Saga 3 Episode 69: Showdown At Sundown

## Participants

Officer KiriyuNiwa MiyabeChadDes
I

\_Cho’s eyes started to open slowly as the light of the overcoming dawn began to fill the garden area of the Tasanagi Dojo. He and Niwa had quite the night last night, and he remembered every single second of it very vividly. He cleared his throat, letting his eyes flutter a few times before he looked up at the clouds. They were pouring in, one after another in scattered single file lines. He wiped his brow for a second only to look down and see Niwa’s head resting on his peck. He smiled and gave her a soft and sweet forehead kiss before sitting himself up. As he did however he’d have been looking someone dead in the face. His eyes blinked for a moment…and Keyth’s eyes blinked back for a moment. Cho then panicked and yelled out, scooting himself back, with only his boxers on, and his jacket across Niwa’s body. Of course this caused Niwa’s head to hit the ground unless she woke up before hand, as cho put his back against the tree and pointed at Keyth.\_

Cho: WHAT THE HELL MAN!?! Were you just watching us you…you creep!?

Keyth: I could smell the fresh sex in the air and I kicked out the last batch of women I had out of here. I knew you two were fucking. –sniff sniff- and she’s a killian? I know she was ripe, I had three last week.

\_Cho stood up and walked over to help Niwa up to her feet, keeping his jacket over her and walking both of them towards the inside of the dojo. As he did, Keyth stood there shirtless with his Hakama pants over his lower half before folding his massive gorilla like arms across his chest and bellowing out.\_

Keyth: You’ve got a vistor by the waaaaaaaay!!!

Cho: Yeah? Well tell that visitor to fuck off.

Desdemona: Wow that’s awfully rude of you, don’t you think?

\_Cho looked towards the entrance only to see Desdemona in the Dojo wearing a white wife beater, with blue jeans and combat boots. Her hands in her pockets, and her hair down, out of the way of her godly crafted facial features. Cho narrowed his eyes, and grabbed his jeans from his locker. Slipping them on he’d begin talking to Des while he fixed himself up.\_

Cho: This had better be good little miss I like to abandon cases.

Des: It is. Cause I know where he’s hiding, and I know exactly how we’re going to bust him.

Cho: Oh yeah?

Des: Yes. I took the time yesterday to meditate on what you said and you were right. I can feel him beast bloods can feel who’ve they’ve been bitten by, as if feeling their prescence all the time. You probably figured out why he wanted me out of everyone didn’t you.

Cho: Yeah…you’re O-. I looked into the files last night on my phone when I was with Niwa using an app I got from Kin. Guy’s got secrets for days.

\_Cho shuts the locker, straightening out the white tee on his body. He makes his way over to Des, and talks with hand gestures, more so pointing to her neck.\_

Cho: The order of the blood types went A+, A-, AB+, AB-, B+, B- O+ and then it went back to A+. I thought it was weird looking at their death certficates but that’s when I realized you had to be the missing link in that chain. Still it leads me to ask why he has a pattern and if that IS a pattern what is it for?

Des: Little info about batbloods, they don’t HAVE to drink blood. They chose to. This guy is doing tis as a fix, like a sweet drug. He just likes his drugs in an orderly fashion.

Cho: Hey the lives lost aren’t supposed to be funny.

Des: Lighten the hell up. Is bright and busty ready? I took the van here but I know the location he hides. I’ve got some food and we’re going to stake out there for a while until we see him go back. there’ll be no turning back this time so get what you need.

\_Cho rubbed his chin, narrowing his eyes and furrowing his brow, looking down at the ground for a moment. He needed to think of something and he needed to think of it quick. That’s when an idea popped into his head. He turned to Niwa and smiled at her.\_

Cho: I’ve got an idea! Don’t want to do this to you, but I need you to ride with Des to the spot. I’ll sniff you guys out, I’ve got some preparation to do to make sure this is the last straw on this guy! Just wait for me okay??

\_Cho took off outside! He hopped onto his motorbike and revved it up a couple of times before he decided to drive on off towards District 1 where his home was. Little did he know however there were other things going on at his house hold. His mother, Victoria Kiriyu, would’ve been sitting on the couch enjoying her daily dose of Ophra and eating a large bowl of butter pecan ice cream. Victoria is a very protective individual, specifically of her son, Cho Kiriyu. She is a worry wart and doesn't trust many people, if anyone at all. She's very cautious and over prepared, but can be as easy going as the changing winds when it comes to trivial things. She's a pleasure to be around, often being referred to as the 'neighborhood mother" helping underprivileged children when she can afford to do so herself.\_

\_Victoria is the spitting image of a single mother in the prime of her life. Being 35 and enaging in regular exorcise, while she is a very small woman, and mostly looks up to the people she talks to (literally) she is very well endowed for her age and build. A tiny woman, with a good average look to her, to befit her motherly personality. Her measurements are rather plump for her frame, even allowing her to have landed a supermodel gig in the past.\_

\_She sat idol enjoying the show until she’d heard a knock on the door. The twin girls cotton and candy did say they’d knock when they came back, and so she hops up with a perk to answer the door.\_

Victoria: Here I cooooome

\_Victoria’s hips switch as she reaches the door and opens it…but who she see’s is not exactly who she’d have hopped to have seen. The blonde haired dream boat known as Trevor Lockhart stood at her door, wearing a green pair of track sweat pants and a matching track jacket to complete the track suit outfit. He wore  a white wife beater underneath all of this and his hands were  behind his back. He looked down at the short Victoria and swallowed hard before speaking. Though during this time her face was shifting from shock to anger and getting angrier by the minute.\_

Trevor: Hello Victoria. It’s been a whi-

\*SMACK\*

\_Victoria had slapped Trevor slam in the face! The force sent him down the four steps and onto the side walk. He rubbed the red handprint on his face with a closed eye groaning.\_

Trevor: Jesus you still hit hard as hell. I probably deserved that. –stands himself up-

Victoria: You deserve A LOT worse than that believe me. You’ve got balls showing up at my doorstep after what…17 years? Balls I should cut off and feed to the rest of the dogs you hang out with.

Trevor: Victoria this is important. I have to talk to you about the kid.

Victoria: Your son you mean. You have to  talk me about YOUR son.

Her body felt lighter than air. She'd been sleeping pretty soundly throughout that night and could have actually continued on into the afternoon. However, the rays of sunlight that seeped through the flower buds and leaves above them were hitting her face just right. Though she was in a half sleep/half awake state, she didn't move. She was so comfortable! Even as Cho's body shifted under her and began to rise, she only stirred a bit. What would actually pull her into full awareness would be the sound of Cho's panicked voice just before he scooted back quickly. As Niwa's eye lids ripped open her head fell  from its slightly upright/rested position onto the hard ground as he backed away. The woman groaned from the slight pain of the impact to the side of her head before sitting up, rubbing the reddened spot softly as her eyes slowly ran up the strangers form as he stared at them. Her face instantly turned a crimson red and her eyes widened as she scrambled to pull Cho's jacket up over her half exposed breasts while also trying to keep her woman parts covered as well.

'What a creep!' Her inner voice shouted as Cho helped her up. He was talking to the guy like he knew him so she wasn't as creeped out, but she definitely wouldn't forget this morning. The fact that he said he could smell 'fresh sex' and could figure out her race by her scent led her to believe that he might have been a wolfblood like Cho. While Niwa thought about how odd being able to smell sex like that would be, she followed closely beside Cho, trying to keep herself hidden. Her clothes that she wore to the Dojo were still inside and she figured it would still be too early for anyone to show up. Well...anyone else.

The mentioning of a visitor didn't really register in her mind until her gaze lifted from the Sakura tree petals on the ground to the familiar female detectives form that stood in the doorway waiting for them. Her cheeks burned hotter than she thought they could, but she kept her chin up while passing the woman, not saying a thing. She had to get dressed. There was no time to stand and socialize until after she clothes herself. The Killian woman slipped inside quietly and into the room she'd changed in before. Her clothes were laid out on a bench neatly so she let the jacket drop around her feet.

Only minutes late she was stepping out with her dress shirt buttoned up but not tucked in her dark, form fitting skirt. She fixed her thick lilac hair into a high ponytail and was smoothing out her blouse when she returned to the conversation between Cho and Des. Just as she returned, Cho was turning to her and telling her to go with Des in the van without him. She could feel the lack of amusement in her facial expression as she nodded once.

"Alright. She'll either have to drive or be my GPS. Which would you prefer." Her hazel eyes shifted from Cho to the seemingly irresponsible female detective. As she waited for her answer, Cho would've been riding off on his motorbike to do whatever he planned to do. He mentioned being able to find them with his nose, but Niwa worried a little. She'd hate for him to not be able to find them....and leave the two alone longer than they had to be.

\_Des would’ve watched as Cho took off and she’d shrug and start walking to the van\_

Des: I’m waiting on you lady.

\_She’d start the van and begin driving off towards the area she mentioned. As the van traveled down the still bustling roads and Des held the wheel steady with only one hand, and her other hand leaning on the side of the door, as she rested her face against her knuckles. She looked over towards Niwa for a moment before she huffed through her nostrils and shifted in place, making a right turn towards what looked like a not so friendly area of district 2.\_

Des: So remind me do you like the blonde or on the dog more? No offense to you but you can’t be to greedy, save some for the rest of us why don’t you.

\_Des was pretty upfront about her question, but what was shocking was that she even revealed to show interest in Cho at all. If anything those two were more at each others throats rather than actually being remotely close for any reason whatsoever. Des began to pull up to the building and regardless of Niwas response or how long it took she’d cut her off with her own speech.\_

Des: We’ll talk about it shortly. Let’s get up here to this rooftop. Grab the grocery’s out the back while I grab the surveillance gear. –Des looked at her for a minute with a pause- that Cho kid, what’s his weakness?

\_She’d begin leading them up a metal fire escape by the side of the building creating  series of steps for them to casusally travel up to get to the top of the 3 storie werehouse. \_

Des: Something’s off about him. Either that or I’ve never met someone as naieve about justice or love as him. Does he know this is a temporary thing for the both of you or have you told him that you still low key like that other guy. I have a nack for these things and I can tell if you two keep this up it’s not going to go well for either of you.

\*Meanwhile\*

\_While Des would’ve been in her conversation and setting up gear, Cho would’ve met up with Cotton and Candy, the two witches he and his mother took in as house mates. Cho would’ve been eating lunch with them in the dinner, though he himself wasn’t really eating. Cho had his arms folded across the table as a piece of paper with a list of things he’d need was laid out in front of him. \_

Cho: So your telling me these are the weaknesses of a Batblood? This looks like stuff out of a 99’s horror film.

\_The blue haired Cotton popped her gum for a second before continuing on with her answer.\_

Cotton: Look you don’t have to like it but it’s the truth. Garlic, crosses, holy water. This is classic casual witchcraft matreials. That’s why Batbloods and Witches don’t cross paths. We literally bask in the fumes of the things they hate the most. Thing is…tonight is going to be a full moon. Batbloods are at least strong enough to resist these things temporarily until they either escape or kill their prey.

\_The Pink haired candy chimed in finishing up her cup of coffee\_

Candy: That’s right? We can mix up a powder and modify your glock for you to make it more effective.

Cho: Eh? Why can’t I just use my hands?

Cotton: Because Cho, this isn’t something you can just kung fu your way out of. He’s stronger, faster, and a hell of a lot more deadlier than you. You need to use your head and prepare for this not just run in guns a blazing.

Cho: You might be right. –looks around- then here me out. I’m going to need something bigger than a glock to work this one.

\_Cho pulls out a duffle bag and slams it on the table. He unzips it slightly to reveal a pump handle shotgun inside.\_

Cho: Can you rig this up for me? I’ve developed quite a fetish for shotguns and I’ve also seen Evil Dead like….six times.

Cotton: -smirks- I like your style big boy.

\_Candy licks her lips and crawls up onto the table to get in Cho’s face, her cleavage dangling loosely in his face.\_

Candy: Let’s get to work!

\_Back at the Kiriyu household….\_

\_Victoria and Trevor both sat on two opposite couches. The t.v playing loud as they’d barely spoken one word to the other until finally the silence was broken by Trevor.\_

Trevor: You know the paternity test showed he’s not mine.

Victoria: Bullshit, you decide the fate of a demon with a sneeze, I’ve no doubt you could use your Chi to have your results forged.

Trevor: You never believed a word I said. Even then you were always skeptical of me. Still I wont lie..i did do that. I did alter the results.

Victoria: Okay? So why are you here? To confess to your crimes? Throw in my face the reason I cant get you for child support is cause you’ll make it impossible? Cause I know your not here to be a father.

Trevor: It’s like I told you I can’t. its not that simple…it never has been.

Victoria: it doesn’t matter. Cho’s a big boy and he’s learned everything he’s needed to without you being here to teach him. I’ve been the mother and the father.

Trevor: -sighs- a Woman can’t raise a man. I think his time with Connor has taught him a lot though. The reason I am here is to finally tell you the truth. Why I can’t raise Cho. And why soon you two are going to need to move as far away from here as possible.

Victoria: What?

Trevor: Victoria the Dragon Monk isn’t supposed to have children. Now why my seed decided to sprout in you out of all women I have no idea but what I do know? Is that it wasn’t supposed to happen. It wasn’t destined to. Still by the powers that be it did. Cho is…well he’s a mistake. You can’t fault me for that because even YOU didn’t plan to have the boy.

Victoria: and what would you have me do? Abandon him or leave him for dead?

Trevor: I’m not saying that. All things considered I’m not going to ust kill him off but I can’t just let him go walking around with that kind of dormant power within him. The power of the Dragon Monk is only meant for ONE vessel. As long as he’s alive I’ll never be anywhere near as strong as I need to be to combat the growing threats that will come my way, and I can’t have that. I need you both gone.

\_Victoria stood up and pointed at the door.\_

Victoria: Get out of my house. I don’t care about your stupid job, or what he’s got to do with you.  He’s my son ,my ONLY child and I’m not taking him away from the life he’ss and I have worked so hard to build. We’re staying!

Trevor: -stands up- Victoria this is bigger than the both of you! The fate of the world is at stake if I can’t do my duty! My destiny, my JOB! This is my first piroity as the dragon monk!

Victoria: YOUR FIRST PRIOITY WAS THE FAMILY YOU FUCKING LEFT BEHIND!

\_There was an air of silence in the room. Silent angry tears fled from Victoria’s face as she shook her head, and whipped her tears.\_

Victoria: Just get out. Don’t come back. As far as Cho knows you’re dead.

Trevor: Yeah…yeah I’ll just go.

\_Treovr made his way out of the door and steped outside for a moment. He looked at the passing faces on the sidewalk, and and pulled out his Weed vape. He took a long hit before letting the smoke fume from his nostrils and he turned to walk down the street. For some reason he’d felt a massive sense of loneliness over take him. The realization of the situation hit him like a brick. Trevor could save a million lives…but have to live with the fact that the two lives which matter most to a man, a father, are the two lives he’ll never be allowed to be apart of.\_

II
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Niwa was perfectly fine. She wasn't happy, but she wasn't mad, either. Would she rather not be alone with that woman? Yes, but there wasn't anything she could really do at this point. The woman's tone made Niwa frown a little. She was worse than Miranda! So far, at least. The lilac haired beauty followed behind the female detective, slipping quietly into the passenger seat. The next few minutes in the car were silent. It was a little uncomfortable for Niwa. Silence was golden....but not this type of silence. Niwa could feel Des' eyes on her and looked over. The detective wasted no time getting rather personal and pretty rude all at once. In response to the question, Niwa's eyes narrowed and a scowl darkened her naturally angelic features.

"That's really none of your concer-." The venom in her words was extremely subtle, but definitely there though she really didn't get to finish what she was saying. The women had reached their location, according to Des.

"Groceries?" She'd begin after being told to retrieve said groceries from the back. Niwa wasn't sure why they needed whatever else the woman brought, but she pushed open her door and slipped out of the van without another word. It was quiet again....for a brief moment. Then, Des was asking another odd and slightly invasive question.

"What makes you think I would give away his weaknesses? Regardless of who you are and your status, I wouldn't tell you a damn thing. I don't trust you at all." As she said this, she grabbed up whatever was in the back without bothering to look through anything. She'd merely just keep the bags evenly divided amongst each hand/arm and follow behind Des as they moved towards a fire escape and began their climb. But the silence never stuck. Again, Niwa had to listen to the woman go on about Cho until she decided to bring up the love triangle. Niwa hugged softly, obviously annoyed.

"You know what I think? I think you wish it wad a temporary thing. Little Miss Cho Obsessed. You don't know anything about our situation or my situation with Trevor. That's my personal life, therefore none of your concern. I'm here to work. Not let you try to intimidate me or question me about what I'm doing with my free time." This time, the venom had a bit more of a bite to it. Her voice still held the same sweet ring to it, but irritation tainted the sweetness. The young Killian's patience was being tested. Any other day she had the patience of a saint. But today was something completely different.

\_After Niwa and Des’s little confrontation there some time pad passed  and night began to fall. Cho still hadn’t shown up and She and Des would’ve been sitting in longue chairs as the sun had set and the moon was high. The full moon that is. Niwa would’ve been able to feel an incredible energy surging up inside of her very being. It was  high and potent and very good rich in energy. She’d almost feel empowred physically. Des on the other hand could also feel power welling up in her being, and it became even more prominent when her eyes turned to a complete red. Including the whites of her eyes. She stood up and as she did, she’d be able to see what looked like a figure at the back of the building coming and entering the back door of the abandoned fish house.\_

Des: He’s here. Let’s go. I’m not waiting around for wet bread to show up.

\_Des would’ve begun to transform. Her body morphing and shifting, over and over, as her limbs began to stretch, shift and conform until Niwa would’ve been standing beside what appeared to be a giant wererabbit.\_

(insert picture here)

\_Des was indeed a beastblood but arguably one of the rarest in exsistenence. She had large protruding ears, a tiny pink nose, hind legs, and her jeans had ripped to stop halfway on her thigh, and her tank shirt simply stretched to conform to her new 6’1 frame. The two front teet were no longer there stretched out to be fangs of the sort rather than bucked teeth. She peered over at Niwa and spoke with snarpness in her voice.\_

Des: Don’t you dare laugh. Stay here and wait for Cho to arrive.

\_Des would’ve squatted down and leapt over 50 feet into the air! Her body soaring high towards the very moon itself before she crashed down atop of the giant rooftop and BAM!!! Her body would’ve been sent soaring through the three floor establishment before she landed on the floor and let out a ghastly howld you’d think could only come from a wolfblood! As this happened, she’d study her surroundings and as she did she’d notice a few key things. For one there wre sacks of what looked like bloody cacoons hanging from the walls around the were house. The stench of raw flesh was evident in the room and as it was Des used her cute bunny nose to sniff the air. She’d then look towards one of the flesh sacks on her left and listen closely.\_

\*TH-THUMP…TH-THUMP\*

Des: They’re alive…these people. The people in the sacks their alive!

\_The distant sound of wings flapping could be heard and Des was the first to hear it as a large bat like creature flew in threw the back window! It’s large screech purging the ears of both Des and even those of Niwa who would’ve been on the building opposite of them! The large bat like creature would’ve dropped to the floor, a crater in the ground, windows shattering, and the giant bat’s form constantly shifting until it became a male with loose black shorts and shaggy white hair once again. This male would’ve been known as none other than Chad. He stood up tall with a smirk on his face and blood trickling form his lips. His eyes were blood shit red which showed that he’d been doing obsessive drinking of blood recently…and was looking for more.\_

Chad: DESDEMONA! How nice of you to join me this evening. Do you like my little bloody collection? Blood types from different ethnicities. –sniffs the air- Mmm how I can smell them….can you smell it? the fresh stench of euphoria in the air. I’m glad you’ve come back…I wanted to save you and the killian for desert.

Des; The full moons mad you a lunatic chad. Give up. I’m killing you right here, right now.

Chad: Oh no my dear…you see I’ve discovered a new ability, one that I think will be rather interesting for you to see in action.

\_As Niwa would’ve been sitting there on the rooftop she’d be able to see a few humanoid shadows also moving in on the building that Des was in. These weren’t human however…as Chad had attempted to try to turn humans into batbloods like himselves he only was able to convert them into midless beings. Zombies of his command. There would’ve been four of them running towards the were house like crazy and if her ears picked up on it she’d be able to hear MORE in the distance! Would she sit and wait for Cho?!? Or would she leap into action to help Des until Cho arrived on time!?!?!

## III

There were many nights like this that Niwa felt a difference in herself. While the moon was high in the dark sky on certain nights she felt so full of energy. Because of her lack of knowledge of her own race, it was always brushed off. At least it was until she met Cho. Now she was more aware of her connection to the bright moon and the effects it has on her and some others.

Niwa glanced over at Des, hearing her claim that she wouldn't wait for Cho. That alone was enough to grab her attention. Go without Cho? She wasn't going to be on his good side after this. Not that she was in the first place.

As Des's form shifted, Niwa realized something. She was a different sort of beast blood. One she'd never actually heard of or seen. Though the opportunity to actually see her in such a form was rare, Niwa couldn't help but laugh.

"You look ridiculous!" She'd shout between bouts of uncontrollable laughter. Even after Des leapt off of the roof and onto another. For a few minutes her laughter faded into light giggling until she wiped the single tear from her eye. Then, everything got quiet again. Niwa glanced around, looking to see if maybe Cho was coming up the stairs or not, but there was no one.

The silence didn't stick around for too long. Within five minutes of Des getting into the building there was a loud, ear piercing screech. A familiar one, at that. Niwa's hands flew up to cover her ears, afraid that the sound would hurt them, and her eyes locked on the building that Des was inside of.

"What the fuck is she \*doing\*?!" She'd squint her eyes trying to look into the building. While focusing her attention on the dark warehouse, she caught movement out of the corner of her eye. Niwa blinked and looked around, instantly spotting the shadowy figure rushing the building. Her hazel eyes widened with fear as she looked to the hole in the other building that Des had dropped through. Her elven like ears twitched as the sound of rushing footfalls approaching from the distancing reached them. "Oh... Oh no."

The Killian but her lower lip hard. She couldn't just stand there and let Des get tore up. She may not have liked the woman, but she wouldn't let petty feelings be the reason for someone to perish. Niwa hurried back a few steps before running forward full speed. As her foot hit the edge of the rooftop, she'd bend her knees a bit and crouch before launch eking herself into the air. The wind was all she could hear for a moment before she landed on the opposite roof and rolled onto her side. Her rolling came to an end at the very hole Des created and she hesitantly looked down inside. It was dark. The unknown factor scared her, but she slid down into the hole and let herself fall into the darkness of the building.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZmc0q8dHuY&index=3&list=PLYNBny7IRlVm1xHhYq5qHlNSsKkocXSF2 )\_Des would’ve been lunging through the air horizontally and as she did she’d launch a giant double rabbits foot drop kick against Chad’s bare chest! Chad went soaring backwards rolling back up to his feet before he took a moment to squat down! He then disappeared! His body dispersing into a smokey mist, making him a non physical being! He zoomed around Des like a tornado, creating a large smokey mist that was in constant clockwise rotation around her! The Werebunny stood still, her guard up, and her focus as intense as it could get! She then leapt forward in order to try and grab the smokey being, thinking she could read the movements and catch it before he’d gotten the best of her! Sadly enough this wasn’t a valiant effort! She ended up going straight through smoke, and Chad would’ve rematerialized behind her, cutting her deep in the back with a knife! After doing so he materialized into his regular form, throwing knife strike, after knife at Des. The giant bunny however was a hell of a lot quicker than he’d given her credit for! She weaved, bobbed, and dodged every knife strike Chad threw!\_

\_Chad launched his claw at her, his hand in a spear hand like fashion, as he’d dig his hand deep into the muscle of her shoulder! He expanded his fingers inside of her and held her in place. As he drew his knife hand back, Des would’ve lifted her giant bunny foot to his chest, and launched it forward! At the same time Chad’s shoulder completely dislocated from place and  before he knew it he’d been kicked with so much strength, his body would’ve ocmpletley torn its arm out of it’s socket! Chad recovered his footing and stood himself back up, brushing his chest off with one hand and letting the blood seep from his missing wound.\_

Chad: Someone grew some balls over night didn’t they?

Des: -rips the limb from her shoulder and throws it to the ground- I’m done being your victim. I’m going to kill you here and now tonight!

\_Des leans forward and claws began to protrude from her fingers as she was about ready to pounce! Her and Chad both charge at each other! Chad holding his knife in a reverse style grip and Des with her claws out stretched as both of the met in the center of the werehouse! A brief wind expanding from their collision as they struggled to overpower the other! Chad would’ve leaned and ducked down hover slicing the back of her knee and bringing the bunny blood to one knee this time! In doing so, Chad would’ve then gripped her by her thick fur covered neck and tossed her backwards! Her body soaring through the air, before his free hand would’ve cupped a blast of steaming hot smoke in it’s hand, tossing the smoke forward and with it came a bright yellow glow! The giant puffed up beam pierced Des’ stomach, accelerating her fall backwards, and pinning her against the wall…not with a large hole inside of her abdomen!\_

\_Chad had a sinister grin on his face, as he let his physical disperse into smoke, his head the only thing physical or solid now. He slowly floats over to her gloating, and taunting her.\_

Chad: It’ll all be over soon des. You’ll become  a meat sack like the others…except I wouldn’t dare turn you into one of those heinous things. No…I’d rather drink you dry.

\_He’d sniff the air incredibly quickly and as h e did he’d smile. Lifting a hand up and towards the celing. In doing so another ball of smoke began to form in the palm of his hand before he’d shot it up!...towards Niwa! She had one of two choices! Get burned into meat and bones by the pipping hot steam or fall through the hole to potentially move out of the way but end up right inside of the danger zone! If she did drop down into the fight area, where she’d be swarmed by a large group of zombie like beings! 10 of them coming for Niwa gnawing and clawing at her like wild rabid dogs! Each of them had the strength of at least ten men menaing she’d need to be as crafty, resourceful, and as dangerous as she could be to make sure she didn’t get herself hurt in the process!!!\_

While Niwa was slowly sliding herself into the hole, she noticed that the commotion had quieted. Just moments before she could hear voices, both very familiar. Not only that, but she heard what sounded like a lot of scuffling about. The sudden silence caused Niwa to look down into the darkness, her fingers gripping the edge tightly as she dangled down. Niwa could make out two figures down below and she was just able to see the tiniest bit of the steam as it soared up towards her. Niwa's eyes widened. She may not have known what the substance was or what it could do, but she refused to find out the hard way. There wasn't much time at all! The Killian was forced to swing herself to the right just before releasing her grip. This would cause the woman to drop in at an angle and allowed her to just barely miss the steam. She could feel the heat coming off of it. It was so intense even at the distance she was at that her right arm, shoulder, and her side would receive a bit of a burn. The fact that she even got burned and hadn't even touched the steam  was extremely surprising to her....and terrifying. Niwa let out a yelp just before landing on the floor. Just as the soles of her feet hit the ground, she'd tuck her body and roll forwards once. The roll ended a bit clumsily with her kind of falling off to the side, but she was up and on her feet seconds later.

"Des!" She'd call out to the detective, worry apparent in her voice as she took in the ugly injuries that Des seemed to have sustained and cringed on the inside. Not too far off was the same bat blood they'd been looking for. Niwa staggered her feet, sliding them apart a bit while putting her hands up; that same old generic stance she was getting used to. The woman prepared herself for a fight with Chad when suddenly she could hear high pitched screeching followed by several sets of footsteps coming fast. There were ten of them coming right for her! Ten bat bloods that looked completely ready to tear her apart and drink her dry. Niwa didn't have any idea how to kill the beasts, but she knew she couldn't just stand there!

With all of these creatures speeding towards her at about the same pace, Niwa had to think fast. She still felt that surge of energy from the presence of the moon and it made her feel a little better about the situation. With a bit more confidence, Niwa would run a few steps forward, just enough to gain some speed so she could leap up into the air. The woman cocked get right hand back as it was balled up into a tight fist. As she came down, her fist would be launched forward aiming to make contact with the nose of the first bat blood. The impact could shatter a normal persons nose instantly, but for a bat blood it would be just enough to make them stumble back a few steps if the hit connected.

Niwa didn't bother to wait and see if she made contact or not and would smoothly transition into her next attack. The Killian's body turned to the left with another dainty but powerful fist at the ready. Instead of aiming for the center of the face, however, she'd launch her attack towards the next bat bloods throat in the hopes that it would at least knock him back, knowing that it wouldn't be nearly as effective as it could be on a regular being.

\_As Niwa put down two batbloods she would’ve hade 8 more to deal with still! Two of them now on the right and left sides of her were both coming at her with two punches, each one aimed for the left and right sides of her face! If that didn’t work or even if it did, two more batbloods would’ve come running infront of her! Both of them with their own fist reared back ready to start punching and clawing her repeatedly in her stomach and chest! Had their fist hit her flesh or their claws penetrated her skin, she’d have large gashes on the surface, deep inch cuts! She’d also have deep brown and dark bruises on her chest and abdomen, both of these injuries together could cripple the young woman! Even after she dealt with these four she still had another four circling around her! Lucky for her the energy of the moon was there to keep her going as much as she could harness it! as time continued she’d begin to seem as if she was growing even stronger…her hits becoming more effective as time passed by!\_

\_As for Des she was beginning to fight a bit of a losing battle. Her snow white fured boy hit the ground face first and her body slowly began to morph back into it’s regular form. She’d had stab wounds in over 30 places of her body and  cut across her forehead. Des groaned weakly, the tough female putting her hands to the ground and trying to push herself up but it was frail and not working. She was almost there for a second but then Chad interrupted this by coming from behind her and gripping her by the back of her neck, holding her up suspended in the air. Chad cackled loosely and sighed in triumph.\_

Chad: That’s why I respected you Des. You put up a good fight even when it’s inevitable for you to lose.

\_Chad swings her over by a wall and pines her against it! her body helpless to fight back as she weakly throws her fist at him in attempts to hit back. Each hit just rolls of his jaw and chest as he uses his free hand to force her neck to the side. He hisses with a low tone of voice before parting his lips about to move in and take a large chunk out of her neck and then-!!!\_

\*BOOM!!!\*

\_The door of the area gets kicked down and in walked a shirtless obsidiean haired male with a  strap around his chest, a bullet chain hanging from his shoulder, and a shotgun in one hand. His opposite hand balled in a fist, Cho Kiriyu walked in and lifted his shotgun in the air! It unfolded itself and straightened out revealing to be a portable pump action cannon! He aimed it at the outter circle of the batbloods that surrounded Niwa and he began firing away!!!\_

\*BOOM! CH-CHICK…BOOM!\*

\_Cho instantly offed 3 of the batbloods that surrounded her but rather than them getting right back up their bodies began to ooze  a yellow pus like substance. It looked like stale white cheese and it stopped their breathing eventually. If niwa wondered what it was Cho would’ve made it clear as he pointed the shotgun in Chad’s direction, now only being about 10 feet away form him.\_

Cho: Who knew Garlic actually worked on you fuckers.

Chad: Step back! or I’ll kill the gi-

\*BANG!\*

\_Cho fired the shot at Chad and took him right in his back! He’d been blood feeding for a while though so even though it put a hole in his back his healing factor was still working ut it had been slowed so much so blood splattered and Des was lowered to the ground with a loud thud! Cho rushed over to her as Chad ran off towards the middle of the werehouse! Cho kealt down beside her and put a hand on her shoulder.\_

Cho: Are you okay?

Des; T-…took you long enough pretty boy.

Cho: -smriks- Stay here in the moon light and heal up.

\_Cho takes the shotgun shells and the gun itself and gives it to Des. He nods over to go help Niwa, and he was certain she’d get the picture. Cho then stood himself up and rolled his shoulders walking over to where Chad was. He and Chad looked at each other for a moment and Cho began speaking.\_

Cho: Last chance Chad. You don’t come in quietly, you won’t get to leave here alive.

Chad: Heh…someone forgot how much weaker they were in comparison to me.

Cho: Not really. I’m aware of the difference in our ability. Which is why I’m offering you one more chance to call it quits. –folds his arms- besides you’ll be weakened for about 30 minutes and that’s plenty of time for me to kick your ass. Plus you owe me an answer….I wanna know who the hell my father is.

\_Chad let’s a devilish grin cross on his face as he held his knife with a reverse grip. Smoke began to ooze from his pours into the air and Cho took a fighting stance, the same oone Niwa had seen him take before. Chad and Cho, once friends now bitter enemies and opposite on the supernatural spectrum. All there differences were going to be settled here and now!!!\_

'Two down.' Her thoughts were a jumble of possibilities and theories about taking down bat bloods. None of them were as clear as that thought, however, and there wasn't time to try and sit and decipher them. Four more were rushing her and she had to think on her toes. To avoid the first two fists coming at her, Niwa would drop her plump behind down low and her right leg kicked out. The last minute kick to the side would have been aimed at the bat blood on her right sides ankle. Because of the amount of force behind the kick due to all of her weight being dropped so quickly, said kick would break an unprepared ankle if it connected and could take down majority of beings even if it was just to give her time. As Niwa came down she'd be able to feel the wind come off of the first two fists as she barely moved out of the way in time. The two that were running right for her to attack her head on were a different story.

As their claws came closer, she tucked her right leg back in and would bring her arms up in the form of an 'x' as they were crossed over each other to keep the claws from reaching her face. Instead, they'd dig into her forearms and she'd cry out in pain. The claw marks were deep, but not enough to show bone or anything too bad like that. As blood began to drop down her milky white arms, Niwa would stand herself back up, pushing against the two bat bloods in front of her. The one on her right was attacking again and she knew she'd have to do something. The Killian shifted some of her weight to her right leg and lifted the left while leaning away from it. Her left foot would snap out and up in an attempt to ram into the attackers jugular in the hopes of smashing his throat or at least knocking him back.

While she did her best to fight and defend herself when...

BOOM

The loud noise seemed to throw everyone in the room off. Though Niwa was locked with two of the beasts, she still looked towards the obvious gun shot. What she saw brought a smile to her lips.

"Cho!" Her heart leapt with excitement and relief. Realistically, the Killian was unsure of how long they'd last without him. Especially with her lack of training and Des' weakened state. And it looked as if the guy had come fully loaded! He aimed the gun towards the bat bloods that surrounded her. Niwa watched as his finger pulled the trigger and there was yet another loud gun shot. Her ears lowered and her eyes closed briefly as she jumped from the loud noise and as she reopened them she could feel the claws being ripped from her forearms as both of the attackers in front of her dropped and began to foam with some light colored liquid. Another had also been hit by the clearly modified rounds and was also foaming to death from its wound. Niwa's arms dropped to her sides and she let out a heavy sigh of relief. The deep cuts in her arms began to slowly heal, but blood still dribbled down them as she watched Cho take a shot at Chad.

With the leader injured and running off in a different direction while the others hesitated to continue their attack, Cho was able to check on Des. Their reunion was short and sweet before Des was armed. Knowing that that weapon could do more damage to them than she could, the woman ran to stand beside the injured detective while Cho, once again, took on the leader known as Chad. The air was thick with intense emotion as the two prepared themselves for battle.

"Kick his ass, Cho! We'll take care of the lesser bat bloods!" She'd shout from the sidelines. There was confidence in her voice, but she worried that they'd have less of a chance beating the others with one being severely wounded and the other still training to properly "throw hands".

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNSjPn5q8js&list=PLYNBny7IRlVnrGC-RuQIVVorxDUTCk6dV&index=56 )\_Cho and Chad circled each other. Hearing Niwa cheer him on…it brought a smile to his face. Chad sneered at his expression and Cho took his guard up once again. One step after the other, the two circled one another until Chad broke the silence, glancing up at the full moon for a moment before looking back at Cho.\_

Chad: You know if you kill me, you’ll never know who your father is…

Cho: Trying some cheap distraction? I’d rather beat it out of y-

\*BAM!\*

\_Chad used the subject as a distraction! He rushed in elbowing Cho square in his nose! His face now with a  bloody spot, his nose leaking over his mouth and Chin as Cho stumbled back slightly! Chad began to throw an assortment of left and right punches at Cho to try and finish the job as quickly as possible but Cho wasn’t having it! it was a full moon for BOTH of them and he had enough power to do what he needed to do to! He refused to be walked on or over because of him being a lesser race! Chad had the phsycial advantage but Cho had that tactical advantage. Unlike Chad, Cho had been trained in various methods of combat, including self taught ones that gave him the edge against bigger and better opponents! He and Chad traded blows for a period of time and it looked almost even!\_

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\_Cho makes the advancement, hitting Chad with a 6 piece combination in his gut, following it up with a  counter clock wise spin and an elbow to Chad’s nose! He wasn’t bleeding as much as Cho was but it was enough to put some red on his shirt!\_

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\_Cho attempted to follow this up with a one two kick combination! He launched his right foot towards the neck of Chad only to have it blocked! He’d recover and launch his left foot forward towards the opposite side of his first blocked blow only to have that one blocked to! Chad moved in, pointing his knife straight forward and stabbing Cho directly in the gut! A thunderous force emitting from the stab wound smoke covering the area as it discharged from the blow!!\_

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\_Cho recovers! He recovereds and lands on his feet only to move in with gritted teeth and turn his body clockwise this time, lashing out his right hand and attempting to back hand fist the white haired adversary! Chad threw his body forward and ducked the arm, his hands landing on the ground to catch him and his feet lingering in the air behind him. Chad then looks behind him and attempts to mule kick Cho in his face with the base of his left shoe! Cho see’s this and steps back avoiding the boot and stepping back in to knee chad! The force of the knee so hard it causes Chad’s entire body to double over Cho’s knee as if he was getting ready to whop a child! Chad coughed up blood, and Cho had red streams pouring form his stomach but he wouldn’t let that stop him here!\_

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\_The two of them began throwing hands once again! Trading and blocking punches back to back, one of them gaining the upper hand over the other what seemed like a bloody slug fest that wasn’t going to end!\_

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\_A punch to the face sent Cho flying into a pile of crates! Cho flew back and grunted, trying to pull himself back up. He pulled on the wood of the crate getting himself up and into  squatting position. Chad began to laugh menichically spouting out more non sense to bait his opponent and psychologically torture him…\_

Chad: DO YOU SEE IT NOW?!?! \*pant pant\* the difference is to high! You shouldn’t have left me back then Cho! You alone are the reason I am what I am! The reason I’m this…this monster I’ve become today!

Cho: -weakly stands up- You’re good at blaming the world for your problems aren’t ya.

Chad: Don’t give me that condescending tone! You don’t know the shit I’ve seen…the shit I’ve been through…it’s enough to make a man kill himself!

Cho: And what about the men who don’t kill themselves? The ones that have shitty lives but chose to live on. Those are the men who make you look weak in comparison.

\_Chad extended his right hand out slowly, a cloud of smoke starting to form in his palm. He smiled, and licked his fangs exoictically before speaking once again.\_

Chad: I usually don’t like the muky taste of Wolfbloods…but for you I’ll make an acceptation. PREPARE TO FEEL MY PAI- GAHK!!!

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Cho: So it’s finally kicking in huh. Took it long enough.

\_Chad fell to the ground coughing and hacking. Each release brought a black blood to spew onto the floor as he held his throat trying to catch air.\_

Chad: \*cough cough\* what! \*cough\* what did you….\*cough cough cough\*

\_Cho claps his hands together to dust them off and as he does, Chad would’ve looked up to see a fient yellow dust leaving Cho’s hands every time he clapped them together. \_

Cho: I’m not surprised you didn’t catch on. I used this trick when  I was stuck in ESPER. You take whatever you want to coat your arms or hands in, dip it inside, use fortification chi to bind it in place to the surface of your skin and boom. You get your equivalent to an RPG buff. Kind of like pouring holy water on a blade. Only in this case. –holds his hands up- not only did I soak my arms in holy water for 30 minutes but the wickens I live with were nice enough to coat my body in a thin layer of garlic powder. Available at your nearest Kasaihana Dollar world for 99 cents.

Chad: Its…on your claws? When did you have time to scratch me?!?

Cho: Every three punches you take a breath. You take a breath, you pause. Every pause you made, I scratched. You punched me about 50-70 times. I’ll let you do the math.

\_Cho began to menacingly walk closer to Chad and when he’d stopped he’d now be standing over Chad, asserting his dominance in the situation. Chad himself wanted to lash out! Strike! To kill him! Alas the consumption of being poisoned with his weaknesses. Tears of blood began to stream from his eyes as he felt his skin growing even paler than before! His body was dying!\_

Chad: W-…where’s your honor!?

Cho: Honor? Tch.

\_Cho reached down to grip Chad’s white hair and lift his body up above his head. Cho held Chad there for a moment before he’d let his hair go, allowing his body to drop, only to step back and launch a side kick at Chad’s chin!  A loud \*CRACK\* echoed through the building before Chad’s body gained a bit of air time! Cho then retracted his leg, stepped back, and chambering his right arm he’d throw a left straight punch right through Chad’s stomach! His fist stretching out the back of Chad’s body as Chad gripped Cho’s arm with a feeble attempt to pull it out! A mix of fear and anger in his expression! Tears of blood and water streaming from his cheeks as he peered into Cho’s yellowed out hues on this night of the full moon!\_

Cho: Honor is simply the morality of superior men, but it is also a different coat, worn by different people and seen through different eyes.  If I had a choice to have honor? I wouldn’t want it. it’d be a crutch to keep me from being the terrible person I really am.

\_Cho reared his head back, lacing his forehead with fortifcaton Chi, and he thrusted it forward in a headbutt! Chad’s body went flying off of cho’s arm and onto the ground! Chad sounded like he was gagging, and gurgling for air the entire time now with a giant gash in his skull. Cho continued looking at him but raised his open hand up and called to Niwa.\_

Cho: Shotgun.

\_Had she tossed it to him, Cho would’ve caught it in his right hand, holding the handle and lowering the barrel to the inside of Chad’s mouth. Cho tilted his head up at him speaking in a low and menacing tone.\_

Cho: This won’t kill you. Not on a full moon it won’t. But you’ll be out of commission for about 72 hours with only a brain stem to go off of. I want you to remember me Chad. Remember what happens when you cross me, bring my friends and bring my loved ones into this… and most of all, what happens when you mention that deadbeat of a father I don’t care to have. When I see him? I’m gonna give him the same treatment you’re getting right about now.

\*BANG\*

\_One shot. One kill. \_

\_Cho watched the smoke emanate from the barrel of the shotgun. A splattered mess of blood now stained the floor, bits of brain and skull fragments alike.  Cho turned towards Niwa and Des with a frown on the corner of his lip. The other batbloods made a run for it, not wanting to mess with the fearless wolfblood.\_

Cho: Niwa call for back up from the KPD. Get Des some medical attention. I’m going to make sure…there all gone. Sorry you had to see that side of me. Full moons get me like this…

Blow after blow had Niwa on her toes. With Des so injured and in the process of healing, the Killian decided that she'd better hold onto the shotgun that Cho left them. Regardless of if Des wanted to give it to her or not, Niwa would take it. Throughout Cho's fight with Chad Niwa would have the shotgun trained on the bat blood, ready to shoot him if he overpowered Cho.

Majority of the lesser bat bloods were also watching the battle but there were a couple that used the distraction to their advantage. Three of them charged Des and Niwa from the sides. If it wasn't for one of them screeching and Niwa's heightened hearing, she wouldn't have heard them until it was too late.

'Two on the left. One on the right.' She'd think to herself after a very quick glance to each side. The one to the right was a few steps ahead of the others so the woman focused herself on that one for the time being. As it came closer she found that she had to make a choice. Use more of Cho's ammo and risk running out, or use the butt of the modified gun as a brunt object? Without a second thought, Niwa would tighten her grip on the shot gun and pull it back. With as much force as she could muster, Niwa would swing the shot gun so that the very end of it would smash into the bat bloods cheek bone. She was actually surprised when she heard the sound of bone shattering followed by a painful led shriek as the creature fell back with his hands over his face. Knowing that there wasn't much time before the other two would be able to grab her, Niwa whittled around with the gun up and aimed at them. Her feet were already shoulder width apart as she pressed her finger to the trigger but she wasn't prepared for the kick! With a loud bang the weapon was fired and Niwa was knocked off balance as the first bat bloods left arm was blown to pieces while the seconds right arm did the same. They screamed out in agony as that garlicky foam substance bubbled from their bodies. The beasts were on the ground writhing in pain just seconds after being shot. Meanwhile, Niwa had stumbled back and almost fell on top of Des. Thankfully, the clumsy Killian was able to step over the detective and regain her composure.

Just as she was about to check the weapon to see if reloading was necessary, Cho had called for Niwa to toss it to him. Not wanting him to be low, the Killian would grab a few shells and toss them and the weapon to him. Though she was nervous about throwing possibly sensitive weaponry, Cho proved himself capable of handling it. He'd caught it with little to no effort.

Weaponless, Niwa would move to where she could almost stand over Des and protect her if need be. The women might clash and their interest or relationships with Cho may have made things between them worse, but Niwa wasn't so low that she'd allow someone to be attacked while their weakened. She preferred helping. While she stood there, she kept her eyes on Cho and the downed bat blood. Her ears picked up their conversation and she was rather shocked to see Cho act so violently. Then again, with all of this talk of Cho's father and a possible identity reveal, anger was the only emotion she'd imagine him feeling. Just before the trigger was pulled, Niwa turned her head away. She'd seen too much blood shed lately and didn't want to watch a head explode on top of it all. Her body jumped at the loud gun shot. The brief silence that followed brought her to turn her head back to look at Cho and the bloody mess her stood over. The other bat bloods were making a run for it, but no one stopped them.

"Yes Cho." She'd reply after he asked for her to contact the KPD. After all this time she didn't realize just how tense her body had been until now. Her muscles ached as they tried to relax. A dainty hand reached into her pocket to fish out her cell phone and her fingers flew across the screen. There were only two rings or so before someone picked up and, as calmly and as professional as possible, Niwa demanded to have KPD officers report to their location with medical assistance for Des. The woman on the other end quickly complied.

"They're on their way!" She'd announce, while keeping the other woman on the phone just in case.