Chapter 80
A Cruel Reunion
Kingsman says
"I should have never-" Suddenly Kenji appears in front of Kingsman as he's holding a Ice sword and he tries to slash Kingsman but Kingsman punches the sword shattering it and he looks Kenji in his eyes as he says
"I-" Suddenly Kingsman feels something on his hand and Kingsman looks down as he notices the back of his hand is bleeding and Kingsman is *shocked* as he sees Kenji's sword cut his hand but Kenji punches Kingsman in the face making him slide back and Kingsman holds his face as he says
"I guess you're really not a little boy anymore, so I'll show you the respect you deserve as a warriors" Kingsman rushes Kenji and tries to punch him but Kenji ducks his punch as he elbows Kingsman in the side and uppercuts him making him stumble back as Kenji quickly rushes up and starts punching him all over until Kingsman catches both of his hand as he headbutts Kenji and knees him in the stomach as he spins around and throws Kenji back and Kenji's Ice flows behind him stopping him from flying back and Kenji rushes Kingsman and tries to punch him in the face but Kingsman catches his wrist as his hand is close to Kingsman's face and Kingsman raises his fist but Kenji opens his hand blast Kingsman in the face with his Ice pushing him back as a giant Ice Kuraokami shoots out of the ice blasting Kingsman in the chest and Kingsman is *shocked* as he thinks
"His mastery of his Ice is truly amazing, and I can feel how much he's really grown! You've trained alone and put your old power to shame, I'm truly proud of you!" Kingsman slams his foot into the ground stopping himself from being pushed back and he punches his chest shattering the ice as his sword flies towards the Ice Kuraokami but suddenly Kenji appears in front of the Ice Kuraokami with his hand up and Kingsman is *confused* as he thinks
"No matter how much Ice you-" Kingsman is *shocked* as Kenji catches his sword and Kenji slowly looks into Kingsman eyes as darkness surges all over Kenji and Kingsman is *stunned* as he steps back and says
"What have you become!?" Kenji tilts his head as he *smiles* at Kingsman and says
"Exactly who you've always wanted me to be!" Kenji rushes Kingsman and tries slashing him but Kingsman is able to dodge all of his slashes until Kenji tries to slash downwards towards Kingsman but Kingsman dashes to the side and Kenji slashes the ground as everything behind Kingsman is destroyed and Kingsman tries to jump back but he bumps into someone and Kingsman turns around and sees Kuraokami as Kuraokami charges an Ice blast but Kenji appears in front of Kingsman as he screams
"DON'T INTERRUPT OUR FIGHT!" Kenji stabs Kuraokami in the side as he surges with Ice pushing them forward through the air until he slams Kuraokami into the ground pushing Kingsman's sword deeper into his side as Kuraokami *screams in pain* and Kenji slams his foot down on Kuraokami's neck as he says
"You only move how and when I tell you too! Know your place!" Kingsman is *stunned* as he says
"W-What have I done to you!?" Kenji slowly looks at Kingsman as he says
"Isn't this what you've always wanted me to be! Now I've become what you've wanted, and you're still not satisfied" Kingsman says
"I...I didn't want this!" Kenji *smiles extremely hard* as he says
"You've always wanted me to change, and now I have! We are just alike now, IS THIS NOT WHAT YOU WANT FATHER!" Kingsman says
"I never wanted this for you!" Kenji starts shaking as a *tear falls from his eye* and he screams
"THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?" Kenji pulls Kingsman's sword out of Kuraokami's side as he turns to Kingsman and says
"You've always admired Dai's aggression, Riku's battle intellect and Itsuki's killer instinct! I now possess everything they had and you still aren't proud of me! What more do you want me to become!?" Kingsman says
"I've never wanted you to be anyone other than yourself" Kenji is *angry* as he says
"YOU'RE LYING! You were always trying to change me, you never cared about who I was! The only good thing you've ever said about me was because of my mother, you've never actually liked who I was. YOU NEVER CARED ABOUT ME BEFORE, I was always your last thought!" Kingsman is *shocked* as he says
"I loved you the best way I knew-" Kenji screams
"SHUT UP!" Kenji tightly grips Kingsman's sword but he *smiles* at Kingsman and says
"I don't need that now, and I don't need you!" Kingsman says
"I've never been the best at expressing myself and I'm sad you feel as if-" Suddenly Kingsman spits up blood as Kenji appears in front of him as he stabs Kingsman with his sword and Kenji says
"I said I don't need you! I've realized I don't need anyone, every time I've tried to allow people into my life they've been killed and I could never do anything about it! I don't wish to feel that pain anymore, so now I must kill you!" Kingsman clenches his fist as he reaches for Kenji but he notices Kenji's *holding back tears* as he's still *smiling* and Kingsman grabs his shoulders as he pulls Kenji into a hug and says
"Kenji, you are perfect just the way you were. I'm sorry if I made you feel as if you should become someone you're not" Kenji starts *crying* as he's still *smiling* and says
"Am I really not good enough!?" Suddenly Kenji's body surges with ice stabbing Kingsman all through his body and Kenji stumbles backwards into the ice as Kingsman notices Kenji's eyes start to turn bright blue and his body starts to freeze as he drops to his knees and *screams in pain* and Kingsman is *shocked* as he screams
"NO!" Kingsman tries moving but the ice stabbing through his body starts freezing him and Kuraokami slowly floats into the air as he says
"We were too late to accomplish our goal, but I see within you the potential to overcome this challenge! So I bestow all of my remaining power into you, Kenji the future is now within your hands!" Kuraokami's entire body starts emitting ice as it flows into Kenji and he *screams louder in pain* as he falls to the ground and the entire planet starts freezing as Kingsman *angrily* screams
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"STOP, YOUR HURTING HIM!" Kuraokami looks at Kingsman as he says
"Even if my comrades cannot see my vision of a better world, that doesn't mean I'm going to give up on my dream!" Kuraokami looks at Kenji as he says
"You must be strong, you truly are reality's last hope! If you fail then everyone will suffer for it, you are reality's last champion!" Kingsman shatters the Ice around him as he rushes Kuraokami and grabs him by the neck as he says
"Stop this, his body can't handle it!" Kuraokami says
"I'm glad we could all come to an understanding one final time!" Kingsman is *confused* until he notices the wind is starting to pick up and he turns around as he sees Fujin with his hand in the air as a tornado violently spins around his hand and Kingsman slams Kuraokami to the ground as he rushes towards Fujin and tries to grab him by his neck but Fujin *smiles* as he says
"I think you are correct Kuraokami, Kenji will be our perfect vessel to finally be rid of Kingsman!" Fujin's entire body turns into wind as it flows into Kenji causing wind to surge all through his body destroying the ice around him as a giant tornado forms around him but suddenly Kingsman hears lightning and Kingsman quickly turns around and sees Raijin's finger in the air as he's still face down and Kingsman's darkness surges as it reaches towards Raijin but Raijin turns into lightning as it flows into the tornado and the tornado violently surges with lightning and ice as Kenji *screams even louder in pain* and Kingsman rushes towards the tornado but suddenly it erupts into flames with such force it sends Kingsman flying back as he slams into the ground and Kingsman is *confused* as he says
"How the hell did the power of the Phoenix infuse with him as well!?" Kaito appears next to Kingsman as he helps him to his feet and says
"I believe it's essence may have been still scattered throughout reality after it surged with fire! Fujin must have used his wind to pull it together!" Kingsman is *worried* as he says
"All that power combing with him at once could kill him, I have too-" Suddenly the tornado stop spinning as all the elements stop surging out of the tornado and it slowly fades away and Kingsman is *shocked* as he sees Kenji standing up and looking into the air with his eyes closed as all of the elements slowly flow across his entire body and Kingsman steps forward as he says
"I truly have underestimated you, but I knew in time this is where you would stand. My final connection to this reality, I knew this fantasy would come crashing down one day. I just never wanted you in the rubble!" Kenji slowly looks down as he opens his eyes and him and Kingsman lockeyes as Kingsman notices Kenji's eyes are now the color of the elements and Kenji says
"I hate you! You destroy everything my father has built, all of his hard work,time, effort, all for nothing! You are nothing but an impostor using his face!" Kenji's voice shakes reality as it echoes and Kingsman says
"I understand why you say these things, you hate me because I hurt you. You hate me out of pain, not out of anger! I know you wish I was the man you grew up with, but he was a shadow of the man I wanted to become, but I could not be that man after everything I’ve been through and everything I’ve watched happen to the life I’ve wanted. If they had not come and killed my shadow and I had lived the life I dreamed, I would not have come out of my seal even after I died. I would have lived eternity in that seal knowing I got to see every part of the life I’ve wanted, but they could not allow that. They forced me down this path, but I am judged for walking it” Kenji says
“No! You no longer get to be the victim, you choose to kill Itsuki! You said you watched us, so that means you started to see him as your son but yet you still killed him. They didn’t kill him, you did! They’re not trying to destroy reality, you are! You cannot blame them for something you’re actively doing! They aren’t here and you’re still doing it, how would you say it’s there fault for your chooses!?” Kingsman says
“I know you do not understand, but this is the only way to true salvation. Tell me an outcome where death isn’t necessary” Kenji says
“You can leave right now, and never come back!” Kingsman says
“And what about the wars that will spark because of the power vacuum it will create in the world, with two regions open and neither me or Kaito in sight! Everything you wish to avoid will unfold tenfold, we have been the only thing keeping the world peaceful. Because they knew the consequences of seriously angering either of us, but now we are both just gone and no longer threatening the world. It will be pure anarchy and everything you wish to prevent will come in unstable waves, we are the dam that holds back the flood that would swallow this world! With us gone the ones that replace us will only get worse, if we leave everything falls apart!” Kenji says
"If you truly have all the answers, tell me something. Why do people need to die!?" Kingsman says
“Even if I do the things you ask and stop my assault now and return to the world, it will only be a matter of time before something else steps up and there's no telling the horrors it will commit . I truly did hate them, but I understood they are a part of nature and are required for reality to function. Someone must maintain and keep balance through this reality" Kenji says
"So why not save this one? Why not fix this reality!?" Kingsman says
"It is wrong, a place made to attract malice and evil! That is not the reality I wish for everyone to enjoy, even if you were to step up and take the mantle it will always end the same. Your ideals now are noble, but one day you will realize the true pain people cause upon one another for reasons they cannot understand. You must understand for this reality, it's simply the way it works! And one day when you inevitably try to help everyone, you will see that our ideals are more alike than you understand. But in this new reality, the nature of it will be very different. But if you truly don't trust me to stay true to my word, then why not stand with me and see! If you truly believe my ways are too cruel then help correct them” Kenji says
“People make mistakes, and it is their job to fix them. You cannot create a world without mistakes, as people that is just how we are. But those mistakes don’t make us bad people, that’s just what make us people. What your trying to turn people into is unnatural, we are not perfect” Kingsman says
“Even when those mistakes cost millions of lives, trauma, pain, suffering, scars so deep you cannot even imagine what caused them! People will make mistakes, that is true. But now they will have something influencing there kindness to overtake the hate within them, I don’t wish to make a world without mistakes but a world where people are born with an inherent value for life. Every single person brought into this multiverse was brought in with the intention of war, everything around us was created as a tool of destruction! In this world I will instill everyone with true love and compassion for human life, something they could never do here because they were so far from it upon their creation. We are like ants being looked down at by a man standing in the clouds, they did not care how many lives needed to be taken just for them to achieve success. And that kind of mentality bleeds into their creations, their only desires have been to conquer and rule everything! If I am not the one who steps up, reality will create something to maintain balance. My thoughts are of a more peaceful world, I am not so naive as to think I can make a world of pure peace. But I can help this world” Kenji says
“Look at what they became because of their power, you will only become more like them the more you are unopposed. You will grow accustomed to being the one and only person who’s voice matters and if anyone opposes you they will die for it” Kingsman says
“If I was alone in this never ending journey then I would say you are correct, but I will have the counsel of the only person with a pure mind and soul beside me. We shall maintain the balance of discipline and compassion” Kenji says
“That is why I stand against you, that is not your place!” Kenji slowly walks towards Kingsman and Kingsman says
"But to achieve the things this world deserves, I must take on this burden!" Kenji stops in front of Kingsman as he says
"No, choices like that are beyond us! You may understand some of the weight of making difficult decisions, but you aren't the one who makes those choices!" Kingsman says
"If you believe someone else should step up, then you'll have to kill me!" Kenji says
"Alright!"