Phantom Reapers

Chapter 1: Sunset City

Hey everyone this is my first time writing an actual story so bear with me, school just recently started so I might not update very often or I might, I dunno it all depends on what happens. There’ll be tons of references, easter eggs, inside jokes you know, the good stuff…Anyways let’s get this show on the road!  -Slojoe903

[Prologue]

<<Present Day>>

       Kaito sits on the roof of a three-story abandoned building and looks at the phantoms on the ground below. “Tch…worthless trash…” he says, frowning as he spits over the edge. Lately, demons and angels of all sorts have been searching for him however they’ve yet to find him in the large, hell of a city. “Well, I guess it’s time to get a move on...” he says, sighing as he stands up and dons his black ¾-length leather jacket. He perks the collars up to cover some of his face and looks around the sky for any flying dangers. Kaito sighs again as the tattoo on his back glows and his wings materialize. He brings his wings downward and launches himself into the sky; the dark haired man hovers above the rooftop for a couple of seconds and starts to fly away from the city. “It’s been awfully quiet lately…” he mutters to himself as he scans the ground below for any dangerous foes. He spots a small group of flying demons behind him. “Damn…maybe I can try to lose them…” he frowns as he makes a quick right turn behind a building and zigzags around the other buildings in hopes of losing the demons; however, the demons still stay on his track. "Guess there’s only one way to solve this…" Kaito says to himself as he checks his powers by snapping his fingers to create a small spark of electricity. He sends a weak pulse of static towards the demons, just enough to paralyze them. The demons start to plummet towards the ground as the electricity travels through their bodies, Kaito smirks and lands on a nearby roof to rest for a few minutes. Just as he touches down on the rooftop, three phantoms emerge from the shadows, their glowing red eyes focused on him.  "Grrr...of all times…" Kaito snarls, summoning his scythe and gripping the handle. "D-Destrooy…" one groans, rushing towards Kaito with a demonic hand axe in hand. He easily sidesteps the attack and hooks the phantom's midsection with the blade of the scythe. It looks at him and growls as he follows through with his attack, slicing the phantom in two. It evaporates into black smoke and the other two attempt to outnumber him. His right eye turns gold and glows brightly, time slows down and he looks at the phantoms, trying to figure out a way to counter both of their strikes. His eye returns to normal and he puts his plan into action. One phantom slashes downwards with its sword, just barely missing Kaito. As the other one thrusts its lance at him, he ducks and impales the lancer with a small bolt of electricity from his palm. The lancer staggers backwards and falls to the ground, immobilized. The sword-wielding phantom turns to Kaito and repeatedly slashes at him; he dodges each of the phantom's attacks as his left eye glows blood red, showing him the pattern of its strikes along with the weaknesses of his foe. "Hmm…your head is your weakness? Good to know" he grins as he quickly moves behind the demon and follows with a swift kick to its back; it staggers forward towards the edge and falls onto its stomach with its head sticking over the edge of the building. Kaito sends a weak amount of static towards the phantom so it can't move and starts to slowly walk towards the downed enemy to add a dramatic effect. Once he reaches the phantom, he hooks the blade of the scythe to its neck and places a boot on its back to hold it down. "Off with your head!" he shouts, decapitating the phantom. He watches its head plummet to the ground and evaporate with the rest of its body. The lancer groans and slowly stands up, the paralysis wearing off. "I haven't forgotten about you, relax" Kaito lets out a slight chuckle as he puts his scythe on his back and walks towards the staggering phantom. It moves almost as it's a drunken man, the paralysis clearly hasn't worn off completely. Kaito disarms the phantom and kicks the lance away, he places his hands on its shoulders and the phantom's eye glow as it starts to morph into an exact replica of Kaito. He quickly picks the lance back up and uses the blunt end of the shaft to push the phantom towards the edge. He impales the phantom with the blade of end of its lance and kicks it off the edge "There…that should work for a little bit, but just to be safe…" Kaito says, taking his jacket off and looks at the bloodstains and tears in it, he frowns and hesitates to throw the jacket over the edge. He looks away and drops it over the edge; it slowly falls to the ground and lands next to the phantom's corpse. Kaito uses the electricity in its body active to keep it from evaporating. "Great…now that that’s over…" he frowns as he fixes his skintight t-shirt and spreads his wings, taking flight once again and flying out of the city. He finds a small house near a lake on the outskirts of the city, he flies down to rest for a few minutes. Kaito carefully watches a black haired woman walk inside the house and then walks over to the clothesline that she was at. He puts on a hooded black cloak from the line and summons a black and red mask, he puts it on to conceal his face. A gun clicks from behind him and his eyes widen "Who the hell are you and what do you think you're doing with my cloak?" A feminine voice asks from behind Kaito 'Damn...I have to think of something...' He frowns and glances back at the woman. She has jet black hair and silver eyes, her pistol was aimed directly at Kaito's head "Answer me! Who the hell are you?" She demands as Kaito gulps and looks directly at her "My name is...Mercury..." He says quietly, hoping that she'd believe it. He feels as if he'd met the woman before but he wasn't too sure so he had to use a fake name. "Mercury huh? Well tell me...why are you stealing my clothes? And what's with the mask?" She asks as she keeps the pistol trained on his head. "I'm sorry...I'm trying to hide from bad people and I needed to find a disguise..." He says calmly, hoping that she'd lower the gun "If that's the case...then you should've asked..." the woman says as the pistol disappears "Come inside...you'll be easier to spot if you stay out here" she says, looking over at Kaito and giving a small smile.