Red the hunter: Unlimited Blade Works part 2
The wind howled as the footsteps of feet echoed across the golden roar a massive flying fortress and airship.
In the main hall cursing was heard as Mervielle shouted "what on earth is that thing!"
Lady opera a purple furred cat shouted "we don't know whatever it is the aura it produces is beyond twisted! Another intelligence report showed that the asmodeus crash landed next to it bellow us!"
Mervielle felt her heart clench as she replied "Red..."
Mervielle was a golden retriever and the one responsible for his creation much to her shame and dismay. Ever since she heard that man say that she had regarded him an object she had resorted to staring at sky and ever so often drink.
She smiled softly as she remembered seeing his guilty look and apologized still with a warning to show regret and remorse for her actions. It struck a cold nerve as she had realized that she didn't feel anything for the poor boy at all and that terrified her.
She adjusted her glasses and whispered "sometimes I hate being a cold blooded scientist or was it just from being coached by that, that accursed monster..."
She however did have a memory of a few weeks ago when she and Red were alone together that she had cherished deeply.
Flash back
Mervielle was gently checking his heart rate even as she gave him a somber look with her green eyes.
Red sighed and whispered "Mervielle I'm sorry for my anger and actions but. I doubt I can begin the road for your forgiveness but why? I and my little sister never had a father, or a mother. Even if you had good intentions it still hurts even to this day."
Mervielle sighed as she lowered her head and whispered "I know Red I know, still it is unbelievable that you are now flesh and blood instead of well..."
Red smiled gently before gently raising her head with a paw and replied "I can't stay mad at you, however nor am I happy just yet. I thank you for doing it but it will be the ultimate bane because of Baion. That monster only saw the others as weapons to be used and tossed away. However I didn't like finding out the hard way and having to hold it back behind an emotional mask."
She sniffled before running her hand across her nose and whispered "it was my fault, but it was not my fault for Baions actions. He used to be a great man but to seriously consider murder was too much for me. I did it not to atone for my sins, but it was because I always wanted to be a mother. I'm sterile Red..."
Red gently moved off the medical bed and embraced her as she did the same and sobbed as he did the same. He gently whispered "have you ever considered joining me in leaving when you let me free?"
She shed a tear as she whispered "yes, I always did even if it hurt me a lot more then you at first. However I did not mean to cause this grief and pain Red."
He gently nuzzled her and replied "sh, you didn't know you didn't know..."
He gently smiled softly and whispered "I forgive you, I truly do, I could not hold resentment for you. You did what you could, for what its worth I will always love as a friend..."
End flash back
She smiled softly at the end before the ship was wrecked once again by a explosion followed by twisted daemonic laughter. She flinched as she watched Opera shake while pulling up a holographic image using the ships computers and what she found was horrifying.
A being draped in darkness and death firing four giant sized rifles at an object making her eyes widen and replied "pull it up now!"
What they pulled up set a cold chill crawling down their spines as she gazed at a familiar orange furred caninu riding his mech. Clashing against this monstrosity with his sword in to as well making her whisper "oh no Red!"
Red cursed and yelped as yet another hypersonic round smashed into his Dahak like a freight train. He cursed and swore as he deflected another smaller round with his sword and replied "Bastard! I refuse to let you go!"
The monstrosity merely laughed firing yet another round making him curse as he swerved to the right once again before yelping as a high explosive round smashed into his Dahak.
With a thunderous bang he was sent off its controls and was smashed into the ground below. He ground in pain before moving out of the way as a black mud coated sword pierced the ground where his chest used to be.
" AHAHHAHAHHAHA what's the matter Red giving up hmm?"
Was the twisted servants taunt making him snarl before getting up. He ground his teeth and muttered "that's it!"
He extended his right hand and shouted "trace on 100 sword barrage!" activating his magic circuits and projected one hundred long swords. Projecting swords wouldn't have been so dangerous as they are hard and brittle if it wasn't for the fact that they were made of the same material of his father figures muramasa Hard and extremely sharp.
Angrya howled in pain and rage as they pierced his chest armor before snarling as he replied " you little brat!"
He sent out a shockwave of black energy before the guns melted and started to form a giant great sword.
Red eyed the blade in numb horror seeing that it was black as night with a white hilt and red hand guard. However it was the amount of sheer hatred seething and bubbling bellow as an aura of evil engulfed him causing the floating island to shake once more.
He gritted his teeth as he blurred away from a sword strike using reinforcement. His father figure had explained some basics like increasing weapon strength however for the more advanced version it centers around the entire body.
As he panted he gazed upwards gazing at the golden war that had arrived along with other Kurvatz air ships and thought "this isn't good if that thing even notices them then Mervielle and the others will die. I know it was silly of me to be angry with her but, I guess using anger when one is depressed is more harmful then good."
He closed his eyes gazing upon the ruined landscape of his reality marble.
He opened his eyes as Fire flickered along with the ever grinding noises of the cogs above before gazing upon a creation he was working on.
Red likes to make weapons or imagine them and what he was working on was a rather nasty giant cross bow. It looked black as night as the sides unfolded and slowly split apart with a grinding crunch with one section for the metal bolt. This crossbow was designed to fire swords with maximum output and lethality.
He carefully grunted as he reached over and plucked it before replying "I wish I never have to use this again but it will be to soon. Awaken from your slumber Lares!"
This crossbow was a design created by his father figure of which was more realistic then the one he imagined. The power cross was a weapon he thought of when he was in high school a devastating and extremely over powered weapon. Red however took the idea and tweaked it to form a cross bow that looked like a giant crucifix. Unique and clumsy it maybe but Red knew it was meant to be a sniper weapon or semiautomatic rifle.
He looked around again as he lifted a hand sending a unique sword he had crafted using very carefully using the replica of a zweihander. He locked it into place and grinned ferally as he replied "lets see how he takes a nasty nono infused sword in form of an arrow!"
His father figure stressed him to becareful using element infused weapons as arrows in combination the with perfect copy spell. The reason being it can be devastating and they can do a lot of damage. However Red was planning on using something else.
Red opened his eyes and dashed up one of the tall rock towers as the being bellow begin to grow. He frowned watching the darkness of it's shadow grow and grow until it became a dark twisted mass. Anrya Mainyu was a monster, even more so with the more corrupted hearts of men the bigger and more dangerous it grew. If it wasn't stopped it will be unstoppable...
He spoke "trace on" and formed the crossbow with a brief flash of light and aimed it down at the swirling darkness.
With the sword in place he aimed it straight at the forehead with a detached look on his face and whispered "my soul is made of swords!"
With a distant ring that shook him to his very being as the static within his mind cleared away briefly before continuing "my heart is my shield, my blood is my furnace."
After he said those three lines he barred his teeth feeling his magic circuits within began to boil before whispering "fly straight and pierce the heavens Calabog!" and pulled the trigger sending the sword screeching down the barrel as it left to impact the screeching mass bellow before ducking from the explosion that will appear.
Golden roar
Mervielle and the others watched the screen in numb shock as Guren replied "w-what?! That's impossible how could he use magic?!"
Lady opera felt a cold chill crawl down her spine watching Red form a giant crossbow and replied "uh Mervielle it would be a good idea to tell the pilots to steer the golden roar away. That sword he is going to launch, and I don't know how is producing some very high energy readings. Enough to destroy the island bellow if he misses that, that monster!"
Mervielle immediately told a soldier to steer the Golden roar far away and watched as he launched the sword.
The resulting shockwave knocked them all off her feet as flight turbulence shook the air craft before they were slowly stabilized. Gren got to his feet and opened his eyes before staring in numb disbelief as the others followed gazing at green column of energy extending skywards from the impact site followed by an agonizing scream.
crash site
Red lowered the crossbow and whistled gritting his teeth and replied "yow that was way to m- you have got to be kidding m- AH!"
He was cut off as a chain whipped around and emerged from the smoke showing a barely functional Anrya Mainyu still using Baions body. The chain encircled him and embraced him making him howl in pain as the acidic black mud cut into his fur and skin as he was yanked off the column hard.
"AGAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Was his muffled scream of agony as he was smashed into the surface bellow making a nasty crator into the deserted rock. Only due to his body conditioning did he not feel his bones break if not his spine as he shakily struggled to get onto his feet.
Red struggled to remove the chain when the twisted monster hissed out " if I'm going down then your going with me!"
Red watched in horror as he continued to struggle as the black mud of the remains of the holy-grail crept down the chains and slowly started to cling into his fur. He bit his bottom lip before howling in agony as it continued to spread feeling a lot of pain, hatred, anger, and other emotions as that thing laughed as it slowly began to dissolve away but the mud within was sent towards him in a quick wave.
Red got the chains off him as it dissolve before feeling the wave reach his legs and embraced it. He struggled and thrashed as it began to spread making him panic with his blue eyes wide open "AGGGGGGUrRKKK!: was his muffled scream as he was covered in a sickening black ball of Angyra Mainyus remains that making it turn into a sphere that hardened sealing him trapped within.
Golden roar
Gren watched in sorrow as Mervielle and lady Opera watched this breaking out into sobs feeling helpless as Calua whispered "he's going to die isn't he?"
Gren whispered back "I'm not sure Calua but right now yes it is more likely he is going to die..."
Merveille slammed a hand on the throne as she shook in grief and sorrow as she whispered "Red please don't die, I can't stand this feeling helpless for him. My precious little boy..."
The common wealth
"RED, RED! GOD DAMMIT ACTIVATE!"
Was Evans panicked response as he smashed against the doorway which malfunctioned due to magic overload.
He had to drop his wife who watched in horror as he clung to the gateway in shock, even so far away they could feel that taint of pure evil.
She whispered "what the hell was that!"
The response he whispered to her made her freeze in raw terror "Angrya, Angrya Mainyu the monsterosity that was waiting to be born from the corrupted grail. I can feel his pain, I can feel his agony, even more so because the accursed black corrupted mud has him in its grip. The longer I wait for that thing to release it's hold on the gate the more he is going to die and become it's next vessel in the after math..."
Sheana thought furiously before replying "what about using the emotional or mental bond? Didn't Kris pull you free from your internal hell conducted by Yami?"
Evan snapped his eyes open as he whispered "I could try that but... He's so, so far away and I will more likely get the full impact of the mud. I need you to get the shock panels, and other medical equipment and do it now. The pain the that monster inflicts on others is enough to cause heart failure and flat lining."
She rushed inside the house to get the surgical and medical equipment he required and he knelt on one knee and whispered "lord Azathoth please forgive me." As he closed his eyes and felt a silvery colored bond and focused on sending his mental avatar along it with a white streak.
Darkness
Red couldn't move as his mouth was muffled feeling hands that scratched him or were inside his internal organs. His face was turned into a pained look feeling agony and extreme emotions. This is what his father figure was afraid of and he can't get out of this one without snapping or taking his own life.
He silently sobbed as the agony was starting to get to much feeling his heart slowly start to slow down as he was nearly sent uncioncious.
"RED!"
He snapped his himself awake feeling a mental pull a very powerful one and he shed a tear feeling silver arms of his soul mates mental avatar wrap around his waist. He sobbed as he thought back "Angrya Mainyu, it was Angrya mainyu. I thought I lost you when the doorway cut off."
He was given a deep mental kiss of which he returned lowering his body pain before his mental avatar was gently caressed and embraced. His soul mate replied "nothing will keep me from you in your desperate time of need I made a promise to you and I will keep it. I was desperately trying to find someway to get back but this will have to do, your stuck in the corrosive black mud of the tainted grail aren't you?"
Reds body contorted as he felt a hand squeeze his left kidney with a sickening sound as it pierced his body.
He quickly spoke mentally "AGGGGGGG! I can't take this pain any longer!"
His soul mate mentally embraced him once again and spoke hurriedly "then let my mental strength become yours briefly, this is going to hurt, embrace eternity!"
Red gawked as he felt his mental avatar fuse with his making him bend his body before dull screaming escaped his throat as a blue shockwave erupted from within shattering the mud prison.
Golden roar
The sight that Calua and the others were witnessing floored them. Red should have died from whatever that thing was but instead the prison shattered and they gazed at his screaming form. A grey aura covered him but the one thing that was important was what it showed.
They gazed mystified at silver furred wolf anthro in the aura holding onto him before he was released from his grip and his golden hazel eyes locked with their own before it faded away as it returned to their owner.
Mervielle smiled sadly and in joy seeing him fall onto his knees while still alive before it turned into a look of horror watching him cough out blood.
Bellow
Red coughed out blood as the unbearable pain settled in, he felt the bleeding wounds on his side and chest where he had felt a phantom hand squeeze his heart. As he panted it grew lower and lower as hs heart rate slowly slowed to a crawl.
Thad thump.
He felt his heart rate lower as he fell onto his side watching the forms of his sister and Elh emerge from the Asmodues after waking up and rushed over.
Chocolat placed a hand on his chest and replied "Red are you alright, Red, RED!"
Red felt yet another heart beat before he whispered "no, Chocolat I need a hospital fast, I'm flat... lining..."
Elh gasped as they helped picked him up to get onto the Asmodues as his vision blurred.
Tha- thump.
His vision darkened and Chocolats voice seemed so far away from him as his form slowly stood still to enter rest and he closed his eyes as his breath caught up in his throat.
Thad... Thump...
He flat lined all due to the backlash of the acidic mud from the holy-grail...
Infirmary
Mervielle wiped sweat off her forehead watching Elh hold Reds left hand, having an oxygen tube down his throat and mask on his face was quite disturbing. Even more so when she had seen the Asmodues dock with the golden roar in a hurry.
She shed a tear before smiling softly at seeing the other comatose form. Having walking through the gate way supported by his wife Evan had fell unconscious but this time holding her tightly in a hug.
Having spent a little time with her he had decided to stay with her the rest of today because of his own guilt.
Mervielle however frowned feeling a tad jealous as she gazed at her brests as she was sitting on a chair next to the comatose patients.
She raised her head seeing her husband groaned weakly as he slowly sat up opening his eyes. He whispered "I don't want to experience something like that again, curse that corrupted grail and curse it hard..."
He yelped weakly as he was rewarded by a firm squeeze by his wife and he slowly returned the favor. He cursed softly as he replied "darn it and I only wanted to spend the rest of the day if not weekend with you. Hey Mervielle I'm sorry if my words were a bit sharp when we first met. I was pretty steamed because you didn't seem to return your love for Red. Shit poor Red I didn't expect him to be entrapped by that thing..."
He gently slowly the unconscious caninu before the door opened. He sighed gazing upon the purple colored Feliniku, the blue caninu and the not so smiling feliniku making him whisper "yes lady Opera, Gren and Calua what is it?"
Opera stormed over and slapped him across the face and spoke hoarsely "what was that thing!? I know your hiding the answer!"
Evan eyed her and whispered "that's because I can't fully speak the truth I haven't been the same after a very cruel year in high school. Anger, spite, hatred, resentment, it grew and grew, its been reflecting my behavior when I'm alone, my aggression, and misplaced resentment that feels genuine to genuine. I couldn't talk about it for a very long time and the first person I honestly told the truth to was my wife, the second time to my father. It was one of the extremely difficult things for me talk about and because of that I couldn't honestly tell anyone the truth afterwards until I ranted and raved at my father. I should have told him the truth long ago, I should have but I honestly felt like I had a pipe lodged in my throat..."
He lowered his head as a look of deep pain and depression over took him making her recoil. He whispered "I don't just hold it back I repress it, it's making my outlook worse because I honestly don't feel like I should take care of myself because of my depression. However to answer your question that was Angrya Mainyu..."
Mervielle raised her head as furrowed her eyebrows. Gren frowned and Calua cocked his head as he answered "Dude what is Angrya Mainyu?"
Evan shivered and answered "all the evils in the world in form of a twisted servant. If Red didn't stop that thing from escaping on the Asmodues after doing some extremely grotesque things to Elh and Chocolat here it would have continued on it's merry slaughtering way of inflicting genocide. It didn't used to be like that until he was the vessel of the holy-grail, Why the fuck would those magus's even have that bloody grail when they knew it was tainted by that monster!?"
The others felt a cold chill crawl down their spines and Mervielle raised an eyebrow and asked "what is the holy-grail?"
Evan answered her while nuzzling his wife as he wrapped his silver tail around her waist making her smile.
"there are two meanings, one is from my world as an artifact the father of Christianity drank out of as a chalice. The other was an artifact the magus's built as a ritual called the holy-grail war hosted around in Japan. Seven masters and servants fought to kill one another until the last person stood to activate it as a wish granter, this ritual was called heavens feel one of the most barbaric legal rituals known in Clock Tower..."
Mervielle cringed before replying "are you saying it was legal for them to kill each other off during this?!"
Evan grimaced and answered "as long as they don't get caught by clock tower yes. Anyways two familys helped set it up the Matous and the Einzberns. However during the third war somebody summoned an unknown servant named avenger..."
Mervielle could feel that he was disturbed and swallowed as she spoke "are we going to regret hearing what happened to this avenger?"
Evan closed his eyes and replied "people old and new can do very, very stupid things if their religious or spiritualists. Avenger was just an average person living in a village until they went through some very tough things. In order to make them stop everyone in his village treated him so badly beatings, burnings, spat upon, horrors after horrors and even burning at the steak at the end of 8 sold months before carving runes on him in order to seal all the evils in the world inside him..."
They all balked before Calua bent over a recycle bin to retch even as Mervielle turned green. She covered her mouth and replied "oh my god!"
Evan sighed and continued "the young lad died and his spirit was left to roam, hating humanity with unimaginable hatred. Eventually he felt sorrow after so long but his unconditional hatred was still so very strong. During the third heavens feel Avenger died however the evils spilled out and contaminated the holy-grail and thus it became the vessel waiting for a wish to free it Angrya... Mainyu..."
While he was talking he knew that Red was awake as he carefully removed the oxygen tube and mask. The others panicked until Chocolat grew a tick mark as Red smiled sheepishly despite how weak he felt. Evan chuckled as he replied "hey Red Elh wants to hug you!"
He snickered hearing him yelp as the albino feliniku hugged him tightly as he weakly gave her a hug. She spoke softly "red why did you have to fight that thing?!"
Red lowered his head and answered "I wanted to keep you two safe while you were unconscious. I love you and cherish you and if I didn't stop that thing then no one else could."
He gave her a kiss and she returned it drawing both soft moans from each other as he smiled and nuzzled her softly.
Evan watched this before continuing his explanation "the grails purpose was twisted and every so often black mud would spill forth. This mud however was corrosive and twisted full of acidic properties and extreme emotions. Should anyone get smothered they would feel extreme torture enough to the point of going insane or death. "
Gren cringed as he replied "so that was that black mud that covered Red. He must be lucky to have survived."
Evan laughed hollowly as he replied "I had to connect my mental avatar with his and we both felt the side effects death being one, that's why I had asked my wife to get the shock panels to restart my heart."
He gently gave her a nip on neck making her giggle as his hands gently started to stroke along back and tail.
Gren stared at him before answering "are you saying that, that mud would have killed him if he didn't get help?"
Evan sighed as he answered "for the average person if the heart doesn't restart at 7 minutes they are considered to be deceased. 5 minutes means they risk mental damage, I've experienced death before and it's nothing pleasant this was my fifth time I've died. Flat lining means death even if it doesn't mean the same thing..."
He semi joked before returning his attention to his wife who rested on his chest as he held her gently.
Later that afternoon he kissed his wife good bye after yet another few rounds of sex in one of the guest rooms of the Asmodues. Of course he did ask if Red wanted to watch to give him tips on how to please a lady much to his embarrassment and yet hidden joy.
As he watched his wife leave through the gate way for work Red grumbled as he replied "your going to stain the beds quite a lot, still how come I feel chicken to not do the same with Elh?"
The feliniku stopped her brushing with one of the spare brooms and blushed. She giggled as she replied "perhaps I'm a tad shy as well or were just not ready enough to marry."
Evan eyed her and replied "just take your time and eventually it settle down, there is no real rush. Still I am quite worried..."
Red raised an eyebrow and pressed him "is it about my little sister?" looking worriedly at her sisters sleeping form who was breathing deeply.
Evan frowned as he eyed her sleeping on one of the beds in the cabin. He slowly walked over and gently brushed a hand against her cheek and replied "well yes, cracked bones even as small as they are can be quite painful to heal. Also the bone marrow could cause lethal issues if it enters the blood."
Red bit his bottom lip and replied "I had Mervielle check her out, what I didn't see was that a bit of bone marrow leaked free from her right arm into her blood stream. Apparently she had to operate on it to clean it free before waiting for the bones to mend, is there a problem with that?"
Evan bit his bottom lip and replied "bone marrow if it leaks into your blood will kill you in one hour. Just be thankful you got her to her in time. Your medical spells only help with bruising or cuts unfortunately still you can always ask my wife for some more medical experience after all. Poor dear still looks like the pain has faded."
Red sighed before replying "why? Just why did he come back or how?"
Evan bit his bottom lip before explaining "when the grail was destroyed it needed a vessel, what's a vessel more special then someone practically a homunculus. Angrya Mainyu might have been released from the grail upon its destruction but it needed someone else so why not a person filled with hate for everything here?"
He gently picked up Chocolats sleeping form in a careful hug and replied "poor dear, she must have felt an incredibly sharp amount of pain. That's the sad thing really that magic users feel less pain then others..."
Elh winced holding her right arm as she removed her hand on the handle. She merely replied "hey I didn't get any scratches but I sure as hell did feel my arm break. I was in the same boat as her but she had taken it worse."
Evan winced and replied "she's younger then you, when your body ages your bones get stronger. Still the mess you went through and so early to must have wiped her out."
He gently hummed as he rocked her seeing a soft smile on her face before kissing her forehead and returned her to the bed bellow healing any remaining wounds.
That afternoon Evan was preparing them a large lunch with his wife chatting with Chocolat. He smiled softly before Red asked him "hey Evan what exactly is you know distortion?"
Evan stiffened and looked over his shoulder at the caninu and replied "distortion is something that's broken, and it ties with your origin. Some magi's origins are strong enough that it dictates their actions unconsciously. Look having a reality marble is special and all but sometimes they leave a person a tad broken..."
Red cringed before resting his arms on the dinner table in the Asmodues before asking "I couldn't exactly say that I am."
Evan chuckled and added "that's because your sword origin isn't that strong. Shirou Emiya the other person who had the same reality marble was distorted to the point where he wanted to be a super hero and save everyone. Later on in life he became that however a different version of himself became a counter guardian and servant named archer. During the fifth holy grail war he returned back to the past to kill his younger self to save him from the pain and create a paradox..."
Red swallowed hard feeling his throat tighten making Sheana sigh and reply "dear must you scare the poor boy?"
Evan eyed her and replied "what? At least I didn't talk about Matou Zouken or Kirie Kotomine or trollomine by fans aka the ultimate troll, now their scary!"
Elh rolled her eyes before nuzzling Red making him smile as he removed his bone as Evan prepared dishes for them. Evan smirked as he replied "well my wife decided to have dinner over here, I hope you don't mind Vector to much and stay away from the sugar Chris. Kris can you watch your brother?"
The wolfess giggled softly as she smiled kindly as she adjusted her cloak and replied "okay daddy, still living on a airship is pretty amazing why can't we do the same?"
Evan rolled his eyes as Red snickered and replied "probably due to the fact that the Shepherd Republic isn't very far away and the cost. Chocolat has to steer the Asmodues and maintain it I just work as a hunter. Still the jobs I have gotten are pretty high as well as my well reputation, I've been almost stalked by fans and treated like a hero however I shouldn't get it stuck in my head."
He watched him prepare three extra plates and asked "why three more?" as he raised an eyebrow and got his answer as a shuffle of feet was heard. He snickered seeing him yelp as he was nearly smothered by a yellow furred fox and he placed the dishes on the table quickly.
Evan huffed as he hugged the fox and replied "jayce, must you do this everytime you see me? Oh you very affectionate fellow I guess I have been neglecting spending my time with you three."
The blue wolf giggled as his boyfriend being the larger Doberman rolled his eyes and replied "no worries. Still I wish you would stop drinking rubbing alcohol."
Evan sighed and added "I've stopped however it's hard fighting my depression. I don't want to resort to drugs like my brother though."
Jayce released his hug and eyed him with his green eyes as he replied "I've been a bit lonely, still this place looks cool but did we have to dock at Airedale?"
Evan rolled his eyes and tapped his little black nose and replied "jayce you should know that this is an airship!"
He teased him making him huff as he sated himself making him snicker as he sat down next to his wife and replied "anyways garlic spaghetti mixed with diced carrots and peas of course we also have a nice bowl of rice of they don't please you so lets eat!"
Red picked up his fork and started to slowly eat his pasta while watching the xenomorph who was gazing up at him from his position on the ground.
He eyed Evan and replied "um why is Vector eyeing me like that?"
Evan raised an eyebrow and asked "hey sheana did you by any chance feed the pet? If not I can always prepare another large dish because I don't want him eyeing Red as food!" he joked making her roll her eyes.
She wiped her mouth with a napkin and replied "shouldn't Vector get his own dish anyway?"
Evan psionically pulled a small box fit for a chair so Vector could sit next to them and prepared a large dish. Vector smiled as he swished his black tail and replied "thanks!"
Evan smiled softly and gently stroked his elongated skull before speaking small talk "its good to be with friends and family. Especially now, Sheana your father has been worried lately that we are going to have a pay cuts all around because of inflation..."
She adjusted her glasses with a worried look and answered "what?! But there is no way that we are going to spend so much time at work and especially from our two children."
Chris rolled his golden hazel eyes and replied "mom I am not a little kid anymore I'm a big boy!"
Kris snorted saying "sure you are you little eight year old munchkin!"
Red rolled his eyes snickering softly before asking the blue wolf "so you must be zume, damn your packed!"
Zume smirked as he replied "well yes I am, I Kobe and Jayce used to be in special ops until we quit. The things however were quite different when we started working at the night club with an old friend. However your soul mate here is a monster. During training we all had to work together to get him pinned because of his strength but his rage just makes things harder. Anger can lead to increased strength for a while but his is very scary due to being a berserker. He's usually calm and nice unless you hit his buttons!"
Red rolled his eyes as he replied "I've seen that before and well, does he always have to leave a rather horrific impression?"
Zume raised an eyebrow and Red explained "he destroyed an island completely made out of spare parts from sky pirates he dealt with them permanently after what happened to me. Everyone in the Shepherd Republic is either wary or glad for him for getting rid of such annoyances but their will always be more. Still he has no regard for life that deserves such treatment does he?"
The Doberman answered as he scratched behind his head "Evan isn't your average rouge, he is and will always be a cold blooded monster in all criminal empires. He's only one man sure but he completely destroyed all criminal organizations in New York while making sure they never come back..."
Red grimaced as he replied "I've heard some dark things he has done and they are unsettling if not unnervingly effective. I mean remote controlling a car to crash into a criminal base while filled with raw fusion cells are just beyond illegal."
Zume sighed and added "he only did that one time when he was huntin g down the syndicate. Apparently they royally pissed him off because of radiation experiments and illegal augmentations on children."
Red growled before asking "that's sheer cruelty but he doesn't get much worse does he?"
Jayce was nibbling on his peas before answering "Red he can do extremely horrific things to slavers and he gets paid for it. That's why whenever feels extremely angry he drives off to the desert out the city to hunt some. Soon they will be gone when the military finally covers the hole that bastard left!"
They continued chatting with one another as Red chatted with Elh and Chocolat about what needs to be done to fix the asmodues again. Chocolat wants some new armor plating to restore the damaged sections while Elh questioned him about the price of doing so.
Evan slowly ate his noodles as he looked around the large make shift table. He smiled softly as his wife leaned against him and he did the same before nuzzling her. She smiled softly before asking "so how are we going to get by if daddy does do another cut if he has no choice?"
Evan lightly nipped her left shoulder and answered "then I will just work harder, and do some extra work at the night club. It's a decent pay and maybe stop by a pawnshop to sell some jewels. If it will be a possibility soon enough."
As the continued chatting and eating until the dishes were cleaned of their food he simply stood up and headed to the kitchen to wash them with soap and water until they were clean.
Red yawned feeling quite content from the evening meal and watched them turn to leave through the gateway. He smiled softly seeing Evans daughter getting embraced by her father and was carried out he simply asked him "will you come back soon?"
Evan looked over his shoulder gently stroking along Kris's grey bushy tail making her smile softly. He then asked "whatever for? I need some time to spend with my comrades and family. After all Jayce has been getting a bit lonely that poor little fellow."
Jayce blushed causing the Doberman to snicker making him reply "oh knock it off Kobe!"
Red adjusted his flight goggles and cap before replying "well there is a big arena event coming up on the flying fortress. The guy in charge sure does like a chalange that I ask like as in a fight until one backs out without a robo!"
Evan smiled before replying "are you sure Red? I mean are you sure you want me to fight you in this arena? You do understand that I will go all out correct."
Red sweated before nodding, when he spars with his soul mate he only goes 50% which is crippling, 100% is maximum power and he knows that he hides a massive power level before replying "also full sword abilities."
Elh blanched before replying "Red are you insane?! Have you see what he does to ship hulls with that noble phantasm of his!?"
Evan chuckled as his smiled turned darker before replying "you think he is nuts but I see otherwise. I kind of liked kicking him into a few mountains or stone pillars for body conditioning however with his current training in ki, chi, and reinforcement he will be able to get hit by a bullet train and walk away from it!"
Red cracked his neck as he replied "man it's going to be exciting I've always wanted to see you at your best!"
Kris rolled her eyes and replied "my father is very underhanded and very fast on his feet. Everytime I spar seriously with him I get a fist lodged in my gut when I blink or lower my guard for a micro second. In fact only mother can keep up with him however if he goes serious I don't know..."
Her father gently patted her head before kissing her and replied "I won't go that far, come on I need to do some stuff at home anyway like doing the laundry or dishes. I hope you get better son Chocolat."
Chocolat smiled softly before replying "it shouldn't have been that bad, but it was. Although I should have thanked my brother first!"
Red blushed making her giggle before watching them leave for the evening. Evan looked over his shoulder and asked "oi Zume, Kobe, Jayce would you guys like another foursome?"
He yelped as he nearly tackled by Jayce making him huff and reply "okay then!" as soon as they went out of sight causing Red to roll his blue eyes.
As minutes turned into hours for Red too keep busy he began structural grasping different objects and his own self. However when he wanted to really push it he began to slowly structural grasp the Asmodues even when his own magic circuits were screaming at him to stop. He bit his bottom lip from the pain as his arms trembled from pain because of the sheer heat of his circuits.
He knew he had to do this to slowly enlarge and grow his magic circuits without causing them to be injured. Doing so allows his tracing to come quicker along with other magic as a side effect his control over his ki reserves attuned further as did his concentration.
Upon the next hour he watched his father figure return without his weights on and he nodded to him. Eyeing those strong arms and legs even that more densely packed eight pack it simply made him adore and appreciate him more.
Chocolat spoke over the noise of the Asmodues "are you sure you want to do this Red? I've never seen him fight seriously but it will probably make you pass out in pain for a few weeks."
Red huffed as he replied "I want to see how far I've come along and how long I can last. Besides I've always wanted to do something fun instead of being stalked whenever we land somewhere else besides Airedale!"
Evan shook his head as he replied "hey I know how you feel honestly. However I didn't do it alone I had help from two AI's Durandal and Ion, although I chat with Ion more often because the other is still royally pissed and filled with sarcasm."
He watched the Asmodues dock with the large arena and whistled saying "not back a large place fit for 2 football fields is impressive but nothing bigger then an Olympic sized swimming pool. Still would you think that balder hat Feliniku really let us fight each other in the arena?"
He had watched as Red removed his bone and placed it next to his bed stand and replied "perhaps but I need to make sure. I'm sort of like well the arenas main champion even though I do like it, still it's better then being completely cocky and all like the last few times, I pissed off chocolat once on a 40 minute battle challenge."
Chocolat grew a tick mark and replied "that's because you were being an irresponsible idiot! You could have lost you show boater!"
She would have continued onwards if he didn't leave through the doorway and into the main lobby of the arena.
The bolder hat feliniku smiled in surprise seeing Red and asked "oh ho why hello Red eager for more fights and a new customer!"
Evan rolled his eyes and chuckled knowing that Red was a tad naïve about the marketing strategy the feliniku uses given from his thoughts. Despite being a bit of a money slightly devious business man he could tell he just wants more customers and fights.
Red chuckled closing his eyes as he smiled and replied "yeah well were interested in if you would sponsor our fight. Has lady opera ever told you that my friend here kicked her ass by himself without a robo?"
The feliniku nearly fell down in shock before smiling brightly as he replied "you! You're the one who kicked the best fighter's robos next down to my champion here?!"
Evan nodded making him laugh and reply "oh! Splendid, splendid! Are you sure you want to fight?"
Evan eyed him softly and replied "Red wants me to fight all out, what I did to them was a mere spar. If your worried then be at peace after all I drilled him how to do the same as well as something special."
The feliniku shook in delight and replied "just a moment I need to you to sign an agreement for when one passes out they loose alright? I can't let you harm our champion and make our customers not enjoy the show!" as he scurried away to get it.
Red raised an eyebrow making Evan whisper to him "it's a marketing gimmick meant for drawing more customers. It's harmless and more fans equal more money anyway!"
That made Red scowl before huffing as he shrugged his shoulders adjusting his blue shirt and rubbed the green plastic sphere on his chest. He merely replied "why the heck would he want more customers anyway?"
Evan chuckled as he rubbed his head and answered "probably due to the fact that business might have been slow or lack of interest. Your arena quarrels have brought in a lot of fights and I am very sure that everybody knows what you have done with Taratos but not so much with Angrya Mainyu. Speaking of which what did you do?"
Red merely answered "I used a nono laced sword for Lares. That crossbow is strangely very easy to use besides a bow and their supposed to be well heavier."
Evan scrunched up his face and answered "tracing reduces the weight by half and it's a two handed weapon anyway."
Red smirked pulling out his gunblade as Evan unsheathed his muramasa. With a soft clang they rested together and they spoke as one "to a good fight, and brighter future. Without friends we fall but together we shall overcome all!"
The Balder hat feliniku watched this as he pulled out the papers and replied "you two must really want this! By the way I hope you don't mind this going across all the islands of the Shepherd republic on the big holoscreen we recently built in the arena?"
Evan could tell he was worried and Red smiled raising his head and replied "don't worry about that and trust me this will be worth it for everyone!"
As he took the offer pen and signed it as did Evan as they both gazed at each other smiling as they entered their separated rooms.
Battle fortress arena.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER MATCH AT THE BATTLE ARENA!"
Was the anouncers voice as he heard the crowd cheer and roar in approval.
The feliniku grinned as he continued "THIS MATCH IS SPECIAL! A NO ROBO FREE FOR ALL! OR CHAMPION RED SAVARIN OF AIREDALE VS THE STRANGER!"
The stranger was the name for the mysterious and unknown looking person often seen around Red when they do job hunting. A lot of feliniku resisted the urge to jump his bones even though they did get disappointed that he was married but he was still quite fun.
As the baulder hat feliniku opened his mouth to speak it was caught in his mouth as the sky above began to darken with brief showers of lightning. Their were whispers before it all stopped as two shapes began to lower down from the sky before landing down a few feet from each other.
The Feliniku was shell shocked and yet he checked the amount of viewers watching this on the holoscreen and was knocked off his feet. Over a hundred viewers and more steadily rising in fact all of the Shepherd Republic were watching making him nearly jump with joy.
He then shouted "ARE OU READY TO FIGHT! ONE RULE WHEN ONE PASSES OUT THE OTHER IS THE VIRCTOR!"
He broke out into a cold sweat as the rest of crowd stayed silent or gave shocked looks as the arena began to shake. The floor began to crack as their voices began to rise higher and higher as their own auras flickered against one another. A gentle red clashed against a fierce black as both fighter slowly got into a stance.
Evan smirked ferally as did Red as they slowly got into their preferred stance and Red narrowed his eyes as his father figure slipped into a noticeable more lethal stance. He gritted his teeth before closing his eyes as he did the same to focus on his energy and magic circuits which thrummed from activation as he slipped into his trance mode.
His normal orange fur darkened as his hair spikened turning his aura golden and just in time as he felt the arena groan and crack as he watched his father figure slip into his perfected hypermode.
Hypermode was the next step in evolution for common wealth citizens who train and work very hard. From first stage up to a solid nine stage getting more stronger then the last time as he gazed upon the blue silvery hair on his head.
Evan snickered as he replied "like it? I had to work very hard on how to fix it. Apparently it requires grief and rage and a good place to vent. I had to vent eventually and I did, tsk I feel like the blood legendary super sayaijin!"
Red grunted and replied "enough small talk lets fight!"
The audience watched as they blurred away before clashing against each other, fists meet legs and elbows meet elbows as they ricocheted against one another before separating causing the arena floor to cave in whenever they clashed.
Red growled dodging a few punches and deflected others as they rose higher and higher before pounding some rapid punches against his shoulders making him tilt his head in sharp pain before giving him a side kick making him bend over and cough as he was sent crashing into the floor bellow.
Evan jumped back onto his feet his aura turned redder as he snarled feeling his rage spike before turning his aura into pure red. Red blanched as he replied "aw sh AH!"
He was cut off as a full powered knee smashed into his stomach causing the ground to shatter underneath in a small fissure before being slammed hard into the floor below with a nasty overhead slam.
The ground crunched as Red was slammed hard into it before dodging an elbow strike aiming for his stomach once more.
Red panted before growling as he drew his gunblade as Evan eyed him seriously and drew his muramasa. They disappeared once more and began to clash their swords against each other's high, low, to the side they clashed against one another. One with speed and experience the other with power and unpredictability and anger.
The crowd was on the edge of their seats as every time they clashed the floor would crack and groan creating long cracks until Evan back flipped away making Red jump away as well.
Red widened his eyes as he watched him cup his hands and put them to his side and began to chant "DEV"
He cupped his own hands together and focused hard snarling as he did so as his aura increased in size as he focused his energy together.
"ILS" as they focused together the floor began to crack and break as the steel began to rise off the floor in pieces.
Red snarled as his red aura circulated together and muttered "Let's see how he likes my Dahak beam!"
The audience watched as a red sphere formed in Evans cupped hands shining outwards as did Reds causing the floor to groan from the sheer strain as the entire battle fortress began to shake.
Red cursed as he shouted "just take it DAHAK BEAM!"
He extended his hands and fired an orange ki beam the size of his body.
Evan extended his own hands his eyes filled with rage and determination "RAGE!" firing an even sized red beam as they both shouted together and they clashed together.
THOOM!
The beams connected and exploded shattering the area and sending the crowd off their feet as they watched the fighters rush at each other and decked each other hard.
As they flew backwards and smashed into the arenas walls they growled and blasted off to fight each other once more. Circling the arena with every move of punches and kicks every move capable of shattering raw marble.
As soon as they landed Red extended his hands and shouted "TRACE ON!"
Evans eyes widened eyeing two white and black falcion swords and cursed out "I knew I shouldn't have let you watch fate stay night Unlimited Blade Works!"
The swords in Reds hands were two special noble phantasms being Kanshou and Byakuya. The black smith made them in his grief when his wife decides to sacrifice herself when he was extremely frustrated. Whenever one was thrown the other would attract it back like a magnet because of their powerful bonds or even if it was lost.
Red sweated panting still feeling quite sore and replied "oh shut up and pass out already!"
He dashed forwards and jumped making Evan curse as he raised his blade to defend before he was left without air feeling the other blade smash against the back of his head.
He coughed as he fell onto his knees making Red pant softly and glance at him with one eye and replied "it was a pain staking effort but I can fight pretty well with two blades. You could have one if you used your own knifes instead, a foolish part on your behalf!"
Evan smiled softly chuckling as he fell onto his back and passed out.
The boulder hate Feliniku shook himself clear and shouted "WHOO UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HAVE WE ALL JUST WATCHED WAS THE GREATEST MATCH OF THE CENTURY! HERE IS YOUR WINNER RED SAVARIN OF AIREDALE!"
Red fell onto his butt while panting before laughing and continued to laugh from the exhilaration and joy. He had actually done it beating his father figure in a semi seriously fight with him at his best. His body was aching as his muscles screamed at him from the sheer damage as blood leaked down his lower lip. He felt his jaw slowly healing as he slowly got onto his feet as he watched him do the same.
Red whispered to him "That was insane... Were you holding back?"
Evan shook his head and whispered back "no however thankfully I didn't let my rage take over. Being a berserker isn't fun even so when it gives me a power boost it makes it stronger and stronger like an addiction. Even more so when my zordiarc increases when I turn..."
Evan shook his head chuckling as he extended his arm and Red grabbed it making him say "well you won fair and square, if only you were slightly more stronger then you shouldn't feel like your jaw has shattered!"
He joked before they both winced feeling their ribs and Red replied "I think our ribs broke..." before descending more into laughter amongst the cheers of the crowd.
Chcolat huffed as she wrapped her brother up in bandages as Sheana did the same for her husband. She rolled her eyes and replied "Red was it really that worth it? Now everybody else is going to go nuts over you!"
Red merely chuckled wincing slightly from the pain and replied "how come you didn't use any of your zordiarc in the mix?"
Evan sighed and winced as he gently hugged his wife before replying "hypermode is zordiarc enhanced, it's a bit more in control. Now though that was only a serious all out fight I don't want to go into a threat level fight. You see as a ki user we can increase our own power level and I haven't tested mine out at all."
Red sweat dropped before saying "I don't even need to feel it your ki beam was capable of blowing up the earth bellow us!"
Evan sighed and replied "that's probably because I am still weakened, I did some more digging on my normal human dna or what's left of it which is in a very small amount. What I found was concerning as though a part of it was grey, meaning it was dormant."
Red raised an eyebrow and Sheana frowned as she asked worriedly "what do you mean was dormant?"
Evan winced and answered "everytime I get beaten I get stronger and stronger, its as though I'm like a sayaijin. In fact hypermode or in this case hyperform is a stronger version of super Sayain. Chances are normal humans extremely rarely have this gene, chances are slim but I do think some of my classmates and old friends from highschool might have this. I confess I use to daydream about being Z fighter expect under a different name!"
Sheana rolled her golden eyes before he felt his chest and frowned as he asked "however that doesn't leave you in the dust, in fact to remedy this I am willing to teach you a move I experimented with. The Kaio-ken
Red raised an eyebrow and questioned him "Kaio-ken?"
Evan gently scratched along his wifes back before answering "it's a technique that heightens your bodies abilities dramatically however it does wreck the body if your not careful."
His wife handing him a red healing potion she made and he drank a portion before giving the rest to Red who took it happily as well.
Red had his eyes closed as Evan whispered "listen to the sound of your heartbeat and when you feel your aura accept it then release it. I do admit I did take this technique from dragon ball z to see if it worked and it did."
Red chuckled softly listening to his heart beat slowly when a red aura swirled around him. He felt a rush making him grit his teeth and spoke "Kaio-ken!"
He was successful as a dark red aura exploded from him making him open his blue eyes feeling a rush of energy. He slowly checked out his hand slowly letting his body adjust before saying "it feels unreal, however I can understand how it can tax my body it would have been a bit painful it wasn't for my reinforcement training!"
Evan smirked and answered "well that's good now imagine using that in a fight or spar! It will make you nearly match me in raw strength alone until I grow past my limits and barriers by simply training."
Red simply chuckled before asking "I swear after that fight we had I'm going to probably be very busy with work after a few weeks."
Evan smirked and answered "who knows but having a good business is great and all just don't become a cocky narcissist!" he joked making him roll his blue eyes.
He raised his head to look at the clock and his eyes widened in shock as he replied "um Evan you do realize it's night time already?"
Evan cursed as he slowly stood up and got his armor back as his wife watched him. He merely replied "thanks for letting me know oh and Red."
Red was gently pulled into a hug before being nuzzled as he replied "if you want me to do anything for you just ask and take care of your sister. However I would suggest to spend more time with Elh, it's not healthy for a boy your age to always be with someone like me. I've admitted to myself that I'm a bit of a sex addict and so is my wife and daughter."
They both blushed together before Red replied "aw but Evan you know that I find it hard not to. I've been quite crushing on you and Elh it's just it's a bit harder for you."
Evan gently tapped his nose and replied "that's because I give suggestions and act like a flirt. I'm a bit ashamed of my actions sometimes however like for instance with you. After all I don't want to be your only sole lover like I do with my daughter..."
Red was released with a soft thud as he watched him wrap his arms around his wifes waist and continued "think about it, would you do anything to keep your friends safe? However there is also a meaning to be a magus, to be a magus one must walk alongside death it's a grim meaning really."
Red frowned before giving him a serious look he then replied "I would at any cost even with my own life..."
Evan stiffened and broke out into a sweat and asked "Red do me a favor and remember that your only a caninu and not something more. If you let your origin dictate your life then in the future it will be your end on that lonely hill of swords..."
Red widened his eyes in shock before swallowing as he nodded while watching him leave.
Elh cocked her head and asked "Red what was that about?"
Red shuddered as he replied "that was a warning to make sure that my well unique form of distortion doesn't fully guide my life, or else I might end up like Shriou and die on that lonely hill or swords."
As he was about to turn in for the night Elh and Chocolat looked at each other visibly deeply disturbed as they watched him enter the bathroom alone.
Red brushed and flossed his teeth carefully around the gum line before taking a shower. He looked into the mirror and shivered imagining an older more cynical version of himself wearing the same clothes before shaking his head.
It was difficult living with a unique form of distortion for Red it was his behavior of cockiness and brashness. Having went through pain and sorrow he sometimes felt like he wasn't worth it until now. He had realized that he pushed himself far because of wanting to be accepted and helpful. He closed his eyes hearing the ever grinding sound of the gears and cogs within his head of his reality marble.
As he exited the room he slowly entered his room and removed his clothes and placed them next to his bone.
As soon as he slipped into bed he closed his eyes and fell into slumber but not before his mind went elsewhere as a chant played in his head.
My soul is made of swords. My heart is my shield. My blood is my furnace. As my blade protects those I cherish. I shall never harm another innocent soul. With my every breath I take I protect them. I shall cherish my ambitions to be with those I love. Awaken Unlimited Blade Works.
_AN: as I wrote this I've noticed that I can honestly feel Reds turmoil. I had to put out the grim ending for this chapter as a reason after all a magus is not unaffected by a reality marble. _
A reality marble is a manifestation of a bounded field within a human, demon, or god however for a human that is in most aspects showed as distorted or broken while the origins have a subconcious pull and effects the persons outlook depending on the core of the person.
In Type moon terms if the origin and elements match then they have a more pull to do something subconciously due to many different reasons. The bottom line is having a reality marble isn't always fun and games if any normal magi don't tread carefully.
Red is a likable, brash, a head strong caninu however in some aspects he will go to the extremes to protect those he loves from what I can understand of his character. The warning as whole was given so that he would try and NOT end up becoming like Archer from Fate Stay Night or unlimited blade works.
the small poem at the end is Reds full version of the aria required to manifest his reality marble. As a nasu fan I realise it may seem to be a bit over the top for him in abilities prana or od wise however I do state that he isn't human. Caniu and Feliniku are not human so I had to take this shot in the dark.
_Yes I did make him watch Unlimited Blade Works however this only for Kanshou Byakuya and Caladog among a few other noble phantasms he doesn't have the experience in tracing just yet. The reasons being is that I don't have a clue if there are any mentionings of noble phantasm in the Shepherd republic so unfortunately I had to stick with canon weapons. He does know how to create Gaelabog and fragarach as well from the movie however they are a bit to complex for his structural grasping so far. _
_Note Tracing his Dahak or his beloved Robo gives him a major headache if not outright passing out and this is the most complicated object he has on hand. The Dahak is more complex and complicated then excaliburs sheath true however there are so many parts and pieces connected to a single Robo that it's very difficult for even a novice to see the smallest and more complex of the parts without passing out from information overload. _