Here's Chapter four, as well as replies:
Guest: Thank you for pointing out Soul's hair color, I took care of that.
Drago: You'll just have to read and find out. And Kiria's name has no significant meaning, or any that I'm aware of. I just liked the name.
Hatter Quicktype: I'm glad you liked it.
SaiyaStyles: I had you on the edge of your seat. I like that.
ReaperXStalker: You got it.
With that, here's the Greedy Kishin
"Why?" Kimi asked herself as she was lying on her bed as the clock read 7:12 AM. She had only gotten three hours of sleep in total. All becuase she kept thinking about what Kurai had said in front of Lord Death.
I'LL BE HER MEISTER!
She'll be my sin to bear alone.
"What was that moron thinking? I can never be his weapon," Ever since what happened with Ayami, she knew that if the same thing happened to Kurai, or worse, she would never forgive herself at all. "What did he mean by sin? Was he trying to make a point?" Regardless, she was touched at how far he was willing to go to protect her, even willing to risk his life or sanity. What he did for her was probably the nicest thing he ever did for her, something she'll never forget.
She was even more surprised finding out he could wield both herself and Kiria at the same time with no issues. The moment she thought about Kiria, Kimi held a look of dissatisfaction. "I understand how she's his partner, but did he really have to invite her to live with us?"
It turned out that Kiria had no place to stay until school started, and refused to sleep in the girl's dorm, saying that the dorm master was bat shit crazy. So Kurai offered her his room, and decided to sleep on the couch until he got the futon mom and dad was sending from home.
"Poor guy," Kimi said and stood up to check on him. She walked out to the living room and looked down to the couch and was surprised to see that no one was there. The blanket there was ruffled on the floor.
"Where did he go?" She looked to the hallway to his bedroom door and puffed her cheeks in irritation. "Don't tell me," She walked inside to see him lying in his bed shirtless, which wasn't strange for her since he always slept shirtless, and the only clothing he wore was a pair of black shorts.
However, Kimi stuttered at the sight of Kiria, who was asleep cuddled next to her brother. Instead of her military attire, she wore a plain pink tank top exposing an ample amount of her cleavage, and a pair of white panties. She hugged his arm and placed her head on his chest with a smile on her face.
Kimi freaked out and accidentally screamed from shock as her face was red as can be. Her yelling had woke Kurai up in a flash. "Kimi-nee, why are you yelling?" He felt something incredibly soft cushioned between his arms, not to mention something lying on his chest. "Why does my chest feel heavy?"
He looked down at Kiria's sleeping face and blushed madly; his face was red as a tomato. "K-K-K-Konime-san," Next thing he knew, he fell backwards off the bed and looked up having a freak out. He looked to his arm and noticed it was starting to welt and develop an unsightly rash. "Damn it, not again," He hissed scratching it furiously.
"It's ironic, you have tons of girls wanting to be with you, and yet you can't handle touching one," Kimi told him sarcastically.
"It's not my fault she's practically naked," Kurai spat back at his sister, his arm was itching like it was wrapped in poison ivy.
Kiria woke up from the loss of contact and stood up, sitting on her knees, she yawned and stretched her arms, her chest bounced up and down, causing both Kimi and Kurai to stutter at the sight. She looked at Kurai with a dazed look and smiled. "Good morning, Kurai-san," She held a blush and cupped her cheeks. "You were wonderful last night."
"Oy! Don't say things that lead to misunderstandings!" Kurai yelled pointing at her. He hissed again and continued scratching his arm.
"But I heard that in America, that's how you greet people after sleeping in the same bed," She said as if it was an actual fact.
Kurai's sweat dropped. "Where did she hear that from?"
She looked to Kimi and bowed. "Good morning, Kimi-san."
Kimi stood there with her mouth agape. "Don't say good morning! What were you doing sleeping with Kurai-kun?" She pointed to Kurai, who held his hands in defense. "This was beyond my control," He told her continuing tending to his rash.
Kiria noticed he wasn't looking well and kneeled down next to him. "What's wrong?" She gingerly held his arm, only for him to cock it back and stand up. "I'm fine!" He yelled trying to sound normal. Walking backwards to the door, he stuttered. "How about you put some clothes on!? I'll make breakfast!" He ran out shutting the door, leaving the two girls alone.
"What was that about?" Kiria asked nonchalantly.
"His Achilles' heel," Kimi explained with a sigh. "He can't handle immodest women and becomes flustered and embarrassed when a woman acts so. And if he makes contact with one, he develops an irritating rash," She placed a hand on her forehead. "It's ironic since he's really popular with the girls back at our school."
"But he was able to hold my hand yesterday, and nothing happened," Kiria reminded her.
"It was probably because you were wearing gloves," Kimi responded. "And there wasn't much skin showing." She thought.
"I'm sorry, I had no idea," Kiria said with a sad look. "I didn't mean to make him itchy. I wasn't happy when Kurai-san gave up his bed for his weapon. So I thought that we could share a bed."
Kimi merely sighed with a smile. "She's a really sweet girl. I now know why he wanted her as a weapon. He deserves better than me."
Kiria stretched her arms and threw on a big loose shirt. "I'll go help him make breakfast," She said placing on a pair of sweatpants..
"I'm going to take a bath," Kimi told Kiria. She looked down and growled at how well-endowed she was. They were almost her size if not bigger. "Look, as long as you're living under this roof, no acts of indecency."
Kiria had a surprise look and held a small blush on her cheek. "Right."
Kimi walked out of the tub after forty minutes to see both Kurai in his daily attire. His black dress shirt, tie, and slacks. His rash had completely disappeared and he looked more comfortable. He was putting away the last of the dishes and turned to see his sister.
"Konime-san and I already ate, that's for you," He pointed to the table. Kimi looked to the table and noticed a plate of waffles and eggs with bacon. That was the only plate on there.
"Where's Kiria-chan?" Kimi asked
"She's changing," Kurai answered. "We're about to go out for a while."
"Where are you two going?" Kimi asked out of curiosity.
"We're going up to the academy to do some training. We're going to try to pull off a Soul Resonance," Kurai told her as he slung a backpack over his shoulder.
"Kurai-san!" The both of them turned to see Kiria. At the sight of her, Kimi growled in frustration while Kurai's entire face went red.
Kiria had adopted a more casual style instead of her military attire; a sleeveless pink sundress with a pleated skirt that reached up to her thighs, showing off a lot of leg. The chest was adorned with a small red ribbon, and the dress showed off a lot of cleavage. She had a pair of light flip flops that matched the dress perfectly, and her long white hair had a more natural look to it. She swayed back in forth in embarrassment and held a light blush. "How does it look?"
"Uh...uhhh..huhhh," Kurai was at a loss for words and felt his cheeks burn, and his head feel light as air.
"I know," Kiria admitted. "I don't really wear many dresses."
"It looks...good," Kurai said trying to find his composure, only to end up not being able to think properly.
"That's a little much for training, don't you think?" Kimi asked her in a tone of slight annoyance.
"After training, Kurai-san is going to take me on a tour of Death City," Kiria responded with a smile.
Kimi turned to Kurai. "Really?"
Kurai regained what was left of his composure and replied, "Yeah, I'm actually going to get accustomed to this place myself," Kurai told her. Seeing the forced smile on her face, Kurai remembered something. "Actually, we were hoping you could come with us, Kimi-nee."
"Why me?" Kimi asked surprised at his request. A part of her wanted to go, but the rational, more protective side of her came to a conclusion: "You two have fun, I think I'll do some shopping," She told the both of them.
"Are you sure?" Kurai said. He fished something out of his back pocket and pulled out in envelope.
"What is this?" Kimi asked taking out the envelope. She opened it and saw a couple hundred dollars inside in cash.
"Five grand father saved up. I almost forgot to give it to you," Both Kurai and Kiria both stepped towards the front door and Kurai opened it. Kiria stepped out after waving Kimi bye, and Kurai was just about to close it. "Kimi-nee, are you sure you don't want to come with us?"
"I'll be fine, Kurai-kun," Kimi assured him. She was upset seeing the almost pained look on his face as he stepped out and shut the door, waving her bye.
The moment she was sure he was out of earshot, she clicked her teeth. "Damn."
Among one of the many facilities of the DWMA, the shooting/archery range was the most convienent for the duo. The room even supplied what seemed to be an endless amounts of arrows, which proved useful. Kurai and Kiria had managed to kill an hour. Before they came in, they met with Black Star, who agreed to help them achieve a Soul Resonance.
"Again!"
Kursi shot another arrow and prepared another one to shoot again in under two seconds. The previous arrow that was already on the on the target was split in half when the arrow he just shot went clean through it, making it the seventeenth arrow to go through it in a row. After a while, they had already gone through a total of fifteen targets. Including several mannequins with a third vertical eye on the foreheads.
Black Star folded his arms and nodded. "Again!" He ordered in a strict tone.
"Right," Kurai shot another arrow and it missed the mark by only a few inches to the right. "Damn it," Kurai said, thinking he was about to earn a scolding. He was surprised as Black Star merely patted his shoulder and laughed. "Pretty good eye shot there," He complimented.
He noticed the confused look and explained. "In any good assassination, the head is the prime objective. The center would represent the spot inbetween the eyes. You had hit it dead in the eye."
"Thank you, sensei," Kurai told him
The sound of the door opening caught both of their attention, and saw as Tsubaki walked down carrying a tray of tea.
Kurai bowed. "Tsubaki-sensei," He greeted.
"My my, you're here so early in the morning, Kage-kun" She said with a smile. "You really desire to become a great meister."
"It's a long road, but I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make that dream a reality," Kurai said in response.
Tsubaki smiled at the young boy, thinking back at how her husband was much like that, although she knew Kurai was a lot more mature. "I see," From the pocket of her kimono, she pulled out a flyer and handed it to Kurai.
Kurai looked at the flyer as Kiria turned back into her human form. She leaned over Kurai's shoulder and noticed a picture of a round humanoid creature with a single yellow eye under armor like skin. Whatever it was had a huge laughing like grin. "Tsubaki-sensei, what is this?" She asked her.
"Shinigami-sama wants all future E.A.T students to complete their first hunt for an evil human's soul," She pointed to the armored creature. "This person is named Andromalius the Hundred-Handed one. He would rip out humans with his hands and feeds on their souls for power."
Black Star carried on. "He's always on the move, so he's been able to evade capture. From what we heard, he always strikes at night."
"Why is he called the Hundred-Handed one?" Kiria asked. She looked closely and only noticed two arms. "He doesn't look like he has a hundred hands."
"Regardless, we'll go on patrol while touring Death City, and we'll eventually find him," Kurai said in assurance.
"Just so you two know, hunting a human whose strayed off the path is not an easy task. There have been meisters and weapons who've lost their lives during these hunts," Tsubaki warned them.
Black Star sighed over his wife's protective nature and spoke to the two tensed looking kids. "You two will be fine, I have complete confidence in your abilities," He complimented.
That calmed them down and they both nodded. "Thank you sensei," Both Kurai and Kiria adressed to both of their teachers and walked out, both were incredibly anxious to fulfill their first mission as partners.
"Let's go here," Kiria pointed to the nearby restaurant out of all the others around Death City. After leaving the academy, Kurai took Kiria on the tour of Death City as promised, the latter found everything interesting as ever and wanted to go and try out every place.
Kurai took her to the Deathbucks Café, where they went for a cup of coffee. The Death Bazaar where they browsed around the various types of goods and wares, and the various merchants asking them to buy their stuff.
Kiria stopped at one of the booths and noticed a teddy bear with its arms wide open as if it was asking to be hugged. The shopkeeper noticed her gaze and leaned over. "Cute isn't he?"
"So cute," Kiria said to herself with a small blush. She looked at the price and was upset that the price was fifty dollars. Kurai, who noticed she stayed back, walked up to her and looked down at the stuffed animal. "You still like teddy bears?"
Kiria held a surprised look and stood up. "No…I mean…no…yes," She admitted as if it was painful. Without another word, Kurai picked up the teddy bear and handed the merchant money from his back pocket. "Thank you very much."
The two continued walking as Kiria hugged her new teddy bear. She was amazed that it was just as soft as it was cute.
"With that teddy bear, I'd forget you were in the army," Kurai told her with a laugh.
"I wasn't actually in the army, more of a military school for women," Kiria corrected. "After finding out about my weapon blood, my father sent me to the DWMA to control it."
"That's pretty cool," Kurai responded. His amused look turned uneasy as Kiria hugged his arm inbetween her breasts. He couldn't help but feel how incredibly soft they felt. It wasn't long until his entire face went red, and he slowly started to feel his rash coming in.
Kiria noticed his uncomfortable look and frowned. "Kurai-san," Kiria started and held a look that told him she didn't want to ask. Gathering up a bit of courage, she asked: "Why do you have trouble with women?"
"Trouble?" Kurai wondered what she meant and figured she was referring to his rash. "Did Kimi-nee tell you?" Kurai asked her, already knowing the answer to the question.
Kiria merely nodded and Kurai sighed. "I don't know where it came from," Kurai answered her. The truth was he really didn't know how he developed such a condition. His parents kept telling him that it was just his state of mind, and that it was just his imagination. He didn't want to go to doctors because he was too embarassed to say how he was allergic to girls. "But now, I get easily embarrassed around immodest girls, and then that happens," He pointed to the arm Kiria was hugging and she looked at the rash that was developing. Immediately, she released his arm and stood a few inches away from him.
"Sorry," She apologized for making him like that.
"The reason I became the school's pretty boy, was that maybe I could get over my condition. But it's like a curse, it doesn't go away," Kurai told her, much to her surprise.
Kurai nodded glumly and then realized something. "Is that why you wore that getup?" He asked her.
Kiria stifled a bit and nodded looking down. "I just wanted to help you get over your curse. I'm sorry."
"It's fine," Kurai quickly responded, trying to spare her feelings. "In fact, I think it was sweet what you did."
Kiria blushed with a smile. "You think I'm sweet?"
Kurai was again at a loss and continued walking. "She's really cute. She's definitely not the girl I met yesterday. She's like a different person."
Kurai looked around and noticed Kiria looking at the shopping mall with the big skull sign on the front. She had a look of amazement at the building. "It's so big," She said to herself in awe.
"Konime-san," Kurai walked up to her and held her hand. She was surprised at his sudden action as he led her inside. "Kurai-san, what are you-"
"You want to go shopping don't you? Let's go."
Kiria was actually going to say that he was willingly touching her hand, and didn't seem the bit fazed. That's when she noticed the rash was coming in, and that he was just ignoring it.
Death's Shopping mall had over five hundred different stores, thirty five different restaurants in the food court, an indoor playground for little kids as well as arcade, and over a hundred kiosks with different trinkets and snacks.
Kurai didn't know what it was about a shopping that made time seem to move fast. Because after a while of going through sundresses, shoes, bras (that one he steered cleared of), it was already 3:00 and the sun was starting to get drowsy. It was also when they ate at the food court for seemed like forever, discussing about themselves and what their life was like.
As they sat and ate at the food court, Kurai got to know his partner a lot better. He found out that Kiria came from a wealthy family. Her father owned a very successful electronics company that had branches in at least one-hundred and seventy-two countries. She had six siblings, five of them were adopted. Two older brothers, two older sisters, and two little brothers, making her the third oldest. Her father had enrolled her in an all-female military school for most of her life, to which she claimed, was boring. Regardless, she was content and loved her life, but because of her time there, she never really got to have a normal life. To Kurai, that explained why she was interested in most things.
After that they played at the arcade for a while, where Kurai tried to teach Kiria how to play some of the different arcade games. Looking at the clock, they saw they had already blew through three more hours, and looked as the sun was starting to get sleepy from the sky light view.
Kurai held onto a shopping bag that was filled with various types of stuff. Mostly dresses and undergarments, other than that it were other types of junk that were on sale.
The moment the sun went down, and the black moon with psychotic eyes chuckled in the night sky, Kurai looked to Kiria and gave her a serious look, one of which she returned back at him. "It's time."
The two of them stood amongst one of the buildings overlooking Death City, each with a pair of binoculars to get a better view. "Not that I'm complaining, but why did you buy these?" Kurai asked her.
Looking around with her binoculars, Kiria replied. "They were on a two for one sale," She growled in frustration and removed them from her eyes. "I can't find this guy anywhere."
"Tsubaki-sensei did say that it wasn't easy," Kurai took off his binoculars and had a sudden idea. "I think I can make this a little bit easier," He handed her the binoculars and closed his eyes, taking in a few deep breaths in and out.
"Kurai-san,"
"I need absolute silence," Kurai interrupted. He took one more deep breath and muttered. "Soul Perception," He opened his eyes, and saw as his vision became absolute 20/20. He could see several different souls going around Death City. There were the blue souls of the average human being, and the purple soul of the occasional witch. And then there was the one they were looking for, a soul that was red as blood, surrounded by human souls.
"I found him, and he's feeding right now," Kurai told her. He pinpointed the location and saw that he was only a few building jumps away from where they were. He smirked in anticipation, finally able to get some action.
"Konime-san, are you ready?" Kurai asked her with his back turned to her.
Kiria walked up to him and smiled with her hair covering her eyes. "Yes, Kurai-san."
The both of them jumped from building to building, until they found themselves on the building where their target was. They looked over the building, only to gag at the sight.
They looked down to see the round humanoid creature just like in the picture. What caught them off guard were the corpses that surrounded him. Each of them was sprawled in blood and teared limb from limb, mutilated beyond recognition.
One human, a female woman, was still alive cowering under him and pleading for her life. The creature raised his arms ready to kill her, when something had clinked him in the head.
"Huh," It turned around and focused its one yellow eye that was hidden from the helmet like armor, to see Kurai holding Kiria in her archer bow mode with another arrow that he got from the archery range. It was so distracted, that the woman had time to make a quick getaway.
"Serial killer Andromalius the Hundred-Handed one," Kurai greeted as he readied another arrow. "This is the end of the line for you. Prepare to be slayed in the name of Shinigami-sama."
To their surprise, Andromalius grinned and gave them a wicked laugh. "GLAHAHA!" He directed to the two. "Well well, it seems Shinigami has sent more of his pawns to their deaths. I wonder how much that little stunt will cost."
"How much what will cost?" Kiria asked Kurai, only to earn a shrug in response.
"I know," The both of them turned to him as his armor like body began to bubble all over. Suddenly, several hands sprang out of his body and extended towards them. "I'll take one hundred souls!"
"Konime-san, bo mode," Kurai ordered. Kiria did as told and Kurai blocked the first set of hands with the staff. "Soul Pierce," Making contact, he released his soul wavelength on to the creature straight through his staff.
"YOOW!" They both heard a yell coming from down and realized they were able to hurt him this way.
"You're going to pay for that you little bastard," Andromalius growled and extended more of his hands. Unlike last time, there were a lot less. "That'll be seventy-five of your souls you little shit!"
Kurai jumped back dodging the barrage of hands. "Come and get me you oversized bowling ball!"
Being called an oversized bowling ball severely pissed off the creature and he grabbed onto the edge of the building and reeled is way up. Once he was on top of the building, he looked towards Kurai as he prepared another arrow. "Say your prayers," He shot the arrow, only for it to bounce off of Andromalius' body.
"Crap," Kurai pulled out five more arrows and shot them all at once, only for them to deflect off of his armor.
Andromalius' right arm stretched and extended until it wrapped around Kurai's body. He then swung Kurai and slammed him onto the rooftop of the following building; the latter coughed up blood after being slammed on his back. Aside from the bone crushing force, something else was draining him of his strength.
"Damn you," Kurai shot arrow after arrow at the creature after cursing him. Eventually, he was completely out.
Each arrow bounced off his body or broke under his titanium like skin. "It's futile to harm my body. No matter how many arrows you shoot. I believe that stupidity will cost..." His body bubbled and prepared to shoot out more arms. "Ten-thousand of your souls!"
A completely uncountable number of tiny arms shot out from all over his body. There were so many, it was impossible for Kurai to dodge them all. "Konime-san, get ready," Kurai told the bow and readied himself.
"What are you about to do?" Kiria asked from his mind.
Without answering, Kurai muttered. "Soul Barrier," A light blue energy materialized and formed a visible dome around himself. The arms coming towards him made contact with the dome and were kept at bay by the dome like it was a shield.
"What?" Andromalius said in frustration.
"You should quit while you're ahead. Nothing will get past this barrier. I made it out of my soul wavelength," Kurai explained.
"You created something like that out of you ownr soul wavelength?" Kiria asked in amazement.
"Konime-san, archer mode," Kurai told her.
"Right," Kiria responded.
"Ever since I was little, I was trained to become a meister by my mother," Kurai pulled back the line on his bow ready to shoot another one, only he did it without grabbing an arrow. Suddenly, three arrows that were light blue in color materialized aiming right at Andromalius. "She taught me one of her signature techniques: Soul Creation," Kurai said as he shot the arrows. Andromalius stood his ground and laughed again. "Didn't I tell you? Arrows won't work on m-" He suddenly yelled in pain as the three arrows made contact. The same sensation being hit with them was like being blasted by his soul wavelength. "Impossible, how could a normal arrow do that?"
"These aren't normal arrows," Kurai told him with another arrow ready to shoot. "These arrows of light are made from my soul wavelength."
"Amazing," Kiria said. "Why didn't you use them in the class demonstration yesterday?" She asked.
"It wasn't the right setting," Kurai told her in response. "Soul Creation not only allows me to create arrows, but anything I can imagine. All I have to do is picture it, and give it a purpose," He shot the arrow and Andromalius growled his right arm stretched and extended towards the arrow in an attempt to grab it. When his hand made contact, the arrow pierced straight through it and had hit him straight through his chest.
"GLAH!" He hacked up blood and gritted his teeth.
"That arrow can pierce through any metal and keep going for miles," Kurai readied one last arrow from his soul wavelength, this was made to shoot a multitude of arrows the moment it was released. "Like I said, this is the end of the line."
"The hell it is!" Andromalius jumped and bounced the moment he hit the ground. The more he bounced, the more air he gained like he was a super bouncer ball. "Run away and live to fight another day!" He yelled as he attempted to bounce away.
Kurai shot the arrows, and saw as it multiplied into more arrows. No matter how many, they all missed him as he bounced too high in the air.
"I missed," Kurai bit back in anger.
"Kurai-san, he's getting away. What should we do?" Kiria asked.
Kurai growled and readied another arrow, but he couldn't get a good aim since he kept moving around. "Konime-san, I think it's time."
Kiria knew exactly what he was talking about and nodded. "But we've never even tried it before," She told him. "Forgive me, but I don't think we can pull it off just yet. I'm sorry."
"Better than nothing," Kurai told her. "I wish to thank you Konime-san, for trying to help me with my woman problem."
Kiria was confused at why he brought this up now of all times. "Kurai-san," She started. "Of course, I'm your weapon after all."
"You're really a nice girl. Smart, selfless, beautiful. I wouldn't want any other person other than you as not just my weapon, but my friend as well," Kurai told her with a smile. "If we can pull this off, I want you to refer to me by just my first name. Is that okay, Kiria?"
She was incredibly surprised how he used her first name just like that, a sign that there was a stronger foundation of faith he had in her and vice versa. "Let's do this, Kurai-kun," She figured it was more appropriate than using -san, and how it made his name sound a lot more cute.
"Let's go then," Kurai and Kiria focused and felt each other's heartbeat and breathing align in perfect sync, as if they became one. The bow in Kurai's hand glowed and changed its form, taking the shape of a crossbow with a sight attached, and camouflage green in color.
"Soul Resonance," The pair said in sync.
Kurai readied the crossbow and aligned the sight with his eye. A perfect crystal view of the bouncing Andromalius came into view. "As long as I can see what I'm aiming for, his one weak spot," As if on cue, he spun while in the air and for a brief second, Kurai saw his weak spot: his disgusting yellow eye. "Got you."
A pulsing silver arrow the size of a model rocket appeared on the crossbow ready to fire. This was the result of the trust between weapon and meister, partners, and friends. This was their Soul Resonance.
"Go, Artemis." (1)
Kurai pulled the trigger on the crossbow and released the piercing light projectile. Like a rocket, it flew faster than sound towards the bouncing creature, who turned and laughed at the arrow flying towards him. "How many times have I told you it's useless?" He bounced again and dodged the arrow and watched it zip past him. "You can't hit a moving target."
He turned and continued bouncing, only to see the arrow coming back straight towards him. "What?"
He didn't get a chance to respond as the arrow shot straight through his face helmet and clean through his eye, sending him plummeting and landing on top of the building under him.
"Impossible," After he said that, Kurai and Kiria jumped from the next building towards him. Unfortunately, he didn't know they were there until they addressed him.
"I told you it was the end of the line," Kurai said with a smirk.
"How?" He asked as his body slowly began to disintegrate, first went his leg.
"No matter where you go, as long as I have a visual, that arrow of light will hunt you down until it hits its mark," Kiria told him.
Andromalius snickered as all that was left was his head. "Good job, Shinigami's pawns," His body disappeared leaving behind a soul that was red as blood and covered with what looked like scales.
Kiria took the soul in her hands and was amazed at how big it was. "This is the soul of an evil human."
"Disgusting," Kurai spat at the unresponsive orb.
"Well, no use in letting this goes to waste," Before Kiria could eat it, she was stopped by Kurai. "Let's report this to Shinigami-sama," Kurai suggested.
Kiria placed her arms down and nodded with a smile. "Right."
The pair jumped back to the building where their bag was. From it, Kurai pulled out a small handheld mirror and fogged it with his breath. "If what father said was true," He wrote the numbers 42-42-564. (2)
"Whenever you want to knock on Death's door," Kurai and Kiria watched as the mirror lit up brightly and presented an image, making it look more like a window than a mirror. "Hello, Shinigami-sama? Meister Kurai reporting in."
From the image, the mask of Lord Death presented itself close up and sprang back. "Whazzup? Hello there. Hiya. How you doing?"
"Good, on account of we just collected our first human soul," Kiria answered him as she presented the tainted soul.
"Very good, very good. I'm glad to see you two survived your first encounter. Well done," Lord Death turned to Kurai and the both of them made direct eye contact. "So Kurai-kun, how is the Dark Weapon doing?"
"Not to be rude Shinigami-sama, but I would like to ask if you would refer to Kimi-nee by her name, rather than what she is," Kurai said slightly mad at Lord Death's choice of words.
"Forgive me," Lord Death said slightly surprising the two.
"Is Black Star-sensei around?" Kurai asked.
"I'm afraid he's away on a mission right now with Tsubaki-chan, he'll back by tomorrow's lessons. I'm sure they'll be proud of you," He assured them. "That aside, how is the Da...Kimi-chan, doing?"
"Kimi-nee has been at the house all day long. I have yet to use her in combat," Kurai answered.
"Okay then, remember to keep a good eye on her. Death out," The image of Lord Death and Tsubaki disappeared and the mirror turned back into a normal mirror.
"He gets right to it doesn't he?" Kurai said with his sweat dropped. He pushed that aside and turned to Kiria as he grabbed her bag. "We should head home," Kiria simply nodded and then looked as her meister seemed tensed standing straight up, as if his back gave out. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good," Kurai immediately told her. "Let's just get home."
Kiria hugged Kurai's arm, the latter stifled as her breasts were cushioned between them, resulting in his irritating rash returning.
"YAAH!"
In an unknown location, a man sitting on a throne fashioned out of skulls sat there with a bored expression. He had long shaggy black hair, and a thin scar that went across his lip. He wore a dark colored shirt and a light colored cape with a pattern of flames that are torn into stripes on the bottom. He had a pair of white trousers and matching boots.
"I'm so bored," He said unenthusiastically moving all around his throne. "I'm...soooooo...bored."
"Forgive me Lord of Chaos," He looked in front and saw a black haired woman in a kimono looking towards him. Behind her was the cat like man named Silver.
"Did you two bring what I asked of you?" The Lord of Chaos asked them.
"Of course," Silver moved aside revealing an elderly woman wearing an eccentric outfit bound and gagged. "Her name is Malice, also known as the Chaos Witch."
"She's one of the whores who actually support Shinigami," Silver snickered.
At the sound of her name, the tied woman tried to yell something that was muffled and unintelligible.
The Lord of Chaos smirked and gave her a curious gaze, to which she responded by shaking her head. "Don't worry, I won't kill you," He snapped his fingers. "Levy-chan?"
"Yes, Papa," From the shadows, a little girl no more than ten years old skipped her way towards them humming a sweet little tune. She had long green hair and menacing red eyes. She wore a simple black dress with a flower shaped skirt. She stopped in front of them and stared at the tied witch with a blank expression. "Papa, can I hack her?" She asked.
He responded with a simple nod, to which Levy followed with a giggle. Both her hands took the form of dull gray colored swords. She made an X with her blade hands and placed Malice's head in-between them, the latter shook her head praying for her life.
The Lord of Chaos merely chuckled and made a head chopping gesture, Levy giggled and crossed her blades, lopping off the witches head and watching it roll across the floor. She looked towards the blood in her hands and licked it. "So yummy," She said with a light blush on her cheek.
Silver cringed at the little girl's psychotic nature. "Devil child."
Malice's body decomposed and disappeared, leaving behind her violet witch soul. "Papa, can I eat that too?" Levy pleaded pointing at the orb.
"Of course," He told her. She laughed sweetly and clutched the soul in her hands. "Thank you for the meal," In one gulp, she devoured and ate it whole. As soon as it went down her throat, she felt an intense feeling of pressure that came from her body.
"With that, a Demon Sword is now birthed," The Lord of Chaos said as he strolled out with the black haired woman following him. Silver eyed Levy in slight fear as the latter gave him a sweet sickly smile.
As the two walked, the black haired woman turned to him. "I never met a child like that, who practically gets off on killing."
"You have quite the vulgar mouth, don't you, Minerva?" He asked.
"Forgive me Alexander," Before she could continue, she felt her throat constrict and tightened, as if invisible garrotes (3) were wrapped tight around her neck. Her airway blocked as she tried to stifle for air.
"I thought I made it clear not to use my real name," Alexander told her as he continued walking. With a snap of his fingers, the invisible garrotes disappeared and Minerva gasped in relief. "Forgive me, my Lord."
Alexander ignored her and continued walking as Minerva looked towards him with slight anger in her eyes. "Tch."
Unbeknownst to her, Black Star along with Tsubaki watched the two from the skylight view. Black Star wore a plain black tank top showing off his muscled arms and a pair of white trousers. Tsubaki had changed into a short flora pick kimono that left a lot of leg that was suited for running. They saw everything from the murder of the witch, to Levy turning into a Demon Sword. "Should we kill him?" Black Star asked his wife, the latter nodded no. "Kid-kun assigned us to spy and told us not to take any actions of our own accord."
"I see," Black Star turned to her and saw her look in slight fear as she clutched her stomach. "What kind of monster would raise a little girl to love killing?" She asked in disgust.
Black Star kept his eyes fixed as she clutched her stomach and sighed knowing what she was thinking. He stood up and placed his forehead on hers. "She won't end up like that, I can assure you."
Tsubaki calmed a bit and looked down with a sad smile. "You're right," She told him standing up. "Right now, we should report this to Kid-kun."
Alright so there's chapter four. To be honest, I kind of half assed that last part.
Anyway, here's some translations
Artemis is known as the Goddess of Archery in Greek Mythology. I thought that would have made the perfect name for their Soul Resonance.
42-42-524 translates to Shini Shini Koroshi, which is Japanese for "Death Death Murder"
Garrotes are wires or lines that are used as weapons for strangulation
I hope those were educational.
So I finished my Lacrosse season, and I will have more time to write chapters during the summer. So hopefully, I can have my next chapter by next week if not sooner. So I can't guarantee anything.
Next time, with the First Job
