Chapter 59
A Sacrifice For Unknown Reasons
Ryoto lets out a primal roar as he starts killing everyone in sight and the entire village is *panicked* and some of the villagers run towards the front gate but Ryoto picks up two houses and throws them at the main gate destroying it as he continues to kill everyone in sight and everyone's running away from him but a boy is standing in the middle of the street *shaking in fear* as him and Ryoto lock eyes and Ryoto rushes him and reaches for the boy but the boy suddenly vanishes as a voice from behind Ryoto, says
"Find your family!" As Ryoto turns around he sees Shiryu with a spear in his hand and Shiryu notices the aura around Ryoto as he says
“What the hell is wrong with you Ryoto!? These are the people you called family, half of the people in this village you saved from other warriors terrorizing them, some from wars, others enslavement and poverty. Now you're just going to kill them!" But Ryoto just roars back at him and Shiryu says
“I do not know what has gotten into you Ryoto, or even where Kingsman is but I cannot let you continue” Ryoto rushes Shiryu as he starts violently swinging towards Shiryu and Shiryu's able to dodge all of Ryoto's strikes until Shiryu uses his spear to block one of Ryoto's punches as Shiryu hits Ryoto's across the face with the back of his spear and hits Ryoto in the stomach with the back of his spear as he kicks him in the face making him stumble back and Shiryu rushes up as he stabs his spear into Ryoto's foot pinning him to the ground as Ryoto *screams in pain* and Shiryu opens both of his hands as another spear appears in his hand and Shiryu hits Ryoto in the stomach with the back of his spear as he slams the back of his spear into Ryoto's shoulder blade dropping him to one knee as Shiryu says
“Enough of this Ryoto, stop! I don't know what has taken over you, but I know you're strong enough to fight it!” Ryoto lunges towards Shiryu but Shiryu doesn't flinch as Ryoto is stopped as the spear is still stabbed in his foot and Shiryu says
"Stop Ryoto, I've known you my entire life I truly don't wish to kill you. We've been through so much together, I don't wish for it to end between us like this" Jushiro looks down towards Shiryu and says
“He does not feel the same about you, truthfully he doesn't feel anything anymore” Shiryu notices Jushiro staring at him and he uppercuts Ryoto knocking him onto his back and Shiryu stabs his spear into Ryoto's shoulder as he creates another spears and stabs it into Ryoto's opposite shoulder pinning him to the ground as he walks towards Ryoto's house and he looks up at Jushiro as he says
"Who the hell are you!? And what have you done to Ryoto!?" Everyone walks over to the edge as Haruto *smiles* and looks down at him and says
"We're the ones you pray too!" Shiryu says
"If I ever prayed to people as pathetic as all of you I'd never raise my hand as a warrior again" Jushiro says
"Then don't, and just die!" Jushiro snaps and Ryoto *roars in anger* and his aura starts surging and he pulls himself out of the ground and rushes Shiryu but as Shiryu turns around he’s barely able to form half of the spear in his hands as Ryoto punches through the spear and Ryoto has his hand through Shiryu’s stomach but Shiryu puts his hand up creating another spear behind him stabbing through Ryoto’s hand anchoring it to the ground and keeping him from pulling it out of Shiryu’s stomach and Ryoto throws a punch at Shiryu with his other hand but Shiryu opens his hand as he creates another spear and stabs the spear through Ryoto’s arm anchoring it to the ground as well and Shiryu creates two more spears and stabs one in Ryoto’s stomach and stabs the other one towards Ryoto’s heart but Ryoto struggles to speak as he says
“Shi…Ryu” Shiryu is *shocked* and hesitates as Ryoto clenches his fist snapping the spear in half as he pulls his arm out of Shiryu’s stomach and Ryoto pulls the spear out of his arm and stabs Shiryu in the heart and slams him into the ground and as Shiryu is pinned into the ground he spits up blood and watches as Ryoto stands over him and he thinks
“I’m sorry I couldn’t save you Ryoto...Hopefully Kingsman and Kenny can help you through this” Ryoto let's out a primal roar as he starts violently lashing out and he starts destroying everything around him as he repeatedly punches the ground and Makoto *smiles* as he says
“That was a decent battle, but I want to see a real battle!” Jushiro says
“I must admit you are correct, but I could also sense he was holding back. He didn’t want to kill him, and I don’t want to fully crush his mind on my own. I want him to lose everything and his mind shatters as he truly becomes numb, and turns into a machine capable of doing nothing but killing" Jiro says
“What about his son? If he kills his son then it should break his mind” Kiyoshi floats next to Kingsman and says
“His son is already done! I think it would be more effective if he's son would fight back” Jiro says
“Not that son dumb ass, the one he was fighting earlier. The other one that was in the backyard” Makoto says
“Wait, didn't the other one with the blue sparks have a brother as well?” Haruto is *shocked* as he says
“NO! I mean, no. His brother was...Killed, but Kenny is much stronger. He should be able to hold his own, but he’s with his mother in the other village” Isamu is *confused* as he says
“How the hell do you know that? We only watched that short battle between them and then we left” Haruto says
“They are the most interesting people to watch, everyone else is lackluster and lacks the same drive they have” Jushiro says
“I’ve heard enough! Let’s get to the other village” Everyone says
“Yes my lord!” But Makoto walks over and grabs Kingsman as he says
“My Lord, I want him to watch” Jushiro looks back and says
“Fine” Makoto walks over to Jushiro as Jushiro teleports all of them over the village the Taira clan occupies as they are all standing in the air, Jushiro looks at Makoto and says
“You wanted him here to watch, make sure he is awake” Makoto starts shaking Kingsman while he’s upside down and Kingsman wakes up but he’s still to weak to move and Kingsman is *confused* and *weakly* says
“W–Where am I?” Kingsman looks around and sees Makoto is holding him upside down and Kingsman *weakly* says
“You think this scares me!” Makoto says
“Shh, watch!” Everyone in the village is staring up at them *confused* but then Jushiro snaps and teleports Ryoto into the village and Ryoto slowly turns around as he sees all the villagers and he let's out another primal roar and everyone starts running away in *fear* as Isshin walks out of a building and sees Ryoto standing there and Isshin is *confused* and says
“What are you doing Ryoto!? We had a peace treaty!” Isshin walks towards Ryoto and Kingsman notices Ryoto as he is *shocked* and says
“Father, what are you doing!?” Makoto lifts Kingsman up and punches him in the stomach and says
“I said quiet!” Jushiro looks down at Ryoto as he says
“Kill them all. Now!” Ryoto rushes Isshin but Isshin is able to dodge two of his punches and Isshin tries to punch him but Ryoto catches his fist as he punches Isshin in the stomach sending him flying back as he slams into a building and he slowly gets to his feet as he's holding his *stomach in pain* and says
“You said you wanted peace! We trusted you–” But Ryoto appears in front of Isshin and kicks him in the stomach launching him through the building and Isshin slams into the ground as he spits up blood and he slowly looks up as he sees Ryoto slowly walking towards him and he thinks
"So you've truly gone against your word! Now I'll kill you!" Isshin slowly gets to his feet as he draws his sword and rushes Ryoto as he quickly starts trying to slash Ryoto but Ryoto dodges all of his slashes and Isshin is *shocked* as he thinks
“Damn it he’s too fast! But If he hits me again he’ll kill me” Ryoto slams his foot into the ground causing a shockwave that throws Isshin back making him slam into the ground as Ryoto rushes Isshin and tries to punch him as he's on the ground and Isshin dodges his punches as he thinks
“I’ve got you now you bastard!” Isshin dodges one of Ryoto's punches as it slams into the ground and Isshin slashes towards Ryoto's neck but Ryoto bites the blade shattering it as Ryoto punches Isshin through the stomach and Isshin is *shocked* and spits up blood as Ryoto rips his arm out of Isshin's stomach and kicks him away and Isshin holds his wound as he slowly tries to get to his feet but Isshin falls to the ground and he slowly starts crawling backwards as Ryoto starts slowly walking towards him but every time Isshin blinks Ryoto gets closer until he's standing over him and Ryoto puts his foot on Isshin's chest pushing him into the ground and Ryoto leans down as he lifts his hand into the air but someone grabs his wrist as they say
“What are you doing!?” Ryoto looks behind him as he sees Kenny holding his wrist and he tries to punch him but Kenny jumps back dodging his punch as he says
“What is this aura around you!? What’s wrong with your eyes and your body!? They’ve changed! What happened to you? Who did this?” Kingsman screams
“KENNY!” Kenny looks up and sees Makoto holding Kingsman in the air and the rest of the Golden Order as he says
“Put my brother down!” Kiyoshi *smiles* as he says
“I would focus on your battle” Kenny turns around and is just barely able to put his hands up blocking Ryoto's punch as he's pushed back and Kenny thinks
“Damn, it feels like he almost broke my arms. I don't know what they've done to you father, but we'll fix you” Ryoto rushes him and Kenny dodges all of Ryoto's punches as he starts punching Ryoto in the face but Ryoto isn't effected by any of his punches until Kenny ducks on one Ryoto's punches as his hand surges with black lightning and he punches Ryoto in the stomach and uppercuts him as Ryoto stumbles back and Ryoto slowly looks down at Kenny as he spits blood onto the ground and *maliciously smiles at Kenny* and Ryoto tries to punch Kenny but Kenny catches his fist as his black lightning and Ryoto's aura clash as Kenny's other hand surges with his black lightning and he grabs Ryoto's face surging even harder with his black lightning causing Ryoto to *scream in pain* as Kenny quickly lets go of Ryoto's hand and he slides behind Ryoto as Kenny kicks the back of Ryoto's legs make him drop to his knees as Kenny puts his hands together and Kenny's black lightning surges across his hands as Kenny slams both of his hands into the back of Ryoto's head making him slam into the ground and Haruto says
“Told you he’s strong!” Makoto says
“Hmm, I’ve seen better” Jiro says
“You're correct Haruto, but he’s still holding back because he doesn’t want to hurt him” Jushiro thinks
"He is the heir of Raijin! We've seen hundreds of lightning users, but never one with the black lightning. He truly is the heir” Kiyoshi looks at Jushiro as he says
“How do you feel about the battle my lord?” Jushiro says
“It’s starting to bore me, I’ll give them another couple of minutes” Kingsman *weakly* says
“I-I’m going…To kill all of you” Makoto *laughs* as he says
“Shut up! Can’t think straight with all that blood rushing to your head can you” Makoto starts shaking Kingsman while he’s upside down and Kenny puts his hand up and uses
“Voltage Spark” All of the clouds combine together as a giant dragon made out of black lightning comes out of the clouds and flies into Makoto’s back electrocuting him as he drops Kingsman and Kenny runs over to catch Kingsman but Ryoto kicks him in the back sending him flying into a house on his left and Kingsman crashes into the ground and Jiro *laughs* as he says
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“You idiot, you let your guard down and he got you!” Makoto is still being electrocuted as he says
“S-S-Shut u-up!” Jiro *laughs* as he says
“W-W-What was that?” Jiro continues *laughing* but Makoto *screams in anger* pushing the lightning off of him and Makoto flies into Jiro's face as he says
“I said shut up!” But before Jiro can respond Jushiro flies in between them bumping them both and says
“Quiet, I’m watching the battle!” Kingsman slowly gets to his feet and Ryoto is walking towards the house he kicked Kenny into and Kingsman rushes up and tries to hit him from the side but Ryoto dodges it and punches Kingsman in the stomach sending him flying back and slamming into the house across from Kenny’s and Jushiro says
“Take your time with these two, don’t kill them too quickly” Kingsman stands up and walks out of the debris as Kenny stands up and walks out as well and Kenny looks at Kingsman as he says
"Kingsman!" Kingsman looks back at Kenny as he says
"Kenny!" Kenny says
"You ready!?" Kingsman *smiles* as he says
"Always, but it looks like we'll have to put the old man down" Kenny *smiles* as he says
"I guess we will" Kingsman and Kenny walk up next to each other as they walk towards Ryoto and Kingsman says
"We'll give you one last chance to stand down" But Ryoto roars at them as Kenny says
“Well end this quick Father!” Haruto says
"My Lord, maybe you should restore some of his mind to make this battle a bit more interesting. Right now he's moving off of primal instincts, but imagine how tactical he will be with some of his mind restored" Jushiro says
"That will give us an insight to how strong he truly is" Jiro says
"Don't you have him going all out my Lord?" Jushiro says
"You may take control of someone's mind, but you can never sway their hearts. He is retraining himself with everything he has left, he truly is resisting it quite well but truth be told I could over power and break his mind whenever I see fit. But this is more interesting, watching him fighting his hardest to regain control knowing I can destroy his mind with a thought. But I will give him some of mind" Jushiro puts his hand up and the red aura around Ryoto shrinks as Kingsman says
"This will only hurt a bit” Jushiro is *shocked* as he hears those words and he clutches his chest as he remembers when he was a child as a man towered over him with a sword in his hand as he says
"This will only hurt a bit" As the man slashes Jushiro across his chest and Jushiro starts hyperventilating and Haruto looks towards Jushiro but he notices Jushiro's rob is slightly moved exposing a slash mark across his chest and Haruto is *concerned* as he says
"Are you alright my lord?" Everyone turns and looks at Jushiro and Jushiro control his breathing as he takes his hand off of his chest and says
"We're leaving!" Haruto says
“But my lord the fight isn’t over yet” Jushiro gets *angry* as he says
“I said we’re leaving!” Haruto is *shocked* as he sees the anger in Jushiro’s eyes and Haruto put his head down as he says
“Of course my lord, I’m sorry” Jushiro and the rest of the Golden Order teleport away but as they do Ryoto falls to the floor holding his head and *cries out in pain* but before Kingsman or Kenny can react Mio runs past Kingsman and Kenny as she is *worried* and says
“Ryoto!” Kingsman is *shocked* and says
“Mother!” Kenny says
“Mom no! I told you to stay hidden, he’s dangerous!” As Mio gets close Ryoto lunges at her but Kenny sweeps her off her feet and throws her into the air as he spins around dodging Ryoto’s hand and charges his black lightning in his hand and he swings towards Ryoto but in a *pained voice*, Ryoto says
“K-Kenny…I’m sorry” Kenny stops right before he hits Ryoto in the face as he says
"Father, it's-" Suddenly Ryoto punches Kenny in the stomach making him spit up blood as he's sent flying back and slamming into a building as it collapses down on top of him and Kingsman catches Mio and puts her down and is *shocked* as he says
“Kenny!” Kingsman rushes Ryoto and *screams in pain* as he fully covers his hand in darkness and Mio is *shocked* as she says
“Wait Kingsman please you all don’t have too–” But Kingsman and Ryoto clash making her fall over and Ryoto *in a pained voice* says
“S-So, you’re finally ready to become a man. Come...Let’s see if you have what it takes to kill me!” Kingsman says
"I don't know what's wrong with you, but you need to fight it!" Ryoto struggles to say
"I'm...Sorry my son, I can't! You must kill me!" Kingsman and Ryoto start repeatedly clashing fist as Kingsman *starts to tear up* as he says
"No! There has to be some way to fix you, Kenny will think of something!" Kingsman catches Ryoto hands as he *screams in pain* but he looks back at Mio and says
"Mom you have to run and find Uncle Shiryu, him and Kenny are smart enough to find a way to stop this!" Mio slowly gets to her feet and says
"I-" But Ryoto *through his pain*, says
"NO! I...I killed him!" Kingsman and Mio are both *shocked* as Ryoto headbutts Kingsman and knees him in the stomach as he punches him in the face sending him flying back and slamming extremely hard into the ground and Kenny slowly starts crawling from underneath the debris and Kingsman tries to get up but he falls to the ground *holding his stomach in pain* as he's trying to catch his breath as Mio says
“Please stop Ryoto! They are your sons!” Mio starts walking towards Ryoto and Kingsman *weakly* says
“Mother…Stop!” Kenny *coughs up blood* as he says
“Stop! Run Away!” Mio continues walking towards Ryoto as *her eyes fill with tears* and she says
“You said you would always protect them, but now you're going to be the one who kills them!” Ryoto starts walking towards her but he stops as he *holds head in pain* and takes a step back as he says
“M-Mio…Stop! P-Please!” But she continues to walk towards him as she says
“I can help you Ryoto, I love you Ryoto!” Ryoto says
“I…Love you…Too” Mio reaches for Ryoto and her hand is burned by the aura around Ryoto but she continues moving forward as she hugs Ryoto and Ryoto looks down as he feels Mio hugging him and he says
"Mio...I'm sorry" Mio says
"It's ok" Ryoto says
"I don't want...To hurt any of you!" Mio says
"I know, but you know our luck has always been bad. Let's just enjoy the moments we have together" Kingsman and Kenny both notice Mio's body starting to turn to ash and Kingsman is *shocked* and screams
"NO!" As he slowly starts trying to get up and Kenny screams
"MOTHER!" As he starts slowly pushing the debris off of him and Ryoto notices Mio's body starting to burn away and he says
"Mio...NO! Let...Me go!" Ryoto steps back but Mio won't let go of Ryoto as she says
"I won't lose you, but...Will you please hold me? One last time!" Ryoto starts tearing up as he wraps his arms around Mio tightly as she fully burns away and Kenny's able to get to his feet as his black lightning surges all across him and he screams
"NO!" Kenny rushes Ryoto and starts punching him all over his body but with every hit Ryoto is infused with more and more of Kenny's black lightning electrocuting him all over his body until Kenny's lightning all flows into his arm as he punches Ryoto through the stomach and Ryoto spits up blood and Ryoto looks Kenny in the eyes as he says
"I'm sorry...Kenny!" Ryoto punches Kenny through the stomach and Kenny spits up blood but Kenny rips his arm out of Ryoto's stomach as he grabs Ryoto's other arm restraining it as he uses his other hand to stop Ryoto moving his other arm and Kenny looks into Ryoto's eyes as he says
"Do not be sorry, be proud! Your youngest son has come far!" Ryoto looks over as he notices Kingsman standing up but he watches as Kingsman's darkness starts surging all over him and Kingsman disappears and Ryoto looks around and cannot see him until he notices a shadow blocking out the sun and Ryoto looks into the air and sees Kingsman standing in the air as all of his darkness is concentrated in his right arm and he notices Kingsman's eyes are burning red and Ryoto thinks
“Wow, you truly have gotten so much stronger. I’m sorry I turned you into a warrior, I shouldn’t have pushed you into this life for my own benefit. I turned you into the general I couldn’t be, I am truly sorry Kingsman. And if I’ve never told you this, I love you Kingsman and I’m proud to call you a son of mine” Kenny looks into the air and *smiles* as he thinks
"We've been through so much together little brother, let's show him how strong you truly are!" Kenny lets go of Ryoto's arm that's through his stomach as he twists Ryoto's wrist and lifts him into the air and Kingsman looks down at the both of them and flies down toward them as Kenny thinks
“You really have gotten so much stronger Kingsman, who knew my little brother had so many tricks” Kingsman punches Ryoto but there’s so much force behind that punch it destroys the entire village leaving a giant crater in the ground as he's launched back extremely high into the air and Kingsman passes out as he slams back into the middle of the crater and Kingsman's darkness starts covering his entire right side but as it does Kingsman wakes up and *screams in pain* as he slowly gets to his feet and his darkness starts surging across his right side as he starts hearing voices whispering
“They don't respect us! They don't fear us! We must kill them! All of them! They’ve taken everything from you! KILL THE GOLDEN ORDER!” Half of Kingsman’s body starts to morph in his darkness as *through his pain*, he screams
"HELP ME, I CAN'T FIGHT IT! FATHER,KENNY! PLEASE!" Kingsman *screams in pain* but suddenly he feels a hand rest on the left side of his back as his fathers voice says
“I believe in you my son, your strength is undeniable! FIGHT IT!" Kingsman drops to one knee and his darkness slightly stops surging as the whispering slightly quiets down and Kingsman closes his eyes as he feels someone hug him as his Mio's voice whispers in his ear
"I love you, and I know you can overcome this!" Kingsman puts his arms out and tries to hug but he falls onto his face as his darkness stops surging around his right side and Kingsman slowly gets to his feet as he feels a hand on his shoulder and Kenny's voice says
"Little brother, I'm so proud of you!" Kingsman turns around as he slowly opens his eyes and he's *shocked* as he sees Kenny standing there *smiling* and Kingsman starts *crying* as he says
"Kenny!" Kingsman rushes forward and tries to hug him but he falls through Kenny as he falls into an endless pit of darkness and Kenny voice is demonic as he says
"I will take all your pain away as you watch the life they have stolen from you, and I will mold you into something greater. We will return to this world once you are ready, until then watch the life you were robbed of by them. But I promise we will make this world fear the Matomi name once again, our clan will return and we will be supreme!" Kenny's body melts into a pool of darkness on the ground and a hand slowly emerges from the pool of darkness and pushes it way out of the pool of darkness as a clone of Kingsman falls onto the ground but a hand slowly emerges from the darkness and touches Kingsman's back as it says
"You don't remember the golden order, you've killed your entire family! Live with the constant pain and anguish! Those thoughts will never leave your mind!" The hand slowly pulls itself back in the pool of darkness and Kingsman slowly opens his eyes but as he does the red color fades from his eyes leaving them a bright amber as he starts *tearing up* as he says
"What have I done! I'm sorry...I'm so sorry!" Kingsman passes out as the pool of darkness flows into his back as Haruto appears in the sky and Haruto says
“So you won and killed the rest of them, but you sealed yourself away. Interesting, I guess I can return this one now” Haruto opens a portal and he pulls Kei out of it and he drops an unconscious Kei onto the ground and Kei slowly regains consciousness and slowly gets up as he *holds his head in confusion* and says
“What happened? Where am–” Kei looks around and sees a giant crater in the ground and he notices a flag of the Taira clan destroyed and he is *shocked* and says
“No, no!” Kei walks over to the crater but as he does he notices the hilt of his fathers sword on the ground and behinds down and picks it up and he *cries* as he screams
“NO!” Kei rushes over and looks inside the crater and sees Kingsman passed out on the ground and he’s overcome with anger as he screams
“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?” Kei drops to his knees and breaks down *crying* as he says
“Mother, Father, brother! NO!” Kei gets back to his and clutches his fathers hilt extremely tight and he steps towards the crater but Haruto appears next to him and grabs his shoulder and Haruto says
“Killing him now will bring you no satisfaction, he’s taken everything from you. You must do the same!” Suddenly Kei notices Kaito walking towards the crater and Haruto touches Kei’s neck and a golden drag appears around his neck as Kei says
“Kaito! Kingsman killed–” But Kaito walks into the crater and *smiles* as he says
“You did it!” He runs down and hugs Kingsman and Kei is *shocked* and says
“K-Kaito!? What are you doing? He killed our mother, our father! He wiped out our entire clan! We're you plotting against father!? No! You wouldn't!” But Kaito doesn’t even look at Kei as Haruto says
“He even took your brother! Your last living relative, you must take everything from him. A quick death would be too good for him, he may have corrupted your elder brother's mind. That time they clashed, he used his darkness to change his mind! You must save him from Kingsman's poison” Kei *cries in anger* as he falls to his knees and says
"Kaito!" But Kaito still doesn't look at Kei as he's crying and Haruto says
“If you follow me in due time he will pay for his crimes against your family, but that requires your patience. If you give me your word I promise we’ll make him pay ten fold” ) Everyone is *shocked* and Kingsman stands up as he says
“It’s been a long time Jushiro, I've missed all of you!”