Who needs a Kagune if you can have Badass Wings

After testing out his new skill Yami went back to the Anteiku. He wanted to know the combat-effectiveness of the skill as well but couldn't just randomly shoot around in town. He could tell that he was already seen while testing out his new design but decided to just let it slide. He didn't want to just kill someone just because they saw him. His "first blood" was only a bit prior and although he was surprised by his coldness towards killing, he didn't suddenly transform into someone who would murder just anyone.

The best way was to just teleport to Paradise, but at that moment he was just too excited and had the perfect vision for his Ukaku and was afraid that that spark of inspiration wouldn't last long.

[The constellation "Appreciator of beauty" has sponsored 200 Points.]

Yami decided to also visit Esdeath, Mikasa and Tsunade in Paradise after his testing. He was afraid that Esdeath would do something strange without him around and also wanted to check on Mikasa's and especially Tsunade's state.

Once again he had to praise himself as he looked around the mystical and magnificent garden he made.

"YAMI!!!!"

Like a hunting dog who found his prey he saw something or rather someone running towards him. The next moment this someone, who was Esdeath, hugged him with enough force that both of them would have fallen if Yami hadn't utilized his kagune to support himself.

Yami found it funny that the first real attack the Kagune was used to defend from was a hugging-attack.

"Wow, those wings are beautiful, why are they black and red now? Weren't they white last time?"

Esdeath was still trying to suffocate him in her hug while commenting on his new "wings".

"They are a new ability, would you help me test it? I don't know how strong it is and that way I will also be able to better judge your strength. I have a rough understanding that you are very strong from our duel, but I don't know how mighty you are exactly."

"Yami, I don't really want to fight my own husband… Do I get something if I win?"

"Of course my love, I will let you make any request. However, if I win, you will have to follow one of my requests. Is that okay with you, darling?"

She didn't know why, but Esdeath had a bad premonition about this "request" of his, but it also, strangely enough, made her feel hot. There was something about the slight grin and the way he said those words, which made something in her trigger. But she herself didn't know what it was.

"Okay, the winner will give the loser one order which can not be disobeyed."

Esdeath already had a lot of ideas of what she wanted him to do. One of those ideas came from her sadistic side, because she was a sadist, it would only be normal for Yami to be the masochist, right?

Yami took a bit of distance and spread his black and red wings. Different from Touka's Kagune, his Ukaku looked like real wings and were both the same length. This was because Yami made them look that way or rather changed them to look that way, the thought that it looked better, and it did. He could also use those wings to fly and at a high speed at that.

"Okay, as we did last time, I will flip this coin and the moment it hits the ground, both of us will clash. We fight until one surrenders or is unable to continue fighting."

Because he wanted to learn about his new Kagune, Yami decided to mainly use this skill. He could also use this chance to seriously fight against someone who used magic. Yami had fought a lot and had quite a bit of battle experience because of his time in Konohagakure but he knew he needed more real battle experience to improve. And because there were a lot of different kinds of enemies, from swordsman to magicians to dragons, angels and even gods. Most of them used magic so he needed to learn how to best fight this kind of enemy.

Yami saw that Esdeath had gotten ready and took out another coin. He flipped it and immediately got into a defensive stance, with his wings wide streched, it looked very imposing.

The moment the coin hit the ground Esdeath immediately used her ice-magic. She had learned from her previous defeat and really wanted to win this time. She froze everything around herself to get the field-advantage while simultaneously creating and shooting several gigantic icicles at Yami. After that an ice pillar shot out of the ground beneath her and shot into the sky.

Last time he closed their distance in a moment and "attacked" her in close quarters. Because of that she decided to distract him with an attack while gaining distance between each other. Yami seemed to be a close quarters fighter, so she needed to stay away from him while shooting him with her magic. With those wings on his back, it was clear that Yami could fly but Esdeath thought that it was probably harder for him to maneuver and dodge while flying instead of being on the ground. She hadn't faced anyone like Yami until now, so she decided to try this strategy and change it according to the situation.

Yami wanted to check the toughness of his wings so he used them as a shield against the icicles.

(Eve, if I remember correctly, Kagunes can change into forms, how do I do that, this wasn't part of the information I received.)

{Thats because those wings aren't just a Kagune. In fact they are your wings which have absorbed the abilities of the Ukaku like shooting the feathers. The wings are part of your body so they are already in their perfect stage and don't need to change in any way. Their strength and durability will depend on your strength and defense stat. The speed of the feather will depend on your agility. As your wife I already know your other question, no, the magic stat has nothing to do with the Ukaku because it is part of your body and not magic.}

(You know me well, I'm really blessed by God to have you at my side.)

{Glib tongue. Concentrate on your match with my new sister.}

The moment she said that Yami's wings were hit by great impact. He could feel the power behind those attacks and knew that if Esdeath had used all her power to launch one attack he would be in deep trouble.

(I guess that the Defense stat applies to all kinds of defense such as physical as well as magical damage?)

{Indeed.}

Standing and absorbing attacks wasn't a good move, Defense was his weakest stat so he decided to make use of his true advantage as well as the advantage of the Ukaku; speed and agility.

His wings flapped and the icicles that had been impaled into them were thrown away. Esdeath was in a high position and Yami wanted to try how flying works with his new wings, so he flapped them once again and shot into the air. Esdeath had also started her second round of attacks. Yami did a barrel roll to dodge the first projectiles.

[The constellation "Do a barrel roll" has sponsored 100 Points.]

His speed was tremendous. He had a Dexterity of 200 added with the fact that the Ukaku was enhancing his speed specifically made him even harder to hit.

Yami needed a bit of time to adapt to flight-combat but was able to stabilize himself quickly and was amazed at himself, he thought that he would struggle a lot more. However, dodging all the magic attacks was still hard for him and he decided not to rush towards Esdeath immediately because he would probably not be able to dodge all of them if he did.

He flew in circles around the ice- pillar while moving to the left and right to escape from the raining icicles. However, with each passing moment he managed to get more proficient with his wings. Having to constantly avoid being hit by ice that could kill normal humans in a matter of seconds, might have been a small incentive for his brain to learn faster. Being in a dangerous situation would make the body and mind work quicker and more efficiently.

Suddenly the hail of attacks stopped. But Yami was by no means relieved by that, he wasn't naive, he knew that Esdeath probably gathered her Mana to make a strong and decisive spell.

He flapped his wings with a lot of strength and shot right in the direction of Esdeath. If he was fast enough, he would be able to stop her before she finished.

The distance between both of them closed, 300 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters, 100 meters.

Esdeath and Yami were staring at each either one of them wanting to back down.

90 meters, 80 meters, 70 meters, 65 meters.

At that moment several more gigantic ice pillars appeared all around Yami and trapped him. After that he looked under himself and saw a drill of ice coming towards him.

(How to get out of here? Even with her strength these walls should be too hard…)

Yami's wings were very strong and with his 125 Strength he could even use them as deadly weapons. But this was a good occasion to test how it worked.

"Timber!!"

One of the ice pillars was cleanly cut through and fell just like a big tree.

{Playing song "Timber" now.}

Eve said while imitating the sound of Alexa, the voice assistant.

"I didn't buy an Alexa, I bought an Eve! GIVE ME BACK MY EVE!!!"

{I thought because you and the old man are always doing these kinds of jokes, you would like it...}

Yami flew out and started to once again dodge several different ice attacks, it seemed that Esdeath once again wanted to push him away to get time for another big attack.

"No, that's not what I meant, I just didn't like the artificial voice you spoke with. You aren't just some programmed robot, you are my Wife! So please continue playing Timber, I like that song and it will make me more energized for the fight."

Yami could hear something like happy squeaking noises but they were soon drowned out by the song which started to play again.

[... you better move you better dance …]

(Yeah, I have gained sufficient insight into both my wings and Esdeath's power. I should finally move and start my own attack.)

While dodging the attacks in the rhythm Yami shot towards the top Esdeath's tower of ice. It looked as if he was dancing in the air, his movements were smooth and quick.

He once again closed in, but this time the feathers from his wings suddenly started to shoot towards Esdeath. They cut through the air at a speed faster than a sports car. They looked cool and menacing at the same time and started to collide with the icicles. At the same time Yami was now almost at the top of the pillar, the attacks were intercepted by his own feathers.

The moment he landed on the ice, a rapier came at him with high speed. Yami was barely able to react and slide the blade to the side with his Kagune while his other wing cut towards Esdeath. She created an ice-shield to defend from the attack and both of them started to fight each other in hand to hand, or rather rapier to wings combat.

The Ukaku wasn't only able to shoot projectiles, it could also be used as a type of sword, with two of them on his back, it was like he was attacking with two swords at the same time. If he used his two hands and imitated a certain black swordsman's dual-wielding fighting style, he could go and attack with four "swords" at the same time.

[The constellation "A fine addition to my collection" is telling you that fighting with four swords at the same time is badass.]

Alone fighting with two weapons simultaneously would be very hard for a normal human because of it would have to control two things at once. However, because of Yami's "Perfect Brain", he was able to focus on several things at the same time.

The rapier and the Kagune clashed once again. Esdeath was using her magic to help her in the fight while Yami used both his wings to keep her in check and gain the upper hand.

There were several cuts on Yami's body and especially several small holes on his wings, but they were quickly recovered. But he still didn't make them all vanish because it wouldn't be good to use this cheat like ability against his wife. He also needed to train how to fight while injured.

Esdeath on the other hand also had a few cuts, the important thing was that her uniform was torn on several places but Yami had something else to focus on at the moment.

After a bit of back and forth Yami once again used his wings to stop an incoming stab from the rapier, but this time he didn't retreat, but instead moved forward, lodging the blade deeper in this Kagune while also closing the distance between the both of them.

If it was a sword, this would be a bad move because the opponent could just slice through the wings and decapitate the person, but a rapier was mave for thrusting and stabbing, it wasn't really made for cutting. Although Esdeath's design had an edge, it wasn't enough to easily tear through the feathers.

She used her left hand to make more ice attacks to create distance, so that she could pull her weapon out, but Yami already grabbed her hand and held it in a strong grip. He also used his other hand to grab her other hand.

"It seems we have found ourselves in a strangely familiar situation…"

But after saying that, Esdeath smiled, this time it was the smile of a warrior who had outdone his opponent.

The next moment several icicles and ice spikes pointed towards Yami's vital points.

"My dear, one shouldn't sell the hide before killing the wolf."

All the ice was destroyed by either the still free wing or the several feathers which came back after they had destroyed all the attacks of Esdeath. Actually, Yami could remotely control them and left them in reserve, in case a situation like this occured. It should be noted that he had to exert no small amount of effort to control them while fighting against a strong opponent.

With a wing against her neck and several feathers pointing against her neck and heart, Esdeath knew that she was outdone once again.

Strangely enough, she didn't feel bad about it at all, she was actually… happy?

"I accept my defeat. So, what is your order my husband?"

She made the ice piller descend bit by bit until both of them were on the ground once again.

The garden around them wasn't frozen anymore, in fact, everything looked as if it had never been damaged. That was because the Paradise had its own regenerative ability.

Yami looked at Esdeath and smiled, but it was a smile that made her shudder, it was like a devil was staring down at her. But this feeling made her feel something tingling in her lower area.

Suddenly something appeared in his hands, something which she never expected; a collar.

"Because you had some indecent thoughts about a S&M relationship, we shall do that, however, you will be the M and I will be the S."

Before she could say anything, she already had the collar around her neck.

"And as my first punishment, you will be sitting here for a bit and reflecting upon your mistake of thinking that you could dominate me."

The moment he spoke his first order, her body automatically sat down, like an obeying dog.

Yami had already disappeared in the direction of Mikasa's house.

Esdeath watched him leave as her blue eyes focused upon the collar around her neck. What she was thinking? Maybe God knows.

[The constellation "Useless Darkness is better than useless Explosion and goddess of USELESSNESS" looks at his work with satisfaction]