Chapter 003
Symbol Of Strength
At the same time everyone has made it back to Kingsman's backyard as they all go inside and Kingsman says
“Akita, we’re home” Kingsman notices she's cooking as he says
“What are you making? It smells delicious” Akita *laughs* as she says
“Miso soup” Kenji is *excited* as he says
“My favorite!” Kingsman,Dai, and Kenji sit down at the table but Riku and Itsuki are just standing there and Kingsman looks over at them *confused* as he says
“What the hell are you all doing? Come sit down, we're about to eat” Itsuki and Riku walk over to the table and sits down as Hana runs downstairs and jumps into her seat as she says
“Mommy, can I help you cook?” But Akita sits everyone's food down in front of them as she says
“Next time, because all the foods already done” Akita sits down as Kingsman, Riku and Itsuki say
“Thank you” But Dai and Kenji are just stuffing their face and Kingsman punches both of them in their heads and Dai and Kenji both fall back in their chair and hit the ground as Kingsman screams
“YOU JUST EAT SOMEONE'S FOOD WITHOUT SHOWING GRADUATED!” Kenji while on the floor says
“But dad, I'm so hungry” Kingsman says
“You disrespectful brat!” Kingsman punches him in the stomach making him spit up the food he ate and it lands on his face as Dai slowly gets up and picks his chair up as he looks at Akita and says
“My beautiful Akita, thank you for this food. But I could thank you in another way if yo–” Suddenly Kingsman punches him in the face knocking him out and Kenji picks up his chair as he says
“Thank you mom, I appreciate the food” Dai slowly gets to his feet holding his face and he sits down in his chair and through out the rest of dinner there all just there *laughing* and talking to each other but as everyone finishes there food and Itsuki says
“Sensei, can I ask you a question?” Kingsman says
“You already did, but I’ll answer one more” Itsuki says
“Who was the toughest person you’ve ever fought?” Kingsman *smiles* as he says
“Honestly none of the people in this new era is really a challenge, but back when I was a kid I could never dream of beating...Kenny!” Kingsman is *stunned* and Dai is *confused* as he says
“Who the hell is that? I've never heard of him” Kingsman slowly puts his hands up as he stares at them and says
“He was...My brother, him and my father were two people I could never dream of beating. I’m not even half the warrior he was back then…Even now, I pale in comparison to him!” Dai is *shocked* as he says
“If he’s that strong, where is he? I want to be the first to beat him!” But Kingsman doesn’t speak as he's still staring at his hand and Akita notices Kingsman's darkness slightly cover the side of his neck and Riku is *confused* as he says
“Sensei?” Kingsman *struggles to speak* as he says
“He’s-” Kingsman’s hands starts to shake as his darkness covers his chest and starts creeping up his arm faster as he says
“I-” But Akita grabs Kingsman hand as she says
“It’s time for bed!” Itsuki notices Kingsman is still staring at his hands as Akita steps in front of him and everyone stands up as Kenji walks upstairs and Itsuki grabs Dai's arm as Riku stands up and they all walk over to the corner and start talking as Akita hugs Kingsman and whispers
“It’s ok, I’m here! Whatever happened don't think about that right now” Kingsman's darkness disappears as Kingsman slowly looks into her eyes and he slowly stands up as he grabs everyone's dishes and he empty them in the sink as he starts washing the dishes and Akita says
"Thank you, but you can go get some rest Kingsman I'll handle it" Kingsman looks at Akita and looks back as he continues washing dishes and Akita *smiles* as she says
"Ok, we'll do this together then!" Akita starts helping Kingsman wash the dishes as Riku, Itsuki and Dai are all still whispering amongst themselves as Akita whispers
"Are you alright?" Kingsman whispers
"I'm fine, I just got lost in my thoughts for a second. But I appreciate you helping me focus" Itsuki turns around as he looks at Kingsman and says
“Sensei?” Kingsman turns around as he says
“Yes, Itsuki?” Itsuki says
“Where do we go now? Since we all come from different regions, we have nowhere to go at night” Kingsman says
“All of you are to sleep in the trees, make sure you all don't get caught by the Forest Demons. They lurk in the forest at night, even for me there fairly dangerous” Akita is *shocked* as she says
“Kingsman, don't make them sleep out there!” Kingsman starts to walk towards the stairs as he says
“If you all survive the night, and come back in my house alive then I'll allow you all to stay in my home” Riku and Itsuki says
“Yes Sensei!” But Dai is *shocked* as he says
“You're all acting like this is a normal request!” Riku and Itsuki both go outside and Dai is looking *confused* but follows them outside as Akita walks over to Kingsman and says
"Why do you need to do this to them, didn't they prove themselves enough to become your students? Why do you need to send them out there tonight especially with those things!?" Kingsman *smiles* as he says
"Training, I need to see if they can analyze an enemy they've never met or heard about. If they can do this then it will strengthen my confidence in the two trials that await them" Akita is *shocked* as she says
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"What trials!?" Kingsman puts his arm over her and says
"It's late, let's get to sleep. First thing in the morning I'll go out and get them" Akita *sighs* as she says
"Ok, but I'll be up before you just to make sure you go out there the moment the sun comes up" Kingsman *laughs* as he says
"I've never lied to you before don't lose faith in me just yet" Kingsman and Akita both walk upstairs as Riku, Itsuki and Dai are walking towards the forest and Dai says
“What the hell are we supposed to do?” Itsuki says
“Sensei made it very clear, if we survive the night then we live with him” Dai says
“And if we don't?” Riku says
“Then you won’t have to worry about where you live” As they make it to the treeline Riku jumps into the trees and because of the darkness they lose track of him almost instantly and Dai is *shocked* as he says
“Where are you going!? We need to stay together!” Dai turns back and looks at Itsuki but he’s gone as well and Dai gets *annoyed* as he says
“You dumbasses, stop just running off!” Dai *sighs* as he starts walking through the forest and as he gets deep into the forest he still doesn't hear or see anything and Dai thinks
"Where the hell are these demon things!? Sensei said they are even tough for him to beat, so I'll stack a mountain of them in the backyard by the morning. If I can even fin-" Dai stops in his tracks as he hears bone cracking and meat tearing through the trees in front of him and Dai walks forward through the trees and as he looks through the trees and into a clearing and he's *shocked* as he sees a giant creature eating a dead deer and Dai thinks
"Is that an Oni!? It's body is so dark I can barely see it, even though I'm staring right at it! I'll need to keep my distance and see how strong this thing is, if it's faster than me it'll be able to use the shadows and kill me" Dai starts too slowly back away but he steps on a stick and the Forest Demon looks up and locks eyes with Dai and it roars at Dai as Dai turns around and runs away but as he's running through the trees, he hears noises and sees shadows all around him going through the trees and Dai thinks
"Are there more of them surrounding me or is this thing truly just that fast!?" As Dai runs into a clearing he stops in his tracks as a Forest Demon blocks his path and The Demon turns around and looks towards Dai and starts slowly walking towards him and Dai is *shocked* and doesn't move as he hears more of The Demons darting through the trees behind him and Dai thinks
"They have me surrounded!" As The Demon in front of Dai gets close it walks past him and Dai thinks
“But, if I don't beat them they might find Riku or Itsuki! I cannot be scared, I have to fight! I’m not weak, I MUST FIGHT!” Dai clenches his fist cracking his knuckles as The Demon turns around and swings towards Dai and they clash fist but The Demon sends Dai flying slamming his back into a tree and The Demon rushes up and grabs Dai's leg and throws him into the air as it jumps up into the air and punches Dai in the stomach pushing Dai upwards but it grabs Dai's face and throws Dai at the ground as The Demon stomps Dai deeper into the ground and The Demon grabs a tree with one hand pulling it out of the ground and The Demon grabs Dai by the throat with his other hand as it throws Dai into the air and hits Dai with the tree sending him flying through the air and as Dai lands hard he smashes into the ground and rolls backwards on a tree and Dai looks up and sees nothing in front of him and he thinks
"Damn, maybe I'm not-" As Dai blinks and sees one of the Forest Demons standing in front of him at a distance and The Demon starts walking slowly towards him again and Dai struggles too his feet and cant move his right arm but Dai *smiles* as it gets close and Dai punches The Demon in the stomach sending it sliding back slightly and The Demon walks back up to Dai and tries to punch him but Dai ducks the punch knocking the tree down behind him and Dai punches The Demon in the back but The Demon doesn't react as it catches the falling tree stopping it from smashing into it's head but Dai punches it in the back of the knee making it drop down to one knee and Dai jumps up and grabs a giant stick and stabs it into The Demon's back and it's destroyed on impact but Dai notices a small slash on it's back and thinks
"So you can be damaged, good to know" Dai lifts his arm and throws a punch towards it's back but The Demon throws the tree into the air and turns around catching Dai's fist as it knees Dai in the stomach making him spit up blood and it punches Dai in the stomach as it grabs him by the face and throws him back extremely hard making him smash through multiple trees and Dai is laying on the ground with blood leaking from his mouth but he slowly gets up and thinks
“I’ll kill you...You bastard! You’ll need an army to kill me!” But as Dai looks up he can see The Demon standing in the clearing as it suddenly turns it's head to the sky and let's out a roar shaking the entire forest and Dai is *shocked* and thinks
"What the hell are you-" Suddenly the forest shakes even worse as multiple roars respond to the original one as two more Demons come out of the forest besides The first Demon and Dai thinks
“So now you've got an army” But Dai *smiles* as he screams
“SO COME AND GET ME!” All of The Demon’s now looking towards Dai as they rush towards him but suddenly a loud crash in the distance draws The Demon's attention as they all rush towards it and Riku drops down next to him as he picks up Dai throwing him over his shoulder and he jumps up into the tree and Riku leans him against a branch as he whispers
“You're really dumber than I thought” Dai *weakly* says
“Ri-” But Dai starts coughing and Riku instantly covers his mouth and as he looks down he notices three demons are surrounding the bottom of there tree and Riku moves his hand and is *shocked* as he sees blood on his hand and thinks
“He’s spitting up blood that means...Damn it! I'll have to make this quick, please don't choke on your own blood!” Riku starts carefully moving across a branch and then pulls a leaf off of a branch and slides back as one of The Demon's punches exactly where the leaf was plucked from breaking half the branch and Riku catches a stick off of the branch and he drops the stick near the base of the tree as it skims the tree on the fall down and one of The Demon's punches the tree splitting it in half and sending the top half of the tree flying through the air and while in the air Riku grabs Dai as he jumps from the flying tree onto another tree next to Itsuki and Riku leans Dai against the tree as he whispers
“They are blind, but their hearing is very sensitive! They may even have echolocation” Itsuki whispers
“We can use that against them!” Riku whispers
“An explosion right on their ears should cripple them for at least a couple seconds” Itsuki whispers
“How would we?” Dai *weakly* whispers
“I'll kill them all and you both run!” Itsuki looks at Dai as he whispers
“You idiot, you can barely move! How are you going to do anything?” Dai *weakly* whispers
“Like this!” Dai pushes himself out of the tree but as he's falling Riku grabs his arm and Itsuki is *stunned* as he whispers
“You idiot! Look at what happened to you already, and that was just from one of them! You think you can handle three!?” Dai looks up as he *smiles* and Itsuki is *shocked* as he whispers
“You idiot!” Riku pulls him up but thick blood flows from his mouth hitting the ground and The Demon’s surround the pool of Dai's blood as Itsuki notices a bees nest on the bottom of the branch and he sneaks over to it and flicks the bees nest and one of The Demon’s jumps up but before it strikes the nest a bee buzzes inside it and it doesn't strike it as It lands back on the ground silently and Riku looks into Itsuki eyes and he points at a tree across from them as he gestures to kick and Itsuki nods his head yes and Riku puts three fingers and slowly counts down and as he gets to one Itsuki jumps over to the other tree and kicks it down as the trees falling Riku takes off his shirt and wraps it around the beehive and then throws it at The Demon’s and bees start to swarm them and try to sting them but they can’t break the skin and it has no effect on any of them until some of them get in there ears and The Demon’s start *screeching in pain* as the tree falls on them and Riku picks up Dai and puts him on his back as he drops down off of the tree and starts running and as Itsuki gets up he's able to run alongside them but as there running multiple Demon’s appears in the shadows of the trees next to them and starts chasing them but suddenly there surrounded by Demon's on all sides as Itsuki and Dai both stop in their tracks and all of The Demon's start walking towards them but suddenly the sunbeams directly on them and one of The Demon’s reaches out but the sunlight burns his hand as he *roars in pain* and runs away as the others turn and run away as well and they've all completely disappeared as the sun rises and Itsuki is *shocked* and says
“We made it!” Riku lets go of Dai's arm but Dai's body lifelessly drops to the floor as Riku looks down at him and says
“We did it, wake up!” Riku nudges Dai but he doesn't move as Itsuki is *concerned* as he says
“Hey idiot, you good?” Riku crouches down and notices Dai isn't breathing and he touches the side of his neck but realizes there's no pulse and Riku is *shocked* as Riku picks up and starts running with him on his back