Chapter 2: Mitch vs Razorwing
Mitch meanwhile had his hands full engaging with the giant white owl creature that was called a hollow as he was attempting to stop it from devouring Ania and Tom. Moments before Ania and Tom were spotted by the hollow Mitch was busy discussing how pointless it was to even try and devour him. "You really don't know who you're messing with here bird boy so back off before I give your feathers a major trim" Mitch said grinning while the hollow simply hooted with laughter "My, my such a cocky little human well obviously YOU don't know who you're messing with, I'm the great Razorwing who has killed countless shinigami and no mere human will kill me". Unable to contain his laughter anymore Mitch dropped to the floor howling with laughter as he bashed his hands against the grass "Me just your regular human? Oh, you poor naïve little birdie well enjoy your time as the so called GREAT because soon you'll be so worthless even a low ranking shinigami would be able to slay you".
The sound of a stick snapping from behind echoed in Mitch's ear as he spun around to see Ania only meters away staring in a trance like state while Tom had a shocked look upon his face. "It would seem more food has arrived and doesn't that girl look absolutely delicious" Razorwing laughed as Mitch spun back around to look at him eyes full of hatred. "Why the hell did they follow me here, not to mention Ania is staring at Razorwing almost like she can see him" he thought to himself. "I think I'll eat them first before moving onto you" Razorwing said suddenly as Mitch went to yell for them to run away only for the hollow to fly past him straight towards Ania his beak wide open.
"They won't move in time, I've got no choice but to defeat him" Mitch said as he grabbed the wolf head necklace around his neck and pressed it against his heart. For a split second he felt his soul being ripped from his very body until finally it was free and he stood there in a completely new form. He wore a black kimono with a white sash around his waist and a pair of sandals on his feet, the kanji for 11 was on the back along with a katana strapped in diagonally.
His human body slowly dropped to the ground lifeless and unmoving, just as it hit he drew his katana and vanished from sight re appearing in front of Ania his blade connecting with Razorwing's beak as he held the creature at bay. "Hmmm so you're a shinigami as well most interesting" the owl said chuckling as he pushed harder against the blade forcing him further back. "Alright now you're pissing me off hollow" Mitch said extending one hand forward with his fingers pointing up as he began to chant ""Oh ruler! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, fluttering wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the partition of the sea surges, moving on to the south, Destructive Art 31 Red Fire Cannon" a red ball of fire shot out of his palm and exploded in Razorwing's face who reeled back from the impact and let loose a mammoth roar that shook the entire ground. Using that short time of a delay Mitch dashed forward and slashed Razorwing's stomach as a thick pool of blood sprayed from the gash. "You bastard I'll tear you to shreds for that" he roared leaping into the sky as Mitch quickly followed behind talons and blade clashing together while Ania watched in fascination and fear.
"Ania what are you looking at?" Tom said staring up at the sky and only seeing strange black blurs clashing together as the ground rumbled from the impacts. "Can't you see? Mitch is up there fighting something" she said as Tom simply stared at her like she was crazy since Mitch was lying on the ground a few feet away unconscious or god knows what really. "You sure about that I mean Mitch is lying on the ground over there Ania" he said slowly moving towards the motionless body as the ground continued to quake and rumble. "Yes I know he's lying there but he's also up in the sky as something different, I can't explain it". Tom clearly thought something was up with her "All those late nights of studying has finally made her crack" he thought to himself picking up the lifeless body of Mitch which felt cold to the touch. "I can't feel his pulse at all I… I think he's dead" Tom stammered staring at the dead corpse and wondering just what the bloody hell had happened to Mitch. Ania completely zoned out Tom's ranting as she too preoccupied with the massive fight roaring on above in the skies.
Mitch gazed down as he swatted away a razor feather that had been shot from Razorwing, "Alright seriously why the hell is Ania staring up like she can see everything that is going on" he said dumbfounded by this sudden change in her. There wasn't much time to think on the subject though as a blur raced in front of his eyes giving him barley a second to teleport away as a pair of talons raked the air where he once was. "You're not to shabby shinigami but still you can't beat me" he said hooting in laughter as his huge chest rose and fell. Smiling Mitch simply raised his blade and chuckled to himself "Whatever you say bird boy, but I'm done playing around now it's time to get serious" placing his hand on the bottom of his blade he cried out "Rain fire from the heavens ASHURA" flames engulfed the blade as it glowed a searing hot red. Wiping the flames from his sword Ania stared in amazement at just how much his katana had changed.
The blade itself had grown slightly longer yet thinner and had a slight curve at the tip like a scimitar, it still retained that orange and fiery red glow to the blade while the hilt itself grew two spikes at the end. "Now it's serious" Mitch said raising the blade up to the sky "Incinerate Ashura" as he swung the sword down in an arc a huge fireball shot forward and crashed into Razorwing as there was a giant explosion of smoke clouding the sky.
At the sudden explosion Tom gazed up into the sky and as the smoke was slowly clearing away he finally could see what Ania had been witnessing as Razorwing came clearly into view. "What...what the hell is that thing" speaking in a nervous voice he glanced across and spotted Mitch as well "But that can't be right he's here on the ground" he looked down at the lifeless body and then back up to the kimono robed figure with the flaming sword and was completely dumbfounded by it all. "So is this what you've been staring at the entire time?" he said walking over towards Ania as she simply looked down and nodded before turning her head back up to the action as Tom did the same thing.
Mitch meanwhile was already on the move charging straight for the hollow his blade angled at the stomach as he slashed vertically across his belly leaving a trail of blood in his wake. The red liquid splattered onto his blade and face as he turned on the spot and slashed across the newly created wound again spraying more blood into the air while Razorwing roared in pain and swiped a talon at Mitch's head narrowly missing as it nicked leaving a small cut on his forehead as the blood trickled out down his face.
Darting out from underneath his stomach Mitch landed on the giant owls back as three razor metal wings thudded into his right arm as blood gushed down. His hand slick with blood caused his sword to almost slip from his grip, grabbing down on the hilt tightly he began to laugh as Razorwing glanced over his shoulder. "What's so amusing Shinigami you're the one who got injured" Mitch glared down at him and snarled in an icy cold voice devoid of emotion "True but now I'm in the perfect spot to finish this fight off". Plunging Ashura straight down into the owls back a fountain of blood erupted from the sword wound as Razorwing cried out in pain and thrashed frantically about trying to throw his attacker from his back. Placing one hand down on the handle of the blade and the other on his arm Mitch slowly began to focus all of his reiatsu into the sword.
As the reiatsu began to gather the air around him slowly became hazy and a tremendous amount of heat was being generated from his body and blade. Razorwing fired feather after feather at Mitch but they simply bounced off the heat barrier surrounding him. Tiny flames began to roar to life and jumped across his arms while his entire body was shimmering with a bright fiery colour. Finally as the flames roared to life around him Mitch cried out "FLAMING WOLF FANG", the last thing that was heard from Razorwing was "CURSE YOU SHINIGAMI" as a huge explosion of fire rocked the sky. A colossal wall of fire engulfed where Mitch and Razorwing were standing and a violent searing hot wind racked through the school ripping tree's from the ground and shattering windows while Tom and Ania lay crouched on the ground trying to gain cover from this violent onslaught of wind.
As the heat and fog cleared Razorwing was nowhere to be seen and Mitch had already landed on the ground before collapsing onto one knee holding his right hand while blood poured forth from the wound created by the metal feathers. Immediately Ania ran over to see if he was alright and Mitch could only stare dumbfounded as she cried out "Mitch, Mitch are you alright?" her voice though was slowly becoming further and further away as his vision became hazy and his body heavy as darkness surrounded his world and he fell willingly into it.
"Tom come over here and give me a hand!" she called back to him as he stood there completely motionless unable to move at all. His mind raced with a thousand questions all that couldn't be answered currently "What the bloody hell just happened? Who the hell is Mitch exactly? And why is his body lying just behind me and yet Ania is clutching at another body of his" with so many confusing thoughts he took one step back the other way and went to run only for a sharp rebuke from Ania causing him to spin back around and walk over to help.
They finally managed to lift him up as Ania looked around to find a spot appropriate to place both his actual body and whatever this kimono wearing one was. A nice shady patch on the oval away from prying eyes was the perfect place as they laid down his weird body and Tom ran back to carry his actual body laying it down next to him. Both were completely identical like twins except for the garments they were wearing also that katana strapped to his back as well. "So what exactly do you think Mitch is? Tom said finally breaking the silence as he turned to face Ania who was lost in her own train of thought. Somewhere awhile back she had seen someone wearing a similar black robe but for the life of her she couldn't remember where and when.
"I have no idea really" she finally said lying down on the grass and stretching out her legs while Tom stood for a moment longer trying to process all of it. As Ania lay on the grass and began to doze off she heard a groan from Mitch and sat right back up as he awoke from his stupor. He came to his feet acting a little hazy and swaying as Tom went to catch him but Mitch simply stuck his hand out indicating he was perfectly fine. Regaining his balance he shook his head and finally stared at the two of them as they had a look on their face like they had a million questions to ask. Sighing he sat back down and finally said "Alright I suppose I got some explaining to do".