Facing the Chaste

Kai: Stick?!

Stick: It's pretty obvious that it's me. I'm the blind one here.

Terra: Took you long enough to find us again.

Stick: I knew where you were. I just wasn't trying to capture you, but I am now!

Terra: It's obvious we were done with you. I thought you were going to leave us alone!

Stick: Your an… investment. I expect to get a return on that investment.

Terra: What? An investment for Sae stabbing me?

Stick: What does that have to do with anything?

Kai: How did you know we were going to be on this island?

Stick: I have connections. Lots of connections.

Kai: And I'm tired. Tired of your shit.

Stick: Well I'm tired of your shit. You caused me lots of trouble, or at least you did Terra.

Terra: What did I do?

Stick: You set free a shitton of metas and mutants, and threw around the Chaste's name like a drunk irish sailor.

Terra: Sae got me kidnapped, tortured, and branded.

Stick: Not my fault. I hate those olympian bastards. Either way, about that investment…

A group of ten walked up behind Stick. Fenix was there. Still looking the same, just a bit older, Mina was there, with a crop-top on and sweats. She was holding a beer bottle. A man with a suit of armor walks up. The base of the suit is black with red armor over the torso. He has red gauntlets, a silver belt, gold plated shin protectors, and gold knee protectors. He has a samurai looking helmet on. The helmet is black with red eyes to see out of. Then he has a giant gold U shape on the top of his helmet. Sae came up next to them. She wore A black sports top, her cloak was tied over briefs that came down to augmented MMA shoes. That seemed like they could hold something. She kept her long white hair. One of her arms was prosthetic and so was one of her legs from the knee down. She smiled at Terra.

Sae: You told me to leave town. We're not there.

A man stood next to Sae. Blackout had a black full body suit of light armor. With a red scarf. A looming figure stood next to him. Red Akuma. He wore a red ninja mask, and wore samurai armor. There was a girl with a grey sleeveless top and a blue scarf. She wore large mma pants, and had boots on. Outburst, a man with a red shirt and a short blue cape. There was Rhea, and Azrael walked up next to her.

Kai: What happened Az. All of my life we were best friends. You were my brother. I would have helped you with anything.

Az: Then you decided telling your friends that a killer is after them wasn't as important as your new business.

Kai: That's not it-

Az: Then what, Kai?

Kai: It's the way everything happened. I didn't think anything of the killer until Jax died-

Az: You knew about him before Jax died!

Kai: He killed some random dude! Then I went to Natalie after Jax died. I told Natalie everything. She started looking around for the killer.

Az: Let me guess, while you worked on your business?

Kai looks down at the ground.

Kai: Then Natalie died. I couldn't get into contact with you and I was spiraling. Natalie was my childhood crush! I watched her die!

Az sighs and gets into a fighting stance.

Az: That's what you get for bringing this upon us.

Stick: Prove to me you are both worth something.

Terra and Kai stood in fighting stances. And backed up slowly. Az ran up quickly and threw a superman punch at Kai, Kai dodged under, grabbed him by the arm and flipped him on the ground.

Kai: I'm on a whole different level compared to you.

Rhea: Back off!

Rhea drew her sword and swung at the both of them. Terra blocked with her spear and danced around her. Kai kicked her in the stomach, she blocked. Terra went to throw another attack. But an explosion came up behind her. Rhea dodged as Terra was blown into the air.

Outburst: Check out my bursting balls!

Kai: You mean bombs right?

Outburst: Bursting balls!

Outburst threw a bunch of bursting balls on the ground. Kai and Terra scattered. Terra came face to face with Fenix.

Fenix: Long time no see Terra.

Terra: How have things been?

Fenix: Great!

Fenix hit Terra in a pressure point with two of her fingers. Terra felt just about nothing. And Fenix's fingers broke. Terra kicked her in the head. She got a beer bottle smashed on her head. Rhea jumped in and slashed her sword at Terra, she dodged under and threw a kick. She fell back and rolled to her feet. To be met with a hit to the head from Terra's spear. Outburst threw down more bursting balls. Kai picked one up and threw it right back. He got hit and flew back. Terra came from behind and slashed across his back. Sae stood in front of Kai.

Sae: I heard stories about you. They must be true.

Kai: And I never heard shit about you.

Kai threw a hook kick at Sae. She caught his leg and swung her sword at it. Kai slammed his foot down and threw a tornado kick. Sae ducked under, flipped her sword onto her foot and did a slide. Kai fell on the ground. She stabbed her sword into his leg. He kicked up, kicking Sae in the stomach. She fell back and did a flip over Kai. Terra came from behind and knocked Sae down.

Stick: Alright! Alright! That's enough! You've grown a lot since last time. In power I mean, not mentally.

Kai: Are you giving up?

Stick: Me! Give up! Never. I will just give you the opportunity to win your freedom.

Terra: I'm tired of all your stupid metaphors!

Terra slashed her spear at Stick. Stick caught it in his hand. He effortlessly ripped it out of Terra's hand. He snapped it like a twig.

Stick: That wasn't a metaphor. Last opportunity!

Kai: What is it?

Stick: You will be obtaining a treasure for me. You will find the Muramasa blade. I blade that can kill enemies that can regenerate limbs. Do you accept the challenge?

Terra: No! You just wanna kill Kai or something like that!

Kai: We'll take the challenge.

Stick: Great. Come with me, we're taking a flight to Canada. Many secrets are held there.

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Terra and Kai sat down on a plane. They had changed their clothes and freshened up.

Stick: You get to ride third class. Call me if you need anything, actually. Don't.

Stick walked away.

Terra: Was he trying to bait us into the Chaste so we could ride first class?

Kai: I wouldn't put it past him.

They sat in silence for a couple minutes.

Terra: ...Hey. I never asked what your life was really like. Aside from all the shitty things. How have you been?

Kai: Uh, okay. I've been working on some dope ass glasses.

Terra: Glasses? Sunglasses or something? I had no idea you were so into fashion.

Kai: I fucking hate fashion. No, these glasses allow you to see power levels.

Terra: Power levels...I remember that. I have a friend who can read them. She had a soul blade. With its power, she could read power levels.

Kai: Soul blade allows you to read power levels? That would have been good to know.

Terra: You must have some of those glasses on you. Can I try em' out?

Kai: Fine.

Kai takes glasses out of his pocket. He takes them out of a small case and hands them to Terra. Terra put the glasses on.

Terra: Holy shit, how did you get to be that powerful? What about me? What are my numbers?

Kai: Well, give me the glasses.

Terra handed the glasses to Kai. Kai slipped on the glasses.

Kai: 31,000.

Terra: Last time I asked Amala I was like 15,000. But that was years ago. You were 38,000.

Kai: It's about time we jump.

Terra: What?

Stick came down.

Stick: He's right. Put on some parachutes.

Kai grabbed a parachute, he threw one over to Terra.

Terra: I prefer my feet on the ground. Why don't we just land?

Kai: This is much quicker and more fun.

The door for the plane opens up.

Kai: See ya on the other side.

Kai salutes and jumps out of the plane.

Stick: What? Are you seriously afraid of heights?

Terra: Not the biggest fan.

Stick: As a kid I was afraid of heights too. And I eventually had to jump too. So what i'm trying to say is, have a nice flight.

Stick pushed Terra out of the plane. She fell through the air, panicking. She anxiously rested her hand on the string to pull the chute. The ground is coming closer and closer. She got close enough to the ground, and pulled the chute. And landed in a tree.

Kai: Get down! We have a job to do!

Terra took off her backpack. She fell on the ground. And took the backpack off.

Kai: You took a while to get here.

Terra: First time parachuting. No more questions.

Kai took out a map. He started walking the way towards the muramasa blade.

Terra: You got an extra pair of shoes or something?

Kai: Of course not. You're bad for walking around barefoot.

They eventually made it to a cave. There was a light fire shining on the walls. Kai and Terra walked straight in. They saw an old man with a long beard. He wore a red cloak, and had a crutch that was stained with blood. He wore no shoes. There was a blade in the ground behind him.

Old man: Ah, I have visitors. What can I do for you two on this fine day?

Kai: We've come for the blade that's behind you.

Old man: Blade? I have no blade.

Kai points at the blade.

Kai: That one.

The old man looks at the blade.

Old man: Ah, my toothbrush. You can't have it. I need to keep my pearly whites.

Terra: He seems senial.

Old man: I'm only one hundred and forty four years old, thank you very much! I am barely past my prime!

Kai: Looks like we're gonna have to take it.

Old man: If you take my toothbrush, you will be cursed.

Kai: With?

Old man: A terrible curse!

The old man picked up his crutch. He got into a fighting stance.

Old man: Beat me, and maybe I'll curse you.

Kai and Terra surrounded the man.

Terra: This is a little crude, isn't it?

Kai: We're not killing him. We're just taking the blade.

Kai took out his staff and burst out at the old man. He caught Kai's staff in the handle of his crutch. And swung Kai around like a ragdoll. Terra kicked him in the side. When Terra landed he kicked her hard in the back of the shin. He did a spinning hook kick. And kicked Terra in the face. Terra did a punch, and an energy blast came out. The old man wasn't bothered by this at all. Kai teleported above him and did an axe kick in the air. He dodged out of the way and pushed Kai off his feet. Terra grabbed him and threw him on the ground. He spun his crutch on the ground. Terra and Kai jumped back. The old man got to his feet. Terra ran up and threw a quick jab. The old man caught her fist. She threw another punch. He caught her other fist. He pushed her into his fire. Terra screamed out from the pain. A red aura quickly flashed around her. The old man turned around to face his attention to Kai. Terra got up, her eyes red as if she had hit destruction form. She grabbed him by the back and threw him at the ceiling of the cave. He hit the ground, and bounced up. Terra kicked him towards the opening at the beginning of the cave. She turned around. Kai had gotten the blade.

Terra: Come on! Let's go!

Terra and Kai ran out of the cave. Blade in hand. They ran past the old man.

Kai: Hope I remembered the way back!

They both ran at top speed. But came to a violent stop. The old man emerged from the woods. With an armada of moose on his side. He was sitting on a moose in the middle.

Old man: That curse, I foretell that the one you love will be your undoing. It's a truly terrible curse!

Kai gripped the muramasa blade. He blitzed through a moose, and cut it in half. Terra ran just behind Kai. Stick came above them with a helicopter. He threw down a ladder. Kai scaled it easily, and Terra went up it anxiously.

Stick: Good work. My cousin's crazy, right?

Terra: That was your cousin?!

Stick: He's an asshole. Everyone has that one drunk cousin.

Terra: He was much more than drunk.

Stick: He was a good sparring partner, but never as powerful as me.

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Stick flew them back to New York. They landed on a helipad. Stick let them out.

Stick: Until next time.

Terra: You said you were going to leave us alone!

Stick: I'll leave you alone when I die. I don't leave my family.

Stick flew off in the helicopter.

Kai: He never leaves you alone.

Terra: Well, that was fun. I think we got cursed.

Kai: Yeah. So uh, wanna get high?

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Terra took a puff of a blunt. She coughed.

Terra: How do you like this?

Kai: First time is always weird.

After a little while they both were pretty smoked out.

Terra: You ever sparred while doing this?

Kai: Are you tryin' to challenge me?

Terra: Yeah! Let's go.

They both squared off. Terra did a sliding kick at Kai. Kai jumped above her and kicked her in the face. Terra threw a lazy uppercut. Kai got hit. They both threw a roundhouse kick at the same time, and collided shins. They both fell on the ground holding their shins.

Kai: fuck.

His words were drawn out.

Terra: You should make those glasses into awesome sunglasses…

Kai: Sunglasses are pretty cool. Say it with me. Mari...juana.

Terra chuckled

Terra: Mari...juana.

Kai: No, you're saying it wrong.

Terra: No I'm not! Mari...juana!

They both laughed.

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Terra and Kai both woke up in the morning. Terra had a headache.

Terra: What the fuck happened last night?

Kai: Don't worry about it. I think I got you addicted.

Terra: I'm fine. That was pretty fun though.

Kai: Your eighteen, you can make your own decisions.

Kai passed Terra a water bottle. She took a drink.

Terra: Well, I wish you luck with your glasses or whatever.

Kai: Yeah sure, thanks. Uh, good luck with whatever you do.

Terra grabbed her bag and waved goodbye to Kai. She walked out the door.

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