Elemental School

Chapter 28 - Reaper.

I leap onto Kurou, as I thrust my fist at him. He blocked my own punch with the palm of his hand, as he grips onto my fist and flips me over. As he flip me over, throwing me, I frontflipped as I landed perfectly. Kurou narrowed his eyes. From the corner of my eye, I caught Haruko slamming her leg at him, yet he avoided her attack. I started sprinting towards him.

Haruko glare over her shoulder, as she sees me running. She reach over and grab my hands, as she spun me. She let go of my hands, as she whip me towards Kurou. Kurou put both of his arms together, as he block my feet slamming into him. He slid back, as I fell onto my back.

I watch an arrow impact into Kurou's kneecap, as he grunted. He looked around, until he saw Gen. Gen had a bow armed, and was setting a new arrow. He chip the arrow as he whips the tip towards Gen. I see Jiao block the arrow with her own arm.

Instantly, a hooded person slam into the ground, in front of Kurou, facing us. An enemy?

I felt his power, due to the ground shaking, and this tense feeling surrounding me, no, us.

"About time. I was worried you would miss all the fun."

I see the hooded person snicker, as they remove their own hood. What the-

A man with silver colour hair. His eyes are red, and he looks like he's around his 30. His eye hole was filled with bright white smoke, that fogs up to his forehead. Who the fuck is this guy?

"Don't worry. I'm already here." I hear a quick gasp from Haruko. What the..

"Kids, this is Reaper." Kurou said, gesturing him with his hand. He stood up next to him.

"Pleasure to meet you." Said Reaper. His voice sounded old, and deep, like he's some adult parent or something.

"Let's start this fight all over again, can we?" Kurou smirks, as he cast a sphere of darkness in front of his hand, as he instantly whips it at me. Shit! I felt frozen, and I couldn't move.. Is it because of Reaper? No.

That sphere is not black, it's white.

Someone instantly bumps into me, as I felt their arms around me and shoving me to the ground. I look over, seeing Haruko on top of me. "Idiot! What are you doing!?" She yelled. She yelp, as she collapse on top of me.

"Haruko?" I asked. I see that the sphere skim her back, as it burned her. What type of sphere is that?

I grab hold of her, as I rise up, lifting Haruko. I felt her head rest on my torso, as I had her in my hands.

I glare at Reaper. He'd wield a scythe in his grasp. How convenient.

He'd leap towards me and slice horizontal at me, aiming for my torso. Aiming for both of us, heh?

I evaded from his white glimpsing blade. The blade smokes with white fog.

"What are you?" I would ask under my breath. His narrowed eyes instantly gave me an answer.

Your demise.

I watch Gen fire another arrow at him, yet he just tilt to dodge. The speed of when he dodged. It's felt like milliseconds.

I would grit my jaws, but my canines was sharp.

Like a vampire's tooth.

"Some odd reason, I don't sense the darkness in you." Reaper would said, with his scythe to his side. "Why?" He'd tilt his head.

"The elementalist in him contains a quarter of the power of darkness. Because of me." Kurou said, peeping behind him.

"You cast a virus?"

"Pretty much." He nod, grinning.

He already got me shaking because of the way they are talking.

"In fact, what happened to the lad that was supposed to marry Haruko?" Reaper ask, with one of his eyebrow raised.

"The one that carries Haruko, scared him to death." Kurou would said, gesturing me.

I watch Kyzou and Zailura stand in front of me, with their weapons ready. They stood in front of us like a wall.

"That would explain it." He'd glare at me, with his full white eyes. How he tilt his head and look at us, or me. It just feels like he's glaring. I know he is.

"Those red faded eyes." He would mumble. I watch him walk towards us, with his scythe twirling with his fingers, like they are dancing.

I watch Kyzou charge in first, with his blade thrusting towards Reaper. Reaper would put his scythe in front of him, as he would swing downwards towards Kyzou's blade, disarming him. He kick Kyzou to the ground. He grunted.

Zailura would whip her sword at him, like a sabre rapier. Reaper twirl his scythe with his fingers, making a circle repeatedly, as he would use the scythe's beam and blade to block Zailura's attacks. He would sweep his scythe underneath her feet, tripping her and thrust his blade at her stomach. He continues to walk towards me.

"Let's dance." I said. He swung his scythe at me, aiming for my neck. I yet, would duck under, as I would evade to the right, and swing my leg at him. He would stop, and thrust his blade at my leg. I knew that was coming. I would instantly move my leg back, as I would swing my other leg at him, as I push him back.

He'd upper swing his scythe under me, but I would step back, dodging his blade. I cough from his smoke. I slam my foot at his scythe, slamming it to the ground. My feet on his blade. I'd leap at him, roundhouse kicking him. But I noticed I got off his blade. He would slam his blade upwards, under me. I yelped, as I fell onto my back, still holding Haruko in my arms.

Gen fires an arrow at him, as it would thrust and impact into Reaper's chest, where his heart should be. He would collapse onto his back, faintly.

I would build myself back to my feet. "Nice shot, Gen."

Gen would raise his thumb. "No prob!" I watch everyone else get back onto their feet slowly.

"We need to retreat. We got Haruko. Now can we leave?" Kyzou asked, with Zailura's arm sling around his neck. Zailura is unconscious..

A blade slams upwards through Gen's stomach, as he would be twirled at the other side of the stabber and faceplants, being flipped over. Reaper was revealed, behind Gen. How is he still alive? He was shot at the heart.

"H-How are you still alive?" I stuttered. My voice shivers with the lack of fear I have in me. That fear is rising.

"This man has no heart." Kurou would say, standing next to him.

"Because his heart is already dead."

I grip tighter against Haruko's unconscious hand.