Chapter 67

Strong Emotional Impact

At the same time Hana is in her room sitting on Tadashi's back as she says

"Kitty?" Tadashi looks back at Hana as she says

"Where did you go? I missed you so much!" Hana crawls off of Tadashi's back as she hugs him around his neck and says

"We were supposed to be friends and you just left, I thought you wouldn't come back! Just...Like everyone else!" Hana lets go of Tadashi as she turns around and walks out of her room and she starts walking downstairs as Tadashi *softly roars* but Hana continues walking downstairs and Tadashi walks after her and as he makes it downstairs he sees Hana walking out of the backdoor and towards the woods but Tadashi rushes out and jumps in front of Hana and Hana says

"It's ok, Kitty" Hana walks around Tadashi and into the forest as Tadashi walks next to her and she says

"I miss my mom, were the two of you together when you were gone? I heard mommy and daddy fighting and then I saw mommy run into the woods and hit daddy, but after that everyone disappeared. I saw daddy again after all this time, but Big Brother Kenji told me we couldn't see him because he was too dangerous. I think-" Suddenly something moves through the trees next to them and Hana looks over and sees multiple figures quickly moving around in the shadows of the trees and she's standing in the middle of the path as the suns beaming down on her and Tadashi's growls as more and more figures appearing in the shadows of the trees around them and Tadashi walks towards the trees but stops as he notices Hana is walking towards the trees as well and he jumps in front of her right before she steps into the shadows and pushes her with his head back into the middle of the path and Hana looks at Tadashi as she puts her hand on his head and *smiles* as she says

"It's alright Kitty, I'll be fine" Tadashi slowly steps to the side as Hana walks forward and steps into the shadows of the trees and as she does all the shadows around Tadashi disappears and Tadashi looks towards where she walked into the shadow but he can't see her and suddenly he dashes to the side as one of The Forest Demon's is sent flying out of the trees and lands in the middle of the path as the sunlight burns it to ashes and Tadashi starts quickly dashing all over as more of The Forest Demon's are sent flying into the middle of the path and burn away until Tadashi's slashes the last Forest Demon splitting it in half as it flying towards him and he rushes into the trees smelling the air and he dashes through the trees until he stops and sees Hana standing in front of a Forest Demon and The Demon tries to punch her but Hana dodges all of it's punches until she pushes it's hand away as she jumps up and kicks The Demon in the chin making it stumble back and she rushes behind it as she sweeps it's legs making it fall onto it's back and she flips backwards out of the way and jumps in the air as she stomps on The Demon's head slamming it into the ground and The Demon tries to grabs her ankle but she jumps into the air and The Demon tries punching her out of the air but she lands on it's fist and starts jumping between it's fist as it continues to try and punch her out of the air until it tries to reach up and grab her but she's able to dodge it's hands as she pushes it's hands apart and stomps it in it's chest and she jumps back as The Demon slowly gets to his feet and it rushes her and Tadashi rushes towards The Demon as it throws a punch towards Hana and Hana ducks it as she grabs The Demon's arm pulling it down and kicks it's legs from underneath it and throws it over her shoulder sending it crashing through multiple trees back into the middle of the path as it burns away and Hana walks over to Tadashi and kiss him on the forehead as she *smiles* and says

"I told you it's ok Kitty, you don't need to worry" They walk back over onto the path and continue walking as Hana says

"I wanted to see mommy again so I could tell her how much I loved and missed her, and I wanted to show daddy how hard I was working to be stronger. But I don't know when I'll see either of them again, and I'm scared maybe I'll never see them again. But I also thought the same thing about you, and with you coming back it gives me hope that I'll see both of them again soon! Everyone has always told me to be strong and I want to make daddy proud, but it's just hard when I miss everyone so much" Tadashi rubs his face against Hana's side and he lays down on his stomach as Hana climbs onto his back and Tadashi starts sniffing the air and he starts quickly running through the forest dodging through trees until they come to a clearing and Tadashi looks down the path and sees a cliff and he walks to the edge of the path and lays on his stomach as Hana gets off and looks off the cliff and sees a waterfall below and she is *amazed* as she says

"Wow, this is truly beautiful. When did you find this?" But as Hana looks at Tadashi she sees he's pushing his head against the ground as he's *softly growling* and Hana walks over and cradles his head as she says

"It's ok Tadashi, what's wrong? Do you miss your family too? I'm sure they're out there somewhere, and when everyone comes back we can all go out and look for them. Ok?" Hana looks down at Tadashi and she notices Tadashi looks *sad* and she starts petting his stomach as she starts *whistling Akita's tone* and Tadashi slowly closes his eyes as Hana watches the sun shine over the entire village and Hana slowly puts Tadashi's head on the ground as she walks over to the edge of the cliff and looks down at the waterfall below but she notices the rock with K+A carved into it with a heart around it and she is *shocked* as she says

"Is this somewhere mom and dad would go, but why wouldn't they tell anyone? Maybe they just wanted to be alone sometimes, I like it here. But I shouldn't be here without asking either of them" Hana turns to Tadashi as she says

"We have to go, Kitty!" Tadashi opens his eyes as he stands up and he stretches as he lowers his stomach to the ground and Hana says

"I'm not going to ride on your back, let's race" Tadashi stands up as he turns towards the forest and Hana *chuckles* as she says

"We're not going back through the forest, we're racing down the other end of the path" Tadashi turns and faces the down the path as he gets ready to run and Hana says

"Ready...Set!" Tadashi looks to his side and he doesn't see Hana and he turns around but Hana is gone and Tadashi *roars* as Hana's *laughing* comes from deep in the forest and she screams

"GO!" Tadashi can hear her voice fading and he quickly starts rushing through the trees and as he's running through the trees he sees the back of Kingsman's house but suddenly someone lands on his back making him fall and roll into Kingsman backyard and Tadashi quickly gets up and looks around as he's growling but *laughing comes from behind him* and Tadashi turns around as he sees Hana sitting on the roof of the house looking down at him and she flips off of the roof and lands behind Tadashi and Tadashi turns around as Hana pokes him on his nose and she *smiles* as she says

"You lost!" Tadashi licks Hana in the face as Hana says

"Eww, gross!" Suddenly Tadashi notices a figure standing in the edge of the trees and he slides to the side as he *roars* and fires a fireball towards the person but another person appears in front of him and slices the fireball in two destroying the forest around them and the two people step into the light and Tadashi sees it's Itsuki and Kenji as Itsuki *laughs* and says

"Relax Tadashi, it's just us!" Hana is *shocked* as she turns around and sees both of them and she hugs them both as she says

"I didn't know the two of you would be back so soon!" Itsuki says

"We realized all the training we were doing was just to run from the truth, but we can't run anymore. We have to face this here and now!" Hana says

"Are you leaving right now?" Itsuki says

"Yeah, but we haven't forgotten our promise to you!" Hana says

"Good, but when are you guys coming back this time?" Kenji says

"At most, two days" Hana says

"Are you sure?" Itsuki says

"If it's anything longer we'll both owe you something, how about that?" Hana is *curious* as she says

"What?" Itsuki says

"Uhh, anything you can think of!" Hana *smiles* as she says

"Can we train together?" Kenji says

"It's to dan-" Itsuki says

"Of course!" Hana hugs Itsuki as she says

"Thank you, Big Brother Itsuki!" Hana looks at Tadashi as she says

"Come on Kitty, we need to get ready" Hana and Tadashi walk into the house and Kenji is *angry* as he says

"What the hell are you doing! It's dangerous for her to train with us in the basement!" Itsuki *smiles* as he says

"It's fine Kenji, she can just train with me outside the basement" Kenji says

"We still have a long way to go before we can beat him, we can't waste time like that playing with Hana! We're not even a hundred percent sure we can beat Kaito and Yamamoto, but you think playing with Hana is important right now!?" Itsuki says

"I'm confident in my abilities to beat Yamamoto, and right after I'm done we'll beat Uncle Kaito together and then we all make our escape. With me, you and Uncle Kaito it'll be easier to slow father down" Kenji says

"Kaito could barely beat him back then and you think he can beat him now! You think Kaito is just going to come in and make this battle easy!?" Itsuki says

"I never said Uncle Kaito would beat him, and I said easier! Listen I know it's stressful, but you're not the only one who've lost people because of everything happening" Kenji gets *angrier* as he pushes Itsuki back and screams

"IT SEEMS LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS WHAT HE DID!" Itsuki says

"I remember what he did, but I also remember what he taught us! When has father ever advised fighting with emotion? Never! I know we've been through a lot , but we cannot let the emotional weight of it all crush us right now. Not when we're so close to the end" Kenji *sighs* as he says

"I'm sorry, it just feels like everything always floods back in my mind whenever I'm not training. It's like I can't control myself at times" Itsuki says

"It's alright, but you have to remember even through the most brutal of wars we must still find time to maintain our humanity. Talking and enjoying the time with the ones we love is what makes us human, and we can never lose that part of ourselves" Kenji hugs Itsuki as Itsuki *chuckles* and says

"Come on, we have to get to Uncle Kaito's office and beat up some old men" Kenji says

"Right!"

At the same time Kingsman floats down to the ground as he looks at Jushiro in his catatonic state and says

"I believe your great leader is reflecting on all the pain he's caused, and his mind simply can'y process it all" Isamu says

"My lord did nothing wrong, everything that happened to day is your fault! Every death, every scream, every life shattered, you are the one who is solely responsible for it all!" Kingsman looks at Isamu as he says

"How would you figure that? I killed no one, I came and presented a peaceful alternative so we didn't lose ourselves in these difficult times. Although you may not believe it, I'm not a monster!" Isamu says

"You've killed for nothing, but your own personal gain and you have the inability to think about anyone but yourself! You are nothing but a self centered, arrogant, power hungry, egotistical, heartless, child! You are willing to put billions through unspeakable pain because you refuse to let go of the past!" Kingsman walks up to Isamu as he says

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"Your past is my reality, I live your past every single day! There isn't a moment that goes by that I don't think about how everything would have been different had all of you never ambushed my father! But there are a few words you said about me that aren't true, I am egotistical, I am power hungry, and in your eyes I am a child. But I am not heartless and self centered, everything I've done will stay with me well after I have fixed it all. But as men we must learn when and where to display our emotions, just because you feel it in that moment doesn't mean it's time to display it. Watching those people die reminded me of what I lost, but that doesn't mean I break down in tears in that moment. We simply have too many important things to attend to then to collapse into tears, they may be how you operate but I can't! What I'm doing is for the benefit of the people and they do not see it now, but they will appreciate it when I'm finished. But I can tell those words weren't meant for me, I know you wished to say it too Jushiro" Isamu says

"No, every one of my words were for you. You aren't as strong as you really think, I can see through the image you try so hard to maintain. You're just a boy who was backed into a corner and started swinging out of fear, you've never truly had a plan to defeat us!" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says

"You're funny Isamu, because now I see what you mean. The first time you spoke about Jushiro, and now you're speaking about yourself. Is that how you feel as you're surrounded by people you don't feel comfortable around, it's alright. You are significantly weaker than everyone else and you use your IQ and protection from Jushiro to solidify your place amongst everyone else, and I can't fault you for that. But whenever Jushiro leaves all of you alone for too long you feel cornered and scared. Because you truly know if Jushiro wasn't going to come back, then you know you'd be killed or cast out with no where to go! Because you truly know that none of them are your brothers, friends or acquaintances! They all truly hate you, because of the way you walk around as if you are the strongest amongst them! They know you believe that you are Jushiro's second, but are you truly?" Isamu is *shocked* and says

"You don't...I stand at equals with all my brothers, and lord Jushiro is the only one who stands above us! You're trying to turn us against each other after all this time, we are simply too smart for that to work!" Kingsman says

"I am not trying to turn anyone against anyone, I am simply saying the things unsaid between all of you!" Isamu says

"No one is thinking that, we are unified and unbeatable together!" Kingsman says

"Are you sure? Because before all of your "brothers" died they truly thought you were nothing but a pest! A lot of them truly hated you, and even now the ones who stand beneath you truly aren't even loyal!" Isamu gets *angry* as he says

"Enough! I won't-" Kingsman says

"Silence! I've had enough of you Isamu, if you truly don't believe me then if you make it out of this battle have a sit down with your "brother" Kiyoshi and ask his true thoughts. But right now focus on your approaching death!" Kingsman snaps as a portal opens up behind him as Kaito and Yamamoto walk through and look at Isamu but suddenly both of them are kicked in the back as they stumble forward and Kingsman *chuckles* as he says

"Well, truly I can say that both of you have shocked me! I didn't expect to see either of you so early" Kaito and Yamamoto turn around as they see Kenji and Itsuki standing in front of the portal and Kingsman turns around and looks at them as he says

“Itsuki, I still wish for you to focus on battling Yamamoto. But I would personally like to see how strong you’ve gotten, if you would take the time to face me” Itsuki *smiles* as he says

"Always, I've dreamed of this battle since we met!" Itsuki steps up to Kingsman as darkness covers Kingsman's hand and Kingsman pulls his sword out of his hand as Itsuki takes his sword off of his back but Isamu says

“You want something you can truly never achieve! Your dreams are dead, your goals are dead, everything you wish to achieve is impossible! We both know that, but you don't wish to accept it! You don't have the strength or power necessary to achieve your goals!" Kingsman *sighs* as he looks at Itsuki and says

"Give me one moment Itsuki" Kingsman pushes his sword back into his hand as he turns to Isamu and says

“Let me show you something!” Kingsman suddenly appears in front of Isamu as he grabs him by his shoulder and Isamu opens his mouth but suddenly he realizes he can't breath as he's surrounded by a never ending darkness and Kingsman looks in his eyes as he says

"Are you wondering where we are? Just look behind me, then you tell me!" Isamu looks over Kingsman's shoulder as he sees the entire multiverse behind him and Kingsman touches Isamu's chest as Isamu's suddenly able to breath and Isamu is *breathing heavily* as he is *shocked* and says

"How...Can I breathe out here!?" Kingsman says

"Just watch as I show you something incredible!" Kingsman snaps as the entire multiverse is sealed in a giant cube as the cube grows extremely bright until everything explodes inside of it as Isamu is *shocked* and he slowly looks at Kingsman and thinks

"What...Are you!?" Kingsman grabs Isamu by the back of the neck and points his face towards the cube as he uses

“Reversion” As everything reforms Isamu is overwhelmed and he starts *screaming in pain* until his eyes go completely white and his *screams of pain* stop as Kingsman appears back in front of everyone and everyone is *shocked* as Kingsman is holding Isamu by the back of his neck and Kingsman let's go of Isamu as Isamu drops to his knees and Kingsman's darkness covers his hand as he pulls his sword out of his hand and he presses his sword against the side of his neck but Kingsman *sighs* as he says

“Why must you always interrupt something, Shiro!" Shiro jumps into the air and tries to punch Kingsman as he flies down towards him but Kingsman grabs Isamu by the back of his neck and throws him in the air towards Shiro causing Shiro to punch Isamu in the stomach sending him flying back down towards Kingsman as Kingsman puts his sword up in the air stabbing Isamu through the stomach and he stabs his sword into the ground pinning Isamu to the ground and Kenji is *shocked* and says

“I thought you said using that ability on a scale too large would make your darkness overtake them!" Kingsman looks at Kenji as he says

“Wrong, my clone had little to no control over my darkness and using a move that infused my darkness with something too big would be far too much for my clone to handle. But I have full control over my darkness” Itsuki is *amazed* as he says

“You truly are amazing father!” Kenji is *angry* as he says

“False! You are no better than them. You criticize them for using the power of the universes, but you’re doing the same! You think we haven't noticed those orbs in your chest!” Kingsman *laughs* as he says

"Is that what you truly believe these are, you should know me better by now boy!" Kingsman pulls one of the orbs out of his chest as he tosses the orbs on the ground in front of Kenji and Kingsman looks in Kenji's eyes as he says

"Pick it up!" Kenji looks down and slowly reaches for the orb but suddenly he falls to his knees as he thinks

"What the hell!? It feels like my entire body got weaker!" Kenji struggles to push himself off of the ground but he can't push himself off of the ground as he struggles to keep himself up his body starts being pulled towards the ground and his body gets even weaker as his chest almost touches the orb but Itsuki grabs Kenji by the back of his shirt and pulls him to his feet and Itsuki is *confused* as he says

"Are you alright?" Kenji *holds his chest as he's breathing heavily* as he says

"I...It felt like my body kept getting weaker the closer I got to that orb" Kingsman says

"Are you finally understanding what's happening? I never used these orbs for my own strength, it was for all of your benefits. I just wanted to give you all a fighting chance, originally I created them to use in my seal to fight without killing my creatures instantly. But truly they are even more effective out here when fighting all of you because of how weak you all are" Kingsman snaps as the orb flies back to his hand and he pushes it back into his chest as his sword also flies to his hand and Kenji's ice surges around him as he gets *angry* and says

“Weak!? I’ll show you who’s weak!” Kenji rushes Kingsman and Kingsman notices the look in Kenji's eyes and thinks

"Damn kid, you're really going to try and kill me. Let's see if you can truly do it" Kenji tries to punch Kingsman but Kingsman dodges all of Kenji's punches as he says

“Just from your speed alone I can tell you’ve gotten a lot stronger, but you just don’t know the proper way to train to reach your full potential. Your fighting with too much emotion, it's making you predictable meaning I can fully control this battle!” Kenji screams

“SHUT UP, YOUR NOT MY FATHER OR MY SENSEI! I DON'T NEED YOU!" Kingsman says

“Ok, I won't help you anymore!” Kingsman catches Kenji's hand as he punches the air in front of Kenji launching a shockwave that passes through Kenji's stomach dropping him to the floor and Kenji *holds his stomach in pain* as he starts throwing up and Kingsman says

"Have you not been eating? Or have you not been drinking enough water as you train?" Kingsman kneels down as he tries to touch Kenji's shoulder but Kenji smacks Kingsman's hand away as he slowly gets to his feet and says

"I don't...Need you anymore!" Kingsman stands up as Kenji punches him across the face and in the stomach making him slide back as Kingsman says

“You’ve definitely improved, but your still not good enough yet” Kingsman walks up to Kenji and Kenji tries to punch Kingsman but Kingsman pushes his hand away as he opens palm pushes Kenji in the chest knocking all the wind out of him and swipes his legs as he presses two fingers into the side of Kenji's neck slamming him into the ground and Kingsman looks down at Kenji as he doesn't move and he *sighs* as he says

"I hate that you reject me, but I have so much respect for your ideals and I raised you properly. Your grandfather would be proud of you, but now we must resume on the paths we have chosen" Kingsman kicks Kenji in the stomach sending him flying back until he slams into the ground and Kenji slowly gets back to his feet as he covers his hand in ice but Kingsman turns his back to him and walks towards Jushiro as he says

"I don't have time for you!" Kenji takes a step towards him but the ice on his hand starts surging out of control as he falls to one knee and *screams in pain* as Itsuki rushes over to him and Kingsman stares at Jushiro as he thinks

"You over trained your body and wanted to force years of experience into days, you're usually smarter than that. But now you feel desperate to close the gap between us and you will try doing it by any means necessary" Kingsman stops before he gets close to Jushiro and he sees Isamu standing in between him and Jushiro as he's still holding his stomach and Kingsman says

“I don’t want to waste the energy on you again Isamu, I restored the damage you sustained and left you with a scar from my sword as a lesson. Yet you still refuse to learn it!" Isamu says

“I’m not going anywhere, I won’t let you near lord Jushiro—” Kingsman takes a steps towards him as Isamu takes a step back and Kingsman is *confused* as he says

"Why step back, as if you are out of my reach!" Isamu says

"I-" Isamu is *shocked* as Kingsman appears right in front of him and Kingsman stares into his eyes as he slowly puts the blade of his sword against Isamu's face and Isamu starts *shaking with fear* but Kingsman turns around as he appears back in his original spot and says

“I could have killed you right there, but I let you live. Now move!” Isamu is still shaking but he says

“You should have killed me right there, because now you’ll never get that chance again!” Kingsman *laughs* as he says

“Do you truly realize the gap between us? It's truly obvious you don't understand even after I showed you what I'm capable of” Isamu says

"Your own son won't give up while facing you, why would I!" Kingsman says

"There's a difference, my son has always had a line he wouldn't cross. I raised him to always stand true to himself, you were raised by a man that stands true to no one and nothing! Even now none of you are half the man he is!" Isamu gets *angry* as he says

"Half the man!? I promise you won't land another hit on me!" Kingsman says

"I already have, you simply can't process it yet!" Isamu is *confused* as he says

“Wh—” Suddenly Isamu is punched in the stomach as he goes flying backwards and slams into the ground and Isamu slowly gets to his feet and is *shocked* as he thinks

"Impossible, I couldn't even see him move! What have I gotten myself into, no! I can't back down now, it's too late!" Isamu puts his hands up as he screams

"I'M NOT DONE YET! IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT!" Kingsman slowly walks towards him as he says

"Again!" Isamu is punched twice across his face as he stumbles back and Kingsman says

"And again!" Isamu is punched in the stomach making him drop to one knee as he's hit in the back of his neck and he slams into the ground as Kingsman is still slowly walking towards him and says

"Isamu, is that all? Are you truly done?" Isamu slowly gets up as he says

"...I refuse to be beaten by you" Kingsman says

"I don't like you, but you're starting to impress me with your resolve. Let's see how many hits you can truly take!" Isamu *slows his breathing* as he thinks

"I can block his punches, I may not see him throwing them but he has to move from that spot to do it! I just need to focus" Isamu quickly puts up his left arm blocking his head but he's punched across the right side of his face and he puts up both his arm in front of his face but Isamu is punched across both side of his face and Isamu puts his arms covering the side of his head but Isamu is uppercut with such force he's launched into the air and Kingsman looks up at him as he's still slowly walking towards him and says

"Isamu, has your faith been broken yet? Do you believe victory is still within your grasp?" Isamu falls towards the ground but he lands on one knee as he slowly pushes himself to his feet and Kingsman notices Isamu can barely stand on his feet and Kingsman stops in front of Isamu as he says

"I've hit you so many times that if I wasn't drastically holding back, you'd be dead!" Isamu spits blood on the ground as he opens his mouth but suddenly Isamu is punched all over his body repeatedly as Kingsman is standing in front of him unmoving and staring into Isamu's eyes as he says

"You stand tall as if we are equals, Isamu you are nothing! You have accomplished nothing, you have saved no one, and you have created nothing with all this power you have. You are pathetic, now fall!" Suddenly all the punches stop as Kingsman walks past Isamu and Isamu falls to the ground as Kingsman looks at Jushiro and says

"Everyone of your soldiers have fallen or left you, but tell me something Jushiro. Which would hurt you more, death or abandonment?" Suddenly Tahara jumps in front of him but Kingsman is still walking towards Jushiro not even paying attention to her as Kenji is *shocked* and says

"It's her! What is she-" Tahara opens her eyes and Kingsman stops in his tracks as he drops his sword and is *shocked* as he says

"It's you!"