The Eldest Shuzen (Part 1)
Immediately after Tsukune, Ben, Moka, Mizore, and Touhou passed out due to the seal sucking them in, Yukari and FanFan began freaking out, running back and forth unsure of what to do. Kurumu, meanwhile, was clutching her chest still trying to catch her breath after Ben had essentially saved her from getting sucked into the seal. Rinrin was the only one who seemed to be in the right state of mind, sighing at her brother's and Yukari's excessive antics, "Aiya," she groaned, holding her hand to her face. Rinrin then held out both her hands and grabbed both FanFan and Yukari by their collars to stop them from continuously running around like a chicken with its head cut off. "FanFan, Yukari, pull yourselves together." she said sternly, "Think rationally. We'll go through this one step at a time, Kurumu," Kurumu looked up in surprise, seemingly out of her daze, "Grab that blanket over there and lay it out, we'll move the bodies."
"OH MY GOD, THEY'RE DEAD!?!" Yukari shouted before she was chopped on the head by Rinrin.
"They aren't dead, they're unconscious." Rinrin replied, "Kurumu." Kurumu nodded and grabbed the blanket that was on a couch that Rinrin pointed to. The succubus then laid it out like Rinrin asked. "Good, Yukari, grab Touhou and lay him on the blaket. Kurumu and FanFan, do the same with the others, just lay them out in a row."
The others nodded and got to work. Yukari immediately rushed to Touhou and began dragging him by his feet. Kurumu went for Moka first and wrapped her her arms under Moka's arms. Kurumu blushed slightly when she accidently copped a feel of Moka's chest, Sorry you protected me, Ben. This could've been you. FanFan grabbed Mizore and set her down by Moka. Kurumu went back and grabbed Tsukune and lied him down by Mizore. Finally there was Ben, however he was the heaviest of the group due to the armor. "Christ, Ben. Why didn't you take off all the armor?" Kurumu complained. When the everything was said and done the group stood over their unconscious friends (and Touhou). "Hold on." Kurumu walked over to Ben and adjusted his body so that his head was on Tsukune's chest. She then moved his arm and leg so that he wrapped around Tsukune. Kurumu then grabbed Ben's phone and took a picture of the two spooning, "Take off your armor next time, dick."
After a few minutes of just watching her friends lying unconscious, and repeatedly trying to wake them up by shaking their bodies or shouting, Kurumu began to get antsy and pace back and forth. Damn. she thought, Damn, damn, damn! Why? Why did he save me from getting hit? If I got hit at least Ben would still be out here. Then there would still be someone to keep calm. Kurumu glanced over to Yukari and frowned, I probably look like a fool. Pacing back and forth, biting my nails. I'd even take Mizore. She'd help us stay calm somehow. "No good I'm afraid." Rinrin spoke up, "Looks like shouting won't wake them up. And based off what Touhou Fuhai was saying, it sounds like their souls have been dragged inside Moka and are trapped there." Rinrin then cupped her chin with her thumb and index finger in deep thought, "However, if their souls don't return, there is a possibility that their hearts may die even though the body is still alive."
"NO WAY!" Kurumu and Yukari yelled, "Ah crap, that means that they are practically half dead!" Kurumu whined as she pulled her head.
Rinrin shrugged, "Well, I suppose it's better than being full dead...like me."
"...What? They did?" FanFan said in Chinese. He had received an urgent phone call from one of his father's subordinates, "Is that true? Yes...Yes, thank you." FanFan then hung up in frustration and swallowed a lump in his throat.
"What's the issue?" Rinrin asked, "You're being so loud over there."
FanFan gulped, "It's big trouble." he replied, "The Miu family, they've just stormed the mansion!"
At the front of the mansion, Tenten and Feifon stood at the foot of the stairs to their grand entrance as they saw several black limos pull up in front of their home. Several shady looking dudes stepped out, each carrying a weapon of some kind. Tenten snapped her fingers and dozens of guards came rushing out to stand next to her and Feifon. Finally, one last car pulled up, a silver sedan of some kind. One of the shady men walked over to the back seat and opened the door. From the back of the car exited a tall and cloaked figure. "Boss? What do we do?" one of the subordinates asked.
Feifon stood with a stone gaze as the cloaked figure approached them, "Be on your guard. Everything could go south before we know it."
Tenten frowned, "Looks like we shouldn't make the first move." she mentioned, "That girl in front...I'm not sure even I can beat her."
"I don't understand." Kurumu stated, "Why the hell would these Miu guys show up in the middle of the night?"
FanFan cupped his chin and frowned, "I...suppose this could have something to do with Fairy Tale."
Kurumu gritted her teeth in frustration, "Then it's like the aeroplane, they are likely here for our lives." she clenched her fists, cursing herself again for letting Ben get sucked in instead of her. Dammit Ben! What...What can I do? Without you guys I'm...I'm practically useless. she frowned.
"This is bad," Yukari said with a worried tone, "Tsukune and the others are still asleep. If those Fairy Tale guys show up before they can get back to their bodies then it's over!"
"I don't want to think about it, but if they get past father, mother and the others it won't take long for them to reach us." Rinrin noted, "It's probably best for us to leave soon if that's the case. However..." Rinrin looked to the unconscious bodies and bit her nail, "Moving is probably out of the question, hm?" Despite her usual stoic and calm nature, Rinrin was beginning to look awfully worried.
Kurumu took a look at Rinrin and noticed her worried expression and became more worried herself. "Mizore! Tsukune! Come on guys, you all have to wake up!" Kurumu yelled as she collapsed to her knees and began shaking Tsukune's body back and forth and then began shaking Ben to try and wake him up. Ben's body shook slightly and Kurumu jumped back, "Is he waking up?"
Yukari shook her head, "No, I think his Spider Sense is trying to wake him up. But..." Kurumu looked at Yukari and cocked an eyebrow, "Well it's just...Moka's body is shaking a bit too."
Inside The Seal...
Continuing to watch events unfold from afar, Tsukune and Mizore peered through a window to the massive castle while Touhou just sat still on the carpet. Through the castle window the teens saw a scary looking man who had medium length black hair as well as a light scruffy beard. His clothes looked old-fashioned, something you'd think a noble would wear in the mid eighteenth century. Actually, he's kinda dressed up like Alucard in Symphony of the Night. Tsukune thought. The duo watched as the man approached Akasha, Moka and her sisters before bowing. The teens weren't exactly sure who the man was until he greeted Akua. His name was Issa Shuzen. Tsukune's eyes widened both in horror and astonishment, "Wait, so that's Moka's dad, right?" Mizore asked and Tsukune nodded.
They continued to follow the memory which led the teens to looking through a different window which showed a large open ballroom or galla area. There were dozens of people in there, So it isn't just the Shuzens? Tsukune questioned. "The mansion itself is like a safe haven for vampires." Touhou spoke up, "Essentially all vampires in Japan are connected to the Shuzen's in some way."
"So it's like a big, blood sucking family." Mizore said with a nod. "Moka looks so happy. I kinda thought...well, I just figured that the Shuzen home would have been a much more terrifying place."
"That's not wrong." Touhou pointed out, "Vampires are species that thrive on battle. They are strong and feared, there probably isn't a single cell in their body that knows defeat." he stopped and took a puff of his pipe, "Even in the Chinese underworld the name 'Shuzen' is well respected. In this side of the world there probably isn't any place more terrifying than this castle."
They continued to watch the events unfold. At first it seemed like a happy family get together. Drinks all around, music playing, normal socializing. But then things...got strange. Issa suddenly clapped his hands together and the crowd formed a circle, then Akua and Kahlua were placed front and center as a spectacle. "What's going on? They gonna have a song and dance?" Mizore joked.
"Kill each other!" they heard Issa shout.
"WHAT!?" both teens asked in astonishment before holding each other's mouths to be quiet. It seems the once happy family gathering was quickly turning into a gladiatorial spectacle. "This isn't funny, this isn't right!" Tsukune proclaimed. He wasn't sure about Akua, but remembered how fearsome Kahlua was at Yuki-Onna. Of course that was a Kahlua that was nearly a decade older than the one he was looking at now. Still, he couldn't imagine her being any weaker than the likes of Ben at this age, or even Kokoa.
The fight started and in a blink of an eye. Literally a blink of an eye. Tsukune blinked and already Akua threw a right backhand punch to Kahlua's face. Kahlua blocked it, but it seems even she was caught off guard by the speed. Akua continued her barrage with fluid and precise movements, strikes and elbows. It looked like she was well experienced in Wing Chun. Kahlua couldn't even hope to keep up, she only held up her forearms and blocked the best she could, definitely a contrast from how Tsukune first met her. The moment Kahlua finally went on the offensive, Akua redirected her attack and sent a counter jab to her stomach, the force of the blow being so powerful that the energy behind the punch went through Kahlua and caused a crater on the wall opposite of them.
Despite the attack, it seems that only invigorated Kahlua's battle tendency and she reacted the way how Tsukune imagined she would. Kahlua had a wave of energy come over her and she punched down and made the ground crack. Akua performed several back handsprings to avoid the attacks. When she got up she realized she had a large cut on her shoulder. "There it is." Mizore pointed out, "There's the terrifying side to her." as she said that Kahlua began crying, her energy rising as she and Akua got ready to clash again. Before the two could go at it once more, Issa clapped his hands together and told them to stop.
Tsukune let out a breath of relief he didn't realized he was holding in. "I don't know why I was so tense. We know that Kahlua is still alive and we were never told that Akua was dead. I guess I kinda got caught up in it all. I forgot everything happening here has already happened." As he said this a strange sonic boom came barreling through the sky and shook the trio on the carpet almost like an earthquake. "What was that?" Tsukune asked.
Touhou hummed, also perturbed by the phenomenon, "Hm...yes. That was strange. I had never seen that before."
Tsukune's ears perked up when he heard something about intruders in the forest. "H-Hold on. Do you think they mean us?" he asked worriedly.
"So strange, I hardly ever get caught while stalking." Mizore added.
"NOT THE TIME FOR THAT!" Tsukune shouted with a frustrated tone, "Let's just get outta here before we're caught."
"Oh calm down you two." Touhou reminded, "I said so before didn't I? We are in the middle of Moka's memories. What happens here was something that happened in the past. Us being here shouldn't cause a disturbance." Upon hearing that the two teens seemed to calm down slightly, "Besides. Even if we were to run there'd be nowhere to run to." he chuckled, causing the teens to get worried again, "To put it simply, the three of us are seeing the same dream. Which means our bodies should be lifelessly sleeping in the real world."
The group looked down to see Moka leave the house and go outside, walking to the cliffside where Tsukune first ran into her. As she began moving the sonic boom went off again and even she reacted to it. Despite that, she kept moving. "What do you think that booming is?" Tsukune asked.
"Who knows." Touhou said as he rubbed his chin, "Perhaps it's something that happened at the time."
The group watched the young Moka explored the cliff, calling out for that 'intruder' she had met earlier. "Hey, wait...is she looking for me?" Tsukune asked.
"That doesn't make any sense." Mizore mentioned with a shake of her head, "In the real past Moka should have never met Tsukune, right? So did we change the past?"
"Not the past, the memories. Her recollection of events." Touhou corrected, "Like how you forget things and the things you remember become more beautiful as time passes. Memories are not an everlasting thing. Because the present us came to the past world we may have caused some confusion to Moka's memories." Once again, the sonic boom blast across the sky, forcing the teens to grip to the carpet so they didn't fall off, all the while Moka began holding her head in pain. "The main point is that we shouldn't interfere too much more, lest we mess up Moka's memories." As Touhou said that the trio watched as Moka was kidnapped by a group of monsters that looked to be in a Chinese mafia of some kind. "Hm. Things are getting dicey, let's follow, shall we?"
Following the group they saw a Chinese man with short hair and circular glasses lead the pack, there was five of them in total. He was the one who grabbed Moka and tossed her into a tree. "MOKA!" Tsukune yelled before getting smacked in the face by Touhou.
"Pipe down, idiot! Didn't I just tell you that we can't interfere anymore?" Touhou rubbed his temples in frustration, "You can't be this stupid. I just told you this is a memory. Even if we do save young Moka here that doesn't change the past. So we just have to sit back and watch. Pretend it's an anime or something."
It wasn't long for the monsters to reveal they were searching for Akua. Seems she was being hunted by the Chinese mafia and that kidnapping Moka wasn't personal, just that they needed her location. However, being prideful as she is, Moka refused to give up her older sister's location. This turned out to be unfortunate for her as one of the men pulled out a scimitar and went to cut Moka to ribbons. However, before he could even slice down, Akua came to save her sibling. She had launched her hand forward, towards the man's head, and it looked like her hand phased out the back of his head and her fingers phased out through the forehead.
There was several seconds of silence before blood started coming out the man's eyes and mouth. Akua then swiped her hand inward, the man's head practically being cut to ribbons. It was like every point on Akua's hand was a blade. "No way, what was that move?" Touhou asked. Despite killing one of them right away, Akua's intention didn't lie in fighting the intruders, instead she immediately moved towards Moka to check if she was alright. The intruders tried to act while Akua had her back turned, but she wasn't about to let them get any closer to her or Moka. In an instant Akua used her hands to slice through the remaining four intruders, cutting them to pieces.
With a sweet smile, Akua rushed to Moka and pulled her into a hug. "Huh...maybe...maybe she isn't so bad." Tsukune mentioned, "Maybe she just really loves her family."
The real world...
"Oh, this is bad!" FanFan said as he checked over the wall to see what the status was with the house to see how much time they'd have to escape, "They already have the whole mansion surrounded!" he said as he jumped down and rushed back to his sister, "We may have no choice but to fight. Rinrin, what is the status of Tsukune and the others?"
"Not good I'm afraid." Rinrin said with a shake of her head, "They are still unconscious. Who knows when they'll wake up. Best we have to go on right now is that Moka's and Ben's muscle spasms have become more frequent." Rinrin looked to the main house and frowned, "And things have been quiet for some time now. I wonder why?"
In the main building Feifon sat in a chair face-to-face with the enemy. The room was filled with Miu family members as well as many Won family members. Behind Feifon stood Tenten, ready to strike whenever she's needed. The tension within the room was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Feifon straightened out his legs and switched the way he was crossing them. It had been nearly a half hour of sitting and doing nothing but staring at each other in silence, the man was getting uncomfortable. "Woman from Miu family," he started, finally wanting to break the silence, "I'm getting tired of this silence. Don't you think it's time you said something? Why did you come here? Did you come to start a war or something?"
The cloaked woman chuckled, "Aiya, I'm sorry. That woman's murderous intent over there was so strong I didn't dare say anything." she said while motioning to Tenten. "You seem awfully belligerent for someone who was once considered to be the strongest of the Miu family, Tenten Won." she smiled, "But not to worry. I'm not here to fight. A girl named Moka Akashiya had come here to play. I want you to hand her over. You do that and we'll leave here quietly."
Tenten took a deep breath before letting out a chuckle of her own, "And here I was wondering what you'd ask for." her expression quickly formed to a serious one and she stared at the woman with dagger eyes, "Even if she is just a guest she is one of 'us' now. And no one here is shit enough to betray their own." she warned.
The woman frowned, "I see. No room for negotiation then?" she began to stand up and almost instantly Tenten's reactions came to her. Tenten jabbed her hand forward at the woman. She didn't hit her, but the force of her blows are so powerful she may as well be firing off ki blasts with her attacks. To her it looked as if her attack was direct and the force went through the woman's head, smoke coming off from her hood. That...was too easy. Tenten thought. "Aiya," the woman groaned, "Just as the rumors say. You are really fast. Had I been anyone else I'd be dead." The woman frowned as she could stick her finger through new formed hole in the back of her hood and scratch her head.
Tenten's eyes widened in surprise, No way!I could have sworn I punched a hole straight through her head. "Can I ask you something? What does someone like you want with a girl like Moka?" Tenten asked.
"There's no need for you to know." the woman replied as she began to take off her hood, showing her medium length black hair, "All you need to know is that Moka can never be happy staying here. There's a deep deep darkness inside her." she said cryptically, "And the only one that can take care of that is me." The woman who had come on behalf of Fairy Tale, of course, was Akua Shuzen. "I wanna see her so badly," she smiled, "I bet she's so pretty now."
Akua straightened herself out and bowed in front of Feifon, "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Akua Shuzen, and this is your final warning. Would you please hand over Moka Akashiya? Otherwise I'll be forced to destroy the entire Won family."
"I appreciate the warning," Tenten said stoicly as her husband began to get up from his seat and pulled a paper from his pocket. "But we have not option to refuse. As we said, she is one of 'us' now." she snapped her finger and as she did so Feifon held the paper on the tips of his fingers and began reciting something, "If you lay on anything that belongs to us then it is the Miu family that shall be destroyed." Tenten stood still, waiting for Akua to respond, but the vampire merely rolled her eyes, "I see. So that's how it is then. Well, don't think badly of us, girl from Miu. You had this coming."
When Tenten was done she stepped to the side as Feifon finished his chant. The mafia boss held the paper on his index finger before pointing forward, "Summon: Crimson Flame Dragon." Immediately the paper began to ignite and from the markings came a mighty flaming serpent dragon came out, attacking those that stood in the way, burning them to a crisp. The screams of the Miu family members echoed through the room as some tried to avoid getting burned.
"Oh shit!" one of the Miu men yelled out, "That's the legendary beast 'Salamander'! Don't let it touch you, if it does you'll turn to ash!" he warned. The man gritted his teeth and gulped in fear as Feifon stood with an imposing stance, looking like he had nothing but murderous intent. "To think he could summon such a monster. And despite that face of his he wasn't a warrior but a sorcerer?" Feifon twitched his eye slightly, Unnecessary comment. he thought. "Head of the Won family, Feifon Won...Don't let him use anymore techniques! Kill him first!" The other Miu family members began to charge Feifon but were cut off by Tenten who came jumping to her husbands defense, kicking and cutting down those who got in her way.
When Tenten landed she circled her foot across the ground and got into a fighting stance once again, standing in a circle of knocked down Miu family bodies. "It's no use. As long as I'm alive none of your swords will reach my husband." Tenten jumped back so that her and Feifon could stand back to back, ready to fend off all the Miu that may oppose them, "Are you guys ready?" Tenten asked the remaining Miu members, "In order to protect FanFan and his friends, I'll need all of you to die here." she smirked.
"Aiya, so this is the Won family's famous 'ultimate power'?" Tenten and Feifon gasped when they heard the voice of Akua who seemed to have not been affected in anyway by the fire. "I get it, a super top notch sorcerer and fighter couple, huh?" Akua said as she walked through the flames, unscathed. "The two of you cover each other and leave absolutely zero openings. How magnificent," she smirked, "but you won't be enough to scorch me with just that."
"N-No way..." Feifon gasped, "The dragon attacked you head on, and yet you aren't even scathed!"
Tenten tried to remain calm, but she was having a hard time while analyzing the situation. Impossible. It's as if she doesn't exist in this room. Don't tell me she's... Akua held her right arm out to the side and her hand began to glow with some sort of aura, "I warned you."
"GET OUT OF THE WAY TENTEN!" Feifon shouted. However, in the blink of an eye, Akua had somehow moved forward and used her hand to slice across Tenten's body in a zigzag pattern. Tenten's eyes widened in shock, So fast...I couldn't even react. Blood shot from her body as she had three deep cuts on her body. "TENTEN!" Feifon shouted as he grabbed his wife as she fell to the ground, "Tenten, stay with me. Stay here!" Feifon gritted his teeth as his wife hung on to her life, "You." he said menacingly as he looked up to Akua, who simply gave a smirk in return. "You won't get away with this."
"I told you," Akua started as she began to slowly walk towards, "Your power wouldn't be enough to defeat me."
"Maybe so..." Tenten coughed, blood dripping from her mouth as Feifon held her close, "But if you are here for Moka...then you are going to have to go through her protector. And I must warn you...he is quite attached to her." This statement made Akua frown, "And a mad man in love...makes for a near unkillable opponent."
Back at Touhou's manor, FanFan looked to the main manor nervously. "Rinrin, did you hear that? There was a huge noise just now towards the main estate!" Rinrin was quiet for sometime making FanFan all the more nervous, "Rinrin?"
"Yes...you sense it too, don't you FanFan?" Rinrin asked, "It seems the fighting with the Miu has begun. We should get ready as well...but..." she looked to the downed combatants that could be useful, "We're a little under manned." As Rinrin said that the group heard a gasp as Ben woke up from the slumber.
"Woah, hey, BEN?" Kurumu asked, "How the hell are you up? Where are the others? How did you get up?"
"Yeah, hey, I'm Ben. I didn't see the others in there, I woke up because of Spider Sense." Ben replied, "FANFAN! Help me get the rest of my armor on."
"Oh, uh, yes!" FanFan hurried over and helped put the back piece to Ben's armor on while put on the chest and the pauldrons, "Ben, don't you think you are being a little overdramatic? I know there's danger, but father, mother and the rest of the family should be able to handle the intruders that arrived." he chuckled. Truth be told, I just don't want us to be left out to dry if we lose a combatant. FanFan thought.
"And if they can't?" Ben asked with a serious expression. FanFan didn't have a response, he just stumbled over his words before looking down, feeling dejected. "This danger, whatever it is, it's worse than anything we've faced. Bigger than even Kahlua. So I will hold them off the best I can while you guys make sure everyone here wakes up."
"But Ben, if the trouble is as bad as you say, shouldn't you wait for them to wake up too? With Moka with us it'd be a lot easier." Yukari suggested.
"That's true, Yukari. But I'm afraid we just don't have that kind of time." Ben crouched and picked up his helmet, "Besides, I kinda made a promise already." With those words, Ben put on his helmet, completing the suit. Ben jumped forward and began making his way towards the main house where he could assist the family.
As Ben left the others were left with more questions than answers. How could Ben get out so easily? Why was he the only one to wake up? Did his Spider Sense really have that much power? "No matter what we do they just won't wake up." Yukari said with a distraught tone, "Despite Ben waking up we aren't any closer to getting the others up."
Kurumu looked down with a face that looked as if she had given up hope, however, there was one last thing she could try. "Yukari, step aside." she said as she let loose her wings and her tail.
"Kurumu?" Yukari asked, "What are you doing?"
Kurumu moved past Yukari and kneeled in front of Moka, "Look, I've never used this ability before, so I can't guarantee it'll work...but we have no other choice and dammit I'm a succubus, how good would I be if I couldn't do this?" Yukari cocked her eyebrow with a questioning glance on her face as Kurumu's tail began to open up like a flower before attaching it to Moka's head. "I'm a succubus, my fundamental ability is to dive into people's dreams. I should, theoretically, be able to dive into Moka's dream and pull everyone out."
"Eh? So for even someone who's only redeeming factor is the size of their chest you can actually do that?" Yukari asked in surprise.
"Don't say 'only,' you flat brat." Kurumu grumbled. "Anyways, until I come back with everyone, you guys need to hold the fort." she gulped, "Hopefully Ben will be with you all when I get back." Kurumu took a deep breath and gripped Moka's head, Here I come Tsukune. Dive...into Moka's dreams!
Back in the main mansion, Feifon was doing everything he could to fight off Akua with his summons, but despite all his efforts she was just too powerful. He wasn't a powerhouse like his wife, and he wasn't a physical fighter either. Due to the sneak attack leaving his wife incapacitated Feifon was practically compromised. I have to hold out. Feifon thought as he kneeled on the ground in pain, Akua practically toying with him now. If I don't...Rinrin and FanFan...their friends...they may not survive. "I have to commend you for holding out for as long as you have, but I'll be taking Moka now." Akua gave one final kick across Feifon's face and knocked him unconscious. Tenten, still in excruciating pain and losing blood crawled over to her husband and gripped onto his hand. "Tie them up, they can still be used as leverage." Akua said with a snap.
"Yes ma'am!" The surviving Miu family members, as well as reinforcements replied with a salute. Several of them began tying up Tenten and Feifon, the former letting out gasps of pain from her injuries.
Akua nodded, "Good, I'll move on ahead. Join me when you're done here." Akua took three steps forward towards the back doors that would lead to the rest of the grounds. Suddenly, Akua stopped when she heard what sounded like a cracking sound. "Curious..." she said to herself. Without warning the ceiling broke above her and a red object was quickly descending on her. Sneak attack!? Akua tried to hop backwards to avoid getting hit, but she found she couldn't move her feet. Looking down she saw her feet were stuck to the ground by a white substance of some kind, "What the hell!?"
Finally, Akua felt a hand on her face as she was forcibly slammed to the ground by the figure that came through. How? I couldn't feel any aura when he came through. How did he get me? Akua questioned.
Music Queue: Spiderman--Futurisitic
The figure that broke through the ceiling was Ben who seemed to arrive just in time. The Miu family stood stunned by the arrival of the vigilante. Ben got up off the ground and looked around the room, counting all the enemies he'd have to take out, "Nihao, fellas." he greeted. Ben shrugged as he looked around the room again with nobody moving an inch, "What, are you guys frozen solid? Where's the movement? I was told this was a party!" Finally, Ben's Spider Sense went off and he dodged a bullet shot from one of the Miu family members, "Ah...now we get started."
Ben shot a web to his far left and zipped over to the first Miu family member. On his launch he sent a kick and knocked the man against the wall. He went for a follow up attack, but his Spider Sense warned him of a sword slice coming for his head. Ben lifted his right forearm and blocked the blade, having it shatter on impact. "Dime store Chinese metal probably wasn't the best choice of material to bring against a high tech suit like mine. You guys are gonna need Adamantium to get through this bad boy." Ben moved his hand forward and grabbed the neck of the man who tried to slice him, he then spun him around, forcing him to kick one of his colleagues before throwing him at the man Ben kicked earlier. "Just stay there for me, okay guys?" Ben finished as he webbed the two to the wall. "Don't worry, the fire won't get to ya...maybe." he shrugged.
Ben's Spider Sense went off and her cartwheeled away from a strike from a baseball bat. He was quick to move back and strike his assaulter in the chest before yanking the bat from his hand and hammering the cap into his teeth. While the man recoiled in pain Ben kicked his foot back and heeled a man in the nuts, he then tossed the bat across the room and hit a man in the face before he could pull the trigger on his sub machine gun, he recoiled and ended up shooting one of his allies who fell to the ground and cried in pain. Ben returned the focus to the man he stole the bat from, he reached down and yanked his leg up, causing his body to fly up into the air. As the man was falling down Ben grabbed his legs and spun him around, tripping several Miu members, before finally throwing him against the wall.
Ben jumped in the air and shot a webline, swinging to his next target and kicking him in the air. He punched the man several times before kicking him down to the ground. However, he wasn't finished as he web yanked the man back to him and jumped off his body to gain more height. He finished off by attaching more webs to the man before spinning him in the air and slamming the man into one if his allies, "SLAM DUNK!" Ben yelled out, "You Miu guys must be some shit tier gangsters, because you couldn't kill a fly with how bad your fighting skills are."
While in the air Ben zipped his body to the left to avoid getting shot. He contorted his body and threw a small ball to the ground. In a matter of seconds the ball exploded and covered several men in webbing. Ben went around and began delivering punishment by knocking out each Miu member affected with punches. Ben's Spider Sense went off again and he jumped away from the front doors which blew off the hinges from an explosion. Several more men came rushing threw the door, one of which was carrying a rocket launcher. "Really? We couldn't keep this with regular guns we had to add rockets too?" The man with the rocket launcher got to a knee and fired. Ben easily flipped to avoid the rocket, while in the air he fired a webline and caught the projectile and flung it to the wall above the incoming mooks. The resulting explosion caused the wall to break apart and fall on the reinforcements.
Ben shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, "I swear to god, it doesn't matter what country, it doesn't matter what language, cannon fodder mooks will always do dumb shit like this." he sighed, "Well, at least that's all of them."
Ben walked over to Tenten and helped her sit up, "Mrs. Won, how are you holding up?" he asked as he tried his best to not touch Tenten's wounds.
Tenten coughed slightly, "Mr. Reilly..." she said quietly, the pain making it difficult to speak.
Ben ripped the ropes off her and Feifon and began applying a light coating of webbing to stop the bleeding, "Sorry. I didn't realize it was that bad. This is the best I can do for now, it'll stop the bleeding until we can get a doctor."
"Well, well, well. That was surprising." Ben turned his head to see Akua standing, unharmed after being slammed into the ground, "I wasn't aware there were more to fight. But if I have to get past you than so be it."
Ben frowned and he leaned Tenten against the wall, "Sorry Mrs. Won. I'll have to help you after this." Ben turned and faced Akua, his Spider Sense already going off. So she was the source, hm? Ben...you need to be careful. This opponent-- Is dangerous. I'm sure. But I made a promise. "You've helped protect us for as long as you could Mrs. Won. Now I'll be the one protecting you."
Ben took a step forward but was stopped when Tenten gripped his leg, "Please...Mr. Reilly, you must run. This woman...she incredibly strong...lightning fast. She's dangerous."
"Yeah?" Ben asked as he looked back to Tenten, "So am I." he replied, his voice deepening making him sound like Kaine.
Ben continued walking forward until he was several paces away. "My, my. I don't have a lot of information on you. I do know, however, that you were the one who fought my sister in Yuki-Onna." Ben tilted his head in confusion and Akua clicked her tongue, "Ah. Allow me to explain. My sister is Kahlua Shuzen. I am her older sister." Akua placed her hand on her chest and bowed slightly, "I am Akua Shuzen, eldest of the Shuzen sisters."
"So...you're the eldest Shuzen?" Ben asked, "Good. Then I'm prepared." Ben said with a nod before cupping his chin with his thumb and index finger, "Though, admittedly, you aren't what I expected you to be." Akua cocked an eyebrow in confusion, "Well it's just...all the girls seem to be increase in beauty of some sort as they get older. Like, Kokoa is young she has a pretty good figure, but she's kinda flat. But again, she's still growing. Moka has a great figure with a nice ass and legs. Kahlua is pretty tall, dark skinned and has a big rack. And you...well, you're kinda flat."
"WHAT!?" Akua yelled out, a slight pout on her face.
"Yeah, all the girls increase but...I'll be honest, Kokoa has a leg up on you in terms of figure. You just kinda look like jailbait." Akua frowned, her pout increasing. "Oh well, enough of that. Let's get ready, huh?" Ben slid his right foot back and began strafing left and Akua followed by doing the same, "Sorry, but I have an obligation to protect those who protected me, as well as my friends. So I can't let you go any further."
Akua smirked, "I do not wish to fight you. From what I've heard it'd be a waste of time."
"That's too bad. If you want to get to the others you'll have to go through me." Ben held up his right hand and extended his thumb, index and middle figers. Ben then began clanking the three together, "Come on, fight me. Warrior...come out and play." Ben continued clanking his fingers together, he began strafing to his right and Akua did the same. "Warrior...come out and plaaaaay." Ben's tone sounding more sinister, the clanking seemed to be getting louder. It was all Akua could focus on, "Warrior...come out and play." Ben continued, clank, clank, clank.
Akua squinted in frustration as she realized Ben was now blocking her path to where Moka likely was. Fine. I'll take him down here and now. Ben clanked his fingers several more times, the clanks becoming slower, more annoying in Akua's usually cool mind. Now! Akua cocked her right hand back and it began to glow with aura. She launched herself forward, "You're open!" she shouted. Akua's eyes widened in surprise when she heard something go off. Immediately after she heard the noise she felt something latch on to her arms head and chest. "What?" before she knew it she was ensnared in webbing.
"You like that? Synthetic webbing, tensile strength custom made. All compiled into a trip mine." Ben explained as he cracked his knuckles, "You're pretty strong, so I figured a couple of them would keep you held down long enough for me to make the first move!" Ben slid forward, sending a gut punch with his right, a hook across Akua's face with his left and a uppercut to her jaw with his right. He finished with a roundhouse kick to Akua's chest that was amplified by his jet boots (an addition he made for quick evasions in the final product). The blast from his jet boot went off as he kicked Akua and broke her out of the webbing and sent her flying into the wall on the other side of the room, causing a crater when she collided.
After a few seconds, Akua fell to the ground and landed on a knee. She clicked her tongue and felt something wet drip down her face. Lifting her left thumb she slid it across her right cheek and wiped off a small streak of blood. "Just who are you?" Akua asked, now seemingly intrigued by her opponent.
Ben stood defiantly and rolled his shoulders, "My name name is Spider-Man. And you better remember it because I'm gonna be the one who kicks your ass!"
Akua smirked and she stood up, "This...should be fun."
To be continued...
A/N: Here we go lads, we got ourselves a fight coming up and we learn a little bit about Moka's past.
I don't have much to say here, so I'll just see you guys next time.