Bring me the head(Zenshin and Naraku)

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A pitch dark dome of ice covered the area leaving Naraku and the chimera trapped within. Fortunately, Zen knew she could see with her nose almost as well as her eyes. He'd been there when she had done so with the lamia. What he did not know though was that in the dark she could see almost as if it was as clear as daylight. Whether the chimera could was another matter, but in the dark...she was God. At some point recently her inferno medico had worn off so her leg was back in its very heavily damaged state. Of course, she had consumed a large amount of darkness healing herself slightly. Plus she wasn't in a rational enough state of mind to worry about a little thing called pain. She barely felt it at all. It was time to absolutely destroy this creature. She licked her lips and took a deep breath absorbing a large amount of darkness causing another bright flash and then spoke three words.

"Inferno Regina Urlara" A huge blast of cutting darkness with a 33ft radius erupted from her mouth. The blast was powerful. Even more powerful than she had predicted. The force was so powerful that it completely tore the wings off of the beast and destroyed its tail. The damage was further enhanced because when the blow hit it exploded causing even more damage. Light came streaming in, a hole had been formed in the dome, but it was just one stream. The beast roared out in agony and charged her, but with one hand she stopped it in its tracks. She leaped over it and dodged a sweeping blow from its claw, but the second blow caught her slicing her back. She growled and turned into a shadow. A shadow in the darkness, almost entirely invisible. Not that she hadn't been near invisible before due to her natural shadow camouflage. There was light, but there was also enough darkness for her. This caused an entire flurry of blows to miss. However, as she reformed to strike at it with physicality it hit her sending her flying into the ice wall.

A roar rippled from her lips and she lunged forward punching it in the head, or attempting to. However, it swung its paw diverting the blow and the kick she had aimed to follow up with missed entirely. Her next blow though hit it on the paw it used to block. The paw, due to her strength, shattered, but it was still alive and kicking. "Kitty knows how to play." she said with a grin as it leaped backwards through the hole. It wanted more freedom to move. "Awww are you scared?" she giggled and lunged at it. What it didn't see was the mark that had formed on its body. She'd cursed it when her punch collided earlier. It was a mark in the vague shape of a red sun. This was her curse of the red sun meaning any attack that caused bleeding that she did from now would be more damaging. This was why as she lunged she activated another spell "Inferno Regina Artiglio." Dark energy coated her arms which coalesced to make them into proper demonic arms with razor sharp three inch claws on her hands and five inch spikes on her elbows. A further boost in offensive power. She couldn't really get much more offensive now. It was time to DESTROY these beasts.

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Zenshin sat there and watched as Naraku powered up to her fullest, it didn't get any more powerful than this, unless you considered the power of mages like Zeno, his old guild master. He just sat there and listened carefully, hearing the dark mage utter a few words before the ground shook under him. It was too dark to see what happened, but the result was a hole in his dome, one of his sturdiest creations, wow, I can see how she got that nickname now... he thought while sitting up a bit. She's definitely many times stronger than that one dark mage that assaulted Sabertooth. I'm not sure what happened back then, but before the deal with the demon, I completely destroyed him he thought with a smile.

I guess there really are some dark mages who are on par with the most powerful of legal mages. I dare think I might not be able to keep up with such people in my current state. There are things I have to do in preparation for the day that may have to fight such opponents... he continued to think while slowly standing up, viewing the creature through the medium sized beam of light that streamed in. It was a dim light, but compared to absolute darkness, it was quite the contrast. Both wings of the Chimera, its tail as well, were completely obliterated by the type of attack that Naraku performed, and judging by the hole left in his beautiful dome, it was some sort of beam. Staring inquisitively at the Chimera, it looked to hurt to do, anything really, as it just kept breathing heavily, hyperventilating even.

Glad to know Shaku has one of the most powerful dark guilders as a guildmaster... I hope... He was a bit torn, on one side, his brother had an extremely powerful dark guilder as a guildmaster, but on the other side, he had an EXTREMELY POWERFUL dark guilder on a guildmaster. From the point of view of an ace, and a Saint no less, this was rather troublesome indeed. I have to warn the council about this one. There's no telling what she could do to villages and cities even with this much power. Zen felt as though it was his duty to inform the council whenever a particularly powerful dark guilder caught his attention. Then again... the same could be said about many dark guild masters... Oh well, I think I'll keep this to myself for now, and keep an eye on this Divine Torment after this job is over But that's when it hit him, the connection he makes from time to time, the guild crest on the forehead of the powerful mage that attacked Sabertooth, was the same guild crest that was on Naraku's chest. This might just be bigger than I thought

Zen had done nothing since his dome was erected. He had sat and watched. His magic power level was probably a lot lower from all the strong magic he had been using. He had used a lot of high rank spells that had impressed her slightly, but it had cost him magic power. Magic power drain was not an issue in her current state because she was in the state known as demon force. A state which gave her limitless magic power for a short while. It was an intoxicating level of power. It was a shame it was not a permanent level of power, particularly when combined with her Birth of the Hell Queen ability. She flew straight at the chimera her tendrils flailing like mad. However, the beast was incredibly agile ,despite the damage she had done to it, and managed to dodge all four of the tendrils. As they failed to strike the tendrils vanished and she let out a curse. This curse was not just because of the tendrils vanishing, but also because she was hit by a powerful claw strike that sent her flying backwards through a tree. Fortunately, her Birth had given her some protection as had the aura provided by demon force. Yet it still hurt a lot. Enough to REALLY piss her off, if she hadn't of been pissed off already.

She flew at the beast once more this time her clawed and spiked arms at the ready. The first blow was parried, as was the second and third, but the forth hit it straight in the center of the head with a tiger strike. As this drew blood the damage done by it was further enhanced by her curse.  The beast had died from the blow yet in its death throes it hit her with a claw slicing her down the side. It was quite painful, but not enough to stop her. "Let my birth end." she whispered and the birth of the hell queen power faded. "And let my claws be retracted." The demon claw ability also faded. Yet she could not retract demon force. The magic power was still coursing through her. Somehow it managed to stimulate a memory and she looked over at Zen as she licked chimera blood from her hand.

"How are the wizard saints these days Mr. Hitsumo? Shaku is good by the way." she said with a grin. The eyes. It was in the eyes. They were the same as Shaku's eyes. They were very strange looking eyes, unique to the Hitsumo family. Yes, he wasn't a dark guilder. He was a wizard saint and that made him dangerous, but it also reconfirmed a suspicion she had. The legal mages were not as strong as rumours said. Zen was strong, very strong, but he would have difficulty competing with the dark guild masters or the harbingers. If he qualified for a wizard saint the qualifications couldn't be that high. Or perhaps there were different classes of wizard saint. It did not fully confirm her suspicions, but it gave her more reason to get the kugeki to investigate. "You want to take the head or shall I?"

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By the sounds, it seemed like Naraku had finished up the Chimera with more than enough power to exhaust her after her demon force wore off. Zenshin had only gone against one other demon slayer, but he was aware of their similarities to dragon slayers and their dragon force. "How are the wizard saints these days Mr. Hitsumo? Shaku is good by the way" she said, smiling at him. Damnit he thought, as she had seemingly had him right in her sights. Though, he had something of his own to respond with, "Better than your little kitty that attacked my guild. He stood no chance before one of his own finished the job. If that's what you dark mages have to offer, you need to up your game" he said, returning the expression.

What he lacked in sheer power, he made up for in battle intelligence, and even though he faced a rather powerful earth demon slayer, it couldn't even land a single attack. What intrigued him further was the fact that he had the Divine Torment symbol on his head, not a bad place if you're trying to get all the attention possible, not the greatest idea for a dark guilder. "I'm sure you know him. He was quite the powerful demon slayer, and had that perculier little symbol that you have on your chest, on his forehead. And as for the head, you take it. It's only fair, since you did most of the work" Zen told her as he snapped his fingers. Like a dropped vase, his entire dome slowly cracked and shattered, dispersing in a cloud of sublimation a second after. The only thing he knew for certain is that, the Hell Queen wouldn't be killing him, not today anyways.

She knew all this time yet she hasn't killed me. Whether it's because I caught her attention or other reasons, the fact is that she could've done this all on her own. Very unlikely that she would kill me now, or try to, anyways he thought while walking through the brush he came from. It was all like a trail of breadcrumbs, but it was actually more like a path of destruction that they were following back. Just a minor set back. She might know I'm a saint, but from what she's seen, she must think I'm weak because I don't have the magic power of most saints. Though, there's a good reason why Alye and I are still apart of them he thought with a smile while walking closely to Naraku, curious of how their walk back would play out. Thought I'd been defeated, but I still have yet to make my play, Hell Queen. Your move, I really hope we can keep this game going.

Ah so Chelvaric had gone ahead with the attack on Sabertooth. Such a foolish move, but as a member of her guild he was free to do what he liked providing it did not betray the guild. She expected all of the members to follow their own goals and Chelvaric had always had an issue with Aegis since the events in Magnolia. He'd mentioned a desire to attack Sabertooth to her, but she had thought he would wait until he'd mastered his new powers a bit more. It seemed recently she was losing a lot of her best assets. Ikuto had betrayed them and been killed, Arisa had vanished and was presumed dead and now Chelvaric was dead.

"It is a good job his life was ended." Naraku said wondering to herself, though her face did not show it, exactly who had dispatched him. "If he could not succeed to even deal with one guild without dying then he would of been of little use to me. Those who break have no place within the Divine Torment." Her words were perhaps made a little more ominous by the fact that she with her demon force strength she easily tore the head from the beast known as the chimera and hefted it in one hand. It was quite a large object. It was a shame she could not take it for her private collection, but you couldn't have everything you wanted. "Walking or floating back would be a pain." she said and then whistled and there was a loud howl followed by the return of her wolf. However, this time he was a lot bigger. He was 26ft tall and about twice that long. She smiled and flew up onto his back. "I'd offer you a ride, but Fenrir really doesn't like wizard saints. Isn't that right?" The wolf let out a loud growl in response to this to emphasize her point. He could talk, but why reveal that.

The wolf began to walk back along the line of carnage that they had left in order to get back to the lab. It would take a short while and she wondered how the wizard saint would respond to her words. As the giant wolf travelled through the carnage he stopped every now and then to consume the bodies of enemies they had killed. Whether it be lamia, gargoyle or siren. All were food for him. All were meat. It perhaps added to the ominous look of her because here she was a woman drenched in blood, with a broken leg, coated in an aura of shadows and darkness riding on a giant wolf with a blood stained jaw. It wasn't exactly the prettiest sight in the world even if, according to several people, Naraku herself was gorgeous.

"So is Zen your real name?" Naraku asked curiously. She didn't remember Shaku mentioning his brother's name. Name's were useful. If you knew a name it gave you control. If you didn't know the name you didn't have as much control. Plus if she knew his name she could track down information on him a lot more easily.

"It is a good job his life was ended. If he could not succeed to even deal with one guild without dying then he would of been of little use to me. Those who break have no place within the Divine Torment." she said coldly, just what I'd come to expect from the guild master of a dark guild. I knew I should've taken care of that one in the forest before he became trouble, and now I'm kicking myself for it he thought, watching as the demon dog returned. "Walking or floating back would be a pain. I'd offer you a ride, but Fenrir really doesn't like wizard saints. Isn't that right?" she told her creature before it let out a growl at him. "That's fine, I don't mind flying" he said before bending down and creating wings from his back and turning his left arm into a cannon. This was definitely quite a useful power, and also mostly what he used to completely negate most of the earth demon slayer's attacks.

He hovered the air next to Naraku who was soaked in the blood of various creatures, him not trailing too far behind in terms of "drenched in insides", a victim of the same kind of mess because of her, he made sure to stay out of reach, just in case. "So is Zen your real name?" she asked him, trying to see if he was just lying at the very start of the job, or it was his actual name. Unfortunately for him, she knew his last name and the first three letters of his first, but that didn't matter much. Whenever he did anything in which he had to sign his name, he would put an alias, something he learned well in his time in Eclipse Soul. Instead of keeping some little book in a drawer with a false bottom, though, he kept them all in his head, each one of them stored and could easily be remembered if he really wanted to. Barely anyone actually knew him by his last name, as he had only given it out to about three people, all of them Wizard Saints like himself, so that would also be a dead end if she wanted to get some use out of that.

The only thing now, was to respond to her question. Without much hesitation at all, he responded "Fortunately not. Even if it was my name, though, I've lost count of all the fake names I've used so far-"Sixty eight..."-You won't be getting much use out of it, Naraku Makura" he said, grinning at her. Even if that wasn't her real name, he would still have Rune Knight spies look into it a bit, just to be safe. Or, he himself would look into it, as those Rune Knights could never get anything done, even if their very lives depended on it.

His words meant nothing to her. He didn't want to reveal his name and she didn't really care. However, it had triggered a thought in her mind. One which she hadn't thought of for quite a while. "Naraku Makura is the name I was given. My real name is unknown to me." Naraku said a thoughtful tone to her voice. "I know nothing of my family or my place of birth. All I know is Mania" It was something that bugged her. She wished she knew more of her real identity and perhaps once her primary goals were completed she would spend some time searching. She had resources, she had power, she had people. What more did she need? Well, a few leads at all would be useful. "Your name, whilst something that I am curious about, means nothing to me. Keep it hidden or tell me the choice is yours." This was true. She had no need to learn more about the wizard saints really and even if she did doing so would not be difficult. Of course, with the loss of Arisa, Ikuto and Chelvaric her influence within the Kugeki had diminished, but she was still head of the Oblivion Alliance, even if no-one else knew her as such. That she kept secret preferring to use a  decoy to issue her orders and keep her own influence secret. If she amassed too much power that was obvious to the world then the world might turn on her before she was ready. Still, that would be one hell of a fight. What a way to go, with the whole world of mages turned against you. No-one would forget her that was for sure.

"Who is the most famous dark mage of all time Zen?" Naraku asked out of curiousity. She suspected that it would be Lichborne, but perhaps there were others she was not aware of having not paid attention to that sort of thing. "And who is the most famous legal?" It was an extra goal she could add to herself. To become more famous than any other mage. It meant she would need to do more than both of them, but it would be interesting to see. Fenrir remained uncharacteristically silent as they plodded through the woods. He was listening to the conversation between the two with interest.

Eventually, the two of them came back to the lab and Naraku floated off the back of her wolf with the head in hand and knocked on the door with the other. The mission was almost over and the two of them would soon go their seperate ways and do whatever it was they had to do. Her demon force was still active, and would be for a short while yet, so she looked rather ominous. It would be interesting to see how much her new appearence, what with the demonic aura, the broken leg and the bloodstains, would effect the client. The demon force was not something she could remove willingly or not easily at any rate and she had no need to. Besides it would be useful incase Zen turned on her.

"Your name, whilst something that I am curious about, means nothing to me. Keep it hidden or tell me the choice is yours." she said to him, genuinely curious, but not even knowing how close to his real name she actually was. "I think I will keep it hidden queen of mania. Also, regarding your question as to the famous dark mage. Lichborne, by far, but it's not like your unknown. But he's not my main concern, oh no, that lies with another dark mage. You may know him as a poison demon slayer, if you see him, tell him that he didn't finish the job" he told the women with a smile, hoping his message would reach the man who almost ended his life. "And who is the most famous legal?" she asked after he responded. "That one should be obvious. He's another wizard saint responsible for reckless destruction of property all over Fiore. He's also very amusing to be around" he said, thinking of the time they went out for drinks.

Naraku was still in a state of massive power, so even if he wanted to even try and kill her here, he wouldn't be able to. He was no fool, so the only thing he had was the bluff of power that she would never call, causing a small smirk to come on his face. His hubris knew no bounds at this very moment, he was powerless to stop her if she did try something, but he knew she wouldn't, because at the very back of her mind, no matter how hard she wanted to deny it, she feared him. It's something that is rightfully felt, as if he came up with an enemy who is known as one of the strongest, he would be cautious about stabbing them in the back after working so hard with them. "Looks like our journey has finally come to an end. It's been a pleasure working with you, so I hope I never see you again. If I do, I'm afraid I'll have to kill you" he said with a look colder than his magic.

Although he knew the kind of reaction this would provoke, one of laughter and superiority from the demon slayer, he knew that he was perfectly capable of doing it, just as he did to that powerful mage from her guild. All it took was finding the weakness, which everyone has without exception, and exploiting it to its fullest extent, as every good fighter knows. He didn't particularly fear her, it was more like a kind of respect he would give to one he knows he's on equal or close ground on. Just because she was insane and sadistic didn't mean she wasn't mentally powerful, and just by their job together, he could tell that she was far more intelligent than one would assume when they hear the name... the name of the guild master of Divine Torment.