WELCOME TO THE FOOD CHAIN
Well hello guys! So nice to be back! Sorry this took long. Y'see my USB was recently deleted off all its stuff because I put it in my Xbox and everything was gone from it. So I had to redue everything from scratch. Gotta say, it looks a lot better than the first draft. So let's recap;
Minaka's being a douchebag
Heller and his Sekirei are getting beat
Minato realizes that he's actually PARIAH
Mercer squad to the rescue!
Now that we're all caught up;
LET'S GO!
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing
Chapter 12: A Battle Royale, Mercer and Heller alliance
"What is that?"
From out the window of a near-by hospital, a certain brown haired Sekirei could clearly make out a strange orange mist appearing to get closer to the hospital from the inner city of Shito Teito ahead. Ultimately she felt an unsure feeling surrounding that orange mist that put her on edge.
"What is it, Uzume? Is something wrong?"
Uzume looked back at her bed ridden Ashikabi who looked worried for her Sekirei. However Uzume simply smiled and said, "No, it's alright Chiho. Don't worry yourself; it's not good for your condition." She then walked back to the side of her Ashikabi's bed and sat in the chair provided. "So then; let's continue playing that game you—"
The next bit of words that Uzume wanted to say were instantly snatched out of her throat at the sound of a powerful explosion occurring right behind her! Both she and Chiho looked in complete shock as Uzume instinctively put herself in front of Chiho's bed to protect her!
The dust had finally cleared and from the wreckage of the window's giant hole stood a figure in a black ninja-like suit with a yellow scarf and grey hair. Though he seemed to be armed with a chokuto, he himself was severely injured and one of his arms broken in three different places! He breathed heavily as he attempted to try and get a good look at his surroundings.
"H-Hey! Who the hell're you?-!" This was a lie. Uzume knew that this was Sekirei no. 5, Mutsu, but she had to keep her reasons for knowing him a secret from Chiho since she didn't know what Uzume truly was.
Mutsu looked towards the two and immediately knew who the brown haired woman was. Never the less, that was little to his concern as he had other things to deal with. "Ugh…! Now's not the time…!" He struggled to say. "Y-You guys…! Gotta get outta here…! Now!"
"What? Why?"
"I think I can answer that for him."
All three of them quickly turned to the front door to this single room, and there, opening the door, stood a single middle aged man dressed in a black suit and black hair slicked back with a single white strand.
"Shit…!" Mutsu hissed, as he readied himself once again.
Cross looked towards the two girls in the room, noticing once was bed ridden while the other stood in front of that bed to protect the bed ridden one. "I see. You're protecting that once, huh?" He asked the brown haired woman.
"And if I am?" Uzume challenged.
"Wait a minute. Is this the hospital known as Hiyamakai?" Cross asked the two females.
"Y-Yes it is." Chiho nodded fearfully.
"I see." Cross said looking around in the room as he slowly took a step into it. "So this is the hospital Higa owns." Uzume was shocked that this man seemed to know Higa and that Higa owned this hospital. Not many normal people would have such secret knowledge of this. But she quickly assumed that this man wasn't the least bit normal; especially when a strong Sekirei such as Mutsu was trying to escape him.
"Well then…I'm sure he won't mind a little damage. After all…" Cross grinned as he had biomass form on his lifted right arm. "…it's all in the name of business."
Not wanting to hear anymore prattle, Mutsu charged right at Cross with blade in hand! However his attack was blocked by, what looked like, a shield made of hard skin that mutated from this older man's arm! Both Chiho and Uzume were utterly shocked as to what this strange form of power was!
"I-Is he some sort of Sekirei…?" The brown haired Sekirei thought, "No. there was no record of such a person like him in the 108 numbers…Who, or what the hell is he?"
Cross didn't want to waste anymore time then he needed to and wanted to end this quickly. He easily brushed off the ninja's sword and on the fly, turned his arms into large hard fist made of the same biomass, and sent a harsh forward jab right into Mutsu's gut, making blood almost vomit from his mouth, and him flying right out of the very hole he made the first time!
"Ladies." Robert Cross nodded as he too leaped out of the hole, after Mutsu at his weakest.
"W-What was that…U-Uzume?" Chiho tried to call out to, still shaken up from that sudden surprise.
Uzume said nothing. She could only stand there, fist clenched and eyebrows narrowed the more she stared at that hole in the wall. If it was a few more inches to the left…it could have hit her precious and fragile Chiho…And it would all be because of that bastard, Higa!
"Chiho…stay here." Uzume said calmly.
"Uzume…where are you going?" Chiho begged tearfully, "Please…don't go out there…"
Uzume could feel the trembling in her Ashikabi's grip and knew that she was worried for her Sekirei with great distress. However she had to get this situated otherwise Chiho's life would be in bigger danger then it was before.
"Don't worry…" Uzume turned to her Ashikabi and put on the best reassuring smile she could muster. "…I'll be back before you know it…And then we can finish that game of ours, 'kay?"
Chiho knew better then to believe that Uzume would be okay. However unknown to her, Uzume's been though many battles before this one. Chiho didn't want her to get hurt, even if it meant herself getting hurt. "B-But…"
"I'm sorry…I gotta go!"
Uzume was forced to yank her arm from weak girl's grasp and ran out of the hospital room through the front door. Chiho was then left alone, sitting in her bed pin with a small mat on her lap and a few Hanafuda cards on it…
"Uzume…"
Meanwhile, Uzume rushed to the stairway exit, not wanting to wait for an elevator to show up. Once she ramed the door open, she quickly skipped the stairs and leaped off the edge of the beins, descending to the first level! As she descended, she began to glow and her body suddenly forming white cloth around her body and covering her from head to toe. Within seconds the cloth released her and from it, she was now dressed in a white short top made of white cloth, a white miniskirt, matching thigh length white boots, and long white gloves. She also wore a white veil over her head that hid her face.
"Damn you…! Damn you, Higa!" Uzume, also known as "The Veiled Sekirei" said bitterly, "…What the fuck have you done?-!"
-SSS-
The wind blew gently as the four black dressed fighters stood before the single white powered villain.
Though Minaka was expecting Alex and co. to appear before him sooner or later, he wasn't as confident to face them all so soon. Despite him having the power to defeat Heller, Alex Mercer was another story. He didn't want to fight both back to back.
"Ugh…Mercer, what're you doin' here?" Heller questioned.
"What am I doing here? Is that anyway to give gratitude to the man who saved your ass?"
"I don't need your fuckin' help…!" Heller yelled, but struggled to keep his injuries in check. "I got this little bitch myself…"
"Really? Then why's it you who's on one knee?" Alex pointed out as he now stood in front of Heller. "Cool down, Heller. I'm not here to start another war on this world. It's different now; much different."
Heller raised an eyebrow as he looked up at the back of Mercer's hood. "The hell you talkin' about?"
"My, my you two talk too much!-!" Minaka yelled as he turned his arms into white tendril arms and sent them slamming at the gang! However the black Sekirei, Karasuba acted quickly in protecting her Ashikabi by unsheathing her katana and slicing through the tendrils in only seconds' time! The tendrils splattered to the ground and disintegrated in seconds.
"Humph, the pot calling the kettle hot." Karasuba grinned.
"Gah! Damn you, Karasuba!" Minaka grunted in actual pain. He was shocked that this was actually hurting him as of now. Though he could re-grow his arms, which he did, the fact that he actually felt physical pain made his confidence drop a few notches! "T-That actually hurt…!"
"Then this'll hurt a lot!"
Suddenly, Minaka looked up in the air to see something blocking out the sun from above him! Upon further inspection, he was shocked to see it be one of Mercer's girls with a giant hammer about to slam into him! Minaka leaped out of the way of Yashima's giant hammer slam as it made a large crater into the roof; further damaging the tower Minaka cherished. But that appeared to not be of importance to him as he was too busy trying to cherish his own life! He was stationary within the air, ready to strike Yashima while she was open, however…
"Attacking a girl from behind? Why am I not surprised…" Minaka's eyes widened as he quickly looked over his shoulder to see…nothing; nothing at all. All that was heard was her voice! "…It's you and I all over again."
Minaka then looked in front of him again, only to be met with a powerful blast of wind from behind him, sent by the raven haired Kazehana! The gust of wind was powerful enough to send him flying right into the clock of his looming tower, thus damaging the big hand into a crooked parody of its original straight nature.
Minaka's body fell right to the ground with a painful slam on his back. The white haired male struggled to get back up again, but that was proving rather difficult with the pain he was already going through. However, he was once again able to stand on his two feet and turn his tendrils into claws. "Well now, perhaps I've been too lenient on my enemies..." Minaka panted with a sardonic grin on his face. "Guess I'll just have to apply myself a little more!"
Meanwhile, Haihane and Benitsubasa were busy trying to recover the strength they lost, but were amazed at how easily they were able to fight Minaka match-for-match compared to them.
"I-I can't believe it…!" The pink haired Sekirei said in shock, "Not only are those two part of Mercer's team…but now Karasuba is also with them?" Though this was amazing to see that they'll actually live to fight again, this didn't make Benitsubasa feel any better. As far as she could tell, this was still the murder of her last Ashikabi that was helping her and the rest of her group. "D-Damnit…!"
Heller was also in shock at how quickly Minaka was subdued by just three Sekirei. He looked back at Mercer and demanded, "What did you do to them?"
"I didn't do much." Alex confessed with his arms crossed as he watched Minaka fight off his Sekirei. He noticed Minaka's strength increasing along with his biomass becoming harder to break. And that grin…that shit-eating grin never left his face. "I simply injected a small dose of my own biomassed DNA into them. The rest was simply from their latent Sekirei genes. With the biomass powering them, their powers, speed, and stamina increases with every battle they take part in." He then looked over his shoulder at Heller with a smug grin on his face. "I'm guessing you didn't know that the same goes for your Sekirei as well, did you?"
James stared daggers at Mercer. Of all the things he didn't feel like hearing right now, Mercer's humor wasn't one of them. "Well sorry we all can't be obsessive mad fucks like you are. And speaking of mad fucks, what's up with you and your sudden change of heart?"
Mercer said nothing right away. In fact, Heller noticed that when he mentioned Mercer's change in alliance, he seemed to have a pensive expression on his face. Mercer turned back to Minaka's brutal battle with Mercer's Sekirei and explained; "I was…wrong. My ideals…my plans for the world…everything…it was all a simple excuse so that I didn't have to accept my own transformation. It was a foolish dream to negate the fact that…I wasn't human anymore…or Alex Mercer wasn't human anymore." He let his hands drop as his voice grew more…solemn. "I was no different from the humans who kill and do evil…humanity is dying slowly…all I was doing was speeding up the process."
"And what…you expect me to be okay with you sayin' sorry?" Heller said bitterly as he stood back up on his two feet. "You caused an outbreak that put the entire city of New York in danger, killed my wife, Father Guerra, your own subordinates too, threatened to use my daughter as "the mother of the new world", and to top it all off you created the Red Zone, which was responsible for over thousands of deaths among the human populace!" Heller finally gripped Mercer by the collar and whirled him around to face him. "Why the fuck should I believe that you've suddenly become a good guy just because you finally grew a fuckin' conscious?"
There was a small silence between the two as neither faltered their intense gaze towards each other; eye-to-eye.
Finally, the hooded male spoke first; "I'm not asking for your apology." Mercer then grabbed the black man's wrist and pulled it off of him. "I get it. My plans were all at the expense of many casualties. But if you think about it yourself, your hands aren't exactly sparkling clean either."
"The fuck you talkin' about?" Heller said angrily. "I killed because it was necessary."
"You kill, I kill. We're at the top of the food chain, and this is what the food chain asks of us." Alex said, "So instead of talking, how about we shut the fuck up and kill that white haired son of a bitch once and for all." Alex then offered his hand to Heller. "Whaddya say? Just this once, the two carnivores prove why they're above all others?"
Though Heller wasn't too fond of working with a murderer, what Minaka had in store for the world was far worse. Plus he himself knew that with the two combined, they could finally be able to bring Minaka down and end this game once and for all. Plus, Heller was starting to get annoyed with the white haired four eyes arrogant grin and wanted to wipe it right off his smug face.
Heller then smirked and grasped Mercer's hand to shake on it officially. "Let's take this bitch down. But just know; after him, you're next."
Alex could only grin himself. "Can't wait."
"Aww, I see you two made up so soon?"
The two Prototypes looked towards where the real action was taking place, only to find that all three of Mercer's Sekirei were currently bruised and cut up a bit while panting a tad and surrounding Minaka like animals ready to pounce.
"What happen to you three?" Alex yarned with a small grin on his face, "I thought you all would have no problem with this trash."
"Yeeah, we were a little off on that part." Kazehana smiled nervously as she was panting a bit. "But hey, you can lend a helping hand anytime, Y'know."
"Aww, what's wrong Kazehana? Has all that booze taken a toll on your strength?" Karasuba quipped.
"Careful Karasuba, your inner bitch is showing." The raven haired Sekirei joked harshly.
"U-Umm, you guys…?" Yashima called out, but no matter what, the two continued their small quips of name-calling, seeming to completely ignore Minaka who also raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Alex only sighed at how incompetent his Sekirei could easily get. "Why me…?"
"Y'know what, for once, I actually feel your pain…" Heller emphasized, knowing first hand what it was like to have bickering Sekirei.
"It matters not in the slightest!" The white haired mad scientist exclaimed with a wide grin on his face. This obviously got everyone's attention. "Though I am surprised you would show up before I could finally kill off Heller, it is only a small kink in my plans! All is still in my favor! For you see, the real me shall erupt from this vessel of human skin, and transcend the ultimate transformation of power! You will all fall before the might that is I; HIROTO MINAKA; KING OF ALL BIOMASS!-!"
There was only silence in the air…
"Thinkin' you guys hit 'em a little too hard that he started sproutin' bullshit." Heller commented.
"He's always been sprouting bullshit." Mercer noted, "It's just this bullshit sounds even more bullshitty then the last lines of bullshit he's probably been shitting out of his mouth since I got here." He looked towards his own Sekirei and said, "Alright girls. Execute order 5. You all know what to do."
"Well then, I guess are work here is done." Kazehana smiled. "Let's let the boys have their fun."
"Humph. And I was just enjoying my new blade." Karasuba sighed, sheathing her bio-dachi.
"Good luck to you, Mercer-sama!" Yashima wished. "Heller-san, we'll take your Sekirei to a safe location as well."
Benitsubasa was the first to react in Heller's Sekirei group of two as she exclaimed; "Wait! What?-!"
"Don't worry. I've instructed them not to harm you…" Alex assured them. "…Unless you give them a reason to. Now go!"
The three nodded and retreated from surrounding Minaka, taking Benitsubasa and Haihane with them. Once they were gone, it was now only three people on the roof; the white haired biomass humanoid was now wide open for the two Carnivores to feast on for themselves.
"So, you've insisted that you two alone will fight me, huh?" Minaka grinned, "A foolish decision really. Try as you may you two, but you will never stand a chance against a monster such is myself. Once all my plans are set in place, you will both be begging on your knees for—"
Before those last bits of words could leave Minaka's mouth, it was immediately filled with a biomassed fist that was shot right into his face, almost shattering his glasses right into his eyes in the process! Minaka stumbled a bit, but otherwise stood his ground…before he was hit by a long hard whip made of biomass that sent him flying across the ground!
He then tumbled over the ground but otherwise regained his footing once more by landing on one knee. He looked back at the two with actual shock in his eyes that they would suddenly attack right in the middle of such a glorious monologue!
"Did you hear something, Heller?" Mercer said, "It sounded like more bullshit straight from the horse's mouth."
"Well what's say you and I end his mouth full of shit once and for all?" Heller said with serious expression as he formed his giant blade onto his right arm.
"For once, I like the way you think, Heller." Mercer grinned as he formed his arms into his long claws.
Though Minaka was at bad odds, he still believed his plans will still be set all in place. Though he did realize one thing;
"This is gonna hurt…" He thought fearfully, "…really, REALLY badly…"
-SSS-
The darkness surrounded the rest of the building. No one was in sight…no one was left. Those poor souls that were unfortunate in staying or getting lost within the building had paid the ultimate price…They shrieked in terror…they screamed in pain…they prayed to God…They cursed his name.
But all were faced with the same demise.
And there, he continued to walk throughout the building, blood drenched on his shirt and blazer from his mouth. His eyes glowed an eerie red…
He reached the stairway, and walked up the flight of stairs before him. He tread slowly, realizing that it made no difference whether he was in time or not. All that mattered was that he was dead…there was no mercy to be given, no forgiveness, no forethought.
This was the end for Hiroto Minaka.
"Just wait, mother…" Minato said with spit and bitter on his tongue. "I swear…I will rip Minaka…TO PIECES."