The Doomslayer had escaped the Bandersnatch army and made his way to a public park. The people there were, weary of him but they didn't really panic, they were homeless after all and didn't have anything to lose. "Hey big guy, you seem like you're down on your look and need a place to stay. Why not stay here for a little." A drunk old Japanese looking man had stated to him. So he decided to do just that. He had used his survival training from both the marines and the sentinels to build a makeshift house out cardboard boxes, wood and leaves and other stuff too heavy for the regulars here to ever carry. The homeless residents were impressed, they even gave him the homeless house building seal of approval. He wanted some peace and quite but the men and women threw him a "house" warming party. They brought booze and chairs. It was nice party, all the people in a circle, singing and drinking together. It was beautiful but contrasted by the 1.83 metered suit of armor sitting in the middle. He was annoyed at first but than... than he felt at peace. For the first time in really forever, he was able to sit down and enjoy himself without the lifeless, black souls of hell trying to kill him or any foe for that matter.
After the party had ended and the people had left, the Slayer was sitting alone in his makeshift home. He was pondering his situation, what to do. He knew that he would have to eventually get back to the dimension he was sent here from and stop Hayden from abusing argent energy and making things worse for humanity there. Something about the robot was oddly familiar. He reminded him of the Seraphim, especially when he told him "I offer you a gift, take it. It will give you strength, help you on your journey". The exact same thing the seraphim told him when he used the divinity machine to give him the power he had now. Perhaps the were one and the same but what was Samur planning this time and how was he involved in it? He stayed up all night watching the door, thinking more about his purpose in the world. It's not like he needed to sleep anymore either, his powers made him a walking mitochondria and he was definitely the powerhouse of humanity's cell.
The night had passed and a new day was upon Tengu city. The Slayer left his house to see if the coast was clear, Thankfully it was. He stepped out and was confronted by one of the homeless men. "Hey buddy, hate to bother you but you really can't walk around dressed like that, people will get scared of you." The old man wasn't wrong, his armor made him an easy target for anyone to find. "I know just the thing, follow me master chief" He followed the man to a large box, It looked like one of those donation boxes. The old man opened it up as they looked inside "oh yeah, this is definitely the look for you".
People looked in confusion as a large man walked down the street. He wore a shady hat the covered his "features", a trench coat, sweatpants and very stretched out socks. The Slayer may have looked weird but at least people weren't afraid of him, he thinks. The clothes he wore wear at least XXXXL so that his armor didn't rip and tear through them. He was exploring Tengu city, or more like mapping it out for ease of access later.
Someone had bumped into him. "Watch where the fuck you're going you freak!" The man who had fallen on his ass looked like some low life from queens. "What not gonna say anything? See if i care." He gathered his things and left in a hurry. There was one thing he left behind, it was a bunch of yen wrapped up in a rubber band. What would someone like him be doing with money like this? The Slayer picked it up and turned around to find the man but he was gone. He decided to try and find him, so he began looking around. He came to an alley way where he found the man surrounded by other men, they wore suits and had pins with emblems on the chest area. "I had the money on me I swear!" "To bad Ando-San, we told you what would happen if you didn't pay up" one of the men slammed a metal pipe onto Ando's back and he dropped to his knees. The man he was talking to took a pipe and brought it down onto Ando's head, at least that's what he was going to do, until someone grabbed the pipe mid swing. "Who the fuck Is the homeless man?" One of the goons hit the slayer in the back with a pipe as it exploded into pieces. He looked in fear as the Slayer grabbed his face and shoved him as he crashed into a dumpster. "Hya!!!" One of the men threw a straight kick at the Slayer, he caught his foot and flipped the man as he crashed downward onto on of his friends. "You-you motherfucker!!!" The last man pulled out a gun and aimed at the Slayer. Our homeless hero grabbed the gun and punched the man in the face. The men all groaned in pain and began to limp/crawl away.
"What the fuck man? Do you realize what you just did to me? I'm dead! You hear me?! Dead!!!." The Slayer handed him his money back. "Hahahahahahahahaha!!!" Ando began to laugh maniacally. "What are the odds? I was gonna die because I lost my money and now I'm gonna die because the person who found my money is a fucking idiot" his tone went front sarcastic to crestfallen. He took his money and left. The Slayer stood there perplexed. He figured this man was probably gonna die if he didn't do anything, so he set off to once again find him.
The slayer was walking down the street when Someone bumped into him yet again. "Ow" He heard a familiar voice cry in pain as he looked down and saw Yoshino. "I'm sorry MR, I didn't mean to walk into you. Please don't hurt me" she began to shake with fear and cry, he decided to ease her fear by removing his shady hat. "Oh it's you~" she instantly gained a smile on her face as she got up and began to drag him to the park. She sat with him on a bench and began to speak with him. "So what's your name?" "..." "You don't talk do you" He nodded. "Ah so he's the strong silent type huh?~" The puppet on her hand began to speak. "This is Yoshinon, she's my friend. Here why don't you write your name down?" She gave him a notebook and pen and he wrote down "Doomslayer" onto the page. Yoshino: "Doomslayer?" Yoshinon: "Must be one of those edge lords Kotrori-San was telling us about." Yoshino: "Well it's nice to finally meet you Slayer-San~"
Meanwhile aboard the Fraxinus, a red haired, pig tailed girl sat in her chair and watched the scene. "So MR. "Doomslayer" what is it you want exactly?" A women with more black under her eyes than justin trudeau was looking at her monitor. Reine: "He doesn't appear to have any malicious intent." Kotori: "What is he anyway. A spirit?" Reine: "No, no spirit energy is radiating off of him" That was a lie, his spirit energy or at least it was similar to spirit energy were off the charts but Reine wanted to investigate this herself. K: "Whatever his is, we need to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't hurt Yoshino."
Meanwhile Shido was running to the park. Kotori had told him that Yoshino was in trouble. He rounded the corner and found her with that man who helped him save her. Y: "Oh Shido it's you. What are you doing here?" S: "Well Kotori told me you were in trouble, so I ran her as fast as I could." Y: "No I'm not in any trouble, I'm just chatting with mister Doomslayer" S: "Doomslayer?" Yoshino got up and held Shido's hand. "Bye Slayer-San." She and Yoshinon waved, he waved back as they left.
He decided to continue his search for Ando. He searched all day and finally came to a grass incline along the river (you know the one in literally every anime?) He saw Ando siting near the waters edge as the sun was setting. Ando heard loud footsteps approach him, he turned his head and found the source of his problems. "You again, haven't you ruined my life enough for today?" The Slayer sat with him and watched the sun set. It was a very beautiful sight, the suns reflection on the water as it slowly drifted away. "You know, I didn't mean to yell at you before, you were just trying to help. It's my fault really, I spend all my time getting high , painting shitty drawings and gambling all my money way, money that I borrow from some Yakuza punks. I guess what I'm trying to say is, is that I'm sorry".
The sun finally set as darkness engulfed the land. "What a touching tale, too bad it ends here." They both got up and turned around to see the same Yakuza from before. They were wearing bandages and cast. A: "Not you guys again, I have the money now. So there's no need to get any more violent" Y: "To bad Ando-San, the deal is off" They loaded pistols and sub machine guns and took aim. A: "No no wait!!!-" they began to fire as Ando's life began to flash before his eyes, his eyesight was blocked as the Slayer stood in front of him as the bullets began to bounce off his armor. Y: "Wha- what the actual fuck?! What are you?!!!" The Slayer cracked his knuckles and began to beat the shit out of the Yakuza. He grabbed one by the throat and Choke slammed him into the ground. Another unloaded a clip into his helmet as he uppercut him into the air. He punched one in the face and kicked another in the gut as the one in the air landed on him. "No more!, please!, just leave us alone and we'll forget that Ando-San even exist." They all began to run, limp and be carried away. A: "Wow... I guess you saved me again huh? Although, my only source of income is gone now." The Slayer stared at him in silence. "You know what you're right!" The Slayer raised an Eyebrow. "I don't need them, I can make my own money by making my art. Maybe it's about time I finally turn my life around. Thanks man, you can keep the money, I robbed people for it and it will be a little hypocritical to start over with dirty money. Have a wonderful night." He bowed and ran home. The Slayer was confused, did he just give someone life advice without having to tell them verbally? Well he always was a hands on kind of guy anyway. He decided that he had enough of this day and decided to return home. He let the homeless divide the money amongst themselves and sat through the next night.
Epilogue: A large celestial looking women with metal plates covering her body stared at a map of different realities. The Slayer's helmet was indicted on one. "He must not be allowed to return. He will ruin our plan to absorb earth. Go deal with him." A group of smaller celestial beings bowed to her and began to hover through a portal behind them.
Authors notes: Hey everyone, sorry for the long wait, I've been taking a while to find inspiration to finish this and dealing with other things. Sorry for the wait and thanks for sticking around.