Everything is Permitted (Nakiya and Psychosis)

To be frank, if Kuro had been brutal before, he was downright cruel now. The reason this is a thing is because Kuro did not brutally but instantly kill the knights as much. No, he decided they could die on their own. Which meant, after his sword had slit open one of their stomachs, he did not finish the job, letting the fool attempt to keep his organs inside his body, an act which failed horribly. The man was looking like a fool, intestines one the ground. Kuro did not even blink as his flying sword bisected at least two of the knights. For once, he was not even keeping track of his kill count. That alone should explain how angry he was. The pain he could stand, but the sheer audacity of these children angered him deeply. How dare they even attempt such an attack? The dullness of the spear still confused him, but that was for later. 

Picking up the nearest Rune Knight by the neck, using his teeth, Kuro threw him at two others, who were killed rather viciously when the not only stabbed the man, but his weapon happened to pierce their throats. Amusing. Kuro swung his sword, the only not levitating and killing people, at one of the knights, who managed to barely block Kuro's single arm strike, by using both arms to hold him back. Even then the man was being pushed back. 

"M-Monster!"

Kuro grinned, sensing a metal object coming towards him with Kenbun. Ridiculous! He turned his head to the left and caught the sword in his teeth, staring at the Knight who attempted it, dead in the eyes. The Knight was so freaked out, and possibly scared, that he dropped the sword. That was proven to be a mistake when Kuro flipped it, grabbed the handle in his mouth, and stabbed the man in the neck. He turned back to the Knight who had blocked his blade, having not moved his arm yet. Kuro, in the most dramatic fashion he could, slowly stabbed the man in the neck, relishing the fear in his eyes right before he was pierced. The man only had two choices, avoid the neck strike and be split in half from the sword he was still blocking, or take the neck strike and NOT get split in half. He figured he had a better chance of surviving with the neck injury. That was until Kuro stomped on the man's head after he had fallen over, causing grey matter to spray everywhere. Kuro glanced at the rest of the Rune Knights, his eyes red. His hair also seemed red, due to the blood it had absorbed, though the natural darkness of his hair made it hard to notice. The grin he had, however, was the downright least friendly thing they had seen. His anger had lessened, but he was still annoyed at the brats who had the balls to attack his group. It was why he noticed the Garm, who seemed to be avoiding him at the moment. Possibly because the scent of the blood had them confused, since he probably did not smell normal to them. Though it could also be because of his incredible anger, which most things similar to Garm could sense. Actually, it was the fact that all the Rune Knights around him were already dead, but he wanted to sound even cooler when he told this story later.

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Nakiya watched as the area had been turned into a complete war zone, there was barely a spot of dirst or grass visible beneath all of the blood that Kuro and the Garm had spilled. She smirked as the site, biting her lower lip though refusing to let any words, or sounds, escape her until she had composed herself more.

"Well now I hope you had fun. I'm sure you killed a good half of their batallion. Let's keep moving shall we Kuro? There is one man in particular that we are after... and I know the perfect way to draw out a righteous Rune Knight from hiding...."
She stated as she finally stepped forward, reaching up to her hair and untying the braid, swinging her head to let her long red locks free as they fell behind her, now all wavy from having been tied up. She walked into the pool of blood and knelt down, letting the blood stain her legs as she put her hands in the sticky substance and began to stain the rest of her body in blood, making her face, getting it into her hair and clothes until she looked as if she herself had gottn into a fight with Kuro. She then withdrew her Celestial blade, and activated it before using it to creat small cuts on her bod and clothes to add to the realism of the lie she was going to play off.

"The two of you follow me back to town square, stay in the shadows until this guy shows up, got it?"
She asked before she took a deep breath and took off at a run towards the town square, ducking behind a building so that she could reach the main street. She forced a look of panic to cross her eyes as she ran, tears even falling down her face as she ran as fast as she could. When she reached the clearing, she began to cry out to catch peoples attentions, hopefully, the Rune Knight they were after.

"Please! Someone please help! Th... they're killing... killing e...everyone! help me! please!"

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Za'cha watched as Nakiya prepared herself and then took off. "Got to give her credit... she's a pretty damn good actress." he said before following behind her, his Anti-Demon Slayer Defensive combination set still in play. He did find it odd though that their target had yet to make an appearance. With all the carnage and destruction raging on around them, one would have thought that the leader of the Rune Knights here would have shown their face. Especially since this was supposedly his home town. "Don't think we got the wrong river town do you?" asked Za'cha quietly with a raised eyebrow beneath his armoured helm.

Pride rolled his eyes before scoffing. "If that were the case, then why are there so many Rune Knights hmm? Unless..." he mused, his human host reaching the same conclusion. "Aye... this is a damned trap. And we took the bloody bait." he cursed, and as if proof to his theory, more Rune Knights and elementalists appeared at the sound of Nakiya's impassioned pleading for aid. Although they didn't seem to consider her a threat right now... "An entire squad for one girl's cries? Bit of an overkill ain't it?" he mused to himself softly.

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Kuro took a breath for a moment, letting Nakiya dirty herself for whatever she was planning. "Ah, shepherding the flock, leading them to slaughter." He grinned. "Go ahead with your plan then, I have one as well!" He dived into a nearby building, adjusting his position inside so he could take note. For one, the building was away from where Nakiya was, but the Rune Knights were coming just inside the range he needed. It took four seconds to find the abandoned building's support beams. It took one to activate Buso. Kuro sliced through the support beams, before kicking them with his Buso'd legs. The fell easily enough, and he activated Hao to get the fuck out of there. 

He flew through the open window, away from the direction of the Rune knights, where the building was slowly starting to fall. It was only noticeable due to his proximity to the building, and him knowing it would happen. It was taking to long however, and he decided to speed things up. Buso spread to his entire body, before he charged at the building's outside surface at full speed. The building fell over at a normal speed now, casting a shadow on the Rune Knights. The only managed to scream before the building crushed them all. A six story building falling on you tended to silence you, after all. Kuro landed softly infront of Nakiya, who had been twenty meters away from the building that had fallen. "If that doesnt bring out the big douche, nothing will." It was rather obvious Kuro was fed up with fodder. He paused a moment, glancing over Nakiya. "You look better with your hair down." He noted. He never did like ponytails. He glanced behind him, making sure. If any of the Knights survived, they were far too injured to even move right now, let alone fight. Having several tons of a building fall on you did that. Even so, these were average Rune Knights, not specialized mages.

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Not too far away from then, Nakiya could see an entire building coming down! The building came crashing into a bunch of the rune Knights that had begun making their way over, some no doubt hiding out in that very building. She would have shown just how impressed she was if she wasn't in her current damsel in distress mode. At the sigh of the crushed Knights, she let out a screech and a few more sobs as Rune Knights now seemed to be coming out of every imaginable hiding spot to go and rescue their comrades. Two teams immediately went to help their friends, using their various magics to help however they could, while one squadron found themselves defending Nakiya from whatever demon had caused the caving of the building.

"Don't worry miss... you're safe as long as you stay behind us."
Replied one Knight, while the other two braced their lances and pointed themin every direction, making a circle around the girl and keeping Nakiya between all of them to keep her 'safe'. A crooked smile crossed Nakiya's face as as one of the men suddenly cried out in pain once more as blood came splattering from an arm that now barely held onto it's flesh, torn apart and eaten by one of the Garm.

Nakiya quickly leaped to her feet and grabbed the rune knight facing north by the neck, kicking him behind the knee's, causing him to fall before she kicked him again behind the head so that he face planted into the ground. She then twisted her body just in time to avoid a fatal wound. Though it wasn't fatal, it still hurt like a bitch whenever the Knights spear stabbed though the side of her gut.

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Za'cha had to roll his eyes at how easy and yet oh so difficult this was proving to be. "Where the hell is this bastard? And why is there an entire god damned army with him?" he grumbled, partially wondering how much more Kiba could handle on his own as the psychotic mage seemed to be mowing down these Rune Knights as they appeared. And then Nakiya went on the offensive herself from within the ring of Rune Knight steel.

"Shall we?" asked Za'cha of his guest. Pride simply nodded before he burst from cover and walked towards the enemy. "Oi! Rune Knight cunts! Bring out your boss already! Dealing with you shrimps is really starting to get old here!" he called over before he charged into their lines, their Fire Mage blasting away at him before he received a series of slashes into his flesh, the Anti-Demon Slayer set covered in their spilt blood. "SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!" roared the Dark Ex-Quip mage before he started to trade blows with the Water Mage. "Where is your vaunted leader eh?" snarled Za'cha as he cut into her, her water-spells washing over his armour, ironically cleaning it of the blood of her fallen fellows.

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Kuro's compliment was ignored. Poor bastard. In any case, Kuro stared at the incoming hordes with nothing more than a deadpan stare. Nope. Fuck this shit. He dropped a building. Shit STOPPED when he did that. It was how it happened. Nope, more guards. How ridiculous. Absolutely stupid! Kuro's eye twitched. "Nakiya, guy whose name I dont know, when I say so, jump." One might question the statement, but Kuro saw something few did. The building that had fallen had various water pipes, leaving the entire area covered in a thin layer of water. What did this have to do with him? Take a wild guess what a lightning mage would use water for, then smack yourself for needing to do so.

Kuro built up a large amount of energy, using well over twice as much as his normal Shame, just to make sure, before releasing it out of his feet, catching literally everything that was touching the water in his spell. As it turned out, everything had been touching the water, other than the grims, who had probably sensed he was about to do this. The water, while thin, carried electricity wonderfully. At best, it would stun everything, which would then allow the Grimms to attack and kill everyone. Hopefully, but he had learned rather quickly this mission was going to hell in a hand basket, and fast. Between getting discovered early on, getting nothing but knights, and having been forced to drop a building, only for THAT to fail... He was greatly angered at this point.

Indeed, as predicted, the Knights were stunned, but the civilians were flat out killed. Kuro groaned. "Damn... If that bastard appears, Ill have to rely on my swords and you two to deal with him. One broken arm, half magic power... yeah this has been a wonderful mission." Kuro snorted. He was thankful the city had plenty of electrical wires in that building, or he never could have built up enough energy to cause an electrocution of that scale. His use of shame had simply helped the electricity flow, while protecting himself by subjugating the area around him to a current of equal power, and opposite wavelength. "Oi vey... Lets hope this is the guy."

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When told to, Nakiya leaped up into the air to avoid getting electrocuted, watching as those Knights that had been there to protect her cried out and trembled as they were electrocuted. One by one they fell to the ground, and as Nakiya landed once more she winced as an after shock coursed through her. She growled softly at the, and groaned loudly when even more Rune Knights seemed to pop up. There didn't see to be as many this time, instead they seemed to be in a parade formation coming in from outside the town.

"Hey guys... think he just wasn't here yet?"
She cried out to her partners as she pointed towards the oncoming parade of Knights. As they got closer, you could see the heavily clad man in the center of them. The Knights did slow on their approach to the town however as it seemed they had come in to a huge massacre... there was blood and bodies everywhere, both of the Knights and of civilians.

The large man pushed passed his Knights as they stopped in complete shock over their comrades death. The Commander on the other hand (if you could see his face) was furious.

"Who DARES commit such a vile act on my home soil!?"
He bellowed out into the town, only now did he connect the trail of blood with the bodies of the dark mages. He frowned deeply, extending his hand to his left side and summoning a very large and heavy broad sword. This sword had very little decore to it, in fact it was rather plane except for the light blue stone that was imbued into the metal right near the handle.

"You will pay for this! Knights! Formation!"
He called out to those that had escorted him. A few Knights scattered away from the group, while others formed an arrow head formation pointed at the members of Savage Skull so that they would be able to charge.

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Boss:

"Major Heracles I presume." called out Za'cha as he dismembered the Water Magus, his armour and weapon dispersing into motes as he finished the job. He looked at the arrow formation of the Rune Knights and shook his head. "Sorry about the mess. Admittedly, we thought after the first unit of these Knights went down, that you'd turn up... turns out that we had to wade through an entire armies worth to get your vaunted attention!" he said, as he strode towards the group, eyes firmly locked on the Major. The Rune Knights before him braced themselves. "And yet, still you hide behind a wall of steel and flesh." said the Dark Mage, the Major's temple bulging at the insinuation.

"Do you dare call me a coward?! You filth slaughtered an entire village of innocent people!" roared the Major, his body threatening to break the formation. "I name you craven and a fool Major! Twas not I whom slaughtered your village. My kills were only of those who had the courage to face me in combat!" rebuked Za'cha. "If any can claim to have slaughtered this village, it was you! You who failed to take action sooner! You who sent wave after wave of Knights into this hamlet you dare to call your home." he said before a dark cloud enveloped him, shattering it to reveal Shadowsworn and Hidden Saber upon him. "You seek retribution and vengenace Major?" called out the Dark Ex-Quip Mage, pointing the dragon-bone longsword at the man. "Then come! One on one combat! I win, your Knights will allow us to leave here as free men and woman." he declared, the Knights muttering amongst themselves at such a proposal.

"Ha! And when I win cur," said the Major as he pushed forwards, leaving his men behind, "then you and your accomplices must surrender to the justice of the Magic Council and face trial for your crimes here today and in the past." he declared, a suit of silver armour enveloping him as he stood before his Dark counterpart. Za'cha shrugged his shoulders. "Fair enough." he said before kneeling down to collect a dropped drinks can. "When this hits the ground?" he asked, Heracles nodding. Za'cha looked behind him at Nakiya and Kuro. "No interference." he said, his voice brokering no arguement before he tossed the can high into the air.

All the Knights watched as it spun through the sky, all eyes on its trajectory as it began to fall down to the floor. "Make it interesting for me Major." said Za'cha, making the Rune Knight laugh. "Die well Dark Mage scum." he replied. "Za'cha. The name of the one who will kill you, is Za'cha." he said, the can falling, falling, falling... Both of them took their weapons in hand, each assessing the other, their bodies tensing and readying themselves for the fight ahead.

Clang.

Both mages, Requip and Ex-Quip swung their swords through the air, metal meeting bonemetal with a resounding clash that ringed out across the burning village, a bow-wake of air rippling forth. The twin blades pressed against one another for a moment, each assessing the strength of the other before they broke apart, before swinging once more into each other, once more, twice, thrice, four times they came together. The screeching of metal scratching against metal sang out even as the heat from the blade slowly warmed up Za'cha's armour. If my Anti-Dragon Slayer Set didn't come with strength enhancements, this man would be overpowering me... damn he's good... thought Za'cha to himself before he brought his armoured tail up to try and stab the Major in the shoulder.

To his surprise the Major caught the tail with one of his hands, the other still holding his blade, and not once relenting in the pressure he was sustaining. Za'cha snarled beneath his helmet. This bastard's mocking me?! The Dark Knight brought his knee up, catching the Rune Knight in the groin, resulting him in releasing his tail and allowing Za'cha to back up a little. "A cheap shot..." growled Heracles, the fire around his sword growing brighter. "Fire Wake!" he invoked, sending an arc of fire down in a vertical arc towards Za'cha. "Crescent Wave!" replied the Dark Mage, sending his own dark wave of magic in a horizontal arc. The two waves of magic crashed into one another, creating an explosion that Za'cha dived into the heart of.

Heracles laughed and braced himself. He blinked as there was a brief flash of light from inside the smoke of the explosions aftermath, and soon found himself being pressed back by... a warrior in winged white armour wielding a scythe?! "Darkwarp Raiment, and Martyrblade." came Za'cha's voice from beneath the helmet, the Anti-Celestial blade singing out against the Major's firey sword. The attacks came on faster and faster than he could parry them, as slashes and cuts began to form in his armour where the Dark Mage's weapon got past his defense. However, even as Za'cha's scythe made work of the armour, so too did the heat and power of the Major's flames sear through the armour, slowly cooking him from the inside out. This was no longer a contest of skill... it was now one of endurance and time. Which would happen first? Would the scythe break through the armour and take the Major's life? Or would Za'cha be boiled alive and burned from inside his own armour by the Major's flames?

Almost... there... thought Za'cha with Pride replying, "Better make it fast, your body cannot take much more of this heat. I'd say you've got at best another sixty seconds before you're completely cooked." the Dark Celestial Spirit informed him. The human host grimaced beneath his helm before he continued the furious onslaught, this time including several kicks from his armour, taking advantage of the fact he had a third dimension he could travel in as opposed to only the two that the Major could access. With Pride counting down the seconds, the Dark Mage let out a furious roar before finding a big enough chink in Heracles' armour, and with all his remaining might brought Martyrblade down into it, plunging the blade down through the metal, embedding it into his flesh, through muscle, sinew, tissue.

Blood sprayed out from the wound like a fountain, coating the two warriors in blood. Heracles slowly buckled to his knees as his life essence drained from his body, and he looked up at Za'cha with a faint nod even as his eyes went glassy. The Dark Mage ripped the scythe out from the corpse, collecting the man's sword as a trophy of the conflict. The Rune Knights took a step forward before he pointed the sword at them. "Remember... your Major's oath... Besides..." he said, as buildings around them began to collapse from the fire. "Don't you... have a... village to save?" he asked before he strode back towards Nakiya and Kuro. "Let's go..." he said.

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Kuro turned to Nakiya as Zaacha stole his kill. Damn, he had wanted to kill that man. Making him wait, sending out hoards of rune Knights... IT got annoying very quickly. "You remember that offer at the beginning of this mission?" Kuro smirked, ignoring his broken arm for now. Twas but a scratch. "Was I a bad enough boy for you?" He was hoping she would get embarrassed or something, as that would be cute. On the other hand, accepting boldly would be even better. Maybe he just wasnt picky, but either way, that would be amazing. He doubted it, but it was less than necessary. The mission had been fun, but with his arm broken as it was, he would probably need treatment soon. Not that it would deter him should she accept, because he was indeed that kind of person. 

Turning back towards Zaacha, Kuro snorted. "Bet the Rune Knights wont honor that little agreement." He would have, if they would, but their main goal was to capture dark mages, so it was doubtful they would even pause once their leader died. Arrogant shits, they were. Always focused on the goal they had, rather than the civilians who got injured in the process. Kuro did not care for civies either, but at least he was honest about it. Even with the way things were, he was at least curteous enough to not slaughter EVERYTHING which crossed his path, only that which got in the way. Even then, he didnt always kill them. The meat became more tender when they ran first, after all. Kuro glanced at the Rune Knights, grinning. "I take the left half, you take the..." He glanced at the others. "Well, I can take them all if you guys are too tired." The voice he used did not change, but it was obvious he was teasing them.

As Zaacha finished off the man, Kuro made a cross on his body with his working arm. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil; for thou art with me." A prayer to the departed souls, specifically the one which had been a true warrior with honor. Honor was important for Kuro, amusingly. Most would think he just ignored it, but he always had honor when he was shown honor. If his opponent had no honor, neither would he. "Our mission was just to assassinate that guy whose name I forgot already, but why not deal with the witnesses to this too? I dont feel like getting a bounty..." Kuro grinned viciously, throwing his sword forward, stabbing one of the knights. "After all..." Kuro rushed forward, a psychotic grin on his face. "What else are we gonna do for fun? Haha!"

"Oh, I haven't forgotten Kuro... but our job isn't quite finished yet."
Nakiya stated as she pointed to the Knights Kuro himself was speaking about. To be frank, she was tired of this fighing... bored of fighting the same enemies again and again, emerging vistorious every time. Za'cha had gone and stolen all of the fun from them. She sighed as she finally sat back on the debris of one of the building as she leaned back, crossing her legs as she looked at Kuro.

"How about this, bad boy~ You finish off those Knights for me in the flashiest way you can, and I'll be sure to uphold my end of the bargain~"
She mused as she watched him rush towards the Knight in his very familiar fashion, destroying them one by one with ease, cutting through them as if they were made of paper. Sh then watched as he made the sign of the cross, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrow at his prayer, sening them off to the after-life. Well this was something new...

She sighed as she pushed herself up t her feet, withdrawing on of her Celestial keys and extending her let arm, silently summoning her hunting hounds. The two dogs came darting through the dark portal to the Celestial world, snarling as they charged at the rest of the Knights Kuro had left alive. She let them have their fun as she then walked through the battlefield towards Kuro, waiting only until he dispatched his final enemy before grabbing his arm.

"I can't say I'm a fan of your religious side."
She stated, but a promise was a promise, and as such she gave his arm a rough yank to close the gap between them befoe placing her lips against his.

Za'cha inspected his newly acquired sword, noting the craftsman ship evident in the metalwork. He nodded faintly before sending it into his personal dimensional space for safe-keeping... and future tinkering. He heard Kuro's words and just waved them off. "If they... move... feel free..." he said, wincing beneath his armour as it slowly cooled off from the earlier heat. "Note to self... make a set of Anti-Fire armour..." the Dark Mage mused. "Preferably a suit that doesn't have so many metallic components to roast you." Pride informed him, his tone quite displeased with the near-death experience he had been forced to share with his host.

The Ex-Quip mage didn't even bother to retort to the Dark Celestial Spirit before he glanced over and saw that the Rune Knights were being slaughtered by Nakiya's hounds as well as Kuro's own attacks... and then his jaw dropped, before he snarled a little and twisting away from the view of Nakiya kissing Kuro, his eyes looking now for something or someone to vent his frustrations upon.

He spotted several Rune Knight mages coming towards them, spear in hands, as if the long range of the weapon would keep them safe. With all his fury, Za'cha threw Martyrblade towards the enemy, the Anti-Celestial scythe carving into the first Knight. They began to rush towards him. "Recall." he snarled, the Scythe returning to his grasp in a flash of dark light. He repeated the procedure time and time again, not caring now if they were running or not, until they all lay dead, and the scythe was dripping with their blood.

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Kuro had been having fun. Slaughtering Rune Knight after Rune Knight was enjoyable, especially since they were currently disoriented because of the shock from the murder of their leader. Granted, they were so disoriented that they utterly ignored the man's honor, which was honestly very irritating to Kuro. Honor was important. One does not face a fly with a cannon, after all. More than that, it was his last order, and last requests like that were generally to be respected. It was why Kuro had done something insane... well, moreso than usual. When you get nicknamed Psychosis, insanity tends to follow you like a plague. It was a blessing, more than a curse. The sheer amusement from those various events made Kuro's life much more interesting.

Kuro, before Nakiya did anything towards him, raised his swords above his head, in a strange hold. This hold was strange in that he was holding the two blades by their hilts, pointing in opposite directions, but they looked as it they were connected by the tips of their hilts. Suddenly he let go of the two blades, and they began to spin in midair. Using the control he had over his swords due to his electromagnetic abilities which he had displayed earlier in the mission, Kuro sent out the spinning blades to bisect entire waves of Rune Knights, getting at least ten of them in less than a second, all falling in two pieces at the waist. The once pure water which had covered the ground was stained with the beautiful color of red, symbolizing the end of this village.

"That was fun, should wipe them out soon too. And Im only religious because if I dont believe in Gods or Devils, how can I say I killed them?" A sadistic grin formed on Kuro's face, though his words were not entirely true. His mother had taught him about humans, and about what they sought. It was because of this that Kuro truly lacked hatred for any living being. That did not, however, interrupt his rampant murder and assault on them. He got angry, he could be evil, but he did not hate. A strange philosophy, but it worked for him rather well. He was enough of a contradiction to star in a Starburst commercial, which was partially why he took the name Psychosis.

Kuro was rather proud of himself, to be honest. Dropping a building was something to be proud of, after all. Using the water to electrocute a veritable army of Rune Knights was just the icing on the cake. Zaacha could have the boss, Kuro was satisfied with his job so far. It got even better when Nakiya pulled him in for a kiss. There was a slight problem that he found in her actions though.


Indeed, she had pulled him towards her with his broken arm, which caused him to open his mouth to scream, but before he could, his lips smashed against hers, so it came out as a moan. Kuro also closed his eyes in pain, which made the kiss seem even more sensual, but it was just really, really painful for Kuro, until he realized what was happening. He had had worse, so once the shock of the pain stopped, and he realized what was going on, Kuro mentally smirked. He saw Zaacha's anger and jealousy, and couldnt help but sympathize with the guy... a lot. Probably more than could be put into words, but still. Even with the pain however, he would not disguise his pleasure towards the events. Getting a ton of kills, dropping a building, getting a kiss from a nice girl, what was there to not like? Even Zaacha stealing his kill did not bother him. Steal his kill? He steals a kiss. Revenge! Not really, since he had believed that Nakiya was bluffing, and had no idea that Zaacha liked her like that, or at all, it just worked out really well towards that side goal which he would have ignored had the sequence of events been different.

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For the moment she had completely forgotten about Za'cha, and the fact that he had just almost died taking down the enemy they had been after all this time. When Kuro moaned into her kiss, she opened her yes slightly, smirking crookedly while their lips were still locked. She passed her hand over the broken bone of his arm, feeling where it had snapped and even going to far as to push against it, like someone pushing against a bruise, however she was sure this would be far more painful. She then pulled her lips away from his, her free hand reaching up to gently brush his now dirty hair back.

"I always keep my word, but if this pain bothers you, you'll never survive a night with me"
She said softly so that only Kuro could hear her. Her wods weren't meant to be threatening, they were more of a challenge to be honest, but one she doubted the injured man would take. She finally let him go, giving her lips a little lick as if tasting his lips once more before her eyes darted to her two Celestial spirits now eating the corpses of two Knights.

"Delta, Gamma,  bring the boss' body. We need to prove to our client we succeeded, don't we?"
She stated, now glancing back over to Za'cha who was throwing his scythe at th retreating Knights. She raised an eyebrow at the sight, but said nothing to discourage him from it.

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Za'cha stood there, his breathing ragged from a combination of pain, exhaustion and fury. "Hmm... a little on the messy side, but we can work and improve on that." mused the Dark Celestial Spirit residing within the Dark Mage. The silver-haired warrior shot a dark glare at the Spirit and gripped his scythe tighter for a moment, allowing himself a small moment of victory as the metals inherent within the weapons alloys made the Dark Spirit cringe in pain. "Don't forget who's body you possess Pride, nor what I have created." the human snarled before he flicked the blade with a twist of his wrist, the blood splattering clean from the Anti-Celestial scythe.

He glanced towards the mutts as they moved towards the Major's corpse. "At least use your human forms mutts." Za'cha snarled, his posture casting a dark and long silhouette from the raging fires the town was suffering under, Martyrblade gleaming as if hungry. "We want the client to be able to actually identify the corpse. Can't do that if your foul maws have disintegrated and ruined the flesh." the Ex-Quip mage reasoned, his anger slowly cooling off. He returned his focus to Nakiya. "That was what you intended, was it not?"

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Kuro moved back from Nakiya. "As... amusing as that sounds, I prefer not having my arm further damaged. Although for some reason everyone gets more badass when they lose an arm..." Kuro seemed to be genuinely pondering whether or not he should cut off his own arm just to see if he advanced in badassery. To put it bluntly, what he was actually thinking about was whether or not he should take up her little challenge. Honestly, she was nice and all, but that was it. There was no connection of that sort, he could tell already. On the other hand, it sounded pretty fun. Kuro lowered his voice just enough for Zaacha to still hear, but made sure it seemed accidental. "I think our friend over there might want to take you up on that offer though."

Maybe part of him was going soft, or the damage he had taken was enough to cause hallucinations or something, but he felt it would be better to let Zaacha have her, though it seemed he was too afraid to confess to her, if that jealous reaction was anything to go by. Not that Kuro could blame him, considering his own lack of action with the exact same issue. Getting these two together wouldnt hurt him, and it would help them. Since he considered Nakiya, at the very least, a comrade, it was the least he could do to help her be happy. Though they were not close like some, Kuro would still murder Zaacha with a couch should he hurt her, mostly because Kuro was strangely overprotective. Not a typical dark mage at all, which was even stranger considering he was a-

Kuro was interrupted by one of the Knights, who had incredibly endurance apparently, crawling towards him. "Oh, thats actually rather impressive." Kuro stared at the slowly moving Knight, who seemed to start giving a speech. Oh this oughta be good.

"Foul beasts! Know that while my comrades lay dead beside me, while the village burns to the ground around me, I will not stop. I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth, and I will seek justice on you! You are not above the law, and it is time someone prove it." The man paused, probably because he was missing an arm and that was quite a lot of blood which had been lost. "My name is Drakonian Emporio, and I will be your executioner! So long as I have the power to hope, to love, I will not die! The lack of this power will be you-"

That was when Kuro had enough and decided to end this little farce. That is to say, Kuro's finger turned black and he used it to stab the man in the throat, spilling blood everywhere, and silencing his voice, though the man would live long enough to hear Kuro's words. "Do not attempt to understand me, fool. Love, hope, only a fool believes that someone is incapable of that." Kuro's tone turned from angry to remorseful in an instant. "All humans are capable of that." Kuro turned away from the two, glancing out over the destruction of the village. Memories of a burning village surfaced in his mind, but he did not care. Now was not the time for that.