Here we go. Chapter 5. Sorry it took so long I took a brake and was trying to think of ideas. Hope you like it and tell me what you thing. btw I own nothing but my oc's. Anyway enjoy.
-2 months later-
"Zacchari, this is your final test." I said to my apprentice/friend. He was jumping about with excitement. Something I wished I still had. I partially lost it at the return of Kylar. As Nova and Soul are trying to get me to kill him off.
-Flash back-
(Jason we need to have a chat) Soul spoke to me in my mind. He has a hint of seriousness in his voice, which is telling me something is up.
'Sure what is it?' I replied with some unsureness in my voice.
(You need to kill off Kylar as-) He stared and I knew Nova was here to.
'No.'
(Jason you need to do this or-)
'No.'
[Jason dear. I have to agree with Soul on this one. Kylar is dangerous and will drive you insane, unless you get rid of him.] Nova said kindly in my head. She doesn't normally agree with Soul, so I know she might be right...but.
'I'm sorry, but he is my first friend and I will not lose him."
'Trying to get rid of me are we?' Kylar spoke out in my head. As this was happening I started to lose conscious and collapsed. When I woke up. I discovered I was back in my head.
"Why am I in my mindscape?" I asked only to hear a battle going on. I turned around and saw battle between two. One looked like me in my human form but with longer hair and his hair seemed more wild. In his hands was a massive two handed longsword with a demons' head facing down the blade. The eyes of the demon were glowing red along with some runes of the blade.
The other being seemed to be a monster. It stood as tall as me and the other figure but shadows all around it. Its head seemed humanoid but had no eyes, nose or ears. Instead a massive mouth was half way down its face. When it opened its mouth thousands of razor sharp teeth could be seen. Its arms were shifting between claws, hands and blades. Until they finished on one being a blade and the other being a sort of chain. It shot forward at incredible speeds breaking the sound barrier and clashing with the boy.
Who deflected the attack easily before advancing himself with just a much fury and anger.
[The monster thing is Soul and I think you can guess who the boy is] I heard a voice that sounded exactly like Nova. I turned to see a woman wearing gold glowing robes and golden glowing eyes. She had a crown on her head and seemed to be producing her own heat. She had blond hair and stood a bit taller than me. She had quite big 'assets' as well.
"Nova?" I asked unsurely to her smile and nod her head. "Is that Kylar fighting Soul over there?" I asked while pointing my finger in the direction of the fight.
[Yes that is the two. Kylar brought us to your dreamscape and was immediately attacked by Soul. I thought he would die but…as you can see, he seems to have a weapon and can fight.]
"What should we do? I don't want either of them to die." I questioned her as she was a lot wiser than me and normally made the decisions.
[There is no peaceful way of solving this battle. If we leave it I fear that one of them will be destroyed. And due to this being a battle against your anger, fear and evilness. I think Soul might lose.] This came to a shock to me. Soul would lose? I didn't want to believe that Kylar was strong enough to do this but either way I needed to end this.
I tried teleporting to them but realised I couldn't and neither could I summon the nova gauntlets.
'shit. Fuck.' I looked at Nova to her showing a sad face at me and I looked at her slightly scared that I lost all of my abilities.
[Don't worry, cause you're in your mindscape your abilities are in us…so you can't use them…] I continued to stare at her before turning around and start to run at the two. I ignored the shouting of Nova telling me to stop and kept running. As I got closer I could see that Soul had ghosts and skulls flying around him in the pitch black shadow that was around him.
As I ran a looked at my right arm and saw that the tattoo was still there. 'Hope this works.' I inwardly spoke and imagined the blade appearing in my hand. The tattoo started burning and to appear more lifelike. It seemed to spread to my hand and start to burn itself around it. I screamed out in pain and fell to my knees.
At this the battle had frozen to a stop and they looked over to see me on my knees with a black tattoo growing around my hand and an evil aura coming out of it. Soul warped over to me and tried to lift me up and examine the tattoo.
(JASON! You idiot. You can't use the blade until you get the other!) He shouted at me making my eyes widen and realised that I would probably end up dying here as they might not be able to stop it. Soul put me down onto the floor and warped away. Presumably to Nova to get her to help. I looked up and watched as the clouds went past. This place was just like the real world but didn't had a sun or moon. But was still always bright.
Just before I gave up I felt a sharp pain hit my hand and the burning seemed to stop. I turned to look at my hand only to see a massive blade stabbing into it. I looked up to see Kylar standing above me with his sword in my hand. The black aura of the tattoo started to move to the sword and went into the demons' mouth. The runes and eyes of the blade and demon started darkening until they turned completely black.
When the sword was removed I looked at my hand and saw that the tattoo was gone and back in its original place. I looked at Kylar to see him holding out a hand, which I willingly took. When I was off my feet I saw Kylar get into a fighting position and turned to see Soul and Nova.
"I. Will. Not. Kill. Kylar. And this is final. Now. I have to continue training Zacchari. So if you will excuse me." I said before looking at Kylar who just nodded and my vision blacked out again. Before I woke up in my bed at the camp.
-Flashback end-
"Don't worry J. I won't let you down! I will complete this test and then we will go get that other blade!" I said with a voice full of excitement and power.
I took a few steps back and picked up two duel wielding swords and gave them to him. He joyfully too the two swords that he had been training with this whole time. I created a pure black katana out of the shadows and held in to face him.
"You must defeat me in battle." I said to him showing no sign of joking or joy. I watched his face drop and a look of slight fear on his face. Which made me smirk slightly. I ran at him using the shadows to propel me forward. Not as fast as I can go but still fast.
He woke out of his daze and ran at me, with speed to match mine. He lit his swords on fire with his hell fire and swung them at me when he got close enough. I dodged to the right and brought my sword down across his waist. Which he blocked with one of the swords and spinning the other one around trying to hit me. I jumped backwards and looked up at where he was to see that he had vanished. I looked around and heard some rapid and gradually getting lounder flapping.
I looked up to see him flying down at me with tremendous speeds. 4 pairs of bat wings were coming out his back and I could see his eyes were burning brightly. I tried to dive out of the way without using my abilities, but was hit by a sword slicing across my face. I fell backwards on to the floor and saw two swords aimed at me on a dark reddish sort of fire. One at my non-existent heart and the other at my neck.
"Yield?" He asked me and I could hear the slight happiness in his question that he passed my test. I looked at him in the face before grabbing his legs making him fall over. Surprised he whipped the sword away from my neck but accidentally stabbed the other one into my chest at where my heart should be. He looked at me with a look of horror.
But was replaced with shock when I got up and pulled the sword out of my chest and pointing my sword at his neck.
"I win." Was all I said to him. After he snapped out of his shock his face turned sad and he looked down before looking back at me, when I was clapping. "Well done Zac. You have passed the test." I said and made him jump up in joy and grab the blade from my hand before giving me a brotherly hug. I returned the hug.
When we released each other. I gave him a look which told him it was time.
'Soul, Nova you ready for this?' I asked the two ancient beings inside my head.
[Yes we are ready, Jason. I have got over the Kylar incident, but I don't think soul has.]
(I have got over it excuse me sunshine)
[Did you just call me sunshine? Night bug.]
(N-n-night BUG! How dare you call me a night bug!?)
[Night bug]
(…hate you…)
'let's go then.' I thought as I looked to Zacchari who in turned nodded, now serious. As he knew we were about to do something that could make him an outcast. He had a slightly saddened look but still grabbed his swords and ran over to me.
"You know the plan." I said to him. He still looked sad but nodded. "I know this goes against what you think as a devil. But you understand that I have to do this. Once this is all over we will go to see your family ok?" I said to him and saw him perk up at the mention of his family.
"Let's do this!" I said in a more excited tone. Since the mention of his family. I held onto his shoulder and we warped to the outskirts of Tartarus. There was lava everywhere and it was very hot. Probably because this was at the centre of the underworld. I created a shadow illusion that made it look like I was a prisoner and Zacchari started forcefully take me to the entrance of the prison/armoury.
"Why are you here?" A guard said wearing demonic armour and had a massive axe by his side. 'hope this works'
"I was sent here to take this shadow wraith scum to this prison." Zacchari spoke in an evil tone, that surprised me and the guard at the harshness of his words. He nodded and began to lead us through the prison. Another two guards joined in escorting me through the prison. I could see all sorts of creatures in the prison watching us with hungry eyes.
We reached a cell door that sooner than I had anticipated and I was forced in by the first guard. Zacchari gave me a look saying what do we do now? I looked back at him and smirked. I looked around the cell to see a black haired nekoshou with very large assets and an ogre like creature chained to the floor.
I looked back at the guards and shot forward tearing my hands through his armour and through is stomach. The others looked at me in shock and were about to attack me when they suddenly screamed out in pain. Everyone watched as they were burnt to ash by dark red fire. I turned to Zacchari who opened the cell, and let me out.
"Well that went well." I said to him and watched as he just looked at me and the rest of the prisoners. Before shaking his head. And start to walk to the cell door and lock it up again. I grabbed his hand and pulled it away shocking him. "We need a distraction." He looked at me before nodding sadly. I could tell he didn't like doing this at all.
We began running down the hall and killing any of the guards that saw us. Zacchari burned them but didn't kill them as he didn't want to, I would have normally been pissed but I saw his face, so let him off it. We made our way passed all the cells. I could hear them shouting out for us to let them go. I looked behind us and saw the nekoshou following us. We both stopped and turned around. I saw fear in her face and wondered why she was following us.
"Why are you following us!" I shouted out while preparing me nova gauntlets. I looked at Zacchari who answered for her.
"That is the SS-class stray devil Kuroka. She is the most powerful nekoshou alive." He answered while setting his blades on hell fire, surprising Kuroka. I looked at him unsure of what he was thinking but before I could speak he spoke. "Go. I got this." He said while smirking slightly.
I ran off and shouted back.
"Famous last words!" To which I heard him laugh out before I heard his fire shoot out. I ignored it and ran on down the corridor. I met a large group of devils wearing a massive amount armour and they were outside a large door. "Ah the armoury." I said and alerted them to my presence.
"Who are you?" The first one asked while the other 6 got into a battle position. And started to prepare magic circles. I looked at them and laughed before smiling and warping behind them. I turned and created two shadow katanas. I sliced right through the firsts armour due to shadows and sliced him in half. The others turned around and began an assault on me.
The were firing water and fire at me and attacking me with axes and broadswords. I was fighting of the onslaught but knew this was a losing battle. I also knew I couldn't activate any nova powers with the risk on not surviving myself. I managed to kill off another guard by throwing one of my katanas at him and stabbing him in the head. The others began to get angrier and increased the speed and power.
Next thing I knew I was smashed backwards against a wall with blood pouring down my side. The one that spoke to my lifted his executioner axe and was about to swing it over my head when a large blast of hell fire obliterated him. Everyone including me turned to see Zacchari standing there with his hands out. The person next to my surprised me the most. Next to him was the stray devil Kuroka.
He released his 8 devil wings and flew forward with massive speed burning the other devils to dust. He helped me up and looked at me. I expected to see sadness but instead I saw worry, but he shook it off and let go off me.
"J, what happened normally you would obliterate them?" He asked me while we were walking towards the large door. Kuroka followed behind us but didn't seem to be talking. I had to admit that she was beautiful and was probably one of the hottest people in the world. She had her black ears out and black tail.
"I would but I didn't want to risk using nova and you know…destroying everything." I replied and saw him smirk before replying.
"Aw, you do care." He said in a fake tone of slight care.
"Fuck you." I replied showing annoyance. "So why is Kuroka here?" I asked the question I had been meaning to ask. He began explaining what she told him about her past and that she was too weak to attack properly.
We opened the door and saw a small room with one blade chained to the wall. I heard a gasp from Kuroka as she realised why we were here. I turned to Zacchari who nodded and we both walked in leaving Kuroka standing there shocked.
I was surprised that there was no security or traps and walked up to the blade. I reached out my hand and touched the blade. I shrieked out in pain as it began to disappear and a tattoo similar to the one on my right hand appeared on my left hand. It burnt like hell but now I had both of the blades.
(JASON DUCK!) I heard Soul shout out loud as I dived to the side forcing Zacchari over at the same time. We barely escaped a massive blast of pure destruction. And We heard a scream as we turned to see Kuroka in the hands of more devils and in front of them was the devil moau Sirzechs Lucifer. He blasted us again but seemed to miss causing dust to be sent everywhere. When it disappeared I stood up and saw that now the devils had both Zacchari and Kuroka.
I began to fume with anger and looked over to the moau.
"Jason Shadowbone, you are charged with a life time in prison for the deaths of hundreds of devils in the civil war. On both sides." He spoke with a harsh tone and lifted his hands and gestured for the other devils with him to get me.
I looked and saw the saddened face that Zacchari was wearing with slits of anger in it. Kuroka was sad as well but probably for another reason.
'Shit what do I do?' I asked inside my head expecting Nova to answer but was surprised when someone else answered.
'let me take control, and we will get out.' I heard Kylar speak out in my head.
(No! Don't Jason you don't know what will happen!)
[For once I might have to agree with the night bug on this one. You can't trust him.]
'This is where your both wrong. He is part of me, and I trust him. Sorry' I said before I lost my consciousness.
-Kylar POV-
"Aah. It's been a while since I've been in this world." I said out in my normal slight evil tone. I watched as the three approaching devils stopped slightly at the shift in my voice before continuing approaching. "I have to say, don't you agree with the progress that Jason made, on his own. My, my, he certainly did do well."
"You speak as if you're not Jason when we all know you are." Sirzechs said out again in a smart tone that just made me want to rip out his guts. And eat him alive.
"That's where you're wrong! MY NAME IS KYLAR! AND PREPARE TO DIE!" I roared out as I summoned a massive sword that I used to fight Soul with in Jason's head. I shot forward and brought it down on a devils' head slicing him clean in half. The runes started to glow red and so did the eyes of the demon. I turned and sliced right through another devil before thrusting the blade through the last approaching devil. I then picked up the last devil and bit into it causing me to shift into my Shadow Wraith form.
Mine is similar to Jason's but is black instead of white. I held out the sword and faced Sirzechs who was shocked. He threw another bolt of destruction at me but watched as I just laughed out. As the bolt neared me, I moved my sword block it. They all watched as when the bolt made contact it began to shrink and disappear. And now the runes and eyes of the demon with a mixture of black and red.
I looked at them and smiled like a psychopath and caused some to back away in fear. I raised my sword and pointed it at the group. A beam of pure destruction shot out of the blade and began to kill the devils. When it stopped it left the cat, Zacchari and Sirzechs alive. Apart from Sirzechs was panting and on the floor.
"You seemed to of blocked my attack. Well done. I would kill you off now but Soul is pissed and is telling me to give Jason's' body back. So toodle doo." I said as I went back into the mindscape allowing Jason to regain control over his body. And for the body to return to his human form. The sword went with me and I held it in a defensive position when I saw Soul fuming at me.
-Jason POV-
I awoke to reality and saw that the entrance to the room we were in to be completely and utterly destroyed with blood everywhere covering the walls and floor. I looked around to see myself lying in guts and brains of what seemed to be three devils. The red and brown liquid was staining my clothes and I could see part of a head facing me.
"Jason! Jason! Are you okay!" I heard as I was pulled up to my feet. I looked around to see who helped me up. I saw Zacchari and Kuroka helping me up. I saw that his face was painted in fear and worry. Kuroka's was painted in fear and curiosity. I began to wiper of the blood and gut liquid before turning to face them.
"As far as I know I'm fine. What happened here? I just remember blacking out and waking up again?" I asked to see both their faces look at me in shock. I just stared back wondering what was so shocking and if it was something I somehow managed to do.
(Jason. When you let Kylar take control. He slaughtered everything with his sword and saved you…)
[As much as we hate to admit it. He did save you three from being taking to prison. But still he's dangerous and you need to do something about him.]
"Why? It was fun wasn't it? We all had fun didn't we?"
"Thank you Kylar. Now let's be off shall we before we get interrupted again. I need to be told what happened here." I spoke to the two and held up my hands gesturing for them to take them. Zacchari knocked it away before slinging his arm around my neck and looked at Kuroka. She was rather unsure but took the hand anyway. I imagined us warping back to our base camp and we warped there, appearing in shadows.
I let go of Kuroka to see her look at us in curiosity and to speak to me for the first time.
"So, what are you going to do with me nya?" She said to me adding a cat noise at the end. She seemed slightly unsure of what we might do and seemed ready to attack if we tried anything.
"Do whatever you want. I don't really care." I said and watched her face light up in happiness before jumping at us and hugging us saying thank you. Over and over again. She lifted herself off of us and gave us both a kiss on the cheek before she walked over to my bed and lied down falling asleep.
I looked at her with annoyance before I looked at the tattoos on my arms and summoned the twin blades. This time there was no burning but the sky darkened slightly and shadows seemed to reach out to me. I looked around before walking off to when I had laid out dummies and began slicing through them as if they were nothing but butter.
