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Chapter Five
"She got cherry lips, angel eyes, she knows exactly how to tantalize… sugar how you get so fly?"
A certain grim reaper was singing whilst he made breakfast on this wonderfully crisp morning.
After spending the night with Le Fay, Ryan had awoken a few hours earlier to try and calm his nerves. He had quickly found that the Pendragon servants wouldn't leave him alone so he knocked them out and then realized he had to make breakfast…
The rest is history!
"Nice singing Blackworth"
Ryan turned to see the gleaming blue eyes of Arthur Pendragon; he simply smirked and levitated a plate of pancakes over to the eldest Pendragon sibling.
"When are your parents due in?" asked Ryan casually.
"About an hour, should give you and Le Fay plenty of time to get ready" said Arthur as he cut his breakfast into neat pieces.
A pair of arms snaked their way around Ryan's neck and he smiled as he felt an ever so comforting and warming aura blend with his.
It was a new trick he had taught Le Fay the previous night, aura blending, a major result of it was being able to combine two forces and create one of even more potent potential.
To put it simply, it was more effective than any blanket, heater or fire.
And it's basically like sex when it's first attempted…
A faint tinge of red dawned on Ryan's face as he remembered the previous night and how Lele had passed out after they had successfully achieved aura blending.
Flashback
"YOU PLAN TOO DO WHAT?!" screamed Eva loudly, Ryan was almost blown off his feet.
"Aura blend with Lele, what's wrong with that?" asked the reaper as he wiped his eyes.
"Okay… let's start with the fact that your aura is fifty five trillion times stronger than hers, if you don't incinerate her instantly you will be putting a massive target on your head" stated Eva, her face completely flushed red.
"Yes I'm aware of the soul binding contract… which is why I plan to aura blend with Lime, Dream, Love and possibly you if you're lucky" said Ryan with a sly wink as he got to his feet.
"You realize that if she dies by any other means save for natural causes, you will perish alongside her. Murder, heart attack, anything!" yelled Eva her voice echoing across the tree tops.
"Not necessarily, I've been discussing with Terrance on a way to improve the aura blending, Le Fay will in fact gain my nigh invulnerability along with an extended lifespan if she so wishes. She'll also get a streak of black hair… so sad" said Ryan with a pout.
"Is that what you're worried about?" yelled Eva.
"Well she is a beautiful blonde, although maybe it doesn't have to be her head hair, I wonder if she shaves yet"
Ryan received a firm slap across the face and was sent flying across the room.
"You idiotic pervert!" screamed Eva as she jumped on him and began beating at his chest.
"What's got you so worked up Eva? It's not the first time I've done something stupid, I'd have thought you'd be used to it by now" said Ryan in confusion as he gently levitated his partner off of him.
"I just… don't want anything to happen to you; there has been so many deaths over my life and you've been the only kind one to me, if something happened to you… I don't even want to think about it" she said suddenly.
"Pfft… it'll take more than an aura blend to kill me, besides; I can always break the bond, it'll hurt but if I'm about to die, I'll make sure Le Fay, Lime, Dream and Love don't go down with me" swore Ryan.
Eva laughed…
She couldn't do anything else
Flashback End
"Good morning darling" said the blonde witch as he lay a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"Look you two, I approve of your relationship but please… get a room" grumbled Arthur as he pulled a newspaper in front of his face.
Le Fay blushed and buried her head into Ryan's chest.
"Go get changed Lele, I'll make you some waffles, extra cream and chocolate sauce right?" asked Ryan as he gently pushed her away from him.
"Alright!" said Le Fay as she raced out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
Arthur grinned at the reaper who was simply sighing in relief.
It was going to be a long day…
One hour later
"Ready Ryan?" asked Le Fay as she knocked on the bathroom door.
"Sure am"
Le Fay turned to find Ryan dressed in an immaculate black suit, it was plain and simply with a white shirt, black tie, cartoon skull cufflinks and a black pocket square.
Le Fay simply stood there and Ryan was getting a little freaked out.
"Lele… you alright?" asked the reaper as he waved a hand in front of her face.
"I'm perfect and you look perfect!" she cheered suddenly and crashed her lips into his.
Their aura's blended together and in that moment there were no secrets or fears between them, it was a moment of pure bliss.
"They're here" said Ryan suddenly as he sensed a pulse of magic arriving within the barrier around the Pendragon manor.
"Such a mood killer" whined Le Fay as Ryan helped her up.
The two magicians made their way down the stairs and arrived at the main entrance just in time to see the two heads of the Pendragon family walk in.
"Mother! Father!" Le Fay cheered happily with tears in her eyes as she ran up to them.
"Little Le Fay! How is my darling girl?" asked her father as they both wrapped her in a tight hug.
"Good!" answer Le Fay simply.
"Hello Mother, Father, I trust you had a pleasant flight in" said Arthur as he bowed to his parents.
"Oh don't be such an old stick in the mud Arty… give your mother a kiss!" said the blonde as she wrapped Arthur in a hug.
"M… mother please!" groaned Arthur but she wouldn't relent and he caved in eventually.
Ryan became aware of a set of eyes looking at him, Le fay's father was staring directly at him and a single eyebrow was raised.
"You must be Ryan then?" he asked as he let Le Fay go and walked over to the reaper.
"Yes sir… pleasure to meet you" said Ryan politely as he held out his hand.
"Likewise… all these years of never taking an interest in boys Le Fay and you were just saving yourself for him. I admire your patience" he said to his daughter who had looped her arm around Ryan's.
"Lovely to meet you Ryan, I'm Emily Pendragon, Arthur and Le Fay's mother" said the blonde women as she gently shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Pendragon" said Ryan with a short bow.
"I'm Arthur by the way, senior of course" said their father with a nod towards his son.
"Where are we going Papa?" asked Le Fay curiously.
"Unlike your mother, I require a little more proof that Master… Blackworth was it? Is suited to be your husband" said Arthur senior with a glare.
"Like every good father, I expect nothing less" said Ryan crisply as he followed the elder.
The five made their way into a large, spacious room where Arthur senior stood and gestured for Ryan to walk into the middle of the room.
"Your first test will show me how strong you are" he said simply before clicking his fingers.
Glass walls appeared Ryan and he soon found himself sealed in a glass container.
"Triple reinforced demonic holy fusion glass, capable of withstanding the force of a Satan" noted Ryan; it took a lot to impress him…
He was not impressed.
"Expensive as well; if you can get out of that…" Arthur senior began.
"I can marry Le Fay right away?" asked Ryan curiously as he stood before the gray haired man.
"What!?" yelled Arthur senior, he looked at the glass container which was still perfectly intact, he walked over to it and clicked his fingers, the front of the cube opened up and he inspected it before entering and glancing at the walls.
"Thanks for opening it for me"
Arthur senior turned quickly and found the cube door closing and two Ryan's standing outside of it.
"An illusion… you never actually left the cube" said Arthur senior, the truth dawning on him.
"Correct, you yourself let me out, a simply invisibility charm and clone illusion was all it took" explained Ryan as Le Fay hugged him.
"Not bad Blackworth but there is more to life than trickery" stated Arthur senior as Emily opened the cube for him.
"I'm sure I can beat any challenge with a bit of trickery if I really tried" said Ryan casually.
Arthur senior's eyes glowed brightly in the face of the challenge.
"Very well then, a competition to see who had better accuracy, if you can hit more targets than me you win and we will move onto the next test, if not, you give up on Le Fay right now" declared Arthur senior.
"FATHER!" yelled Le Fay but she was cut off by a gloved hand.
"I accept your challenge, since you set it you can go first" said Ryan with a bow as a state of the art firing range appeared.
"Excellent…" growled Arthur senior as his hands lit up with magic.
The targets began to move and he let loose with dozens of bolts of magic, targets fell to pieces.
"Ninety out of one hundred… your best score so far father" said Arthur as he handed his dad a towel to wipe the sweat away.
"Ryan… my father holds this record; please tell me you can beat him" whispered Le Fay worriedly.
"Don't worry Lele, I'll be fine, I just hope your family has good house insurance" he said with a wink.
Ryan stepped up to the platform and clicked his neck before stopping.
"Can everyone back up a bit and can you make the room like three times bigger?" asked Ryan as he gestured for them to move back.
Arthur senior and Emily looked confused but they changed the room to meet his specifications.
"What's this about Blackworth?" asked Arthur senior suspiciously.
"Oh… I just plan to get a perfect score and hit every target in one shot" explained Ryan with a grin as he backed away from the platform.
"Impossible, the shooting range only has a maximum of twenty targets out at a time, the rest are stored off to the side" explained Arthur senior.
"Oh don't worry I know" said Ryan as cracked his knuckles.
"Well then go ahead you cocky little shit" grumbled Arthur senior
The air in the room began to pick up as Ryan's eyes glowed black, across the country, every magical creature could feel his power.
"I don't think you should have baited him father" said Arthur black lightning began to spark off of him.
Then the wind dropped…
"GRIM REAPER SACRED ART: DEATH DRAGON FORM!"
Ryan's body exploded outwards.
And suddenly the room was filled with a large scale covered dragon, its skin was darker than the night sky, its black eyes had no life to them.
It was a pure dragon of death…
"Don't you ever threaten to take Le Fay away from me again… DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?" roared the dragon as he bared his teeth at Arthur senior.
"What are you?" whispered Arthur senior in terror.
"I am the one who created the infinite and the dream, a force known to you as death" explained the dragon as he lined himself up with the shooting range.
"Go Ryan!" cheered Le Fay.
"I couldn't care less if you're her father, I love Le Fay Pendragon and there isn't a test you could give me that I wouldn't pass for her!" roared the dragon as it drew in energy.
"I suggest taking a few more steps back" said Arthur.
"DEATH DRAGON BLACK LIGHTNING ROAR!"
A solid beam of black light erupted from the dragon's mouth and vaporized the entire shooting range in the process.
It also tore a massive hole in the side of the building but those are minor details!
As the smoke cleared a digital display could be red above the pile of ash where the shooting range used to be.
"One hundred out of one hundred, just like I said"
The Pendragon family (save for Le Fay and Arthur) lept in fright at the sound of Ryan's voice from behind them.
"You… you just" whispered Arthur senior in shock.
"Please allow me to properly introduce myself… Ryan Blackworth, entity of death" he said with a short bow.
"He's such a charmer isn't he?" laughed Le Fay as she hugged him from behind.
Later that Day
"Well that went far better than I expected" said Ryan as he got into bed.
"You can say that again, you were amazing!" giggled Le Fay as she rolled into bed.
After the shooting competition, the adult Pendragons had decided that Ryan had their blessing.
It might have had something to do with him having wings at the time but those were also minor details.
He had been taken aside for a serious talking too from both parents afterwards however, they had lay down the rules and he had accepted most of them.
They were simply parents who wanted the best for their only daughter…
He didn't blame them for being over protective… but threatening him to leave her; now that was simply unacceptable!
"Sorry about the house" he said sheepishly.
"My parents are rich… it'll be fine" she said softly.
"I'm sorry you had to see me like that Lele, I didn't mean to get so angry" whispered Ryan as he tucked his legs into his chest.
"It was actually kinda hot, knowing you can turn into one of the most powerful creatures in magical history" she said with red cheeks.
"I am by default one of the most powerful creatures in magic history" grumbled Ryan.
"No you're not… you're Ryan, my adorkable Ryan who likes pizza and chocolate… and me" she whispered the last part but he caught it regardless.
"Well you're not wrong… I am pretty awesome at times" he said confidently.
Le Fay rolled her eyes before closing them.
Ryan shut his and entered his own sub conscious.
Death Room
"Gentlemen… Ariana" said Ryan as he bowed to his master.
"OH I'm so proud of you!" exclaimed Ariana as she hugged her former reaper.
"Proud of what?" asked Ryan curiously.
"You're going to be the first death to get married! I think you might be the first endless to get married in fact!" said Ariana, her tone growing more and more excited.
"Really? Even you number forty three?" asked Ryan as he gestured to a man with an excellent goatee.
"Tis a sad thing love, painful yet pleasure filled at the same time" said the previous death wistfully.
"So that's a no then…" said Ryan with a laugh.
"Ryan my boy… could you walk with me for a moment?"
The voice of the first death cut through the idle chatter and everyone fell silent.
"Sure thing" said Ryan nervously as the other reincarnations of death faded.
The two death's walked beside each other for a moment before stopping at the edge of an inky black pool.
"Do you know what this is?" asked Death.
"That's the death pool, one of the three sources of our power" said Ryan quickly.
"Correct, do you know it's use?" asked Death
"It was where the death eye was forged and is basically my blood" said Ryan, he was a little bit put off by the questions but refrained from asking any himself.
"Also correct, but are you aware of its final purpose?" asked Death.
"I am not… does it have a final purpose?" asked Ryan curiously.
"Indeed, only two may use it however. The current embodiment of death and the first incarnation of death, I come here often to use the power it grants" a bony hand slid gently through the liquid.
"What does it do exactly?" asked Ryan.
"It allows the user to see the death of any creature, past, present and future…"
Ryan was shocked by this sudden revelation.
"Why tell me this?" asked Ryan after a moment.
"You are unique Ryan, you are the first grim reaper to fell true emotions, you're even taking brides. I'm objected to you taking Lime since you broke the reaper contract but I'm also surprised it wasn't broken earlier so I'll let it slid. I'm here to offer you an opportunity that I will never offer to any other grim reaper" explained Death seriously.
"What is that?" asked Ryan nervously.
"I want you to watch Le Fay die…"
A/N:
Ryan: Ok
Death: Well that was easier than I thought it would be!
Parradox: Not so fast! This story needs more tension than that!
Death: Life dammit!
So yeah... I know I said that this volume would be a bit more light hearted but...
I lied!
This will be an emotional test rather than a physical one for Ryan.
On another note: since he is so damn popular: Paradox will be playing a major part in this volume, he won't be present that often but his abilities and powers will play a huge part in the climax!
Yes I've already planned the whole thing out...
I even have two or three more ideas for volume's 3 and 4 in mind!
But lets focus on getting through this one first shall we?
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My name is Parradox and thanks so much for reading.
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