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       London Story: In Honor of the Fallen
       By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: October 31, 2021, 10:53 pm
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       Battle Theme: Violator (
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       Date: 2 Weeks before the Arrival of Kailo and Alysa Darkfire
       Kendrix: This is the point of no return. We attack the bar, I
       don't think that angel and other me will stop until they hunt
       you down. If you don't want to do this, this is our last chance
       to back off. You know I'll support you no matter what. He says
       to Donny.
       Donny readies his sword, holding a half smoked blunt that was
       still lit. Donny: I'm not backing down, Kendrix... I have to
       grieve my father a second time. That a*shole clone of yours is
       going to pay a steep price for that. He says with a dark
       expression. It was rare he wasn't calling Kendrix "Kenny" which
       showed just how serious he was right now. I'm just sorry that
       your organization will probably get into a lot of trouble for
       this... I know you didn't attack this place before for a reason.
       I hate that I'm basically asking you to basically declare open
       war on these guys.
       Kendrix: We'll lose a little support... But it's nothing we
       can't get back. You know how my family works, bro. Even if we're
       not blood related, family is what matters most to us, just like
       your family. You'd do the same for me if it was my dad laying on
       the ground. He smiles a bit. Actually... You DID do the same
       thing for me back then... He says, remembering how he felt in
       his timeline when his father died when he was a child.
       Donny: No matter how this goes, bro. I'm glad to fight next to
       you again.
       Kendrix: Me too, Donny... Me too. Let's just make sure we don't
       die here. He says as he throws a crimson flame fireball at the
       bar, at the same time Donny throws his homemade bomb he made.
       Meanwhile, inside the bar.
       It was another day for Kuroshi Kagema, overseeing Nightshade's
       operations. He was out in on the town, spending time at
       Zenrael's bar. However, today was different when a huge
       explosion rocked the bar, surprising Zenrael and Kuroshi.
       Kuroshi runs out to see what was going on, while Zenrael walks
       with a serious look (as though he was contemplating what he was
       going to do to the people who dared attack his bar.
       When Kuroshi reached the front of the bar, he saw Kendrix and
       Future Donny standing in the midst of the explosion. Kendrix was
       in his Darkfire released form, which was a mix of all of his
       powers that looked like a death wraith/shadow dragon mix.
       Donovan was in his death wraith battle form. The two were going
       all out from the get-go, not holding anything back.
       Upon seeing them, Kuroshi looks to Kendrix with a somewhat
       concerned look.
       Kuroshi: Kid... You must be OUT of your mind to be attacking our
       bar... How many inno- He says to Kendrix and Donny before
       Kendrix cuts him off
       Kendrix: Shut up! He says angrily, cutting off Kuroshi as he
       fires a blast of golden distortion lightning at him, forcing
       Kuroshi to dodge the attack.
       Donny throws his blunt into the back of the bar, but had turned
       it into a bomb that exploded the stage. It was unusual, but
       Donny was rarely ever serious as he held his soul sword toward
       Kuroshi. Kendrix was holding his two original swords he got from
       his father, Zangetsu and Kusanagi since he knew his other swords
       would be too slow for the kind of fight they had ahead of them.
       The two just stare down Kuroshi and did nothing as people ran
       out of the bar in fear, since the people there weren't their
       targets. Donny was not only glowing with smoke from his conduit
       abilities, but he had also seemed to have temporarily copied
       Kendrix's abilities as they both glowed with demonic fear
       energy. While Kendrix had his pride shadows, Donovan's darkness
       was purifying darkness he had learned from Kendrix but still had
       Kendrix's fear energy mixed in.
       Kuroshi gets a serious look as he studies them for a moment.
       Kuroshi: I take it this isn't just about the whole Black Sun vs
       Nightshade thing, is it? He says, noticing how angry the two of
       them were.
       Donny: We came to kill your ass. He says simply.
       Kendrix: We're here about Delsin Rowe. We're here to give you
       the same treatment you gave him.
       Kuroshi: Right... That. He scratches his head and sighs. You
       know... That wasn't personal or anything. I was actually kind of
       proud of how strong he got because of me. He says with a serious
       expression.
       Donny: I don't care. You still murdered him. He says angrily.
       Kuroshi summons his dual edged collector scythe. Kuroshi: Listen
       kid... If it makes you feel better... He made sure I couldn't
       take his soul. So he's probably somewhere in the Hall of Souls
       or something. Hell, you could probably go visit him if you
       wanted to... The guy was a real challenge to the very end. I
       couldn't even get what I went after him for because I couldn't
       devour his soul. He says, not wanting to tell Kendrix that he
       had gone looking for Delsin's powers as a conduit in order to
       try and copy some other abilities to copy certain abilities that
       would counter Kendrix's abilities he didn't have.
       Donny: I plan to... When I take him what's left of your broken
       body so he can destroy what's left of you when we're done. He
       says to Kuroshi.
       Kuroshi: I'd say you shouldn't throw away your life... But it's
       too late for that discussion... He died to protect his family
       from me, and now I'm going to have to do something I was hoping
       I wouldn't have to do out of respect for him. He says with a
       dark expression as he shines with Lucifer's demonic fallen light
       since it was the only power he knew he had that Kendrix didn't
       have. Your father is going to be severely disappoint in you for
       wasting your life here today, boys. And I promise your souls
       will receive the full Hell of Souls treatment when I'm done with
       you.
       As the roof comes down around them, Zenrael flies up with his
       wings visible to stand on a broken metal beam as he looks to
       Kendrix and Donny.
       Zenrael: Do you have ANY idea how long this is going to take to
       repair?! DO I COME DOWN TO YOUR BAR AND RUIN EVERYTHING?! He
       yells at Kendrix and Donny.
       Kendrix looks over to Zenrael. Kendrix: Shut up and stay out of
       this.
       Zenrael grits his teeth angrily as he takes the "glaring
       daggers" phrase literally, as he looks down at a metal beam and
       uses his earth manipulation to rip it apart and all the metal to
       him as he glares at Kendrix and Donny.
       However, Zenrael is interrupted by a dagger to the back, which
       was followed by an electrocution that caused him to scream in
       pain.
       Zenrael turns and forces the dagger out of his back as he turns
       and sees Hei and Alice, both standing in their full assassin
       attire.
       Hei: Let them do their thing. Your fight today will be with us.
       He says to Zenrael as he pulls his spear (Which was on a wire
       line) back to him.
       Zenrael summons his grigori sword, and gets ready. Zenrael: Once
       I kill you... We're going to murder everyone in Black Sun! He
       says angrily.
       Alice: Funny... I was about to say I'm going to enjoy brutally
       beating down all your friends to a bloody pulp when we're done
       with you. She says in response to Zenrael's comment with a
       smile. Hei and Alice attack, forcing their fight with Zenrael
       elsewhere.
       As dark spirits start appearing, Malcolm Merlyn snipes the dark
       spirits that were coming out of the wreckage with arrows using
       Kindron's spirit purification material, spyrite.
       Not far away, Milos Sojikov goes and fires his gun, attacking
       Nightshade members who were in the club and trying to attack as
       well.
       Milos: How's the situation look so far, brother? He says through
       telepathy to Kindron Darkfire who was in the distance, hidden.
       Kindron: Nothing yet, but the vampire ninjas and alchemists are
       lying in wait. If the Witches of Salem come to help, we should
       be able to get our job done of keeping them from interfering
       with you guys. He says to Milos.
       As more Nightshade members appear, Black Sun members led by
       Jason Todd and Mecha Shadow come out of the shadows and attack
       the Nightshade members, with Jason and Mecha Shadow effortlessly
       taking out most of them.
       Kuroshi: So... It seems you brats didn't come alone. Smart...
       And I won't come alone either when I destroy your home after
       this! He says as he gets ready to attack. He runs in and tries
       to slash Kendrix and Donny, with both of them blocking the
       attack with their swords.
       Kendrix and Donny avoid Kuroshi, attacking in a flurry of
       slashes that Kuroshi blocks as Kendrix and Donny stay on
       opposite sides of Kuroshi to confuse him and attack. Though
       thankfully for Kuroshi, he can try to keep up with them using
       his scythe which was a dual edged scythe as he blocks them both.
       Kuroshi jumps away, trying to separate Kendrix and Donny, but
       seems to fail as Kendrix was also behind him as he lands, to
       which it seemed a second Kendrix attacked him and cut him in the
       back. Kuroshi yells, mostly in surprise, but also anger as he
       moves away from the second Kendrix. However, a third Kendrix
       cuts him off, and slashes him again, knocking him to the ground.
       Two more Donny's appear as well and slash Kuroshi as Kuroshi was
       still trying to figure out why there were so many Donny's and
       Kendrix's.
       Kuroshi explodes with demonic fallen light and fires blasts of
       it to try and hit all of them, to the two new Donnys and
       Kendrix's both are hit and disappear in a burst of shadows.
       Kuroshi: What the... He says, realizing the technique that must
       have created the clones of Kendrix and Donny was a technique he
       didn't recognize even with Kendrix's power from when they
       separated.
       Kuroshi goes and attacks again, glowing with whispering darkness
       as he goes to attack the two.
       However, Kendrix and Donny were ready, and slash right through
       Kuroshi's darkness with purifying darkness and his scythe,
       breaking it in two as they slash Kuroshi again. The two then
       blast Kuroshi with a blast of crimson lightning, firing more
       blasts of lightning as they switch to gold distortion lightning
       that blasts through Kuroshi as well.
       Kuroshi turns into shadows and appears above them, using shadow
       wings to fly. Kuroshi: Well... This was NOT how I expected this
       little fight to turn out. He says, but he looks at his wounds
       from earlier and realizes they hadn't healed yet despite his
       Darkfire regeneration (from Kendrix's power).
       Kuroshi: I don't understand... What the hell kind of powers are
       you two using?!
       Kendrix: Wouldn't you like to know? He says with a smile.
       Kuroshi: Gah! That's not how this works! You're supposed to
       explain your powers! That's how we always fought! He says
       angrily to Kendrix.
       Kendrix: Well you didn't murder a family member in our previous
       fights. He says as he seems to move into the shadows and shadow
       moves behind Kuroshi. Kuroshi can barely react before Kendrix
       was behind him and fires a blast of lightning from his fingers
       after doing a few hand signs. As Kuroshi falls to the ground,
       Donny blasts him with his own lightning, knocking him through
       the remains of the bar.
       Kuroshi jumps out of the rubble. Kuroshi: DAMN... When did you
       learn vampire ninja skills?! He says, having recognized their
       hand signs and knew why he wasn't healing now.
       Donny: Just don't fade away completely okay? I need at least a
       piece of you to take to my father. He says darkly as he blasts
       Kuroshi again with a blast of lightning. Since the vampire ninja
       skills used spirit destruction, Donny's and Kendrix's lightning
       was doing severe damage to Kuroshi since dark spirits are highly
       vulnerable to spirit destruction skills.
       Kuroshi, realizing he was in trouble, tries to teleport away,
       but realizes his teleportation doesn't work. Kuroshi: Oh come
       on! He says angrily. I can't teleport either?! He gets up, and
       summons the pieces of his scythe. He gets ready to attack, but
       realizes that Donny and Kendrix were gone as they vanish into
       the shadows. It was rare for Kuroshi to not sense shadow
       melding, but now that he knew what he was dealing with, he knew
       why. One thing about vampire ninja shadow melding was that they
       could hide from both death wraiths and dark spirits.
       From every shadow around him, more lightning blasts out of the
       shadows at Kuroshi, taking his body apart piece by piece.
       However, Kuroshi wasn't intent on letting himself get destroyed,
       so he blasts his demonic fallen light in a burst of a flashbang
       manipulation of light, which forced Donovan and Kendrix back to
       normal form (as they couldn't remain in their death wraith forms
       during a flashbang without taking damage).
       Kuroshi tries to fire light beams at Donny and Kendrix, and
       while Kendrix and Donny do take a few hits, Donny and Kendrix's
       Darkfire healing abilities kick in quickly and heal the damage
       since they manage to avoid vital attacks.
       The two create more clones, which fire blasts of spirit
       destruction lightning at Kuroshi. Kuroshi uses his scythe blades
       to try and block a few of them, but loses an arm to one blast of
       lightning, and his other leg ends up shot out as he falls to the
       ground.
       As Kendrix and Donny walk up to Kuroshi, Kuroshi tries to use
       his free arm and his scythe to pull himself away from Kendrix
       and Donny as the two walk up and get ready to fry him with their
       lightning again.
       Donny: My name is Donovan Shadow-Rowe... You killed my father.
       Prepare to die. He says.
       Kendrix: Really Donny? Now? He says, recognizing the reference
       Donny made.
       Donny just keeps his eyes on Kuroshi. Donny: Hey... It works
       right? He says before blasting Kuroshi again destroying his
       head.
       However, the head being destroyed doesn't stop Kuroshi, as his
       body seems to still move.
       Donny: Damn... I know future Mom never trained us to handle dark
       spirits... But I didn't know he'd still be able to move.
       Kendrix: Well... We better hurry before he starts to recover. He
       says as he forms a lightning attack to disable Kuroshi's body.
       Kuroshi then seems to vanish into the ground as the ground opens
       up and seems to eat the body. Kendrix recognized it immediately
       as alchemy.
       Before Kendrix and Donny could react, a new man attacks the two,
       forcing them back. It was obvious this was a werewolf, and had
       the power of alchemy and the power of the Black on his side. The
       man was Silvio Mandretti, formerly Kirnan the Bloodclaw
       Alchemist. Silvio seems to absorb the life energy around him as
       he shines with the power of the Black. Kendrix and Donny stop
       for a moment, like every cell in their body was screaming at
       them to not fight Silvio.
       Donny: Who is that?! He wasn't on your lists! He says angrily as
       he goes to attack. However, unlike Kuroshi, Silvio grabs Donny's
       wrist. Silvio not only breaks Donny's wrist, but using the Black
       to absorb some of his life energy.
       Kendrix: Donny! He says as he disappears and reappears behind
       Silvio, and attacks, but Silvio jumps over him and kicks him,
       knocking Kendrix and Donny into a pile of rubble, almost
       expecting Kendrix's attack.
       Elsewhere, Eric Matthews and Nathan Harris-Walker appear,
       attacking Mecha Shadow, with Nathan firing his guns at Milos and
       Jason Todd, knocking them back. With Mecha Shadow damaged, he
       moves back, but also realizes his anti-teleportation tech was
       now disabled from the attack.
       Silvio: I can't believe you lost to children, Kuroshi Kagema...
       You owe me big for this one. And I expect you to deliver. You're
       lucky I'm not running Nightshade or an attack like this would
       never have worked. He says to Kuroshi as he pulls him out of the
       ground. Silvio uses his Black power to give some energy to
       Kuroshi, and restore part of his body (which meant restoring his
       head in this case). He then looks to Kendrix and Donny who were
       in the rubble still Next time, children.
       Apparently, Silvio figures it out as well, and disappears with
       Kuroshi, while Eric and Nathan disappear as well.
       Kendrix and Donny come out of the rubble, but realize that all
       their enemies were now gone.
       Kendrix: GODD*MNIT! WE HAD HIM DEAD TO RIGHTS! WHO THE F*CKING
       HELL WAS THAT?! He yells angrily. Seriously! How did we f*ck
       that up?! He says bitterly.
       Donny growls angrily. He gets up, but falls back down. Donny:
       Guy took my life energy... Kenny... I can't believe I'm about to
       say this, but I didn't copy his abilities. I was really scared
       of that dark power he had. Every fiber of my being told me not
       to copy it. That's the first time my instincts have told me not
       to copy a power. He says as Kendrix comes over and helps him up
       since Donny was weak.
       Kendrix: I don't know what that was... But something told me to
       be wary of that power too. It was almost like the world itself
       spoke to me and said not to let him touch us. I... don't know
       how to explain it. He says.
       As Hei and Alice reappear in bursts of speed using Sonido, Hei
       looks to Kendrix.
       Hei: I take it you didn't kill him.
       Kendrix: No... Someone else showed up and saved him before Donny
       and I could. He wasn't in our intelligence at all!
       Hei: I didn't see him. But apparently the Witches and Nightshade
       bailed once Mecha Shadow went down. We couldn't kill the fallen
       angel, but we did wound him enough that I don't think he'll be a
       problem anytime soon. I left a few varanium shards in him that
       are not going to heal until he removes them. That's going to
       take some time and a lot of blood filtering. So at least he'll
       be out of commission.
       Kendrix: I'm guessing that other me will be out of commission
       for a little while too. But that other guy could give him life
       energy which restored him, so I honestly don't know.
       Donny: I wanted ONE thing today! He says, stomping on the ground
       and throwing his sword at a rock, which destroys the rock before
       the sword disappears back to Donny's soul
       Kendrix: We need to regroup... Pretty sure we just declared war
       on them.
       Hei: Agreed. Let's go. We'll discuss it back at the bar. Shin
       should have it ready for us. He said he'd have drinks ready for
       everyone. He looks to Kendrix. At the very least... We can rest
       assured Phantom will NOT be happy with them for letting his bar
       be attacked. But we already made arrangements with Death that
       he's going to keep Phantom from interfering in our fight with
       them in the future other than basically just financial support.
       Donny: Then I guess I can live with that for now... If Phantom
       gives them hell for letting us attack their bar, I think I can
       consider that good revenge for the moment.
       Donny looks down, then nods to Kendrix who looks at him, as
       Kendrix was waiting to see how Donny responded before okaying
       the teleportation by Hei.
       Hei teleports them away, and the members of Black Sun follow
       Hei's lead and go back to Black Sun.
       On the way back, Kendrix and Donny were upset they didn't get to
       kill Delsin's killer, but Kendrix was at least happy that they
       didn't suffer any casualties on their side.
       And at least, this would cripple Nightshade for a little
       while... But Kendrix and Hei couldn't even be sure of that since
       it was possible Silvio could counterattack immediately if he
       wanted to.
       Though they didn't kill Kuroshi, Donny and Kendrix did beat him,
       and while it was unlikely they'd catch him by surprise like that
       again with their techniques, it was obvious that they finally
       had a real edge on Kuroshi that not even he could counter
       easily.
       Once back at Hei's bar, Shin starts passing out the group's
       drinks, with even Kindron and the vampire ninjas and werewolf
       alchemists joining the group.
       Hei holds up his glass. Hei: I can't say Delsin was my favorite
       person around... But he was a friend and he was family, whether
       blood related or not. So tonight we honor his memory, and honor
       a fallen warrior who fought to his last breath to protect his
       family. The entire group toasts, even those that didn't know
       Delsin. We will hold another toast for Anna Shadow and Kierran
       Black when they get here. He says, since he'd called Anna and
       Kierran to meet them all at the bar. It was going to take some
       explaining that they all basically went after Kuroshi, but he
       were hoping that Anna would understand why they didn't include
       her in the attack plans since the original plan was to bring
       news that they killed Delsin's killer even if it didn't go the
       way they planned (and Donny requested Anna and Kierran not be
       told just in case things went wrong).
       At least a message was clearly sent to Nightshade and to others
       who might challenge Black Sun: Beware retaliation if someone has
       the nerve to attack the family.
       End.
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