Chapter 019
Overdue Reunions
Kenji notices Kingsman has stopped and says
“Dad, are you ok?” Kingsman says
“Yeah…Let’s go” They all continue walking down the hill.
At the same time Matsuno and Hironaka are on a different planet fighting and Hironaka punches Matsuno in the stomach but it does nothing to Matsuno and Matsuno *smiles* as he punches Hironaka in the stomach sending him flying and Hironaka lands hard on the ground and Matsuno walks over to Hironaka and stands over him and as he’s about to punch Hironaka but Hironaka kicks Matsuno in the leg making him fall forward and as Matsuno is falling Hironaka rapidly kicks him all over his body but Hironaka puts one of his feet on Matsuno’s chest stopping him and kicks Matsuno in the face with the other and then he kicks off of Matsuno’s chest pushing himself back and he stands up as Matsuno hits the ground and Matsuno gets to one knee and Matsuno punches the ground in *frustration* and the entire planet starts shaking and then the ground splits and Hironaka can see the core of the planet and says
“Damn it Matsuno, this is the third planet! How the hell are we supposed to train if you keep destroying planets?” Matsuno *laughs* and says
“That wasn’t even a quarter off my full strength” Hironaka *sighs* and says
“Lets–” He abruptly stops talking as Kei’s voice echos in his mind and says
“You and Matsuno get back here now!” Matsuno looks at Hironaka and says
“What the hell is wrong with you?” Hironaka says
“We have to go now” Hironaka opens a portal and says
“I know what your thinking Matsuno, leave this planet intact” Matsuno says
“Fine, but I need you to teach me how to create portals” Hironaka says
"I'm not even going to waste my time attempting to start training you" Matsuno stands up and Hironaka walks through the portal but Matsuno flicks his finger towards the core of the planet and the force from the flicks hits the core and it explodes as Matsuno goes through the portal and it closes behind him and he’s *laughing* as he comes through it, but then he sees Kei and he stops *laughing* and kneels to Kei as Kei is talking to Miyamoto, Kei says
“Tell me what happened?” Miyamoto says
“Kingsman and Kaito have decided to call a meeting off all the leaders and if someone doesn’t show up then they’ll be giving up there power and control over there regions'' Kei gets *angry* as he says
“No,No,No! This isn’t how this was supposed to happen, this isn’t Kaito’s doing. It’s all that bastard Kingsman’s fault. When is this meeting happening?” Miyamoto says
“Right now my lord” Kei calms his breathing and says
“Go to the meeting and tell me what happened after” Miyamoto says
“Yes my lord” Kei puts his hand right in front of Miyamoto’s head and he teleports Miyamoto away and Kei starts pacing back and forth until he punches his desk breaking it down the middle and Hironaka says
“What’s the plan now my lord?” Kei says
“He’s ruining everything, he needs to die NOW!” Matsuno *smiles* as he says
“We move on your orders'' Hironaka says
“I know your upset my lord, but we can’t move against Kingsman yet” Kei stops pacing and he turns and looks at Hironaka and he walks up to Hironaka while he’s still kneeling and Kei says
“Stand up, and say it again” Hironaka says
“I’m sorry my lord, but–” Kei screams
“STAND UP!” Hironaka stands up and says
“I mean no disrespect, but even the supreme one said Kingsman can’t be–” Hironaka is stopped from talking by Kei choking him with one hand and as he’s choking Hironaka, Matsuno stands and grabs his arm and says
“Let him go!” Kei looks at Matsuno and *laughs* as he says
“I see!” Kei drops Hironaka but he punches Matsuno in the stomach and it makes Matsuno spit up blood and falls to his knees *holding his stomach in pain* and and Kei says
“I see both of you have forgotten who I am, we’ll let me remind you. My name is Kei Katsuro, Son of the greatest warrior this world has ever seen, Isshin Katsuro” Kei walks over and sits back in his chair.
At the same time Kingsman and everyone else are walking through the street and Dai says
“Can we get some food?” Itsuki says
"We're going to an extremely important meeting and you're worried about food!" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
“Don't worry about it Itsuki, let's go get some food” Kingsman points at a ramen shop and everyone starts walking over except Kingsman but Itsuki stops and turns around as he sees Kingsman is still standing in the street and he says
“Sensei, aren’t you coming?” Kingsman says
“You all go ahead, I’ll be right here” Itsuki says
“All right, I’ll get you some ramen” Itsuki runs inside the ramen shop and Kingsman walks down the street and jumps on top of a building and looks to the sky as he says
“This should be a good test for them” Suddenly all the clouds part as a giant meteor is coming towards the village and Kingsman pulls his sword out of his hand and says
“But it might be a bit to big for them to handle at this point, let’s cut it down a bit” Kingsman flies into the air and he lands on the meteor and he walks near the front of the meteor and then he slashes down and splits it in half and he drops in between the meteor and then punches the larger half destroying it and he grabs the smaller half stopping it in the air and says
“All right they should be able to handle this” Riku,Itsuki,Dai and Kenji come out of the ramen shop and Dai is *confused* and says
“Where the hell did Sensei go?” Itsuki says
“I told him I would get him some ramen, but maybe he wanted something else” Kenji says
“I guess so, where did he go?” But nobody answers him and he turns around and says
“What?” Itsuki points to the sky and Kenji looks up and sees the giant meteor coming towards them and Dai *smiles* as he says
“This is going to be fun!” Dai rushes off and jumps on a building and tries to jump towards the meteor but he can’t get high enough and everyone sits there ramen on the floor and rushes up and joins Dai on the roof and Itsuki says
“There’s no way you can reach the meteor from here” Dai says
“Watch me!” But Riku grabs Dai’s arm before he can jump again and says
“Even if you can reach it you won’t be able to destroy it by yourself. So I’ll help” Itsuki says
“Then I guess I will to” Kenji says
“Fine, give me your right hand” Dai puts his right hand up and Kenji grabs his wrist and creates a ice gauntlet around it and Itsuki touches the ice wrapping it in lightning and Riku says
“Kenji, Itsuki you both spread out and destroy the debris that comes down I’ll hold it in the air as long as I can” Kenji and Itsuki both say
“Right!” Itsuki and Kenji both run in different directions and Riku says
“Dai, when you get up there try and use your fire to burn away most of the debris” Dai says
“Fine” Riku says
“On three jump with everything you’ve got. One,Two,Three!” As Dai jumps with such force it destroys the building as Riku launches him extremely fast through the air with his wind as Riku's pushed back words off of the roof as he lands on his feet and as Dai is flying towards the meteor, Dai’s fire surges over his hand creating a fire gauntlet on top of Kenji’s ice and Dai thinks
“I always wanted to try out this move" As he gets closer to the meteor the more his fire surges across his body and he turns into a giant ball of fire and as Dai hits the meteor it freezes and his fire and Itsuki's lighting starts surging all across the meteor and it splits into hundreds of pieces but then his fire explodes off of his body and it destroys most of the smaller pieces but the larger ones scatter across the village and there flying down towards the village extremely fast but Riku is able to stop them in the air but he’s struggling to hold them up and Itsuki and Kenji running around destroying them as fast as they can but there’s to many and Riku’s arms give out and the debris falls down but suddenly thousands of black slashes appear across the sky and destroy all the debris and as the debris is being destroyed Dai falls out of the sky towards them, Riku notices and screams
"DAI!" Riku rushes towards where Dai is going to land and he uses his wind to stop Dai right before he passes through the black slashes but as he's running his arms give out and Dai drops through the black slashes but as he does he screams in pain and slams into the ground and Riku rushes over to Dai and says
“Dai, are you ok!?” But as he looks at Dai he notices he’s not cut at all and Riku looks up at the slashes and says
“What are these?” Itsuki and Kenji run over and Kenji says
“Is Dai ok? Was he hit?” Riku says
“No, he’s fine” Itsuki looks up and says
“What the hell even is this?” A voice from above them says
“The effects of my sword slashing in the air” Everyone looks up and sees Kingsman standing on a roof above them and Riku says
“Sensei, where did you go? We needed you!” Kingsman says
“Obviously not the meteor is destroyed, isn’t it?” Kingsman jumps down next to them and grabs Dai by his shirt lifts him up and says
“Good job kid” Dai *smiles* and says
“What else would you expect from someone like me?” Kingsman says
“Now, let’s get to the meeting. I need all of you waiting by the gate, but where’s my ramen? I’m starving” As they look back towards where they put the ramen down at a dog is eating Kingsman ramen bowl and Dai starts *laughing* so hard he falls back on the floor but as he looks up he sees the dog peeing in his ramen and everyone else starts *laughing* But Dai throws a fireball at the dog and it runs off and Kingsman says
“Looks like nobody’s eating” Everyone starts walking and Itsuki says
“So what’s this meeting about anyways Sensei?” Kingsman says
“Me and Kaito are holding a meeting between all of the region leaders about what’s going on” But suddenly Riku stops dead in his tracks and Kingsman notices Riku has stopped, and before anyone else can notice Kingsman says
“Actually the real reason I brought all of you out here was because I needed all of you to help me find an ancient scroll” Dai says
“What’s in the scroll?” Kingsman says
“The scroll contains an ancient sword technique my grandfather taught, it allows your sword to create wind slashes making it impossible to clash with your blade or block the strike because it passes through all armor and even your skin and destroys your insides. He called it his Hakkei Technique, that’s what made him the greatest swordsman in history” Dai says
“Until I came in” Kingsman is *confused* and says
“You don’t know how to use a sword” Dai says
“Give me five minutes” Kingsman *laughs* and says
“Just go, it’s on the west end of the village in the old library, you all should be able to handle some simple guards, right? Or do I need to come and make sure nobody gets hurt?” Dai says
“Hurt? We’ll beat those soldiers so fast they won’t even see us, let’s go!” Dai runs to the west and Itsuki *sighs* and follows him, Kenji does as well and Kingsman walks back towards Riku and he kneels down to look Riku in his eyes and says
“What’s wrong Riku? First in the forest you were just like this, but this time I know nothing bite you. So what is it?” Riku is *nervous* and says
“Sensei, I'm sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you, I–” Kingsman says
“Don’t dodge my question, what aren’t you telling me?” Riku says
“It’s nothing Sensei, I’m just not feeling well. I’ll just go back to the house” Riku tries to turn and walk away but he’s stopped as Kingsman grabs his arm and as he turns around Kingsman holds up Riku's arm as it’s shaking and says
“Your shaking like this because you're sick?” Riku says
“Sensei I–” Kingsman says
“Sasaki…Sachi…Ren” As Kingsman says Ren, Riku starts shaking even harder and Kingsman says
“I thought so, so what is it about Ren that makes you so scared?” Riku says
“I’m sorry Sensei, I haven’t told you everything about my past” (When Riku was born his mother loved him more than his two brothers and they could tell so by the time Riku turned ten his brothers started to beat up Riku everyday and after they would leave Riku’s mother would come over to Riku and always tell him
“It’s okay, don’t fight back. Don’t become like them my perfect angel, don’t get involved with them allow them to do as they will, it will be ok” That night Riku’s mother and father are arguing and Ren says
“Riku is too soft Mai, Haru and Akio are trying to make him stronger!” Mai says
“Riku isn’t like all of you and he’ll never be, he is my angel!” Ren says
“I will not have a child of mine being a coward, he is my son and he will act like it! We have a reputation to uphold!” Mai says
“He’s not a warrior and he won’t be, so either you can have your son or your reputation!” Ren says
“If he is not a warrior then he is not my son!” Ren leaves the room and slams the door in anger and Mai is *crying* on there bed and Haru and Akio can hear all of this in the next room they both go outside and see Riku playing on a swing and they both walk up to Riku and Haru says
“Look at what you did, you got dad mad” Akio says
“And made mom cry” Riku is *confused* and says
“What!? I–” But Riku is interrupted as Haru punches him in the stomach making him spit on Akio’s shoes and Akio says
“Look you got spit all over my shoes” Akio kicks Riku in the face making him roll in the dirt and Haru says
“You got all this dirt on my clothes” Haru picks Riku up by his hair and punches him in the stomach and then punches him in the face dropping Riku to the ground holding his bloody mouth and he starts *crying* as Haru and Akio walk up to him again and Akio says
“Do you have anything to say for yourself?” Riku *coughs up blood* and he looks up at them both and says
“I’m sorry” Haru says
“You disgust me” Riku *cries even harder* and says
“I’m sor-” But Akio kicks Riku in the stomach sending him slamming into a tree and says
“Shut the hell up” Haru and Akio both start *laughing* while walking towards the house and Riku struggles to get up and he slowly makes his way to the house and he gets to the back door it suddenly opens and Riku sees Akio standing there and Akio says
“Since you caused so much pain in this house you’ll be sleeping outside” Riku says
“But it’s going to rain” Akio says
“What did you say!?” Riku puts his head down and says
“Nothing, I’m sorry” Akio slams the door in Riku’s face and Riku lays down in the grass but as he closes his eyes it starts raining and thunder storming extremely hard and Riku crawls underneath the porch.
As the sun comes out Riku crawls from under the porch and sits on the steps of the wet porch shaking until Mai opens the back door and sees him and he rushes over and picks him up and brings him inside and Mai says
“What happened?” Riku says
“Nothing, I just didn’t want to hurt anyone but I hate the way Haru and Akio treat me. Maybe father is right and I start training like them they wi–” Mai says
“NO! Don’t become like them, promise me you won’t become like them” Riku says
“But I–” Mai grabs Riku's shoulders and says
“Promise me!” Riku says
“I promise” Mai says
“Good, thank you. Now go take a shower and get cleaned up” Riku says
“Yes ma’am” Riku turns and walks up stairs and thinks
“I have too, they do this to me so I can become stronger like them, even dad says it. I’ll become so strong that everyone will be proud of me” After Riku’s shower as he’s walking to his room he notices out of the window above the stairs he can see into the backyard and he sees his father and his brothers training and he sits on the stairs and watches them for hours until his mother calls everyone in for dinner and he rushes downstairs and finishes his food and as Ren opens the door to come inside and Riku rushes past all of them and runs into the forest next to there house leaving everyone in *shock* and Ren thinks
“What speed! Maybe he’s more of my son then I thought” Mai is *confused* and says
“Where’s he rushing off to this late?” Haru says
“Doesn’t matter” Akio says
“Hopefully he stays there” After dinner everyone goes upstairs and Mai cleans up the table and Riku still hasn’t returned and she walks to the backdoor and watches the forest for a couple more seconds hoping to see him come out of the forest, but she doesn’t see him and she goes to bed.
The next morning as she’s making breakfast, Riku comes into the back door and Mai is *shocked* and says
“Oh my!” She rushes over to Riku and hugs him and says
“Where were you? Are you ok?” Riku is *tired* and says
“I’m fine…I just wanted to run around the forest and get some air” Mai says
“You know how dangerous it is outside, if your going to be in the forest that’s fine but come back at night” Riku says
“Mom I’m not a little girl, I can handle myself. I don’t need anyone to protect me” Mai says
“Your my angel and I want you to be safe” Riku says
“Ok mom I understand, I’ll be more careful. I’m going to go and take a shower” Riku goes upstairs and takes a shower after he’s done with his shower he goes in his room and collapses on his bed and he wakes up hours later to the sound of his brothers training and he goes back to the window and watches his brother and father train again until his mother calls them all for dinner but as Riku turns away from the window Haru sees him watching them and Riku runs downstairs and sits down and eats and once again when Ren opens the door Riku runs by but Haru grabs his arm and says
“Where are you going?” But Riku just *smiles* and runs off back into the forest and Akio says
“Don’t worry about it, hopefully he gets lost” Haru is still looking in the forest where Riku ran and says
“Yeah” Everyone sits down and eats and after everyone is finished with there food Ren and Akio go upstairs but Haru stands up and walks outside and looks towards the forest and he sees Riku come out of the forest and walks to the house but he's *shocked* as he sees Haru standing on the porch and he says
“Hi Haru” Haru says
“What were you doing in the forest?” Riku says
“Nothing, I just wanted some fresh air” Haru walks off of the porch and right up to Riku and says
“What were you doing!?” Riku says
“It was nothing, I promise” Haru tries to punch Riku and Riku dodges the punch but he falls to the ground and Haru looks down at Riku in *shock* but Haru just turns around without saying a word and goes back into the house and Riku stands up and thinks
“I hope I didn’t upset Haru” Riku walks in the house and goes to his room and as he lays in bed he thinks
“In a few more days I’ll be able to show everyone what I’ve learned” Riku goes to sleep *smiling*.
The next morning as Riku is sleeping Haru comes into Riku’s room and he puts chalk on the bottom of Riku’s shoes and then he leaves the room and as Riku wakes up it’s night time and his brothers and father are training and as he goes to the window Haru notices he is watching them but he continues training until his mom calls them for dinner but this time Haru rushes in the house and Mai is *shocked* and says
“Oh, Haru you must be quite hungry” Riku comes downstairs and sees Haru sitting at the table with the food in front of him but he’s not eating it and Riku sits down and eats quickly as everyone comes through the door, Riku finishes his food and stands up but Haru slides his food in front of Riku and says
“Here!” Akio is *shocked* and says
“Haru, what are you doing?” Riku says
“Thank you Haru, but i’m full” Haru says
“I’m trying to be nice, now eat!” Riku says
“Ok, thank you” Riku sits down and everyone sits down and starts eating but Riku finishes eating and he gets up and runs out of the door and into the forest and Akio says
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
"What the hell are you doing Haru? Why'd you give him your food?" Haru says
"Don't worry about it" Haru is still sitting at the table as everyone else finishes and Akio and Ren goes upstairs but Haru says
“Mother, I’ll handle everything you just go upstairs and get some sleep” Mai says
“Thank you Haru, but it’s ok I’ll handle this” Haru says
“No, you have been working hard let me” Mai says
“Thank you Haru, don’t stay up to late” Haru says
“I won’t” Mai goes upstairs into her room and as she closes her bedroom door, Haru walks over to the door and locks it and turns all the lights out and then goes upstairs and sits by the window overlooking the backyard until he sees Riku come out of the forest hours later but as he tries the door its locked and Riku turns around and heads back into the forest and Haru rushes down stairs and out the door and runs to the edge of the forest and sees the chalk trail on the ground and follows it and he sees Riku in the distance and he follows him from a distance until Riku stops in a clearing and as Haru stops a few trees away he sees Riku walking towards a house made out of sticks and Haru thinks
“So this is where you’ve been going, what a waste of my time” But as Haru is about to turn away he hears a loud roar rings out through the entire forest and he turns around he sees a giant bear approaching Riku but Haru just sits there watching it approach Riku and Riku stands up and backs up as the bear comes closer and the bear stands on its back legs towering over Riku and it swipes at Riku with both of it's paws and Riku is able to dodge both swings but suddenly the bear hits Riku with the back of his paws sending him flying into a tree and Riku slowly gets to his feet holding his chest and the bear rushes Riku and swipes for him again but he's just barely able to dodge the swipe as it destroys multiple trees behind him and Riku is *shocked* and Riku runs away from the bear dodging between multiple trees but the bear is running straight through them and Riku jumps up into a tree but as he lands on it the tree falls to the ground and lands on top of Riku pinning him to the ground and the bear walks up to Riku and leans down and let's out a deafening roar in his face and the bear steps on the tree snapping it in half but Riku is able to barely catch the bears foot and he's struggling to hold it up as he says
“Get off of me! I said GET OFF HARU!” He’s able to push the bears foot up into the air slightly and he rolls out of the way as the bears foot slams into the ground cracking it and Haru is *shocked* and thinks
“He’s thinking of me as he’s fighting this monster!” Riku rushes up and hits the bear in the back of it's knees making the bear fall onto it's back and Riku jumps on it's stomach and punches it all over it stomach and Riku uses it stomach to launch himself extremely high into the air and he stomps on the bears head pushing the bear deeper into the ground and Riku jumps off of the bear and he walks towards his stick house but the bear is able to pull itself out of the ground and it *angrily* roars at Riku and charges him but Riku without turning around is able to back flip over the bear and as the bear turns around Riku is no where to be found and Haru is *shocked* and thinks
"Where the hell did he go!? He was just behind it" The bear starts sniffing the air and it walks forward but suddenly a tree falls hitting it directly on the head and the bear *cries out in pain* as multiple trees fall down hitting the bear from all sides until they all suddenly stop but then Riku falls from the sky and punches the bear in the top of the head slamming it into the ground and the bears vision becomes blurry as it falls onto it's side and Riku walks around the bear and grabs it's paw and he's able to swing the bear in circles and he throws the bear into the forest crashing through multiple trees and Riku turns his back to the bear but doesn't move and the bear slowly makes it back to it's feet pushing all the tree off of it and let's out a *weak* roar and it slowly approaches Riku and as it get's behind him it opens it's mouth to bite him but without turning around Riku backhands the bear sending it crashing into two trees that land on it's neck and back legs pinning it down and Riku walks towards the bear and kneels down next to it’s neck and he puts two fingers on the bears neck and says
“I’m sorry for doing this” The bear let's out a *weak* roar in Riku’s face but as it’s roaring Riku presses on his vein in it's neck and the bear goes silent but before he can push any further a cub jumps out and starts to growl at Riku and Riku is *shocked* and jumps back as the cub runs up to it’s mother and Riku says
“So that’s why you fought me, I’m sorry let me help” Riku reaches for the tree on the bears neck but the cub growls and tries to bite Riku but he says
“Please I only want to help” He walks over and pulls the trees off of the bear and the cub pushes it's body into the tree and helps push the trees off and as the bear is freed Riku jumps into a tree and the bear slowly stands up and embraces her cub and Riku *smiles* and says
“So this is family” As Riku is watching the bears Haru goes back home and Riku says
“Please forgive me, I didn’t know you were protecting someone. But if you stay right here I can make it up to you” Riku runs back towards his house and he runs up on the porch and looks at the window on the second floor but he notices the door is cracked open and he rushes in and goes to the refrigerator and finds some meat and he grabs it and rushes back out into the forest he can hear the cub *crying in the distance* and as he makes it back he sees the cub trying to get its mother to move but she won’t get up off of the ground and Riku jumps down next to them and the cub runs over to him and Riku walks up to the bear and she lets out a *weak* growl and Riku is *shocked* and thinks
"I did this! I'm sorry, I have to fix this!" Riku pushes her and she *cries out in pain* and Riku says
“I’m sorry I did this to you, but you have to move” Riku tries to pull her paws but she still doesn’t move and she *cries out in pain* once again and Riku says
“Come on, you have to move" Riku thinks
"Wait all of this happened because you wanted to protect him, right!?” Riku runs over and grabs the cub and walks in front of the bear and starts backing up and says
“You risked you life to protect him, NOW DO IT AGAIN!” The bear slowly starts to crawl towards Riku and as the bear keeps crawling forward Riku sees a cave and walks into it and the mother follows as they both make it inside Riku puts the cub down and allows it to run to its mother and he puts the meat in front of the mothers mouth and she slowly eats half of it and the cub starts eating as well and Riku *smiles* and says
“Good job, now rest” Riku leaves the cave and he runs back home and he goes into the backdoor and locks it behind him and he thinks
"I can't wait to see them again!" Riku walks upstairs and goes to sleep.
In the morning Haru and Akio are training early in the backyard but Akio notices Haru is distracted and he stops as he says
“What’s wrong with you?” Haru says
“Huh? Oh, nothing” Akio says
“You're distracted, what’s wrong?” Haru says
“I was thinking because last night I saw a bear–” Akio says
“Is that all it is? Let’s go kill it then” Haru says
“I…Uhh–” Akio *laughs* and says
“I know the great Haru, son of the leader of the greatest region isn’t afraid of a bear?” Haru says
“I’m not scared of a damn thing!” Akio says
“Then lets go” Haru says
“Fine, lets go” Later that day as Riku wakes up and he goes downstairs and sees Akio at the kitchen sink and Riku walks up and says
"Hello Akio" But as Akio turns around he sees a bloody claw mark on Akio's arm and Riku is *shocked* and says
"Akio, are you ok!?" Akio *laughs* and says
"I'm fine" Akio turns around and rinses the blood off of the claw mark and Riku says
"What happened?" Akio *laughs* and says
“Not that you need to know, but me and Haru just got done killing a bear” Riku is *stunned* as he hears this and he runs out of the house and towards the cave and he thinks
“No,NO! There's no way!” As he makes it there he sees the cub dead at the entrance of the cave Riku is *shocked* and he falls to his knees and *cries over the dead cub* and thinks
“You died protecting her!” Riku stands up and steps into the cave but as he does he sees blood all over the walls of the cave and then he sees the mother bear dead on the ground as well and then he screams
“NO!” At the same time Akio and Haru walk outside hearing that scream and Haru says
“What the hell was that?” Akio says
“I don’t know, but that’s where Riku ran off too” Haru is *shocked* and says
“What!? You told Riku what happened?” Akio says
“Yeah, so what?” But before Haru can say anything else Riku walks out of the forest with tears in his eyes looking *extremely mad* and he doesn’t say anything and Haru walks towards him and says
“Riku listen, i’m–” But Haru is interrupted by Riku punching him in the stomach with so much force it breaks his ribs and launches him back onto the ground and he spits up blood as he *screams in pain* and Akio is *shocked* and says
“What the hell!?” Akio runs up to Riku tries to punch him but Riku dodges the punch and punches Akio in the stomach dropping him to his knees and Riku punches him in the face and Akio falls back onto the ground holding his bloody nose but Riku starts relentlessly punching Akio all over his body and Akio starts to spit up blood Riku screams
“I’LL KILL YOU!” Riku puts his hands together and slams them towards Akio's face but Ren catches his hands and says
“What are you doing!?” Riku tries to punch Ren but he catches Riku’s fist and knees him in the stomach making him slide back but Riku rushes Ren and Riku jumps into the air and tries to kick Ren but Ren catches his leg and punches Riku in the stomach launching him back and Riku slams into the ground and Mai runs out of the house and sees Ren walking towards Riku and Mai jumps in front of Ren and says
“What are you doing? Don’t hurt him!” Ren says
“Look at what he’s done to Akio and Haru” Mai looks at Haru and Akio but she says
“No, Riku wouldn’t do that he’s not like any of you! He promised me!” She turns around and walks towards him but she stops as she looks in Riku eyes and sees nothing but *anger* and she gets *scarred* starts to back up but Riku says
“Mom…Wait!” Riku reaches out to her and grabs her arm but with so much force he accidentally breaks her arm and she *screams in pain* and Ren punches Riku in the back of his head slamming it into the ground and he kicks Riku and launches him through multiple trees and they all fall on top of him pinning him down and Ren picks up Mai,Aiko,and Haru and carries them all into the house and as Riku looks up he suddenly sees five shadow figures on top of his roof and he *weakly* says
"Wa-" But he passes out and as he wakes up he slowly pushes all of the trees off of him and he sees his house up in flames and he's *shocked* and thinks
"No!" He slowly walks towards the house but suddenly he hears his mother scream from inside of the house and he runs up to the backdoor and slams his shoulder into the door breaking it down and he screams
“MOM!” He runs up stairs and he runs to his fathers office door hearing more of his mothers screams and he tries to open the door but it doesn't open and he starts banging on the door but its doesn’t budge and as he’s trying to break through the door his mother screams even louder and he punches the door breaking it down and he runs in and sees his mother in front of a Masked Man with his sword raised above his head and Mai with *tears in her eyes*, says
“Stop! Please don’t do this!” Riku screams
"NO, STOP!" But before Riku could help The Masked Man cuts his mother's head off and Riku drops to his knees and *cries* as he screams
"NO!" The Masked Man turns and starts walking towards Riku but Riku becomes *enraged* and rushes The Masked Man and Riku tries to punch The Man but The Man catches Riku’s fist and he knees him in the stomach and slams him onto the ground and he kicks Riku into a wall and he starts walking toward Riku and Riku drops to the floor and The Masked Man stands over Riku and he raises his sword again but Haru punches The Masked Man sending him slamming into a wall and Haru crouches down next to Riku while still holding his ribs and Riku is *shocked* and says
“Haru!” Haru helps up Riku and Riku says
“Haru, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have–” Haru says
“Don’t! I should apologize to you, I should have never taken my anger out on you for the love and affection mother gave you. I’m sorry Riku, I should have been a better brother to you” But Haru pushes Riku back as The Masked Man's sword goes flying by where Riku just was and Haru runs up to The Masked Man and tries to punch The Masked Man but The Masked Man dodges all of Haru’s strikes and he punches Haru across the face and knees Haru in the stomach making him spit up blood and fall to the ground holding his stomach and Haru starts shaking on the ground and The Masked Man lifts his foot into the air but Riku says
“Hey! This is our fight!” The Masked Man looks at Riku and lowers his foot but he steps onto Haru's chest as Haru *screams in pain* and The Masked Man steps off and walks towards Riku and Riku runs over and pulls The Masked Man's sword out of the wall as The Masked Man gets close Riku tries to slash him but The Masked Man dodges all of Riku’s strikes until Riku thrust the sword towards him but he moves to the side and Riku stabs Haru in the stomach and he’s *shocked* and screams
"HARU, NO!" The Masked Man grabs the sword and punches Riku in the stomach launching him back as he slams into the ground and The Masked Man looks into Haru's eyes and yanks the sword out of his stomach and Haru collapses to the floor and The Masked Man crutches down next to Haru and grabs Haru's mouth as he stabs his sword in Haru’s stomach, muffling Haru's *scream of pain* and The Masked Man moves his hand and looks at the blood and Riku looks up as The Masked Man clenches his fist and lifts it into the air but Riku screams
“NO!” Riku stands up and rushes The Masked Man and The Masked Man stands up and tries to punch Riku but Riku dodges his strike and punches The Masked Man in the stomach with so much force he drops to a knee and Riku pulls the sword out of Haru’s stomach and Riku swings for The Masked Man's neck but The Masked Man stops the blade with two finger and The Masked Man *laughs* and says
“You have a lot of potential, I’m sorry I have to kill you. But It’s just apart of my life” But suddenly Riku pushes the sword with such strength it pushes The Masked Man's fingers against his neck and The Masked Man is *shocked* but he can barely move his fingers off of his neck and The Masked Man tries to punch Riku but Haru catches his wrist from behind him and Haru *weakly* says
“You should have killed me when you had the chance” Haru grabs The Masked Man's other hand and The Masked Man is *shocked* and says
“No, impossible! You should have bled out” Haru starts pulling The Masked Man's hand away from his neck and The Masked Man tries to stop him but he can't shake free from Haru's grip on either of his hands and Haru's able to pull The Masked Man's hand away as Riku cuts The Masked Man's head off and The Masked Man's body drops to the floor but as it does the floor gives out under The Masked Man's body and he falls into the raging flames on the first floor and Haru falls onto the ground and he starts *laughing* as he’s *coughing up blood* and Riku runs over to Haru and says
“Haru, come on you have to get up” Haru *weakly* says
“After everything I’ve done to you…You’d still try and help me” Haru *coughs up blood* and sheds a tear and says
“I’m sorry…Riku” Riku says
“It doesn’t matter what happened I won’t let you die, your my brother!” Haru says
“I’m sorry Riku, but I can’t go anywhere…Now get out of here kid before you die” Riku starts *crying* but the ceiling of the house starts to collapse and pieces drop off of the ceiling slamming into the floor near them and Riku looks around and says
“But–” But as he looks down at Haru again he sees his eyes are closed and Riku sheds a tear and says
“Goodbye, Haru” Riku starts *coughing due to the smoke* and Riku runs into the hallway but the stairs collapses but Riku runs towards the stairs and jumps through the window and he slams into the ground in the backyard and he slowly makes it back to his feet and Riku walks around to the front of his house but as he does he sees the entire village up in flames and warriors running through the street killing villagers and he continues to look until he sees his father surrounded by warriors and as they are closing in on him he falls to the ground but he still tries to fight and as one of them raise there swords Riku turns his head away and cries as he runs away) Kingsman is *shocked* and says
“So this would be the first time you’ve seen your father in years” Riku says
“I didn’t even know he was still alive, I thought I had watched my entire family die that night. Sensei I don’t know if I can face him” Kingsman says
“I know you always dreamed of making your father proud. There’s only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Show him how strong you have become, show him he should be proud of his son” Riku sheds a tear and *smiles* as he says
“Yes Sensei” Kingsman and Riku walk to Kaito’s office and as they are outside Riku stops at the gate and Kingsman turns around and says
“What are you doing? I said I need a bodyguard, I need you with me” Riku runs back next to Kingsman.
At the same time Kaito is in a meeting sitting with all of The Region Leaders and says
“Due to the circumstances we’ve found ourselves in we were forced to go against the peace treaty, and doing as such has now left our region exposed to attacks and invasions from any of you. But I want all of you to understand that moving forward I–” Suddenly the door opens behind him and Kingsman walks into the room and says
“I want to make sure everyone understands what's happening right now. The peace treaty is done, we will no longer sit back and wait for someone to have a disagreement and start a war because now this entire world will be under one leader's control…Me!” Sasuki stands up and says
“You think I would give up on my region!?” Kingsman says
“No! But I think everyone in this room is smart enough to understand that if I wanted to invade every region by myself, none of you would have the power, speed,or strength to stop me” Ren stands up and says
“To hell with all of you, I’ve had my region attempted to be taken from me before and I killed every one of them! If you think I am afraid of you then you’re mistaken” Kingsman says
“Understand who you're talking to, my father held control over half of the regions due to his strength alone and Kaito’s father held the other half because of his wit and knowledge. None of you would have dreamed of moving against them and I am far stronger than my father. So I’m not asking you to be afraid, I’m telling you to be cautions” Kingsman snaps his fingers and black slashes appear on the necks of everyone in the room except Kingsman,Kaito,and Riku and Kingsman says
“And beside Mr.Tatsuno, we have the heir to the Tonami region right here” As Kingsman says this Riku walks from behind him and Ren looks at Riku and says
“Who the hell is that?” Riku is *shocked* and Kingsman says
“I always knew you were stupid, but a terrible father as well. Disappointing, even though I already knew that” Ren says
“All of my sons are dead, I buried everyone of them except…Riku!” Riku says
“H-Hello father” Ren gets *angry* and rushes Riku but he stops as Kingsman puts his sword to his neck and Kingsman stares into Ren's eyes as he says
“I’d choose your next actions very wisely” Ren is *angry* and screams
“ HE IS THE REASON MY FAMILY IS DEAD!" Kingsman says
“Wrong, if you we’re stronger you could have saved your other sons. But you were so weak you got captured” Ren gets *angrier* and he tries to punch Kingsman but Kingsman catches his fist and puts it behind his back and Kingsman presses his sword to his throat and Kingsman whispers
“Remember when I said choose your next actions wisely, this was the best outcome. Had you moved toward Riku again I would have killed you. Now talk to your son!” Kingsman pushes forward and let's go of his arm and grabs him by the back of his neck and puts him face to face with Riku and Ren says
“I always knew you would be the most disappointing off all of my children, your not worthy enough to look at me! You poor excuse for a son! You took everything from me! I lost it all because of you!” Kingsman says
“That's a great idea” Kingsman puts his sword in front of Ren’s eye but before he can do anything Riku grabs his hand and moves it away and says
“I was always so happy to see you, I always wanted to be like you when I was younger. But now that I see the real you, you’re not a father. You're a man fueled by greed and status, that’s always wanting to hold the title as the strongest but you were truly weak when it counted. You are not my father, a father takes care of his child always making sure there safe. Willing to risk everything for the ones they love, Kingsman is my father!” Kingsman says
“Well said Riku” Kingsman throws Ren down to the floor and Kingsman says
“Enough games, if anyone here has a problem with what’s happening. Speak!” Sachi says
“If we agree to this, what will change about our regions?” Kingsman says
“Nothing, you all will hold the same status and will still be the faces of your regions. But no major decisions will happen unless I say as such” Sachi says
“Do we even have a choice?” Kingsman says
“There’s always a choice, Agree or Die. I’m tired of the games, what are everyone’s decisions?” Sachi says
“I accept” Sasaki says
“I will not–” Suddenly Sasaki erupts into black flames and everyone is *shocked* and he burns away before he can even react without leaving a trace of him behind and Kingsman says
“Like I said, there’s always a choice” Ren *coughs* and says
“Fine” Kingsman points at Miyamoto and says
“You’re the one who came with Sasaki to my region uninvited, right?” But Miyamoto is *stunned* and thinks
“He killed him without a second thought. I knew the entire world feared, him but I never knew he was this powerful. I can’t do this anymore, this world is truly terrifying” Kingsman says
“Sachi, since I’m in such a good mood you will take control over the Fujiwara region. But do know they have burned most of the region down, but I’m still expecting something amazing from you when I visit the region” Sachi says
“Thank you, my lord” Kingsman says
“Miyamoto, as you are the general you’ve been with the region long enough. I’m sure they’ll accept you as their new leader, and as you are the new leader what is your decision?” Miyamoto says
“I-I…Y-Yes my lord,” Kingsman says
“Good, now that all of the serious business is dealt with everyone meet back here at night for some sake” Sachi says
“What will we do until then my lord?” Kingsman says
“Take in the beauty of our region” Miyamoto says
“Yes my lord” Kingsman says
“Ren, you will keep your distance from my son the entire time you are in my region, understood?” Ren says
“Whatever–” But a black slash activates on Ren’s body and he *cries out in pain* and Kingsman says
“Don’t forget who you're talking to!” Ren while still *holding his chest in pain* says
“Y-Yes my lord, just stop already!” But another slash appears on Ren's body and he *screams even louder in pain* and everyone looks on in *fear* and *shock* as Kingsman clutches his sword tighter and steps forward but Riku grabs Kingsman’s arm and says
“Father please stop!” Kingsman looks at Riku and the slashes disappear and Kingsman says
“All right then, everyone stay safe and enjoy yourselves” Sachi and Miyamoto leave the room, but Ren is still convulsing on the floor and Kingsman grabs him by his neck and throws him out of the room and shuts the door and Kingsman looks at Kaito as he says
“You started the meeting without me Kaito” Kaito says
“I was about to come to get you, but everyone showed up at once and I had to act quickly” Kingsman says
“Don’t worry about it, just keep an eye on all of them while they're in the village” Riku thinks
“My father’s first time seeing me in years and he tries to kill me” Kingsman says
“Riku…Riku!… RIKU!” Riku is *shocked* and says
“Huh?” Kingsman says
“You ready to go?” Riku says
“Y-Yes, goodbye Kaito” Kaito says
“Goodbye Riku” Kingsman and Riku walk into the hallway but as there walking down the hallway Riku notices Miyamoto slip into a dark room.
At the same time Kei stands up and puts his hand up as Miyamoto appears back in front of him and Kei says
“What happened? And where the hell is Sasaki!?” Miyamoto is *shaking with fear* and says
“S-S-Sasuki…Is dead'' Kei is *shocked* and says
“What!? How!?” Miyamoto says
“It was… Kingsman, he said he now controls every region and he asked if anyone disagreed. Sasaki stood up and said “He wouldn’t give up on his region” and Kingsman used those slashes and turned Sasuki into nothing. I thought he was being burned but he wasn’t, there was no ash, no smell, nothing! He just disappeared” Kei punches his desk as he says
“Damn it, now we’ve lost the Shimadzu region!” Miyamoto says
“No…We didn’t, after he killed Sasuki he made me the new leader of the Shimadzu region because I’ve been there long enough” Kei *smiles* as he says
“Good, we still have an army then” Miyamoto says
“But, we can’t make any major decisions without Kingsman’s approval” Kei says
“If we still have an army I'm not worried about Kingsman, but this does change a lot. I’ll need to consult with lord Haruto on what to do next” Miyamoto says
“What do I do until then my lord?” Kei says
“Build your relationship with the people of your region more, and tell them Sasaki has appointed you leader before he was been killed by Kingsman” Miyamoto is *shocked* and says
"Why!?" Kei says
"To build the arms resolve and get the people against him" Hironaka and Matsuno walk up beside Miyamoto and kneel as Matsuno says
“What about us my lord?” Kei says
“You both go with him as well, I feel as if something might happen” Hironaka says
“Yes my lord, but are you sure you want both of us to leave your side?” Kei says
“Yes, I can walk around this region without anyone looking at me. But you both on the other hand would be attacked relentlessly, now go” All of them say
“Yes my lord”
At the same time Kingsman is walking around the village with Riku and Riku is looking around at all the fireworks and decorations all over the village and Riku says
“Sensei, why is the village all decorated?” Kingsman says
“A celebration, we just became The Emperors Of The World” Riku says
“Wait Sensei , do I call you my Lord now?” Kingsman says
“No, you can call me what you like. Sensei, Father, or even Super Supreme All Mighty Untouchable King. You know, whatever you want” Riku *laughs* but Kenji comes up behind them while carrying Itsuki and Dai but both of them are stuck in place as Kenji while out of breath, says
“Father!” Kingsman and Riku turn around but Kenji completely stops moving, Riku is *shocked* and runs up to him and says
“Kenji! Kenji, are you ok!? Sensei what's going on?” Kingsman says
“Calm down Riku…KENZO!” As Kingsman says this a Monk jumps down off of the rooftops in front of Kingsman and Kenzo bows as he says
“Yes my lord?” Kingsman says
“There children Kenzo, why did you feel this was necessary?” Kenzo says
“That one had a mouth on him my lord, he spoke so horribly” Kingsman *laughs* and says
“That’s Dai, I would expect nothing less. But this does mean my students forced you to do something you haven’t done in twenty years” Kenzo says
“That is incorrect my lord, I simply hit every one of their pressure points with so much force it stopped them in place” Kingsman says
“Damn! I thought we had you, all right fix them Kenzo" Kenzo says
“Of course my Lord” Kenzo walks behind Kenji and pushes him in his back with an open palms pushing Kenji forward making him fall to the ground and drop Dai and Itsuki but as there falling Kenzo hits them both in the back of their necks with two fingers and as Dai and Itsuki hit the ground they all start to get up and Itsuki while *holding his head in pain*, says
“Damn that old man was tougher than I thought” Kingsman says
“His name is Kenzo” Itsuki looks up *shocked* and says
“Sensei!? What are you doing here?” Kingsman says
“Look around, you're not in the library anymore” Dai slowly stands up and while still looking at the ground says
“If I ever see that old man again, I’m gonna–” But as Dai looks up he comes face to face with Kenzo and Kenzo *smiles* as he says
“Hello!” Dai jumps back and makes a fire gauntlet and is about to rush him but Kingsman grabs his shoulder and says
“Enough! It’s time for me to introduce you all to my old Sensei'' Everyone is *shocked* and Itsuki says
“Wait, so does that mean you can’t even beat him?” Kingsman says
“Correct, I might be stronger and slightly faster than him. But his techniques, skill, and mind far surpass my own, he was actually able to beat me and Kaito to even be allowed in this village” Kenji says
“So there is someone stronger than you” Kenzo *chuckles* as he says
“Oh no young lord, you are mistaken I could never hope to defeat my lord. But I will keep him on his toes'' Riku says
“What were you talking about before though Sensei? About him using something he hasn’t used in twenty years” Kingsman says
“Kenzo, has an ability that if he looks at you he can fully paralyze you and there’s nothing you can do about it. Hell it doesn’t even matter if he catches a glimpse of you flying past him you will stop” Dai says
“If he’s your old Sensei, shouldn’t you call him Sensei?” Kenzo says
“No, I have not been a Sensei in years'' Kingsman says
“I told you it wasn’t your fault, the situation we were put in would have allowed nothing else!” Kenzo says
“There is no greater shame for a Sensei, then losing one of his students. The day I allowed Kuro to be killed is the day I lost my title as a Sensei. So I ask you my lord once more please never call me Sensei” Kingsman gets *angry* and says
“You weren’t there, If anything it was my fault! My impatience led us into a trap, my foolishness, my ego, not you! Blame me, I caused everything that happened that day!” Riku looks at Kingsman's eyes and sees them starting to turn red and Kenzo walks up to Kingsman and grabs his shoulder and says
“I’m sorry, I should have been there. You do not blame me, but he entrusted me with his life and I let it be taken away. I blame myself,” But before Kingsman can say anything Kenzo lets him go and jumps back on the rooftop and leaves and Kingsman clenches his fist and his darkness covers his hand and his fist starts *shaking with anger* and Riku is *concerned* as he says
“S-Sensei!?” Kingsman calms his breathing and unclenches his fist and his darkness disappears and he looks at Riku and says
“Let’s go”