Shiro sprinted through the streets avoiding more of the killers deadly spear like attacks. As he dodged he noticed how his attacks seemed to get more and more ferocious. It had appeared that he was getting really tired of Shiro dodging his attacks as well.
Shiro felt happy to oblige as he suddenly vanished again and appeared behind him. With a swift motion, he sheathed his sword while the air froze forming a wall of ice in front of him and his opponent.
"ICE BREAKER!!"
Suddenly he drew his sword and sliced through the wall multiple times. He quickly sheathed his blade and the wall in front of them suddenly began to fall apart as the slashes appeared. However, the man in front of it seemed to disappear in a puff of smoke.
Shiro used his sixth sense to pick up any aura in the area and detected Jackel waiting on top of a building about a mile away from his current location. Shiro disappeared in a flash and reappeared right next to Jackel who looked almost bored of the fight.
"Dark Jackel, serial killer class B. If I am not mistaken you were once a Judge correct?"
He didn't answer and as a result, Shiro frowned as he rested his hand on his blade.
"You were a judge 8 years ago, however, after you savagely killed your own men...... you were executed." Shiro explained as he drew his sword once more.
Suddenly another tentacle erupted from underneath Shiro, however, it was frozen solid before it could reach him. He sneered as he moved towards his opponent, his sword pointed at Jackel's heart. In a flash, Shiro appeared in front of him and had thrust his blade straight through his heart.
"In the end, I don't know how you're here.....and, to be honest, I don't care either." Shiro said with a sneer as he observed Jackels still beating heart on the other end of his blade.
Jackel turned around and used the rest of his power to send every tentacle he had at Shiro who didn't move an inch. Before the attack reached him, time seemed to slow down and Shiro began to dodge every attack like was walking in the park. As soon as he was in front of Jackel time resumed as normal long enough for Shiro to make one last attack which severed his opponents head.
Shiro tried to remove any blood from his blade, however, there wasn't any to clean. The body of Jackel began to crack like glass until it completely shattered into pieces.
Shiro sneered as he sheathed his blade and jumped off the roof while heading towards Twilights library with thoughts of his quick battle still fresh in his mind.
"A puppet? What a complete waste of my time..... It must have been magic from one of the sins that brought him here, but why do such a thing?"
Shiro didn't realize that he was being watched again, but this time, his observer was much more cheerful than before which caused even more green smoke to pour out of his body.
"Well, that was fun! That guy is gonna be a blast! Now then.....what about the other one?" He stated as he turned to where his other puppet was.
Meanwhile, Rarity watched as Mako hovered over her with blood slowly dripping onto the ground. She felt the fear of death trickle down her entire body while Mako lifted himself off of her and onto his feet.
"Y-You ok, kid?" He said almost in a whisper.
"AM I OK!? WHAT ABOUT YOU!?"
Mako laughed as he turned his head around to see his attacker who was laughing like a maniac.
"Rarity I need you to run home as fast as you can and call everyone you can to tell them to lock their homes! Don't go outside! No matter what!" Mako shouted at Rarity who flinched in fear.
Rarity sat there drenched in fear as Mako begged her to run. She felt like she couldn't move an inch or else the murderous intent would overtake her. However, before she let panic slip in she noticed Mako's face and felt her heart stop.
"Is he.....smiling?" She thought as Mako turned to face his foe.
Rarity staggered to her hooves after finally regaining her composure and sprinted towards her house. After she vanished from sight Mako let out a sigh of relief.
"You can come out now!"
Suddenly out of the shadows a ghost appeared in front of him. He was an incredibly pale man, almost like ash, with a smile carved into his face. He wore a white hoodie with black sweat pants both of which were drenched in dried blood from past victims.
"Heh.....How's it going little Jeffy?" Mako asked with a grin plastered on his face.
"You haven't changed a bit have you, Mako?" A scratchy voice said in a low threating tone.
"Nope, not really!"
Suddenly a knife shot towards him and into his skull, however, Mako's entire body began to turn white and then suddenly burst into smoke.
"Jeff the Killer, Serial killer, class A."
Jeff spun around and saw Mako smoking a cigarette behind him with a smile on his face.
"So then let's have some fun...... Little Jeffy!"
Meanwhile, Rarity had finally made it back home and was calling everyone in the entire town to lock their doors as Mako had instructed. However, the events from earlier played over and over in her mind and she couldn't help but be worried about the man.
Suddenly there was an explosion that caused a mini earthquake that shook the entire neighborhood. Rarity ran towards the windows to see a large amount of smoke rising from the street she had left Mako.
"Please, sweet Celestia! Let everything be ok!"
Mako dodged another barrage of knives as Jeff continued his brutal attacks. Mako had gotten a few cuts from various attacks that Jeff had managed to hit him with.
"Damn, I guess little Jeffy got a little better!" He mocked as Jeff sliced his throat open only to see nothing but smoke again.
"I'M GETTING TIRED OF THIS!?" Jeff shouted as he scanned the streets looking for Mako only to notice that there was a lot of smoke that had gathered around him.
"So then little Jeffy, why don't we catch up a bit?" Mako said while walking out from his smoke screen.
"It's been.....what? 2 years since we last saw each other? What happened? Did you finally crack under the pressure or something?" Mako asked with a cocky grin.
"Well, let's just say I was given a good deal! so I took it!" Jeff sneered as he lowered his weapons.
"So is that why you're working for Envy?"
"Not exactly! However, he did say if I took his offer...." Jeff said lowering his gaze.
"I COULD MAKE YOU GO TO SLEEP!!"
Suddenly he sprinted towards Mako with murderous intent in his eyes and brought his knife towards his throat. Mako reached towards his back and took out a large revolver he kept in a secret holder and brought it to his neck to stop the attack.
The two squared off with each other and it appeared that Jeff had the upper hand. Suddenly it seemed that the smoke was getting thicker and thicker until it seemed like it wasn't smoke anymore.
"SMOKY ROOM!"
Suddenly Mako pushed himself back and into the smoke behind him. Jeff smiled and tried to chase him down, however, he suddenly ran into what felt like a solid brick wall. Jeff touched the solid white wall and realized that he had been tricked. He tried to cut and slash his way through the wall, however, he was not successful.
"What's the matter Jeffy boy! Feeling a little claustrophobic?" Mako asked sarcastically as Jeff pounded on the white walls.
"What is this shit you bastard!" Jeff ordered as Mako laughed at his attempts to sound threatening.
"That is my smokey room! Using my magic, I was able to create a solid structure using the smoke from around town." He explained while Jeff continued to curse and threaten him.
"Heh, that was almost too easy! I noticed the bloodlust before we had even left the diner so I made sure to send a smokey doll in my place before we left. I kept a few ketchup packets to make sure Jeffy boy think he wounded me. Not only that but I intentionally lowered my guard to give him the illusion that I hadn't sensed him." Mako summarized as he brought out another cigarette.
Mako realized that Jeff had stopped all his attempts to threaten him and things had turned eerily quiet. He noticed that something was off and took his pistol and aimed it at the smoky room. Suddenly he felt a presence behind him and spun around but was too late. He felt the sting of the blade as it ran through his right hand which he had brought up to keep himself from being mortally wounded.
"D-Dammit!" Mako shouted as he tried to make some distance from his hidden assailant.
Mako pulled the knife out of his hand and threw it away, however, he suddenly felt a wave of nausea hit him which caused him to stagger long enough not to notice his smoky room starting to fade away.
"Damn I let my guard down for only a second......Guess that means Jeffy boy got better." Mako thought as he released what smoke he had left in his lungs.
"SMOKE SCREEN!"
As the smoke covered the streets Mako made sure to completely erase his breath and quietly made his way to a better vantage point. He felt his stomach turn as he finally found a place to rest.
"I guess those blades were poison tipped."
As soon as those words let his lips he felt Jeff's presence with him again and now it seemed Jeff had managed to get the upper hand.
"Whats the matter old man getting sleepy?" He asked while licking his blade which caused blood to slowly drip down from his tongue.
"Naw I was busy thinking about your mother so I was distracted....OH WOOPS!" Mako exclaimed as he let out a low chuckle, however, he stopped when he coughed up some blood.
"Just keeping making your jokes! In a few minutes, the poison in your body will drain whatever life force you have left." Jeff explained as he slowly made his way towards Mako who couldn't lift himself off the ground.
"Now....GO TO SLEEP!!!"
Jeff swung his knife trying to plunge the blade through his skull, however, before the blade struck he felt something.... strange. He dropped down and grabbed his throat realizing that he couldn't breathe. He looked around to try and see what had happened only to hear laughter.
"Whats the matter Jeffy boy? Did I leave you speechless?" Mako said as he stood up and cracked his neck.
Jeff felt his eyes dilate as he saw the wounds on Mako start to heal themselves. Smoke rose from his wounds and he realized that something was very wrong.
"You're probably confused but don't worry I'll explain everything. You see I didn't blow all that smoke for nothing! I made sure to cover the entire town in my special smoke." Mako explained as the smoke started to lift off the ground and into the air.
"You see my magic is focused on illusion and misinterpretation. To be honest, If I had actually fought you with my full power......I would have killed you in a single attack!" Mako exclaimed while Jeff got back on his feet.
Jeff sprinted towards him with his blade pointed at his heart, however, this time, Mako was ready and swung around and made contact with a rough surface which caused the Jeff to be thrown back from the attack.
"A reflection spell. That was how you attacked me before. You made sure to distract me long enough so that I wouldn't notice you had set up a spell like that. It was a sneaky trick but now it's pointless to resist." Mako explained as all the smoke was now above them in the shape of a giant ball.
Jeff stared in shock at the massive size of the ball while Mako seemed annoyed.
"I had hoped not to kill you Jeffy boy but it looks like I won't get my way this time."
Jeff felt his heart sink as the ball came raining down and without so much as a peep, he was smothered by the smoke.
"SMOKY COFFIN!"
Mako watched as Jeff struggled to free himself, however, to no avail as the smoke made its way down his throat and into his lungs. Jeff felt his body start to shake and his insides felt like they were on fire.
"After all.....your already dead.....Jeffry."
Those were the final words Jeff heard as his body began to break and soon disappear altogether. Mako dispelled the smoke and it slowly rose into the sky while he made his way towards Rarity's home.
"I really hate doing stuff like that.... especially to kids."
TO BE CONTINUED