Chapter 7: The Cat with OCD

(New year, new rules. I've decided to stop doing something in writing, bet you'll guess what it is.)

William's older brother, Zacharie Zai, was known for many things, but no one knew what his strongest characteristic was. Most would say his confidence, others would say his selflessness, but there is a few who know him for one certain issue he suffers with. And that is his struggle for perfection.

Zacharie has a bad habit of keeping things symmetrical, like his plain clothes and the position of the shapes on it, and it genuinely irritates him that he was born with two asymmetrical eyes.

(If you remember the drawing back in the first part, you'll see what I mean.)

But when he isn't blinded by this obsession with symmetry, he's known for being an excellent warrior, taking jobs on a special list that King Zai had made shortly before he died. This list is called the Order of Execution, a magical board in the middle of the castle town which displays the name, face, and location of Oozai planning dangerous activities like murder and organized crime, and are free to be killed with no questions asked.

Zacharie's greatest mission was that of the Moon Clan, originally formed from being a branch of the infamous Mez family. (Gohma's relatives years before his father.)

Thirteen years ago, they gained their infamy for their ruthlessness and under taking any assassination mission for money, be it man, woman, child or even animal. They became renown for their attacks and killings in various parts of Oozai Realm such as Needle Village, a settlement of cactus-like Deku.

Having violated the rules established by Zai in the process, Zacharie singlehandedly eliminated the entire clan with his bare hands. This is suspected to be another motive for Gohma's desired destruction of the Zai Family, and another reason to release Lokaal.

Zach's current target is Orkiindah, an Oozai who's crime is that of necromancy, and is currently assembling an army of the undead on Earth. It had come to Zoozai's attention that other Oozai have been visiting said planet ever since William started living there, and it was also confirmed that he was one of Gohma's hired killers.

Egypt, this is the location of Orkiindah's base of operations on Earth, specifically located in one of the world's vast desserts, with a special pyramid that Orkiindah created with the help of his secondary ability, that being sand manipulation. The structure was not like the Earth's pyramids, as it was a perfect cone in three segments like a cake, each segment had four smaller cones, two on each side, and a big red eye sat right in the middle of the second layer.

Zacharie thought to himself, "He may be my enemy, but God damn, does he know symmetry or does he?!" He just had to get a picture before painfully destroying it once he kills Orkiindah, and he just so happens to have a camera on him, despite having no visible pockets. After taking in the view, Zacharie entered the pyramid, and found that each tunnel and chamber was as equally symmetrical as the outside.

But as he was gleefully snapping photos, he walked straight into a group of humanoid zombies, a combination of stitches, wrappings, and rotting flesh in various shapes and sizes.

Sure, they were frightening, but Zacharie was stronger. He summoned his claws and tore each asymmetrical abomination to bits. Before resuming his journey downwards, the head of panda from one of the zombies rolled into his foot.

He held it over his head, about to praise it for being even on both sides, but after noticing it had a small tooth sticking out on the left side, he kicked it around the room like a soccer ball, reducing it to a bloody, rotten mess. Not too long after, Zach made it to the final chamber with four pillars and a figure in a tan robe standing in the middle of them, along with a circle of magic characters in the Oozai language.

(Orkiindah)"Zu'u faan voknau faal Veyd Sahvoz, wah daal sizaan sil wah lein do nahl! Vos daar vodahmin rel wah paagol faal Gol ont zos!"

(Orkiindah)"Sil Vokrii Daal!"

He shouted at what looked like one of those old coffins Kings in Egypt would be placed in when they died. The sarcophagus now had a dark crimson glow around it, and whoever was inside began to groan.

(Zacharie)"Orkiindah! I've come to put an end you!"

(Orkiindah)"Oh? I thought I heard someone earlier. ...Zacharie? I guess you heard of my arrangement with Gohma, and now you wanna kill me?"

(Zacharie)"You sound like you've been through this song and dance before."

(Orkiindah)"Well if you've lived the way I have, you'd people waiting you dead, too! Wait, that's already happening!"

(Zacharie)"We'll take care of Gohma after I kick your ass!"

(Orkiindah)"Ooh! I'm so scared!! Seriously, is that all you can think of?! You sound like an edgy teen! Sil Vokrii Daal!"

He shouted at the coffin again, this time bandages came out from the small opening on both sides. A demonic voice from inside began to shout "Pharaoh!" and, "Wrath!" multiple times, attempting to grab onto Zacharie.

(Zacharie)"The hell is this thing!?"

(Orkiindah)"This is the revived soul of Anubis, a pharaoh named after the Egyptian God of Death! Apparently some Witch attempted to bring him back once before, but messed up and ended up getting eaten!"

(Zacharie)"How do you know that?"

He showed the Prince a dismembered hand, that somehow managed to speak.

(Hand)"I'm still alive..."

The mummy's wrappings formed into spikes, blades, and a great big mallet, but the Oozai was too fast for the undead being.

(Orkiindah)"Vuth Vuth Tul!"

He shouted at Zacharie, and the Prince's body suddenly froze standing still, a green aura appeared on all his joints.

(Zacharie)"Sh-Shit! A paralysis spell!"

He tried using a spell to reverse Orkiindah's, but his eyes were now closing against his will. If an Oozai has their eyes closed, they cannot use their magic. With enough effort, he could open them for a second or two, but they would immediately shut once more.

(Orkiindah)"Ha! You're in for it, now! Anubis is gonna crush you first, then I'll go after your little brother!"

The mummy's bandage blades cut into his arms and legs, spikes  went through his shoulder and abdomen, and the mallet slammed him into the floor, cracking his body like an old statue.

(Zacharie)"No...i-it can't end like this...!"

(Anubis)"I'll finish this one with my own hands, it'll be different this time...!"

The coffin split open, revealing the Pharaoh within.

Somehow, despite still being paralysed, Zacharie sat up with his eyes wide open. They looked at each other for a few moments, and Zacharie finally said.

(Zacharie)"...What. The. FFFUUUUUUUCCKK!?!"

He brought free from his paralysis, and began pointing out every needless part of Anubis' body.

(Orkiindah)"Huh??! How did he-"

(Zacharie)"What the fuck is this?!! No, seriously, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING!?! You're a fucking mishmash! I've never seen anything like this in my goddamn motherfucking life! I thought the Egyptians liked symmetry or some shit! There's not an even part on you at all!!!"

(Zacharie)"Except for your forehead!"

(Anubis)"You've got to be kidding me! He's just like that other kid from last time!?"

Zacharie brought out his claws, this time much longer, and began cutting the pharaoh to ribbons. He shouted, "NOT AGAIN!!!", before there was nothing but the little smiling face intact. In a blind rage, the pink Oozai cut up the rest of the room, specifically the four pillars.

(Orkiindah)"Wait, stop! Those are the-!"

Before he could stop the man, the pyramid crumbled into normal sand, burying the two Oozai.

(Orkiindah)*Head pops out from the sand*"...Support columns..."

(Hand)"Same thing happened to me."

(Orkiindah)"Oh, shut up, Samantha!"

Zacharie emerged from the ruins, the worst of his injuries now healed.

(Zacharie)"Ok, NOW I'm seriously gonna kick your ass for making me look at that fucking thing!"

(Orkiindah)"Don't get cocky just because you killed Anubis, I can just bring him back again! Sil Vokrii Da-"

Before he could finish the spell, a figure with pink hair and a black sword flew in and cut the necromancer's head clean off.

(Zacharie)"What the hell?!"

(Crona)"O-Oh...you aren't him...? Your soul felt like his..."

(Zacharie)"What are you talking about?"

(Erik)"Crona, let me explain it to him."

Something seemed to be moving within Crona's back, and a demonic creature suddenly emerged from a mass of black liquid. It was like a muscular humanoid wearing white gloves with black lines on each fingers, metallic wristbands, and an unusual face. It was a big white "O", with a singular eye in the middle.

(Erik)"Uh, hey. I'm Erik, and this is my partner Crona. We're looking for a kid named William Gorgon Zai, and we heard that he lives somewhere on Earth."

(Zacharie)"You're looking for my little bro, eh? So you must be another one of Gohma's goons sent to kill him!"

(Crona)"N-No, no! We j-just wanna talk to him, it's important!"

(Erik)"We have no intention of harming the kid, truly."

(Zacharie)"How do I know you ain't lying?"

(Erik)"Have you ever heard of the Witch, Medusa Gorgon?"

(Zacharie)"Medusa? ...Yeah, my dad married her a couple hundred years ago, what of it?"

(Crona)"She...she was my mother, too."

(Zacharie)"What??"

(Erik)"It's true, Crona and William were born from the same woman, and the only ones who were given the Black Blood."

(Zacharie)"Black Blood? The hell's that?"

(Erik)"Haven't you noticed how your brother's blood isn't red? Medusa invented a biological weapon in the form of black blood cells that can defend its host from most damage, like me."

(Zacharie)"That's where you're wrong, William doesn't have a big demon thing coming out his back!"

(Erik)"He doesn't? Then he still hasn't awoken yet. Please, we just want to talk to your brother for a while, nothing more, nothing less."

Zacharie's eyes started to glow  white, and he looked into Crona's soul. It was magenta, just like his brother's, and using his magic, Zacharie could detect high amounts of E.X.P, which stands for "Execution Points", another term that Oozai created. Because of the amount of Execution Points, Crona had a high Level of Violence, about 17, an amount which takes a lot of bodies to rack up. But even with this level, Zacharie found no ill intentions to harm his brother.

(Zacharie)"...Fine, I'll tell you where he is. He's in Los Angeles, in a town called Echo Creek. His house is kinda shaped like my head, but now there's a big castle thing sticking out the side, ugh..."

(Crona)"Th...Th-Thank you...let's go, Erik."

The dark creature morphed into some kind of dragon, and the two flew off.

(Zacharie)"Those two give me some strange feelings, just hope talking is all they...wait, where's Orkiindah!?"

He looked around, and saw the Oozai running of with his severed head in his arms.

(Orkiindah)"I'll get my revenge! Just you wait!"

(Zacharie)".........Ok."

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