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"Pervert."

Tsuliria sat up before glancing at Jazz hugging her arms over her chest scooting away from him a little.
She reached up and taking hold of her hair noticed it had gone back to it's original black color, she also noticed she was back in her outfit. Seeing that she pulled the bottom of her outfit down letting off a small sigh.
"I trust you didn't do anything to me while I was asleep?" She questioned arching a brow at him.

To her surprise she wasn't that upset with him, she considered just ripping off a limb rather than killing him for his wandering eyes.
She shrugged her shoulders dismissing it as fatigue.
She looked around feeling something familiar about the area.
"Jazz....we died didn't we?"

"Why yes you did!"
Tsuliria turned seeing Reaper seated on a throne of skulls clapping his hands with a toothy grin on his face.
The arm rests were composed of human arms and there was a large red skull on the top of the chair.

A large black door stood behind Reaper, purple lines decorated the side of it and a red winged demon statue rested on top of the door.
Reaper stood up and stretched before looking at the two.
"Watching you two sleep actually made me a little sleepy. You two were so adorable."

Tsuliria's eye twitched at the thought of Reaper watching her sleep, but she pushed her disgust down and spoke.
"Reaper....what's going on?"

Reaper reached up and rubbed the side of his head as his eyebrow shot up, he looked around surprised Tsuliria hadn't caught on to their location.
He pointed over to a man impaled on a bed of spikes being lowered into lava as he screamed for help.

"You're in the underworld. I dragged you two here after you destroyed each other."

Tsuliria's body twitched instinctively before she looked around, the screams started reaching her ears as she found Reaper was correct.

"That's another thing though, that fight was sure explosive. I was waiting for you two to hurry up and die. Best part of the job is the face when you tell someone they died."
"Why did you do this?"
"Hello...I'm Death. Who did you think you were going to see? Blame Luck for your misfortune not me."
Reaper sat back on his throne of skulls and rested his fist on his chin.
"Well...that and another reason of course."

"That man is the least of your worries young one."

Zeros walked from the shadows, his white hair blowing in the morning winds. As he walked towards Mirela and Pet, his retrieved a small piece of paper from his robe. Meanwhile, Akina jumped from a nearby building next to the unconscious Kalan, a soft sigh leaving her.

"Idiot..."

"Being the emissary of Birth I thought you would like to know, The envoys are no more."

Presenting Mirela with the small piece of paper, Zeros turned slowly walking away as he nodded to Akina.

If you see the weapon, give him that paper.....as for you, You're the last defense here on earth, Jazz and Tsuliria may not make it through their fight in the underworld, so prepare for the worst."

With one last smirk, Zeros vanished, leaving Akina with the group.

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Jazz slowly stood, trying to wrap his mind around the situation. As he looked around, he noticed the walls were moving, their flesh like appearance a little offsetting. The screams that filled the room flowed from the massive flaming door behind them, this was the gates to hell. Brushing off his jacket, Jazz looked at Tsuliria then to Reaper.

"What exactly is going on Reaper? Why are we here and not down there? And how did I get my jacket back?"

Jazz' eyes flashed a bit as he attempted to summon his light. To no avail, there was no real reaction. He wasn't used to being a spirit and not exactly sure how to use his powers in this state. As he struggled to work with his powers, he never took his eyes off of the deity of the damned.

Mirela repressed her anger as Kailos kept Kalan away from her, despite how much her blood had begun to boil at his words. "I've had enough of this..." She muttered, rising to a stand as she wiped her eyes, clutching onto the paper that Zeros had given her. 'Last defense... That means I can't just stand around and let this happen...'

Shaking her head, Mirela made her way over to Kina, her eyes narrowed in the direction that Kailos had gone. "Kina. My little sister... She's back that way. Take care of her, will you? She's weak, and she has a mouth on her, but you should be fine. I'm going to go after them."

"Once an idiot, always an idiot..." Inae muttered to herself, leaning up against the side of a signpost, still holding Love in her arms. "How stupid can you be, Mirela?" Chuckling a little to herself, Inae gathered up her strength and made her way over to Mirela, placing Love back into her possession. "What would you have done once you got there? Whine them to death? It doesn't seem like it would be too difficult of a task for you, but lets not test it." A tiny smirk crossed her lips. "Be glad I brought this back to you. I just don't want you to die... Yet."

As Inae spoke to her, Mirela's angry expression turned into a slightly happy one. Tucking Love under one arm, she leaned down and pet Inae's hair gently, causing the small woman to avert her gaze. "Thank you, Inae... I'll hurry back soon so we can finish what we started. You might be disappointed, though," She smiled faintly. "I have a job to do. I have to stay alive for as long as I can, you know?"

Inae stepped away from Mirela a little. "Oh you're not going anywhere. You're going to stay right here until you calm down a little. If you just go rushing recklessly into battle you'll die, plain and simple. You just said yourself that you need to stay alive for as long as you can. Wait... Wait just a little while longer. After seeing what he can do... He'll be fine." Inae shook her head, unable to believe what she was about to say. "He'll come back if you're patient. Although, I don't know why he would even want to come back to a streetwalker like yourself..." She shrugged a shoulder.

Mirela's eyes softened as she listened to Inae's words. After giving them some thought, she gave a small nod. "Alright, I'll wait, then. You have a point..." Taking a few steps away from Inae, Mirela sat down on the ground and placed Love into her lap. Staring off into the direction that everyone had gone. 'Come back safely... Okay?'

Letting a small sigh escape her lips, Mirela turned her head upwards, gazing up at the sky. She couldn't wait forever... Sooner or later, she would have to get up and go after them. There would be no getting around it.

Jazz threw off his jacket as Reaper explained what he had done with it, although it didn't seem to be wet. As his jacket hit the ground another formed on his shoulders as a dumbfounded look came across his face.

"I....guess it's bound to my soul?"

As the three ascended into the arena Jazz put the jacket out of mind and was astonished at the large arena they were now in. Not sure on how to use his powers in this state he knew he was going to be at a severe disadvantage. As he put his all in trying to figure out how to summon his light his eyes met Tsuliria's

"Without my body as a catalyst I can't use my light here."

Not wanting to be a burden to Tsuliria, Jazz did the only thing he could think of to do. Even without his light he was agile, hoping that would be enough he dashed at the deity of death.

"This isn't my smartest idea...."

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Akina walked over to the group as she clung to Jazz' jacket, the one thing that reminded her of her lost son. As her eyes scanned the group, she locked onto Mirela.

"You...You're the emissary right? It's not much but here...seeing as I can't interfere with this war this is all I can offer you."

Akina hesitated as she handed Mirela the one momento she had of her son. The black leather jacket that Jazz held so dear now belonged to the emissary, the last hope of earth.

"Maybe the work my son did is a bright enough beacon to push you on your journey...Please make this world a safer one so that he may come home to rest."

Akina turned as a blue flame caught her eye, a large man carrying a small katana slowly following.

"So....that's the weapon..."

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Seven slowly walked out of an alleyway towards the group, his eyes meeting Akina's as he let out a small sigh. Without the protocol Seven was stuck in this form, doomed to incinerate anything he came in contact with. As he came closer, he stopped a few feet from the group.

"Why is the elite guard here if I'm already deployed?"

Seven's words were low as he addressed the group, Akina mostly. As the blue flames rolled from his body his eye caught sight of love, a soft smile forming over his face as he remembered Virtue, his loving, yet crazy, mistress.

"It's none of your concern weapon, how is it you know who I am?"

"Mistress often speculates that one day I will be joining you."

As the two conversated, the sky seemed to turn dark as the below the battle between the envoys and the Reaper raged.

Mirela stood and took the jacket with a nod and a thank you. Upon seeing that it belonged to Jazz, Mirela slipped into it, pulling on the sleeves a little. "This belonged to Jazz... You're his mother, then." Mirela smiled faintly, thinking back to her own mother. "I'm sorry for your loss... I'll be sure to take good care of it. As for the world, however... I'll try my best, both for Kalan and for Jazz. Not to mention everyone else in the world." Mirela turned her head and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. Opening her eyes once more, Mirela turned to Seven.

"Weapon? Here. This is for you." Mirela handed him the paper that Zeros had given her before taking a few steps away from everyone, keeping her back to them. "Enough waiting. If you all would excuse me I have something that I need to take care of."

Inae couldn't help but smile a little. "Seems like you're level-headed... For the most part. Don't get yourself killed, I mean that." She chuckled before rubbing her arms, feeling a little cold. "Also, hurry up. I hate wasting my time, and waiting on you is definitely a big waste of it."

"Don't worry, I'll come back soon. Don't go anywhere." Mirela turned her head slightly, her bangs falling over her eyes so the only thing anyone could really see was her loving, sincere smile. After a few moments, she turned her head to face forward once again, continuing to smile. "Kina, take care of everyone here, keep an eye on Inae for me." Mirela waved her hand slightly before holding Love and the bow against her chest and took off into the distance, Jazz's jacket fluttering in the wind behind her as she ran.

'Kalan... Hold on a little longer, I'll be there with you soon. I promise.'

Inae shook her head a little bit as she watched Mirela depart. Giving a tiny half-smile, she brought her gaze to the sky above her. 'Perhaps she's not as useless as I originally thought... I may actually regret killing her.' Shrugging her shoulder gently, Inae brought her attention to Kina. "I suppose you'll be following after her?"

You're free to think that."
Reaper said this before his scythe pierced through Jazz's chest, he smiled before turning his body hurling Jazz off the scythe into a Reaper clone that took hold of his face before sending out and explosion of hell fire that slammed Jazz into the ground.

Tsuliria slid along the ground before standing up.
"Liria are you okay?"

The Reaper clone kicked Tsuliria in the face sending her flying back into another Reaper that raised his foot up before slamming it down on her face as she passed by him.
"Just fine Kina."
"Oh okay, it seemed you were in excruciating pain so I wanted to check on you."

While the Reaper slammed Tsuliria's face into the wall of the arena repeatedly she recalled that Kina shared her darkness...which meant they were connected.
"Kina, I'm going to tap into your darkness okay?"

Not waiting for a response darkness exploded from Tsuliria's body throwing the Reaper back.
Reverting to her form as a human a scythe appeared in her hand before she turned towards Reaper.
Vanishing she appeared next to Jazz standing with her back to him.
"This is just out of curiosity but have you hit him yet?"

Reaper chuckled as darkness started leaving his body, the darkness spread to the edge of the arena creating a large dome of darkness around them.
Tsuliria looked at Reaper as he chuckled as more of him started appearing out of his body, with Reaper's coming out of the body of the clones.
Eventually the entire dome was filled with laughing Reapers, they extended their hands towards Jazz and Tsuliria before speaking simultaneously
"Reaper's 800 bloody parade!"

Millions of dark lines of darkness came from his hand and bore down on Tsuliria and Jazz from all directions.
"If you tell anyone about this I will kill you."
Tsuliria reached over and put her arms around Jazz's shoulders hugging him from behind.
"Deflect what I can't dodge with your swords."
With that said the the two vanished from sight as the darkness crashed into where they once were.

The lights seemed to crash into small sparks of lights and dark as the two bounced around the arena deflecting the dark lines as the Reaper's continued to fire down at them.
Tsuliria released Jazz and the two slid away from each other as the beams stopped.
"....we actually survive-"
Tsuliria's sentence was cut off as a Reaper slammed a fist into her face.

"Now it's Reaper's bloody beat down time,"

Jazz was hurled at Tsuliria causing the two to slam into each other before a burst of hellfire threw the two into the air.
Two Reaper's appeared in front of the two before kicking them back down into two more Reapers.
The Reaper's kicked Jazz and Tsuliria back up before kicking them to the right into another reaper that kicked them diagonally down.

Reaper watched from afar as the clones continued to kick Jazz and Tsuliria around spelling the name 'Reaper' with the trails their bodies made as they were knocked between the clones.
Reaper snapped his fingers before the clones kicked Jazz and Tsuliria towards the real Reaper who extended his hand causing two beams of darkness to hit Jazz and Tsuliria before they were knocked back down to the ground by a Reaper clone.

Tsuliria slowly stood up coughing a little bit.
"Good to know my only ally is getting beaten down just as much as I am."

A foot collided into Tsuliria's face causing her to stumble back into a Reaper who grabbing hold of the back of her skull slammed it into the ground before hurling her.
Another Reaper appeared and stomped on Tsuliria's back before placing his foot on the back of her head riding on top of her before reaching down and hurling her into the far wall.

Reaper ran up and tripped Jazz, while he hovered in the air horizontally he brought his foot down on him slamming him into the ground before kicking him in the stomach sending him flying back into the wall next to Tsuliria.

Reaper grinned as a dark orb appeared in his hand before he stared over at the two.
"I'll let you attack me once."
"How kind of you," Tsuliria said glaring at him.
"Was that sarcasm? I take offense to that. I'm a very nice guy. I could just kill you."
"You're toying with us!"
"I'm being nice ya know."
"You just spelled your name with my body!"
Reaper shrugged his shoulders and turned his gaze from the two.

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Kalan's eyes shot open before he sat up screaming, he blinked a few times before looking around noticing he was in an office.
Looking down he noticed he was in a bed and had been covered up.
There were bandages on his arms and around the top of his skull.
"You woke up."
Kalan woke up to see a man smiling at him with black hair a little past his neck, he wore a long white coat that almost went down to his ankles.
He adjusted his glasses as his amber eyes met Kalan's eyes.

"Rai..." Kalan said.
The man smiled before walking over and standing next to the bed.
"You doing okay Kalan?"
"Yeah...I'm...wait I have to rescue Lana!"
Kalan tried to jump out of bed but Rai held his hand out stopping him.
"Calm down."

Rai walked over to the bed next to him and opened the curtain.
On it was Lana sleeping peacefully, bandages were wrapped around her arms and hands up to her fingers.

Kalan against Rai's wishes stood up and moved over to the bed.
He knelt down next to the bed taking hold of Lana's hand, he closed his hand and brought her hand closer to him.
"....Rai...did they..."
Rai shook his head before looking down at Lana.
"No she fought back, cut off one of the guy's fingers with the dagger she had on her. They still did a number on her. She'll be fine but she needs to sleep."

Kalan's grip on her hand tightened as he grit his teeth lowering his head.
"If only I was stronger...I could have protected her."
"Kalan...."

Kalan stood up and started walking towards the door, Rai ran over and grabbed his arm his eyes narrowing through his glasses.
"Don't do anything foolish Kalan."
"They have to pay Rai. They hurt her....I'm not just going to let them get away with it. I'll kill them if they aren't sorry!"
Rai forced Kalan to turn to him and took hold of Kalan's shoulders, Kalan averted his gaze from him.
"Look at me."
Kalan kept his attention away from him.
"I said look at me!"
Kalan lowered his gaze to the floor before looking over at Rai.

"Think about what you're doing. If something happens to you think of what it would do to her! What kind of Fiance would you be if you went and got yourself killed over something you couldn't control! Don't be a fool! You're both safe isn't that what matters?"

Kalan lowered his head and clenched his hand into a fist, Rai stared at him and shook him a few times.
"...you're right....I'm sorry Rai...I'll stay here."
Rai let out a small sigh and took his hands off Kalan's shoulders.
"Good...I'm going to check on some patients then, I'll be right back."

Rai pat Kalan's shoulder before turning and walking away into another room.
Kalan walked over to Lana and bending down kissed her forehead before backing away.
"They'll pay for this...I promise that...."

Kalan turned and walked over to the door before opening it, he glanced back at Lana one last time before walking out of the door closing it behind him.

Tsuliria slowly stood up and rubbed the side of her head before looking at Reaper who grinned at her.
"...I don't care," she said to Jazz. "How hopeless it is....how we kill him...how we're still alive...I just don't care...I just want to see my sister. He's in the way of that....."

A dark aura burst from Tsuliria as her eyes took on a red glow, eight orbs appeared around her and she extended her arm causing eight beams of darkness to shoot at Reaper.
Reaper snapped his fingers causing a black orb to appear before it grew into a large door with a red demon's head on it.
The demon head opened it's mouth taking in the beams before closing it's mouth.
"My favorite part about Gluttony...."
Gluttony opened it's mouth sending out the combined eight beams as one large one that flew towards Tsuliria.
"The response."

Tsuliria's eyes widened before the beam slammed into her a scream following as Reaper laughed while watching the smoke clear.
However his smile faded seeing Tsuliria wasn't there.
"Reaper!"
Reaper looked up to see Tsuliria hovering above the arena, her body was turned upside down as she hovered next to the giant sphere.
"Die!"

Tsuliria's foot came in contact with the orb sending it flying down towards Reaper, Gluttony vanished before Sloth appeared just as the sphere slammed into the spot.
Green Hellfire exploded filling the arena and hitting Jazz sending him flying into the arena wall.
"My mistake," Tsuliria yelled down at Jazz.

Tsuliria breathed heavily before she looked down at the fading flames letting out a small sigh.
"Hey."
Tsuliria flinched and slowly turned her head to look behind her to see Reaper floating with his arms crossed.
"My foot's about to meet your face."

Reaper's foot slammed into Tsuliria's face before she plummeted into the ground creating a crater from the force of the crash.
"Told you."

Reaper appeared behind Jazz and smiled before hitting him a beam of darkness that sent him flying towards the wall.
Reaper vanished and reappeared in front of the wall and uppercut Jazz sending him flying into the air.
Dark fists pummeled Jazz as he flew through the air before one propelled him even higher into the air.
From there Reaper snapped his fingers causing a pentagram to appear above Jazz before a large black fist came out of it and punched Jazz sending him flying back towards the ground.

Reaper reappeared below him and brought his fist up slamming his fist into Jazz's back before throwing him onto the ground.

Tsuliria summoned her scythe back as she walked over to Jazz and taking hold of his collar pulled him back onto his feet as Reaper dismissed Sloth and smiled at them.
"You know what winning is right? We should probably start doing that soon," Tsuliria said.

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"I'm afraid your life ends here."
Flora stepped out of the shadows in Mirela's path, a white mist left her body and started filling the area as she stared at Mirela with a blank gaze.
"You shouldn't have followed...foolish girl."

Flora stared walking towards Mirela, she tilted her head cracking her neck as the buildings around them curved and warped into indistinguishable objects.
"How about I kill you as the person you care about."
Flora's form took on Kalan's appearance her blank eyes remaining before a white mist hovered around her hands as she stopped a few feet away from her.
"Hey Mirela, let's have some fun," Flora said with Kalan's voice before smiling.
Flora threw five pieces of straw toward Mirela's body, two aimed at her chest and the rest at her skull.
She formed a sword of straw and sprinted at her.
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Kalan walked down the bustling street of the capital his body covered in a black cloak as his hand rested on a sword hidden within it.
He stuffed his pouch back into his pocket as he walked in the direction of the trio's hang out spot.
Thanks to a little coin he got a sword and information from one of the guards.
It seemed the trio liked to hang out in an alleyway near the bakery.
Kalan's hand gripped the handle of the sword as he quickened his pace feeling his rage growing the closer he got to the bakery.

Kalan slowed down as he heard the trio's voices nearby, he peeked into the alleyway before walking in.
He noticed the three sitting on wooden chairs and eating food from the bakery.
They turned seeing Kalan and smiled before the man in the suit stood up and walked over to him.
"Guys look who came. It's that one guy who was with that girl."
The man with the bandanna looked at his hand which was missing a finger before standing up.
He walked over to Kalan and leaned forward into his face before his eyes narrowed.
"Thanks to your girl I lost my finger. You come here to apologize on her behalf? I might be merciful if you get on your knees and beg."
Kalan remained silent as the two stared at him, the blond haired man leaned to the side looking at Kalan from his chair.
"Are you sorry for what you did?" Kalan asked the two.
The suited man glared at Kalan before adjusting his glove, the bandanna man looked at the suited man before looking back at Kalan.
"Why would we be?" the suited man said smiling at Kalan.

Kalan closed his eyes and let out a small sigh, the suited man grinned and took a step back from Kalan.
"Hey Kalson, why don't you take him this ti-"
The suited man's words were cut off as Kalan moved, in one motion the suited man was silenced as his head rolled down the alleyway.
The body fell to it's knees as crimson splashed onto Kalan before his narrowed gaze went to the other man.

The man with the bandanna turned to run but Kalan brought his sword down cutting him diagonally across the back.
The man fell to the ground and reached towards Kalson before his hand fell to the ground crimson pouring from his body.

Kalson looked at Kalan as he started walking towards him, his friends blood dripping off the sword.
Kalson quickly stood up knocking the chair over before turning and running away.

Kalan watched the Kalson run before sheathing his sword, he looked down at the headless body then over at the bandanna man before turning and walking away.

Rai glanced at his door hearing a knock on it, he stood up from the stool by Lana's bed and walked over to the door.
He opened it to see a bloody Kalan staring back at him, his eyes widened before Kalan walked in.
"Kalan...tell me you didn't...."
Kalan stopped a few feet from the bed, he fell to his knees before falling onto his stomach the bloody sword falling out of his hand and sliding along Rai's floor, leaving a crimson trail.

Rai ran over to Kalan and knelt down next to him before checking his bandages, he saw the red on them and let out a sigh.
"You opened your wounds back up...fool."

Jazz rotated his shoulder as his wings flapped, debris falling from them. With a heavy sigh Jazz placed a hand on Tsuliria's shoulder, stepping forward.

"I don't see us walking out of here without putting up some serious fight, I'm gonna have to sacrifice my catalyst to even try to win this."

Jazz jumped, flying high into the arena as he once again broke his seal, his final transformation beginning to take effect. His wings had grown in size as he began pulling light from Mirela. As his fangs set in, a small white orb slowly emerged from his chest as his body seemed different than the last time.

"I'm sorry Mirela....I owe you everything for this..."

Before Jazz could finish his transformation, a bright blue light radiated from his hand, blinding him as Loyalty activated. The blue markings shot through his body as a new symbol appeared on his glove, "Charity" shining brightly in archaic letters. Jazz exploded in a blast of blue light, his transformation reverting back. As the light cleared, all that remained was a small blueish orb, softly radiating as it floated in the air. Without warning, the orb shot towards Tsuliria, slamming into her chest as it absorbed in, her body gently glowing a soft white.

"What....the..."

"Jazz...you've activated Charity...you've given Tsuliria your power as well as merged with her soul in the process.."

"I'm....inside Tsuliria?"

Jazz felt a darkness surround him as he looked around, connected deep within Tsuliria's soul. His light shone bright as he held back the darkness, wondering as to how this would help.

"Tsuliria...I'm in your soul apparently...you have my powers, combined we may be able to win this thing."

Jazz once again activated Revelation within Tsuliria's soul, causing her body to glow brighter as two very distinct wings flew from her back, one took the shape of Jazz' white, pristine wing, as the other that of a demon, black and cold. Jazz gave a small grin seeing and feeling the transformation inside of his new "body". As the two merged, Jazz clapped his hands together, a white smoke leaving him as he summoned what light he had left.

"Final Spear...Lavaethan"

Outside, Tsuliria's arm began to burn brightly as a bright light wrapped up her arm, a dragon's head resting on her hand as before her a long burning spear quickly took shape as she gripped it. It's blade grew out as the form of a burning white scythe appeared, a forbidden chain wrapped around it's hilt.

"I...guess it took shape of the weapon you're most familiar with...this may work after all...right! Let's give him hell!!"

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In the heavens, Birth watched anxiously as her envoy and emissary engaged in battles to save the world she worked so hard on. As Jazz became one with Tsuliria, Birth gave a soft smile, seeing as this battle may end in their favor. As she gazed upon Mirela though, she saw the darkness that surrounded her. As she gently closed her eyes, she sent her message to Mirela, praying it would reach her in her state.

"Mirela....Mirela...You're in great danger Mirela...Jazz is giving his all in the underworld right now...Your souls have seemed to meld into one as well as Tsuliria..if I'm correct you should be able to wield his light...please...walk out of that one alive..."