Several miles away on the edge of town, A skinny boy with white hair and red eyes was seen walking through the street, using a futuristic looking walking stick for support. Next to him, a beautiful girl with black hair and form fitting black clothes walked alongside him...
"I don't get the plan." said the white haired boy Accelerator. "Why send us to this stupid place where there's absolutely nobody to fight?....idiotic.."
"Erza's strategies aren't usually that far off." said the girl, Nicole Mavros. "Besides, I thought you'd be glad."
"Eh?" Accelerator said. "Glad about what!? We're stuck walking around town with nothing to do!"
"Well.." said Nicole. "We're here...alone...just the two of us.."
Accelerator, still being a newbie when it came to understanding girls merely said. "Eh?"
And of course, Nicole, with her immense grace and patience just sighed and said. "Nevermind...you're right..this is boring. but.."
"But what?" said Accelerator.
"Is it true..?" Nicole murmured. "That Mikoto won't remember me?"
Accelerator shook his head. "That orange haired Soul Reaper said that the memories would start coming back the moment they met somebody from their past..and they already ran into Gajeel. So it's only a matter of time. Keh! Kinda stupid that the Old Geezer is waiting with the others outside the island."
"That can't be helped." said Nicole. "If Gildarts and the others came in with us, those Soul Reapers would've noticed us sooner."
"Whether they did so sooner or later, they would've noticed us anyways." spat Accelerator. I don't see what the big deal is...keh.."
"Well then look at it this way." said Nicole. "Would you rather be here or back home where MISAKA Worst is already planning to put wasabi in the next cup of tea you drink as a joke?"
Accelerator paused. "....eh..."
"That's what I thought." said Nicole cheerfully.
"Yeah..fine.." muttered Accelerator. "I guess that makes sense...or something..so, do ya sense anything yet?"
Nicole closed her eyes, using her abilities as a Ghost Dragon to sense the spiritual energy around her. "There's one of the two strongest ones currently fighting...hmmm..I think it's Gray...another one just attacked Erza then backed off for some reason...and...there's a third powerful pressure that just entered the town."
"A third pressure?" Accelerator said. "Jeez..that Soul Society thing or whatever must be desperate if they're sending in somebody else..."
"Whoever it is." said Nicole. "He's got somebody else with him..more on par with those liutenant guys.."
"Let's see.." said Accelerator counting down on his fingers. "Currently we've got me, you, Kuroko, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Gajeel, Stiyl, and Mira in the town.. The Old Geezer, Laxus and the others out there...heh..it's the 9 of us v.s. three powerhouses and who knows how many others of their little subordinates.."
"You're an overpowered powerhouse." said Nicole. "And you haven't counted Mikoto, Natsu, and Lucy."
"They're kapoot until they regain all their memories." said Accelerator. "And we still have to deal with the Guardians once we try and get out of here.."
"The Guardians...the most powerful prisoners of Soul Island who're forced to gaurd the island on the ring of desert that surrounds the island.." said Nicole. "If what Urahara said was true, then it's comprised of the most powerful exterminated foes the Soul Reapers ever fought.."
"They'll be such a drag.." muttered Accelerator. "I'd rather not have to fight with a guys who only fight because it's their repayment to society or something...those kinda guys don't even try hard because of it."
"Wouldn't that be a good thing?"
"Maybe.." said Accelerator. "But it's freaking damn depressing just to look at em.."
Nicole smiled. "Same old Accelerator."
"Keh.." said Accelerator. "You make that sound like a good thing."
As the two walked down the street, a strange bump appeared on one of the houses, and shreds of skin-like paper began to shred away from Mayuri as he demerged from the wall, and his eyes creaked over in the direction of his current quarry.
After a few minutes, Nicole whispered in Accelerator's ear. "That third one..at first he was heading towards Erza's energy..but now he's following us..and he's pretty good at it too...I can't even detect his scent."
"A wise guy eh?" said Accelerator with a psycho grin. "I've dealt with those...don't you worry...he's not going to be following us anymore..where is he?"
"Behind that house over there."
Accelerator touched the knob on a black high tech choker around his neck, turning it on. He then raised his hand up and slammed it against the ground, causing the ground to shatter and crack as a massive earthquake exploded out from where Nicole and Accelerator were standing. The cracked and shattering shockwave exploded around the ground, leaving a rocky trail until it exploded into the house, causing it to fly into the air and then fall with a sickening crash.
There was a blur from where the rubble broke, and Mayuri flash stepped into view. "My my..so I wasn't mistaken..the number one is here as well...what an incredible oppertunity...There are sooo many tests I want to perform."
Accelerator and Nicole looked at each other. Usually the response to Accelerator displaying any of his power would be. "Holy crap I'm screwed!" while the response here was, "Oh, look an interesting new toy...can I cut it open?"
"You're an odd one." Accelerator decided. "So are ya here to kill us? Or just look at us? Cause you're kinda breathing up all my air.."
"Spiteful, and rude." said Mayuri. "Hmmm..yes you will do I suppose. Well now...come along.."
"What?" said Nicole not understanding.
"To my lab of course." said Mayuri. "I'm a researcher see, and Dragon Borns and Espers greatly interest me...You two and that Railgun girl whom I'll get to later, are a glorious oppertunity for my research. So why not become my lab test subjects you two? A Ghost Dragon and the strongest Esper...I don't normally offer to do this you know...so why not? Come now..shall we go to my laboratory?...I have a nice secluded one stationed on this island we can use.."
"You're offering us a chance for you to experiment on us?" said Accelerator. "You're more psychotic then I am..forget it, go poke a gecko or something..I hear reptiles have very interesting anatomies.."
Mayuri sighed. "Oh my, my...can't you see this is an oppertunity of a lifetime? What about you girl? Care to join me in my lab?"
Accelerator's eyes flashed with rage, and he stepped in front of Nicole. "Don't you dare talk to her like she's some sort of gunea pig you sick rat..."1
Mayuri grinned widely. "Are you going to fight me? It would be a thrill to test you in the field..even though the rumors say you're no longer in the running for Level 6 shift candidates."
Mayuri reached into his coat and pulled out a file. He opened the file and began to read. "Subject: Accelerator. Level 5 esper. Power: manipulation over vectors. Relations: None known at this time...it goes on for a bit, but I think you get the picture, I've been quite interested in you for a while...I've set up many observation devices in plenty places of interest in many of the living dimensions...though your dimension is the one that has always held the most interest for me...after all, Academy City should have been my greatest achievement.."
"Who the heck are you!?" Accelerator said feeling rather stunned.
"Not interested in that file?" said Mayuri. "Well I have others...let's see." Mayuri pulled out another file and read from it. "Subject: Mikoto Misaka, Railgun. Power: Electrokinises and recently added augmentations from Dragon DNA imbibed within her body at birth. Relations: Misuzu Misaka..Tabigake Misaka...and...oohhhh...recent new arrival Lucy Misaka...how nice, she would be a thrill to study."
"You're sick..." Nicole growled. The mention of Lucy Misaka's name had enraged Nicole. Now ethereal energy could be seen twisting around her arms, as if urging to morph into powerful three clawed talons full of fearful malice.
"So I take it that's a no from both of you." said Mayuri. "Oh well, I'm sure using force wouldn't be too much of an issue. Nemu? If you would please restrain them..."
There was a rumbling sound and Nemu burst out of the ground behind Accelerator and Nicole, her arms spinning like drills. She lashed out one of her drill hands at Nicole, but Accelerator moved in between the two and Nicole's hands stopped a few inches from Accelerator's eye, right before being thrown off into the sky and crashing into the ground 50 meters away.
Nicole's arms formed into ethereal talons as she puffed up her cheeks. "ROAR OF THE GHOST DRAGON!!"
A swirling vortex of moaning purplish energy blasted at Nemu who jumped out of the way agiley and flash stepped over right next to Nicole, using a hand to grab onto one of Nicole's talons. The talons suddenly gave an explosion of ghastly energy and Nemu was blasted onto her back.
Accelerator kicked the ground lightly with the tip of his shoe, and several houses rose into the air and threw themselves at Mayuri and Nemu.
The two of them flash stepped away as the buildings collided with the area they were before.
"Mayuri reappeared standing on top of a low roof with Nemu standin next to him. Her hand was bleeding from attempting to hold on to Nicole's Ghost Dragon Talons.
"What a bother." said Mayuri casually. "You see, while I am proficient in the Flash Step technique, it's so tiring to have to use it every time. No worries though. I got to see your famous vector manipulation and deflection up close...what a treat.."
Mayuri then turned to look at Nemu, his face expressing fury. "And what were you thinking Nemu! You darn silly girl! How dare you let go of that Ghost Dragon!! Couldn't you have held on a little longer to let me analyze the combination of magic and reitsu?! You stupid girl!!"
"My apologies Captain." said Nemu. "I will not make the same mistake next time."
"Hey.." said Accelerator. "Nicole's powers are even more unstable in this world...you know that right?"
"Yes." said Mayuri. "A Ghost Dragon's scales absorb a large amount of spiritual energy from consumed souls and reitsu in the air and then combines it with the dragon's inner magic power. Meaning in this world, where nearly everything is made of reitsu, is like a hollow in it's home turf of Hueco Mundo.."
"Then you should know that if your subordinate continued to hold on to Nicole's talons, she would've had her entire arm blown off." said Accelerator.
"It matters not how injured or banged up she gets." said Mayuri. "If she breaks, then that merely means she's defective and I should have made her better. Honestly, I don't understand you stupid living people and your facination with an illogical emotion like compassion...seriously."
Accelerator narrowed his eyes. "You said that Accademy City should have been your ultimate achievement...funny, right now you sound like every single selfish corrupt damned scientist there. You and Aleister Crowley would get on together great.."
Mayuri's face contorted with extreme anger, as if Accelerator had just said something so obscene, that not even the most hardened person would say it. "Don't you dare...talk to me about that bastard Aleister!! You have no idea what that damned magician took from me..."
The spiritual power around Mayuri began to rise by amazing amounts as Mayuri clenched his hand around the handle of his sword. "I still remember that stupid day when he came to me...when I had just been made head of the Research Division..that idiot, somehow managing to use his idiot magic to cross into this dimension, spouting off dreams about creating a city soley to create the legendary god-like level 6 esper..and to create this city as a center of wonderful research! BUT NOOO!!! After I gave him the necessary resources, HE TOOK OFF AND MADE THAT DAMN CITY ON HIS OWN!!!" Aleister Crowley when I get my hands on you!! I WILL RIP YOU APART!!!!"
Mayuri shook his head. "But now you've got me all riled up...I'm afraid I'm going to have to deal some harsh punishment before carting you off to my lab...."
Mayuri drew his sword. "Claw Out...Ashisogi Jizo..."
The sword turned gold as two other shorter crooked golden blades sprouted out from the hilt, giving Ashisogi Jizo a trident-like look. The hilt grew a golden baby head with hands clasped in prayer.
"So that's the Shikai form of a Soul Reaper's sword." said Nicole.
"My my.." said Mayuri. "You know your stuff girl...I take it Phasmaticana told you about us Soul Reapers...after all, the dead are within her expertise.. Anyways, Nemu, take log of this..beginning experiment number one....how would espers and Dragon Slayers react to a sudden change in footing? Begin."
Mayuri snapped his fingers. Immediately, the entire ground liquidized and Accelerator and Nicole began sinking into the ground.
"What is this!?" Nicole exclaimed as the the entire ground began to crash and churn like a bunch of massive surfing waves.
"Now now.." said Mayuri. "You don't think an island with the function to drain away one's existance and memories over a period of years just sprouted over night did you? This entire town is mine to control...now....let's see, maybe I should change the ground into acid instead and see how you fare."
Accelerator gritted his teeth and he took Nicole under her arm and made several clicking sounds with his mouth. A massive blast of wind surged up and the two of them surged out of the liquid ground, riding a the massive twister into the air.
Accelerator threw Nicole at Mayuri. Nicole's talons morphed into two large scythes. "Etherial Lotus! REAPER'S DUAL DEATH!!!"
The two massive scythes exploded into Mayuri and Nemu, but the two bodies suddenly blew up large like balloons and exploded revealing them to be nothing but skin bags with air.
"WHAT!?"
As soon as Nicole landed on the roof of the building, Nemu flash stepped behind her and and began lashing out at her with her drill hands. Nicole dodged and rolled around the quick blows. "ROAR OF THE GHOST DRAGON!!"
Nicole exhaled another large blast of etherial energy at Nemu who got caught in the full blast and was blasted into the liquid ground below where she was swept away.
"NICOLE NO!! IT'S A DISTRACTION!!!" Accelerator shouted as he landed on the roof as well.
"What?" said Nicole. "But I sense no.."
Before Nicole could finish her sentence, Mayuri suddenly appeared.behind Nicole, rising out of the ground, as camoflauge skin shedded off of him like a strange reptile. He slashed Ashisogi Jizo quickly, slicing a shallow cut into Nicole's side.
This is nothing..Nicole tought. I've taken worse...then to Nicole's surprise, she fell to the ground, her limbs absolutely paralyzed.
"Nicole!!" Accelerator yelled.
"My my.." said Mayuri. "Well done to Nemu for being a willing sacrifice...I'll pick her up later and perhaps I'll modify her so she isn't such a buffoon to fall into our metamorphic terrain. See? That's two things you've helped me with...you're going to show me all the capabilities of espers and Dragon Borns through some quite painful dissections...and I'll finally be able to find what's wrong with that poor excuse for a liutenant of mine. The fake gigai I put up imitating my Spiritual Pressure did it's job though."
Accelerator launched himself at Mayuri who flash stepped to another roof, avoiding Accelerator's oustretched hand.
"I-I can't move." said Nicole shakily. "I'm paralyzed..but my wound still hurts.."
"What did you do to her?" Accelerator demanded.
"Oh it's rather simple." said Mayuri. "That would be Ashisogi Jizo's ability. My Zanpaktou can cut through the nerve connections of those I slice, paralyzing their limbs. However, it does not cut away the connections between the nerve pain receptors..an ability with a twist you might say.."
Accelerator gave Mayuri a demonic look. "Yeah..too bad that won't work on me..."
Accelerator kicked off the roof, leaving a crater in his wake as flew at Mayuri like a bullet, his hand outstretched.
"Oh my...so naiive." said Mayuri snapping his fingers.
There was a burst of pain, and Accelerator fell onto the other building, rolling into Mayuri's feet, his side bleeding profusely.
"Geh.." Accelerator spat. "What!?"
"Tsk tsk tsk." said Mayuri. "And here I thought it would be more challenging."
Accelerator staggered to his hands and knees, coughing up blood. "Wh-what..did you do to me?"
"Didn't you already figure out a little bit of it?" Mayuri reaching into his coat and taking out Accelerator's file again. "Subject: Accelerator, Power: Vector manipulation. Obviously no physical attacks would even touch you...that would make Ashisogi Jizo useless against you. So I had to preplan with other means...you see, this entire city has a morphing ability I designed it with. By changing the nature of the reitsu, I can change the nature of the matter, like I did with the ground just now. However, each function takes a little bit of preparation to do so..so before I came, I set up the terrain functions..as well as the manipulations in some of the matter that allow me to create small microscopic drones to enter the blood stream of specific targets like you and Railgun."
"You can't have.." Accelerator said. "That's impossible...my ability was active when I first came through...just in case.."
"Yes..and I believe that the ability's added effect of protecting you from the sun's harmful rays gave you that pale skin and white hair." said Mayuri. "However, it does not completely deflect light rays themselves, as otherwise, you'd be completely invisible...that is how sight is percieved you know...through light...without any source of light on you...I wouldn't be able to look at you with my own two eyes right now...so my drones augmented themselves to ride in on certain light waves...and there you have it.."
Mayuri stabbed Ashisogi Jizo into Accelerator's leg, and the esper went limp from the blade's effect. "As you can see, the drones interfere with esper calculation...it should make it much easier to capture Railgun given that she's got a good dose too."
Mayuri smiled deviously. "So...shall we now head to my lab?"
Accelerator gritted his teeth. In his mind he saw the smiling Mikoto Misaka, tearfully saying goodbye before she went through the door of light...off to sacrifice her life to save all the innocents in the multiverse. "Damn you....I'm not just some lab rat....AND AS LONG AS I'M IN FAIRY TAIL!! YOU WON'T LAY A HAND ON ANY OF THEM!! NOT ONE!!!!!"
Accelerator began to stagger to his feet, much to the surprise of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. "What the hell!? Stay down!!"
Mayuri slashed another cut into Accelerator's shoulder. His shoulder bled again as he fell to the ground again. But he then got back up, laughing. "HAHAHAHAHA!! Sorry, that won't work anymore!!"
"Don't tell me.." said Mayuri. "You've used vectors to reconnect your nerves...but my drones should've.."
Apparently ya didn't study me enough." Accelerator said with another psychotic laugh. "Looks like you didn't calculate all my powers!!"
Mayuri was blasted back as suddenly, Accelerator's vector deflection reactivated and black raven-like wings spread out from his back, twisting like black energy in the wind.
"This power...it's on the level of Angels!!" said Mayuri. "But the Rapture hasn't yet.....rrrgghh...incredible.."
Mayuri snapped his fingers over and over, more blood spatters appeared on Accelerator's body, but he kept on walking, laughing psychotically.
"Darn you.." said Mayuri. "So annoying...yet so interesting...I won't let a specimen like you get away..."
Mayuri raised his blade. "BANKAI!!"
Accelerator's eyes widened, as the blade twisted and morphed gruesomely...mutating before his eyes. Before long, a massive monstrous catepillar that must have been at least a hundred meters long crashed onto the roof, it's front legs digging into the top of the roof, while the rest of it's body submerged in the liquid ground behind it. The catipillar had a gruesome giant baby's head with yellow skin and pupiless wide eyes. Over it's head was a large halo and a large red cape was draped partially over it's back. A purple mist began to drift out of the creature's mouth...letting the purple fog spread throughout the entire area.
"Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo.." said Mayuri. "Behold...The One Who Wields The Power of God...I'm going to find out exactly how you wield that power...one way or another.."
R.I.F.T. Trivia
1. Aleister Crowley and Mayuri Kurotsuchi both worked to build Academy City together. Mayuri is the one who came up with original bare concept of the Radio Noise Project, coming up with the specs and designs for being able to clone an esper along with it's ability, also coming up with the concept of battling a certain level of esper multiple times to induce a level 6 shift. Mayuri soley came up with the concepts and architectural designs though, not directly participating in the building process, and was doing it soley for the possibility of having his own personal lab in the World of The Living, giving him an entire city of resources for his research. However, he never has been aware of Aleister's origins or true intentions..and Aleister has never shared as much of the research as was promised, though he was offered a discreet position in the city among the Board of Directors. Gensei Kihara studied under Mayuri...unaware that Mayuri was a Soul Reaper from the dimension where all deceased souls go.
2. When the term World of The Living is used, it actually means multiple dimensions, all where living things are born and reincarnated before they head over to the Soul Society. When souls die in the Soul Society of natural causes and not killing, they are sent up to "Heaven" or a higher afterlife of which not even the Research Division has been able to determine. Mikoto's dimension is Mayuri's favorite dimension...as unlike most dimensions, Soul Reapers can actually be seen by living eyes...making it a real point of interest.
3. Mayuri has a file on every Fairy Tail member, having gathered the data after the formation of the Rainbow Gateway. He constantly rereads Laxus's file...interested in how dragon powers can be obtained through the merging of lacrima with the body.
4. Kenpachi has a list of the top people he hasn't fought seriously yet whom he would like to fight. The first on the list is Diablo Etwatia, (Don't be surprised, Diablo's pretty famous in the multiverse now), the second is Mikoto, the third is Erza, and the fourth is Natsu whom he's heard has defeated plenty of foes stronger then himself when riled up. Currently, Erza is the largest target on his mind.
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