V2 Chapter 3 Shinigami

Version 6 POV

 

" Damn! Full house. Any ideas on how to get closer? I doubt we can see V7 through this crowd."

 

Version 4.1 yells to me, as we push our way through, the roaring excited crowd that flocked around the arena of the Kingdom of Katusha, where Shinigami was advertised to have his Final Championship fight.... or something like that. I bet he's wishing to become a ghost right now, float beyond everything and have the best view of the fight. Too bad he reached his time limit.

 

" The audience looks as if they camped here days before the fight just to get a good seat."

 

I pointed as my gaze drifted over the small tents set up on the sides of the roads and even alleyways.

 

" ... That's just great..... Don't you have any privileges? I mean you're in charge of the protection of this Kingdom."

 

V4.1 huffed out as he scratched the back of his head.

 

" I have everything I want."

 

I informed slightly annoyed at people brushing up against me as they squeezed their way through.

 

" Then? What are we doing here stuck in the entrance of the arena?"

 

He grunts out as he pushed his way through.

 

" But I really don't want to....."

 

I whined as I disclosed the fact through a whisper in his ear not wanting to yell over the crowd anymore.

 

" Quit your complaining and hurry it up."

 

He waves me off as he gestures towards the Area where the first fight of the day had already begun.

 

I sigh.....

 

" Fine. .. Follow me..."

 

I said sadly as I led V4.1 to an isolated area before turning into full beast form.

 

" This is how you get everything you want? By scaring them off as a tiger? Man! You're lame."

 

He spat out in a condescending tone, making me winch at his painful words.

 

" That's not what I'm going to do!!"

 

I yell with a huge pout.

 

" Then what?"

 

He asks as he gestures toward my full beast form.

 

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5 minutes later...

 

" Make Way!"

 

A royal guard yelled as he marched his way right up to the arena with ease.

 

" Make Way!"

 

The second royal guard orders as he pushed a person out of the way, and marches next to the first royal guard.

 

"*chuckling* Make way for the *Holding back a laugh* For the Princess's Tiger!"

 

V4.1 snickered and broke down laughing as he walked hunched behind the two royal guards, dressed as a royal guard himself. CLEARLY enjoying my humiliation. I should have just pushed my way through like a normal person, anything would have been better than this. I sigh as I regretted my decision.

 

We walked easily through the crowd to the Royal Arena Box. Where I could see the bright pink curls of Princess Roxsana's hair and Queen Sarah's beautiful fiery red curls. were seated watching the current fight.

 

" Whiskers! There you are! Come here, my baby!"

 

The little 15-year-old's golden eyes light up like the dazzling sun as she calls to me and she pats her lap. I could feel Version 4.1 holding back his laugh as I walked up to her with a huge pink bow around my neck and a jingly little bell under my chin. I slowly walk up to her before sitting in front of the little princess. The Queen immediately smiles at me and gives me a light pat on my back as I walk past her. V4.1 stood next to the other two palace guards. He really blends in very well with that uniform. It's a good thing I always carry around a Palace Guard uniform with me. What I give to be a guard right now. ....

 

Little Princess immediately starts patting my head and giving me kisses.

 

" Where did you go these past 3 weeks?! Did you get lost in the Palace? It is kinda big.

 

Why didn't you, show yourself to a servant? Why didn't you stick to the places you know? Are you hungry? Have you eaten?"

 

The Princess drowned me with her questions, kisses, and hugs. I don't think I can handle her like this.

 

" Where did you find him?"

 

Her majesty turned and asked the royal guards standing behind her.

 

" I found him hanging in the woods with another female tiger. Your Highness. "

 

V4.1 chimed, more than willing to make my shame more unbearable.

 

" You made a friend?!! Wow! You lucky guy! Mommy, can we invite Whiskers' friend to live with us?"

 

The young princess suggested as she runs her fingers through the fur on my cheeks.

 

" I'm not sure honey, Whiskers is very familiar around humans since we trained him from a young age. His friend would be extremely inconvenienced around so many humans. Remember to see things from others' perspectives. "

 

The Queen gently informs as she educates the young girl with another important lesson on being a ruler.

 

" Awww... Alright, Mommy. ... Whiskers, you can visit your friends anytime you want but remember to let me know and not to stay too long. Remember that I'll be waiting for you so come back soon next time. "

 

She whined and reluctantly agreed, hiding her disappointment of not having two tigers to play with. I placed my paw above her heart and nodded my head.

 

" Good boy! Promising so soon."

 

She kisses me and pats me, even more, to show that I'm a good boy then a gong rings throughout the Arena signaling that the next fight is about to begin.

 

" Are you excited as well? I heard that a new hero is going to fight today, he seems very famous for a new rookie."

 

She asked trying to get me excited about the upcoming battle. I gave a low grunt before rubbing my head against her legs and chuffing.

 

" I knew you felt the same way!"

 

She says with a cute smile and a giggle. I smiled at her cute reaction then I caught a glimpse of version 4.1 giving me a mocking smile that was twitching every second trying to hold back a laugh. Bloody Version 4.1! I thought as I lay my head on the Princess's lap and watched the current fight trying to avoid looking at Version 4.1. I twitch my tail in frustration at having Version 4.1 see me like this.

 

" Whiskers seems really excited about the fight. "

 

The Queen says as she lifts my tail and placed it under her seat so that it would stop hitting her feet.

 

" Yeah! He really badly wants to see who wins!"

 

The Princess chimes with a smile as she kisses my head which brought a smile to the Queen's face. The sound of a horn echoes throughout the Arena to announce the end of the current battle.

 

" Finally the moment you've all been waiting for! Let's finally invite Super Rookie Shinigami and our last season champion! Turner the Soul ripper!! To the ring!"

 

The ringmaster yelled into his cone-shaped megaphone, announcing to the arena. The whole crowd went crazy as the Soul Ripper enters the Arena. A full armor man with a lance bigger than himself. Shinigami then enters from the other side of the Arena with his snarling wolf helmet, and around his waist hung many small daggers. This time the only armor he was wearing is the gauntlet on his right hand other than that was normal clothes which were normal black long pants with boots. IS HE CRAZY?!! I thought as I turn to V4.1 who was gone.

 

I started scanning the area and spotted V4.1 checking everyone, I look around for anything out of the ordinary but no one looked suspicious. Maybe V7 will jump out after Shinigami's fight?

 

I thought as I watched Soul ripper. Soul ripper was well known for his long-range attack and his dagger attack when the opponent was under his long-range attack. He could be the new leader. ..... actually, any one of the fighters could be the new leader..... I thought as I sigh in my mind.

 

The fight was just savage! Soul ripper walked closer to Shinigami trying to get him in his range, Shinigami walked into the middle of the ring and just stood there as if he was waiting for Soul ripper. As soon as Shinigami was in range, Soul Ripper started his famous lance attack which made the crowd roar with excitement.

 

" You! Fool! Now face the fury of My Thousand Blade Attack!"

 

He yelled and started jabbing at Shinigami with such speed, such strength, and each strike was at a different place. The impact of that blow made the dust from the arena fly, Soul Ripper pulled his lance back and clear away most of the flying dust, Shinigami was still standing there. Well, that's the end of him...

 

The impact of that blow made the dust from the arena fly, Soul Ripper pulled his lance back and clear away most of the flying dust, Shinigami was still standing there. Well, that's the end of him...

 

" What's wrong?! Too injured to move?! I bet that you're barely standing!"

 

Soul Ripper laughed as soon started his fury attack. Blow upon blow he threw at Shinigami who just stood there like a statue. Maybe he died while standing?

 

Soom Soul Ripper stopped and backed off, waiting for the dust to clear. Shinigami was still standing, he was covered in dust and it was hard to see if there was any damage or not. Shinigami started sneezing and shook off the dust, he wasn't injured at all. The crowd goes wild!

 

" Quite the fighter, do you who he was before joining the arena?"

 

Her Majesty asked as she flicks her wrist, opening her hand fan and fanning herself.

 

" No, My Lady. I heard that not even the ringmaster himself knows his true identity."

 

The royal guard informed as he shook his head.

 

Shinigami dusted himself as he walks up to Soul Ripper.

 

" That's all you *sneeze* got?*sneeze* Damn it... *sneeze* Why is it always *sneeze* bloody *sneeze* sand? Why are all Arena filled with sand?"

 

He waves his hand in front of him trying to get the dust out of the way. He then gestures for the Soul Ripper to wait as he walked backward closer to the audience barrier and he sneezed again.

 

" Shinigami! Here!"

 

A girl from the audients yells out as she leans over the arena wall, reaching her arm out to pass him, her handkerchief.

 

" Thank you, Beautiful. Say is it just me or is your dazzling smile lighting up this Arena?"

 

He asked with a charming smile that made the lady swoon, as he takes the handkerchief. The audience girl blushes as the crowd made fun of both of them as if they were a young couple courting.

 

" Distraction Cost your life!!"

 

Soul Ripper informs as he charged at Shinigami with a heavy attack, it looked like it was about to hit Shinigami but it misses him by just a millimeter.

 

Shinigami lean against Soul Ripper's spear calmly as he sticks his hand through the mouth of his helmet to wipe his face.

 

" Rushing in blind also costs your life."

 

Shinigami teased Soul Ripper as he touched Soul Ripper's helmet playfully. Soul Ripper was immediately annoyed and pulled out his spear for another attack. He misses again by just a bit. Which made him pissed and launched attacks like there was no tomorrow. Shinigami was calmly dodging every attack and kept a distance between himself and Soul Ripper. Shinigami look like he was having a stroll in the park as Soul Ripper launched attack after attack. The spear finally broke into two from the impact of missed shots hitting the audience barrier which was made out of steel.

 

Soul Ripper was tired and furious, he soon backed away to catch his breath.

 

" What's wrong?! Tired Old Man? Well, then it's my turn. "

 

Shinigami taunted as he finally drew his dagger, which made the crowd excited. Shinigami did a combination of attacks which consist of dagger-throwing attacks, dagger stab, punches, and kicks to Soul Ripper's knees whenever he leans to dodge his dagger stab. Shinigami moves as if he was as light as a feather and as graceful as a swan.

 

Soul Ripper was struggling to keep up with Shinigami's attacks as he blocked with half his broken spear, soon he was disarmed and Shinigami held 2 daggers to his neck. One ready to stab from the front and the other from the back.

 

" Give up yet?"

 

Shinigami asks through a huge smirk.

 

" Fine! You win!"

 

Soul Ripper reluctantly agreed. The crowd cheered for Shinigami as he helped Soul Ripper to his feet. The ringleader comes forward and gives Shinigami his gold for winning the Championship.

 

" Let's give it up for our new Champion! The Super Rookie Shinigami!

 

The ringleader announced to the crowd as he holds up one of Shinigami's arms.

 

" Whoa! This must be the first time a Rookie won the Championship! He must be very powerful! I think he can defeat anything! Right? Mummy?"

 

The young princess exclaims with much excitement in her voice.

 

" Yes... that's right dear... Guard."

 

Her majesty nodded and she waves behind her gesturing for a guard to come forth.

 

" Yes, Your Majesty?"

 

The royal guards bowed as they stepped forward.

 

" Invite Shinigami to the Palace, I would like to hire him for a quest."

 

The Queen orders as she flicks her fan close, stands up, and starts leaving the room. The little Princess was still staring in awe at Shinigami. I twitch my whiskies at the sight of this and gently nudge her leg before standing up and signaling for her to get on my back, which she happily did. V4.1 walks beside me as if he was escorting the Princess, we took her to the carriage where I hop in and lay next to the Queen's feet. The Princess dismounted me, sat next to her mother, and started going on and on about how cool the fight was. The Queen just smile at her and sublimely calm her by answering her in a calm manner. When we finally reached the Palace, I immediately got down and went to the back of the carriage where the guards normally hung from the sides like a footman. V4.1 jumped off from the back and stood next to the other guards.

 

" Come on! Whiskers! "

 

The Princess calls to me when she notices I wasn't following her into the Palace. I gave a short low grunt and looked at the North Wing Garden.

 

" You wanna play outside? Ok! Let's go!"

 

She says cheerfully and she walks towards me.

 

" Sana, didn't you want to meet Shinigami? I'm sure he would be here soon."

 

The Queen called the Little Princess by her nickname and gestured for the little Princess to follow her.

 

" Oh! Right! Come on Whiskers! Let's meet the super rookie!"

 

The Little Princess patted her knees, gesturing for me to come. I started walking sideways toward the gardens while looking at both of them. Which was what I always did when I wanted to leave since it gave the Queen the idea that I wanted to use the bathroom or something.

 

" Honey, I think Whiskers will be joining us shortly."

 

The Queen informs as she holds out her hand to the Princess.

 

Princess" Oh! Ok! Come soon Whiskers!"

 

She waves goodbye as she grabs her mother's hand. I dashed off deeper into the garden to my hiding place. I let out an exhausted sigh as I lay down on the grass and stretched out my paws, V4.1 soon joined me.

 

" Soooo... You're the Princess's fat pussy cat/ pony that she rides around on."

 

V4.1 points out with a huge grin on his face.

 

" Shut it !"

 

I snapped back as I got comfortable on the grass.

 

" As you wish, whiskers. "

 

He laughs while saying it and sat down next to me.

 

" Now back to more pressing matters, where the heck is V7?! He must be looking for our new leader but how?!"

 

I demanded as I wreak my brain for ideas.

 

"... Maybe. .... he has... illusion magic and disguised himself and his scent?"

 

He suggested with a shrug.

 

" Illusion Magic?! That's impossible! It took V4 weeks to learn that glamour spell for just his eyes and it's draining at like 30 percent of his magic just keeping it on! There's no way he has that much magic. ... right?.... "

 

I unsurely stated.

 

V4 just sat there silent, he looked deep in thought.

 

" V7... That Pride of yours will be your downfall...."

 

 

I sighed, wishing it wouldn't be so.

 

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ICW V2

 

V2" And today's guest is! Shinigami! So how's does it feel to win the Championship Leagues?"

 

Shinigami" V2... Don't you recognize me? It's me V7!"

 

Takes off the helmet.

 

V2" Oh! Little 7! I didn't recognize you! Oh my god! Congratulations! So how does it feel?"

 

V7" Pretty awesome! I bet you all didn't see that coming! I mean! Me! A guy who can't use a long sword without dying from the weight! Pretty Awesome right?!"

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