章 18: Ink is Pretty Deadly
Edris. POV.
"I know this is Japan, but do you need paintings of Cherry Blossoms all over the walls. It's kinda over doing the whole vibe of the place." I spoke to the guard to my right. He responded by punching me on my chin. I turned with the punch to the guard to my left. "Come here often?" He growled and punched me in the gut. I hunched over and sighed. This is getting really old.
A kind of chubby man with a far cleaner and more elaborate military suit then the rest of the men walked to us and met us in the middle of the hallway.
He eyed me up. Then eyed the two men. The looked at me.
"Name?" His accent was thick.
"Phil." I said without missing a beat. His eyebrow rose slightly. Before he took a deep breath.
"Mission?" I could hear soft footsteps past this man. I looked past him to see a dozen or so men dressed in ninja garb.
"Here to kill your boss." I said struggling. He looked surprised, scratching his first chin he turned around.
"You Americans aren't very smart." I chuckled lightly.
"You'd be surprised how often I'm told that." He ordered the ninja garbed men to do something in Japanese. Yap yap yap am I right? These guys sure do talk a lot.
"Hey, can you just tell me where your boss is?" I asked him to no avail. As we walked I heard soft music. The kind you'd hear when you think of typical classical Japan. "You guys are so typical." Then I saw sunlight, then a courtyard, then a huge cherry blossom in the middle of the courtyard with men posted all around the roofs.
"Here." The chubby man said. I looked past him to see a man sitting on a chair. He had long black hair, and he wore a blindfold. A sword rested on his lap. He was leaning back. Maybe taking in the nature or something.
"Perfect." I tore the cuffs and ropes off me while rubbing my wrists. "Those were uncomfortable." The men to my sides both reached for their guns and I just slapped them into the air. With my arms in the air I stretched and yawned. The cubby man was facing me now with a gun in hand and shouting in Japanese. The men on the roof had guns and bows. "Bows, really?" Before they could firem I heard a loud thump. I looked towards the sound to see the blindfolded man leaning forward with the tip of his katana on the floor now and his hands on the hilt. Now that I looked at it. The black was black and looked like ink, it seemed to draw me in.
"Enough. You won't kill him." The blindfolded man said while in one motion stood up and unsheathed his katana. "It has been a while since I faced someone strong." I grinned. The chubby officer in front of me, bowed and walked to the side.
"I'm more then strong, baby." He merely turned his head to the side and walked to me.
"Irrelevant." His sword was low, his steps quiet, and his face was peaceful. I just walked towards him in a boxer's position. At least what I think is one, I got to get Neena to teach me some stuff. We were a couple feet away now. He stopped. I didn't.
I jabbed with my left then followed with a right hook. He blocked the jab with the flat of his sword and leaned back from the hook. This was when he struck a fast slash to my cheek that I couldn't block. He was now a couple feet further away with a disappointed look. I touched my check to feel the blood. The wound burned. I pulled my hand down to see a mix of red and black.
"I'm taking that sword." My face was that of determination now. He merely shook his head. I ignited around 20% of my flame. The leaves at my feet disintegrated, and he was fully looking at me now.
"That is how you defeated my men?" I smiled and spread my arms to the side, shooting a torrent of flame at all the snipers on the roof on each side. I stooped when I crossed my arm In front of me.
"Let's stop with the kiddy gloves, Gorgon." I pumped the heat to 50%. He raised his hand to the blindfold. Slowly gripping it then tearing it off. I glanced away to stare at his chest. But from the peripheral I could see his eyes were milky white and glowing.
"Agreed." He softly spoke, before raising his sword to his eyes. "Kouroku" Ink came out of the sword quickly forming a glob Infront of him the glob of ink outlined him. Then after a second it moved in front of him separating into 4 copies of him, but it was solely his outline.
"That's so cool." I had stars in my eyes, and he merely bowed slightly. "One sec." I raised my left hand stopping him from anything he could do. I kneeled to touch the ground with my right hand. I brushed it slightly. An idea formed. I dumped all of my heat into my right hand, and drove my hand into the ground. It took a couple seconds before the ground started to bubble, then crack. I pulled my hand out to show a magma sword, connected to hand. "Kickass."
I looked back at Gorgon to see him nodding his head.
"Indeed." I waved the sword in front of me, slashing wildly to get the feel for it. "Alright, game on." I pointed the sword at him now, and he took a step forward. Just a step.
"Tarashikomi." He disappeared along with his 4 copies. I heard a soft clink behind me. I turned fully to look at the sound, to see him with his sword sheathed now and his back towards me.
"I thought we were fi…" A surge of pain shot from my left shoulder. I looked over to see a stump. I looked to my right to see my arm just there on the floor. Laying there. Black ink was dripping from my left shoulder.
"You are unprepared." He turned now, and looked at me fully. "You are weaker than I imagined." I fell to my knee. The pain was unimaginable. "What you are filling is Bokashi. Ink is attacking the water in your blood. The death is slow and painful, with it being quadrupled due to my copies. I offer you now relief from your suffering." My mouth was open, and my mouth was open in a silent scream. He placed his hand on my chin pulling me to look at him. His milky eyes were swirling now. "Look at me!" I did. I stared fully into his eyes.
The Gorgon. POV.
The man before me showed promise. I unfortunately like all of them, he fell. He was stone now. Maybe I could keep this one. To remind people of my power. Perhaps put it at the stairs. I turned around to look at the ashes around me. All of my men were disappointing. Sad even. I looked back towards the statute.
It was gone.
Edris. POV.
Am I in the floor?
I think I am in the floor.
It's like I'm swimming in the floor.
My arm is back.
This is very weird. I can see everything around me and at the same time I could see everything on the surface. At least the cobblestoned courtyard.
Stone. I was turned to stone. I smiled and shot towards the surface, behind Gorgon now.
"I must say. Thank you for killing me." He turned towards me and shook covered his face.
"How did you do that." I just raised my wrist. Calling Agent Hill.
"Hey Maria. That Gorgon guy has been handled, and I didn't burn the place down." I waited a couple of seconds before getting ga response.
"That great. Come back to the jet so we can get out of here."
"IM STILL ALIVE!" Gorgon yelled. He was furious now. I just raised my right arm and shot a 100% powered blast of fire at him, incinerating him. I stopped the blast and looked at my handywork. Dust was my handywork. His sword was still fully intact along with the scabbard. I walked over to the file of dust kicking it in the air. I leaned down picking gup the sword in my right hand and the scabbard in my left. I waited for a moment in case I would hear some voices or something. Closing my eyes I concentrated on the sword, called out to it with all my heart.
"How long are you going to take to get back?" Maria's voice broke through the silence. I swore softly.
"Heading back now." I responded, sheathing the sword. I rolled my shoulders back and stared at the sky. "Up, up and away." I said and blasted off in the air, towards the jet.
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