Loki's Renard

Arc 2 Chapter 4 - How Heroes are Born

Hey guys, Striker777 here with the next chapter of Loki's Renard. This is part 2 of the four part mini-arc surrounding Akihide's introduction to the terrors of Evilus. But anyway, onto the story.

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Akihide looked on in wonder at the woman in black. She stood in front of him like a guardian angel, facing down the assassin that laid before her, blasted by whatever spell she cast. Her silver hair fluttered in the wind as the man slowly got back on his feet, blood spewing out of his mouth and eyes glaring at the woman. "Who the hell are you?!" he demanded, his face dripping blood onto the cracked road under him. "Do you stand in the way of the beauty of death as well? Are you another heretic like this boy?" he asked.

The woman simply sighed. "There's too much noise around here..." she muttered before turning to Akihide. "You there. You said something just now that I will not allow you to ever take back." she said, holding out her hand. "If you plan on wearing the title of hero, you better be prepared to work for it."

"Don't ignore me!" yelled Xaxa, rage in his voice. "I am the apostle of death and the purifier of souls! I follow the teachings as well as enact the vision of my god, the supreme lord of death, Lord Thanatos! I will not be subjected to the humiliation of being ignored by some harlot in a funeral dress who barges into things that have nothing to do with her!" yelled the man, in rage. But he was forced to take a step back as he felt pressure pressing down on him from seemingly out of nowhere. 'What the hell? Is this her? Is it her magic?' he asked himself, looking at the woman in the black and green dress in shock. 'There's so much of it... how can a human have this much magic?'

The woman turned to him. "You are of no interest to me, apostle of death." she said, getting an angry snarl from him. "My business is with the young child. Leave now if you value your life." she offered the man. However, before either could continue, Akihide spoke up.

"He'll hurt more people if he gets away." said the young boy, clutching Megami no Hana in his hands. "I can't let him hurt anyone else... I have to stop him now and save everyone... isn't that what it means to be a hero?" he asked the lady in black and green. She turned to him, still not having opened her eyes for a single moment since she got there. But he could see her begin to smirk.

"Right... how foolish of me..." said the woman, turning back to Xaxa. "It seems that offer is gone now. You'll have to forgive me, but this is the end for you. Time to purify your own soul in the heavens." she told the villain in a flat tone, beginning to charge her magic.

"The hell are you saying?" asked the murderous lunatic in confusion. "I have more work to do here. The souls of the people need to be liberated from their mortal prison and purified! I am not allowed to leave this mortal coil until I cleanse one million souls!" screamed the crazy man as he bought his sword up. "Prepare to face the full fury of a level 4 of the Thanatos Familia!"

The woman sighed. "You're far too noisy..." she muttered as she opened her eyes for the first time, showcasing them as a beautiful green and grey heterochromia eyes. "I hate noise, and I will eradicate anything that's too noisy." she said, somehow glaring at the man whilst keeping her eyes closed. "You've brought despair to these people, which in turn creates more noise. It's selfish of me, but all I want to do is to stop this place from being too noisy. So I'll kill you for my own sake, and the sake of others by extension."

Xaxa was not happy. "Like hell I'll let you!" he screamed as he rushed forward, aiming at Akihide with his rapier. The woman was quick to intercept, stepping in front of the boy and holding out a single hand.

"Lugio." she chanted, and watched as the area surrounding Xaxa was engulfed in flames and explosions. The man screamed in pain as he was sent flying back. Akihide quickly reacted as well, rushing forward to the man, and teleporting right next to him. He did not move to attack him however, knowing that it wouldn't work if he tried. So, he did the next best thing he could think of, and stole the man's weapon that had flown out of his hand.