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Underworld Prince
Assassin Damian
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Mercenary Marinette/hero
(TW: Mentioned of blood and violence)
Underworld prince, whose identity remained mysterious yet they all know he was dangerous and deadly. It was rumoured that when you get into his grasp, you wouldn't come out alive.
Damian Wayne, the youngest child of the Wayne family, one of the deadliest assassins in the Underworld, also known as the underworld prince alongside his brothers.
(Bruce Wayne was known as the leader of the underworld/King of the underworld.
Basically the rulers of the underworld, their identities are anonymous yet they are deadly and leading the underworld.)
Marinette, she didn't have a last name, her parents died when she was young, she then got picked up by some mercenary and lived the mercenary life.
She loved her life and cherished life, every life matters in her opinion.
She works as a mercenary in her life, She was part of a guild her adopted parents own, she took on quest and requests. Such as selling things and doing chores here and there, or doing some requests in the woods, hunting, it basically varies on what each person wants.
Her adopted parents didn't let her take on dangerous tasks because they were worried about her. Also because there was one incident that banned her from taking any dangerous task.
Especially anything involving the underworld requests, they would ban her from ever talking nor seeing about it.
She was in an accident once that involved the underworld. She had finally convinced her parents to let her do dangerous quests, it wasn't even that dangerous. Yet she somehow stumbled into the underworld and witnessed a murder rampage of one of the youngest underworld princes, he was wearing a mask. The scene was horrifying and bloody, bodies were everywhere surrounding said place, the ground was covered with blood of people there and him. His clothes were covered with blood from slaughtering the now dead people.
She, at that time, didn't know much about the dangers of the underworld, nor knew the dangers of the world. It was her first time witnessing any dead body or murder. She was scared and horrified. He turned to look at her, smiling.
"Huh, there's a leftover mouse" He smiled creepily at her while she trembled in fear. His suppressing and deadly aura was pressuring onto her.
He neared while she stumbled backwards, trying to avoid him and create as much gap as possible.
"S-stay away!" She panicked and he laughed, "Really? Do you really think you could escape?"
"I-I do! W-who are you?" She then questioned, unaware of his identity. He stopped in surprise, "You don't know me?"
"Yes? H-How would I k-know you?" She stuttered out in fear.
"Hah, you're lying" He continued onwards as she kept backing up.
"I genuinely don't know you! If I did, wouldn't I not ask the question?" She hastily argued.
"True, you don't look like what they would send nor do you look like you can fight. Or that you look dangerous. You truly look like a mouse" He chuckled to himself. She doesn't even look coming from the underworld.
"Hey! I can fight! My parents said I fight decently!" She argued while he shook his head amused.
She really doesn't know any danger does she?
She looks harmless and naive.
"What are you doing in this part of the world?" He then questioned as he stopped.
"What part of the world?" She questioned, confused, and he knew his assumptions were true.
"This is the underworld" Her eyes widened as he uttered the words.
"W-wait, underworld?! I-I'm not supposed to be here! How did I get here!?" She panicked. His assumption was correct.
"Tt, foolish girl, let me warn you. Don't bother going here again, I or the others might not be this forgiving and merciful. This is a dangerous place for a girl like you and the people residing here are deadly." He gave a deadly glare at her and warned her.
"I'll let you off this time because I'm feeling amused and merciful. Don't come here again, I'll kill you next time. It is a promise" He glared at her one last time as he left.
Her adopted parents found out she stumbled at the underworld and was worried for her. They were grateful that she was alive and well. They then forbidden her to ever enter that ever again. They then give her a long explanation of the underworld.
It was a dangerous and deadly place. Not everyone could come there unscathed. People die there everyday. The criminals and black market are there. Normal people couldn't enter unharmed, barely any people can enter and leave unharmed.
Even as far as her parents don't mess nor associate with the underworld unless it was necessary.
Also that there are rankings there. The leader or known as King of the Underworld with his 4 Princes, the deadly family of the underworld.
They are merciless when it comes to killing. They are assassins and rule the underworld, they keep the balance of the underworld.
What they don't know is that she's also the masked hero called Ladybug.
Since the incident, she vowed to be better and protect innocent peoples' lives from the underworld.
She learned martial arts and to fight from her parents. She became better and master after years.
She then started to help people around.
She helps people when they get gangged on by mobs or criminals. Or just saving pets here and there. She guarded the entrance to the underworld for innocent civilians or if criminals attacked any civilians.
She became known as the masked ladybug hero or short as ladybug. She deliberately chose an alias as a ladybug because its her favourite animal and that they bring luck.
She didn't dare to get inside yet, but her hopes were soon crushed.
She accidentally got inside the Underworld again.
She also stumbled to the masked Assassin she encountered years ago.
He was also in another killing rampage, but it was more brutal, the bodies sliced into weird shapes, the ground was covered in a pool of blood. More dead bodies than before. It was a horrifying and bloody sight.
She felt like she wanted to puke right then there but she held it in.
"Huh, another mouse stumbled in again?" He chuckled darkly, as he stared at her figure. His suppressing and deadly aura was more evident than before. It grew almost 5x.
"Y-you" She stuttered out as her eyes widened. She recognized him from years ago, he was the same other than he grew taller and more muscles seen. He definitely trained a lot in the years.
His eyes widened in amusement, recognizing her patterns, "Hmm, you must be the infamous hero, protecting the city, Ladybug" He smirked and she gave a nod. It was noticeable as her costume screamed ladybug, red with black polka dots pattern. She hoped he would be merciful towards her. Luckily enough, he doesn't seem to recognize her.
"Ohh, this is going to be fun" He smiled creepily as he unsheathed his sword.
"W-wait-" She barely dodged his strike and kept avoiding his lightning speed attacks.
His attacks were fast, precise and strong. Giving him an advantage based on physical appearance and gender. She hopes he will be willing to talk at least but he seems to prefer actions.
He kept striking repeatedly and that gave him the opportunity to look at her in close distance.
As he got to look at her closer, he recognized her. She was an innocent and naive girl from years ago.
"Oh, it's you, you changed." He smirked as he gave a hard blow to her. He finally recognized her, the girl from years ago.
"I need to keep my promise from last time" He smiled creepily.
"I-I.." Marinette tried to rebuke while holding off another strike.
"Yes, it was a promise I made to you, so I had to do it" He chuckled darkly.
As she strikes his attacks, "Y-you, why do you d-do this?" She pointed towards the dead bodies on the ground and held off his attack.
"Well, because I enjoy it" He shrugged while she glared at him, "You enjoy killing people?"
He nodded, "Yes, it's what I have been doing since I was born, I grew to enjoy it"
"B-but, they are l-lifes!" She argued while holding back another strike from him while he shrugged, "I don't care about them."
She glared while he glared back, "You do realize that people who come to the underworld aren't good people, right?"
She hesitated..She knew what he uttered was the truth, yet she couldn't help feeling injustice about their death sentence by him, "Yet you do not hold the right of someone's life or death."
His eyes widened in surprise, at such heavy words uttered from the once naive girl.
Hmm, quite an interesting change indeed, she became more intriguing over the years. Her choice to become a hero is quite a remarkable and odd choice.
As he decided to end her in a strike, he gave quite a hard blow and she went flying backwards and hit a tree.
She huffed in exhaustion and pain from the impact.
He smirked happily at her defeat.
"You, why did you become a hero? Quite a shocking change" He questioned, with a hint of curiosity and amusement.
"Because of you" His eyes widened in surprise and amusement.
"Oh?"
"After I witnessed the bloody scene you made, it switched something upon me" She admitted and glared at him.
"Good, quite interesting changes in you in the last few years" He stated, smirking, amused. He can't wait to see what more of her.
Damn it, he wanted to kill her now, yet, he couldn't quell the thirst to see her changes again. It wouldn't be fun to fight anyways with her being injured and exhausted. He would have to delay her inevitable/death like he promised too.
"I'll let you off this time because I know you wouldn't put up too much of a fight with a wound of yours I caused" He smirked while he sheathed his bloodied sword.
She glared at him while he continued, "Yet I still remember our promise, I will kill you the next time we meet. So I will be awaiting our next meeting" He smiled and chuckled darkly.
He then disappeared after he uttered his words. It seems as if he blended with the shadows.
There were no traces of him and it was as if he was never there other than the bloodied bodied laying and puddle of blood.
Marinette knew he was too strong and out of her league when it comes to fighting.
She should improve more of her fighting skills and fight with him, if possible win so he wouldn't be as smug as now.
Fire lit in her eyes in determination as she went back..
Extra:
"DEMON SPAWN ACTUALLY SPARED AN OPPONENT!?" Jason, the second child of Wayne family, eyes widened and mouth gasping in surprise
"HE DID?!" Dick, the eldest child of the Wayne family, gasped surprised.
"Did he?! I can't believe he had an ounce of mercy" Tim, third child of the Wayne family, commented, amazed.
Jason nodded hastily, "YES, I SAW HIS FIGHT-"
"YOU SAW HIS FIGHT AND YOU ARE UNSCHATED?!" Dick gasped in amazement.
"Yes, it seems that he was too occupied with said fight" Jason answered cheekily while Tim and Dick looked at him, confused.
"HE WAS FIGHTING WITH THE HERO LADYBUG!" Jason announced while the other two siblings stood up from sitting.
"You got to be kidding me!? HE LET GO OFF A HERO!? CRAZY!? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT?!" Dick exclaimed, very surprised. He wasn't mad or anything, just genuinely amazed.
"He let go Ladybug, the hero!? Amazing, I couldn't believe I got to see it before I died. " Tim muttered.
Damian, or known as 'Demon Spawn' by Jason, is a merciless assassin and killer. He would never let go of any opponent and would mercilessly kill them.
Him letting go of an opponent and as far as a hero is something very shocking.
"LADYBUG WAS ALSO A GIRL!" The other two siblings gasped loudly.
"A GIRL!? HE ACTUALLY TALKED TO A HUMAN GIRL VOLUNTARY!? CRAZY! HE EVEN LET HER GO!?" Dick exclaimed even more surprise than ever.
"I KNOW RIGHT!? I HAD TO TRIPLE CHECK THE SIGHT!? I WAS LIKE AM I DEAD?" Jason was amazed also.
"Oh, I have never expected that he would converse with a human girl ever in my life" Tim muttered, amazed.
"Right!? I really thought he would never until I was in my grave."
Damian never ever in his life converse with a girl willingly except for family members or maybe acquaintances (which was rare). He was as cold as ice and arrogant. Or would ignore them. So the revelation that he talked to a girl and going as far as to spare her, a hero is tremendous news. It hit the siblings like a truck. Good news, nevertheless.
"Though this is great news! I ship them together!" Dick exclaimed, excited at the revelation that he has a girl now.
"I agree, I wanna see the changes Demon Spawn has after he has a girl." Jason smirked cheekily.
Tim nodded, "I can't wait to see what will happen to him. "