Chapter 54
The Pain Of Closure
At the same time Kenji looks up and sees a silhouette of his father as he picks up his sword but as Kenji blinks he sees that it’s Dai and Haruto is *shocked* as he sees Dai and says
“You're standing again? You are truly something, I’ll give you a chance right now kneel to me now and pledge your life to me and I'll let you and the one on the floor live, but Kaito already looks dead” Dai *laughs* at him as he says
“I’d rather die than abandon my family!” Suddenly a voice from behind them says
"Don't you dare disrespect Lord Haruto like that!" Dai turns around as he sees Kono with Shiro leaning on his shoulder as Shiro looks at Dai and *weakly* says
“We are not done with our battle!” Haruto says
“Enough! He’s made his decision and I actually respect it, it's very honorable. But now you'll have to die with your honor!” Dai looks at Kaito as he sees him with his back on a rock and he thinks
“Old man, I need a little help!” Dai walks over and kneels down next to Kaito as he puts his hand on his chest and Dai can feel Kaito's heart beat as Kaito slowly opens his eyes and Dai says
"I know you're hurting, but I'll need some of those blue flames" Kaito slowly puts his hand up and the blade on Kingsman's sword erupts into Icy Sun Flames and Dai says
"Thank you, now regain your strength. We're going home in a minute and you'll need to be able to move to run the village" Dai stands up and turns around but Kaito grabs Dai's arm as he *weakly* says
“Be careful Dai, he’s strong!” Dai *smiles* as he looks back at Kaito and says
"Relax, I’m stronger!” Haruto *laughs* as he looks at Dai and says
“Your body will barely hold up after all the damage it has taken, you're going to die here boy” Dai looks at Haruto as he stretches and says
“And!? I’ll give my all no matter what!” Haruto *laughs harder* as he says
“Since your so confident in yourself I’ll give you a free hit” Haruto flies down and lands in front of Dai as he puts his hands behind his back and closes his eyes but Dai says
“Open your eyes!” Haruto *smiles* as he says
“If I open my eyes it will be to simple to dodge it” Dai says
“Look me in my eyes, I want to watch as I make them flash before you!” Haruto *laughs* as he says
“You are truly that confident in your pitiful strength” Haruto opens his eyes and floats backwards and thinks
"This should be fun to see" Dai *smiles* and throws Kingsman's sword into the air as he thinks
"I know you can watch us through your darkness, I'll give you a good view as I kill this bastard!" Dai fire surges across him as multiple small suns appear all around him and he activates his fire gauntlet as all of the small suns start quickly spinning around the gauntlet as it surges and Dai uses
“Phoenix Flame :Star Shatter” Haruto *smiles* as he says
“Beautiful you set yourself on fire, but unfortunately I can sense how wea–” But he’s *shocked* as Dai disappears and Haruto thinks
"He's gone!" Haruto looks down and sees Dai right in front of him as Dai's punching towards his stomach but as his fist gets close Haruto's entire body starts uncontrollably shaking as his heart starts uncontrollably beating very fast and Haruto quickly flies into the air dodging Dai's punch as he holds his chest and thinks
"What the hell was that feeling!? It was like everything in my body was screaming at me to run or die!" Dai looks into the air at Haruto as his fire disappears and says
"What are you doing!? I thought you said I could have a free hit, I know you weren't scared by that attack. Because if that's all it takes to scare you we're not going to be here long" Haruto takes his hand off of his chest as he turns around and looks down at Dai as he says
“I can admit you caught me off guard a bit, but I could have blocked it if I wanted to” Kenji is *shocked* as he thinks
“Dai…Is a monster!” Kaito *smiles* as his eyes slowly close and Shiro and Kono are both *shocked* as there mouths are wide open but Haruto notices Shiro,Kono and Kenji are all looking past him and Haruto is *confused* and he turns around as he thinks
"What are they-" But Haruto is *stunned* as he sees a giant hole of stars missing from space and his body starts shaking as he thinks
“He just destroyed hundreds of stars with a single punch! He’s was truly about to hit me with that much power!” Dai *laughs* as he catches Kingsman's sword and says
"Let's finish this already, I'm getting sick of this place" Haruto turns towards Dai as he thinks
"This boy is truly a bigger threat than all of them, I'll need to kill him quickly!" Haruto charges a giant ball of light and shoots it towards Dai and Dai *smiles* as he says
"Let me show you the true definition of strength!" As the giant ball of light gets close Dai tries to stab the giant ball of light but it doesn't penetrate the giant ball of light as it drags him back and Haruto says
"I'm sick of you Dai, so now I'll show you the true definition of deat-" But Dai slams his foot into the ground stopping himself from being pushed back and Dai *laughs* as he says
"Is this really it!? You really need to do better" Dai starts walking forward pushing the giant ball of light and Haruto is *surprised* as he says
“That’s impossible! How could someone like you stop my attack!?” Haruto opens his hand as the giant ball of light starts shaking and expanding pushing out extremely intense pressure making Dai drop down to one knee as he thinks
“He’s going to destroy everything with this one, I have to get this out of here I can’t let them die” Kenji is *shocked* and screams
“DAI, THROW IT!” Dai looks back at Kenji as he *smiles* and says
“You saved me that day my brothers showed up and I never got too repay you for it…This makes us even" Dai wings slowly start to reappear on his back and Kaito slowly opens his eyes as he looks at Dai and thinks
"Dai, please...Don't allow him to kill you!" Kenji screams
"DAI, STOP!" Dai wings surge across his back and he slowly gets to his feet as he's tightly gripping Kingsman's sword and lifts it above his head pointing it into the air as his wings surge with flames sending him flying extremely fast into the air and as he makes it high into the air, Dai *smiles* as he thinks
"Father, you've taught me so much. You've brought me so far, you've given me what I thought I lost for so many years. And for that I now make a sacrifice for you, and I'm very scared about it. But you told me that being scared was ok, and now I'll turn that fear into something bigger" Dai closes his eyes as the giant ball of light explodes covering the entire sky in a blinding light and shaking the entire planet and Kenji is *stunned* and starts *crying* as he screams
"DAI!" Haruto looks into the air as he says
"This will be the fated shared by the rest of your people" Haruto looks down at Kenji as he says
"There is nothing left in this world for any of you, look at what happens when you try and stand against us. We are nothing like all of you, we are not men, we are not warriors, we are forces of nature. We are the only constant in this world, no one can stand against us. And no one can defeat us" Haruto points his hand at Kenji but suddenly Haruto falls out of the sky slamming into the ground as sudden Immense pressure fills the air and everyone is pushed hard into the ground and as they look into the air they see the blinding light in the sky disappearing from the middle and Kenji is *shocked* as he notices the light is being burned away and he thinks
"Is that!?" As fire stretches across the sky mixing and burning away the light at the same time but everyone is *shocked* as they notice two giant wings push through the flames and light but as the wings flap there such force that the entire sky is cleared of light and flames and Kenji *smiles* as he sees The Giant Phoenix floating in the air discoloring the entire sky and he thinks
"So this is your ultimate technique you've told me about, this is your Sun Flame Awakening!" Haruto slowly gets to his feet as he looks into the air in *shock* as he screams
"WHY WON'T ANY OF YOU JUST DIE!?" Kenji looks at Haruto as he says
"We're our father sons, do it Dai!" The Phoenix flies down but with every flap of it's wings it creates giant flaming tornado's and Haruto *screams in anger* as he creates another extremely giant ball of light and he pushes it towards The Phoenix but as it slams into The Phoenix it absorbs the entire ball of light and Haruto is *shocked* but The Phoenix opens it mouth firing a giant wave of fire slamming into Haruto's chest and pushing him into the ground and Haruto *screams in pain* and The Phoenix flies down and grabs Haruto with one of it's talon and flies him into the air and Haruto *screams even louder in pain* as The Phoenix's flaming talons press against his chest until The Phoenix throws Haruto extremely high into the air and Haruto creates thousands of weapons and sends them at The Phoenix but as they all make contact there all absorbed into The Phoenix's body and it flies faster setting the air around it on fire as it starts spinning and Haruto is *shocked* and he's able to flying back out of the way of The Phoenix but it's talon slashes Haruto chest as it flies by and Haruto holds his chest as he sees a giant burning slash mark across his chest and Haruto is *shocked* and thinks
"It actually wounded me! This kind of power is... Nothing!" Haruto surges with light as he screams
"I REFUSE TO LOSE TO YOU MORTALS!" Haruto blasts The Phoenix with giant beams of light from both of his hands and it starts pushing The Phoenix back but The Phoenix stops itself from being pushed back and flies forward through the beams but as it gets closer to Haruto, The Phoenix shrinks until Dai flies forward with his wings surging across his back and his fire gauntlet surging as small suns circle the gauntlet and he pushes through Haruto's blast and he punches Haruto in the stomach as he uses
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"Phoenix Flame: Star Shatter" Haruto spits up blood as he's launched back through the air and slams into the ground dragging him backwards across the ground and Dai's flames slowly fade away as he thinks
“Damn, I don’t think I can hold out much longer. But I hope I gave you a good show while it lasted...Father!” Dai falls backwards out of the air and Kenji is *shocked* and he tries to stand up but his body still won't move and he starts *crying harder* as he screams
"DAI!" As Dai slams into the ground and Kenji looks at Dai as he lays on the ground unmoving and Kenji with *tears in his eyes*, says
"Dai, please get up! We have so much more we need to do, please just get up!" Kenji hears *coughing* and he looks over as he sees Haruto spitting up blood and slowly getting to his feet and Haruto looks at Dai as he's *holding his stomach in pain* and says
“You little-” But Haruto drops down to one knee as he spits up blood and he wipes his mouth as he says
“Damn...It!” Suddenly someone starts *laughing* and Kenji looks over and is *shocked* as he sees Dai slowly getting to his feet and Kenji *smiles* as he says
"DAI! I'm so glad you're alright, but you have to get out of here! I'll handle him you just run!" Dai continues *laughs* as he stumbles over to Kenji and drops down to his knees as he puts his hand on Kenji's back and says
"You know that's not me Kenji, I can't just run from a battle. Our father never did, especially not from someone like him!" Kenji opens his mouth but Dai looks up as he notices Haruto open his hand as he struggles to create another giant ball of light and Haruto screams
"I'M DONE WITH ALL OF YOU, EVERYONE OF YOU WILL DIE NOW!" Dai tries to cover his hand in his fire but he burns his hand and deactivates his fire and Kenji slowly reaches up as he grabs Dai's arm and says
"Don't Dai! I can do it, just pick me up and I'll handle it! Please don't do this!" Dai looks down at Kenji as he *smiles* and Dai grabs Kenji's arms as he pulls him up and as they both stand up, Kenji says
"Now jus-" But Dai hugs Kenji as he starts *tearing up* and says
"Thank you, and please tell father to control himself once he returns and notices I'm gone. I need my family to be ok without me, that is my final wish!" Kenji starts *crying* as he says
"What! Dai, no! I said I'll handle it!" Dai says
"No...I'm going to handle it, you just take care of everybody when I'm gone" Kenji hugs Dai tighter as he says
"Dai, please don't do this! I love you!" Dai *smiles* as he says
"I love you too!" But Dai grabs Kenji arms and starts to pull him off of him and Kenji tries clinging onto Dai as he says
"No! Dai stop!" A tear falls from Dai's eye as he slowly takes Kenji's arm from around him and slowly lays him on the ground and Dai puts his hand on Kenji's heart as he looks down into Kenji's eyes and says
"I'm going to miss you!" Kenji starts *crying extremely hard* as Dai surges with his fire burning his wings across his back as his fire flows across the area around him but his flames create multiple clones of him around them and Haruto is *confused* as all of the clones start punching the air towards him but he doesn't see anything happening as Dai walks over and grabs Kingsman sword as he says
"Help me...One final time!" Haruto throws the giant ball of light at Dai and Dai slams the sword against the giant ball of light and it pushes him back as his fire starts burning him worse and Dai *winces in pain* as he thinks
"My own flames have now turned on me, I guess the only thing you ever truly can rely on is your own strength! And the strength of the ones you hold closet to your heart" Dai's wings push him forward as Kingsman's sword pierces the giant ball of light and Dai flies into the air extremely fast into the air and Haruto says
"All of you are going to die! I promise you this!" Haruto pushes his hand down as the giant ball of light pushes down towards the ground but Dai's fire surges harder across his entire body and Dai *screams in pain* as he flies higher into the air but as Haruto blinks he suddenly sees multiple flaming fist floating in the air around him and Haruto is *shocked* as he thinks
"That's what these clones we're for" Haruto *angrily* screams
"YOU BASTARD!" Haruto slams his hand down towards the ground hard as all the flaming fist quickly fly towards him and he puts his hand up but he's *shocked* as he watches the flaming fist flying through his body and he *screams in pain* as he holds his stomach and all of the flaming fist quickly flying all through Haruto's body as he *screams loudly in pain* and Dai *smiles* as he screams
"THIS IS OUR ATTACK, OUR BLAZING BLITZ!" As Dai's flying high into the air and he closes his eyes as he thinks
“So this is how I die huh? I expected to grow old and still be fighting with you father, but thank you for believing there was something more to me even when no one else did. Father you’ve truly made me a strong warrior, but I wish I could have gotten to fight you one last time. I wished you could have seen first hand how strong I've become because of your teachings. I don't know where everyone is, but I hope you're all safe!” The giant ball of light explodes with such force it shakes the planet as it burns part of the darkness out of space and Kenji *screams in anguish* as he watches Dai falling towards the ground and Dai crash into the ground as Haruto slowly gets to his feet as blood is profusely falling from his mouth and he stumbles towards Dai and Kenji sees him and gets *angry* as he screams
"GET AWAY FROM HIM! I'LL KILL YOU, I PROMISE I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SUFFER!" Kenji tries to get up and he *screams in anger* as he cannot move and Haruto stands over Dai and Kenji looks over at Kaito but Kaito isn't moving and he notices his chest isn't moving and Kenji is *shocked* and starts *crying* as he thinks
“Riku,Dai,and now Uncle Kaito!'' Kenji starts slamming his hand into the ground and *through his tears* he screams
"FATHER, PLEASE HELP ME... I CAN'T DO IT!"
At the same time Kenzo is still standing in Kaito's destroyed office and Kenzo jumps down onto a roof top and he runs over the roof tops until he stops at the building in front of the hill going to Kingsman's house and he's *nervous* as he thinks
"Where are you!?" Kenzo starts hearing footsteps coming down the hill but with every step Kenzo's body starts to shake and Kenzo thinks
"I've seen you through some of the worst things in your life, and you've always managed to hold yourself together because of your family. I know she was everything you felt you had, but the rest of us feel we are your family as well. We all wish to help you, please allow us too" Kenzo heart starts beating extremely fast as the footsteps get louder and closer and Kenzo is *shocked* as he sees Kingsman stop at the bottom of his hill without a shirt but he notices a blank expression on Kingsman's face and Kenzo opens his mouth but Kenzo's body starts shaking worse and Kingsman turns and walks towards Kaito's office and Kenzo follows Kingsman on the rooftops until Kingsman suddenly stops and slowly lifts his right hand as the wind starts blowing but suddenly he punches the air and it shatters the wall separating the dimension as he grabs Shiro by the neck and Kenzo is *shocked* as he watches Kingsman steps through the broken dimensional rift and Kingsman slams Shiro into Kono as they both slam into the ground and everyone looks over in *shock* as they see Kingsman and Kenji screams
"DAD!" Haruto starts *shaking in fear* and thinks
"Impossible...He just forced his way into this dimension!" Kingsman slowly walks over towards Haruto and Haruto flies backwards into the air but Kingsman stops in front of Dai as he kneels down in front of him and puts his hand on Dai's heart but he doesn't feel a heart beat and Kingsman closes his eyes as his darkness starts surging around him wildly and he opens his eyes and looks at Haruto and Haruto is *stunned* and starts slowly backing up as he sees Kingsman's red eyes but Kingsman feels someone grab his arm and as he looks down and sees Dai's left eye slightly open as he *softly* says
"Dad, I'm glad your ok. But, you still have people you need to protect... Don't forget our promise!" Dai's eyes slowly close as his hand falls to the ground and Kingsman stands up as Kenji starts *crying* and says
"It's my fault dad, I should have gotten up! I should have fought, but I couldn't! I'm too weak!" Kingsman walks over to Kenji as he pulls him up to his feet and hugs him and Kenji is *shocked* as he continues *crying* into Kingsman's chest and Kingsman picks Kenji up as he carries him over and leans Kenji on the rock next to Kaito and Kingsman puts his hand on Kaito chest and feels his heart weakly beating as Kaito slowly opens his eyes and sees Kingsman and Kaito is *shocked* as he thinks
"You're back!? But...What are you going to do?" Kenji is *panicked* as he says
"Dad, look out!" Kingsman looks to his right as he sees Haruto blasting a giant ball of light towards him and Kenji's able to push himself to his feet and step in front of Kingsman and he puts his hand up as he closes his eyes and braces for the impact but nothing happens and Kenji slowly opens his eyes and he's *shocked* as he sees the giant ball of light is stopped in front of him and he looks above him and sees Kingsman's stopped the giant ball of light with just his hand and Kingsman pushes the giant ball of light back but it flies back with such speed it catches Haruto off guard as it slams into his chest sending him flying back and slamming into the ground and Kenji is *stunned* at Kingsman strength as Kingsman grabs his shoulder and gently pushes him back onto the rock next to Kaito and Kingsman steps forward and looks at Haruto as he's slowly getting to his feet and Haruto looks at Kingsman as he dust himself off and says
"I've been ex-" Suddenly Kingsman appears in front of Haruto as he punches him across his face sending him flying back through the air as Kingsman appears behind him with his hands surging with his darkness as he catches Haruto by the back of his neck and slams Haruto face first into the ground and Kingsman presses his foot against the back of Haruto's neck pressing him into the ground as Haruto *screams in pain* and his darkness starts extends onto his arms and legs as Kingsman stomps on his arm breaking it in half and Kingsman turns Haruto over with his foot as Haruto points his hand at Kingsman but Kingsman grabs his wrist breaking it and Haruto *screams in pain* but Kingsman grabs him by his throat and holds him in the air as he's choking Haruto and Kingsman darkness starts quickly covering his body and Haruto tries to move Kingsman hand but he can't as he continues choking Haruto but Kingsman hears Dai's voice call his name and he looks over at Dai's body as he remembers Dai saying
"If something is to happen to me I want you to be strong and keep fighting no matter what happens" Kingsman throws him to the side and he looks at his hands as he remembers holding Akita as she says
“Please…Don’t hurt anyone because of me” Kingsman's darkness stops spreading right before it covers his heart and Kingsman's darkness disappears as he turns and looks at Kenji with his hand on Kaito's shoulder and Kingsman walks over to Kenji as he says
"Boy!" Kenji looks at Kingsman and says
"Yes?" Kingsman *sheds a tear* as he says
"I must tell you...You're mother has died, and I left to spend as much time with her as I could. I apologize for leaving all of you" Kenji starts *tearing up* as he slowly pushes himself up and hugs Kingsman and Kingsman says
"She loved you very much boy, as we were alone she asked that I bring you both to us. But I couldn't, my mind was lost for so long I could barely hold my darkness back. I'm sorry I deprived you of your final moment with your mother" Kenji *through his tears* says
"It's ok...We always have the best memories to remember her by. I'm going to miss her so much, but I know she wouldn't want me to cry over her being gone. She'd want me happy that we could have as much time together as we did" Kingsman says
"It is...Ok to be sad about her being gone, I have cried more than I ever have in my life over her. Your mother was truly a gentle woman, do you know...That I love you?" Kenji looks up at Kingsman as he says
"Yes I always knew, the both of you simply had different ways of showing it. But I understand you" Kingsman says
"I'm...Glad you've always known, it seems I always miss my opportunity to tell the ones closest to me how much they mean to me!" Kenji says
"I'm sad I won't see mom again, but I'm so glad you're safe!" Kingsman says
"After this we will talk more, I don't think I want you around this anymore. I've failed you as a father, allowing everyone around you to be killed. Allowing you to see all this death, what kind of a father am I!" Kenji says
"I've always wanted to do this, I wanted to be strong enough to protect everyone around me. I understood these kinds of things happen when I choose to be a warrior and with you helping me become so much stronger, you're the best father we could ever ask for! This world is very dangerous and you're helping us survive in it" Kingsman *smiles* and Kaito notices Kingsman *smiling* and he *weakly* says
"It's good to see you again brother... But I'm so-" Kingsman puts his hand on Kaito's shoulder as he says
"It's alright Kaito, we must move toward the future. Staying in the past will only hinder us, and we are too strong to allow something to stop us" Kaito *smiles* as he says
"You're right, so hurry up and beat him so we can go home!" Kingsman looks at Kenji and says
"No matter what happens or what you hear focus on your body, the more you focus the faster you'll be able to move again" Kingsman punches Kaito in the stomach as he *groans in pain* and Kingsman says
"But we'll just have to get you some medical treatment, unless you would like to risk corruption" Kaito *chuckles* as he says
"I'm fine, if having your darkness means I have to become an alcoholic like you I'm fine with letting my body heal itself!" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
"I try and help, and I get insulted for it" Kingsman looks around and says
"I know they didn't just kidnap only you three, where's my other son?" Kenji says
"We know he's here, we just don't know where" Kingsman says
"Hopefully he's safe, but the two of you worry about regaining your strength for now. I'm starting to sense a few more people quickly approaching, if they get here before I can kill him the two of you wait for my signal and I'll send you away" Kenji is *shocked* and says
“No! I won’t lose you again, I can fight!'' Kingsman says
"Of course you can, you're my son Kenji. But I need everyone to be safe, I need you and your uncle to go when I tell you" Kenji is *stunned* and says
"I...We'll be ready, just promise me you'll come home! Hana misses you! We all do!" Kingsman says
“I will not lie to you, I'm not one hundred percent certain about it myself. But I will try my best, always remember something. Nothing you cherish is truly ever gone if you still have those memories of it, no matter what happens to anyone we will always be in your heart” Kenji opens his mouth but suddenly the entire planet starts to shake as Haruto slowly gets to his feet while he's surging with light and Kingsman turns around as he sees Haruto's body is restored and Kingsman says
"Let's get this over with!"