Chapter 66

Crushing Loses

They slowly follow Tahara down the hallway and Shiro says

"Tahara?" Tahara says

"What?" Shiro says

"Are you willing to stay under them after the death of Kingsman?" Kono is *shocked* as he grabs Shiro's shoulder and whispers

"Are you crazy! Don't-" Tahara says

"No! But if you aren't plotting a way to overthrow them then I won't be following you either" Shiro *smiles* at Kono as he says

"We have part of a plan set, but due to Kingsman's interference with Kono's ability he's not as effective as he once was. But adding you to the plan would simply make things easier" Tahara says

"Kono was never truly effective alone, and now that he has lost his strongest toys he's simply useless" Kono says

"Watch your self, or-" Tahara stops and looks back at Kono as she says

"Or what!" Shiro steps between them as he says

"Nothing Tahara, calm down. We'll need all of us if we truly wish to survive them and Kingsman, and as it currently stands I can truly think of no way to stop him! At first when I watched him fight it seemed like he could potentially be beaten, but he is truly something different now. His words are absolute and his presence is truly terrifying, we'll need the others if we want to accomplish victory" Tahara turns back around and starts walking as she says

"Fine, but you keep him in check!" Kono says

"I don't need to be controlled, keep your emotions in check!" Tahara quickly turns around as she tries to punch Kono but Shiro grabs her wrist as he says

"It's alright, calm down!" Tahara is *angry* as she says

"Let me go!" Kono puts his hands up as he says

"Come on then, I'll send you to Hiron-" Kono dodges a black dagger as Tahara pulls her hand away from Shiro and rushes Kono as she grabs him by his neck and slams him against the wall as another black dagger forms in her hand and she tries to stab Kono in the face and Kono's able to catch her wrist but he struggles to keep the dagger away from his face as Tahara's able to slowly push the dagger against Kono's face as a cut opens up on his check but Shiro pulls her wrist away as he pushes the dagger into the wall and he pushes Tahara back as he says

"Enough! Calm yourself Tahara!" Tahara is *angry* as she says

"He has no respect and he needs to be put in his place!" Kono says

"I'll-" Shiro turns around as he punches Kono's in the stomach making him drop to his knees and Shiro looks down at Kono as he says

"Shut up!" Shiro turns to Tahara as he says

"Both of you will show me respect!" Tahara says

"He-" Shiro steps closer to Tahara as he stares into her eyes and Tahara slowly takes a step back as she says

"I'm sorry, my lord" Shiro turns to Kono as he slowly gets to his feet and Kono opens his mouth but Shiro grabs him by his throat as he slams him into the wall and says

"I'm going to say something and after you're going to respond, yes my lord and nothing else! If you ever disrespect any of my warriors again I will kill you! You will show Tahara respect as your equal, and the two of you will control yourselves and wait for my orders. Am I understood!" Kono *struggles to breath* as he says

"Yes...My lord!" Shiro looks back at Tahara and Tahara is *shocked* by the look in his eyes as she bows and says

"Yes my lord!" Shiro lets go of Kono's neck as he says

"We will follow what they say up until the point where they are able to kill Kingsman, but right after Tahara transform into their darkest fears and we will kill them!" Tahara says

"Yes my lord, but what are we going to do about Kiyoshi's barrier? Also my lord Kingsman is only one man and I don't think he'll be able to do enough significant damage to all of them leaving them vulnerable to our attacks, with Jushiro's strength and Kiyoshi's unbeatable defense I don't believe he will win" Shiro says

"Tahara...The Kingsman you knew is no more! Kingsman has truly changed significantly, and I believe he'll be able to kill almost everyone of them. If he isn't able to kill them, then we can only speculate on who he will kill. But he'll still do all the heavy lifting for us, and until then we wait for the perfect opportunity to strike. Until then everything proceeds as they wish, do not change your behavior towards anyone Tahara. We don't need them getting any kind of ideas that things are changing" Tahara says

"Yes my lord" Kono walks up to Tahara as he says

"I do not like you!" Shiro takes a step towards Kono but Kono says

"But I do respect your skills as a warrior, and I am sorry for the way I spoke of Hiro-" Tahara says

"I accept your apology, but do not speak his name!" Kono puts his hand out as Tahara shakes Kono's hand and Shiro says

"Good, now let's go. They are waiting" They all continues walking up the hallway until Tahara opens the door at the end of the hallway walking into Jushiro's office and they notice Kiyoshi and Jushiro talking as Tahara says

“There here!” Jushiro looks over and sees them as he says

“Both of you sit down” Kono and Shiro walk up to Jushiro’s desk as they sit down in front of his desk and Shiro says

“Yes my lord?” Jushiro says

“A lot of things are going to change very quickly, Kingsman is becoming more and more of a threat and we are planning on taking down Kingsman and I’m going to need both of you out on the battlefield for that. What can both of you do?” Shiro says

“I can…It’s hard to explain, but I can tap into some of the abilities of my brothers” Jushiro is *curious* as he says

“What could your brothers do?” Suddenly Shiro disappears and Jushiro is *confused* as he says

“Where did he go?” Suddenly A voice from behind him says

“I can stop time” Jushiro is *shocked* as he turns around and tries to punch Shiro but he liquefies into the gray liquid and moves back to his original seat and reforms but Shiro falls to his knees as he holds his chest and is *breathing heavy* as he says

“I can...Also liquefy myself!” Jushiro is *confused* as he says

“Why are you on the ground!?" Shiro *slows his breathing* as he says

“Because...I can only use them for a short duration of time, and they have huge drains on my energy!” Jushiro says

“Hmm, regardless you will be very useful. Could you use this liquid to trap Kingsman inside of it?” Shiro slowly gets up and sits back down in his chair as he says

“If I had enough, I believe I could. But it would take some time for me to get enough that I believe could contain Kingsman” Jushiro says

“Can you use these abilities at the same time?” Shiro says

“I can, but it will strain my body and basically destroy my body if I hold them for too long. So I truthfully must ask that when it starts that you kill him quickly” Jushiro says

“Good, we can use you" Jushiro looks at Kono as he says

"What about you?” Kono says

“I have the ability to take control of someone’s mind” Jushiro is *shocked* as he says

“You both are very valuable, why have neither one of you told me about these abilities?” Kono says

“I…Have not used the ability in years I do not know if I can still fully control the person” Kiyoshi says

“Wait, weren’t you controlling two people when we originally showed up?” Kono says

“Yes...But no, Lord Haruto gave me a seal allowing me to control them and because of his passing I no longer have the seal” Kiyoshi says

“Hmm” Jushiro says

“So what can you do for certain?” Kono says

“I can distract Kingsman as Shiro adds more liquid to himself” Jushiro says

“Alright, well need time to properly formulate the plan and find the perfect area for everything we'll need. Until then all of you-" Suddenly *maniacal laughter* echos from all around the room as all light starts fading from the room and Tahara rushes out onto the balcony as she jumps onto the roof and Kingsman walks out of a shadow on the wall and Kingsman looks at everyone as he *smiles* and says

“Hello!” Everyone is *shocked* and tenses up as they raise their hands to fight but Kingsman says

“Low your hands, I’m not going to kill any of you just yet. I simply came here to warn all of you, you have five minutes before this place is destroyed” Jushiro is *shocked* and stands up as he says

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“What!?” Kingsman says

"I can just sense something extremely dangerous, quickly approaching this village" Jushiro walks up to Kingsman as he says

"If you try anything I will-" Kingsman puts his hands up as he says

"I am not threatening you, I'm simply warning you something dangerous is approaching. I wouldn't want all of your hard work to be for nothing" Jushiro is *skeptical* but he takes a step back and says

"What is it?" Kingsman says

"I don't know exactly, but I can just sense something approaching" Kingsman walks out onto the balcony as he looks over the village and says

"It's truly something I can just sense in the air...That's it! I know what it is!" Jushiro walks over to the balcony door as he says

"What is it!?" Kingsman sits down on the rail of the balcony and looks at Jushiro as he says

"You!" Jushiro is *confused* as he says

"What the hell are you talking about!?" Kingsman *smiles* as he says

"More specifically, the man you portray yourself as to these people" Jushiro takes a step towards Kingsman as he screams

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" The force of his screams shakes the entire village and Kingsman *chuckles* as he says

"This is what I mean, that outburst possibly just caused someone to die. To truly tell you my thoughts about why you will be the downfall of this village, it simply is because of the way you portray yourself as a god amongst them and a perceived unstoppable force. Do you know what truly happens when a perceived unstoppable force meets a truly unmovable object, no? I'll tell you, the truth about one is revealed!" Jushiro clenches his fist as he slowly walks towards Kingsman and says

"Kingsman, I will-" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says

"I promise, I'm not going to destroy your village. But it's destruction seems inevitable" Kiyoshi,Kono and Shiro all walk over to the door of the balcony as Jushiro grabs Kingsman by the collar of his suit and Kingsman says

"You're allowing your emotions to control you Jushiro, calm yourself! This could be the moment everything is destroyed" Jushiro leans Kingsman over the edge of the balcony and he is *angry* as he says

"You will leave my village and never return! Or Kingsman I promise I will make you suffer like never before! If you want to make me mad, this is it! You want to see me lose it and come down to your level, FINE! Let's fight! But this will not happen here!" Kingsman looks down at the height of the drop and he puts his hand on Jushiro's shoulder as he is *shocked* and says

"On any other occasion, I would happily take you up on that offer. But I truthfully didn't come here to fight you, I know we have bad blood between us. But I think we can truly still be cordial outside of the battlefield, would you allow me to move into your village? With it constantly moving because of your fathers ability it's difficult to keep up with it, and I truly don't want to keep chasing it when I wish to have a conversation" Jushiro is *shocked* and says

"Why would I allow someone like you into my village! So you can kill everyone here! So you corrupt their minds and turn them into people they are not! This village is a place of peace and love, you are everything these people want to stay away from!" Kingsman says

"I just wish for a peaceful middle ground for both of us to have a conversation without the threat of violence on either side, how about a gift to show you I mean no harm?" Jushiro says

"I don't want anything from you, but for you to leave my-" Kingsman pulls his hand off of Jushiro's shoulder as he holds it up and darkness covers the front of his hand as Jushiro sees the hilt of Kingsman sword slowly emerging from the darkness and Kingsman says

"On my word as a man and a warrior, I give you my blade showing I mean nothing but the truest intentions. If you shall accept my sword then there will be no threat of violence in this village ever again, all of us have a code of honor and this is mine. My weapon, as a showing of good faith between us! Take it, and on my word I will bring no harm to this village. But if you do not take it then that means this village could be imposed on when our battle starts!" Jushiro *nervously* looks at Kingsman's sword as he looks back at Kingsman and says

"I don't trust you...You could use this blade to corrupt me!" Kingsman says

"As men, we truly have nothing in this world if we cannot keep our word. And I hold my word to a very high regard, if you take my blade then this village is sacred ground. No one shall fight here, but that also means my village is as well. You are not allowed to attack my village, do we have a deal?" Jushiro looks back at the sword as he takes one hand off of Kingsman and he says

"So, you and none of your people will attack this village if I take this sword?" Kingsman says

"As long as none of your people attack mine we have no reason too, but again if you do not take the sword then this place will simply be a shadow of it's former glory. What is your decision?" Jushiro slowly reaches for the hilt of the sword but suddenly the sword falls through the back of Kingsman hand and stabs into the ground below them causing a massive shockwave to shake everything in the village and Jushiro is *shocked* as he says

"I knew it! You wanted your sword to pierce the core of my village as you tried to do on the other planet, but I won't let you!" Jushiro pushes Kingsman to the side as he looks over the balcony and opens his hand but he is *stunned* as he sees Kingsman sword is sticking out of the ground unmoving and he thinks

"What! But his sword sank into the ground the last time, how could this be!?" Suddenly Jushiro feels a pressure starts pushing against him and as he looks down he sees Kingsman's sword is emanating darkness as Kingsman stands on the ledge of the balcony with his hands in his pocket and his voices echos through the village as he says

“Attention, I am sorry for interrupting your days but I have a very important message! This village will be destroyed, unless this sword is pulled out of the ground! I truly did not want this, but your lord has refused my offer for peace. So I am left with no other option!” Suddenly all of the villagers run out of their homes and businesses in a *panic* as they look over and see Kingsman's sword in the ground and they all surround the sword as they look up and sees Kingsman standing on the balcony and Kingsman sees all of them are *nervous* and *afraid* as Kingsman says

“If you all remove that blade from the ground then your village will be spared, I estimate you have about two minutes left before this village's destruction! I will leave you all to your task” Suddenly Kingsman disappears as one of the villagers steps up and tries to pull the blade out of the ground but it doesn’t budge and a Woman holding her son steps up and looks up as she screams

“PLEASE HELP US LORD JUSHIRO!” Everyone drops to the knees and screams

“PLEASE MY LORD WE NEED YOU! PLEASE HELP US!” Jushiro is *angry* as he says

“That bastard!" Jushiro turns around as he sees Shiro,Kono, and Kiyoshi in the balcony door way as Tahara looks down from the roof at him and he says

"Shiro, go and pull the blade out!" Shiro is *nervous* as he says

"I will try my lord!" Shiro walks over to the balcony and jumps off as he lands in front of the sword and everyone is *confused* but Shiro walks up and grabs the sword and tries to pull it out but the sword still doesn't budge and Shiro closes his eyes and *slows his breathing* as a Man says

"I don't know who you are, but you can do it!" Everyone starts encouraging Shiro as his eyes open and he *screams in anger* as he starts pulling the sword with all of his strength and he *screams even louder in anger* but Shiro falls back onto the ground and he *holds his chest in exhaustion* as suddenly dark roots cover the ground and the village starts shaking as the ground cracks and the crowd *screams in fear* as they scream

“PLEASE LORD JUSHIRO WE NEED YOU!” Jushiro *clenches his fist in anger* and he thinks

"This is it, he's trying to make me angry in front of everyone. He's trying to force me to act outside of my character, destroy my reputation! But I won't allow him to, we are going to be ok" Jushiro *slows his breathing* as he walks over to the edge of the balcony and looks down as he says

“Everyone relax, I will take care of this!” The crowd calms down as they watch Jushiro float down off of the balcony and Jushiro slowly floats towards the sword as he looks at everyone and says

"It will be ok as I have always told all of you, I will protect all of you!" Jushiro grabs the sword with one hand and tries to pull it but the sword doesn't budge at all and Jushiro looks down *shocked* as he tries to pull it again but it still doesn't move as a Women screams

“YOU CAN DO IT LORD JUSHIRO, WE BELIEVE IN YOU!” Jushiro *chuckles* as he lands on the ground and reaches down as he grabs the sword with both hands and starts pulling the sword and it shifts an inch but the roots suddenly stretch further across the ground as the ground cracks underneath them causing Jushiro to let go of the blade sending it slamming deeper into the ground pushing the roots further across the ground and causing everything to start shaking worse and Jushiro steps back up to the sword as he starts pulling harder on the sword but it won't move as Jushiro starts to *panic* and pull the sword harder but the sword still doesn't move and Jushiro stumbles back *shocked* as he looks at his hands and a man is *scared* as he screams

“LORD JUSHIRO CAN’T DO IT! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!” Everyone starts to *panic* and running away but a little kid walks through the crowd of people and up to Jushiro as he says

“Please my lord! Please save us!” Jushiro looks at the boy and sees the hope in the boys eyes and Jushiro steps up to the sword and he tightly regrips the sword as he thinks

"It's fine, I can do this! I'll save everything!" Jushiro starts pulling the blade harder as the roots shoot across the village faster and the shaking gets worse as Jushiro's veins start popping out all over his body as he *screams in anger* but The Boy says

“I believe in you my lord!” Jushiro screams louder as he pulls harder on the sword until he's able to pull the sword out of the ground simultaneously stopping the shaking and roots spreading across the village and everyone stops running as they look back and see Jushiro slowly lifts the sword into the air as he says

"As I have always-" Suddenly the sword flies out of Jushiro hand and up towards the balcony until it lands in Kingsman's hand as he's still standing on the balcony's ledge and everyone looks up as Kingsman says

“I’m sorry to tell you that your time has expired, and your almighty lord Jushiro has failed you. But I see something inside of all of you that I don't wish for all of you to die, but I can only save all of you if you pray to me. Your new Lord Kingsman!” Hundreds of villagers fall to their knees as they say

“Please spare us Lord Kingsman!” Jushiro is *shocked* as Kingsman looks over and sees there are still a few people that haven't dropped to their knees and says

“I try and extend my generosity by trying to spare all of your lives, but I am met with nothing except blatant disrespect. In exchange for your lives all I simply ask for is acknowledgement as your new lord, but it seems Jushiro and a few other would rather die then kneel" All of the women start *crying* as they scream

“PLEASE JUST DO AS HE SAYS” But multiple men stand up and force everyone else to the ground as the men turn and rush Jushiro as they start trying to pull him down onto the ground but Jushiro doesn't budge as they scream

"JUST GET ON THE DAMN GROUND!" Jushiro is *stunned* as he looks around at the destruction all over the village and looks down at the men trying to push down and he thinks

“He’s destroyed my village, killed my soldiers and taken my people!” Jushiro puts his hand up sending all of the men flying back as he looks up towards Kingsman but suddenly he feels a small hand in his and he looks down as he sees The Boy and The Boy says

“I still believe in you my lord!” Kingsman says

“Unfortunately I said If all of you pray to me I would spare you, and I could have ignored Jushiro but I simply cannot ignore the boy's disrespect as well. But if any of you survive come and find me" A woman is *scared* as she screams

"WAIT PLEASE LORD KINGSMAN HE IS MY SON, JUGO PLEASE COME BACK TO ME!" Jugo looks back at his mother but he tightly grips Jushiro's hand and Kingsman says

"The boy's mind is made up and I respect his faith, let's see if it will protect him" Kingsman turns around as he disappears and the roots shoot out of the ground and start destroying everything and multiple more roots shoot of the ground and start grabbing people as spikes suddenly emerge from all over the roots and everyone starts *screaming in fear* and running away as Jushiro is *stunned* as he look at the carnage inside of his village and everything goes silent as he thinks

"All of my work, destroyed by one man! My reputation, my village, my people, everything is gone! In an instant, maybe I could-" Suddenly a portal opens up high in the sky as Makoto falls out of it clutching his chest but Jushiro still doesn't look up at Makoto as Makoto *holds his chest in pain* and looks around until he notices Jushiro standing in front of his office and he reaches out towards Jushiro as he says

"My l-" Suddenly Makoto's entire body implodes and he explodes with such force everything in the immediate area is vaporized and as the explosion spreads everything is being vaporized as Jushiro is still staring forward and not moving as all of the village is being vaporized and the explosion expands flowing towards them quickly and Jugo is *scared* as he looks at Jushiro and says

"What are we going to do my lord!?" But Jushiro doesn't respond as he is still staring forward and the explosion is in front of Jushiro and suddenly a hand grabs his shoulder pulling him back through a portal but as Jushiro's pulled back Jugo's hand slips out of his and Jugo looks back at Jushiro as he reaches out to him and says

"My L-" But Jushiro watches as Jugo is vaporized as the portal closes and Jushiro still stares at the spot the portal has closed and Isamu steps in front of Jushiro as he says

"Are you ok my lord!?" But Jushiro slowly looks down as he stares at his hands and Isamu says

"My lord, are you hurt?" Jushiro doesn't look at him and Isamu looks back at Kiyoshi,Kono, and Shiro as he says

"Is anybody injured?" Kiyoshi says

“Of course not” Kono and Shiro say

“No, my Lord” Isamu says

“I don’t know what we’re going to do now–” Suddenly a voice echoes from the sky and says

“I do!” Everyone looks up and sees Kingsman standing in the sky