Chapter 27

Scythe woke up confused. The last thing he remembered was waking up in the water, and then he smelled something, but his mind went blank after that. That is, until he heard the sound of laughing. 

"Hahahaha. So the pet has finally come back to it's owner after all this time!" All for One removed himself from the rubble as he yelled his insanities. "However I see that you are still resisting your master, me." 

"Master of mine you are no longer!" Scythe said, "You've caused so much pain and I am sure that Death will want to handle your soul personally. I will never come back to you, you will have to bring me back in pieces." Scythe roared and All for One scowled. His arm had not regenerated yet and for some reason it felt like it was still attached despite its place on the ground at least a hundred meters from where he stood. Scythe caught All for One looking at the arm and for some reason his mouth watered, it felt like if he was to get that piece of his former master he would feel more...whole. 

All Might watched this transgression silently in confusion. The green streak that took All for One's arm and probably saved his life was none other than the terrifying monster he'd seen in the states. Just looking at it All Might could feel that Scythe was way out of his league and he wondered how All for One could've even kept such a being contained like a slave, he said? 

Scythe disappeared from where he'd been standing and appeared where the arm was holding it up like it was the most interesting thing in the world, and All for One suddenly exploded. 

"That is mine" He roared launching himself towards the dragon with a speed that surprised even All Might. Were they not just fighting all out earlier? Was All for One seriously already above him in power by such a great margin that not even a glance could be spared his way before jumping in to fight this now opponent. Scythe however didn't seem to be paying attention as he brought up the arm to his maw, agonizingly slowly, or maybe this was now just a trick of perception, and he bit down. 

Scythe cleanly severed a giant chunk of All for One's shoulder and upper arm with just that one bite and as he did so All for One stopped moving and dropped to his knees in agony. His screams caused the rubble around the building to shift and the surviving support beams closest to him were being bent outwards by the force of his yelling. Scythe seemed to relish in this as he waited till All for One had stopped and started panting in exhaustion before taking another bite. Then another bite, and another, until the tip of the spike that was one an arm passed through his gullet and disappeared. 

Scythe felt full. He couldn't describe it properly...not in a way any mortal would understand, but he felt more him. Every bite he took of his former master's arm tastes better than any steak or red meat that he'd ever had; it tasted like he'd been given the best of all the best tasting meat that had been somehow combined into one single portion. It was a very fulfilling feeling, like every piece of himself that this monster had taken from him was being returned with eat bite. 

Scythe remembered voices...two were familiar but many were not. He could remember a different sort of imprisonment, but one that felt like it had a specific purpose in which didn't break him down but kept him alive and protected until he was ready. Scythe realized that one of the voices was familiar, it was the same voice as that pretty Dark Green Dragon with the nice Purple Eyes I saw during the gym incident with my parents. 

There were plenty of other memories that Scythe decided to reflect upon later as All for One had gotten over his agony and was struggling to his feet. his arm had been able to grow back up to the elbow joint but that's as far as it seemed able to regenerate as blood freely flowed from the wound. He staggered on his feet with a hunched figure and looked at Scythe with a Hateful glare. 

"Since I cannot kill you I will find what you care for most and should you not join me even then I will destroy all of it right in front of your pathetic crippled body." All for One said and a purple portal opened up behind him, "Even if I have to stake you to the ground and break every bone in your little body; you will pay for resisting your master like this!" With that he was pulled into the portal with purple hands made of smoke and the portal closed behind him. Scythe had taken the time to decide whether or not he wanted to use one of his mother's trackers and throw it through the portal to see if it would work as intended, but he didn't want to risk putting them in danger. This was something he had to deal with on his own and Scythe was determined to finish what he'd started, and gain the rest of his being as he did so. 

Scythe was about to reminisce in his newly re-attained memories when a hand appeared on his wing-joint at his shoulder. Scythe's body immediately went into defense mode: his tail wrapped around the offenders leg while Scythe used his speed to get out of their grip and off to the side before he yanked them into the air and slammed them onto their chest, hard. He realized who he'd just slammed unceremoniously onto their face and shrank away with embarrassment and guilt. 

All Might peeled himself from the him-sized dent in the ground and scratched the back of his head with embarrassment. Of all the ways he could've gotten the creature's attention he just had to choose the one that almost got him killed...again. He stepped off to the side and apologized, just as Scythe spoke. 

""Sorry--"

This brought about a confused pause from both parties and Scythe looked at All Might with a tilted head and a nervous tail, "You go first." He said and All Might swallowed nervously. 

"I apologize for my earlier actions young hero. I realize now that there were other ways of getting your attention than touching you..." All Might said with a bow, "I wanted to get your attention to thank you actually. If not for your quick intervention I would likely be laying on the ground cold and lifeless. So thank you, for saving my life." 

"It's fine really." Scythe said noticing something in the corner of his eye and walking over to investigate. "I don't actually remember saving you, so the fact I did so might have been due to pure chance. You see I got shot by something really painful and ended up in the great ocean somewhere...over there" Scythe motioned to every side of the building with a paw and picked up a small silver coin. "I blacked out after that so I don't actually know what happened." 

"I see?" All Might stood there confused as Scythe hopped over and behind him to look at his cape, tugging at it here and there and even poking it pointlessly with his claws as they went straight through every time without much resistance. "I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean. "

"I mean that if you had been closer, of if All for One had been at any other position of distance, even if he on opposite of you. I would have gone after him regardless of what obstacle was in my path, probably even going through you because you were just in the way of me getting to my prey."

"I see" All Might said looking down in confusion and a slight apprehension of the situation. "What did he mean by being unable to kill you?" All Might looked as the dragon twisted and bit off a small piece of the silver coin before tossing it behind him to look at the older hero. 

"I can't die. Even Death tried to, but she couldn't take my life." Scythe said and that only gave All Might even more questions: When did it discover this ability? How many times has it died? Who was this Death and what did she do to try and kill this little dragon? All Might shook his head and put a hand forwards, of which Scythe just looked at confused. 

"Well either way I thank your assistance young hero." All Might then turned away to leave when he thought about what would happen to the little creature should he just leave him alone. A being so powerful was bound to get noticed and with what he'd seen this little creature was something that was bound to gather quite a lot of negative attention along with the massive amounts of destruction it might cause. 

"Hey, uh, Scythe." All Might said turning around once again. "Where do you plan on going from here?" The dragon stilled and looked at the ceiling in thought before nodding to itself and pointing to the sky. 

"A friend is coming on one of those giant metal birds, so I was going to wait till it got here and follow..." 

"You mean a plane?" All Might said and Scythe's tail lashed behind him in annoyance but he nodded and looked around. 

"I don't know which one she might be on thought so I was just gonna look at all of them until I found her." He said and All Might paled. His mind went through the scenario of the small destroyer in front of him just flying up to a plane passing overhead and tearing a hole in its side to look for his friend. 

"Um, how about instead you follow me to the Hero Agency and I'm sure they'll be able to find her once your friends lands." All Might said and Scythe looked at him suspiciously before deciding to go along. He would be able to meet Elena soon and he'd be able to see the city that he'd been 'born' in along the way!

"Sure!" Scythe said and All Might visibly deflated. He was about to walk over to the little dragon when it suddenly disappeared and he felt a weight on his head and shoulders...and something tightening around his neck. "Can we get some food on the way?" All Might was still in shock as Scythe asked the question. One moment the creature was ten or so meters away from him and the next it was standing on his head practically strangling him with it's tail. 

All Might could see that it was being careful to not let the blade at the end of it's tail even come close to any part of his skin, and that settled All Might's nerves a bit. It didn't seem like this creature was threatening him, at least he didn't feel like Scythe was doing it intentionally. 

"Pllleeeaaasseee?" The little green dragon looked down at him with big round eyes and All Might caved. 

"Alright. We can stop by somewhere and get you some food." He said before walking to an open section of the building and leaping off of it towards the mainland. 

Hello Everyone! I'm still pretty bad at uploading but now that I have nothing left to read...not really anyways. I can focus on my stories, unless I get distracted by another movie franchise that I want to watch.

Yeah I got distracted, as usual, and watched Movies 5 through 9 of 'The Fast and The Furious' Series/franchise and that's what I've been doing for the past few weeks. Aside from editing a chapter of Reaper Dragon and I don't remember if I put out a chapter of Tortured Warrior recently or not...

Either way thanks for reading and I hope that you all have an amazing day/night, and I also hope you enjoy your summer break...if you have one. 

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