Cologne had told him that she suspected that the person who killed his mother would most likely be coming here. That was why he stayed in Nerima. But he was too angry to stay confined in the Nekohanten.
This was why Mousse was wandering the streets of Tokyo that night. He had a burning need to do... something, anything, rather than just sit and wait for the Sorceress to make her next move.
A muffled yell drew his attention. Following it, Mousse came across a scene that made his blood boil. Four men stood around a woman that had most of her clothes torn off. Nearby, a man lay on the ground face down, a pool of blood around him. Mousse was glad he was wearing his glasses, he didn't want to mess this up!
"Stop!" he yelled dramatically, jumping in. He was preparing to pull a sword from his robes when he realized he had made a critical error.
The leader of the punks had a gun. He shot Mousse long before the Hidden Weapons master could reach him.
Mousse crashed against the opposite wall of the alley. He'd been shot! He heard the punks talking around him.
"Heh!" One of them laughed. "Lookit. Another damn foreigner! We got lucky tonight!"
"Damn Chinese trash!" another agreed. "Bet he's been doing this bitch, too. Let's show her what a real man's like..."
Mousse knew he should be in pain, but his rage was all-consuming by that point! He would not accept that he was going to die from some punk with a gun, especially before he had his revenge on that Sorceress!
He would not accept it!!
Suddenly, he felt power coursing through his body. He stood up...
The punks realized their latest victim was still moving, and were turning back to have some sport. Then, they all almost lost control of their bladders as he seemed to combust!
Mousse changed before their eyes. His skin became pale white. His hair was turning into fire, as was his eyes. Small horns grew from his forehead.
The leader shot this... demon!... again. Only the bullets didn't seem to do anything to him.
Mousse snorted. He was prepared to release some of his weapons, but he suddenly knew he had better...
Raising his hands, chains made of solid fire manifested, and with a quick flick of his wrists, the punks were all tied up.
"Wh...what are you?!" One of them demanded.
Mousse chuckled evilly. "My name would do you no good. Now burn!"
And they did. All four of the punks were, in short order, nothing more than four charred corpses.
Mousse laughed some more, and with a swirl of brimstone, vanished.
***
Mousse reappeared on top of a building, many blocks away. He looked at his body now. No matter how much he tried, he could no longer turn back to his original form.
He shrugged. Mousse died in that alley. He was a half-blind failure, anyway.
Power, true power beyond anything he had felt before, was now his.
Ohh... he would still have his vengeance... as Onryou.
(Posted Tue, 10 Dec 2002 02:15)
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