The Women in the Hood uniform pulled her mask down. Revealing an absence of mouth. Suddenly Cider leapt forward, his smile agape. His now black, misty hands were ready to attack.
"I'm Gonna getcha!" He shouted.
However, to his surprise, Sonic waves shot from just under him, launching him in the air!
"Huh?"
Looking back at the two reaper's, A fist suddenly appeared from thin air punching cider in the face, sending him back.
He reoriented himself quickly, landing back on the ground. Despite his immediate confusion he pressed on, dashing back, forth. The two reapers also went on the offensive, ready to fight.
Cider slung his hands forth, but it was caught!
He noticed a hand missing from the hooded man. Suddenly he was tossed into the sidewall. He recovered quickly, and upon jumping back down, he found the woman just mere inches from him.
Cider was blasted in the face with a sonic wave from the women. Confused, he attempted to move his hands closer to the women, but it was like he was stuck in midair, unable to get any closer.
"Cheaters!" he pouted.
Just then his face was seemingly grabbed and received a head butt from above. He crashed into the ground and once again the women kept him pinned with a sonic wave.
Cider met this challenge head on, mustering all his strength to get up on his feet.
Suddenly another sonic wave blasted him from just above! The floorboard beneath his feet gave out, plunging him deeper into the floor.
"This… Isn't fair!" Cider yelled.
With all his strength Cider stretched and whipped arm, nearly hitting the woman. This was stopped by a blast of sonic coming from her body, sending his arm twirling back, before it returned to normal.
"Keep him right there!"
The hooded man was closing the distance from above. with his fingers and arm outstretched he thrusted his arms at Cider.
He blocked him. The overwhelming power soon cracked the last of the floor and with one last press he sent cider completely through the floor.
The hooded man jumped back to his partner, annoyed
"Tch!"
"Mmm. Mm."
"Yeah, I know." The man said.
The burst through the reinitializing their attack with Cider. Cider seeing them Entered prepared himself. "Something's telling me they don't wanna play tag…"
Both the reaper's attack simultaneously, both getting blocked.
A flurry of attacks came CIder's way. He blocked both of the reapers the best he could, as he got grazed by some of the punches.
They both pressed him with attack after attack, each one more confusing than the last. The man's punches seemed to be coming from nowhere.
Meanwhile the women emitted and blasted Cider with sonic waves throughout the building.
A punch to the gut, followed by the face.
Hearing a noise of birds to his left, he turned and successfully bit the man's hand.
"Ow!" he reeled his arm back, shaking it from the sudden pain. "Cheeky demon."
Cider was once again blasted into the air once more by the blast of sonic. He spun in a dizzying motion that felt like it'd make him puke.
Realizing their game, he outstretched his arms and legs, devastating the building as his legs and hands slammed through and into the building and its walls indiscriminately. Both the reaper's avoided this counterattack and the rubble that fell in its wake.
"This demon is more of a pain than we thought. What do you want to do about this Chime?"
"Mmmm." Chime aimed her hands at the man and echoed her thought into him "You know what we have to do, Dove."
The two became more serious and charged forth in the collapsing building.
"Alright! Let's take this outside!!" Dove landed a lucky punch on a spinning Cider, launching him out of the building. Chime followed up by grabbing Dove and blasting their way out of the building.
Dove could only look back with guilt. "Sorry everyone. We'll have some help for you all later."
The building completely collapsed behind them leaving a ruin.
Cider after a while crashed landed into what seems to be a relatively peaceful park. Both parents and children alike fled, seeing this commotion.
Cider lifted his head from the ground seeing the fleeing civilians. There were benches and trees and a large lake to boot. He smiled, taking a liking to the scenery.
This didn't last long however as the Dove and Chime slammed their attacks at Cider, cratering the ground.
To their shock, he wasn't benether them.
"I guess playing tag is getting boring, isn't it? But I don't know what other games we should play."
They both looked up, finding cider sitting on a tree branch with ease. He seemed to be lost in thought with his fingers on his chin. "Hhmmmmmm…. How about hide'n'seek""
Cider dodged another sonic attack from Chime.
He landed on his feet now running laughing. "Yeah! Let's play that! Find me if you can!"
"This kid is getting on my nerves," Dove stated.
He pursued ciders with every intention to kill him. Cider glanced back. "Huh?"
He dodged another of his strange attacks again.
"Hey!"Cider snarled, glaring back at Dove. looked ready to fight back, so Dove prepared to counter him.
Cider pointed at him and… "That's not how Hide'n'seek is played! You have to count to ten then look for me, cheaters." he scolded.
Dove was in complete disbelief by what this demon kid just said. "Huuuhh?? You can't be serious…"
"Don't get distracted!" Chime echoed to Dove.
"Tch. Right!"
Dove, hearing her, went back on the attack. "We're not here to play some games you damn demon!"
Dove's fist projected from above Cider, nearly hitting him. The fist dispersed into doves that flew away.
Chime followed behind, sending a shockwave from under Cider once again.
"Not fair!" he yelped.
He tried to keep himself firmly planted to the ground, digging his feet further in. Chime wasted little time closing the distance along with Dove. She sent even more sonic waves at Cider from above, keeping him pinned to the ground.
Now with a solid opening Dove went in for another killing.
"You two are no fun." he quietly said.
Dove struck Cider in his chest with a powerful punch. Pressure rippled past his back from its sheer power.
But to Dove's shock, Cider didn't even finch. "What the-"
"I just wanted to play and have fun. And make new friends…"
A dark aura surrounded Cider as cracks appeared across his body. Dove backed away quickly from Cider.
"Why can't I have friends?" Even more cracks dispersed into his body.
"Argh! This is the worst-case scenario. Now he's going into the state of Chaos!"
Cider's entire body practically enveloped into pure black with cracks still visible. And his voice became akin to a broken radio.
"Fine, I'll have my own fun by myself!"
"CHIME!" Dove shouted.
Chime immediately pulsed a shockwave from every corner of the park that aimed at Cider. From every tree to bench and even hills.
Slowly Cider's eyes were consumed by white. And the only thing visible to the two reapers were his pitch-black clothing, cracks throughout his body and his sharp, fanged teeth as he smiled.
Cider lifted his arms, still somehow standing from the immense pressure being sent his way.
His fingers drooped down from his hands and like taffy, he whipped it around him devastating the trees and bushes around! A wave of dark energy pulsed through killing the once lush green grass. He even scratched up the two reapers.
Chime's sonic waves ceased, freeing Cider. He went on the attack.
Outstretching his arms he slammed it to the ground. Slam after slam sending debris everywhere!
He contorted his body, now using his legs to whip and whack at Dove and Chime to the ground.
The park filled itself with dirt and debris.
Taking advantage of all the debris, Chime used them to blast sonic waves and projected fists into Cider's direction, some landing as others were blocked. Dove also followed up, attacking with his projected fists.
Cider plowed through their attack, closing the distance on Dove. Now posed with his sharp clawed hand he swung down hard cutting into the reaper!
Or so it seemed.
To Cider's surprise, part of his body turned to doves, flying away! Soon Dove's entire body turned into a bird. Reappearing behind Cider, he grabbed him from behind, holding him down.
"Chime now!" he shouted.
Chime appeared before Cider held her palm outstretched to him. In an instant she sent a shock wave through his head, jerking it back!
Cider kicked her away with his outstretched legs, then bit into the Dove's arm, forcing him to release Cider. Backing away, Dove found Cider back on the attack.
They both fell into a series of flurrying attacks, each one avoiding or blocking the other as Chime would attempt to intervene in vain.
Cider's smile widened more devilishly. "I'm gonna get ya."
"MMMmm!!!"
Unexpectedly, Chime pulled her ace. She emitted a sonic wave shaped demon that punched into Cider hard. sending him into the lake behind.
Just as it seemed they got a breather, Cider jumped from the lake and, like a spinning top, attacked the two of them again!
They could only block this attack in vain with each of their strange powers. Suddenly another slash came onto their chest and stomachs.
"How is he-!"
Chime Steeled herself along with Dove as she sends another more powerful sonic shock wave from under Cider. Is blasted into the air, more disoriented.
"DOVE NOW!!" Chime echoed.
Dove, using his strange ability, turned into a flock of dove birds, reappearing above Cider. Dove projected a kick onto Cider sending him crashing into the ground.
Dove landed back on the ground safely. "Tch! He's tougher than expected! Where the hell did this little bastard come from!?"
"Mmm. Mmm."
"I don't know but we need to secure his core here and now before he wreaks even more havoc!" Chime Echoed.
Not long after, Cider tore himself from the ground and charged straight back at Chime and Dove.
He outstretched his arms and In that same moment, he jumped, spinning like a pinwheel. He ripped through the ground, nearly hitting the two. He landed on the ground, revealing his arms now to be two long blades!
"He can morph too!?
Cider attacked.
He swung, blocked and slashed at them. The two reapers' give an inch as they both traded blows with Cider attempting to put an end to this struggle. And just as Cider Seemed to be on the winning edge, Dove found his opening, thrusting his arms towards Cider's chest!
"Gotcha!!!"
Memories flashed in his mind at that moment. Confusing him. It was a memory of getting stabbed in the chest from behind, just as Megumi was gonna shake his hands. He remembers the look of despair on her face.
"Meg…Gumi…?"
Unexpectedly, Cider grabbed onto Dove's hand, shocking him. "H-how did he?"
Slowly the pitch-black skin dissolved away with his black eyes returning.
This shocked Both Dove and Chime. Leaving them in a state of confusion.
Dove quickly ripped his arm away from Cider, jumping back to Chime.
"What's… Happening?"
Chime was rendered speechless.
"Chime."
She was brought out of her stupor.
"Mmm.
"I don't know what's happening." She echoed. "This is my first time seeing a demon return from its chaotic state in the middle of battle. It rare to see something like this happening"
"Is he up to something then?" Dove wondered.
A cold sweat ran down their faces as they watched Cider just look around, confused.
Cider spoke to himself very quietly. "That's right… I do have a friend." he remembered back to the events before. With Megumi accepting him just before he was killed.
Cider turned back to the two Reaper's he was just fighting "Hey!" Cider yelled. "Have you seen a girl named Megumi and mean looking skeleton in a hood?"
"Mmm?"
"Skeleton in a hood?" Chime wondered.
Dove shook. "This damn demon… What kind of joke is this!!?"
In that moment Dove dashed back in with a blind fury.
Cider Dodged his first strike.
"You're mean," Cider said.
He blocked another. And saw the frustrated face of Dove peeking through.
"Why are you so angry?"
Dove began to outstretch his finger, channeling some mysterious power. A red light emitted from his palm.
"Mmm!"
"What are you thinking!? Chime echoed. "If you use that, you'll enter the state of chaos!!"
"That's the point! There's no better time to use it until now! Alright demon! Prepare to die!!"
Cider could only look a little confused. But just as Dove was going to use his secret weapon, he felt the presence of some from behind him fast approaching.
"A demon??" He thought
"Leave Cider alone!!" A woman yelled from behind.
Hearing the running from behind, Dove quickly and easily dodged out the way.
Suddenly, Megumi completely missed her mark and punched Cider square in the face! Her eyes widened, in shock and horror.
"I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!" she yelled, unable to contain her guilt.
Both Chime and Dove were left in a state of confusion by the unfolding event before them.
"Huh???"