out various magical weapons and tools, "This should be quick."
Kid said stoically getting into his own fighting pose, "I agree, this should take no time at all."
The two meisters rushed at the knights.
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"Can I help you?" Nene asked the knight in green.
"Surrender the necromancer known as the Lady of the Lake and you shall not be harmed."
Ayumu and Seraphim both move in front of Eu as to protect her.
"Yeah, I'm with them." Nene said casually not willing to budge an inch.
"Very well, let it be known that I gave you a chance to walk away with you lives."
He leveled the spear right at Nene's heart and the tip began to glow.
"I'm going to have to go with no."
There was a rupture of energy that quickly consumed the woman.
"Ha! You foolish wenc-" The green knight didn't finish his sentence as the light faded away and left Nene standing there without a scratch.
A fight wisp of transparent white light wrapped around her.
"Yeah, my magic can cancel out powers, attacks, and magic." The light faded away.
"Men!" The knight let out.
The other knights pulled weapons, swords, axes, clubs and maces and began to attack her.
They were trying to get her before she could use her magic again, and attacked her wildly.
They paused hearing a small snore, they found that Nene had fallen asleep on her feet.
The knights didn't know how to take that, some had continued to attack her and started to realize that they hadn't drawn blood. Nene didn't have a single wound, some of the weapons had started to cause cuts or rips on her clothes but her body was unaffected. A few of the more determined men continued.
The Green knight traded his spear for a sword, a beautifully crafted sword with a simple steel blade. "This is the Witch Hunter, the sword that cut through all manner of magic. Your little spell will not hold against it." He swung the blade right at her neck and nothing happened.
She was still asleep, the knight stared dumbfounded.
"Yeah, she does that sometimes." Ayumu chuckled seeing the wind knocked right out of their attack.
Eu just clapped her hands loudly.
Nene's eyes snapped open, "Huh, oh, are we still doing this?" Nene smacked her lips.
The Green Knight's mouth flapped open trying to come up with words, "But-but you're not using you magic. You can't have used it in your sleep! How did you sleep through that?! This sword is supposed to shatter spells! How!"
Nene let out a small yawn as she scratched her side, "Oh, I don't really need to use my magic. I really only use it for things that can hurt me or others. My skin is so tough it's like armor." Nene yanked her cheek to emphasis her point, "It's a fun story, when I was young and training to be a knight I went off to try and fight a dragon, stupid idea, and I got eaten. Lucky for me that it swallowed me whole and that its stomach was its weak spot. I just slashed my way out of its gut and that killed it but my skin was soaked with ti's blood when I got out. Really stung, I passed out, but it did make my skin strong and everything, also helped increase my strength and gave my mana reserves a nice boost."
The knights traded looks, either unsure if she was saying was true and they should be worried or if she was lying to mess with them. She was being far too casual for them to take what she was saying seriously.
"Okay, let's finish this." Nene glanced at Eu, "Eucliwood you know what to do."
Eu quickly grabbed her friends and pushed them behind the bed and flipped the bed over to shield them.
Nene raised her fist and slammed it at the green knight. She struck with such force that all the air in the room was pushed out like an explosion tossing back all the other knights and shaking the whole building.
Green Knight's lips curled into a smile, "You think you're the only person who can take an attack? This armor was passed onto many a knight, this armor protects me from all physical injuries. The sword to dispel magic I was sent in when our first attack failed to capture the necromancer. I am more than a match to defeat her and her guardians."
Nene smiled her eyes glimmering, "So, that means you can actually keep up with me?"
"Uh, yes?"
"That means I don't have to hold back!"
Eu yanked her friends and raised her hand as a purple energy formed around them forming a shield.
The knights all began to fears Nene's gleeful smile.
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The whole school shook.
"What the hell was that?" Black Star shouted.
"An Earthquake?" Tsubaki surmised, "Maybe I didn't feel like any Earthquake I've ever been through."
The two red haired girls traded looks, Niko glared at her sister "I tried to stop-"
"Don't say it!" Will held out her hands to stop her, "We should get to this!"
"Fine!" Niko transformed and Will grabbed her and rushed towards the shaking.
"What is going on!?" Black Star raised in hands in annoyance before shrugging and chasing after her.
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The Black Knight watched as the fight began to get out of hand. There was no more hiding this, the battle had begun.
He turned to his remaining knights, "Everyone attack, take out targets out as quickly as possible. Slay anyone who get in our way."
With their orders the last knights touched the nearby chariot and vanished teleporting to different locations at the school.
Finally the Black Knight climbed onto the chariot and held it's reigns and the world around him warped.
Instead of the warmth of the desert he found himself in the midst of the icy cold of Alaska. He was next to a wild electromagnetic storm.
The archer stood before the knight with the unconscious Eibon nearby.
"Do you still have arrows?"
"Yes, master."
"Good, I have another job for you."
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The ground cracked before him as he held out his arm blocking another blow from the red haired woman. The attack was followed by another punch and another. The armor protected him, but the force had to go somewhere. Though it didn't harm it still passed through him and each punch was like throwing an elephant at him. Her attacks were moving him back and away from his target.
Nene needed a second to get her power going a faint glow wrapping around her hand. The Knight raised his sword and slashed at her hand, the wisp of energy ripping apart.
"Well, that won't work." Nene chuckled, "It's been so long since I have been able to go out with someone new. I want to try something new."
Nene smashed her fist into the ground and pulled out a chunk of cement.
"Let me try something." Nene jumped up and moved to slam the cement down on the knight.
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One of the other knight grabbed the forgotten spear and let it glow as he aimed it at the energy shield. The blast shot out striking the shield with vanished like it had never been there.
The knight readied the spear for a second attack knowing they needed the necromancer alive. Before he could aim it to the necromancer's guardian he saw red, a pair of red glowing eyes.
As her sword formed in her hand Seraphim rushed at him slashing as the sword finished forming. With a quick parry Seraphim pushed the spear away, a pair of black bat like wings formed behind her and carried up as she slammed a frontal kick right into the knight chest slamming him into the building.
Ayumu not to be out done jumped up crying out, "100%"
His fist clashed with a shield raised by a knight, what followed was a sickly crack as his arm bent into itself.
The knight chuckled, "This is the Shield of Joseph of Arimathea, it took on the force of the Burning Dragon." The knight plunged a blade into Ayumu's heart, "Did you think you could overpower it."
Ayumu coughed blood escaping his lips, "Didn't think that through." Ayumu pulled himself off the sword to the knight's surprise.
"What?"
"I'm a zombie." Ayumu smirked using his other first to smack the knight in the head. "I'll avoid the unbreakable shield. Thanks for the tip."
The knight went down quickly.
Ayumu heaved as the wound in his chest began to close, the sickly crinkling as the bones in his arms fixed itself.
SNIK!
Ayumu only barely noticed the swinging of an orange scythe barely missing his head.
It was a hellscythe, it was Eu's scythe conjured from her pen and used to parry a sword. Eu tossed Ayumu a note as she got on guard fighting off the swordsman that attack him while his guard was down.
Ayumu read it out loud, "Many of these items have great power, some might be able to kill you. Be careful."
Ayumu got up finding their vampire comrade pulling her wings in and holding out her sword, "Do not worry Lady Hellscythe, you stinking dung beetle. She doesn't need any upsetting her, these so called knights have that covered."
Ayumu chuckled to himself turning so they were all back to back, "I'll do my best."
With that said they readied for battle.
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A tall man with a white coat walked down the halls, he walked calmly despite the fact that the whole building shook.
He paused as he twisted the large screw sticking out of his head. He rolled his shoulders and cracked his knuckles.
With a sudden motion he turned his palms to the side right into empty air, his palms sparked to life as his soul's wavelength struck something.
Two figures quickly hit the opposite wall, as a dagger clanged onto the floor revealing two men. The knight blinked wildly as he tried to stay conscious having taking the brunt of the attack
Mordred jumped to his feet preparing to fight.
"Did you really think invisibility would work?" Stein said deadpan, "If you pay attention you can hear your steps and… well," He waved his hand in front of him, "you're not exactly subtle scent wise." Stein cranked his screw again, "Mordred, isn't it? You're supposed to be in a cell. Why do suspect you have something to do with what's happening now?"
Mordred studied the man before him, "Enough of this talk, we are not men of words. We settle this in battle."
Stein grinned a psychotic smile, "Well, I've never had a chance to fight a knight of the round table."
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"Aaaah!" Marie screamed.
Azusa had tried to get Marie out of there, she was pregnant and should not be near where a battle was breaking out. That plan didn't go far and neither did they as knight materialized in the hall they were in.
What she didn't expect was that Marie panic and attack them. Marie's hand turned into a large hammer and she quickly began to hit them with such force that their armor started to bend and crack.
Azusa stared in shock as she now saw Marie huffing over the bodies of a dozen knights all knocked out on the ground. Marie gently rubbed her baby bump.
"Where are they all coming from?" Marie questioned the speechless Azusa.
At that moment Liz carrying her sister in pistol form rushed down the hall, "We have to find Kid."
"Uh, what happened here?" Patty questioned.
"Marie happened." Azusa answered.
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Kid knocked one of the knights into the stone wall knocking them out. Most of them lay unconscious on the floor, tools and weapons cast away. One had been pinned to the wall by a pair of knives, in what Kid appreciated was a symmetrical placement. They had used a few magical tools, but Kami was quick to know what they did and how to disarm them and with Kid's own physical prowess it wasn't all that difficult.
Kid surmised that none of these men had much time to practice with any of them. It seemed awfully short sighted to send them in so soon, Kid wondered if there was something else at play here.
He looked to his side where Kami was fighting off the last of the knights, a man with a shining sword. The sword swung down to cut in her half but at the last instance the meister caught it between her hands.
"You're using it wrong." Kami growled at the knight before her.
The blade began to shine as brilliantly as the day but then a white flame engulfed Kami's hands.
Kid cringed, that was a manifestation of her soul, her soul force. Some meisters could use their souls to attack without the need of weapons, for Kami it only seemed to happen she was angry. Kid found her variation interesting, most times he'd seen such attacks sous manifested as sparks of electricity but her souls came out so close and compact that instead of sparks it manifested as white flames. Small embers wafted from her eyes as she pressed back the sword.
"That is Galantine, the sword of Gawain." Kami pushed back, the knight's hand trembling, "He was a friend of mine, he was sweet and kind, always chivalrous and while some knights didn't like me as a woman being an advisor to Arthur he respected me. He was one of the kindest knights I ever met. So forgive me if it upset me that you are misusing his sword."
The knight in a panic tried to use the sword power, light shone from it refused to fire out.
"That's the thing, it works on solar power you have to charge it, its strongest in the day and under the sun. Using it inside cuts it powers! I don't have that kind of problem."
Flames shot out her knight, as he fell Kami grabbed the sword.
Tenderly, gently she placed the sword on the ground. It seemed wrong for anyone but Gawain to use it.
"Gawain…" Kami sighed sadly remembering how the knight had died long ago, "you were such a sweet young man. You flirted a bit too much and you fell in love just as much, a lot of ladies and at least one man were wooed by you."
Kid asked, "Kami?"
"I'm fine, not the time to think of old friends. We have to find the others."
Kid used his soul perception on Kami, her soul was a swirling mess, it seemed like smoke ready to ignite. Something about it seemed off, something he couldn't put into words.
Something about her soul made Kid shiver the tiniest bit.
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The Green Knight was more than a little annoyed, true the armor protected him but when the red haired warrior hammer a slab of cement on him he found himself sticking out of it unable to move. She sauntered over and yanked off his helmet. She took a moment to appreciate the craftsmanship on it.
"Hm, this is pretty good. The magic it isn't half bad and the work put into shaping it was really good."
Nene herself had a limited amount of magic but had come to respect the magic in the armor that similar to her own.
She had also crafted armor when she lived in the underworld and admired the craftsmanship in the steel. She put the helmet aside and focused on the man. Her golden eyes became cold, her smile faltering for the first time.
"Tell me what is going on."
"I will never betray my master." The Green Knight spat out.
Nene placed her hand on his her and her fingers pressed against his skull.
"I'm going to give you one chance to tell me peacefully. You've put my friends-my family in danger-I won't lose them, not again."
The knight up her eyes were different now.
There were not the eyes of a sleepy woman who smiled, who loved to create and relax in life. No, the eyes before him were cold as steel, they were the eyes of a warrior who'd been steeped in blood and battle.
She was a woman who'd love nothing more than to create but was well verse in destruction. The woman who adored peace but would rush into war. The woman that could defend from the mightiest blows and bring down mountains with her attacks. A woman as gentle as a breeze and as harsh as a storm. The woman who could saves lives or bring them death.
She was the Sovereign of Twilight, the one who stood between such opposing ideals and could bare the burden they brought.
The knight screamed in agony as he felt the her finger bore into his skull. She took no pleasure in his pain but would cause it if it meant to save those she loved.
She paused for a moment as the sky covered by dark purple clouds.
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Eu might have been the most powerful being in the room but she was actually the weakest link there.
Eu wasn't much a fighter, she could fight but there was the issue of her power. She had power but if her emotions got out control her power would leak out. The world with shudder at her power and it would cause her pain. It's very hard to keep your emotions in check during a fight.
Her knees began to buckle as she felt a terrible pain strike her.
"Eu!" Ayumu managed to push back a knight as he tried to make his way to her he found his arm cut off.
He let out a pain yelped and continued to try and move forwards.
"Lady hellscythe!" Seraphim cut through one knight only to be blocked by another.
"Vivian."
A harsh voice cut through the battle and Eu looked up and her eyes went wide with terror.
The Black Knight began to walk towards them, he spoke the name Arthur had given her, he had called her that with familiarity.
Eu didn't know, why did her body begged her to run from him.
He picked up the Witch Hunter Sword that had been tossed aside during the battle.
The purple cloud screamed as lightning cut through the sky right at the knight. With a swing of the blade the bolt of thunder was deflected away striking one of the spikes of the school. Without so much as hesitating he walked towards the necromancer.
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"Ah!" Black Star Barely dodged the bolt.
"Damn it!" Will pulled him so they were both standing right next to the building. "It's too late."
Bolts of lighting randomly struck all around the school.
"What the hell is going on!?" Black Star shouted.
"No time for that!" Will yelled, "We have to go to the infirmary now!"
"Fine by me." Black Star smiled at the challenge.
Black Star rushed towards the school as another bolt was about to strike him be dodge it, and then dodge the following one and repeated this, he dance around the thunder. "Come on! I'm not gonna wait for you!" As another bolt came crashing won he swung the enchanted blade cutting the bolt apart. "Catch up!" Black Star continued on.
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Nene held out her hand now wrapped in her magic blocking another bolt, the knight behind was not as lucky. He wasn't dead but he wouldn't be getting up any time soon.
Nene turned her back on him and walked back towards the school. He had told her enough of what was to come. She needed to protect them. Already she knew Eu was in a bad position as her magic was bringing out this strange storm.
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"Hold them." The Black Knight told his knights. "They can't be allowed to get in the way."
Ayumu's other was cut off, it wouldn't kill him but was making it harder from fighting off the knights. They were grabbing to keep him from moving him. One stabbed his foot, nailing him to the floor.
The pain making it hard for Ayumu to call on his strength to move.
Several knights tackled Seraphim as she was desperate to save Eu. "Get off me you vile scum!" She managed to toss one knights away another one to take his place.
Eu's body trembled as the knight raised the sword over her.
"Get away from my sister!"
The knight paused seeing the meister Maka Albarn standing there with a black scythe, her father. That hesitation was all that Maka needed she rushed him and her fury attacked.
Light crackled off the blade, "Witch Hunter!"
The knight reacted in kind the blade turning bright white and colliding with the scythe.
Blade met blade and sparks shot off as Maka did her best to push forwards.
"Witch Hunter?" The Black Knight said in a tone that made Maka's skin crawl. "Did your mother ever tell you where she got the name for that attack."
A surge of rage filled her heart as did Spirit's, "Don't you dare talk about her!"
Maka rushed in forcing the knight back and out of the room to the outside. She wasn't about to listen to a someone talk about her mother right after trying to attack her daughter.
"Sleep." Eu whispered, the room quivered and everyone fell to the ground fast asleep.
Eu forced herself onto her feet and pulled Seraphim and Ayumu from the knights. Eu even paused enough to reattach Ayumu's arms.
She needed to act, something was happening she didn't want others to fight for her and get hurt for her. She took a step out and held out her arm calling something forth.
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At Eu's home, Haruna, another of her roommates, ate some snack as she sat down by a pink chainsaw. "I wonder what's taking the everyone, they were just dropping off the neckware-mancer."
A bright engulfed the chainsaw and it vanished.
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The chainsaw appeared before her, carefully she lifted the weapon up.
Nearby both Maka and the Black Knight paused they're fighting as they felt power dripping into the air.
"Eu?" Maka let out, as she watched light wrap around Eu. Ribbons of formed around Eu and her clothes changing at their touch. As the light faded Eu's normal purple dress was replaced with a cute pink one done with ribbons and cute stockings. Her armor remained barely keeping her powers in check. The chainsaw let out a loud roar as Eucliwood appeared across the blade.
In the blink of the eye Eu rushed forwards striking the knight back and tossing him to the floor below them.
The knight looked up and fixed his grip on his sword, he looked up to see both Eu and Maka standing side by side ready to end this battle.