Chapter 1 Episode 2 : Truth
Ark~ prologue
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It's been a couple days since Mazoku's team first visited their training ground Mazoku continued to work on his control of the Phoenix Flame & his dragon eyes the conversation at the dragon temple has been stuck on Mazoku's mind lately he doesn't know what he should do
~~Flashback~~
Mazoku- "So what you wanted to talk about cuz?"
Tatsumi- "mazoku i understand that godbanda is your best friend but soon me and the younger members are going to attack the Odda's clan compound and if your friend gets in the way he's dying."
Mazoku- "and you're attacking the Odda clan because?"
Tatsumi- "this is OUR city Mazoku the odda clan is trying to shut us out of our rightful place in this city everyone knows your great grandfather was the first leader…but what do they teach us in school that ODDA TORI WAS THE FIRST LEADER you might stand for that but I'm not."
Mazoku- "yeah but my great grandfather wouldn't want this. You remember what happened last time we went to war. We lost some of the most powerful members in clan history."
Tatsumi- "they took my Mother away from me because they were scared of the possibility of dragon clan dna mixing with Honō dna…your father could've ended the war before it started look where we are now and your ok with this your father should be the leader of this city right now but he would rather sit in the shadows like a bitch."
Mazoku punches Tatsumi he holds his face then spits out blood and smirks
Tatsumi- locks eyes with Mazoku "cousin I don't think you want to fight you no where near my level."
Tatsumi his dragon eyes comes to life he creates a arm made of essence and smacks Mazoku away Mazoku finally activates his dragon eyes he looks at Tatsumi then seconds later a black beam shoots towards Tatsumi who just barely dodges this only made him more mad as he charges mazoku who is still trying to get up fully tatsumi kicks him back down mazoku jumps up then pulls out his sword he points it at Tatsumi
Mazoku- locks eyes with Tatsumi "we're family why are we fighting? Because of something that was out of our control, something that happened before we were born"
Tatsumi- "I don't want to talk cousin , there isn't anything to talk about at this moment."
Tatsumi charges a attack Mazoku who throws his sword at Tatsumi who swiftly dodges but instead of the sword hitting the ground mazoku is replaced with it ad swings at Tatsumi who blocks the attack but he drags back a little he laughs then ducks under a high kick he slowly drops his hands his dragon eyes in the 2nd stage Mazoku just stands there ready for the attack Tatsumi shoots a gold beam at Mazoku who dodges but Tatsumi speed biltz Mazoku and punches him to the ground his head bounces off the ground Tatsumi then builds up essence and forms a golden sword in his hand he tries to shove it in Mazoku's head but he rolls to the side then kicks tatsumi in the back he then swiftly throws a fireball at Tatsumi who just smacks it away
Tatsumi- smiles "my eyes are more advanced than yours, you can't win Mazoku."
Mazoku face goes blank he stands up blank face flames slowly coming off his body a pair of flame wings appear on mazoku's back he holds out his hand his sword fly towards him he charges tatsumi swiftly parries the attack then shoots a laser in the back of mazoku's leg he drops down but the flame covers the wound then as the flames slowly disappear the wound is healed Tatsumi eyes widen
Tatsumi- 'so this is the power of the phoenix…cousin cousin cousin the power you have is more than enough to take back the city…but what can I do to get him to join…Aw i just might know what will do it.'
Tatsumi is forced out of his thoughts as mazoku starts attacking him again he grabs the sword then beams mazoku in the arm then leg he just gets back up like nothing happened & sends a wave of flames towards Tatsumi surprised by the speed of the attack he creates a golden shield it holds for a little but after a while the flames got hotter & started melting the shield Tatsumi throws the shield at Mazoku he slices it in half then blocks an attack from his left side Tatsumi backs away from Mazoku
Tatsumi- "Mazoku…cousin I want you to join us in this war the dragon clan will have its rightful place in the city and we need your help"
Mazoku- looks at tatsumi "I already told u I'm not joining you."
Tatsumi- looks down then smile ad locks eyes with mazoku "see cousin…you don't have a choice now I had one of the dragon clan members under me put a essence bomb on kireina with just one call ad her head will be blown off do you really want that for her mazoku?"
Mazoku tilts his head flames just shoot out of his body you can see the phoenix forming above his head he points at tatsumi the phoenix shoots towards tatsumi who puts up his hand the firebird stops right in front of him the raging flames inches away from Tatsumi
Tatsumi- laughs "I don't think you understand little cousin, anything happens to me she dies just give it up."
Mazoku- calms down "alright…what are we doing?"
~~End of flashback~~
Mazoku- opens phone 'I don't know what to do he wants me to sneak inside of the house of knowledge and steal classified information from 3 odda clan camps'
Hottokiru- waves hand in front of Mazoku's face "earth to Mazoku…get out of your head we have a mission to focus on"
Mazoku- "when did we get a mission?"
Hottokiru- "well we have a meeting with Johan in an hour godbanda is on his way over here."
Mazoku- "Aw yeah I forgot we have a meeting"
Hottokiru- moves closer to Mazoku " I know you and Tatsumi had a little talk he told me."
Mazoku- eyes widen "so you know about the mission tonight"
Hottokiru- "of course I'm apart of the dragon clan and the Black hand"
Mazoku- "the Black hand?"
Hottokiru- shakes head "how are you so outta the loop in your own clan Xavier made the Black Hand and your the leader"
Mazoku- "what, why i'm the leader shouldn't it be someone who has experience."
Hottokiru- shakes head again "so Tatsumi beat your ass so bad you lost confidence"
Mazoku- dragon eyes suddenly activates "never"
Hottokiru- laughs "I triggered your dragon eye? what even happened he must've beaten you bad or…threatened kireina."
Mazoku quickly gets up he grabs hottokiru by his neck & lifts him up he looks down on mazoku smiling
Mazoku- "what do you know what did he tell you"
Hottokiru smirks as blue flames start to clover his hand he touches Mazoku's shoulder but his flames didn't faze Mazoku he smirks a hand made of flames start to slowly form behind him before the hand can get close to Hottokiru kicks Mazoku in his side then jumps away & pulls out his sword Mazoku drops to his knees Hottokiru carefully walks towards Mazoku
Hottokiru- taps Mazoku with the tip of the sword "Mazoku…you good?"
Mazoku- "yeah…I'm fine" gets up he grabs his phone "Hottokiru Tatsumi called us"
Hottokiru- "nah he can wait"
Mazoku puts his phone back in his pocket 4 minutes later Godbanda pulls up
Godbanda- "my dad canceled on us he had city work to do that's why I came a little late but I'll see you guys tomorrow at school?"
Hottokiru- "yeah" glances over at Mazoku then punches his shoulder
Mazoku- "yeah see you at school."
Godbanda- 'there's something on mazoku's mind.'
Mazoku & hottokiru walks to the dragon temple as soon as they enter a man with all black on & a mask with 3 on it stops them
Man- "do you have your black card?"
Mazoku- "I'm not going to keep doing this with you next time you stop me I'm ripping your dragon eye out I come here every other day you know who I'm."
The two walk in there are multiple people with all black on & a mask but they all have different numbers
Tatsumi- "QUIET…today we will have our first mission of course not all of you are needed but I'm glad you came we are going to infiltrate the house of knowledge & take 3 original tablets that the odda clan changed on this mission I will have mazoku, hottokiru & ishimoto."
Kid- "come on they barely been on the team & they already get to go on a mission"
Tatsumi- "since he wants to go on the mission so bad Kaku is also coming now get ready"
Mazoku puts on the outfit but instead of a shirt he has a hoodie with a mask he walks out the room Ishimoto is leaning on the wall in front of him Ishimoto locks eyes with Mazoku then they both are suddenly at a table
Mazoku- "we're in your dragon realm?"
Ishimoto- "we are I just wanted to give you a heads up I'm here because of your dad he knew about Tatsumi little plan & he wanted me to infiltrate it but since you're here too it's going to make it easier…why are you here anyway I wouldn't think you would want to destroy the Odda clan's image."
Mazoku- "I'm here because he put an essence bomb on Kireina's neck I wanted to burn him right there but…he would've killed."
Ishimoto- puts his hand on Mazoku's shoulder "it's okay don't believe everything Tatsumi says just talk to Kireina & check to see if there's a different essence pattern on her neck"
Mazoku- "let's get this mission over with."
They meet up with the rest of the crew Tatsumi looks at Kaku then nods he runs off
Hottokiru- looks at mazoku then tatsumi "where is he going?"
Tatsumi- "just in case we have to fight he is going to blow up the whole building."
Ishimoto- "Tatsumi are you crazy, we can't just blow up the house of knowledge our clan history is in here too."
Tatsumi- "yeah right we have our real history in OUR OWN library…now stop interrupting me."
Ishimoto stands up and activates his 3 star dragon eyes he looks at Tatsumi then he falls asleep
Ishimoto- "it should be easier to hide him, we're going by ourselves Xavier gave us a separate mission"
Mazoku- "what's the mission?"
Ishimoto- "we're stealing the tablet that holds the passage of time"
Mazoku- "the passage of time?"
The three sneak in the house there are no guards on the main floor until they get into the basement
Mazoku- whispers "there's guards everywhere."
Hottokiru- "no shit you think we should just knock all of em out."
Ishimoto- "it's okay I'll just use my spirit animal to knock them out."
Mazoku- "but won't the others in the building sense your spirit energy?"
Ishimoto- "I can mask my spirit energy without a track of energy being detected."
Mazoku- looks at his hands 'he's that advanced with his spirit energy"
Ishimoto uses his spirit energy and knocks out all the guards Mazoku hurry ups and goes to the odda clan section of the basement he scans the books then he sees the ones they need he grabs them but before he can move a spear flies by his ear making it bleed a little he turns & sees Godbanda standing there with another earth spear in his hand he throws it at Mazoku who dodges he charges but Ishimoto stops him
Ishimoto- "I got this one"
Ishimoto gets in his stance 3 star dragon eyes activated owl spirit animal above him Godbanda touches the ground then charges Ishimoto who swiftly dodges his attacks then a earth spike flies out of the ground Ishimoto turns his hand into blade & slices it in Half Godbanda throws a roundhouse kick that Ishimoto blocks then cuts Godbanda leg a little he jumps back then out of nowhere a water shark flies towards ishimoto who uses his owl wings to shield him
Mazoku- looks around 'we have to go immediately. I can't use any of my attacks because godbanda will recognize them so can't hottokiru we need to split up & get the tablet.'
Ishimoto kicks Godbanda to the ground then a man walks out of the shadows
Man- shakes head "you let his dragon clan low life defeat you're the next in line in the odda clan…pitiful"
Godbanda- "go fuck yourselve Kaito."
Kaito laughs he points his finger at mazoku 5 sharks goes towards him ishimoto use his spirit animal & grabs both hottokiru & mazoku then he charges up a fireball & throws it at godbanda but Kaito creates a water shield around godbanda
Godbanda- "I didn't need your help I could've blocked it myself cousin."
Kaito- "just stay out of this one he's more advanced than I thought."
Ishimoto starts doing hand movements a gray aura starts to form around him he pulls his arm back then punches the air towards Godbanda who was confused Kaito pushes Godbanda out of the way he gets sent flying Godbanda looks at his cousin then turns to ishimoto he touches the ground then charges ishimoto who disappears then reappears behind Godbanda then a spike flies towards ishimoto Mazoku creates a sear then throws it at the spike Kaito goes murda then a paw smacks Mazoku Hottokiru pulls out his sword then blocks a water ball he looks at Mazoku he nods they runs towards the lower level Godbanda follows them
Kaito- "aw so it's just me & you now…I recognized your spirit animal I should've known faster you are one of the elite Ishmoto son of the emperor of illusions Bijon so why would someone of your status steal from the house of knowledge?"
Ishimoto rushes Kaito he blocks a right hook then throws a punch to ishimoto's face he ducks under then tries to leg sweep Kaito but he jumps back he looks around he sniffs
Kaito- "your a distraction"
He throws 2 water spikes at ishimoto then 2 earth spikes he tries to run pass he a wing stops him he forms a sword made of earth matter ad tries to cut through it but gets blown back he smirks
Kaito- "is it the passage that's why your here…still not going to talk huh"
He throws a large bookcase at Ishimoto who slices it in half then gets thrown into a wall by a kick from Kaito Mazoku dodges an attack from godbanda then hottokiru comes from the side & swings
Mazoku- "we're at a disadvantage I can't use my flames so can't hottokiru…water"
Mazoku forms a hand made of water & swings it at godbanda who dodges hottokiru uses this as a distraction & runs towards the passage of time godbanda notices & starts doing murda a type of armor forms around him he charges Mazoku who swiftly moves to the side then forms a water sword and throws it at godbanda who smacks the sword away & grabs him then throws him at a bookcase Mazoku activates his dragon eyes godbanda notices the purple glow illuming from mazoku's mask he flashes next to him & swings he ducks under then upcuts godbanda hottokiru comes back with the passage of time ishimoto scopes in & grabs mazoku & hottokiru using his owl spirit kaito runs downstairs godbanda gets up swiping the blood off his mouth
Godbanda- 'have I to get stronger I let an unknown dragon clan member defeat me…unknown? It can't be just anybody only people from the dragon clan that can defeat me is hottokiru…tatsumi…ishimoto…maybe-'
Hours later….
Godbanda- "dad what was that attack he threw at me I couldn't even see or sense it?"
Johan- "…must've been a spiritual airwave son you need to train on your spiritual presence if you can't defend yourself from low level attacks you won't ever make it."
Godbanda- eyes widen 'low level that broke Kaito's ribs & his arm. How is that a light attack?' Looks up at his dad "if that's a light attack then what would a strong one look like?"
Johan- laughs " I've been alive for over 30 years I fought anything from essence beasts to SS ranked demons that attack wasn't anything." Pats godbanda's shoulder "it's ok you're going to be stronger than ever before after I'm done training you."
Godbanda walks to his room he goes into his pocket & pulls out a book called "odda clan conspiracy"