The Black Angel
Chapter 3: Awakening, Right Hand of the Devil
Disclaimer: I don't own SoulTaker or Sailor Moon.Ami was silently walking down the hall, on her way to the usual spot where she and her friends meet for lunch.
"Hey, Ami!" Makoto walked up to her friend. Trailing behind her were Minako and Naru.
"Hi there," said Ami.
"I heard from Usagi that the boy you dug up is here."
"You mean Kyousuke? He's here?" said Ami, surprised.
"Yep, so are you gonna confess your love to him?" Makoto had a sly grin on her face.
"Makoto, please, I hardly know the guy."
"Can I have him, then?" Ami sweatdropped and groaned in response.
"Come on, Kyousuke, we don't want to keep everybody waiting" Usagi was practically dragging him by the arm.
"It's just lunch; I don't see what the big deal is."
"Ami is going to be there, I told my friend to tell her you're here and I bet she would lo-er… like to see you again."
"Well I…"
"Come on!" Usagi jerked him along.
The two reach the usual place, Usagi runs over to Ami, "See, I told you that Kyousuke was here."
"Hi." Kyousuke smiles and waves a little sheepishly.
"You know Ami; you never introduced us to him." Makoto said with slight suggestion in her voice.
"You're right."
Ami gets up and stepped forward, "Kyousuke, I would like you to meet some friends of mine, this is Makoto Kino," pointing to the girl with brown hair.
"Hi."
"This is Minako Aino," pointing to the girl with long blond hair tied with a ribbon.
"Hello!"
"This is our good friend, Naru Osaka," pointing to the girl with short reddish brown hair.
"Hi there."
"And you already know Usagi Tsukino," pointing to Usagi. Usagi just waved.
"Hi," said Kyousuke.
"Well, now that introductions are done, let's chow down!" Usagi practically shouted. A sudden realization came over the odango-haired girl.
"AHH, I forgot my lunch at home!" Usagi assumed the fetal position and went into comical depression.
"Here, you can have mine." Kyousuke held his bento out to Usagi.
"But…" she was about to protest.
"It's okay, I had a big breakfast this morning." Kyousuke smiled serenely.
Usagi clasped her hands around Kyousuke's with anime teary eyes, "You're a good person." Kyousuke sweatdrops.
"Say, Kyousuke, when I was treating your injury, I noticed that scar on your chest, how did that happen?" Ami asked.
"What scar? Wait you must mean my birth mark."
"Birth mark?" Ami raised an eyebrow.
"A lot of people who see it think it's a scar at first but it's really just a birth mark." Kyousuke explained.
"Hello, students," said a teacher approaching them.
"Dr. Naragami, hello," said Ami.
He turns to Kyousuke and said, "You must be new here, what's your name?"
"Kyousuke Date," he says holding up his hand to shake.
"Pleasure to meet you." The moment Dr. Naragami's hand grabbed Kyousuke's; Kyousuke felt a sharp chill down his spine. He grasped his head in some hope to stop the pain.
"Are you Ok?" asked Ami, then she saw what looked like, not blood, but red tears shedding from Kyousuke's eyes.
"He doesn't look too good," said Minako.
"I'll take to the nurse's office and catch up with you guys later," Ami said to her friends.
"Okay, see ya," Makoto answered.
"It's him," said Dr. Naragami to himself as he watched Kyousuke walk away.
"Time to make my move."
"Are you feeling better, now?" asked Ami as she and Kyousuke sat down.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," said Kyousuke.
"What happened?"
"I don't know. That's never happened before."
"Are you sure you're gonna be okay?"
"Yeah."
The rest of the day at school was uneventful.
Later in the day
"I'm telling you, Ami, It's more than just coincidence. First, you find him then he finds you, it has to be fate," Usagi said.
'They're merciless.' "Usagi, please, I have far too much to do. Besides, what would Kyousuke see in me?"
"You're kind, pretty, smart, not to mention it was you who, in some strange way, found him." Usagi countered.
"What I don't get is why you're not interested. I mean you saw when he gave Usagi his lunch without a second thought. Guys with that level of kindness are rare nowadays." Makoto added.
"Speaking of whom, there he is now." Minako pointed across the street, "HI KYOUSUKE, HEY OVER HERE!"
Kyousuke turned to the noise and waved at the group. He soon felt another sharp chill run down his spine and red tears seeped from his eyes. He grasped his head in pain again as he doubled over onto his knees.
'Not again. It feels like my head is splitting open.'
Kyousuke then gets up and stumbles into a small building leased for sale.
"What's wrong with him?"
"I think he's having another problem like before," Ami said in a concerned tone.
"We better go see if he's okay," Usagi said in the same tone.
The girls crossed the street to aid their new friend. They enter the building to find Kyousuke down on all fours. Ami is the first to reach him.
"Kyousuke, are you okay? Are you feeling sick again?" Ami placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry."
BOOOOM!
"And now class, I have a very special something for the lot of you today."
"That sounded like Dr. Naragami," said Makoto.
"Naragami was just a ruse I used to find You, Kyousuke Date. My real name is Baal."
The smoke cleared revealing Baal wearing an outfit resembling what a Greek god would wear and chains wrapped around his arms and body.
"You kids are in my way, be gone," said Baal, lashing out.
The chains struck everyone except Kyousuke, sending them flying across the room. Baal then reached out and grabbed Kyousuke by the throat and started to choke him.
"Okay, that hurt." Minako winced in pain as she held her left side, "So, anybody wanna take any guesses about just who this guy is?"
"I don't know who is but I know what he's gonna be when I get through with him," said an angry Makoto.
"Wait! We can't transform in front of Kyousuke," said Ami.
"I don't think we have a choice. There's nothing to hide behind and Kyousuke is in deep trouble,"
"And so is the end of the black angel," chuckled Baal. A blade extended forward from his glove.
"Stop right there!" said a group of figures behind him.
"MOON ETERNAL…"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER…"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER…"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER…"
"MAKE UP!"
Various bright lights shined and quickly faded away. Baal gazed at the group of 4 girls clad in white sailor uniforms with indifference while Kyousuke is wide-eyed in surprise.
"Sailor Moon"
"Sailor Mercury"
"Sailor Jupiter"
"Sailor Venus"
"We are the sailor senshi and we won't allow you to continue this evil."
Baal just stared at the newcomers and laughed.
"You're going to stop me? Now, that's funny!"
"Stop laughing! This is no joke!" shouted Sailor Moon, flustered.
"Neither is this!" the girls gasped as he stabbed Kyousuke. The blade pierced the upper right corner of his chest. With a quick pull, Baal slashed diagonally across the chest. Satisfied with his work, he dropped the boy's body and watched as the blood pooled.
"Now, it's your turn." Baal turned towards the senshi.
"You're gonna pay for that, you bastard! OAK EVOLUTION!"
Jupiter's attack struck true. The blast kicked up dust and shattered some windows. When the dust settled, the senshi were shocked to see Baal standing without a scratch on him and a smug look on his face.
"Sorry, care to try again?"
"LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"SILVERMOON CRYSTAL POWER KISS!"
Baal just snorted and batted Venus' attack away. "Now that was just plain pitiful." Moon's attack hit but Baal didn't even flinch. "That actually tickled a bit."
"You gotta be kidding me!" Venus said surprised.
"WORLD SHAKING!" "DEEP SUBMERGE!"
A yellow sphere and a blue sphere smashed into Baal from behind. Two more girls in white sailor uniforms appeared.
"Uranus, Neptune, good to see you two!" said Sailor Moon.
"Glad we could drop in." Uranus returned the greeting, "By the way, who is this guy?"
"He calls himself Baal and he's strong. We threw some of our best attacks at him but he just brushed them off like they were nothing."
"Sounds like this could get bad." Uranus said to herself.
"Never take your eyes of the enemy!" Baal said from within the dust cloud. The senshi turned around to attack again but it was too late.
"SHADOW CHAIN!" Tens of thousands of chains erupted from the floor and walls, striking the senshi from all sides. The girls lay on the ground, groaning in pain.
"(Chuckle) you girls do possess some powerful magic, I'll give you that. But, unfortunately, if you don't have the right kind, you can never hope to hurt an angel like me."
Baal jerked his head to the side to avoid someone's strike. He saw that his attacker was a battered and sore Sailor Mercury.
"Some people just don't know when to give up." He mused.
He then felt something warm and wet on his cheek. He brought his hand to the spot, dab it, then gazed at the red drops on his fingertips. Baal looked back at Mercury and noticed a piece of broken glass in her hand.
Rage began to build in the man's eyes. "You little slut, you cut my face!"
The chains struck Mercury continuously and without mercy, knocking her to the ground. One chain wrapped around her neck lifted her up and started squeezing the life out of her. She gazed at the motionless body of Kyousuke off to the side.
"Kyousuke," she spoke under her breath.
Kyousuke lay on the ground, breathing hard.
"It's so cold, I'm freezing," he said to himself. He groaned and hissed in pain.
"No! No! I don't wanna die. I don't wanna die like this," he cried.
Images of his life flashed before his eyes, right up to that fateful night when his own beloved mother stabbed him in the heart. After Ami had dug him out he thought it was just a dream. However, when he saw a week old newspaper article proving that it wasn't a dream, it brought up countless questions.
"Why mom? Why did you do it? How could you do that to me?"He then heard a voice. It was a girl's voice, one he knew.
"Kyousuke."
"Ami?"He began to feel strange all over his body. He instantly found himself in front of a door. The same one in his dream. This time the chains were broken and the locks were on the floor in pieces. His hand slowly reached up and grasped the latch and turned it. When the door was fully open, he gazed inside to find… darkness. Total, unyielding darkness. For a few moments, Kyousuke saw nothing but pitch black until a pair of red eyes opened and stared back at Kyousuke. Then, as if the shadows were alive, they seeped into the world of white and enveloped him.
"What's happening? I'm regaining strength!"He then felt brick wall-like barriers in his mind shatter like they were made of glass.
Real world
"Now you little human bitch, I'm going to make you suffer greatly for ruining my perfect face."
Baal made his chain tighten even more around Mercury's throat. Sailor Mercury continued to try and shake free but her adversary held tight and her vision was beginning to get blurry. With the blade still out, Baal moved in for the killing blow but something caught his wrist.
"Let. Her. Go."
He turned around to face the same boy he had impaled moments ago. Baal unconsciously released Sailor Mercury and she fell to her knees, coughing and gasping for air. Baal then felt a shockwave and an enormous power surge from the boy. The sheer force shredded Kyousuke's shirt and he began his metamorphosis. Mercury watched in horror as a boy who she was just starting to know was changing into something otherworldly.
The head was adorned with a skull-like helmet with two horns that protruded outward horizontally then curved forward at a 90 degree angle. Four eye-like jewels rested at the top and the mouth was open to show his face. His skin was now as black as night and the once gentle blues eyes were now an evil red. The body was covered in black armor. The pieces covered his body like a second skin and were shaped like muscles. Bandages were wrapped around both wrists and a pair of guards rested on his shoulders. To complete it, red jewels were grafted on at both sides of the neck, both shoulder guards and just below the pectorals. He resembled a demon and a very pissed off one at that. (A/N: in short, it's his SoulTaker form.)
Baal broke free from its grip and charged at it, but the demonic creature that once was Kyousuke Date stopped him in his tracks. After a brief grappling match, he then threw Baal out the window, spread his bat-like wings and took to the sky. The sailors were released and ran to the hole in the wall. Sailor Venus ran over to the spot where Kyousuke was but he was gone.
"Kyousuke's gone!" she yelled.
The rest of the group turned to her then back to the fight.
"I'll bet that black thing did something to him." said Sailor Jupiter, clenching her fists.
"Cough, cough, No, cough. No, it didn't." Mercury managed to speak.
Jupiter turned to her. "It didn't what?"
She never got her answer because of a loud crash was heard. Everyone returned their attention back to the brawl.
Baal pulled himself out of the crater he was slammed into.
"Lucky little punk, you may have survived my last blow, but you're going to die today, nonetheless!"
He charged at his opponent, but it dodged him with ease. It countered with a punch to the right cheek followed by a blow to the jaw then a roundhouse kick to the left side of the head. Baal moved in for a punch of his own but the creature blocked him. He grabbed him by the neck, moved him into a reverse headlock, and kneed him in the stomach once, twice, thrice, and then judo flipped him over his shoulder, into the ground. The black figure soon landed and retracted his wings. Baal bursts from the rubble and tries for another punch. The creature pushed the fist away with his left hand, spun around, and elbowed Baal right in the bridge of his nose. He quickly followed up with a left hook to Baal's mouth, knocking some teeth out, and finished with a back-flip kick, Baal went sailing backwards into the wall.
"How? This is impossible! How can he be so powerful?" Baal glared as he wiped the blood from his mouth.Baal then launched his chain at his opponent. However, he quickly side-stepped, grabbed the chain and pulled Baal towards him with inhuman strength. He spun Baal around 3 times then released the chain, sending him flying. He then raised his arms in front of him and threw them to the side while the 6 jewels on his body shined brightly.
Baal was suspended in mid-air in a crucifix form whilst a large red and white energy cross materialized behind him.
"What-What have you done to me?"
The creature had taken flight again and raised its arm high over its head as it grew in size. White lines ran up and down all across the enlarged forearm, like veins. It cocked its arm back as it called out:
"LIGHTNING BREAKER!"
It shot its fist forward firing a crimson energy fist at Baal. Baal could only scream in agony as he was obliterated. The sailors stood in surprise as the black creature landed and retracted its wings.
"That guy is powerful," said Sailor Moon.
"But is he someone we can trust?" said Sailor Uranus as the creature turned towards them.
A/N: this was a long one but I had fun doing this particular one. Thankfully it didn't take as long as the last one. On a side note, I keep wondering if Queen Serenity was Usagi's mother, who was the father? I've been to several sites and no matter what I can't find anything. Was she like the Virgin Mary, did she have an affair, she adopted her, or something? So here's a challenge: write a fanfic that explain this. If you want to do a crossover, use whatever sounds good to you (example: Naruto, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, whatever you like).