Laughter filled the dark sky as five cloaked men were standing over a badly beaten up boy. His sleeveless vest was torn so badly that it was unrecognizable. The boy had many cuts all across his body.
"Alright, that's enough fun!"
One of the cloaked men stepped forward to finish the beaten up boy lying on the floor.
The boy was still alive, and started muttering something to himself.
"Huh? What'd you say?"
"I think he's finally cracked!"
The men howled with laughter.
Thunder boomed and rain fell even heavier than before.
The broken blonde haired boy suddenly twitched as he slowly stood up. Black markings appeared on his chest and quickly spread to his body. The men in black were thrown off guard and instinctively jumped back.
"What the-"
The man didn't get to finish his sentence as he froze in fear. A sudden wave of bloodlust flooded the area. There was a clanging of metal as the men dropped their weapons onto the muddy ground.
Lighting flashed above them, followed by the cackle of thunder.
The frontmost man, realizing what his body had just done, reached down and shakingly extended his arm to pick up his weapon drenched with mud.
The marked boy, still looking down, took one step forward as the bloodlust intensified several fold.
"S-ss-Stay back! Y-you piece of shit, I'll cut you in half!"
The man pointed his sword at the demon. It jerked its head up, revealing its deranged grin and crazed crimson eyes.
The man tried to unsheathe his sword, but it wasn't there anymore. In fact, the lower portion of his right arm was missing.
"AAAAAAAGHHHH!!"
It laughed as the man howled in pain, the mud was now stained with red. His comrades were still crumbling under the intense bloodlust that was still in the air.
The boy was no more.
The demon extended its clawed hands and an endless black matter started forming. The matter surrounded its hand and was constructed into a short black blade. The demon walked to the one armed man as he tried to crawl away but was bumped into his paralyzed comrades.
"N-n-no… please…."
A hysterical laugh filled the dark cloudy sky as the whole scene was filled with blood.
It started with the first man. It's hand jabbed straight through his chest then sliced upwards, splitting the man in two.
The creature slowly advanced towards the other men who were still immobilized by fear, unable to speak.
Then abruptly, the closest man regained his will to fight and picked up his sword.
The man, who was shorter than the other, spotted his mangled comrade in front of him and could not resist the urge to throw up.
With all the fight he could muster, he raised his muddy sword. Black markings with a much different and more tame pattern appeared on his hands and face.
"Swiftness mark: 2x Speed Enhance!"
The man thrusted straight at the creature and it sidestepped at the last moment and kicked him in the ribs.
Crack!
It then raised its right hand, just centimetres away from the man's face and spread its palm wide.
Black matter formed into a sphere and a beam of darkness shot out of it, engulfing the man inside.
Bit by bit, the man completely disintegrated and nothing was left behind except a crater.
It slowly turned towards the other men, who after that had completely lost the will to fight. They had surrendered.
It advanced towards the other three.
It began thrusting and slashing everything in front of it.
With every movement, it's grin grew wider and wider.
Until finally, it stopped.
Raindrops dripped down it's chin as it stood on top of remnants of body parts.
Suddenly, the lines on the body of the creature disappeared and faded back into its chest.
Teiyo collapsed.