SOUL EATER: ~AFTERMATH~

Chapter 10 - The Worst of All Enemies... Is it Possible to Kill Family?

"Please dear... Let's take this outside. I'd rather not make a mess of your nice little home." He spoke as though there was no tension between them.

"What... What are you doing here?" Dani was trembling.

"Me and your mother came to finish what we weren't able to all those years ago. Isn't that right Katherine?"

Katherine turned he head towards him and nodded.

"That's right Andrew. Now Dani be a good girl and step outside like your father told you." she said just like a mother trying to control her child would.

"I don't understand..." Dani's eye's were beginning to water. Jake walked outside with her and shut the door. They were standing in the middle of the street, it was late so nobody else was around.

"Well isn't obvious...?" her mother asked.

"We're here to kill you my dear sweet Danielle." her dad said it for Katherine.

"Why are you doing this! You leave me and now you've come back to kill me! I STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU LEFT IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Dani was bawling. She had no idea what was going. She tried to remember her horrible dream and it only caused her to cry even harder. Jake stepped forward placing himself in front of Dani.

"I don't know what you're doing here, but even if you ARE her parents this is no way to treat your daughter on the day she was born!" Jake defended Dani.

"Young man, haven't you heard us? We're here to kill her-" Andrew began to explain.

"I HEARD YOU, YOU SICK BASTARD! I'm saying why now? Why would you abandon your daughter and come back all these years later just to kill her!"

Dani was still behind Jake but she had collapsed to her knees and was sobbing so hard that she was having trouble breathing.

"It doesn't matter... because I'm not going to let you cause any harm to Dani. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" Jake's entire body was tense as he stood his ground in front of her.

"Might I ask why you are so inclined to protect her?" Dani's father continued.

"You don't seem to understand... Before I had become pregnant with Dani, me and Andrew were well on our way to becoming Kishin." Katherine began to explain.

"NO!" Dani shouted still crying.

"Oh but it's true, I was one soul away from becoming a Kishin when I went into labor. Right before I gave birth to you, your father brought me my final human soul. It was too late though... you had already been born. Since I wasn't a Kishin before you were born your birth was a mistake."

"Your mother didn't have the nerve to kill you right there you see? When I tried to perform the deed she stopped me. We left you there unaware that you would grow up to become who you are now. When we were informed by Cecilia we knew what had to be done." her father took over. Dani was barely keeping herself up with one hand. The sheer shock of everything that was currently happened had drained her of her will.

"Cecilia told us we should wait until your birthday, as to be proper parents... that is, before we came to kill you. Now, Dani. I'm only going to say this one more time just let-"

"SHUT UP!" Jake was practically screaming at the top of his lungs. "JUST SHUT UP!"

"Oh?" both of Dani's parents looked surprised.

"You... you're despicable... no... worse than that. You're scum..." Jake was clenching his fists so hard that the veins in his wrists were beginning to show.

"...Jake..." Dani slipped the words out between sobs.

"I won't let you hurt her... no... I WON'T EVEN LET YOU THINK ABOUT HURTING HER! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BOTH BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN TOUCH HER!" he turned to Dani and looked at her with pure sympathy. Jake held out his hand and Dani nodded, taking hold and transforming.

"Oh honey! Look at that! She's a weapon!" Katherine said excitedly

"And a katana at that... looks like she takes after her mother." Andrew said grinning and holding out his arm. There was a quick flash as Katherine changed from human to a pitch black sword.

Jake stared for a moment but didn't let it surprise him.

"Okay... I see how this is going to be." he said raising Dani in front of himself.

"Well then... let's stop all the excessive talking." her dad snarled revealing his sharp teeth and holding her mother horizontally at his side.

Jake rushed forward and swung Dani only to collide her with her mother.

"Oh you're almost as sharp as me sweetie... almost." Katherine said calmly. Andrew kicked Jake in the stomach but he managed to keep his ground only sliding back a few feet. He charge forward again swinging numerous times only to be blocked each strike.

"It's my turn now..." Andrew spoke before whipping his hand at lightning fast speeds. Jake blocked the first blow causing him to swing Dani upwards. The second slice was quick a precise across his chest. It managed to cut his and leave a solid scratch.

"Too close for comfort?" Katherine said trying to intimidate him.

He couldn't risk letting them get another hit that close.

"Time to take the offensive Dani." Jake told her.

"...Okay..." she said quietly. Jake continued his assault for what felt like hours but was only a minute.

"It's no use... The only way you're going to hit me is if you can cut through her mother and the chances of that are slim to none." her dad explained. He swiped his sword again this time hitting Jake's arm and cutting it fairly well.

"DAMMIT!" Jake shouted trying to ignore the new-found pain in his arm.

"...Jake..." Dani finally spoke sounding back to her normal self.

"What is it Dani?"

"We have to do it..."

He didn't have to ask her because he was fully aware of what she meant. Jake slowly stepped back and held Dani in front of him sideways.

"What are you going to do with a stance like that boy?" her father asked trying to distract him.

"Soul Resonance..." Jake's voice was cold.

"What good do you think that will do you?" Katherine questioned him in a powerful tone. Jake felt the energy building rapidly within them. Dani's emotions may have had something to do with the increase in the rate of charge.

"Autumn Storm." Jake spoke as the power reached its climax. He could feel the world around them slowing. Surprisingly Dani's parents were still moving at close to normal speed.

"That's a pretty interesting trick child but it won't save you." Andrew shouted. Jake rushed forward lifting Dani above his head and swinging her downwards with all his might. Her father lifted Katherine to deflect the blow. There was a loud shattering sound and a wicked scream. Andrew was only able to shout part of Katherine's name before Dani cleaved through his body like it was as soft as fog. She had broken her mother into half and successfully split her father down the middle. Both of them had died instantaneously. Though the streets were completely silent, they could still hear the scream of her mother before being destroyed... and it was deafening.

Chapter 10- FIN