Daniel's Dangerous Dynasty

Daniel and Mina were in the back of Despair. Death practically cried tears of joy the whole trip up there.

"O-ho-ho-ho, it's... i-it's so beautiful! S-she's so beautiful!" he would say constantly.

Daniel and Mina paid it no mind, though, as they looked calmly at their sleeping baby. Mina was the one holding her, but Daniel had his arm wrapped around Mina's shoulder, so he felt as if he were holding his family together.

He looked at the baby, and giggled. "Hey there, Dina... welcome to the family!"

Then Death parked the car and opened the door for them.

When they made it to the front entrance of the house, however, Death felt something off. "Hold on, you guys... I sense something."

Mina looked at him, before noticing something, as well. She was shivering a bit. At first she blamed her nerves, as she was exhausted, and full of unusual happiness... but no... this was not that kind of shivering, after all.

Especially if Death felt something was off, as well.

And so, she offered the baby to Daniel, who in turn took her and held her carefully.

"Be careful, you two." he said.

"Always am." Mina replied, before nodding to Death. She snapped her finger, and her Cleaver was drawn.

Death nodded his head in return, before raising his hand to the door handle and opening it up.

The room was dark... unusually darker than usual.

Then... a pair of glowing eyes emerged. The left eye was bright blue, and the right one was bright red.

Death turned on the light, and there, in the middle of the Living Room, stood what appeared to be a blonde-haired man wearing a black tuxedo.

Death glared at him and snapped his finger, drawing his scythe.

"Who are you?" he asked.

The man inside said nothing, but took a single step forward... his eyes were locked, not on Death, nor Mina, but Daniel, who quickly leaned back, shielding his infant daughter in his arms.

Then, Mina and Death both rushed inside in a blur, slicing at him.

He only stood there and lifted both arms up, then caught the blades mid-swing... much to everyone's shock.

"W-what the Hell?! Y-you can't just catch a Reaper's Blade! That's... that's impossible!" Death called out.

Mina tried to pull her cleaver from this figure's grasp, but only managed to make it shake. She then leaped up in the air and kicked the figure in the face... but he was unfazed by the impact, and his focus only remained on Daniel.

"Mina! Get Daniel and Dina to safety! Hurry!" Death called out.

Mina nodded her head and released her Cleaver, then ran to Daniel outside, and grabbed his arm, carefully so as to not stir the baby.

They turned around, but froze in place when the strange man appeared between themselves and Despair.

Death's eye sockets widened as he turned around, only to find that the man was no longer inside, and rushed towards them again, standing between the family and the stranger.

Mina and Death then re-drew their weapons and rushed towards him again. This time, though, he snapped his fingers, and a black metallic curve-bladed sword emerged from the Void, with a blade as tall as himself, and as long as his hands.

He raised the blade up defensively with one hand and took a few steps back, placing his left hand behind himself, while Mina and Death sliced at him repeatedly.

His arm moved in a blur, as he blocked every single shot with ease, deflecting each blow questionably accurate, and to rub salt to the insult, his eyes were still focused on Daniel, as if the Queen of Hell, and Death, himself, were but minor background details, and nothing more.

Then he vanished in thin air, emerging behind Death. He swept his foot beneath Death's legs, tripping him in the air, then held his left hand below his back, as if to catch him. A blue glow emerged from his hand, and Death floated in the air before he could even land on the ground.

Mina, however, assumed a defensive position at this point, seeing this figure's immense power, and glared at him. "Alright, spill the beans, you fucker! Who are you?!"

He didn't give her an answer, though, and looked back towards Daniel. Upon taking another step towards the human, however, and Mina made another swing for the man's head.

Then a burst of air shot from below his feet, as a pair of black feathered wings spread from his back. He turned and swung his sword at Mina's Cleaver.

Upon making impact, however, the Cleaver started to vibrate painfully, forcing her to drop it. He then vanished behind her, and repeated what he did to Death; tripping her, but catching her mid-fall with his palm.

Daniel backed up, shaking his head and shielding his daughter with his arms.

"S-stay back!" he ordered the man.

But then, the man stopped in his tracks, holding his sword flatly. He raised it to his side, then curled the weapon blade-down, and pierced it into the ground, releasing it.

The man then stood there awkwardly, staring blankly at Daniel for what felt like eternity, before lowing his head down. He knelt down to one knee, and placed both hands on his elevated one. Then, for the first time since his mysterious arrival, he spoke.

"As you command, Master."