Release

Part 2: Shinu De Nuevo

Arc 7: Changed World.

(Inside Kane's car. Kane, Able and Mia are driving through the town)

Mia: (She is sitting in the backseat) So who's in this team of yours?

Kane: Oh, you know! Four other Reapers! A crazy assassin chick! A guy with a centipede inside him. Aaand... Dracula!

Mia: (Her head springs up) Dracula?!

Kane: Yeah, the Nosferatu himself. He's a bit of an asshole, but you warm up to him... even if he has kinda slaughtered millions of innocent people... And how about you? Anything we should know about you? Your past?

Mia: Not much about my past. I was... hit by truck, then I became a Reaper. Top of my class too. Simple as that. My mother raised me for most of my life, never knew my father at all. As simple as that...

Able: *Cough* Shit!

Kane: What?

Able: She is REALLY starting to remind me of Sam, now!

Mia: Samuel Logan Reyes?

Able: You know him?

Mia: Yes, he's... the Rogue Reaper.

Kane: Uh... yeah about that part, not anymore he isn't.

Mia: I am well aware of that fact...

Able: You're a confusing woman, Mia. I'm glad you're on our side.

Mia: Yeah...

(Meanwhile)

(Belial is wandering down the street)

Belial: If I am to kill Kuragari, I must do so without drawing the attention of Azrael or any of the Archangels. Hopefully that woman keeps her promise and lets the demons rule this world. So that father will be proud of ME again, not those four assholes he calls his generals.

(Inside Kuragari's hideout)

Kuragari: (Sitting on his throne) (Thinking) I should really get a catchphrase. Maybe something like... "I am no knight, I am THE Knight." No, no that's too heroic. "You know I had to kill her? My dirty hands don't fade?" No that doesn't sound right... a screw it, I'll just roll with whatever comes into my mind. (He notices a sound outside) (Talking) Hey! Dick waffle! You gonna come in here or be a total creeper? (Under his breath) Fucking-peeping-toms. (The door to the warehouse opens and in walks the same man in the Steampunk outfit as before) (Irritated) Oh you have to be shitting me right now... (Thinking) Well Tomogui does need food... (Talking) Hey! Would you consent to being eaten by a girl who may, or may not be a cannibal?

The man: Y-...

Kuragari: (He teleports in front of the man) That's ALL I needed to hear!!! (Kuragari drives the Black Scythe straight into the man's lower jaw and pulls it out, splitting the face in two) Because you assholes are starting to irritate me! Tomogui! Here's your dinner! (He sees Annah look at him with a tear falling down her cheek from on top the catwalk) Annah... (Annah starts walking away, but he chases after her up the stairs) Annah, please...

Annah: (She turns around to face Kuragari with her face covered in tears) What happened to you, Sam?!

Kuragari: What do you mean? I've always been like this.

Annah: No you haven't!!! The Sam I knew wouldn't kill senselessly! He didn't care about his height at all! He was a kind man at heart! What's the point in having me here, if you just want me to see you murder people?!

Kuragari: (He starts breaking into tears, his legs trembling) You're... right, Annah. But... but we need each other to survive, because we're both maniacs in a world that doesn't want us anymore, Annah! They won't accept you, but I will forever! Annah... please... listen to me...

Annah: (She slaps Kuragari across the face, as he leans in to kiss her) You're making no sense... at first you didn't want me near you at all. Then you save my life and turn me into a... Vampire. Now you... you want me to join you... in a twisted King-Queen relationship... make up your mind!!!

Kuragari: (He touches the red mark left by the slap) Yeah... yeah... you're right. Just... Annah (His face filled with tears, looks like it loses all reason left in it) Just go... get out of here. Take Elizabeth and get as far away from me as possible... (He falls down on his knees) Please... just go... don't even think about me again...

Annah: (She turns around and starts walking away) Goodbye... Sam...

(Kuragari falls down on the cold metal catwalk, tears dripping down)

(Several hours later around midnight, inside the room where the scientists were working. Their dead, massacred bodies lie across the room, everything is covered in blood. Kuragari sits down against a desk, out of breath)

Kuragari: (He looks over to the one scientist who is barely alive) Sorry... about this. I... just had to release some stress... (He closes his eyes to take a nap, but feels something moving his arms. He sees Tomogui and Esperanza sleeping next to him) Do you guys really want to snuggle in between all these dead bodies? Ah well... you have food for months now Tomogui.

(End of Chapter 60)