Clean Up Crew

"As promised, we will keep our end of the deal" June said, upholding his word, before turning to Jordan and gestured for him to do his thing.

As Jordan stepped forward and stood before Scott, he held his katana upwards and placed his right palm on its "kashira". Closing his eyes, Jordan's katana bloomed with purple misty and eerie aura, as he channeled and harnessed his energy.

As the chilly breeze blew across the quiet night, the surroundings in the dinning pavilion slowly turned eerie and a bit unsettling. Scott was visibly shocked and amazed at the unbelievable power, the young man in front of him is showing.

June and Andrew tried to not let it affect them but whenever a breeze passes through, their bodies erupted in goosebumps, as they still couldn't get used to Jordan's slightly creepy and unsettling Gift.

Once Jordan's right hand became engulf in the purple aura, his eyes immediately shot open.

"Soul link" Jordan muttered in a eerie voice, before he took a step back with his right foot, then drove his palm towards Scott's chest at a lightning speed.

As Jordan's palm came in contact with Scott's chest, Scott let out a loud gasp, as the purple misty aura rippled across his body.

"Alright guys, hang on to my shoulders" Jordan instructed both June and Andrew, to which they both followed immediately without question.

"Soul Invasion!"

Jordan voice echoed across the dinning pavilion, as his, June and Andrew's eyes blazed and glowed brightly, in purple, gold and bluish-white, respectively.

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The next thing June knew, he was transported to a very vast plain. As June scanned his surroundings, he noticed that the dark clouds swirled in a very ominous way, while black lightning danced across it. Their were abandoned ruins all around him, ranging both from a very old civilization to the modern era. Trees and plants a like looked liked they were deprived of life, as they immediately turned to dust with just a light touch. The air felt suffocating but it strangely didn't affect him at all.

When June took a look on himself, he noticed that his clothes were completely different from what he was wearing before. A white soft flowing fabric was draped around his hip, adorned with beautiful abstract designs, sewed in golden thread. Holding the fabric together on his right hip is a small circular plate, made out of gold, that has a beautiful swirly pattern engraved on it.

On his feet, June now wore a golden strapped gladiator sandals. A golden spaulder is strapped on his left shoulder, while cuffs made out of gold could be seen on both of his wrists and upper arms. An array of beautiful and flowing golden markings decorated his perfectly sculpted torso, while the gigantic white wings on his back and the halo floating above his head, blazed with golden flames. Also, his hair turned into golden blonde, with licks of golden flames.

If one were to see June, the image of an avenging angel would immediately come to mind; both majestic and powerful looking.

June felt an unimaginable and strong power course though is body, feeling like he could absolutely do anything.

"What the heck is happening?" June muttered in a low voice, as he continued marveling at his current state.

"June?" A familiar voice said, prompting June to turn his head to the source.

As he turned his head, the fist thing he though of doing was to take a knee and bow his head in respect. In front of him stood Andrew, looking very regal and elegant. He wore an attire that has a bluish-white motif, while the fabrics on what he wore ranged from expensive cashmere to luxury wool.

He wore a beautiful and elegant looking long trench coat, lengthening up to his ankles. He wore a vest over his long sleeved button downed shirt, both embellished with blue diamond buttons. Tied around his neck is a simple but elegant silk jabot. He wore a slick and simple dress pant, while his leather belt's buckle is made out of blue diamond. His leather shoes are exquisitely adorned with elegant gothic patterns, while the tips of his shoelaces are studded with the same blue diamond. A gigantic butterfly wings could be seen on his back, while a crown floated above his head, all of which are made out of ice. The wings were so thin, but they glimmered and shone like any precious stone. The ice crown above his head was beautifully and intricately sculpted, putting any other crown in existence to shame. Lastly, a thick heavy white fog, similar to that of a dry ice's, coated the ground around Andrew.

"Whoa~!" Both brothers were breathless, as they marveled at each other's sight, when another familiar voice entered their ears.

"Seems like I was right to be excited!" Jordan exclaimed when he took sight of both of his brothers.

"You guys can't even imagine how happy I'm right now! You guys look freaking cool!"

When June and Andrew took sight of Jordan, they were once again left breathless and a little bit terrified.

Jordan wore a purple colored traditional Japanese Hakama pants, while a black and purple intertwined rope is wrapped around his hip. The pants is designed with a beautiful and very aesthetically pleasing sakura tree. Jordan's feet were bare but his right ankle had a bell tied around it with a purple braided fabric. His usually pale purple hair is now deeper in color, while a Japanese fox mask could be seen on the upper right side of his head. His cheeks had tree purple striped markings on each side, similar to that of a whisker, while nine pale purple fox tails could now be seen on his back. His bare sculpted torso now has purple elegant markings, decorating him front and back.

Seeing the shocked and amazed expression on his bother's faces, Jordan puffed his chest, feeling good about himself.

After a minute or two of long staring, June snapped back to himself and finally asked the question that he's been meaning to ask.

"Where are we? And why do we look like this?" June asked with deep curiosity, while Andrew nodded on the side, also wanting to know what the heck was going on.

"First of all, we are in the soul realm. Specifically, in Scott's soul realm. What you guys are seeing around you is what Scott's soul looks like at the moment-"

"Well, I can say this for sure, it's much worse that I expected; And I wasn't even sure of what I was expecting" Andrew said as he took a another look at his surroundings, feeling very strange at being inside another person's soul.

"What we look like right now is actually what our souls really look like. You guys already noticed the feeling of overwhelming power coursing through your bodies, right?"

"Yeah. It oddly feels strange but also good. I can't really explain into words" June said, which made Jordan beamed at him.

"This power that we have right now is actually our true power. The reason we can't channel this overwhelming power into the physical realm is because that power is bound and is being held back by our physical bodies, who are currently still weak." Jordan explained

"So you mean, eventually, there's a possibility that we can use this power with our physical bodies?" June asked with a hint of excitement in his voice.

"You remember the night we fought the huge black raven?" Jordan asked with a huge amused smile on his face, when his brother's eyes widen in sock.

"You mean?

"Yep! And today Andrew was able to briefly use his full power too." Jordan said cheerily, really enjoying the surprised expressions on his brother's faces.

"Wait a minute! What the heck?!" Andrew blurted out, when memories of him, fight with Darius came flooding down on him.

"It might be great but you guys should already know the backlash it did on our bodies afterwards. It was so taxing to our bodies, that it squeezed and drained us dry." Jordan said with a sad tone in his voice.

"Well if that was really the case, then we'll just have to keep training, until it doesn't affect our physical bodies anymore, right?" June said with an excited tone in his voice, as he looked on the bright side. He knew and remembered the power that he felt that specific night, very well. And basing on what Jordan had said, June knew that this overwhelming power could help him with his mission and in keeping all his love ones safe.

"Trust on June to always look on the bright side" Andrew teased, causing both of his brothers to laugh.

"So anyway, how are we going to help Scott with his problem?" Andrew asked, when both of his bothers had finally calmed down.

"Oh, about that. All we have to do is successfully locate where Scott's soul is, while cleaning things like those along the way." Jordan said as he pointed at the horizon, where a huge colossal figure stood.

When both June and Andrew turned to the colossal figure, they felt an immense pressure trying to weigh them down, but it strangely didn't affect them. The colossal figure was so tall, that its head was touching the clouds in the sky. Every step that it made sent strong tremors on the ground, making everyone who looked at it, definitely pee their pants, with the only exception of the three brothers. The pressure kept trying to suppress them and impose fear in them but the three weren't just havin' it. When the colossal figure gave them a menacing glare, the laughter that Andrew was holding suddenly escaped, as he started laughing hysterically.

"Pffff! Is that suppose to be scary?" Andrew blatantly said as he kept laughing.

The colossal figure looked like it took a major blow on its ego, by what Andrew had just said, as its nose and ears started puffing out smoke.

"Look Andrew, you made the thing mad" June playfully reprimanded his brother, which only caused both of his brother to howl in laughter.

The colossal figure looked like it had had enough of the blatant bad mouthing and decided to take revenge. It looked very imposing and ominous, unfortunately for it, the one it's facing are the three brothers.

"But seriously speaking though, if we faced that thing with our current physical bodies, we might already be dropping dead the moment we see that thing" June said in a serious tone, which really helped Andrew and Jordan to calm down.

"You're right" Andrew nodded in agreement. He was also thankful that that wasn't the current case, and he didn't even wanna think about the "or else".

"Just a reminder, you guys might be really excited to see the extent of what you can do but be sure to not go too overboard. We are still in Scott's soul realm any disruptions here can cause major side effects on Scott." Jordan, thankfully, reminded his brothers, as he almost forgot about it.

"Sure thing!" June nodded in understanding

"Roger that!" Andrew responded in understanding.

"Alrighty then, how about we split up? It will be much faster for us to clean this mess and locate Scott's soul along the way." Jordan said, to which both of his brothers nodded in agreement.

"See yah later guys!" Jordan waved at his brothers before he disappeared in just a blink of an eye, leaving only the lingering eerie chime of a bell.

"Welp, I guess I better get going too" Andrew said, as he waved at June, before flying off south of where they were.

As Jordan and Andrew went on their ways, June faced the colossal figure and flew towards it with the speed of light. Facing the colossal figure head on, June stretched out his left arm in front of him with palm wide open. Golden flames burst out in thin air, summoning a longbow made out of gold. With a firm grip on the bow, June slowly pulled the sting backwards with his right hand. As June drew the string of the bow, a brilliant flaming arrow manifested out of thin air.

Taking careful aim, June let the blazing arrow fly, before pulling the bowstring once again. June has never held a bow and arrow in his life, much less shooting one. But when he held the golden bow in his hand, it was like June's body already knew what was suppose to be done, like when he first held his broadsword.

While the blazing arrow zipped though the air like a shooting star, the colossal figure was blinded by the brilliant light that the arrow was emitting, successfully disorienting it for a brief moment. The blazing arrow exploded like a nuclear warhead, upon contact to the colossal figure, causing it to actually stagger back a few steps.

June was really enjoying shooting the colossal figure, but the latter wasn't. On the contrary, it was seething mad, as it let out a loud roar that shook the surroundings. The colossal figure opened its mouth and a swarm of its flying minions came out of it, before charging towards June.

June aimed his bow up in the sky, while he slowly drew its bowstring once again, producing three blazing arrows. June's right arm glowed as divine flames gushed through it like a raging torrent, making the three arrows blaze more fiercely and brightly.

When June let go of the bowstring, the arrows pierced though the dark clouds, before erupting into a blinding light, creating a golden circular pattern in the sky. Blazing arrows came down on the Colossal figure's minions like a raging storm, eradicating every last one of it.

The Colossal figure, once again, opened its mouth, and this time it fired a pitch black beam towards June. June simply held out his right hand forward, as he effortlessly repelled the beam directed at him, as if he was parting it like the red sea.

Not wanting to drag the battle any longer, June drew his bow one last time. His right arm glowed once more, as his eyes blazed with golden flames. When June released the bowstring, the arrow produced a loud sonic boom, that traveled across the vast field, as it flew straight towards the colossal figure's head. As the blazing arrow pierced though the colossal figure's head, it actually blew its head off completely.

Now defeated, the colossal figure's knees buckled to the ground before it disintegrated into nothingness.

"I could really get used to this" June said breathlessly as he stared directly at his right hand with glimmering eyes, filled with unspeakable awe and amazement.

As June successfully defeated his opponent with ease, Andrew on the other hand, had just encountered his first opponent.

He was faced with a colossal sized black snake that has a single horn on its head. Its red eyes glowed menacingly, as it began to size up its rather tiny opponent.

"That it one thicc boi!" Andrew said in marvel as he gazed upon the horned snake.

Looking disturbed and annoyed, the horned snake striked first, as it opened its mouth and ate Andrew whole. The snake was confident that Andrew would not survive, as its saliva is toxic and would corrode anything it touches. Feeling smug about its win, the horned snake was about to go back to its sleep, when it suddenly felt the most intense brain freeze in its head. Its body slowly began to stiffen, as it felt its body temperature drop. Snakes has a naturally low body temperature, but what it was feeling was down to a negative level of freezing cold. As its body became even more rigid, the horned snake felt its life slowly slipping away. It was not long before the horned snake completely froze, before shattering into pieces, revealing an unscathed Andrew, playing a soft tune on his violin.

Andrew was about to move on to his next destination, when the pieces of the horned snake melted into pitch black puddles, before taking on the form of Darius.

"Ugh! This guy again!" Andrew muttered as he rolled his eyes in annoyance and repulsion.

Not wanting to be in the presence of an army of Darius-es any longer, Andrew played his piece called "Winter Is Here". Snow slowly descended from the sky as an ice palace slowly materializes, from a thick chilling mist, behind Andrew.

The ice palace's gates opened and there exited a familiar figure. Valen exited the palace, looking completely different, from the last time Andrew saw him. Andrew then understood and realized that, since he could currently tap into his full potential, it would mean the same for Valen as well.

Valen looked striking and elegant, more than ever. His full body armor has completely upgraded and looked more of like a second skin to him, rather than an actual armor.

Behind Valen followed two individuals who Andrew had not seen before. The one on Valen's right is a tall muscular handsome man, whose wielding a gigantic and brilliant ice axe. While on Valen's left is a beautifully stunning young woman, whose wielding a long spear made out of ice. The muscular man and the young woman both have bluish-white hair, completely similar to that of Valen's. The muscular dude's hair was tied into a messy man bun, while the young lady's extremely long hair is tied into a high ponytail.

While Andrew continued to play his violin, Valen and his two other companions has started to do their work without any delay. It wasn't long before the three had eradicated every last one of the enemy. Completing their jobs, the three went and stood before Andrew, before taking a knee and bowing in respect.

"Milord, your enemies has successfully been vanquished" Valen reported with a humble tone in his voice.

"You guys have my deepest thanks" Andrew said with a beaming smile, before asking "Who are the two behind you Valen?"

"Milord, this humble servant has no such name" Both the muscular dude and the young lady said in unison, while keeping their heads low.

"So this guys are like Valen huh?" Andrew thought, as he began to ponder what names he shall bestow upon his loyal knights.

"Just like how I gave Valen his name, I shall also bestow names upon the both of you, are you both ready?" Andrew said with an air of true royalty.

"Yes, Milord!" Both answered in excitement and eagerness.

"You, loyal knight on Valen's right, shall be named Arctic. While you, one Valen's left, shall be named Lorelei!" Andrew proclaimed

As soon as the words left Andrew's mouth, both Arctic and Lorelei's body were engulfed with glowing light. Once the glow died down, Andrew could visible feel the increase in power of both Arctic and Lorelei.

"We will continue to serve you with our lives, to be proven worthy of the names that you have bestowed upon us!" Arctic said with deep humility and gratitude.

"Our lives are yours, please use it as you see fit" Lorelei then added

"Rise my loyal knights and continue to do your best, just like what you have shown earlier" Andrew said as authority oozed from his voice

"Yes, Milord!" The three responded in unison.

"Good, because this clean up is far from over" Andrew announced, before he continued "Let's continue moving forward!"

And with that, Andrew and his three loyal knights began moving forward, to continue their search of Scott's soul.

On Jordan's neck of the woods, he's currently being swarmed by a multitude of insect like creatures.

"Unsheathed Style: Nine-tails Soul Slash!"

Jordan calmly unsheathed his katana, before swinging it nine times, at such a blinding speed. It was like time had stopped for a single second, before it continued to pass, leaving only carnage behind. Jordan successfully defeated his opponents' overwhelming numbers in one fell swoop, almost as if he already knew what he was doing.

That being said, Jordan has actually been training in his own soul realm for some time now, so it was no wonder that he looked like he already knew what he was doing, because he actually does.

Jordan continued forward with a perfectly steady and calm pace, not rushing but also not lagging behind. Jordan treated this clean up mission to be an extension of his training, as he knows that there are still much to learn.

Jordan didn't want to stay weak and helpless, like how he used to. He wanted to prove to June that, he was not wrong in saving him, and that June won't ever regret saving him. Jordan might be seen as a cheerful and mischievous teenager, but deep inside of him is a strong desire to be strong, for the person that saved him.

With eyes blazing with passion, Jordan sundered anything on his way, as he continued to move forward.