Title: Angel of Death
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Words: 27,313 of 30,000 words
Warnings: death, violence, language
Summary: The life of a reaper can get a little boring, so why not spice it up with a little game? Rules are not a problem for a reaper of her power who can even reap unmarked humans. Her target is the newly revived Chika Akatsuki.
Chapter 27
One by one, Zarame guides each zombie, until they are all gone and Zarame is exhausted.
"We must find the keepers of hope and bring them here. I think it's finally time, this time the door will open I know it," Kuze places her hand on the door with the glowing blue carvings.
"It has been tried before and it didn't work. If it fails you will be defense less, your keepers of hope as well" Carmella warns.
"I will protect them," Zarame offers.
Carmella shakes her head. "Why do you think the reaper retreated? She's just playing, she's confident this won't work, as it had also failed to work in the past. Zarame, even if you try to protect them, when the keepers of hope fail to help the keeper of the key open the door, they will inevitably be filled with hopelessness and she will kill them all. She's not an ordinary reaper." She reminds them.
"She's not a reaper at all," Zarame clarifies. "She goes under the guise of a reaper but she isn't."
Kuze nods, "Yes... and I know that many brave keepers of hope had failed to open this door in the past. But this time it will be different. This time I'm sure we'll win and rid the world of her for some time."
"She never dies," Carmella speaks the truth.
"Neither does hope," Kuze voices.
Carmella sighs. "The Wheel of Fate will try to minimize the casualties should this plan fails," and she fears it will though she wishes for it to succeed.
"I thank you, but I'm sure we'll make it this time," Kuze looks towards Zarame. "You care for her don't you? For Michiru..."
"It is forbidden for reapers to care about humans..." Zarame does not answer the questions.
A reply is not needed, Kuze already knows. "That's why you hid yourself at the Wheel of Fate headquarters and cut off all contact with Michiru..."
"Because of that she was in danger," Zarame admits. Regret is not something that a reaper should feel. Zarame knows this it goes against his nature.
"Michiru herself is a forbidden being who, descendant of both humans and reapers, though mostly of human blood. She still has the eyes of a reaper and is able to understand the ancient language of the reapers." Kuze shakes her head. "No, she's not a forbidden being at all. All those who are alive have the right to continue living, and all those who might not be alive but exist have the right to continue existing. Just as our enemy will continue to exist no matter what we do, our hero will also continue to exist no matter what our enemy does. It's up to us to choose which side will win."
Zarame remains quiet as Kuze and Carmella watch. Pochi looks a bit confused; he doesn't fully understand what is going on. Zarame closes his eyes and reflects for a moment. "I will keep Michiru safe," he finally decides.
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A little girl shows up at the door to a major mafia hide out. Toho gives the child an odd look as he opens the door. "I assume you are no child if you came this far."
The little girl giggles. "T is for Toho!" A scythe appears in her hands.
Toho quickly recites an incantation, his fingers moving rapidly with a bright glow. The seal he drew reaches the reaper who is not a reaper at all but has no effect. "You're an evil creature," Toho speaks in surprise. "How can it be that this doesn't work?"
"Try it again," the evil being playfully says. "Try it over and over, throw everything you have at me and show me how hopeless you are." She looks amused, laughing and giggling insanely.
A few members of the mafia approach to see what's going on at their hideout's door. "Toho," one of them inquires, "what is happening?"
"Don't get in my way," Toho half growls, the other back away. Using a white spell paper with complex symbols hand drawn on it with black ink, Toho tarts to chant. The paper glows iridescent and he throws it at the creature.
The piece of paper sticks to her forehead and smoke starts coming out as if it were acid. Her skin burns and melts until the paper slowly dissolves into dust and the center of her fact from the forehead to the nose is left at the skull, both sides around it left with burns. "It didn't work," she laughs. "It didn't work! It didn't work!" She keeps repeating it mockingly.
Toho looks back at the men behind him. "She is who we thought," they look surprised; as if they cannot believe such a creature exist in such an apparently harmless form. "Get everything ready, quickly!" They run, Toho knows he's being followed, he know the true identity of that little monster, he knows of her power, and he's leading her to a trap.
To be Continued
Disclaimer, I don't own Zombie Loan. This is something I added in to get to 30 chapters/30,000 words. XD I'm almost there!