Daniel vs Queen

"And that is your weakness, Queen, of the Cards of the King," Daniel continues. "I may not be the man to watch out for here today…but because of my knowledge of your Cursed Ability, I know how to beat you."

"Oh?" Queen asks with a smirk. "And how is that?"

"Shadow Sickles: The Betrayal of One's Own Self!" Daniel shouts, and instantly, two Shadow Sickles wiggle their way out of Queen's shadow, one on either side of her. The chains of the Shadow Sickles wrap around Queen's wrists, keeping her arms bound.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" Queen stammers.

"TO CUT OFF YOUR HANDS RIGHT AWAY," Daniel finally answers.

The blades of Daniel's Shadow sickles fly towards Queen's hands, and -in a rush of blood- carves them clean off at the wrist. Daniel's blood-stained Shadow Sickles then retract back into Queen's shadow, as Queen's corpse puppets limply flop to the ground, without anyone to control their movements.

Queen's entire body trembles as she stares at her bare, bleeding wrists in agony. Her entire power has just been stripped away from Queen.

"I'm sorry, but there are no lows that I won't stoop to in order to-" Daniel begins to say, but he's cut off when Queen begins cackling madly.

Queen's eerie cackle continues as a small thread of purple Cursed Power wiggles out of her naked wrists, attaching themselves to the bottom of Queen's hands. The thread begins to retract itself, and as it does, it pulls Queen's hands back onto her wrists. Dozens of threads then sprout from Queen's wrists, wrapping around her wrists and hands to keep them attached.

"Are you a zombie?" Daniel asks.

"Do you really think that you're the first one to attempt cutting off my hands?!" Queen asks as she picks herself off of the ground. Threads of Cursed Power extend from Queen's fingertips again, attaching themselves to her corpse puppets again, which slowly begin to pick themselves off of the ground as well. "You neglected to think that I can use my Puppeteer on my own body, as well."

"So it seems," Daniel replies as a rush of black and dark gray Cursed Power bursts from his body. "You are not an opponent that I can hold back on," Daniel continues.

"Black Demon."

***

"Why the Hell are ya' following me?!" Mikey snaps.

"Following you?! I'm headed this way because I sensed Ace's Cursed Power!" I snap back.

Currently, Mikey and I are running through the halls of the Temple of the Almighty Torch after leaving Daniel behind to face Queen. The two of us are running to where we sense our opponents Cursed Power, who…well…are most likely just standing in the same room together, arne't they?

"Yeah?! Well I'm going this way because I sense King's Cursed Power!" Mikey aggressively replies.

"I care more about Ace than you do about King!" I snap.

Mikey and I continue bickering and running until we make it to the top floor of the Temple of the Almighty Torch and bust through a pair of doors which I believe to be the throne room that Queen spoke off, because when we make it through the doors, we're faced with our opponents.

"Ace…" I growl.

"King…" Mikey grumbles

"The half demon child and the Flames of Destruction Wielder," King smirks. "It's nice to see you two again."

I peer past King and Ace and look behind them, where I see an unlit, glowing golden torch standing on top of a podium in the center of the throne room.

Upon seeing what's catching my eyes, King smirks. "Ah, so you're feasting your eyes on the Almighty Torch, eh?" King asks and he takes a step to the side so that I can fully "feats my eyes" on the Almighty Torch, and motions towards it. "A beauty, ain't she?"

"I don't know how that torch will lead to you opening up the portal to Hell…BUT I WON'T LET YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT!" I roar.

"Really? You don't know?" King asks as he raises an eyebrow at me, sounding truly shocked. "I'm surprised that the Chairman of the Slayer Organization didn't tell you, much less send you on this mission? Perhaps he doesn't know…" King rambles.

"Know what?" I spit.

"Know what the Almighty Torch does," King smirks, causing my entire body to tense up. "It's fine that I won't be getting my hands in the Almighty Torch, because you will, Blue Demon."

"What are you getting at…?" I growl.

"You, Michael Hakan, you recently developed a black fire ability, yes?" King asks as he motions to Mikey. I turn to face Mikey as well. I remember the Chairman mentioning something about a black flame, but I haven't seen it yet. 

"Uh…yeah," Mikey answers.

"And what did you name it?" King asks.

"I call it my 'Flames of Destruction'," Mikey answers. "You mentioned its name earlier, but I don't know how you know it."

"That's because you didn't name it, the black flames named itself," King explains, causing Mikey's eyes to widen.

"Your black flames are but another piece of the puzzle to destroying the world to its former demon-ruled glory, as noted by the first half demon. According to him, they are a legendary Cursed Ability that can only be awakened when one with a powerful fire Cursed Ability user experiences utter trauma and intense hatred, like the death of one's parents. When the Almighty Torch is ignited by the Flames of Destruction-" King begins to say as he motions to Mikey. "And then wielded by a powerful half demon-" King continues as he motions towards me. "THEN THE PORTAL TO HELL SHALL OPEN!" King booms as he splays his arms out to his sides.

My entire body begins trembling. "So MIkey and I coming here-" I begin to say.

"-Was all a part of your plan…" MIkey finishes, as his body begins trembling as well.

"Well…not my plan, per say," King replies. "Why did you think War of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse killed your parents, Michael Hakan?" King asks as he motions to Mikey. "Or why do you think that the Four Horsemen send Daniel Reaper to awaken your own half demon powers?" King then asks as he motions to me. "And then, I had to kill Slayer Hachi to give you two the strength needed to develop the Flames of Destruction, or to wield the Almighty Torch," King finishes. "You two boys were pawns your entire lives, in a game started by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. All I did was pick up the pieces."

"N-no…this can't be…I stutter as my entire body grows pale and begins trembling. "Mikey-" I then continue, but before I can utter another word, Mikey's fist ignites in black flames with streaks of red, which Mikey uses to punch me straight in the gut, his fist piercing through the other side of my body. "M-Mikey?" I stammer as my eyes weakly flicker up to meet Mikey's who has a disgustingly wide grinning sneer on his face. My body then doubles over as I slump to the ground, too weak to stand up.

Mikey's hideous cackle is the last thing that I hear before slipping unconscious.

***

"As I assumed, you're the second half demon, and the mystery man who's been attacking our churches across the globe," Queen says.

"I'm not the half demon you want, but I'm the one that's here to defeat you," Daniel replies.

After Daniel resumes his half demon mode, the fight between him and Queen continues.

"Shadow Sickels: Scorpion Stinger!" Daniel shouts as he aims his right hand at Queen, firing off the Shadow Sickle wrapped around his wrist Queen's way.

In response, Queen wiggles her fingers -just a tad- in order to position Iaw directly in front of her. "Puppeteer: Slayer Iwa, Geomancy!" Queen shouts as Iwa slams his fist into the ground, causing a singular jagged spike of earth to pop out of the ground and protect Queen from Daniel's attack. That is, until Daniel's Scorpion Stinger pierces straight through the spike of earth, and then; through Iwa's left eye.

"Before, I was only able to use the Cursed Abilities of my puppets, but now -after further developing my abilities- I can even use Cursed Power technique with my puppets!" Queen exclaims as Iwa's entire body begins bubbling with earth-brown Cursed Power. "Puppeteer: Slayer Iwa, Cursed Power Barrier!" Queen shouts as Iwa grabs onto the chain of the Shadow Sickle piercing his eye tightly with both hands. And with a mighty heave, Iwa yanks Daniel towards Queen.

"Woah!" Daniel cries as the force of Iwa's tug sends him flying towards Queen. Daniel then uses the four Shadow Sickle sprouting from his back as well as his Shadow Sickle tail to stab them into the ground, so that Iwa can't drag Daniel any closer to Queen.

But unfortunately for Daniel, Iwa accomplished his goal, as Daniel is already in Rēzā's range. Rēzā thrusts both palms forwards, sending an emission of Cursed Power flying towards Daniel. But with Daniel using his five Shadow Sickle limbs to keep him tied to the ground, Daniel has no Shadow Sickles left to block nor time to spawn others, and is forced to tank to brunt of Rēzā's Cursed Power emission, which fires into Daniel in an explosion of smoke and Cursed Power. When the smoke subsides, Daniel's body is left charred and smoldering.