Chapter 70
A Unique Alliance
Kingsman throws his sword into the air as he blows towards the beam in front of him stopping it and he puts both of his hands up stopping the beams from both sides and Kingsman is slowly being overpowered as he looks at Jushiro and his sword falls back in front of him and Kingsman lets go of one of the beams as he flicks his sword and it goes flying extremely quickly towards Jushiro as every beam hits him at once and his sword flies towards Jushiro's head as Jushiro leans out of the way of his sword and *laughs* as he says
"We continue to move closer and closer to the conclusion of our battle!" Suddenly Kingsman's sword changes direction and flies in front of Jushiro's face obscuring his vision but he's *shocked* as he sees Kingsman walking on top of the beam towards him as suddenly Jushiro notices out of the corner of his eye one of his shadows falling out of the sky and as he looks around he is *stunned* as he sees all of his shadows falling out of the sky and he thinks
"How could he possibly kill all of them this quickly!" Jushiro notices the black slashes across all of there chest and he turns back around as Kingsman is right in front of him and he says
"I apologize, it seems I lied to you!" Jushiro raises his fist but suddenly he's punched as he goes flying backwards and slams into the ground as he is *confused* and thinks
"Did he hit me!? No! I would have seen him swing, but what hit me!?" Jushiro slowly gets to his feet as he rushes Kingsman and Kingsman dodges all of his punches until he grabs both of his wrist and says
"Why fight?" Suddenly Jushiro is punched in his stomach twice as he's punched across his face and Kingsman while still tightly gripping his wrist, says
"Do you truly just fight for your father's old kingdom? That cannot be the only goal you wish to accomplish, of course outside of your fantasy's about becoming a god" Jushiro opens his mouth but he's punched across the face twice as he's punched in the stomach three times and Kingsman bends Jushiro's wrist back making him drop to his knees as he says
"Have you truly never wanted greater? A family? A wife? Friends? People who care about you? You truly have never wanted any of these things? I was angry with you for so long because of the things you took from me, but it truly was all out of jealousy wasn't it?" Jushiro says
"I've always despised people like you, the only thing I need in life is myself! All of you require people around you all day to make sure you can function, my entire life I've needed no one but myself! I became strong alone, I made my village better alone, I've helped my people alone! I've never needed anyone, why start now! Everyone who follows me has needed me, not the other way around!" Kingsman says
"You are mistaken, because there is a big difference in your situation and others. You're not alone by choice, you regret your decision to kill your family every day! I could tell the moment I saw your office, you haven't changed a thing inside of it since it was your father's! It's been years, everything outside has changed and progressed but the inside has never changed! Just like you, your outside has changed but your heart is still the same! You wished you wouldn't have acted so rash, you wished you would have trusted your father's image when he chose your brother" Jushiro says
"...He was weak! Both of them were weak, my father was the reason we couldn't reach our full potential! We should have all taken the places of the gods, but he never had the heart to do what was necessary. So he needs to die, I regret nothing! I would kill anyone if they held me back from my goal!" Kingsman says
"How could the king of a village and a leader of one of the most powerful groups still be so alone! You feel as if you stand above everyone and have isolated yourself because of your strength, but tell me something. Do you still believe you stand alone as the strongest?" Jushiro says
"I-" Kingsman presses Jushiro's wrist back farther as Jushiro *screams in pain* and Kingsman says
"Truly think about the time anyone has spoken to you, all of them did nothing but use you! You believe that because you are stronger than the rest of them that's why they look up to you, but it's simply not true! Everyone used you! Truly think about it, there were thousands of people praying to you so they could get something out of you. How many of them have tried speaking to you directly? Not as an Idol, but a man who has no one! It wasn't just your followers either, think back on the interactions with your own team. The only time anyone ever spoke to you was to take from you! When you disappeared no one was worried that you could get hurt or possibly die, but they were worried if you never came back then they wouldn't be able to get everything they wanted! My family was plagued with war and death, but when I was missing people truly worried about me! They weren't worried about their General missing, they weren't worried because they wouldn't have strategies for the upcoming battles. But they were truly worried about if Kingsman was alright, and you simply don't know how that kind of love and respect feels!" Jushiro is *still in pain* as he says
"You all are pathetic! I promise you you're family will suffer because of you, the same as your fath-" Kingsman knees Jushiro in the face sending him flying back as he slams into the ground and Jushiro slowly gets to his feet and he spits on the ground as he notices his mouth is profusely bleeding and he gets *angry* as he looks at Kingsman and screams
"I AM A GOD! AND I AM TIRED OF THESE GAMES!" Jushiro surges with golden light as everything starts violently shaking and Kingsman stares at Jushiro as he thinks
"What is it this tim-" Kingsman dashes back as a beam of light hits the ground creating a giant hole and Kingsman walks up as he looks down into the hole but he's *shocked* as he sees it goes straight through the planet and Kingsman taps on the ground as he uses
"Reversion" Kingsman looks up as he sees thousands of suns lining the skies in space and Kingsman says
"This is interesting! What are you going to try-" Suddenly a giant hand grabs him from behind and Kingsman looks back as he sees a giant hand reaching out of the suns and Kingsman is pulled up into space as the giant hand tightly grips Kingsman chest and the giant hand slams Kingsman through multiple of the suns until it lets go of Kingsman and smashes him between two suns as they fuse together sealing Kingsman between them and Kingsman tries to move but he can't and Kingsman *laughs* as he screams
"YOU'RE JUST LIKE MY CHILDREN JUSHIRO! THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE BATTLE I'VE TRAINED YOU, MADE YOU STRONGER! BUT NOW COMES THE FINAL TEST, YOU MUST FACE YOUR SENSEI!" Kingsman starts *manically laughing* as he slowly starts moving and he tries closing his hands together but the pressure from the sun pushes his hands away as everyone stops and looks up at the suns and Itsuki is *shocked* as he says
"Father!" Kaito *smiles* as he looks into the air and thinks
"Always with the dramatics, you can never just end something quickly can you!" Kenji notices darkness slowly building up in the middle of the sun Kingsman's sealed in and he thinks
"Everything is always problematic when you get involved, what will it take to stop you!? Physically your unchallenged, Jushiro strength has grown drastically. But I know you're still stronger! I can't sense it, but I know you. Your mind is already set on this path of destruction, but I notice every time we speak you don't use your mind. You speak to me from your heart, you want me to be something I'm not! If I step back and allow you to do these things unchallenged I'd be allowing you to turn me into something I'm not, I was raised to always honor my word as a warrior and a man! I was raised to always know where I stand and stand firm! I was raised to never die without giving everything I have! But most of all, I was raised to understand that everyone has suffered to some degree. I do not fully understand your pain, but I know it can't always be used as an excuse to be cruel! You've caused unimaginable pain and suffering, and you try using your pain to not be judged for it! You want to use your pain to justify everything you're doing, but I don't understand something about you. You understand the pain of losing everything and everyone you've ever known, but with this knowledge you'd still push that pain on others. Why!? Why would you go to such extremes when there are different routes you could take, there are paths that would lead to far less pain but you simply refuse too! If you truly couldn't allow them to live after the things they've done why not kill them and move forward! But you refuse, if I was to suggest we seal them away I know you would refuse! That is why I stand against you now, you actively choose to take the most violent and destructive path to revenge! You've started killing anyone in your path for no other reason than for some kind of sick satisfaction! I've been wanting to find a way for all of us to return home and end this, I didn't want to have to scar Itsuki with your death and explain to Hana why you're never coming back. But every time I even get near you I see the faces and hear the voices of the people you've ruthlessly killed! You're a monster, and I can't save you! I'll find a way to help them both come to terms with your death" Kingsman's hands slowly emerge from the darkness in the middle of the sun as he claps and the shock wave destroys the sun around him and Kingsman *laughs* as he looks down towards the planet but he's *confused* as he doesn't see any of the suns and suddenly a voice from behind him says
"This is it, this is the end of our battle!" Kingsman turns around but he's *shocked* and sees a giant avatar of Jushiro surging with such heat it burns away the darkness in space around it as a giant snake made out of suns lays around it's neck and Kingsman notices Jushiro standing on his avatars shoulder as Kingsman says
"You created a giant version of yourself using the suns, I'm impressed. Humor me, what do you call this technique?" Jushiro *smiles* as he says
"This is my true amalgamation of a god! We will show you the difference between us, and end this in a single move!" Jushiro's avatar points it's hand towards Kingsman as Kingsman notices the snake looks at him and Kingsman says
"You don't feel as if it's time for you to give up, after all this time and energy you still don't feel like stopping! I must commend you for your strength of mind, but I also must stop these delusions now" Suddenly everything around them starts shaking violently and Jushiro is *shocked* as he looks around and Kingsman says
"True amalgamation of a god, I like that name. I could call mine, true amalgamation of creation. But he already has a name, allow me to introduce you to Void King: Marise" Jushiro looks over at Kingsman but he notices scales behind Kingsman blended with the darkness of space and Jushiro is *confused* until he turns around and stares into the eyes of a giant snake blended with the darkness behind it and Kingsman says
"Now I understand your confusion so allow me to explain, he is an infinite creature that inhabits all of the darkness in space. You can look around as long as you'd like, you'd just be staring at more of his body. That is why his name is Void King, he truly occupies all of it!" Everyone is also *shocked* as they look over and see The Void King as Kenji says
"W-What is that!?" Itsuki is staring at The Void King and thinks
“I knew you were incredibly strong father, but this is on a completely different level!” Jushiro is still *shocked* as he watches The Void King slightly open it's mouth and breath in as he pulls in Jushiro's avatar but as The Void King mouth opens more Jushiro sees an entire universe within his mouth and Kingsman grabs Jushiro's shoulder as he *smiles* and says
"Would you like to see him attack?" Jushiro starts *shaking with fear* as he slowly looks over at Kingsman and Kingsman *smiles* as he says
“Or would you just like to take a closer look at him?” Kaito is *stunned* as he stares at The Void King's eyes and thinks
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
“Those...Eyes!” Yamamoto *smiles* as he thinks
“Maybe I do need to keep him around a bit longer” Kingsman and Jushiro disappear as Kaito thinks
“Brother, you truly keep surprising me more and more. So I never will truly know how power you really are"
At the same time Kingsman and Jushiro are standing in front of The Void King’s eye and Jushiro can see a galaxy in one of The Void King’s eyes and Kingsman says
"Do you see how small we are even compared to his eye, he is truly something isn't he!" Kingsman puts his hand up as he snaps and The Void King slowly looks down at the both of them and Kingsman feels Jushiro start shaking harder as he says
"What's wrong Jushiro, don't you want to speak! That's very rude of you" Jushiro slowly looks behind him and he notices there is nothing behind him but The Void King's scales stretching in every direction and Kingsman tightly grips Jushiro's shoulder as Jushiro slowly looks back at The Void King and Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
“I guess he is afraid of you Marise, even though he hasn’t seen you do anything”
At the same time Kono and Shiro notice Kenji and Itsuki have their backs turned to them and Shiro says
"Can you take one of them over?" Kono says
"It will be a bit harder to contain, but as long as they don't have Kingsman's darkness within them then I should be able to do it! It'll be harder with them not being tired as they have both grown immensely and my ability has been weakened" Shiro says
"So if we beat them both could you possibly take them both?" Kono says
"It will truly take extreme effort, but I have no doubt about it!" Shiro says
"Good, we'll use them to kill Kingsman! He will pay for everyone he's killed!" Kono and Shiro both rush Kenji and Itsuki as they try and attack them but Kenji and Itsuki both dodge all of there attack without even turning around and Kenji says
"I refuse! I won't do as he says, I won't kill them! We can't let him control us!" Itsuki says
"We might need to" Kenji says
"Why? There are no threats to us!" Itsuki says
"They are still allied with the rest of the Golden Order, they could become far more dangerous with universes!" Kenji says
"They can put one hundred universes in their chest and they still won't beat us!" Itsuki catches Shiro's wrist stopping his fist before he hits him in the face and Itsuki hand covers in lightning as he backhands Shiro sending him flying back and he slams into the ground surging with Itsuki's electricity as he can't move and Kenji continues dodging all of Kono's attacks as Itsuki says
"What about Kono's ability? What if as he gets multiple universes his ability strengths to the point we can't fight off his ability with will alone" Kenji pushes Kono's hand away as he grabs Kono's face freezing his mouth and he punches Kono in the stomach dropping him to the floor and Kenji says
"What if we take out the points they use their abilities from? I could freeze his tongue solid and shatter it" Itsuki is *shocked* as he says
"That's a fate worse than death, you'd cripple them instead of just killing them!" Kenji says
"At least they'll have their lives!" Itsuki says
"Ok, so what are you going to do about Shiro! His abilities looks like it goes throughout his entire body, so what are you going to do with him!? Would you like to break his arms? Or maybe break his legs? Or would you like to all out just paralyze him!?" Kenji is *shocked* as he says
"That's...I didn't mean it like that" Itsuki says
"But that's how you sound, I understand we're stressed but we can't react off that! You know this Kenji, what's up with you?" Kenji starts to *tear up* and he covers his face as he squats down and says
"I don't know! I just feel so overwhelmed with everything, and I'm trying so hard to honor everything everyone's wanted from me! But I don't know if I can, mom didn't want us to senselessly kill people! I don't want to, but everyone is depending on me to help everyone and I don't know if I can do it!" Itsuki squats down next to Kenji as he grabs his shoulder and says
"You're not alone Kenji, and everyone wants you to become the best version of yourself. You don't have to live up to everyone else's expectations, just your own! As we told Hana, I won't abandon you! You can trust me, and I know you are going through a lot but you can talk to me" Kenji slowly looks up at Itsuki as Itsuki *smiles* and says
"We're family, and we have to stay strong!" Itsuki sticks his hand out towards Kenji and Kenji grabs Itsuki hand as they both stand up and Itsuki says
"Anytime you need to talk I'll be here, nobody truly understands your pain better than me! The people we loved and met along the way died the same, but that doesn't mean we have to give up! We must stand strong for the ones who are no longer here, we must show them that the path we walk isn't all bad. We must allow them to watch us truly grow into the men we wish to become, not the men they wanted us to be! If we try molding ourselves in everyone's image it will destroy us, we must focus on finding ourselves" Kenji hugs Itsuki as he says
"Thank you, truly I don't know where I'd be without you!" Itsuki *smiles* as he says
"You'd be fine!" Kenji lets go of Itsuki as he says
"No I wouldn't, I used to feel like I was slowly falling apart on the inside. Honestly ever since we came back to the village it felt like I was always being watched, but once I look behind me all I see are partial silhouettes disappear! I know I sound crazy Itsuki, but-" Itsuki says
"You sound paranoid, but that's ok! With everything we've been through and are currently dealing with those emotions are natural, we've fought so much and we've given our bodies time to recover but never are minds! This kind of thing happens and it's normal, after everything is done all of us are going to truly go somewhere peaceful. We just need to finish this, are you with me?" Kenji says
"Yes!" Itsuki touches Kenji's chest as he says
"No! Are you with me?" Kenji calms his breathing as he *smiles* and says
"Yeah!" Itsuki *smiles* as he says
"Good, now we need to focus. Now that father and Jushiro are gone we can focus fully on capturing Uncle Kaito" Kenji says
"Yamamoto will get in the way again, what do you want to do about him?" Itsuki *smiles* as he says
"If you are confident you can handle Uncle Kaito on your own, I'll distract Yamamoto" Kenji says
"You're going to fight Yamamoto?" Itsuki says
"Not yet, I'm going to keep him busy though. I want to learn more about him and his sword style, it's completely different and honestly I've never seen anything like it. So you focus on getting our Uncle and I'll study that old man!" Kenji says
"Let's do this quick!" Itsuki says
"Of course!" But both of them jump as Isamu goes flying underneath them and he slams into the ground and Kenji is *confused* as he turns around and looks at Isamu but Itsuki grabs his shoulder as he says
"It seems father has left them something to do!" Kenji turns around as he sees Isamu's shadow walking towards them as a cocoon of darkness is behind it and Itsuki looks past Isamu's shadow as he stares at the cocoon and says
"Who the hell is in there!?" Kenji slides in front of Itsuki as Isamu's shadow stops in front of them and Kenji clenches his fist as Isamu's shadow walks around them and continues walking towards Isamu and Itsuki is *shocked* as he says
"Kiyoshi's inside of there!" Kenji says
"How can you be sure?" Itsuki says
"He has to be, I haven't seen him anywhere and Kiyoshi isn't the type to hide" Kenji looks around and doesn't see Kiyoshi anywhere as he says
"I guess so" Itsuki says
"Let's go then, we need to be quick!" Kenji says
"Not yet" Kenji starts walking towards Shiro as he's on the ground and Itsuki grabs his arm but Kenji looks back and *smiles* as he says
"It's alright, I'm ok!" Itsuki lets go of Kenji arm as Kenji walks over and crutches down next to Shiro as he's laying on his face and Kenji says
"Get up, we need to talk" Shiro doesn't move and Kenji says
"Shiro, get-" Kenji is *shocked* as he pushes him onto his back and sees Shiro's been stabbed through the heart and Kenji stands up as he turns around and says
"Itsuk-" Suddenly Isamu's bloody body falls onto him and pins him to the ground and Kenji pushes him off as he crawls backwards and looks at Isamu as Isamu slowly reaches out towards Kenji and *weakly* says
“Please…Help me!” Kenji slowly stands up as he grabs Isamu's hand and slowly pulls him up as suddenly a voice from behind him says
“Not this one!” Kenji is *shocked* as he turns around and sees Kingsman standing behind him and Isamu looks at Kingsman as he *weakly* says
"Where is...Lord Jushiro, you bastard!" Kingsman looks to his right as Isamu follows his eyes and sees Jushiro on his knees staring into the void of space and Isamu is *shocked and weakly* says
"Kiyoshi...You have to get Lord Jushiro-" Isamu is *confused* as he looks around and doesn't see him as Kingsman *chuckles* and says
"I forgot about him!" Kingsman snaps as the cocoon of darkness disappears and Isamu is *shocked* as he sees Kiyoshi is knocked out on the ground and Isamu slowly walks over towards Kiyoshi and he stops as he sees Kiyoshi's chest is still moving and he *weakly* says
"Shiro, Ko-" But he's *shocked* as he turns and sees two of them lifelessly laid on the ground and Isamu feels an overwhelming sense of danger behind him as Kingsman stands behind him and says
“Remember when I told you that I would squash you like the pest you were!” Kingsman tightly grips Isamu's shoulder as Isamu starts *violently shaking with fear* and Kingsman says
"I've waited for this moment Isamu, now show me what you can do when no one is here to protect you!" Isamu slowly turn around as he sees Kingsman *smiling* and Kingsman says
"What did you call me when we first spoke? Oh, I remember you called me an angry boy who was mad because he lost his family. Say it again!" Isamu slowly takes a step back as Kingsman says
"What's wrong? Why won't you say it again! Say it again!" Kingsman reaches for Isamu's face but Kenji appears in front of Kingsman as he stabs the Cursed Kunai through Kingsman's hand and Kingsman is *shocked* and Kenji tries to pull the Cursed Kunai out but Kingsman stops the Kunai with two finger and he brings his hand close to his face as he sees his blood drip down the side of the Kunai and he slowly pulls the Kunai out of his hand and watches the blood flow from his hand and Kenji is *confused* as he thinks
"I thought stabbing him with it was supposed to knock him out!" Kingsman stares at the Cursed Kunai as he says
"I sense my darkness within this, it was smart of you to keep this" Kingsman flips the Kunai and catches the tip of it as he holds the Kunai out towards Kenji and says
“This is your key to victory, if you lose it again you'll regret it!” Kenji snatches the Cursed Kunai from Kingsman and tries to stab him in the stomach and Kingsman catches his wrist but Kingsman’s arm instantly freezes and Kenji pulls his arm up passing through the ice on Kingsman's arm as he slashes him across the chest and Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
“Just like your uncle!” Kenji steps up and tries to stab Kingsman again but Kingsman leans out of the way as he elbows him in the stomach and uppercuts him as he's pushed into the air but Kingsman grabs him by the top of his head as he slams him into the ground and Kenji bounces off of the ground as Kingsman flicks him in the stomach launching him back but as he's flying back Kenji drops the Cursed Kunai and slams into the ground as Kingsman slowly walks towards Kenji and he starts *whistling* but Kingsman stops in front of the Cursed Kunai as he says
"You need to be more careful with tools as useful as this, as I told you before now you cannot get it back!" Kingsman steps on the Curse Kunai snapping it in half as he continues walking towards Kenji but as he gets close to him Itsuki kicks Kingsman in the side of the stomach sending him flying back as Kingsman's able to land on his feet and he *smiles* as he says
"Itsuki, come!" Itsuki steps in front of Kenji as he says
"I won't let you get close to him!" Kingsman says
"I hope you are ready to do what's necessary, because Itsuki I need you to do something for me. DO NOT HESITATE!" Itsuki *smiles* as he says
"Yes...Father!"