"Oten City…"
"A town that has a more malevolent ghost population than Daten City, which has made it more hostile because of it. However one ginger haired geek boy and two demon sisters have arrived in this city, to gain answers of the events that took place while in Daten."
"What evil lurks within this dark city? What new powers will Brief gain by wielding Soulfire?"
(**Panty & Stocking theme plays in the background**)
Brief & Soulfire: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Season 2!
Episode 3: Breaking Badass!
Brief along with Chuck, Fastener, and the Demon Sisters arrive at an abandoned park while keeping their eyes out for any more of Corset's ghosts. The geek had finally found Soulfire as Scanty and Kneesocks were going to train him how to use the demon weapon in combat.
"Hm…so far we haven't seen any more ghosts as of now, so this is the perfect time to do this.", stated the younger demon sister. Scanty looked at the black-gold battle axe that Brief was holding, as he gripped it with one of the black-gold gloves that he found.
"S-So, you guys are gonna train me how to use th-this thing?", stammered the boy.
"Of course.", Scanty replied, "But first…" She quickly whipped out her black-gold revolvers as she crossed them with her arms before firing two shots at the boy. "Think fast!", smirked Kneesocks as Brief was more than half-scared out of his mind.
At the last second with sudden quick reflexes, he jerked his arm forward as he used the head of Soulfire to block the bullets that were coming his way. Smoke came from the side of the axe as it suddenly disappeared a few seconds later. "What the hell?!", Brief stammered, "Why did you do that?!"
"I was merely testing your reflexes boy, which may need a little improvement but not bad nonetheless.", replied Scanty.
"That was just our warm-up session. If you plan on taking Corset on, you're going to need to know everything about the sacred weapon that you're holding.", said Kneesocks in a serious tone. Brief shivered a bit as he didn't know what he was getting himself into. Will the demon sisters' training be that rigorous if he wants to save his beloved angel of anarchy?
"S-so what do I have to do…?", Brief replied.
"We'll make it easy for you…try using Soulfire to hit Fastener.", the younger Akuma replied. The geek looked over at the pink rodent waving his twig-like claws as he sweat dropped at the task before him. "R-Really?! Are you sure?", he said in a bit of confusion as well as concern.
"Do you want to see that accursed angel again, or NOT?!", growled Scanty pointing both revolvers at the boy scaring him again.
"O-Okay-okay, I'll do it!", he cried. Brief took a gulp of saliva as he looked at Fastener. "Sorry buddy…", he said in a sad tone as he raised Soulfire with both hands using an overhead slash. After the attack he looked under the blade and noticed Fastener was gone.
"Wha?! Where'd you go?", he wondered as the demon sisters were snickering because of his swing-and-a-miss attack. "Would you mind telling me what that was…?", said Kneesocks as the pink rodent appeared behind her. Brief looked over his shoulder after raising the black-gold axe and standing it up on the ground…
"I missed…", he sweat dropped as he scratched the back of his head. Suddenly he dodged an incoming bullet from Scanty's revolver. "Really?! Why am I not surprised…?!", she sneered.
Training got serious as a half an hour passed. Brief was using Soulfire while slashing at Fastener multiple times to sharpen his accuracy in attack. The pink rodent jumped into the air as the boy saw his opportunity to attack. He gripped Soulfire's handle tightly with both arms as he swing the axe at Fastener with enough strength that he could muster up.
**SLASH!** and… **CRASH!**
To his surprise his attack landed, as the pink rodent was split in two, before falling into pieces of six. Brief raised the black-gold weapon up as he looked at Fastener, before suddenly panicking at the fact that he might have killed him. "Oh GOD! What have I done?! I JUST KILLED FASTENER!", he stammered.
Suddenly small pink orbs started coming together as the rodent came back as one once more. It looked at Brief while making a small little grunt before kicking the boy in the leg. "My bad…", he smiled while sweat dropping as the demon sisters had pleased looks on their faces.
"Bravo young one! You've managed to pass your first training session.", clapped Scanty.
"R-Really? That's all I had to do?", asked Brief somewhat relieved.
"No.", smirked Kneesocks causing the boy to frown, "We said 'first' training session. Meaning that the real training is about to begin!" And with that the light blue haired Akuma whipped out her black-gold scythes as she stood in a battle position. Brief shivered while timidly holding Soulfire with both of his hands.
"W-Wait! N-Now I gotta fight you?!", he stammered.
"Not fight, spar.", Kneesocks clarified.
(**Scanty & Kneesocks theme plays in the background**)
Brief stood just a foot away from Kneesocks while gripping Soulfire in his hands. While he shivered just a little bit the younger demon sister had a serious look on her face. "Whatever you do…don't take your eyes off your opponent…", she stated. The boy timidly nodded as he was about to ask a question, however the demon attacked before he got the chance to ask.
Brief used his reflexes again as he blocked a slash from Kneesocks' scythe with Soulfire. However she kept on slashing at the boy while he dodged and evaded as many of the attacks as he could. He ducked under a sideways slash that Kneesocks used before gripping the black-gold scythe axe and swinging it upwards, nearly missing the demon's head.
"(My…he's learning faster than I thought…)", Scanty thought as she watched the battle. Brief and Kneesocks clashed demon weapons for a minute or two, before he had to dodge criss-cross slashes made by the demon's twin scythes. "That's not going to help you!", smirked Kneesocks as Brief dodged another slash before using one against the demon himself.
However his attack missed as Brief was sweating just a tad bit, however he wasn't completely exhausted as he hasn't weakened his grip on Soulfire. "(Huh?...That's odd, normally I'd be sweating like crazy. Yet…I don't feel tired at all. Could this weapon have something to do with it?)"
Kneesocks made another slash at the boy as one of her scythes cut through his jumpsuit. That caused him to fall down on his behind as the younger demon pointed her other scythe at his neck. Brief held Soulfire with one hand as he shivered at what Kneesocks might do to him…
"Are you really going to give up like this?! You hold the most powerful weapon of Hell in your hands. USE IT!" The ginger haired boy was at the mercy of the younger scythe wielding demon as he was wondering what to do next. All of the sudden Soulfire started glowing again as its aura started flowing through Brief's body.
Suddenly he stopped his shivering as he slowly got to his feet by some unknown strength. Kneesocks looked at this as a sudden look of shock appeared on her face. Brief was now on one knee as his head hung low, while the orange-red aura coming from the battle axe continued to grow. He then slammed the bottom of the staff of Soulfire onto the ground as he looked up at the demon with a blank stare.
"No…it can't be…", stammered Scanty as she had a slightly worried look on her face. Kneesocks backed away just a little bit while still holding her black and gold scythes.
"Soulfire…it's…taken over him now.", she said to herself.
Brief made it to his feet as he now gripped the scythe axe with just one hand while still giving Kneesocks the cold and blank stare. He took one small step as he used his other foot to rush at the demon, before swinging Soulfire directly at her neck, barely missing her. He did it with so much speed that it almost caused Kneesocks to fall, luckily she back flipped as she dodged another slash from Brief before landing on her feet.
"(His speed is increasing, could it be the weapon's doing?)", she wondered as Kneesocks swung one of her scythes at the ginger haired boy. He evaded the attack with an afterimage before using an upward swing, thus causing the younger Akuma to dodge the attack, barely missing her torso.
Brief's blank expression turned into a serious one as he swung at Kneesocks multiple times, with each slash becoming faster than the next. The orange and red aura surrounding his body as well as Soulfire slowly started to diminish. With one final swing, the boy slashed a tree in half as Kneesocks got out of the way just in time.
Once the tree slammed into the ground with a loud crash the aura faded away, as the black and gold battle axe was back to its normal state of power. Kneesocks stood on one knee as she couldn't believe the sudden surge in power that emanated from Brief while in that state…
"Kneesocks!", yelled Scanty as she rushed over towards her sister's aid. They younger demon used one of her black and gold scythes to pick herself up, while her sister helped her up with her other side. Brief's attitude changed back to normal as he suddenly shook his head. He had no idea what had just happened while he was somewhat taken over by Soulfire's aura.
"(Uh…what the heck just happened…?)", he wondered, "(One minute I'm training with Kneesocks and the next…nothing. I-I don't remember anything after that…)" He turned around to see a battle damaged Kneesocks with a horrified Scanty, he then looked at his scythe-like battle axe before he glanced at them.
"Hah…it appears you've mastered it quite well…", huffed Kneesocks.
"M-Mastered what? You mean we're finished training?", asked Brief in a questionable tone.
"Idiot!", growled Scanty, "It means you've mastered the basics of handling Soulfire, but you DIDN'T HAVE TO ALMOST CUT MY SISTER IN HALF WITH IT IMBACILE!"
Brief had a really confused look on his face as Chuck started giggling before jumping around like the happy messed up dog he was. Afterwards the trio decided to take a break on the park bench to recover their strength. Kneesocks made a heavy sigh as she glanced over at Brief who was twiddling his thumbs.
"(How was he able to channel Soulfire's power in such a short amount of time…?! It must have something to do with the Hellsmonkey power he possesses. Oddly enough…he doesn't remember a thing after being in that state, almost like he was guided by some sort of strange compulsion…)"
Meanwhile inside the newly built Section H, located somewhere in the city…
Corset watched the whole training session on camera, as he suddenly clenched his own teeth. "Dammit!", he growled, "So…he actually got his hands on Soulfire?! This could become a major pain in my ass if he gets any stronger with it."
"Maybe it would have been better to hide it in a much better spot if you're so scared of it…", replied Stocking in a nonchalant tone.
"Perhaps you may have a point my dear. However he has yet to learn how to control that power, which is why I sent my two best ghosts to test the boy.", smirked Corset. While he was snickering at the current location of his ghosts, the gothic angel looked at the clip of Brief fighting Kneesocks under Soulfire's influence.
"(Yeah…he'll be a pain in the ass indeed…)", she thought.
Back to the others…
It was getting close to nightfall as Scanty and Kneesocks were yawning and stretching for a bit. As for Brief he rested against the park bench with Soulfire resting on his side. "Time to wake up.", said Kneesocks as she tapped the geek on the shoulder.
"N-No…Panty…I'll save you…", he replied in his sleep. Scanty got irritated as she got up from the bench and shook the boy by his collar. "ENOUGH ABOUT THAT SICKENING ANGEL!", she growled as Brief shot up before falling towards the ground.
"Sister PLEASE! Calm yourself.", said Kneesocks as she was doing everything in her power to keep Scanty calm. The green haired Akuma let off a huff of frustration before walking off as Brief pulled himself up off the ground.
"Kn-Kneesocks?", he spoke timidly, "Is your sister always like that?"
Kneesocks took a small breath before placing her hand on the boy's shoulder. "No, she's actually much more calm. Which is why she has me to keep her that way when things go wrong for her…"
"I see…", replied Brief.
After the trio was somewhat rested, they made their way towards a small hotel where they could rest up for the morning. (Since it was probably later than mentioned earlier…) Scanty placed her hand on the front door as it slowly opened without any trouble at all. "Well…it appears we can go inside then.", she said as Kneesocks and Brief along with Fastener and Chuck followed behind. They didn't even notice the two dark figures looking from the side of a building across the street as they went in.
In fact, those said figures happened to be the same two ghosts that were spying on the trio before…
"So when do we strike our attack Surly?", asked Brawny.
"Not yet…", he replied, "Come sunrise tomorrow, we will take down those demon bitches and steal away with that boy."
"That's true, but have you seen the weapon he now possesses? If we're not careful he'll cut us to ribbons.", said Brawny with a hint of anxiousness.
"Do not worry your brawny little head, were much stronger than the ghosts that Lord Corset sent before us. Even with that new weapon of his, he still won't stand a chance.", smirked Surly.
"Ah, you're quite the smart one brother. I wish I could someday be as smart as you.", replied Brawny in the same tone.
"Heh-heh-heh, oh Brawny. I have a feeling that day will be soon enough…", said Surly.
~ END! Of Episode 3! ~
Brief & Soulfire: PASWG Season 2 Next Episode…
Brief: "What is this power I feel inside me…?"
Brawny: "Now kiddo, you're coming with us!"
Kneesocks: "What are you waiting for?! Use the weapon's abilities NOW!"
Next Time! Episode 4: The Flaring Soul of the Meek!
Stocking: "Soulfire…so that's Geek Boy's weapon…?"
A.N: Sorry I wrapped this chapter a bit earlier than the last one, but the sparring battle between Brief and Kneesocks wasn't too bad, eh? As the story goes on he starts to tap more and more into Soulfire's power, but such power comes at a high price if not handled carefully.
Wonder what will happen if Brief and Stocking cross paths…?
Well, we'll never know until later on. And on that note, I'll see ya next chapter!