Disclaimer: Don't own anything but Kuro Tenebris and any OCs.
"What do you mean he ran away?!" Mira yelled as Erza explained what happened.
"Exactly that. He ran so Fairy Tail won't lose face." She said in a calm tone.
"But he could have come back! Master would have never let that happen!" she said as she furiously cleaned the bar. She had to do something to get her mind off of these terrible news.
"What's done is done Mira." Makarov said "We cannot do anything to get him back. He decided it was better to run than to hurt us. And seeing that he has killed a couple of Rune Knights then it is certain that he cannot return."
"But…But he-" she stopped and looked down. Tears were flowing down her face like two small waterfalls. It was a sad sight to behold. Mira, the girl who constantly smiled was crying her eyes out. It wasn't long until she got taken home by her siblings.
Makarov sighed "If you ever see Kuro while on jobs or as such, bring him back no matter what the cost. Break every bone in his body if need be."
"Isn't that a bit harsh Master?" She asked.
"Desperate times ask for desperate measures."
She nodded and went outside, leaving the old man to his thoughts.
With Orion.
The young devil sighed as he climbed down into the hot water. He missed this. Being home and not having to look over your shoulder every second to make sure no human is trying to kill you.
"Orion-chan~" a female voice called out as the owner jumped in the water. There was a giant splash before the owner surfaced. The owner of the voice was a…not so well-endowed girl. She had short pink hair held in a pony-tail with small horns coming out of the sides of her head. Her eyes were red without pupils and she had a small beauty mark below the left side of her lower lip. She hugged him suddenly "You're finally back!" she rubbed herself over his body.
She was a succubus though her flat chest was anything but that of a succubus in his opinion. Still. He wasn't going to say that. He had no death wish "Moira." He nodded "What's up?" he asked.
"Nothing!" she nibbled on his ear "Kindred and Jack got killed off by that handsome human."
"Kuro?"
"Yep. That one!" she giggled "You should have seen Kali's face! She was so furious!" she laughed wholeheartedly at that.
"Aha." He frowned before she started washing his back "What about the others?"
"Well, Fu and Exitus are still like always. We're the same as we were before."
"Heh." He chuckled "Cya around Moira." And with that he left.
A few hours later.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S GONE?!" Maou roared as the darkness swirled.
"Master, he just vanished from the radar. We-"
"Silence! I will not hear your pathetic excuses. Begone from my sight before I decide to end you!" the younger demon ran away faster than you could say 'Devil'.
"Master~" a voice cooed "Don't be mad. You will find him, eventually."
This was Lilith. The 'Mother of All Devils' that people thought she was. In truth she only birthed one of her own blood. The rest were created through her powerful magic. The Succubus had a curvaceous figure with long purple hair and orange slit eyes. She wore no clothing. Instead, covering her private parts were scales of the same color as her hair. She had a pair of leathery wings jutting out of her back and had a long forked tail.
"Not now Lilith." Maou seemed to growl "Narukami!" he yelled and a young adult appeared. The young adult had dark blue hair with yellow eyes and pale skin. As with Lilith he had scales as his hair along with wings and a tail. Though, his wings and tail were noticeably more muscular. His clothes were made out of black and blue armor.
"Yes Lord?" he asked as he bowed.
"I want your best hunters after him. We need to know where he is and what he does at all times!"
"Understood. I will send Fu and Exitus right away."
In Crocus.
"Ah-choo!" a young guard sneezed.
"Bless you son. Hay fever?"
"Yeah." He rubbed his nose "Why do we need to be on the lookout anyway? It's not like shit's gonna happen here. This is the capital for crying out loud."
"Don't let your guard down son. If I learned anything from this job it's that shit always happens when you least expect it to." The older guard sighed.
"Yeah, guess you're right." The young guard said while cleaning the invisible dust off of his spear "What do we know about the guy anyway?"
"Kuro Tenebris? Or his companions?"
"Whichever." He shrugged.
"Kuro's charged with killing Rune Knights, stealing documents, raping, killing, stealing and he even tried a coup against the council. He's also a demon." The older man frowned "Bunch of bullshit if you ask me."
"Why's that sir?"
"Kuro's a good guy. Fought by his side. Never seen anything like him. He moved with such finesse and dexterity that I was barely able to comprehend. Our mission was to save a couple of hostages and the tacticians said that this mission would end up with too many civilian casualties to be considered a success." He chuckled "Kuro came along and well, that mission turned out perfectly."
"What about the others?"
"The Laminas twins. There's a name that I don't hear often. Their parents were renowned mages. Together they were unstoppable. Don't know the details but shit happened and they turned to Dark Magic and something else. They angered the council by ignoring some order and now they have to pay."
"From what I heard they're nothing but criminals."
"Don't believe everything you hear, son." The older guard patted him on the shoulder before a loud roar was heard followed by a scream "Let's see what the matter is!" the two quickly went there.
From the window near were the guards were, Fukushu peered out "We're clear." He said to his sister and companion "What should we do?"
His sister was right now taking her food. He winced as she took out the needle. Guess she was done with it. He looked over at Kuro and saw him with his eye narrowed. His tail was curled up around his waist like a waistband.
"I'll see what the guards found. You two check the library. You did want to see if there's something about the Stone so do it. We meet on the outskirts at sunset. You two alright with that plan?" they nodded.
"I'll keep an eye out for anything about the demon you're looking for." He nodded in thanks and jumped out the window before turning around and climbing to the roof. He sighed as he pulled himself up and began running towards where the commotion was. A large dog like creature with three heads snarled as it approached a woman and her child.
"Oooo. Haven't seen a Cerberus in a long while. Their fur costs a fortune kid." He smirked at that. He did need the money now that he was on the run with the two siblings…and attacking it would prove to be a good distraction.
Before the rune knights could attack the demon a black blur crashed into it. The black blur jumped away from the demon before setting into a stance. Kuro smirked as the beast approached him. He quickly dodged out of the way and tripped it.
The Cerberus got up and charged at him again while roaring. Kuro simply leaned back while cutting the side heads cleanly off using his tail. He was getting used to using it. He grabbed the middle head and began prying it open. The mouth of the demon was opened with a brutal snap and Kuro stabbed his tail through the upper side of the demon's head.
"Efficient as ever Kuro." The older guard commented.
"It's how I was taught."
"Kudos to your teacher."
"Aww. I like this guy!"
"I take it my partner is simply unconscious?"
"I made it my one rule to not kill humans."
"Ahh but you did kill."
"That's bullshit and you know. I just knocked them unconscious." The young man scoffed before he looked at the old man "You haven't changed, Lee." His eyes softened as he looked over the older man.
"Neither did you, brat." The older man smiled "I'll have to report this you know?" he chuckled.
"Yeah." He readied his tail.
"Let's see if you're still the same." Lee grinned and blew a whistle, calling the rest of the guards in Crocus to their location.
In the library.
"Wow. Never thought he'd live up to his end of the bargain." Fukushu muttered as he looked through the 'dark' and 'forbidden' section of the library. His sister was in the science one. He could hear the sounds of battle even from here "Did you find anything sis?" he yelled at his sister.
Silence.
"Yes." She spoke softly. He sighed. She found what they were looking for. However, he couldn't find anything for Kuro…Not that it mattered anyway. They just needed a distraction. Kuro was that distraction. They were going to go their separate ways anyway. It sucked but this is what had to be done. The council did give them a mission to 'expose' Kuro. They didn't need to do anything but they would reap the rewards. Equivalent exchange as his sister would speak. Kill or be killed, dog eats dog. He learned a long time ago that this is what the world revolved around. Advantages. He wasn't a bad guy. He was just a guy looking out for his sister. There was no such thing as just evil. There was just grey.
Shades of grey. His might be a darker shade but it was still grey. And that was all that mattered.
"What'd you find sis?"
She pointed at something. A piece of paper with words she wrote. She decoded something.
As I write my last words I only hope that someone can understand them. Alchemy is dying out. As a means to preserve alchemy as a powerful tool I have finally created the Philosopher's Stone. I have hid it along with my journals at the core of Alakitasia. Good luck and let the flame guide you.
"So we need to get to the other side of Earthland?"
She nodded.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go."
"Kuro?"
"Screw him. We got what we needed. He was a good distraction."
She frowned slightly before nodding.
And with that, the two siblings were off.
Sunset was here and his new companions didn't show up.
"I think they ditched you kid."
"I think so too." He frowned. It didn't come as a shock honestly but it still somewhat hurt. He sighed "What the hell am I supposed to do now?" he sighed before punching a tree "Dammit I was too brash! I acted without thinking and now I got nowhere to go."
"Yeah you did. But hey look on the bright side. At least Fairy Tail didn't lose anything."
"I guess that's good. Think I should sneak into Mira's house? Talk to her?"
"Well if you can't stay away from your little girlfriend. Go ahead." Kira cackled.
"She's not my girlfriend and you know it. We're just good friends." He said and started walking.
"I still can't believe my sword cracked. Wonder if I kept the receipt for it…"
In a small village.
"So, mind telling me why we are here of all places?"
"I need to check something." He muttered and entered his previous home. He stiffened suddenly. No way…
"Well, you okay lad-son?"an older man said before turning around. He had blue eyes and long brown hair tied into a pony tail. He wore a brown jacket with black pants and a red shirt along with purple sneakers. Around his waist were two revolvers.
"You…" Kuro muttered with a glare.
"…" the man was silent "I'm guessing…that she's dead, isn't she?"
"What was your first clue?" Kuro growled.
"Hey Fuyo you okay?" a woman's voice spoke suddenly from the bathroom and a woman with short green hair exited in nothing but a towel "Man that last round really tired me. You should really be more gentle you know?" she muttered before noticing Kuro "…'Sup?" she waved.
He glared at her and Fuyo "So mom was just a one-time thing eh?" he asked.
"Son it's not-"
"Don't. Call me that…" he muttered "I have no father." He spat with venom before looking around. The kitchen was stocked so that meant that his 'father' was staying here…that bastard.
"Damn. Daddy issues?"
"Not now Kira…"
"Got ya kid."
"S-So why are you here so-…Kuro?"
"I came here to check something…Should have burned the house when I left." He muttered before turning to leave.
"Yo kid! What did Fuyo ever do to you?"
"Alex no…"
"…If I wanted a whore to talk to me I would have went to a whore house. Be silent when your betters are talking." He muttered darkly, his tail now visible and ready to pierce the woman. She wanted to protest but the tail and his glare just stopped her cold.
"W-What happened to you?" His 'father' gasped.
"Nothing…" he muttered and left.
"Hey son." He stopped and was about to berate him from calling him that "For what it's worth I'm sorry. I should have been there to keep you and Katsura safe."
"Sorry?" he chuckled "You don't get to be sorry. The moment when you lose the most important thing in your life. That's when you get to be sorry." He glared before leaving.
"What was that about?" Alex asked out loud as she dressed herself.
"…My son." Fuyo sighed "He's so much like his mother it's not even funny." He chuckled. Same looks, same personality. The only thing he had from him was his eyes. He sighed and looked outside. He grunted and opened the door "Kuro!" he yelled and stopped the new half demon in his tracks.
"What?" he grunted without turning around.
"I could use your help."
Kuro raised an eyebrow at that.
"The king has reasons to believe that he will be assassinated. He asked us-" he gestured to the woman and himself "To keep him safe. But we need help if it's true."
"Why should I help the king? He doesn't do shit." He grunted.
"He's the king. He can do anything he wants. One thing you want, he can give it to you."
"…Fine. When do we leave?"
"Right now. Alex?" he asked the woman before she smirked and a blue portal opened beneath them. One second later the three disappeared leaving nothing but air.
As Kuro blinked he found himself into a blue tunnel of some sort. Thousands of cracks were seen all depicting other events. Some that already happened while others were different. In one of them he was actually the son of a demon!
"What is this?" he asked outloud.
"This, creepy kid, is my power. A Lost magic known as 'Space and Time Travel'. Not a fancy name I know. The people who created this must have ran out of ideas. I call it 'Jumping' though." She shrugged. He got a good look at her. She had short green hair with two bangs framing her face. She had a scar going over her left eye which was colored a darker shade of green. Her clothes were average looking with a brown jacket and a pair of black jeans. She wore sandals- "You done checking me out kid?" she smirked and he snarled.
"How does your magic work?" he asked as he glanced at his father. The only thing he got from that man were his eyes. Something he was grateful for. The less he looked like him, the better. He glanced at the two revolvers. He had the urge to throw away his gun. He resisted as the gun was powerful and was an asset.
"I just make a portal and transport a lot of people or things." She shrugged "I can use it just to teleport myself which is a hell of a lot more easier. I don't have to make a portal to do that so it's faster too." He nodded, his curiosity sated.
The cracks were beginning to be filled up by something. Something that was black in color and liquid like "Is this a normal occurrence?" he asked with a roll of his one uncovered eye. His tail mimicked the eye's movement. He should really start training to move it at will.
"Told you so."
"No…" she muttered.
He and his father must have thought the same thing as they both got on guard.
"Ahh… So this is where you were Black Devil." A woman's voice purred before the owner rose up from a black puddle.
"Who are you?" Kuro asked, his sword ready though nowhere near its usual lethality. It was still cracked after all.
"My name is Lilith, Black Devil. Now put away your little broken toy. Is that the way to treat your friend's mother?" She smiled sadistically.
"Kira?" he looked for an answer.
…
He didn't get one.
Kira looked down in his mindscape.
"Why are you here Lilith?" Fuyo asked with a glare. Huh. Seems he got that from Fuyo too.
"Simply because I wanted to see where my son was." She shrugged "I cannot wait for you to be captured Kira dear." She smirked before disappearing along with the black liquid.
The next second all of them appeared inside the throne room.
"Okay what was that all about?"
"…No clue." Kuro glared at the ground as he and the other two were surrounded by guards. He scoffed and set into a stance as black and red smoke rose up from his left side and right eye. He briefly wondered if the demonic corruption was spreading faster than he knew. The tail brushing his head reminded him that it was true.
"Stand down!" the king spoke with authority befitting of a man upon a throne. Whether he deserved to sit upon that throne or not remained to be seen. Without a second thought the guards sheathed their weapons, Kuro doing the same. He still remained on guard.
A woman amongst the guards unnerved him. She wore a grey coat with many pockets and armguards of the same color. She also wore thigh highs up to the upper part of her legs before they abruptly ended and a long dark blue shirt began which covered the rest of her body.
Her hair was long, reaching her lower back side and was styled into a 'Hime' cut. Her eyes were a dull red without the pupil…was she blind? Judging by how her eyes tracked his hand near his sword he got his answer. In her left hand was a sheathed katana being held in a particular way, a reversed grip.
"Huh…Focused on defense…" she must have caught him staring as she tensed up. He frowned and looked away. His curiosity was getting annoying really. He should stop doing that.
"Fuyo, Alex. I see you have got my message."
"Of course your highness." Fuyo bowed along with Alex. Kuro merely bowed his head in respect. He wasn't about to bend the knee. Not when the old king didn't show he deserved respect. Royal blood. Tch. Was his blood red? Would he bleed if he was cut? Would he die if his heart would stop pumping this so called 'Royal' blood? Of course. That didn't make him better than the rest of them. He was the same.
He frowned. He was monologuing…
"Ah but who is this? Your son Fuyo?" the king smiled with kindness. Kuro wanted to rip his tongue out. He hated his father with a burning passion…But this was the only way to find out why the council wanted him dead…and to clear his name…maybe. He scoffed at that. No way in hell that was going to happen.
"…You could say that." Fuyo awkwardly spoke and got up. He knew he fucked up. Kuro hated him with a passion. Who knows, maybe he could reconcile with him during this whole job. He certainly hoped so.
"He looks exactly like Katsura if you don't me saying so."
Kuro resisted snarling at that though now he really wanted to rip his tongue out…
Alex saw his face twitch and frowned before looking at the king.
"He doe-"
"In any case" Alex spoke up while glaring at Fuyo "Why have you asked for us?"
Kuro looked at the woman with surprise. He didn't know whether to thank her or still curse at her…
The king sighed "I have reasons to believe that someone will try to assassinate me this week. I have already sent my daughter to a safe place but I cannot go. I have duties after all. So I ask of you to protect me after all I cannot ask of known guilds as they would attract attention. What better bodyguards than two bounty hunters…and a criminal it seems?"
"I didn't do shit." Kuro glared at the short king "And after we're done with this mission I expect two things from you." He grunted "Firstly, I want to know why the council wanted me dead ever since I joined Fairy Tail. And second I want my name cleared."
"Very well. You will have your reward assuming you get the job done. You and one of my most trusted guards will patrol the city. I can't have a criminal walking around freely in my castle now can I?" he smiled.
Now Kuro truly wanted to rip his tongue out…
"Lyra I trust you can get the job done."
The blue haired woman simply nodded and walked next to him before she started staring at him.
"The hell is this?" he resisted sweatdropping.
"I think she likes you!" Kira spoke up suddenly.
He scoffed and turned around "I'll go and explore." Fuyo threw him something and he caught it while walking away.
"If something happens we'll call you on it." He nodded and exited the throne room.
"Can he be trusted?"
"If he's anything like his mother then he could be. He's calm and collected most of the type but can switch gears at the drop of a hat." He sighed "I hope I made the right choice."
With Kuro.
"You shouldn't do that."
The first time she said that, he promptly ignored her and kept looking for weak spots in the castle's defenses. The guards kept snarling and glaring at him. They probably heard about him and how much of 'demon' he was. He heard one of the men calling him 'Black Devil'.
…
He could get used to that one. He thought while resisting to chuckle.
"You shouldn't do that."
She warned again.
God…She couldn't take a hint.
She got ignored again as he climbed on top of a building near the castle. He looked at a window from atop of it. He frowned. If an archer or a sniper stood here and was good he or she could make a shot there…His thoughts suddenly drifted to that red haired devil archer. Maybe he could make a shot from here. He shook his head. Wasn't time for crap like that anyway.
He dropped down and landed softly on the ground.
"You shouldn't do that."
He groaned "How many times are you going to repeat that?"
"As many times as it is needed."
"…Look. I have a job to do. I'm looking for weak spots."
"And?"
"…There are none. Looks to me like I'm just wasting my time here." He grunted and left.
A couple minutes later and the two found themselves in a vacant park.
"Huh…Where'd she go?"
"Aww, missing her already?"
"Don't you start. Mind explaining what that 'Lilith' was talking about?"
"…"
"Tch. Thought so. Look Kira, I trust you. How about you trust me and tell me?"
"…I can't…I just can't…"
He sighed.
"Whenever you can, just let me know."
"Here you go…" the woman handed him something as she walked up to him…An ice-cream?!
He raised an eyebrow at that.
"Eat it or it'll melt." She said before in a flash her own ice-cream was gone.
What.
The.
Fuck.
Was happening?
"So why do you hold that sword like that?" he asked as he gave a few test licks at the icy goodness.
"…My master taught me like that."
"And your master was…?" he sarcastically asked.
"Katsura Tenebris."
He choked.
He hit his chest a few times before recovering "Since when?" he almost yelled.
"A few years…She was killed by a demon though."
"So that's where she was going all the time."
"Shine some light on this, kid."
"Mother always left at around a certain time every day and came near the end of the day. She must have been training her."
"Do you know her?"
"Yeah…" he looked away.
"Were you close?" She inched closer.
"…yeah…"
"How close?"
"A lot…" he grunted before he felt her weight on him "The hell are you doing?!" he asked, flustered before she closed in and her lips touched his…ice-cream?!
"It's official…the whole world's gone mad." He thought as she and he got up. The woman still had her ice-cream in hand.
"Thank you for the meal." She said with a slight bow. He narrowed his eye in annoyance.
She was beyond weird.
Then again she did remind him of Fairy Tail…
"I am sorry for your mother." She said suddenly.
She knew?
"And I am…I am sorry for your teacher." He said while looking away.
"You're broken." She said from behind him.
"Tell me something I don't know."
"She named me…"
"So I met this girl in town Kuro-chan."
"Eww. Girls are weird!"
"Oh? But mommy's a girl too Kuro-chan!"
"Y-Yeah but you're not weird!"
"Haha! Anyway. She doesn't have a name and her birthday is tomorrow! Any ideas for a name?"
"Uhm…How about Lyra? The character in my favorite story has that name!"
"Huh…Lyra…Yeah that sounds great!"
"Already knew that." He shook his head to clear the thoughts away.
"I'm broken too."
"You got me with that one." He smirked "Come on Lyra." He motioned "We still have to patrol." She gave a small smile.
He continued smirking until his face fell.
One of the guards called him 'Black Devil'…
"My name is Lilith, Black Devil."
"Son of a-" he turned around and got into a stance "They're already here." He snarled as dozens of black clad assassins surrounded him and Lyra. She narrowed her eyes and prepared to draw her sword.
"How many do you count?"
"Around a hundred. Not nearly enough." He shrugged "Fifty/fifty?"
"Loser buys the winner an ice-cream."
"Huh. Sure." He rolled his uncovered eye before dashing into them with a smirk.
In the palace an hour ago.
As Fuyo watched his son leave he sighed.
"You alright there, Fuyo?" Alex asked as she played around with a dagger. Family heirloom if he remembered correctly. Still she was a master at using that weapon. He remembered a time when he didn't trust the woman with anything.
Now?
Now he'd lay his life for her.
Which he couldn't say about Katsura back then.
And that thought made him hate himself.
He resisted scoffing.
He didn't need to hate himself. Kuro was doing that enough for both of them.
"Yeah." He said simply, reminding himself that he still did need to talk. He and Alex were in the throne room, keeping watch over the king after all. They needed to stay alert at all times.
"So, mind telling me what the deal is with your son?"
"We…We don't get along that well."
"Gee I never would have guessed." She deadpanned.
He chuckled "Guess it's obvious huh. I…I wasn't around much. I…I wasn't ready to be a father. So when she told me she's pregnant I ran away and lived my life as I have always had. A bounty hunter. Don't know why I even tried to settle down with a samurai of all things." He shrugged.
"Keep going." She urged him on. She was bored and nothing exciting was happening.
"One night Katsura got killed by a demon and Kuro was forced to witness it. He ran and apparently holds me responsible for it." He looked down.
"I know you might not care about me and that's fine. But your son is turning three the next month and I would like you to meet him. Please respond."
He would always get such letters every year until she died.
"You know it ain't your fault. Who knows, maybe if you would have been there then the demon would have killed you too." She shrugged.
"…Yeah." He sighed and looked at his right hand. He clenched it into a fist before relaxing.
What's done is done.
"Intruders in the palace! Intruders in the pal-Gah!" a guard yelled before he was struck down by a lance.
"Yay! Another kill for me big bro!" a young boy at around the age of fifteen spoke with barely contained glee. He had long pale blue hair with yellow eyes and a permanent smile on his face showing his sharpened teeth. He wore casual clothes consisting of a black t-shirt and loose grey pants along with brown sandals. In his hand was a large lance, way larger than his body (A/N: Nameless King's Sword Spear from Dark Souls 3.)
"Yeah, whatever." Another voice spoke monotonously. This boy was taller and looked to be around twenty with dark brown hair and yellow eyes same as the other one but this one had a deadpan face. He wore a red and black yukata with no visible weapons on his person besides the short sword stuck to his lower back. As with the other, he also had sharpened teeth "Let's get this over with. I'm bored…" he yawned.
"Oh come on! Don't be so negative big bro!" the younger boy giggled before pointing the large lance at Fuyo "Can't wait to rack up more kills!" he grinned and dashed at them.
…
He shouldn't have gotten out of bed.
He thought before drawing his revolvers and taking a shot. He grunted after being forced to roll out of the way.
The boy anticipated this and grabbed at him. Thankfully Alex was on the move and stabbed the boy in the arm "Really?" he asked with a smile "That's it?" he laughed before throwing Fuyo away into the ceiling.
He really shouldn't have woken up today.
He groaned as he recovered and fell down. He took aim and made a shot straight into the boy's shoulder.
Huh.
He was aiming for the head…
"Son of a bitch! That hurts! What's this made of anyway?!" the boy yelled and another shot was heard before he fell down clutching the hole in his chest. He smirked and turned around towards the other boy.
He simply deadpanned and put his hands up "I don't feel like fighting you. And besides the idiot is still kicking." He muttered before something grabbed Fuyo's and Alex's ankles.
"Boom." The boy giggled and blue electricity coursed through them. They screamed in pain before collapsing "Whew. Double kill up in here!" he laughed before grinning at the king "Well then Kingie. Time to die~" he sung with glee before the doors to the throne room flew open and crashed into him and into a wall.
"Not so fast." Kuro spoke from the doorway.
"I see the assassins were no match for you." The older deadpanned before sighing "Guess there is no choice. Who do you want to take on, Fu?" he asked before from the rubble burst out the younger boy with a shit-eating grin that was anything but innocent.
"I want to kill the girl! She's pretty hot." He shivered in what Kuro thought to be excitement. He blinked and the boy already sent him flying into the wall to his left. Thankfully the king already escaped through a secret passage so he needn't worry about that.
Their swords clashed but it was obvious that Lyra was losing ground. She grunted before managing to overpower him and kicking him before going on the offensive. Before he could dash in to help her, the older one got in the way "I'm sorry but I cannot allow you to interfere. Besides. You have me to fight." He smirked slightly before setting into a stance.
He narrowed his eye before reaching for his gun and promptly throwing it away. He didn't need it here.
All of his cells hurt.
He could say the same about Alex too.
"You alright?" he still had to ask.
"Really? You're gonna ask that?" dumb move.
"Heard it's polite."
"Bullshit…I can still move and cast one 'Jump'. You want to get outta here?"
"No…We need to do this." He groaned and got up slowly. He looked at his revolvers. Both were broken. He scowled before he saw it on the ground. A gun. Did Kuro throw this?
He looked at his son as he clashed with the older boy in the same manner that Lyra did so with Fu. He blinked and could swear he saw Katsura in both of them.
…Electricity must have burned some of his brain.
He shook his head and aimed for a shot. He widened his eyes as Kuro made a mistake. The older boy was faster by a fraction of a second and thus managed to disarm the wide eyed Kuro. He gasped and made a run for it. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Fu ready to take Lyra's head off. He scowled and aimed while jumping towards Kuro.
He took the shot and hit the boy in the gut.
The other boy swung and blood was spilled.
"Noooo!"
"Fuyo!"
Well there goes his left hand.
Good thing he was right handed.
Now if only he could just stop the bleeding. Gee that would be great.
He swayed before falling down but Kuro caught him.
"Why?" he asked.
"Why? Because you're my son. I may have not been there for you or your mother but I can at least take a shot for you. Or in this case a sword. I thought you needed a hand with this guy." He tried to chuckle but the pain was too much.
"Why now?"
"Because until now I've been afraid. Okay? I feared that I wouldn't have been a perfect father. Or a perfect husband. But now I realize that you didn't need a perfect one. You just needed one. Make her proud Kuro."
"Oh spare me the dying message cliché. Could you get on with it so I can kill you assholes faster?" Fu spoke before spiting a metal thing towards Fuyo. It was a bullet "He was just a weakling too!" he started laughing before he abruptly stopped. Right in his face was Kuro without his eye patch.
Thanks to his older brother he managed to live "How about not taunting the host of Kira's power shall we?"
"Y-Yeah. Thanks Exitus." Fu smiled before backing up and being tripped by Lyra "Why you little-!" he yelled before he was kicked away.
Exitus managed to keep Kuro's sword away and overpower him. He swung towards him but the black haired young man dodged by leaning backwards. Exitus glanced at his weapon. Where in the nine hells did it go? He looked at Kuro and saw his sword's shards into the half demon's grinning mouth. It was a sadistic grin. On par with Fu's!
Kuro snarled and impaled his sword into Exitus' right shoulder and driving him into the wall along with the airborne Fu. The two crashed into it creating a small dust cloud "He may have not been around a lot but he still saved me back there. I plan to repay that." He said "And besides, I still have a mission here." He smirked with faint trails of blood coming down his lips.
"Cliché!" Fu yelled before he and Exitus tore the weapon out of their shoulders before kicking Kuro away and throwing a lighting needle towards him. It hit and he fell down with a thud. He got up and started vomiting blood.
"What did you do to him?" Lyra asked.
"I just fried some of his veins. Blood is normal to come out like that." The monotone boy spoke before glancing at the small doorway that the king used to get away "Come on Fu. We still have a job to do. Let the assassins take care of them." He said as dozens of swordsmen appeared out of thin air.
"I'll enjoy watching you die." An assassin grinned as he prepared to cut Kuro's head off.
Fortunately, he was stopped by a pillar of earth sending him flying through the window.
"Not so fast bub." A familiar voice spoke from the doorway. Kuro managed to glance at the owner of the voice "We leave you alone for what? A day and this happens? Gee you're completely hopeless Tenebris." Fukushu grinned from the doorway, his sister by his side "So that fight we had was just dumb luck huh?" he smirked before throwing something into Kuro.
Lyra looked at the projectile. She resisted snarling…
"You bastard!" …she didn't resist snarling before running at Kuro, slashing anyone in her way "Are you alright, Kuro?" she asked as she put her hand on his shoulder.
She blinked.
And Kuro struck.
She had her eyes wide as Kuro's sword went straight through a man's back, right behind her!
He panted as he glared forward.
"Sis made a serum that would help him with regenerating. I also injected him with a bit of magic recovering liquid. You'll feel numb but it'll get the job done. Can't have you dying just yet now can I Tenebris? We still need to have a rematch." Fukushu smirked as he cut down enemy after enemy, his sister glancing at the carnage in the room with a bored expression "Consider my debt paid Tenebris."
Kuro grunted as he tore the syringe from his chest and got up on shaking legs. He coughed before using his sword to support himself "Are you kidding me?" he growled.
He dashed at Fukushu "Debt paid?! You're not giving me any interest after you took this long to get here?!" he yelled and jumped at Laminas.
"What more do you want?" he asked with a grin before the black haired half demon somersaulted over him and killed one of the assassins. He cleaned his blade with a flick of his wrist and turned around.
"The heads of those two." He nodded towards the two demons.
"That's a lot of interest. Don't you think?" Fukushu started drawing his sword. Kuro could hear a faint whisper coming from the blade.
"No. They are worth nothing." He said and prepared himself.
"Man. These two are way too edgy and cliché to be allowed to live!" the younger laughed "What do you say, long face? Wanna kill them?"
"Go ahead Fu."
The younger's grin got larger and Kuro could swear he heard a crack coming from the boy's face before he dashed at him.
He parried the blow and the two crashed into the stone wall.
"Kuro!" The older Laminas yelled before he was forced to dodge an electrical spear. He rolled out of the way, while his sister transmuted the wooden floor into a one-time shield.
"Your fight is with me, Oathbreaker." Exitus smirked which was an act not many people witnessed. He could sense the power of this man from a mile away. His master and father would reward him deeply for this.
He could just ask for a vacation!
He could just lazy around.
Not give a shit.
Oh it would be glorious!
"He knows! Tear him apart! Rend his flesh! No! Crush his bones! Yes! Break his head. No! Cut it off! Feed him his own intestines! MAKE. HIM. SUFFER!"
"Shut up already. I got enough on my plate, Horitsu." Fukushu snarled in his mind. Sharing his body with another…well not really 'another', more like 'more demons than he could count put into one devil'…It was such a drag.
"Kuro! My sister and I will kill this fucker!" he grunted "You and red eyes over there take care of the younger shit!" he grinned sadistically before charging along with his sister at Exitus.
"Tch. Like I have a damn choice." Kuro muttered as he pushed back against his attacker.
"What's the matter Kuro boy. Can't fight me?" Fu mocked as he overpowered Kuro whom grunted as he started bending his knees under the pressure. The sudden smirk caught him off guard.
"I can't. But she sure can." He smirked as a sword was plunged through the demon's chest. The pressure was gone in an instant as Fu clawed at the sword before falling down "Thanks Lyra." He said before she took out her sword.
"You owe me an ice-cream Kuro." Lyra deadpanned in her usual monotone voice.
"Last I checked I won that contest so we're even on that front." He grunted and got up. A hand grabbed his ankle.
"Not so fast!" the still alive Fu yelled before throwing Kuro into a nearby wall leaving an imprint and after picking his sword lance plunging it into Lyra.
A flash of lightning later and a wall appeared between his sword and the girl. The lance was stuck in it "The hell is this?! You're cheating!" he growled at the blue haired girl.
She glanced at the younger Laminas sibling. The two nodded to eachother before Lyra vaulted over the wall and slashed at him. The wound healed instantaneously. She frowned before she got backhanded away.
Fukushu began grinning ferally as he kept slashing at the devil. Unfortunately he missed most shots but it was still making his blood boil.
His sister got on the offensive and slammed her hands on the ground. A flash of lightning later and a dozen pillars appeared, striking towards Exitus. The devil simply kicked the older sibling into the pillars.
Hana frowned and after another clap the pillars softened.
"Thanks sis."
She nodded before they attacked once more.
"Kira!"
"On it kid!"
Kuro snarled before his form started emanating black smoke.
"Getting serious eh?" Fu smirked before dashing at him. The slash was blocked…barely.
"Kuro!"
"I got this! You help them." He said to Lyra.
"…Alright." She nodded and went to the two.
"It's just you and me demon."
"No. It's just me!" he grinned and headbutted Kuro out the window.
He went to the ledge and smirked "Sayonara, Kuro."
The young half demon grunted and impaled his tail near the ledge making Fu fall along with him.
"SUNUVA!" he yelled as he fell "I'll kill you!"
"You and what army?!" Kuro smirked before electricity coursed through him. His whole body was numb.
"It's over, Black Devil!" Fu yelled before brandishing his sword lance and nose diving towards him.
"It's not over."
"It can't be over."
"Not now. Not ever!"
"I love you Kuro."
He widened his eyes and roared before unsheathing his sword and slashing. The two weapons collided and Fu's shattered while Kuro's flew out of his grasp. The two snarled at each other before taking a shard.
Fu stabbed straight towards Kuro's head but the black haired swordsman was faster and blocked it with his left forearm. He didn't even flinch as the metal pierced his arm, neither when Fu sent more electricity through him. He did however cough blood.
"Just die already!"
He smirked and grabbed Fu with his left hand.
"Sorry. I have a prior engagement." he smirked darkly before Fu looked back. A sharp shard was sticking out of the ground. Kuro must have thrown it "See you in hell." He smirked before letting go of Fu and pushing him towards the shard.
"YOU SUNUV-" a massive crash was heard as Fu fell, his head pierced by the shard of his weapon.
Another crash was heard before another and another before he finally landed on solid ground.
"Great…Hope they can take care of the other guy." He smiled slightly before laying there, unable to move.
"SIS!" Fukushu yelled before a clap and a flash of lightning later, two walls appeared and slammed into the demon. He smirked before he and the other girl both slashed at him. The demon smirked as he parried both effortlessly.
He frowned. They weren't gonna get anywhere this way…
He looked at Alex.
"I can still cast one 'Jump'"
"Alex…I got a plan."
"Oh great. And here I thought we were gonna stay here all day." She coughed once before he told her his plan.
Hana listened to both of them and nodded.
The plan was to get Exitus into a position where he would get teleported away. The thing is, they needed someone to hold Exitus there which meant that they couldn't dodge.
Lyra heard the plan and nodded. She was prepared to sacrifice herself. At least she could see Katsura-sensei again that way.
"NOW!" Fukushu yelled and kicked the demon into a sharp stone courtesy of his sister. Lyra and surprisingly Fuyo both latched onto Exitus, pinning him into place.
"Now Alex!"
"But Fuyo! You'll die too you dumb asshole!"
"I know." He smiled "This is my redemption. I'll finally act like a father, protect his child. Maybe this way Kuro can forgive me."
Her eyes watered "…"
"You do realize that no one leaves this place alive do you? I already overcharged my body with electricity. The moment my heart stops…" he grunted "Is the moment you people die."
"That's why you're not going to be around here." Fukushu grinned "Do it."
"But-"
"Just do it Alex. I…we made our choices." He looked at Lyra who simply nodded.
"Dammit Fuyo!" she yelled and opened the portal, engulfing half of the three people's bodies there.
"Goodbye Alex." He smiled before the spell ended abruptly, cutting him in half along with Lyra and Exitus.
Their bodies fell on the ground with wet thunks.
They won.
But it sure as hell didn't feel like it.
Morning came and Kuro woke up soundly.
He looked at his bandaged hand.
He glanced down and sighed before getting up and leaving the room after gearing up.
The laminas siblings were having breakfast quietly. The woman that Fuyo was with was drinking something, and the king was standing there, simply watching.
No one said a word. No sound was made except for the sound of silverwares being used and the sound of a cup being endlessly filled by alcohol. He sat down wordlessly. Fukushu nodded to him and he followed.
Alex threw him something. An envelope.
He looked at it before glancing at her. She glared slightly before going back to her drink.
He opened it and widened his uncovered eye.
They were letters.
Addressed to his mother by Fuyo.
"Dear Katsura
I'm sorry for not being there. Wish Kuro a happy birthday from me. I wish I could be there but I can't. You know I can't just settle down like you. I long for adventures. For thrills.-"
He continued reading. Fuyo went on and on about how sorry he was. In every letter.
It all started the same.
"I'm sorry for not being there."
And it all ended with the same phrase.
"I'll come back on Kuro's next birthday. I hope I can be a great father."
He looked down and noticed a final letter.
"Kuro…no. Son.
I know you hate me. You may never forgive me but know that I still love you. I believe in you no matter what. I may have not been there but I hope that my absence made you stronger.
I know that I'll not survive this mission. That's why I wrote this.
If I somehow survive, then I'll just say this face to face.
But if I die…well I guess that's why you're reading this aren't you?
Over the years I heard about your deeds and all I can say now, except that I'm proud, is this:
Keep being a hero, son.
With love, Dad"
He…smiled.
"King." He spoke up.
"Yes?"
"Why does the council want me dead?"
"…It's because of your burden. The burden of Kira that you carry will attract enemies everywhere. Some people in the council believe that you will be a threat and so seek to kill you."
"I see. Was my name cleared?"
"Of course. Everyone knows of what you did for me."
"Alright then." He got up "You coming?" he looked at the two.
"No. The only reason we actually came back was because we owed you. Alright? We owed you big time but now that debt's repaid and we can walk our own separate ways."
"Got it. Take care Fukushu, Hana, Alex."
"Just a question before you go. What will you do now?" he stopped walking and looked outside the window. Fairy Tail was to the East.
"I…I'm not sure. But the one thing I can do is what he said. I keep being a hero. Like my father."