Winter vs August, Part 1

"AUGUST! WINTER!" A voice barks. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

August sighs as he turns away from Slayer Kaze -who he was mere seconds away from killing- before turning around to face whoever snapped at him.

"What is it no-" August grumbles, but August pauses and his eyes widen when he sees who snapped at him. "Mother, what is it?!" August frantically clears as he kneels to the floor.

Winter looks around frantically with wide, panicked eyes, before following her brother's actions.

"I ordered you two to kill as many Pro Slayers as possible, but here you are yacking it up with a single opponent?!" Famine snaps as she marches over to her two half-demon children. "How have you not killed him yet?!"

"I'm sorry, mother, I was just about to kill him before-" Austin frantically explains, but he's interrupted when Famine aims a hand at August. Famine's pointer finger morphs into a kraken tentacle which flies over to August, wrapping around August's neck and forcing him into the air.

August gasps for breath as he scratches at Famine's tentacle in protest. Meanwhile, Winter stares at her brother, teary eyed. And fearful that Famine would do the same to her.

"Before what?" Famine spits as she drags August over to her.

"Before…you showed up…" August weakly answers, gasping for breath due to Famine's tentacle wrapped tightly around his throat.

"I'm just a little testy after June's death…" Famine growls directly into her son's face, having used her kraken tentacle to drag August directly in front of Famine.

August shudders in fear in response to his own mother's words.

"Prove it," Famine orders as she tosses August away from her, who lands on the 

ground in a cloud of dust before Kaze.

"Prove…what…?" August croaks out as he rubs his throat, which has fierce red markings on it due to Famine's bindings.

"Prove that you were going to kill that Slayer over there," Famine explains as she retracts her kraken tentacle back to its standard length.

Slowly, August pushes himself off of the ground and turns back to Kaze. Kaze stares up at August in fear as August brings a fist high above his head, reinforcing it with his red Cursed Power.

"I'll kill you…FOR THE SAKE OF MY MOTHER!" August roars as he swings his fist downwards. Kaze squeezes his eyes shut, prepared for death. But before August's attack can connect, Winter swipes her hand towards August, freezing his arm.

"EH?!" August cries as he turns to face his sister. "Let me go, Winter!"

"Winter, what is the meaning of this?!" Famine roars.

"Brother…don't kill this man…" Winter shudders. "Even if you do…mother is just going to keep abusing us. We need to…team up and kill her, before she kills us…"

August is silent.

Famine's eyes widen.

"Are…you…SERIOUS WINTER?!" August roars. "WE WERE ONLY CREATED BECAUSE FOR MOTHER'S SAKE, WITHOUT HER WE'RE NOTHING! IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A PURPOSELESS LIFE, FINE BY ME, BUT DON'T DRAG ME DOWN WITH YOU!"

Famine removes her glasses with one hand, bridge the bridge of her nose with her other hand, and sighs. "Just because I was raising my new child doesn't mean I don't care about you Winter," Famine sighs, before slipping her glasses back on and turning back to face her daughter. "It seems that you and I don't see eye to eye. Which is fine, this diversion was bound to happen sooner or later. Unlike August, you're a failure."

"F-failure…" Winter whimpers.

"While physically; you are a masterpiece, with strength surpassing even August,-" Famine explains, causing August's eyes to widen.

"No...no way…" August stammers. "You've always said that I'm your perfect, favorite child, mother…?"

"I'm…stronger than August…?" Winter asks. "Then why did it take me longer to awaken my half-demon powers?"

"-Emotionally, you are a failure, and mentally, as well," Famine continues, ignoring August's pleas, yet answering Winter's question. "You are more human than you are a demon, Winter, so I can't truly see you as my daughter. So alas…you must go," Famine sighs as she aims her tentacle at Winter. "This will hurt you a lot more than it'll hurt me." Famine then pauses and frowns. "OH WAIT, I GOT THE SAYING REVERSED!" She cackles. "Whatever!"

"You must die now, daughter."

Famine laughs sinisterly as she shoots her tentacle towards Winter, who flinches and cowers under her mother's might.

"I still can't…bring myself to harm my own mother…" Winter whimpers as Famine's kraken tentacle continues flying towards her.

But mere seconds before Winter can get skewered by Famine's tentacle, a mighty white wolf leaps in the way, slashing through Famine's tentacle with its mighty claws before landing on the ground before Winter, snarling at the demon.

"Oh…?" Famine smirks as her kraken tentacle reverts back into her bloody arm. "Things have gotten interesting."

Winter turns around, seeing three new faces jog up to them.

"Are you alright?" Ivy asks as she kneels before Kaze, helping the Slayer to his feet.

"Yeah…I'm fine…" Kaze grunts as Ivy helps him off of the ground. "I can still fight."

"No need!" Ralph booms as he constructs a bow and arrow out of his golden Cursed Power and knocks an arrow back, aiming it at Famine and her two children. "We'll take care of these two!"

"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Kaze cries. "Those two half-demon kids are strong enough! You can't face a member of the Four Horsemen on top of them!"

"Don't worry," Winter chimes in. "You four can face Famine. I'll take care of August."

"And why should we trust you?" Slayer Renzu asks. "You were just fighting against Slayer Kaze a moment ago!"

"Because my mother wants to kill me as much as she wants to kill you," Winter answers, causing Renzu's eyes to widen.

"Alright, alright, as much as I'd love to fight August, I'll leave him to you," Ralph smirks as he aims his bow and arrow at Famine.

"My Cameraman tells me that you'll die if you stay any longer," Renzu orders as she turns to face Kaze. "You should leave."

"Right…" Kaze shamefully answers before hustling away.

"Brother...I'm sorry…" Winter softly says as she places a hand to the ground. A line of ice spreads across the floor towards August, freezing his feet to the ground. "Brother, why...why do we have to kill humans?" Winter asks.

"They trapped our family in Hell for thousands of years and greedily ruled over the surface! We're killing humans in revenge for our mother and the rest of the Four Horsemen, you idiot!" August snaps.

"But we're half-demons, you and I," Winter replies. "We're both human and demon. Why can't we get along with both sides and establish peace?"

THEY SEALED OUR FAMILY IN HELL, WINTER, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?" August shouts.

"Only because the demons enslaved humanity!" Winter shouts back. "It's no wonder they locked all of the demons away In Hell! And do you truly want to get revenge for our mother, the demon who abused us for all these years…"

"Winter…why would you do such a thing…?" August wimpers.

"AUGUST!" Famine booms, causing her timid son to flinch.

"Yes…mother…?" August meekly asks. "Kill Winter! If and only if you succeed in doing so…I'll grant you the title as my favorite son again!"

August's eyes widen as a creepily wide smile spreads across his face. "Yes, mother…" August replies.

"Anything for you."

"Don't worry," Ivy smirks. "I've been having trouble controlling Lycan, lately. His blood is boiling.

"Lycan's been itching to kill Famine."

***

"Tch. So that's how it is, eh, little sister?" August cackles with a smirk "DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOU CAN BEAT ME?! ALL THAT YOU ARE, MY DEAR YOUNGER SISTER, IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APACOLYPSE'S ENEMIES, SO I HOPE THAT YOU'RE HAPPY!"

"I'll save you from the sins of our past, brother," Winter replies as her icy aura swirls around her.

The fight between August and Winter starts off when August sticks both hands out to his sides. Mounds of flesh begin bubbling out of August's arms, and splat to the ground. The blobs of flesh then begin to rise off of the ground, molding themselves into clones of August. "Flesh Clones: Doppelganger!" August shouts as his clones begin madly charging Winter.

Once in front of Winter, the two clones reinforce their entire bodies with August's red Cursed Power and aim a flurry of punches, kicks, and elbows upon Winter, who reinforces her entire body with her icy-blue Cursed Power, and counters with a few hand-to-hand combat techniques of her own. But being a ranged fighter while also being outnumbered two to one, Winter soon finds herself overpowered by August's clones. August's clones then knock Winter away, sending the genetically-engineered half-demon tumbling to the ground, before charging Winter again.

Quickly, Winter scrambles to her feet and holds a hand out to August's two flesh clones. Once August's two clones are before her, Winter says; "Cryokinesis: Frostbite," as she swipes her hand downwards, freezing the air around August's clones, and freezing them in place.