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Billy: Alright!
NSFL: Lord Pain, take us away with the disclaimer!
Pain: The lord and master here does not own the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy or The Darkness
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The New Reaper
Chapter Two: The Life of a Reaper
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Mandy's House
Billy and Mandy had just arrived at the house via walking after Billy's fight with his mother, it had started to rain, a symbol of tears shed, his mother's tears, but Billy could care less about her. She lied to him his whole life about his father.
"Alright Billy, wait outside, I'm going to talk to my parents" Mandy said
Billy gave a simple thumbs up as he sat on the grass outside the house, facing the road as the rain pelted his waiting face.
Mandy had a look of sadness before removing all expression on her face as she opened her door and saw her parents in the kitchen. Her mother cooking what looked to be some kind of chicken based product while her father was sitting at the table reading the newspaper.
"Hello mother, father." Mandy said in her regular monotone tone
"Hello Mandy!" the two parents responded
"Umm, mother, father I have a request" Mandy said with emotion clear in her voice which got a raised eyebrow from her father
"What is it sweetie?"
"Umm, my friend ran away from his home after his dad died, and he wants to stay here awhile, is that okay?" Mandy asked as her parents eyes widened in shock
"Is it Billy?" her father (lets name him Phil) asked, fearing the answer that was about to come out of his daughter's mouth
"Yes" Mandy replied
The two looked out the window to see Billy and how much the kind idiot that brightened (or destroyed) everyone's day changed, he went from chasing cars in the scorching sun to simply watching them go by in the pouring rain
"The poor kid" her mother (lets name her Claire) whispered with a hint of sadness evident in her voice
The two talked it over for a minute
"Well... I guess it will be okay for a while" Claire answered
"Thank you" Mandy replied
She walked back outside to Billy who was still sitting on the grass, she put her hand on his shoulder to get his attention
"Its alright" Mandy said
He nodded and got up. He walked into the house and bowed respectively to Mandy's parents
"Thank you for letting me stay at your house, I will be of no trouble" Billy said with respect, which was frightening Mandy's parents.
"Um. no problem Billy" Phil said, still shocked at his change of attitude
"Well come on Billy, I'll show you where you'll be sleeping" Mandy said as she led Billy upstairs
"He's changed so much" Claire said to her husband
"Well the death of a parent can do that, although I can't say I'm not happy about the change" Phil said
Then there was a knock at the door
"I'll get it" Claire said
As she opened the door to see who it was, she screamed.
Meanwhile
Upstairs
Billy was setting his backpack on the ground of Mandy's room and started to unpack when he heard a voice behind him
"I'm sorry" Mandy said
"It's okay, everyone loses someone precious to them eventually" Billy responded in his new monotone voice
"No, I mean I'm sorry for being so mean to you over the years" Mandy said with a little sadness in her voice
Before Billy could respond, Claire screamed, the two ran downstairs to see a little red demon with a oversized nose hovering in the doorway
"Is Billy here?" the demon said in a squeaky voice
"Yep" Billy said as he walked towards the door
"You need to come with me" the demon ordered, Billy simply shrugged and followed the demon outside
"Hold on" the demon said to Billy as he sliced the air with his finger, causing a rift to appear
The demon and Billy were sucked into the rift, which disappeared after they left.
"Young lady, I think you have some explaining to do" Phil said to his daughter
Mandy sighed in response "Alright, lets go inside first" she said as she led her parents into the living room and began retelling her adventures with Grim and what not.
The Underworld
Billy and the demon arrived to see demons and other creatures rushing around in a panic
"Whats going on?" Billy asked
"The whole Underworld is in a panic, as you know the Grim Reaper is dead" the demon said
"Don't remind me" Billy replied in a dark and sad tone
"Anywho, everyone is gathering to meet the new reaper, which is why we brought you" the demon said
"I see" Billy responded in the same dark tone
"Well come on!" the demon ordered
Five minutes later the demon and Billy arrived in a room where a scythe sat on a wall and a man with blue skin, a poof of blonde hair, and pointy ears with a outfit like a barber stood in the middle of the room with a stack of material in his arms
"Who are you?" Billy asked the demon
"Hello! I'm Justin, your tailor" the demon known as Justin said with a rough English accent, extending his hand out
"Billy.. Billy Reaper" Billy replied as he extended his hand out
"Well pleased to meet you Billy!" Justin said in a cheery voice as he shook Billy's hand
"Likewise" Billy responded in his deadpan voice
"Well let me get your sizes so I can make some proper clothes" he said as he took some measuring tape and began to take Billy's sizes. After he finished recording his data he said "Alright I'll be done with them in about three hours, in the meanwhile, take that scythe their and follow Boris to M, who'll teach you how to use it" he stated as he first pointed to the scythe on the wall and then pointed to the little demon who led Billy to the tailor.
Billy nodded in response as the demon led him to M
"So you're the Reaper's son?" Boris asked Billy
Billy nodded in response
"Hmm, well here we are" Boris said as he stopped outside a elevator
Billy walked into the elevator with Boris, there was a elevator boy waiting there "Oh Mr. Reaper, honor to meet you. floor M I suppose?" the boy said in a raspy voice
"Yep" was Billy's response
"Hold on ha ha ha!" the boy cackled as the elevator went down at a dangerous speed, five seconds later the elevator was brought to a abrupt stop "okay here ya are!"
Billy walked out to see a old man working on a scythe, the man heard footsteps and turned around to see Billy "You! I remember you! You were that retarded boy who came with Grim and nearly took my head off! Now why are you here!!" M yelled at Billy who remained unfazed by the verbal barrage
"Ummm. M, you just screamed at the Reaper's kid" Boris whispered into the angry old man's ear
"Really? You sure?" M whispered as he looked to Billy then back to Boris, when Boris nodded it sent a chill down his spine
"Oh please forgive me! I did not mean to react that way!" M said with concern in his voice
"It's ok" Billy responded
"Alright then, may I see that scythe you have?" M asked, Billy handed it over. "Thank you now, the fusion shall begin"
"Fusion?" Billy asked, perplexed
"I'll show you" M held out his other hand and Grim's old scythe appeared. He held the two close to each other and a green electric current coursed between the two, there was a flash of light and when it stopped there was only one, the scythe looked the same, only it had a smaller blade on the top of the handle to signify the fusion.
"Here you are, now all of your father's powers and memories are in this scythe" M said, as he carefully handed Billy the scythe
Billy took the scythe and just held it, as he took a look through his father's memories, he smiled at the wacky misadventures they had. "Thanks M, and I really want to say I'm sorry for what I did to you in the past" Billy said
"Eh, what happened in the past is of no big deal boy" M said with a slight smile "Now, I'd say, you have two and a half hours before your clothes are done, do you want to practice your new powers?"
Billy nodded
"Alright, we shall start with one of the simplest techniques, Hellfire" M explained "It is the simplest power a reaper can use, but in the right situation, it could be the deadliest of them all" M said
"Do explain" Billy asked curious
"Well say you're in a wooded area, your enemies are hiding in the trees, so you simply summon the fire" he explains as he held his hand out and a orb of green and black fire formed, he tossed it into the wall and it exploded in flames "And then boom"
"Woah" Billy said dumbfounded, M chuckled at this
"Well why don't you try it?" M asked
"Okay" Billy replied as he stepped over to where M was
"Now concentrate, do you feel the burning feeling inside you?" M asked as Billy concentrated
"Yes" Billy said
"Good, now focus it into your hand and in a ball shape"
Billy did as asked and soon enough a ball of Hellfire formed, he threw it into the wall and it made a huge explosion
M was stunned "My word, you're progressing faster then your father, although you do lack that famous temper your father had" M chuckled, only to be met with a cold glare from Billy "Forgive me" M asked
"Whatever" was Billy's response
"Now, the ball isn't the only way you can manifest the Hellfire, you can manifest it in any shape or form you can think of, like a normal flame jet" M explained as a stream of hellfire flew from his hand "You just have to concentrate on the form you want and fire"
"I see" Billy replied
"Now It is too dangerous to test the rest of the powers I'm going to show you, so you will be hooked up to a machine and learn the rest through video" M said as he pushed a button on the wall and it suddenly came up and revealed a black cushioned metal table with a computer on a stand next to it
"Lie on the table" M asked, Billy nodded and lied on the table, M put a helmet with wires on it on Billy's head and hooked the wires up to the computer, he went up to the computer and typed some things, several screens with different names on them popped up, among them were "CLOTHING MANIFESTATION", "SCYTHE TECHNIQUES". "FISSURE FROM HELL", and many more. He clicked a button on the side of all of the windows that said "DOWNLOAD TO USER", a surge of electricity coursed through the computer and into the helmet. Billy arched his back as he screamed a unholy scream of pain as the powers went through him, after two minutes he finally passed out.
With Nergal Jr.
"Dad why!" Nergal Jr sobbed as he cradled the pile of meat his dad now was, he watched the entire scene and he wanted revenge against Billy for killing his father.
"I can help you get that power" A deep voice said from the corpse of his father
"Who said that?" Nergal Jr asked
"I did!" the voice yelled as a black ooze came out of the pile of meat.
"What are you?" Nergal Jr asked
"I am known as the darkness to you creatures, I give you the powers of your tentacles" the voice responded
"Why are you here?"
"I too seek revenge for the death of my container, Nergal I beleive his name was"
"I see" Nergal Jr responded
"You will ned the combination of my strength and and your darkness's strength to defeat the son of the Reaper" the darkness announced
"I do not think I need your strength to beat that idiot" Nergal Jr harshly remarked
"Aso, there lies the problem, the boy now possesses all the logic from the past reapers. He is almost all knowing." the darkness explained
Nergal Jr's eyes widened "What!" he shouted
"It's true, I can sense his power rising as it is"
"Hmm, perhaps I do need your help" Nergal Jr. said as he pondered the benefits of fusing
"Good" the darkness said before diving into Nergal's Jr's mouth.
Nergal started to grunt in pain as he clutched his head in pain, he felt as if his skull was on fire, he finally passed out
Two Hours Later
With Billy
Billy woke up in a daze "Oh my head, what happened?" he asked himself as he looked around to see M standing in a corner
"You passed out from the sheer raw power I gave you, you took it well after that and now know all the tricks your father and his predacesors knew. It also changed your appearance slightly, look in that mirror" M explained as he pointed to a mirror. Billy approached the mirror and noticed the changes, his skin was now almost deathly pale and his hair now had black tips. He examined himself before being broken out of his thoughts by M.
"You should report back to Justin, he has your clothes ready" M explained
"Okay, goodbye M" Billy said as he walked out the door
"Goodbye Mr.Reaper" M said back as Billy closed the door.
Billy walked for five minutes looking for Justin's room, he found it and opened the door
"Oh hello again Billy, I see you went through the transformation well" Justin said as he saw Billy enter
"Thanks, do you have my clothes?" Billy asked
"Ah yes" Justin exclaimed as he grabbed a pile of clothes with a skull belt and black shoes on the top and handed it to Billy "This has to be my finest work, you can try it on in the dressing room over there" Justin said as he pointed to a dressing room.
"Thanks" Billy responded as he walked into the dressing room, minutes later he came out dressed in his full clothes. He now wore a black shirt, black pants with a black skull belt, black shoes, a black hooded jacket with white lining leading from the bottom of the cape at the zipper and up to the hood, there was also white lining around his cufflings. (Really, it's hard to explain, there's a picture in my profile for the full outfit)
"Ooh! Don't you look great!" Justin exclaimed
"Yeah, I guess I look okay" Billy responded as he put his hood up.
"Well come on, I'll show you where you'll be introduced" Justin said as he led Billy to the meeting, as the two walked over, Borris noticed them, he flew over to them.
"Oh good, it's about time" Boris said as he led Billy onto a stage where the entire Underworld was waiting "People welcome the NEW REAPER!!" Boris shouted to the crowd who soon started cheering and screaming for Billy, with the Grim Reaper back the Underworld was out of chaos.
Billy decided to get out of there, he didn't feel like celebrating the death of his father, he slashed a rift with his scythe and jumped through it, it soon disappeared.
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