Death Walks Again

I do not own Rosario+Vampire or Darksiders or any of the characters. I own only Nyxaros/Death II. The original Death Character from the games is owned by THQ and Vigil games

Author's Note: Alrighty, finally broke 1,000 views last chapter and the poll has seen some action, everyone except Ageha, Kokoa, and Akua has gotten at least one vote. Kurumu is in the lead with 3 votes. Though if you don't like that result, you can always vote for someone else. Also, I apologize for any delay with this chapter, I've had a wicked case of being lazy recently.

Chapter 4- The Plot Thickens

In a long forgotten realm...

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? YOU SWORE THAT IF I GAVE YOU THE BODY OF A NEPHILIM, YOU COULD GIVE ME AN ARMY OF THEM! I KILLED A HORSEMAN FOR YOU, YOU STUPID WOMAN!" Samael roared from his red throne at Lilith, spewing fire from his mouth as he did. The fire in the torches lining the walls of the black throne room roared higher in response to the Demon Lord's fury.

"My apologies, my Lord. I thought if I could reexamine my work I could glean the knowledge that the Charred Council ripped from my mind. Please, just give me another chance." the Demon Queen pleaded as she scurried backwards in an attempt to shield herself for the Red Wanderer's wrath.

"Why should I spare you, you IMBECILE?" Samael howled at her as he raised his arm, a nimbus of red and black energy appearing in his hand as he did.

"Wait, I can fix this!" Lilith shrieked desperately as she raised her hands in a futile attempt to protect her face. Samael halted his attack at her words, the nimbus of energy vanishing as he did.

"Explain." the Blood Prince said icily as he narrowed his eyes at Lucifer's Bride.

"I can't give you an army of Nephilim, but I can repair the two Nephilim bodies you acquired all those years ago. Think what you could do with the Reaper's body or Absalom leading your armies. The possibilities are endless my Prince. Don't kill me, I can still be of use!" the fallen Angel said desperately. Lilith scanned the Lord of the Blackstone's face as he considered her offer, desperately searching for some hint of mercy in the Demon's facial features.

Samael was silent as he considered the possibilities of Lilith's offer. As much as he detested her, no one in all of Creation knew as much as she did about constructing bodies and he was quickly running out of time to find a vessel for Alucard. The Old One was insistent that he needed a new body since his original had lost its human form and the Reaper's original body would make a fine replacement indeed. Suddenly an idea occurred to Samael. An idea so perverse, that it made Lilith's most personal sexual fantasy look like the most chaste fairy tale in the White City. But this one idea had the potential to ensure the success of his plans with Alucard.

"What could you do with 3 complete Nephilim?" the Red Wanderer asked, with a grin so fiendish it probably had more claim to the title of The Devil than Lucifer himself did.

"I could give you four of the greatest warriors in all of Creation." Lilith said eagerly, desperate for any chance to avoid the Blood Prince's wrath. Samael gave a slight turn at the corners of his mouth that in some light could be loosely considered a smile.

"Belial, present yourself, you corpulent cretin!" Samael barked from atop his throne. Instantly a fat, one-armed, yellow demon burst through the large set of double doors at the end of the throne room and ran towards the throne. As he neared the stairs that led to the dais the throne sat on, he knelt down on one knee as he said,

"What is your wish, my Lord?" Belial said as he knelt before his Prince.

"Assemble the Artificial Reapers and whoever else you need. Your newest job is to apprehend and collect the bodies of Fury and War. We'll see how well the Horsemen fair against the Shinigami. You know what to do with the bodies when you have them." Samael said from his throne.

"Yes my Lord, I still remember what to do from my mission to collect Strife." Belial said obediently as he continue to stare at the floor. Samael did not care to be looked in the eye by Belial.

"Very good, now leave us." Samael said dismissively with a wave of his hand. Belial nodded in response and scurried from the room...

In the realm of the Charred Council...

"The Council thanks you for your assistance in the incident with Okuto, Wicked K. The ingenuity of your solution to said problem reminded us just how valuable an asset you are to this Council." said the Third, Wicked K bowed gratefully in response to the Council's praise. Praise from them was hard to come by, to say the least.

"I live to serve. Though, might I speak freely?" Wicked K asked respectfully. Wicked K next to Panoptos(the original Watcher) stood on a dais that sat inside the ring of fire and stone that faced the three stone monoliths that were the Charred Council.

"I think you have earned that right, if nothing else." said the Second.

"I fail to see the merit of this plan. Why not simply use a Watcher to keep a leash on him? You waste a valuable asset when you can least afford to." Wicked K continued.

"Wicked K, your concerns are well-founded. But you need not worry yourself with such things, we have everything under control." said the First.

"As you wish." Wicked K said obediently as he bowed,turned, and left. Truth be told, he cared not whether Death returned to the Council's service, the world was no place for his kind any longer. In actuality, he hoped for the day when the Endwar would begin and he could carve out a niche for himself and live out his days in peace.

"He does raise a good question though; Strife is dead and beyond your magic my Lords, his weapons have disappeared. Surely we can justify restoring the Pale Rider, if only for a short while." Panoptos asked after Wicked K had left.

"Panoptos, you would do well to remember your place. We have still not forgiven you for your involvement in the Abomination incident. The Reaper has regained Dust, Harvester, as well as some of his Necromancy and Harbinger spells. His reunion with Dust shows that enough of his powers and memories have returned to call Dust to him across the worlds, Despair should follow soon enough..." said the Second. Panoptos bowed submissively and snapped his wings and flew back towards the hole he called home.

Back at Yokai Academy...

A week had passed since Nyx had saved Mizore from Mr. Kotsubo. A fact that Mizore was having trouble remembering due to the interference of Wicked K. Wicked K had only taken the details of her attacker from her memory, she still retained the knowledge that Nyx had saved her from being molested, she simply couldn't remember who.(This was thanks to Wicked K's skill with memory alteration. Which he had mastered since Death's resurrection of Humanity two millenia ago.) Thankfully Nyx, having retained his memory of the incident had no idea of this, had no reason to suspect anything was amiss. (As prior occurrences of sexual assault was not a topic of conversation that came up between him and Mizore often.)

In that week, Nyx and Moka had finally decided to, as they put it, take a break on their relationship. Mizore had returned to class and had started harmlessly stalking Nyx. A fact that was not nearly as annoying as the fact that the crow, Dust, had started to accompany Nyx everywhere. Kurumu had been both delighted and saddened at the news of Nyx's breakup. While she had been glad that her crush was single now, she was sad that her friends had broken up. This had led to a very awkward situation between Kurumu and Nyx. Which was not helped by the end of the first term hurtling closer to them every day. This was not a good thing for either Nyx or Kurumu, who were both most likely going to have to go to summer school...

Nyx was walking back to his dorm with Kurumu as Dust circled overhead, both of them had stayed after class to cram for tomorrow's upcoming final. They walked in silence, something that had become quite common for them. Until finally, Kurumu said

"Are you excited for the newspaper club's trip to Witch's Knoll over summer break?" Kurumu asked as she glanced over at the Vampire. Nyx shook his head,

"Nah, I'm probably gonna have to take summer school this year." he said with a sigh.

"Well, me too. But c'mon, let's just skip them." Kurumu whined in response.

"I don't think the dean or my father would care much for that." Nyx replied

"Since when do you care what other people think?" Kurumu asked with a raised eyebrow as she turned to look a him.

"Since not listening to them would mean expulsion." he said offhandedly.

"Why do you care if you get expelled? Your father's rich enough to have you tutored privately." Kurumu replied as she returned to looking at the path ahead of them.

"I care since, among other thing, expulsion means not being to visit here nearly as often as I'd like." He replied tiredly, he didn't wanna have to say his point out loud but Kurumu seemed set on making him do so.

"Why would you ever wanna come back here, I look forward to getting out of here on break all term long!" she exclaimed.

"Well, I'm not sure if you know this but, there's this succubus that goes here; and I've kinda got a thing for her." he said wryly. As soon as he said this, Kurumu whirled around to stare at him for a few seconds before blushing a red so dark that Nyx would need a new name to describe it properly. She knew she was the only succubus on campus, so he must be referring to her.

"You... You really mean that?" she asked timidly.

"I do." he said matter-of-factly. Kurumu opened her mouth to ask something when someone from behind them said,

"Awwww that's so sweet. Too bad you'll be expelled before you two can do anything about it." said a deep voice from behind them. Nyx turned to see Kuyou, Deshiko Deshi, a man with glasses, and a tall man with long hair standing behind them, dressed in the attire of the Public Safety Committee.

"Nyxaros Yami, you're under arrest for the murder of Okuto Kotsubo. Do you have anything to say in your defense?" Kuyou proclaimed, and for the first time Nyx noticed the blade slung across his back, it was as long as he was tall with a very narrow blade. More than that, he could not see.

"Now wait a minute, Nyx didn't kill anyone. Mr. Kotsubo is just away on vacation!" Kurumu exclaimed as she stepped in between Nyx and Kuyou in an attempt to shield Nyx from any possible attacks.

"Come on Nyx, tell them you're innocent. Right?" Kurumu said as she looked back over her shoulder at him. Nyx was silent for a long while until Kuyou said,

"He's not going to answer because he's not innocent." Kuyou sneered at her. Kurumu turned to face Nyx as she said

"Nyx, that isn't true is it? You didn't kill Mr. Kotsubo, did you?" she asked and though she didn't say it he could tell she almost believed Kuyou.

"Of course it isn't. If I'd killed him there would be a body. Where's the body Kuyou?" Nyx asked smugly. Kuyou grimaced in response to Nyx's barb.

"Enough of this! You're coming with us!" Kuyou exclaimed as he pointed at Nyx angrily.

"If you wanna fight him you'll have to fight me!" Kurumu said defiantly as she extended her claws. Before she could attack though, Nyx laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Kurumu, I got this. Go get a teacher, I'll take care of these guys." Nyx said as he stepped in front of Kurumu.

"No, I'm not going anywhere. If they wanna hurt you, they have to deal with me." she said.

"I wasn't asking. Kurumu, I'm only telling you this so you don't get hurt if you're not gonna leave at least get clear so I don't have to worry about you" he said in a voice that left no room for discussion. She nodded and flew back about 10 meters. As soon as he was sure she was clear of any possible attacks an of them would launch he turned to look at Kuyou.

"Alright, you've gone and made me mad now. Now prepare to pay." he said as he brought up his hands in a pose he'd taken many times during his time at Noctus Academy.

"I'm afraid that it is you who will pay. TAKE THIS!" Kuyou said as he snapped his arm up and sent something flying toward Nyx. It moved too fast for him to see, so Nyx attempted to launch himself back to dodge it. Before he could move he felt something searing-hot pierce his chest he looked down to see what appeared to be a spear of flame sprouting from his chest. He reached down and ripped off the top of his uniform before the flame could spread. After he tossed his jacket to the ground, he noticed that the projectile had physically pierced his skin. Before he could think of a plan to neutralize the spear, it exploded outward, covering his entire upper body in fire.

"NYX!" Kurumu screamed as he fell to the ground with a thump.

"Collect him and take him back to headquarters." Kuyou said as he smirked and turned around to head back to the temple when he felt a kick slam into his back and send him tumbling into a tree with a thud.

"What the- he said as he got to his feet to see Nyx standing shirtless with burns covering his chest. Kuyou watched in horror as the burns began to heal before his eyes.

"How's that possible? How can you heal so fast?" Kuyou asked, sounding outraged.

"I am a Shinso Vampire after all, you should really do your research next time. I knew you were corrupt, I didn't think you were stupid too." Nyx said with a grin as the burns continued to heal. In a matter of seconds they'd be healed.

"GET HIM YOU FOOLS!" Kuyo shouted as he pointed once again at Nyx. Nyx watched as the two boys' torsos grew in size. Their was the sound of tearing fabric as the shirts ripped and one of them turned into a Cerberus, sprouting two additional heads as he did. The other grew in size as his skin began to turn the color of stone, apparently the other was a golem. Before Deshiko could transform into her monster form, Nyx called an the magic he had discovered while fighting Kotsubo and rushed towards Deshiko and slammed a fist into her stomach, sending her flying into a nearby rock. (AN: to be clear that is his spell, Teleport Slash).

He turned to see the Cerberus launch himself towards him. He turned himself toward the Cerberus and once again rushed toward him, he caught the Cerberus in the stomach with his knee, knocking the wind out of him. Before he could recover from Nyx's attack though, Nyx brought his elbow down on top of his center head. The Cerberus crashed to the ground before being kicked into a nearby tree trunk by Nyx.

Nyx turned to see the golem charging toward him. He braced himself as he prepared to meet the golem's charge head-on. He summoned the magic once again, this time planning to turn his youki aura into pure physical strength. But when he lunged forward to stop the golem, he saw two spectral skeletal arms appear over his own arms and seize the golem as if it were a doll and hoist it with just as much ease. Then Nyx started to squeeze...

Nyx began to squeeze the breath from the golem long using the spectral arms he had summoned until finally the golem slumped in his grasp, unconscious. With a thought and a gesture, Nyx tossed the golem to the ground like it weighed no more than a sugar cube when he felt a presence approach him from behind. He twisted around to avoid the incoming attack but not before he felt something burn a line across his left shoulder. He turned to see Kuyou was the one who had attacked him, he was wielding the strange blade he'd had slung across his back earlier. This didn't bother him as much as the wound on his shoulder; he could feel his body trying to repair itself but something was actively fighting his regeneration...

"Fine, if that's the way you want it." Nyx growled as he called Harvester to his hands with a flash of light. Noting as he did, that a similar spectral scythe appeared in the pair of spectral skeletal arms he still had manifested.

"Hmm, now this is fun." Kuyou said with a grin. As he said this, Nyx watched as his clothes began to disintegrate until he stood there nude, his modesty protected by his new coating of fur he had sprouted, in addition to the four tails the Youko now possessed. Nyx dismissed the spectral arms and scythe and lunged at Kuyou with Harvester in his hands. Kuyou responded in kind by charging headlong at him with the sword above his head. As they neared each other Kuyou slashed down at Nyx, who brought up Harvester and used the haft of it to block Kuyou's attack. Before Kuyou could attack again, Nyx split Harvester into two small scythes and slashed at Kuyou, who just barely managed to dodge one attack and block the other.

They traded blows for several minutes at a speed no human eye could track. Blades flashed and sparked in a glorious harmony of combat. Kuyou swung Affliction again and again, but he couldn't score another hit against his opponent. Nyx tried every weapon he could think of using Harvester, those that were quick enough, couldn't reach. Those that were heavy enough to smash his defense were too slow. The continued to trade blows until Nyx switched Harvester to two small scythes, he swung one down at Affliction and pulled up on the front of the blade with the other as he slammed his right shoulder into Kuyou. Kuyou lost his grip and Affliction sailed through the air until it embedded itself in a tree. Nyx raised his scythe above his head, once more it was whole. As he raised it above his head Kuyou saw the spectral body reappear around him and this time it appeared that Nyx was wearing a long robe with a hood so deep no light could enter or escape it. Great skeletal wing sprouted from his shoulder, the sides of his scythe were decorated with dozens of skulls, possibly of past victims. Nyx was a second from striking Kuyou down when a voice rang out.

"Stop! Cease your quarreling!"

Nyx turned to see that the the source was none other that Okuto Kotsubo, the same one he had struck down last week, he was accompanied by Kurumu and Mizore. Apparently his friend had gone for help. His spectral body vanished as his concentrated shattered like bone beneath a hammer.

"Impossible!" Kuyou exclaimed.

"Indeed. But real nonetheless." said Nyx.

Meanwhile, on a world long since devoid of life...

War swung Chaoseater again and again from beside the body of the animal that had once been Ruin. Each time, he cleaved through the body or limb of a shinigami. But none of his attacks slowed the tide of the Artificial Reapers the council had created after the death of his brother. To make matters worse, each enemy he slew only served to empower the next one. He had been fighting for a week with no rest now. Even his prodigious strength was beginning to fail. He had only one chance to end this, he leaped from his mount and called on the magics that were his right as Horseman and Nephilim...

His body became consumed by fire as he assumed his Chaos Form. He swung the massive fiery sword in his hand at the army before him, the force of the attack vaporized dozens of his opponents. He leashed a massive bellow and prepared to wipe out the enemy army when he felt something pierce his back. He fell to the ground with a massive crash, his last thought before life deserted his body was, simply put, one word. Impossible...

" Take the body back to Lord Samael. I will take the Shinigami and capture Fury." Belial said to his companion.

"As you wish, Belial. My daughters and I will protect the body with out lives." said the Vampire.

"See that you do." Belial said as he prepared to to lead the Shinigami to their next target...

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