KillamriX88

Royal Rumble: Side-story

It was a whirlwind. One second his head was on the table, the next he was flat on his back. He lifted his head up to see... up a girl's skirt. Her underwear was-

CRASH-BANG-CRUNCH!!! Fortunately a helicopter crash distracted him from that impending disaster. Despite it all, Sasha was still more concerned about her snack. She had a one track mind, it seemed. BANG! Another crash, this time a dumpster being thrown at the helicopter. Wait. That dumpster. Oh no...

"Wh-what?" he stuttered when Alyona accused him of looking up skirt. "Oh, uhh, I don't know... l-look, I gotta... j-just... b-be right back!" he babbled nervously while slowly backing away before breaking into a hurried jog. "Gregor!" he called out to the rat-man. "H-h-hey, Gregor!" He skidded to a halt a few feet away from the angry rat. "Umm, I-I don't think it was on purpose. N-no need to, umm, r-rip open any throats today." He swallowed hard. He got on well enough with the unusual being that was Gregor. A sort of mutual sympathy. He hoped he could prevent and further... destruction. "Just a bad accident. Umm, you're OK, right? You, uh, you look OK..." It seemed his home had suffered the worst of it. Well, he was sure the school would get a new dumpster.

He was pretty sure officials looked the other way because Gregor's rat swarm saved them a ton of money on waste disposal. Also no one wanted to make him mad.

Royal Rumble!

@Hammerman@Gentlemanvaultboy@Crowvette@Bartimaeus

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"No clue," Rurik told Christine, staring at the cards. Though, he had to say, on the off chance these things did what they said they did... But why the hell would the enemy just hand these out? "Probably just to distr-"

"HELP!" he was cut off, however, by Bak's cry for assistance. He supposed he should help her up again. After all, how could he let his team do all the work if they couldn't even stand up?

"On that note, uhh, have fun?" Rurik shrugged and turned to jog his way back to their team's flag zone. By the time he got there, Bak was already attempting, and failing to pick herself up.

"We really need to stop meeting like th-" He felt something kinda like a bee sting. Just his luck. Bees? Really? Bak apparently felt it too. Wait, what? In fact, she looked really worried- "AHAZXHXZLZBHBL!" Rurik tensed up and fell to the ground as if seizing. It went on for quite some time until he just lay there twitching, achy, and his teeth kinda felt tingly.

He rolled painfully onto his back. Yep. That was good. He was just gonna lay there until the match was over then. Hew glanced over at Bak. She looked pissed.

"She's not gonna let me lay here is she?" He groaned and pushed himself up. "Ow... ow... ow... Hold on, Bak..." He glanced at the cards again. "Well, worth a shot. Uhhh... Card! Get rid of them?" He held up a card named "Vengeful Dreams." It shone brightly and... then nothing. ". . . of course it's a dud." He almost shoved them into his pocket, but in reality, the wording of the card hadn't really fit anyway. Their opponents weren't really "creatures." Fine, one more try then. He grabbed another, "Diabolic Tutor."

"OK, card... try actually doing something!" He held it up and... suddenly felt like he was having the worst acid trip imaginable. Thousands of images raced past his eyes as the world seemed the fold open before him. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" He let out a rather unmanly shriek of fear. "J-j-just give me something to make them stop!" He begged and suddenly, mercifully, it all went away. In his hand in the place of the tutor was a new card -- "Silence."

"Oh..." Rurik said, breathing heavily. Well... he knew the cards actually did something now. "Um... Card! Do, uhh, do your thing!" The card shone and suddenly a pulse of energy surged from it, washing over the arena until it had covered the whole area. And that was it.

He glanced down at Bak, looking puzzled, "So, uhh, I either just made a pretty light show... or I just turned off all their powers."

He walked over and held out his hand to help her up like he had last time on the haunted building's roof, "Wanna go find out?"

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Kato's eyes practically bugged out at the sight of the coin. With trembling fingers he began to reach out to take it, only for Sasha to push it away. One could practically see Kato's expression shatter like glass, looking almost like he might cry. He flailed feebly as he was then dragged away.

Finally, with the coin's mesmerizing presence gone, Kakra inside Kato snapped back to reality.

"Watch it! And stop with the commoner crap!" But as he spoke, trying to pull free, his legs wobbled and he clutched at his head. The golden color faded from his eyes, back to their normal blue. "Ugh..." Kakra had far and away pushed the limits of possession, leaving Kato feeling completely exhausted. "Um, uh, s-sorry... my sister is... uh... impatient. It's been a long time..." Kato tried his best to apologize, not wanting to squander their best chance yet.

With that, he resigned to being dragged to the cafeteria. There was a small problem. The grumpy old lunch-lady/janitor was mopping the floor.

"Mopping floor. Get out."

"Um, I uh, just need to... if you don't mind... be real quick..." Kato mumbled, inching along the far wall, "...don't mind me..." babbling the whole way until he made it to the counter, grabbed two pudding cups, dropped the needed money on the counter and quickly led Sasha outside to some weathered, wooden tables. All the while, the lunch lady glared at him with pure, burning death in her eyes.

Finally, he took a seat, set down the pudding, and laid his head on the table, half trying to hide his face and half just trying to stay awake.

Why couldn't anything be easy? This country, this school, this curse, this girl... and now a lunch lady who would probably poison his next meal. Well, the only way was forward, right?

Royal Rumble!

@Gentlemanvaultboy So it sounded like you might be having discord problems and I haven't seen you in a bit so I'll put this here.

I know you said something about leaving Match 2 to the people involved, but... it's just stagnating again.

So, if you could at least talk to those involved that'd be great, even if it has to be here if Discord is still messing up for you.

Also we miss you.

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"Wait, really?" Kato's head snapped around to look at Nigardt. Maybe the scary lizard man wasn't so bad after all! Books and their covers and all that. With the progress, however temporary, they'd just made, maybe they were finally onto something. Kakra was so excited that the newcomers who burst onto the scene faded totally into the background. Except, wait, was that one made of st-

"Huh, Little Italian?" Sasha's demands brought them back to reality. "I've, uh, never heard of that..."

"Kato, help!"

"I know where it is..." Kato tended to pay more attention to their surroundings, being the one who actually interacted with them most of the time.

"Oh good! Er, can we afford it?"

". . ."

"Kato?"

"Not remotely..."

"Shit."

"Uh... ummm... that's actually a bit pricey for us, err-" Kato swallowed hard.

"What's tiramisu!?"

"Basically cake."

"I-I think they cafeteria got some pudding recently. Umm, could I get you some of that?" They were sweating hard at this point.

Royal Rumble!

@Hammerman@Gentlemanvaultboy@Crowvette@Bartimaeus

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Rurik's jaw dropped when Christine suddenly hauled him out of the fighting. It turned out to make little difference however, the angel was long gone. He hadn't been in much danger, but neither was he going to accomplish much over there with their visible enemy gone.

"I... but..." Rurik let out a sigh. "Yeah... yeah I'm fine, thanks, Christine," he relented. That might have been short lived, however. The wall nearby suddenly came to life, a giant stone hand sprouting out of it.

It didn't seem to want a high-five.

Rather, it had three knuckles aimed to smash him with the thumb and pinky outstretched to give it a wider range. Rurik wasn't terribly concerned, if anything it would have been a good chance to fake being knocked out and skip the rest of the fight. Unfortunately, Chrstine's rescue had put her literally on top of him, so if it hit him, it hit her.

He just couldn't catch a break -- but he wasn't one to be blindsided all that easily.

He quickly pulled free from Christine as the stone fist was almost upon them and then threw his hand out as if to say "stop." Anyone watching would no doubt have expected him to get flattened, but instead as the stone hand collided with Rurik's palm it, well, stopped.

It shuddered slightly beneath Rurik's hand, as he'd just pumped every bit of stored up energy he'd been holding onto. Even so, he couldn't redirect it. The magic that had sent it at him was still trying to steamroll him even as his own tried to send it back.

Well, if he couldn't have it, then neither could his opponent. In a brilliant chain reaction, the fist and a good portion of the arm attached to it blew apart into pebbles and dust.

When the dust cleared, Rurik's hand was still held out, this time with middle finger extended to show what he thought of the enemies efforts. However, soon something else happened to occupy his hand. Cards flew into it. He flinched at first, but then realized they weren't trying to hurt him.

"... wait, what?" Rurik looked at the cards and then glanced around, quite befuddled, trying to figure out where the hell they'd come from.

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Kato looked very concerned. This was very sudden. He hadn't even gotten the chance to tell her the nature of the curse! They hadn't even left the room!

"Bwuh!?" His eyes went wide as she accosted his face. Soon he began to feel something... strange. Something very cold, as if ice was being drawn out of his veins from deep inside. It all came to a head with a sudden dim, violet glow. Spectral chains suddenly appeared all across his body, as if her touch had revealed them.

They seemed to strain and then, suddenly, one by one the links disconnected from one another.

Wait, was this actually working?!

These thoughts were punctuated by a calamitous boom. The chains blew apart, sending anything nearby that wasn't nailed down flying. Papers, pencils, skirts, desks -- Sasha. The force was enough to send the sacred girl into a wall.

When the dust settled, it was a rather spectacular sight. Chain links hovered ominously, orbiting about the room. Standing in the middle of it all were two people. One was Kato, and the other a girl who shone like the sun and gave off an incredible pressure. It had been midday, but by comparison it might as well have been midnight before.

"It... it worked?" The girl laughed giddily, staring at her own hands in awe. "It finally wo-!"

And then with a startling rattle, the chain-links flew together, reforming themselves and then pulling shut, binding the two back together, and in one last flash it all vanished, leaving Kato there... alone once more.

"Oh..." His face fell. Of course it hadn't worked.

It never did.

And then his eye flashed amber again and he flew over to Sasha, yanking her to her feet and grabbing her shoulders. There was an ecstatic grin upon his face.

"That was amazing! No one's ever come that close before!"

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"Yes..." Kakra as Kato said to Nigardt while staring down Sasha... before she unleashed the most entitled rant she'd ever heard. "P-peasant!? What the he-" Amber eyes narrowed angrily and she lifted a finger, aiming to jab Sasha in her ample chest before her hand froze. One of Kato's eyes returned to blue and the hand fell back to his side before he could further offend Sasha.

"Kakra, no! We need her to help us!"

"UGH! Fine... you're right..."

And then both eyes were blue again.

"S-so... what I meant to say was of course, w-, I'll be troubling you for your time so if you're hungry I'm happy to get you something," Kato told her politely. He then motioned for her to follow him a few steps away from the others, not wanting to be so close to the witch and the demon if he could help it. "You see, uhh, w-we- I heard a rumor about your powers, a-and when I was young my sister and I were cursed by a-" he glanced again at Alicia, "were cursed and were hoping you could help." No need to mention witches around the witch...

They'd never come across someone with abilities quite like Sasha before, so it was worth a shot.

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"Just do it already!" The voice rung inside his head, filled with impatience. "You've been hesitating all week!"

"S-sorry..." Kato mumbled back to his sister. He was the only person who could hear her, of course.

"Do you want me to do it?"

"N-no! That's... always hard to explain, and half the time they never believe us anyway." He sighed.

"Is it because of how she looks?" This time there was an edge to her voice.

"No!" Kato's face tinged red. "I just... don't like it when you get disappointed. Nothing ever works."

"Wanna know what's more disappointing?"

"Me not even trying-"

"YOU NOT EVEN TRYING!"

"OK, OK, fine... I'll go..." Kato hung his head and shuffled off. He soon found the person he was looking for, Sasha, but she seemed in a bit of a hurry. "Uh-... um... excu-" Nope, she suddenly slammed a door open and began shouting. "Sp-spawn?"

He shook his head. This seemed like a bit of a misunderstanding. If he could just interject. "If-if you could give me a mome-" But then some girl began talking back to Sasha. Wait, wasn't that- He felt a chill run down his spine. "I-I-... e-exc-" He was in a cold sweat now. His eyes wandered over to a guy who looked... Oh gosh... it was him. He was scary. Kato froze up.

"Oh for the love of..."

Kato's blue eyes suddenly took on an amber hue and his expression hardened.

"AHEM!" Suddenly his voice was loud and clear. "That's neat and all, but you guys can bully each other later! I have something important I need to take care of here! You, pay attention! I've been following you for the last minute straight!" He pointed at Sasha. A bit of an exaggeration, but... well...

"I... I could have..." Kato whimpered, now in the backseat so to speak.

"No. No you could not have..." Kakra grumbled. ". . . Sorry." Kato hated it when she forced her control over him.

(To be clear, italics is when Kato is talking mentally, and bold is when Kakra is. Only normal text is out loud.)

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Name: Kakra/Kato Equinox

Appearance

Kato is the gray haired boy, Kakra is the blonde girl.

Age: 17

Grade: Second

Biography:
Twins born with powerful blessings from twin gods: Mundas and Celestial. Uniquely, their powers could combine to a degree to be even stronger... but their parents were foolish. At the age of 10, they were cursed by a witch after their parents reneged on a bad deal. The twins were fused together, a large portion of Kato's powers being sealed inside of Kakra... and Kakra was sealed within Kato. Only when on death's door may Kato free Kakra, but if she stays out for too long, the imbalanced powers will caused her to go into meltdown.

Therefore, she must use her powers to heal Kato before it's too late, but in doing so seals herself away.

It's an extremely uncomfortable existence for both of them, as Kakra was always the more dominant personality -- to say nothing of the requirements of Kakra gaining even temporary freedom.

Kato spends much of his time quietly reading, usually occult books trying to find a cure for their situation. Various power users have tried to help them over the years, but so far no one has had a powerful enough ability to counteract the curse.

Suffice it to say, they're also not on good terms with their parents.

Powers:
Core: Sun/Moon Flower
Kakra gains significant power in broad daylight, and vice-verse for Kato at night, and more so under the moon. This manifests as a shimmering field around their bodies that protects them and makes them physically more adept, but if the field is damaged they lose all their strength until they recharge for a short time. While normally their power would be limited only by the length of day and night, due to the curse, even under the moon Kato is weaker than Kakra would be even on a cloudy day, though still slightly stronger than an average person, while Kakra is limited by the impending threat of a meltdown.

First: Overgrow/Shroud
Kakra overcharges herself, gaining absurd healing and increasing strength overtime. She can shed this energy and gift it to others, healing them and reinforcing them, but loses the effect on herself. / Kato creates a null-zone that blocks light and saps the strength of those inside, giving it to himself.

Second: Starburst/Bloom
Kakra creates a small star that grows, becoming blindingly bright and then exploding after a few minutes. This feeds back into Overgrow. She can direct it like a missile when it's ready to burst, or just set it off early. / Kato summons a ring of eight moonflowers, creating a safe zone for all those inside it. Only people he welcomes in can enter it. The flowers slowly shut one per minute until the circle fails. The barrier can be overwhelmed, and weakens slightly as each flower shuts. Is nearly impregnable at full power, however.

Third: Mixer/Eclipse
Kakra can possess Kato to speak for him, but to take control Kato must be effectively dead. When she takes control, she will go into meltdown after about fifteen minutes, but can use altered versions Kato's powers while she is in full control.
Enshroud = Celestial Cloak: She enshrouds another in sunny energy, effectively granting them a reduced but still quite powerful form of Overgrow. She also gains a small portion of the solar energy that person absorbs, further increasing her own growth.
Bloom = Sun Blossoms: She summons a sunflower where she touches. It blooms over the course of a minute and then releasing a fully charged Starburst. She can plant them one at a time, up to only four, and in fairly quick succession.

Eclipse: Kakra can create a singularity that adsorbs sunlight and projects a dark space for Kato. Similarly, Kato can absorb moonlight and then release an orb that acts like a small sun for a short time. This was a much stronger ability when both were free to move at the same time, obviously...

Relationships:
(Assuming it's known publicly to some degree)
Alicia: They've heard she's a witch. Pretty sure she has nothing to do with their problem, but they still kinda dislike her on principle.