Chapter 17: Rescue! Losing Faith In DWMA?
It had taken him a long time to arrive at the at the abandoned town. Kai didn't know why but he sensed strong madness here, yet it was familiar at the same time. He walked in the centre of the main road, the town was in shambles. Windows and doors boarded up, rusted and bent street lights, weeds growing in cracks on the road and the side walks. This place made Kai's skin crawl, and the madness didn't help the situation.
"Now where can that wavelength be..." Kai thought to himself, as he walked deeper and deeper into the town. The closer he got to the centre the more and more the madness became stronger. There was something else though that was grabbing his attention, a sound.
"Music?" Kai thought to himself as he took off running towards the sound, drawing Nox from it's scabbard on his back.
Meanwhile, Where The Action Is
"Dammit, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up Lyra!" Petra yelled as she played chords on her partner with a intense ferocity.
"I can't keep going like this, I'm too tired," Lyra began, as Petra unleashed more notes at the mysterious assailant. "He's too strong we need to retreat!" Lyra pleaded, but Petra wasn't going anywhere, she refused to relent despite her erratic breathing from being pushed to her limit. They were losing ground, with every passing moment, slowly but surely the assailant would get closer and closer with each reckless charge, and get back up like it was nothing.
"We must, we will not fail Shibusen!" Petra cried, her voice was painted with fear and anger over the situation and he was too close.
"Your weak and pathetic!" The boy yelled out as he closed in on them once more, he had gotten close enough. He slashed his rapier at Petra's hand causing her to stop playing. She was stuck dodging all of the slashes and stabs coming her way and didn't have a second to play even a single note.
"Aww boo hoo, you can't play your shitty little songs anymore!" The boy mocked, a wicked laugh erupted out of him as he continued his relentless assault on the meister and weapon. "What are you going to do now girl!" The boy challenged, Petra had a wicked smile creep onto her face.
"This, SURPRISE MOTHER FUCKER!" Petra laughed as she side stepped her assailants blade. In one fluid motion she grabbed the neck of the guitar and planted the side of Lyra's body into the back of his head, smashing him into the ground. Petra didn't take the chance of standing still and immediately jumped back a few metres and continued to run backwards to gain some distance.
"Petra, sweetie, we talked about this," Lyra began, "Please stop using me as an AXE!" she finished, yelling at her partner in anger.
"Hey the situation needed it!" Petra countered, "Besides your a demon guitar, it's not like I can scratch your pain job." Petra joked, her partner not finding the least bit amusing. The assailant got up and rubbed the back of his neck.
"That hurt..." he said, Petra smiled thinking that he would stop now, but in a split second he was charging once again, Petra stunned by his quick recovery hesitated and failed to play any music notes to attack. He grabbed her head and threw her through one of the abandoned building.
"Ow..." Petra muttered, she struggled to get up, and every time she came close, she fell right back down . She shut her eyes to try and calm herself, only to open them with the end of the rapiers blade a few centimetres from her face. Instead of being stabbed, he reached down and gripped her neck, Petra gasped helplessly for air, but with each gasp, his grip became tighter.
"Pathetic..." He told her and tossed her back outside into the street, a crater formed on the ground from where she had landed, she struggled to sit up.
"Petra! Come on we can't die here, we need to escape!" Lyra yelled, still in her weapon form. Petra couldn't move fast enough, a tear rolled down her face as a sign of acceptance for her failure.
"Now..." The boy said as he walked outside the hole in the wall, "You die!" H jumped into the air and aimed his rapier so that it would pierce through her heart. Petra shut her eyes and braced herself for the end.
"NOOOO!" Another boy's voice yelled out, instead of the cold embrace of death she thought, she heard what sounded like metal hitting metal. She slowly opened her eyes to see a boy, seventeen in age dressed in a black opened hoodie, red t-shirt with a silver sword pendant around his neck. His chains that were on each side of the waist for his dark blue jeans rattled from the impact. He was holding his ground as the assailant tried to get the upper hand by trying to force him backwards. He turned his head towards Petra and Lyra who had reverted back into her human form.
"Th-thank you..." Lyra whispered as she lifted the beaten Petra and walked her into safety so she could recover. The newcomer turned his head revealing his hazel eyes and spiky blonde hair that fell over a good portion of his eyes.
"Just get out of hear, leave this one to me!" He said, his gaze turned back towards his opponent who still had his rapier locked with the blade of his katana.
"Wh-who are you?" Petra asked, wanting to know the name of the person who had just saved he life.
"Kai." He responded, "Kai Vesania!" He yelled as he moved his left hand onto the assailants chest and released a soul force attack sent the assailant backwards.
"So you came..." The assailant began to say, "Little brother!" He finished as he dropped his hood and cowl so Kai could see his face.
"No...it can't be..." Kai whispered to himself, his eyes grew wide in shock at seeing his older brother, who he hadn't seen in years, was standing across from him.
"Oh it is Kai, and you need to come with me, me and the new Kishin want you home." He explained, Kai's eyes suddenly filled with sorrow over what he had just heard.
"Gaia..." He began, "Your working with the kishin..." Kai said, the sadness in his voice was apparent.
"Yes, I'd never work for the organization that killed our parents!" Gaia yelled at him, "But I can see you think differently." Gaia spat at his younger brother protecting the DWMA students.
"You think it was the DWMA that killed them..." Kai said he looked down with shame in his eyes.
"Of course it was, I heard about the killing when the clown had went to our home." Gaia responded, "And the kishin has said that I can get you back, and we can be brothers again in exchange for our loyalty to her." Gaia finished his explanation.
"Who is the new kishin anyway, a clown told me her, so who is she?" Kai asked this final question.
"Why it's Ruina of course." Gaia answered hoping the name of his former love would turn his brother.
"Ruina is it..." Kai thought to himself, "Well regardless I won't join you, and I will defeat you." Kai told his brother as he raised Nox into a defensive position.
"So be brother, I was told to bring you back, conscious or not, you will come with me." Gaia said he raised his rapier up so to show his younger brother the eyes of Asura that became his hilt in place of their family crest.
"You changed the hilt on Whirlwind?" Kai asked surprised as to his brothers new hilt design.
"It doesn't matter now does it." Gaia responded, He charged Kai and went to try to stab him. He easily dodged and began to counter Gaia's stab with a slash. Their blades clashed repeatedly with an intense ferocity.
They had been clashing the swords back and forth repeatedly for what seemed like an eternity, trying to get the upper hand of the other. Gaia jumping into the air and relying on his speed, while Kai moved with precision and grace, relying solely on his techniques to overcome his brother. After the brothers had locked their blades together and tried to overpower the other with no success. Kai jumped back to gain a small rest from his brothers relentless onslaught.
"Enough of this!" Kai yelled. In one fluid motion he cut his hand while simultaneously smearing the blood along his blade. Petra and Lyra had been watching from a safe distance and were confused to this method of self mutilation.
"Let's Go, BLOOD RESONANCE!" Kai yelled, his eyes began to glow blue and his blade had grown a foot in length and had blue crackles of lightning shooting off of it from the power of his soul reaching into his blood legacy.
"So you learned how to do blood resonance huh, that's cute." Gaia mocked him, "I know I never learned how to do it, but the power of the madness is all I need, and I can sense the inner madness you have." Gaia smiled, hoping that if his brother went crazy he would be able to convince him to change sides.
"Legacy Blood Strike!" Kai yelled as he charged his brother. The blades struck each other and the area was engulfed in a flash of brilliant blue. Gaia had just barely parried the powerful strike. Kai jumped into the air and slashed his sword downward to Gaia, the drops of wavelength charged blood fell down onto him. "Blood Bomb!" Kai yelled, and the small droplets erupted from the super charged wavelength. Gaia was hit in the blast and sent flying through one of the buildings. Kai landed on the ground and didn't see his brother come out of the fallen structure.
"Hey are you two ok?" Kai yelled as he turned around and the blood resonance faded.
"Yea, we're fine thanks to you." Petra responded. They began to make their way towards Kai.
"So you got my name whats your names?" Kai said as he continued to walk over to them.
"I'm Petra Suavis, and this is my partner-" Petra introduced herself, stopping a few feet in front of Kai.
"Lyra Stratocaster, I'm her demon guitar." Lyra finished for her partner. Kai smiled at the two since now he knew who he saved.
"Demon guitar, I thought that there was only demon weapons, not instruments?" Kai joked, they both smiled at his joke, even though it wasn't particularly funny.
"Yea well, someone way back in my family wanted to experiment with the demon weapon blood to see if it could turn humans into things other than weapons, needless to say this is the end result, although it only instruments seem to happen." Lyra explained. Kai nodded, he himself, didn't understand how the process of turning a demon weapon into a demon guitar worked, but whatever is affective.
"Oh cool, I'm a weapon and a meister at the same time myself." Kai explained, they both looked at him curiously. Kai smiled and turned into his katana form, after a moment he changed back. "See I'm a weapon like that, but I can fight with my own blood and reach back into my families history in my blood using my soul and channel my ancestors experience into attacks with my katana Nox here ." Kai finished explaining.
"Oh so that's why you cut your hand." Petra deduced, proud that she figured out why he hurt himself.
"Yes it is, I just have to be careful though beca-" Kai was cut off by the sound of a familiar voice yelling.
"Whirlwind Impalement!" Gaia yelled, as he burst through the air at an incredible speed. In a split second he stabbed Kai right through his back and into his back, and through his abdomen. Lyra and Petra screamed as Kai coughed up blood and the rapier was withdrawn from his now limp body. Kai began to fall and Gaia caught his wounded brother and turned around. Without hesitation, Lyra changed into her guitar form.
"Put him down!" Petra threatened as she caught Lyra and threatened to play.
"You can't tell m what to do with my own brother!" Gaia yelled at them as he turned his head in their direction.
"We won't let you take him!" Petra and Lyra both cried. Gaia laughed, he dropped Kai to the ground and turned to face them.
"Very well then it's time for round two!" Gaia stated as he began walking toward the two, they prepared to start playing and just as Gaia was about to stop a blade had landed in front of him.
"Stop, you will not harm the students of the amazing lord death!" Justin yelled as he landed right where the blade had landed. "You will fight me instead." Justin stated as two guillotine blades came from the side of his arms. Gaia eyed him for a moment.
"Death Scythe Justin Law, I should be honoured...should be!" Gaia said to the death scythe. He turned to get ready to strike at him, only to be blasted off of his feet from a blast of Petra's wavelength from Lyra.
"We'll fight too." Petra responded, feeling confident that they had a chance against him now. Justin smiled at Petra for her bravery, she noticed, and blushed in return. She had been wanting to meet him for a long time, but now she was fighting beside him.
"Fine, come at me you Shibusen dogs!" Gaia yelled as he charged Justin, He went to swipe at Justin who simply raised his arm and let his blade make contact with the rapier. Almost immediately after Petra played Lyra and blasted Gaia back once again.
In a few moments they had their strategy. Petra would play Lyra and cause music wavelength notes to fly all around Gaia, while Justin engaged up close and threw him into the music notes. It was clear to Gaia that he was at a disadvantage with out more training and more souls. He kept the fight going only to be thrown into Petra's wavelength again and again.
"I'm getting real tired of this shit!" Gaia murmured, he had lost ground and now his bleeding out brother was to far from him.
"Give up, assassin of the wicked and vile Kishin!" Justin yelled as he went to slash Gaia across the abdomen with his guillotine arm. Gaia barely dodged the attack and glanced at his brother, and he was moving violently, his inner madness from his parents was coming out.
"Well, it's been fun death scythe, but I gotta go," Gaia began. "Have fun with Kai!" Gaia laughed as he jumped away from the three combatants and fled the city.
"Unholy coward!" Justin yelled at Gaia. He turned toward Petra and Lyra, "Thank you for your help, you are a very talented musician." He complimented Petra for her playing. Petra was speechless and simply blushed.
"Where is my cowardly shit head, of an older brother!" Kai yelled his back turned to the group, His katana drawn and free arm turned into a katana blade.
"Kai?" Lyra asked, concerned for the boy she had just seen stabbed.
"WHERE IS HE!" Kai demanded. All the friendliness in his voice was gone, he wasn't the same.
"Girls get behind me!" Justin told them, they didn't hesitate to do so. Kai heard the voice and turned around. His eyes were white, and blood ran down from his eyes as if they were a constant stream of tears. A wicked smile had made it's way onto his face.
"Well, well, well," Kai began, "If it isn't the god damn PRIEST!" Kai laughed wickedly, Petra and Lyra hid behind Justin, they were terrified.
"Your not Kai!" Petra yelled out of fear, she couldn't believe what she had said. Justin and Lyra looked at her with shock, even though they both were thinking it.
"Your right, I'm not Kai!" He laughed again, "So you can call me Malus!" Malus's smile had grown even larger and creeper with a small trickle blood coming out on the corner of his smile.
"Well Malus, we want Kai!" Lyra yelled at him, Malus simply tilted his head to the side.
"Well I'm sorry Kai's sleeping right now, and I wouldn't want to wake him!" Malus responded. "Now Death Scythe why did you come here, did you follow me!" he asked Justin.
"It was my orders to keep an eye on you, in case you showed up." Justin answered.
"Have they no trust in me, I wouldn't help my gutless brother, or bitch of an ex Ruina!" Malus yelled at him, his face twisted into one of pure rage and anger. With out any warning he lunged toward the death scythe and tried to slice him.
Justin dodged the attack and regrew his blades. He started attacking Malus, he came close to hitting Malus in the face but pulled back, realizing that such an act would have killed Kai, and everybody needed him alive. Justin had no choice but to go until Malus was worn out and Kai came back, but every second counted as Kai was bleeding out still.
"Kai wake up, the glorious Lord Death needs you alive!" Justin yelled hoping to wake Kai up.
"Kai isn't here!" Malus responded as he slashed at Justin's face, cutting him just over his right eye. Malus smiled as the blood trickled down his face. "Looks like the death scythes aren't as invincible as people think!" Malus laughed wickedly. Justin was beginning to lose his advantage as he had to keep the blood out of his eye and Kai/Malus's attacks kept on getting more and more intense.
"Kai wake up, We need you to be sane enough to find the Kishin!" Justin yelled as he dodged another strike.
"So your saying that all the death scythes are there is to keep an eye on him so they can track down Ruina!" Malus yelled, "That is a form of betrayal to us, you could have asked us to cooperate, not replace the teachers with death scythes in case I come out and go to her!" Malus yelled in anger his attacks had knocked Justin onto the ground.
"Kai please, we had to, Lord Death ordered us." Justin attempted to convince him. Malus shut his eyes.
"I don't care, you've betrayed my trust by not trusting me," Kai was back, but still not awake, just enough for him to hear the conversation and respond. "I don't like that you put your students at risk to find a person, especially when I opened up to you all. Perhaps none of you deserve my trust, not even my master." Kai finished. His eyes opened and they were back to pure white again, Malus was still in control.
"Now Death Scythe it's time to die!" Malus yelled, as he raised both Nox and his Katana arm, ready to stab the death scythe. Just as he was about to kill Justin he was hit by an extremely powerful wavelength blast.
"You won't hurt JUSTIN!" Petra yelled with tears in her eyes over what she had done. Lyra returned to her human form and all three made their way to the unconscious blood meister.
"Will he be ok?" Lyra asked, worried over Kai's condition.
"Well he hasn't woken back up," Justin began, "So he is Kai now, not Malus. As for his mentality to the school now, it might be damaged." He finished explaining.
"So what are we going to do?" Petra asked the death scythe.
"Well we take him back and fix him up and Lord Death's wonderful school. Then the great Lord Death will pass judgement on him." Justin finished. He bent down and put Kai over one of his arms. All three agents walked through the abandoned streets to where Justin's motorcycle and the car Kai took was. They put Kai in the attached coffin on Justin's motorcycle while the girls drove the car back to the academy.
"You think Kai will forgive them?" Petra asked Lyra. As she hopped into the front passenger seat.
"I dunno, but I hope he's ok, he did save us from his brother after all." Lyra responded as she started the car. Hey began to drive off following closely behind Justin.
"Me too, He's a nice guy, I'd hate for him to lose all his faith in everyone at the school." Petra said back. "But I just hope that everyone is ready to deal with the consequences. Petra thought to herself about how her new friend who risked his life for her and her partner, would interact with everyone now.
"We'll have to see Lyra responded, as they continued the drive in silence.
Authors Note: Hey guys so yeah, now demon Kai has a name. So that's a thing. And what will Petra and Lyra's roles be with their new knowledge of Kai? I'm sure it'll all be awesome though. Anyway, I hope you guys are still liking the story, cause I'm having a lot of fun writing it for you. So don't forget to review and PM stuff if you'd like something to be in, or if you have any questions/suggestions. Hope your having a good time, until next time guys :)