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Who: Frau and OPEN (so far it should also include Lieselotte Achebach, Sasuke Uchiha, and Lisbeth)
When: Somewhere between 9/20 and 10/7 or so
Where: Various sectors, see individual threads
Summary: Frau is pretty distraught over Teito's disappearance. Without his light, he's slipping further into the darkness and going after souls he wouldn't usually go after. More info here
Warnings: Lots of swearing, corruption, fighting... just general not goodness probably

Everything was so dark. Again. Frau had faced the darkness before. He'd lived in it for a long time, watched it slowly get worse, slowly drag him down. Now, though, it was different. Now, without his light, without Teito, it seemed so much worse again. Without the kid to guide him out of the darkness that surrounded him and consumed him, he didn't know what to do. It's what had led him out to hunt so often recently. He wasn't being that careful either. So far nobody had even suspected there was one person consuming others throughout the city. There hadn't been a mention of it at all even though it had been months. Frau was careful.

Now he wasn't. Hunting during the day was fine. He was even going after people he wouldn't usually target. They were still corrupted, sure, but their souls weren't blackened beyond redemption. At this point though, he didn't care. Part of him might have recognized the fact that the scythe probably had a stronger grip on him than it should, but this time he wasn't fighting it back. He'd slipped a bit. Not enough that consuming one of them could destroy him, but the path he walked was a slippery slope. There was only so much longer he could hold on.

((OOC Note: For those Frau is targeting or those who notice him, feel free to start a new thread. I'd include the sector and date in the subject line if you can. Frau's going to be roaming pretty much anywhere, so feel free to use any sector even though he lives in 4 and works in 5.))

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Frau slammed to a stop and was immediately on guard. It wasn't every day that he ran into someone who was capable of getting up onto a roof that quickly, especially without using the stairs or the elevators. As he continued to watch Sasuke, he couldn't quite get a real read on him. A kid who had seen hell and had fallen or just someone who had fallen to the wrong side.

Before he could really make up his mind the scythe made it clear that it didn't matter either way. Frau felt the burning in his arm and heard the quiet cackling laughter of his weapon. A slow smile spread across his face as his control slipped. His teeth were now sharper than a humans and there was a glint of red in his eyes.

"That depends."

"Depends on what?"

He slipped his hand into his pocket and slipped two shuriken between his fingers, holding them there. He could use them as a distraction while he powered up for a fireball, or phoenix flowers, or Amaterasu if it got bad.

The expression on the guy's face was unsettling, as was the weapon. The chakra he smelled was strange, and unfamiliar.

If Frau had been paying any sort of attention, he would have noticed that the scythe had decided to make its way out of his arm of its own volition. Unfortunately for Sasuke, Frau's attention was rather shattered

"What caused you to be who you are."

Or whether or not he'd be delicious. Thankfully that comment from the scythe just rung in Frau's head. If it hadn't, Sasuke probably wouldn't have hesitated in trying to demolish Frau.

"I don't follow."

His muscles were tense, ready to leap at any second. There was something wrong with that weapon--it seemed to give off a sentience, somehow. It was unsettling.

Sasuke was sure he could get rid of the guy with a well-placed blast of fire, but he would rather it didn't come to that. He didn't know if the guy was some kind of vigilante, if he could sense Sasuke's chakra and his own intent, or if he was just a jackass who liked the taste of blood.

"Not everyone has a choice in the path they are currently following. The question of what caused you to start down the one you're on is all that's keeping you alive."

That, and Frau's slipping control over the scythe. He took a half step forward, the unsettling smile on his face growing. The scythe wanted this. Frau wanted this. A dark soul that may not be as disgusting as the others since it didn't hold quite as much darkness. A decent meal. Finally. Maybe a little fun too. Yes. There was no need to know any of the reasoning. He could just eat. Just eat.

Frau clenched his right fist in response, sending a message to the weapon. NO. They were doing this his way.

That scythe was definitely the biggest threat right now. It almost seemed like the killing intent was coming from it, and not the man; it made Sasuke's hair stand on end. But he wouldn't provoke a battle--he silently listened to the answer, and turned it over in his head. There was a chance he could get out of this, and avoid an unnecessary confrontation.

"I watched my entire family die when I was seven years old," he replied. "I'm trying to avenge their deaths."

Sasuke's words slapped Frau in the face. He faltered a moment, and the scythe took full advantage of it. Before the weapon could get much closer to Sasuke though Frau slammed his arm into the ground. There was a screeched yelp and the scythe retreated fully, once again taking up residence in the markings on Frau's forearm.

Frau stood, apparently not concerned about the fact that he'd just knelt down to throw his arm into the roof so hard he left a dent. Instead he just watched Sasuke quietly. His face revealed nothing, but inside he was churning. The similarity with Teito was only too real.

The intent was definitely coming from the scythe, then. He remembered his brother's partner had a sword with a certain sentience to it, the Samehada, or Sharkskin--he'd have to be careful and stick to taijutsu and weaponry, then, in case this blade fed off chakra too.

He took a step backwards.

Frau sighed and looked down. While thoughts of Teito roused the scythe, they also put Frau in more control. There was no one he would fight harder to keep the scythe from than his apprentice. The scythe may have been making its irritation known, but Frau was back in full control and his head was on a bit straighter.

Not only was his desire for a soul much smaller, he knew he couldn't go after Sasuke even if it was. The kid's soul was dark, yes, but it wasn't corrupted beyond redemption. He wasn't the type of food that Frau was willing to eat.

He turned away from Sasuke to gaze out over the edge of the rooftop as he tried to figure out what to do now. Before he could do that though, he spotted someone watching them. That wasn't good. Without a moment of hesitation, he shot toward Sasuke, grabbed the back of his collar and tossed him over his shoulder. It was all one nice fluid motion that Frau had done so many times before. Within a second, he was dashing toward the next roof over, Sasuke in tow.

Attack. Respond with defense.

The sudden change in intent unsettled him momentarily, but he remembered himself in time to start forming seals when Frau ran for him. He didn't get to the inhalation stage, though, because Frau wasn't running at him, he was running past him, and then there was a shoulder slamming into his diaphragm and knocking the wind out of him.

Fuck.

He hissed, and began to struggle. Fireball was out if he couldn't breathe, but a knee to the ribs might work, or an elbow if he aimed for the kidneys. He could likely call up some lightning as well, although not a full chidori, but it would be enough for Frau to let him go.

Frau was definitely not letting Sasuke go. He had enough experience with battering fists, feet, and zaiphon to deal with or withstand whatever was thrown at him. For now he only had one goal, find somewhere out of the way where they weren't going to have an audience. That shouldn't be too hard on rooftops. At least he hoped it wouldn't.

Sasuke took a breath, then another, and as soon as he managed to inhale deeply enough to make noise, he hollered.

"LET ME GO!"

This was humiliating, undignified--infuriating. He wouldn't stand for it. Though it was a little more challenging, it only took a bit more focus to mold chakra while upside down and flying across rooftops; his hands made rapid seals and electricity flooded his palm, making the hair on the back of his arm stand up.

"You're only going to draw more attention to us if you keep that up, stupid brat. It means I'll have to go farther."

Frau hadn't even noticed that he's used the same nickname he'd always used with Teito. He used it a lot with kids this age.

When he felt the electricity Frau knew right away that it wasn't a good thing. He wasn't all that sure where it would be aimed, but he had a good feeling it would be at him. Since he wasn't quite willing to become a lightning rod, he used his free hand to call up some zaiphon and direct it around his head and lower body. It should protect him from anything the kid threw at him.

"How do I know you're not going to kill me?" Sasuke spat, slamming the chidori in his fist against his captor's lower back. But whatever it was this guy had called up around himself, it blocked the physical attack.

Damn it. No.

He bit, scratched; tried again to shove his knee into the man's ribs. He sent bursts of chakra to his muscles as they moved to give himself a harder hit.

"Because if I was going to I would have done it already."

Duh. That wasn't all that important right now though. At the moment, he needed to find somewhere out of the public eye. Like the roof of a really tall or wide building. Perhaps that one. As long as they stood in the middle of it nobody would even notice they were there.

He bounded that way, hoping he moved fast enough that nobody would see him land on it and decide it would be a good idea to call security or the police. Once he was sure they were out of eyeshot, he released his hold on Sasuke and dropped his zaiphon shields.

Sasuke wasted no time as soon as they landed.

Finally.

He rolled backwards, flew through the seals and blasted a fireball at his attacker, strong with his fury and the chakra he'd been unable to release while he was being abducted.

Frau's jaw nearly dropped in shock. He immediately pulled as much zaiphon together as he could and put it in front of him as a shield. Hopefully it would hold. If not, he was going to become rather crispy. Or at least he'd have a lot less time to try to dodge away. It would still be possible, just a lot harder.

The fire slammed into the shield and pushed Frau back a bit as he strained to hold it. Despite the zaiphon, he could feel the heat on his face. It was kind of nice actually.

Sasuke continued the blast as long as he could hold it, which wasn't as long as he would have liked. His breath was still short from the impact to his diaphragm. So he summoned his fuuma shuriken and threw them, wires in his palm.

When the fire ended Frau shook out his hands and glanced at them. They hurt and were nice and warm, but he didn't see any damage to his gloves. That was good.

He was in the middle of examining them when the caught the flash of metal. At he last minute he shifted slightly aside. Whatever these things were, it didn't look like they would do a lot of damage, but Frau would prefer not to ruin another coat.

((Fuuma shuriken! Because I forgot to link in the last tag.))

Bastard.

Sasuke yanked on the wire and the shuriken came apart, flying towards Frau from as many directions as he could manage. Damn it, he would get a hit.

((Ah, that's helpful. And a lot bigger than I had figured.))

"Holy..."

Frau tried to dodge aside and avoid those blades, but he couldn't get away from all of them. When one ripped into his upper arm he knew he couldn't hold back anymore. Before another one could hit him he pulled the scythe from his arm and slashed out with it.

((Sorry about that. ^^; Regular shuriken are little, but the fuuma are oversized.))

The sensation of metal embedding itself into flesh was deeply satisfying. Finally.

But for a moment, an image flashed in his head of Itachi taking the same hit from Sasuke's hand.

His gut clenched.

But he shook it off--his opponent was slashing at the pieces of his shuriken with that scythe from earlier. The sound of them connecting rang in his ears. Now that his breath had come back, he sucked in air and made the seals--the second fireball was bigger than the first.

At another fireball flying at him Frau swore in annoyance. This kid wasn't going to give up, and Frau wasn't looking for a fight anymore. While massive Frau figured he could still bound over it as long as he gave himself enough time. A few running steps and he launched himself up.

Normally he would have enjoyed spinning the scythe and coming straight down on his target. This time he landed well to the side and kept the scythe with him.

"Would you knock it off?!"

Sasuke knew better than to pause in an assault--that would create an opening to be exploited. So he drew his kunai and held it out in front of himself, a clear warning. Come close and I'll attack.

"What do you want from me," he snapped, mangekyou wheeling, taking in every fiber on Frau's clothing, the individual strands of his hair.

"Nothing. I don't want anything from you."

Frau almost sounded sad and a little bit worn down. As he spoke he allowed the scythe to lower to the ground so the head was resting there. He'd started with unintentionally and now he somehow had to find a way to finish it. Sasuke's anger was understandable.