Chapter 018

The Struggles Of A Warrior

At the same time Akita is still *crying* over Kingsman while he’s laying in there bed as Kenji,Itsuki, and Dai all stand by the bed and Kenji says

“Don’t worry mom, dad has been through worse things and he’s came back ten times stronger” Dai says

“How bad is it?” Akita whips her eyes as she takes Kingsman's shirt off to show the stab wound in his chest and Itsuki is *shocked* and says

“No way, what could have hurt Sensei!? I’ve seen him letting everything just hit him directly in the chest and he walks it off like it’s nothing” Akita *through her tears*, says

“While we were checking on Riku, Kingsman pulled out his sword but I step in front of him to make sure he didn’t hurt Riku and Riku suddenly got up and punched Kingsman through the wall making him stab himself in the heart” Kenji says

“Mom, let’s go make some food for when dad wakes up, ok?” Kenji grabs his mother arm and guides her out of the room and as Akita gets out of the room, Kenji looks at Dai and Itsuki as he says

“You all go and find Riku, I’ll keep my moms mind off of my dad” Itsuki says

“I’ll stay with Sensei to make sure his heart doesn’t stop” Kenji says

“Yeah good idea, Dai go find Riku make sure he’s ok” Kenji leaves the room and Dai steps closer to Kingsman bed as he looks at the wound in Kingsman's chest and says

“I did this, I caused this!'' Itsuki is *confused* as he says

“What the hell are you talking about Dai?” Dai says

“When me and Riku were in the forest I tied him to a tree and fell asleep, but when I woke up Riku was shaking and he wouldn’t respond to me or Sensei. Had I not been so selfish and tied him to a tree Sensei wouldn’t be like this'' Itsuki says

“It’s neither one of your faults, I'm sure Riku punched Sensei by accident, and you're just…You. Everything that happened today was an accident so don’t put all the pressure on yourself, thinking you could have changed what happened. Regardless it doesn’t matter now anyways that’s the past and we can only think about and change the things we do in the future. To be better than what we are now” Dai says

“But–” Itsuki says

“The weakest warriors are always the ones who allow their teammates to die or be killed. But the strongest will give their all to protect the people they care about. Which one are you?” Dai says

“I’m stronger than all of you, I’ll find Riku! And right after that we're coming back and helping Sensei” Dai opens Kingsman's bedroom window and drops down into the backyard and he looks into the forest and thinks

"When we were all going to leave you choose to go through the forest, and if you had the same thought process I'll catch you!" Dai steps up to the forest as he screams

“RIKU!” Dai starts running through the forest while still screaming Riku’s name and his voice echos through the forest and Riku is able to hear Dai’s voice echoing through the forest getting closer and closer to him as he hears Goto’s voice says

“And now they’ve sent Dai to hunt you down and kill you!” Riku starts running through the forest using his wind to boost him forward deeper into the forest and Riku keeps looking back as he continues hearing Dai's voice getting closer but as Riku not looking he hits a tree branch knocking the air out of his lungs as he slams into the ground and as Dai looks around he notices foot prints going deeper into the forest and Dai uses his fire to launching him forward as he screams

"WHERE ARE YOU RIKU!?" Riku hears Dai and he slowly gets to his feet as he notices a cave and he quickly rushes into the cave as a giant fire ball slams through the trees and Dai lands in the same spot Riku was laying and Dai notices the cave and Dai starts walking towards the cave but suddenly Dai hears something in the distance and Dai screams

"RIKU!" As he explodes with his fire launching him deeper into the forest

At the same time Itsuki is sitting on a chair looking at Kingsman and he starts *crying* as he says

“I should have been here, but I failed you. And now we need to know if we can trust Riku? I’ll start watching him, I’ll pay close attention to what he does but we can talk more about this when you get up...if you get up. No! What am I thinking? There's no way you’ll die…Right Sensei? I wanted you to see how strong we would all become, I wanted to show you that one day I would become strong enough to even beat you… Father, you’re always the strongest person in the room and always the most calm as well. You would laugh in the face of people who could kill you and smile in the face of even the scariest enemies, you can’t die. Not like this, not now! Please don’t die again Father” But then there’s a knock on the door and Itsuki whips his eyes and he looks at the door as it opens and Dai walks in out of breathe as he says

“I found his tracks leading into the forest, but I couldn’t find him. But he is in the forest!” Itsuki says

“All right, we can get a full sweep of the forest tomorrow morning” Dai says

“All right, is Sensei feeling any better?” Itsuki says

“He’s still breathing normally, but he hasn’t moved still” Dai is *sad* and says

“Oh” Dai leaves the room closing the door behind him as Itsuki says

“I won’t lose you again, I’ll make sure you don’t die this time father. I promise!”

At the same time Kenji is consoling his mother on the couch and he says

“Don’t worry this won’t stop dad, nothing can stop him. Nothing has ever stopped him” Akita is still *crying* as she says

“I know he’ll be ok, he always gets up but it’s just…I've never seen your father like this. Hurt to the point where he can not stand up, it’s just making me remember that he can be killed. And so can all the rest of you, and I don’t want to lose any of you. That thought of losing all of you scares me” Kenji says

“No he can’t, he can be hurt but father will never die. And as for the rest of us, we’ll be too strong for anyone to even hit us. But father is getting old and slow, but we won’t let him die. I won’t let him die!” Akita hugs Kenji and says

“Thank you Kenji, I love you so much” Kenji says

“I love you too” Akita *yawns* and Kenji lays her down and puts a cover on her and a pillow under her head and Akita falls asleep

(She remembers when she was back in her own village walking down the street but suddenly a boy runs up to her as he says

“Have you seen my daddy?” Akita says

“No, i’m sorry I haven’t heard from your father since he left this morning” The boy starts *crying* but Akita hugs him and says

“Don’t worry Genji I promise your father will be ok, you know he’s very strong. I promise he’ll come back to the village safe and sound” Genji whips his tears and says

“Ok” Genji turns around but Akita shields him as something slams into the middle of the village and as the dust settles she sees a young bloody Kingsman and a young Mano as a crowd of people and guards come out but all of them are *shocked* and none of them move and Kingsman says

“You done yet?” Mano says

“You can still leave this village if you stop now!” Kingsman says

“You attacked my home, I’m just returning the favor!” Mano says

“I was simply following orders” Kingsman says

“I don’t fault you for that, but that doesn’t mean there will be no retaliation” Kingsman rushes Mano and tries to hit him but Mano dodges all of his punches and Mano says

“You speak calmly, but fight like a raging bull” Mano tries to punch Kingsman but Kingsman jumps into the air avoiding the strike and kicking Mano in the chest launching him through buildings and Kingsman holds his stomach and thinks

“Damn…Maybe I might need to slow down a bit. Breathe…Remember your training, control your emotions!” Kingsman turns around and sees the crowd of people and the guards but as he takes a step towards, everyone takes a step back except Akita and Genji and Kingsman notices Akita standing in front of the boy unmoving and he says

“You’re not afraid? Interesting” Kingsman continues to walk towards her but as he makes it face to face with her she’s still unmoved and locks eyes with him but she turns to Genji and says

“Run, go find safety” Genji is *shaking with fear* as he says

“But what about you?” Akita *smiles* as she says

“I promise, I’ll be ok” Genji hugs Akita and runs away as she turns back to face Kingsman and he says

“How sure are you that you’re going to be ok?” Akita says

“I made a promise, and I have to honor it” Akita takes a step back and takes a Ji Ben Ba Shi stance and Kingsman says

“So not only just a pretty face, but a fighter as well. But I have one question, who taught you the Ji Ben Ba Shi techniques?” Akita says

“My father taught me how to fight” Kingsman says

“But even with that your form needs so work, but let’s see how you fair anyways” Kingsman tries to hit her but she dodges all of his strikes and Kingsman says

“I’m honestly impressed, but I’ll teach you better” Kingsman grabs her wrist and twist it and Kingsman says

“I’ll spare you” Kingsman grabs her by the throat and throws her high into the air and as she looks down she sees Kingsman get stabbed from every direction and Akita is *shocked* and thinks

“They're going to kill him! But why did he save me!?” But Kingsman knocks every guard away and pulls all the blades out of himself and he catches her and she notices as his darkness starts creeping up his entire body and he throws her away from him and Kingsman stumbles back as his darkness covers his entire body and Kingsman screams as his darkness surges all across himself and the ground and he grabs his head as he starts to calm his breathing and his darkness disappears and half of his wounds are healed and Kingsman looks at his body and thinks

“Damn it! Why is this shit not working properly!?” Kingsman turns around and sees Mano walking through the debris and Mano says

“I won’t lie, I don’t know how many more of your strikes my body can take. And you’ve killed multiple of my soldiers, but i’m not angry with you” Kingsman says

“You’ve tried to kill me and my brother, I’m angry with you!” They rush each other and they clash fist and with so much force it sends a shockwave throughout the entire village and knocks everyone over and they continue to clash fist and as they do they keep getting faster and faster but Mano catches Kingsman hand and punches Kingsman in the stomach and Mano twist Kingsman arm slamming Kingsman into the ground and Mano stomps on his chest pushing him deeper into it but Kingsman grabs his ankle and pulling his leg from underneath him but as he lands on the ground Kingsman grabs him by his neck and punches Mano in the stomach and Kingsman starts to choke Mano but Mano starts to pull his hand away and Kingsman *screams in anger* as his darkness starts to cover his hands and he tightly regrips Mano’s throat but a boy screams

“DADDY!” Kingsman looks over and sees Genji running towards them and Akita runs up to Kingsman and grabs his shoulder and says

“Please let him go!” Kingsman looks at her and looks at Genji as he starts tearing up and Kingsman lets go of Mano as he reaches for Akita’s throat but he grabs his own hand and his darkness disappears and Kingsman controls his breathing and Kingsman turns around and sees Mano talking to Genji and Mano says

“I’m ok Genji, I promise I’m ok” Mano hugs Genji and Kingsman turns around and puts his hand out and helps Mano up and Kingsman says

“We may be enemies, but I will not kill you in front of your child. But now that we are tied the next time we face each other it will be to the death. I can see how much he loves you, just like my–” Kingsman turns and walks away but as he does a soldier gets up and he grabs his sword and rushes Kingsman from behind and tries to stab him but Akita blocks it with a sword and Kingsman turns around and is *confused* as he says

“What are you doing?” Akita says

“No one else needs to die!” Kingsman punches the soldier away as more and more soldiers start to surround them, Kingsman and Akita go back to back but suddenly Kingsman grabs her by her throat and everyone’s *shocked* and Kingsman says

“Back up or else she dies!” Everyone of them rushes Kingsman but Kingsman stomps onto the ground destroying it and creating a giant dust cloud and as the dust settles he’s gone.

At the same time Kingsman and Akita are on the road outside of the village as he sets Akita down and Akita says

“Why did you do that?” Kingsman says

“You have a reputation and people you care about in that village. You’d be a fool to throw it away for a murderer” Kingsman turns to walk away but Akita grabs his hand and he turns around and looks at her and she says

“I can’t let you walk away. You’re too injured, you won’t make it that far” Kingsman says

“I’m fine, you should get back to the safety of the walls before it gets too dark outside” Kingsman turns to walk away but Akita won’t let go of his hand and Kingsman says

“What’s your problem? Listen I know I look good, but you have to let go” Akita says

“If I let go you’ll die” Kingsman says

“How?” Akita says

“Your body won’t last that long” Kingsman says

“I’ll manage, I’m the strongest” Akita says

“You can barely stand!” Kingsman says

“If need be I can crawl, why are you so worried about me anyways? Don't you know the kind of man I am” Akita says

“Why did you save me?” Kingsman says

“What are you talking about?” Akita says

“I saw the speed the soldiers were moving they would have impaled us both. Why did you save me?” Kingsman says

“You…Remind me of my mother, she carried about life and thought everyone’s life was sacred. She wanted to protect people, and when I saw that you wouldn’t back down and would protect the child I thought of her” Akita says

“Does she still help people?” Kingsman says

“She’s–” Suddenly his darkness starts surging all over him and it launches Akita back and Kingsman falls to the ground holding his head and Kingsman *screams in pain* and Akita gets back to her feet and sees Kingsman screaming and she runs towards him and hugs him and as she does Kingsman stops screaming and his darkness disappear but he passes out and falls on her and she pushes him off of her and she tries to pick him up but can’t until she sits on his lap and puts his arms over her shoulders and stands up with him on her back and she struggles to walk and she barely makes it away from the village as she falls down and she's catching her breathe as she notices two guards running towards her and takes off her shirt and wraps it around Kingsman's head and the guards make it up to her and One of them says

“You were the one with Kingsman, are you ok? Where'd he go?” Akita says

“I'm fine, but he kept running” The Other Soldier notices the man on the ground with his head wrapped says

“Who is that?” Akita says

“As he was running… He cut this man across the face and kept running” One of the guards starts looking at his clothes but Akita *whistles* and says

“He said something about attacking the main village with his brother, you should hurry over there” The Other soldier grabs the soldiers shoulder and says

“We must save our lord!” They both run off and Akita *sighs* as she says

“That was close, but this is going to take all day. The other village isn’t too far” But a Coachman rides by and stops as he says

“Hello ma’am, are you ok?” Akita says

“No, can you help me get to the next village?” The Coachman says

“Sure, but is he alive?” Akita says

“Yes...He's just got a bit drunk” The Coachmen says

“Ok” Akita says

“Thank you, but can I ask one more favor?” The Coachmen says

“What is it?” Akita says

“Can you help me lift him up?” Coachmen says

“I’d never let a beautiful women like you lift a drunk slob” The Coachmen walks over to Kingsman and he reaches for Kingsman but Kingsman suddenly punches him in the stomach launching him into the trees and Akita is *shocked* and she slowly reaches for him but he doesn’t react as she grabs his hand and she slowly drags Kingsman to the back of the wagon and slowly lifts him up and puts him in the back of the wagon and she catches her breathe as she turns around and says

“Hello! Sir! Are you ok?” She walks around the wagon towards the trees but then the horse starts to walk forward and Akita is *shocked* and says

“No, wait please” But the horse continue to walk forward and Akita jumps into The Coachmen’s seat and the horse starts running until they pass a dark house on the side of the street and she stops the wagon and she jumps out and walks around the back of the wagon and she struggles to pick up Kingsman and he drops onto the ground and she drags him up to the front door and she knocks on the door but there’s no answer or even noise coming from the house and she opens the door and says

“Hello! Is anybody home!?” But she still hears nothing and she drags Kingsman inside and lays him on the couch and she's out of breathe but she walks over to the sink and fills up a glass of water and sits it next to Kingsman and she runs upstairs and looks around until she finds two rags and she goes back to the kitchen and wets them both as she walks back over to Kingsman and puts one on his head and Akita grabs a bowl and fills it with water and she sits it next to Kingsman and she takes his shirt off but is *shocked* at all the cuts, slashes, and bruises all over his body and thinks

“I can’t believe he’s not dead!” She dips the other rag in the water and starts wiping the blood away and after she’s done she pours the bowl out in the sink and she looks around and finds a cover and she puts it on Kingsman and she lays on the floor and goes to sleep.

But the next morning she wakes up and shes sleeping on the couch cuddled next to Kingsman but the door opens and she turns around and sees two men enter the house and one of them says

“Who the hell are you!?” Akita jumps up off of the couch *shocked* and says

“I’m sorry I thought this house was abandoned” The other man is *shaking with fear* and says

“M-M-Marco!” Marco is *confused* as he says

“What? What is it Ken!?” Ken says

“That’s…Kingsman!” Marco looks at the couch and is *shocked* and Marco says

“Are you hooking up with the man trying to kill us all!?” But before Akita can respond Marco rushes her and he throws a punch at her but Kingsman grabs his wrist and Marco looks *scared* and Kingsman slowly opens his eyes and looks Marco in the eyes but he breaks his wrist and Marco *screams in pain* and Kingsman punches Marco in the chest so hard he goes flying through the wall and Ken is *shocked* and Kingsman jumps off of the couch and walks up to Ken but as Kingsman lifts his hand Akita grabs it and says

“Kingsman don’t!” Kingsman says

“He’s an enemy, and a threat” Akita says

“Look at him, he’s terrified. What kind of threat could he be?” Kingsman says

“A scared enemy now could become a fearless enemy later” Akita says

“He won’t!” Kingsman says

“You're starting to annoy me” Akita says

“Just let him go. Please!” Kingsman says

“Fine" Kingsman looks at Ken and says

"What’s your dominant hand?” Ken is *confused* and says

“Uh…My…Lef–” He *screams out in pain* as Kingsman crushes his left shoulder blade and Kingsman pushes him out of the door and Akita is *shocked* and says

“Kingsman!” Kingsman says

“You asked for him to be alive, not uninjured” Kingsman walks over to the couch and sits down as he notices his shirt is off and says

“Did you strip me? If you wanted a peek all you had to do was ask” Akita says

“I just wanted to make sure your wounds wouldn’t get infected” Kingsman says

“I’ll be fine” Akita says

“How do you feel?” Kingsman says

“Like I said fine” Akita says

“You we’re just stabbed multiple times, you can’t possibly just feel fine” Kingsman *chuckles* and says

“I couldn’t tell” Kingsman starts hitting all of his open wounds as Akita says

“Kingsman I’m being serious, with the condition your in you really shouldn’t be able to move, let alone travel” Kingsman says

“I’m a warrior, my body will recover while I’m walking” Kingsman puts on his shirt and turns to the door but Akita is standing in front of it and says

“I won’t let you leave until, you answer me” Kingsman says

“How I'm feeling doesn’t matter, I’ll always be fine. If you want to play doctor go find somebody nice to play with, because it's definitely not me” Kingsman dashes past her and catches Ken hand stopping him from stabbing Akita through the back and Kingsman says

“I told you he’d be back” Kingsman kicks Ken away with so much force there’s a large shockwave and Akita is *shocked* and blow over by it and Akita turns and looks at Kingsman and Kingsman turns to walk away but Akita says

“Why have you saved me so much if your just going to leave!? You want me to believe your not a good person, but you are!” Kingsman says

“The reason I saved you isn’t because I’m a good person it’s because…You really do remind me of my mother and the thought of losing her again…Hurts” Akita is *shocked* and Kingsman says

“But I know your not my mother, hell you don’t love or know me. But if anyone thinks there taking you away from me, they’ll have to kill me first. You can do as you please, but knowing that you're alive helps me process things a bit better. So no I didn't save you for some noble reason, everything I do is for my own selfish benefit” Kingsman turns back around and starts walking towards the forest but Akita says

“I-I’ll come with you!” Kingsman says

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“You would abandon everything you’ve ever known to follow me? A man you don't know, at all!” Akita says

“Yes!” Kingsman says

“No, just live. With how everything is it's far too dangerous for you to be this close to me. Hell I get everyone closed to me killed in one way or another, if you wish to die there an easier way than being with me” Kingsman walks into the forest and she can hear his footsteps get farther and Akita tries to get up but her knee is hurt and she can’t stand and Akita screams

"WAIT!" She slowly gets to her feet using the door as leverage and she screams

“KINGSMAN STOP!” But the footsteps keep getting further and Akita starts to *tear up* as she screams

“PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND! I HAVE LOST EVERYONE, I HAVE NOTHING AND NO ONE! YOUR ALL I HAVE! I LOVE YOU!" But the footsteps fully fade away and Akita starts *crying* but as she turns around she falls but Kingsman catches her and throws her over his shoulder and Kingsman says

“I might have saved the wrong person, the one time I try to be nice I just so happen to save a clingy orphan" Akita is *shocked* and says

“You came back!” Kingsman says

“It’s either that or listen to you cry all day long” Kingsman walks into the forest with Akita still on his shoulder and says

“I’ll tell you how I lost everything, if you tell me how you lost everything”) Kenji turns around and sees the hole in the wall and he walks up to it and freezes the hole patching it and Kenji walks upstairs but as he gets to his bedroom door before he can open it up he hears *soft sobbing* coming from his Hana's room and he walks over and opens the door and sees she's under her cover *crying* in her dark room and Kenji turns on the light and walks over to Hana’s bed and he steps over Tadashi on the floor and sits down and she stops *crying* and goes quiet and Kenji says

“Are you ok Hana?” Hana sniffles and whips her face and says

“I’m ok” Kenji says

“So you're worried about dad huh?” Kenji pulls the cover off of Hana and she’s covering her face and he says

“I know you're scared for dad Hana, but he’s going to be ok” Hana takes her hands down and hugs Kenji while *crying* and says

“Are you sure?” Kenji *laughs* and says

“There hasn’t been a thing that can stop father yet, he’ll be perfectly fine. I promise” Hana says

“Ok big brother” Kenji stands up and tucks her in the bed and says

“Now get some sleep it’s late Hana” Hana says

“Ok, goodnight brother” Kenji says

“Goodnight Hana” Kenji walks over turns the light off and closes the door behind him and he goes into his room and lays down.

At the same time Itsuki is still up watching Kingsman, but he slowly starts to fall asleep and Itsuki is *drowsy* as he says

“I’ll just close my eyes for a few seconds” As Itsuki closes his eyes the entire room is silent except for Kingsman heart beat and Itsuki goes to sleep until everything goes silent as Kingsman's heart stop and Itsuki wakes up in *shock* and he runs over to Kingsman and covers his hands with lightning and start punching him in his heart but nothing is happening and Itsuki start *tearing up* as he says

“No,No,No! Sensei please, not like this!” He keeps punching Kingsman but nothing is happening and Itsuki says

“I can’t lose you too, Sensei please!” Itsuki puts both of his hands together and charges a lot of lightning in between his hands and he slams down his fist towards Kingsman’s heart but he stops within inches of his chest after hearing his heart start to beat again and Itsuki sits on the floor in relief and as he’s breathing heavy, he says

“You scared me Sensei, but I’m glad your still alive” But right after Itsuki collapses on the floor from exhaustion.

The morning he’s the first awake and as he gets up he looks at Kingsman but he still hasn’t moved and Itsuki *sighs* and says

“I know you're going to be ok, just…Hurry up” Itsuki walks out of the room and goes downstairs and looks into the living room and sees Akita still sleeping and he goes out the back door and he walks down the hill towards the village and as he makes it down to the village he thinks

“Maybe, I can find some medicine that can help Sensei get better” But as he’s walking he runs into Kaito and Kaito says

“Hey Itsuki, have you seen Kingsman?” Itsuki says

“Um…Well…Sensei is…Sleeping, yeah he’s been sleeping for days” Kaito *laughs* and says

“That does sound like Kingsman, but why are you acting strange? Maybe I should go visit him” Itsuki says

“NO!... I mean no, you wouldn’t want to wake Sensei up and make him mad would you?” Kaito says

“So tell me what’s going on Itsuki? Or i’ll have to go and ask Kingsman what’s going on” Itsuki thinks

“I can’t tell Kaito what Riku did or else he might kill Riku, and I know Sensei wouldn’t want that” Itsuki says

“He got hurt and he’s recovering” Kaito *chuckles* and says

“What do you mean hurt?” Itsuki says

“He’s…Recovering in his bed and can’t move right now, he’s fine but he’s passed out” Kaito is *shocked* and says

“What!? Damn it, I knew this wasn’t a good route to take” Kaito runs past Itsuki towards Kingsman's house and Itsuki says

“Wait!” But Kaito is way to fast for Itsuki to stop so he chases after him but as Kaito makes it up the hill he rushes into the back door and he rushes to the living room and looks in and sees Akita sleeping and then he rushes upstairs and sees Tadashi laying in front of Kingsman’s bedroom door and Kaito says

“Move!” Tadashi stands up and growls at Kaito but Kaito clenches his fist and says

“Now!” Tadashi looks back at Kingsman’s door and steps aside and Kaito opens the door and walks in the room and he sees Kingsman laying in the bed and he slowly walks up to the bed and he looks down at Kingsman and sees the wound on his heart and he clenches his fist again in *anger* and Itsuki gets to the doorway and sees Kaito with his hands covered in his Icy Sun Flames and it engulfes his entire body and he looks at Itsuki and says

“Who did this!?” Itsuki steps back and says

“I can’t tell you” Kaito slowly walks towards Itsuki and says

“Who…Did it!?” Itsuki slowly back up into a wall and summons his sword and says

“It was an accident, he didn’t mean to” Itsuki points his sword but as Kaito gets close to Itsuki, Itsuki’s sword erupts in Kaito’s Icy Sun Flames and burns away and Itsuki is *shocked* and Kaito stops right in front of Itsuki and he pokes Itsuki in the stomach with a finger and Itsuki falls to his *knees in pain* and Kaito grabs Itsuki by the hair and lifts him up and looks him in the eyes and puts a finger to his throat and says

“He pays for this, or you do!” Itsuki is in *extreme pain* as he says

“I won’t…Tell, he didn’t try to hurt Sensei!” Kaito turns his head and looks at Kingsman and all of his Icy Sun Flames disappear and Kaito says

“Fine” He drops Itsuki and walks back into Kingsman’s room and sits in a chair next to Kingsman’s bed and Itsuki slowly gets back to his feet holding his stomach and he stumbles downstairs and out the back door and he falls in the grass and looks up and starts breathing deeply and after fully catching his breath he stands back up and thinks

“I guess I shouldn’t have underestimated Kaito, just because he doesn’t always jump head first into battle. But now I have to find Riku and hope nobody tells Kaito what Riku did” Itsuki runs into forest and as he’s running through the forest he notices large burn marks on the ground with a lot of trees missing and he thinks

“Damn it Dai, I wanted you to find Riku not burn down the forest!” As Itsuki is running through the forest he stops and looks around and says

“Damn it, where could you have gone Riku?”

At the same time Riku has just woken up on the cave floor and Riku stands up and he hears Goto’s voice and it says

“And now they have sent Itsuki to kill you as well” Riku says

“No, Itsuki wouldn’t. He knows that I wouldn’t hurt Sensei on purpose” Goto’s voice says

“Akita wants you dead for what you did to her husband” Riku says

“Your lying, I can’t keep running from this. I won’t let you in my mind anymore” But as Riku is about to walk out of the cave as he’s suddenly slashed on the back and he *screams in pain* and Goto voice says

“You think I’m in your head! Does this seem like it’s in your head Tatsuno!” Riku’s gets slashed all across his body and as he’s *screaming in pain* and Itsuki hears his screams and rushes towards them and as he makes it to the cave he sees Riku’s body half in the darkness of the cave and as he picks up Riku he a demonic voice whisper his name but he rushes out of the cave and he sits Riku against a tree and says

“It took us to long to find you” But then Itsuki notices all the slashes all over Riku’s body and he *panics* and picks up Riku and rushes back towards Kingsman house he thinks

“Why is everyone always getting hurt? I have to do better, I won’t lose anyone else I swear!” As Itsuki makes it back to the house he goes inside but he sits Riku down against a wall and walks upstairs and he still sees Kingsman bedroom door open and Kaito still sitting over Kingsman watching him and Itsuki thinks

“I have to find a way to distract him so I can close the door” Itsuki uses his lightning to make a giant lightning strike right next to the house shaking the entire house and Kaito looks at the window after hearing and feeling the lightning and as the house is shaking Itsuki closes the door and then he runs back downstairs but he sees Akita coming out of the living room and he stops her before she can go into the kitchen and he says

“What are you doing Akita?” Akita still half asleep, says

“Oh Itsuki...I was going to make some food for everyone” Itsuki says

“No, you’ve been so nice to all of us I wanted to make you something. But it’s a surprise so just go lay back down and i’ll bring it to you” Akita says

“Thank you so much, that’s so nice of you” She kisses Itsuki on the head and walks back into the living room and lays back down and Itsuki rushes back into the kitchen and picks Riku up and takes him upstairs to his room and puts him in his bed and Itsuki says

“Damn it Riku, don’t go anywhere” Itsuki leaves the room and breathes a *sigh of relief* and says

“This is a terrible way to start the day” Itsuki walks downstairs and sits at the table and thinks

“First Sensei, now Riku. Who is it going to be next, Dai,Kenji,Akita, or me!?” Itsuki slowly starts to fall asleep and he has a dream, he’s walking through a dark forest and as he walks around a tree he sees someone laying on the ground with a sword in there backs in a pool of their own blood but he can’t tell who it is and as he kneels down next to them and is about to touch them but he’s awoken by Akita putting her hand on his back and it *scares* him awake and she says

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you” Itsuki says

“It’s fine, I just…Closed my eyes for a second, but i’ll get to cooking” Itsuki tries to stand up but Akita pushes him back down and says

“No! Obviously you're too tired, let me handle the food” Itsuki says

“I can do it, and plus I told you I would” Akita walks over to the fridge and says

“No please let me handle it, I can see your extremely tired” Itsuki says

“I’m fi–” But he’s interrupted by Akita *whistling* and he falls asleep and as he’s sleeping he has a dream about him and his family having dinner together and *laughing* and he can still hear the *whistling* as he’s *laughing* with his family until the *whistling* stops and Itsuki wakes up and sees a plate of fish shaped waffles with strawberry compote on the side and Akita walks by and kisses him on the head and says

“Enjoy!” She walks back into the living room and Itsuki is *shocked* but he eats his food and as Itsuki finishes his food he thinks

“It feels like my mind has been cleared of all bad thoughts and I can finally think clearly” Itsuki stands up and washes his dishes and then goes back upstairs and goes to Kingsman's bedroom door and he opens it and sees Kaito still sitting by Kingsman's bed side and Kaito says

“Fine, but when you get up we have to talk more” Kaito notices Itsuki but before Kaito can say anything Itsuki says

“Kaito, can we talk?” Kaito looks back at Kingsman and then stands up and walks into the hallway with Itsuki and says

“Are you going to tell me who did this?” Itsuki says

“It was me! During our training session I knocked Sensei’s sword out of his hand and threw it at him and he didn’t catch it. I didn’t tell you before because I was scared of what you might do” Kaito says

“It’s fine Itsuki, but I do want to tell you I'm sorry for the way I reacted. It’s just me and Kingsman have always had each other's backs for years, and to see him like this represents my failure to protect my brother. But I should have never taken it out on you. So once again I must tell you I am truly sorry Itsuki” Itsuki says

“It’s fine, I just wanted to make sure you were calm enough to approach” Kaito says

“I should get back to the village now” Kaito walks by Itsuki and goes downstairs and Itsuki walks back into Kingsman's room and sits back in the chair besides Kingsman bed and Itsuki puts his head in his hands.

At the same time Riku starts to hear Kingsman voice calling his name and it starts off low and progressively gets louder until he hears Kingsman voice scream his name as he wakes up and he looks around and notices where he is and he's *shocked* and says

“Oh no, how did I get back here? I can’t face Sensei, not now” But as Riku gets up he falls to the floor from his injuries and he slowly gets up and slowly walks to the door but as he opens it he can see into Kingsman’s room and he can see Itsuki with his head in his hands with Kingsman laying in the bed unresponsive and Riku slowly moves across the hallway but as he makes it to the stairs the floor creaks underneath him and he stops and then he hears Kenji’s room door starts to open and as Kenji steps out of his room he looks around the hallway he doesn’t see anyone so he goes into the bathroom and Riku slowly lowers himself from the roof and slowly walks downstairs but stops on the stairs as Akita passes by them and goes into the kitchen and gets some water and then she walks back into the living room and lays back on the couch and Riku continues down the stairs and then goes into the kitchen and goes through the back door and closes it behind him and looks towards the direction of the village but he’s *shocked* as he sees Kaito walking down the hill and thinks

“Kaito’s here! Was he looking for me!? I have to get out of here” Riku looks towards the opposite direction of the village and thinks

“What if as I get out there one of the guards finds me and brings me back!?” Riku looks at the forest and thinks

“I know I can survive in the forest, but…What if they find me? Damn it, where do I go!?...I guess I don’t have a choice” Riku starts slowly making his way into the forest.

At the same time Kingsman’s heart stops again and Itsuki is *shocked* as he says

“Not again, Sensei!” Itsuki starts punching Kingsman in the chest with his lightning but it's doing nothing and then Itsuki puts both of his hands together and slams them down on Kingsman’s chest but it still has no effect on him and Itsuki starts to *tear up* as he says

“No,No,Father please!” Itsuki keeps punching Kingsman in the chest but it still doesn’t affect him and Itsuki starts *crying* as he’s punching Kingsman in the chest but as he’s about to throw another punch it stops in the air and his lightning surges all around the room and Kingsman sits up and stretches and Itsuki hugs him while still *crying* and says

“Sensei you’re ok!” Kingsman says

“I’m fine, why were you punching me so much?” Itsuki lets go of Kingsman and says

“I’m sorry Sensei, I was trying to–” But Kingsman grabs his head and *smiles* as he says

“I know, i’m just messing with you kid” Kingsman slowly gets to his feet

At the same time Riku is walking through the forest but then something flies past him hitting him in the stomach and he’s sent flying back into the backyard and Riku holding his *stomach in pain* as he slowly looks up and sees Kingsman walking out of the forest and Riku slowly starts to crawl back and says

“Y-Your not real, you can’t be real” Kingsman says

“You want to see how real I am?” Kingsman punches Riku in the stomach, smashing him into the ground as he picks Riku up by his face.

At the same time there’s a knock on the front door and Akita gets up off of the couch and opens the door and while still whipping the sleep out of her eyes says

“Yes” As she opens her eyes she sees Riku inches in front of her face and she steps back in *shock* as a voice from behind Riku says

“Missing someone?” Akita looks behind Riku and sees Kingsman *smiling* and Akita rushes up and hugs him with tears in her eyes as she says

“Oh my goodness, your ok, I was so worried!” Kingsman says

“I’ll always be fine, you know that” He walks into the house while Akita is still hugging him and he says

“Ok time to let go. Akita, you can let go of me now” But she won’t let go of Kingsman as she's just *crying* into his chest as she’s hugging him and Kingsman sits Riku down against a wall and he tries to pull Akita away but she won’t let go until Kingsman tickles her and then he slips away and she tries to hug him again but he runs away and says

“Akita stop!” But she doesn’t stop chasing him and then he runs upstairs and into Hana’s room slamming the door behind him and he presses himself against the door but her and Tadashi wakes up and Hana jumps up and runs and hugs his leg and says

“Daddy, you’re ok!” Kingsman says

“Of course i’m–” But Tadashi jumps onto Kingsman breaking Hana’s door down and Tadashi starts licking Kingsman on his face and as he tries to push him off Hana is still hugging his leg and Akita jumps on his stomach and hugs him and he says

“All right that's enough, get off of me!” But none of them stop and Kenji comes out of the room and sees what’s happening and Kingsman sees him and reaches for him and says

“Boy help!” Kenji *smiles* and grabs Kingsman arm but he weakly pulls on his arm and says

“Father I can’t, there to strong” He initially trips and lays on Kingsman arm and Kingsman says

“You little–” Itsuki comes out of Kingsman’s room and sees them on the floor and Kingsman says

“Itsuki help! Pull them off of me” Kenji looks up at Itsuki and *winks* as he says

“Yes Itsuki please come help us were stuck” Itsuki *smiles* and Kingsman says

“Itsuki, don’t you dare!” Itsuki jumps on Kingsman other arm and Kingsman starts struggling to move to get free and he screams

“RIKU!” Riku suddenly wakes up and he slowly gets to his feet and slowly walks up stairs and sees everyone pinning Kingsman to the floor and Kingsman says

“Riku help me, use your wind to push them off of me” Itsuki and Kenji both look at Riku and *smile* Riku uses his wind to raise them off but he immediately drops them back onto Kingsman knocking the wind out of him and then Riku jumps on Kingsman other leg and Kingsman says

“Oh, two can play this game!” Kingsman spreads his darkness on the floor and he sinks into it but it closes behind him making everyone drop on the floor and everyone gets up and Itsuki is *confused* and says

“How did he get away? We were right on top of him!” Kenji says

“I don’t–” Kenji is interrupted by a portal opening up behind him and Kingsman grabbing him by the back of his neck pulling him inside and everyone jumps back in *shock* and Riku says

“Oh no, I think we messed up” Itsuki says

“Were fine, we just need to stay together! Riku stay–” But he stops talking as he sees Riku being pulled into a portal by Kingsman and Hana says

“Where did brother and Riku go?” Itsuki says

“There playing with dad, that’s all don’t worry” But as Itsuki is trying to comfort Hana, Tadashi starts roaring from behind him and as he turns around he can see half of Tadashi already in a portal and he jumps to grab Tadashi paw but he’s too late and the portal closes and Itsuki hit his head on the wall and Itsuki is on the ground *holding his head in pain* and Hana says

“No! Kitty is gone” Kingsman opens a portal behind Hana and says

“He’s in here, come on” Itsuki and Hana turn around and Itsuki says

“No!” But Hana walks into Kingsman's arms and the portal closes and Itsuki stands up and him and Akita are standing in the middle of the hallway looking around but then from behind him, he hears

“Come on” As he turns around, he sees Kingsman hanging from the ceiling in between him and Akita with his hand out towards Akita and Itsuki tries to hit Kingsman but Kingsman backhands him launching him into a wall and as he looks up he sees Akita take Kingsman hand and he sinks back into the ceiling while holding Akita in his arms and then Itsuki stands up and starts looking around and then he notices a small portal opening up but he turns his back to it and he closes his eyes and breaths and as he opens his eyes they are filled with lightning but he doesn’t move until he senses a presence right behind him and he summons his sword and turns around and presses it against there throat and he notices it’s not Kingsman but Dai and he is *shocked* and says

“Dai!?” Dai says

“So you want to fight huh!?” Itsuki says

“Wait, Dai you don’t understand–” But he’s interrupted by Kingsman tackling Dai through a portal from beside him and Itsuki steps back in *shock* and says

“Damn it Sensei, if you want to fight let’s go then! Don’t hide in the shadows, face me!” Suddenly from behind him he hears

“All right” Itsuki is *shocked* and he turns around and slashes towards Kingsman but Kingsman punches him in the stomach first launching him towards a wall as a portal opens up and it sends him outside into the backyard and Kingsman steps through the portal and drops onto the ground and says

“So are you ready to fight?” Itsuki stands up and grabs his sword but Kingsman walks past Itsuki and says

“Goto! Why are you in my village?” Goto is watching them from the trees but is *shocked* and thinks

“Damn, maybe I shouldn’t have underestimated him” Goto turns to run but Kingsman says

“You run and I’ll kill you, but you knew that already” Goto looks at Kingsman but he looks back into the forest and Kingsman says

“Before you make that decision I’d advise you look a little farther” Goto looks down and he sees black slashes all over him and Kingsman says

“Now answer me” Itsuki looks at Kingsman and says

“Sen–” But Kingsman puts one finger up and Itsuki stops talking and Goto says

“You truly are as good as they say” Itsuki is *shocked* and thinks

“There is someone there, how did Sensei notice him? I can’t even sense him… Wait, did he say Goto? The man from before!?” Kingsman says

“One” Goto *screams in pain* and falls out of the tree slamming into the ground and Kingsman says

“Answer, now!” Goto *while still in pain*, says

“What the hell is this?” Kingman says

“Two” Goto *screams even louder in pain* and Kingsman says

“You know I don’t even have to say it to activate it, would you like to see?” Goto *through his pain*, says

“Fine, please don’t! I was here because I wanted to train under the greatest warrior in the world” But Goto screams even louder and Kingsman says

“False, you are a mediocre warrior at best. Plus you of all people should have known I wouldn’t train you, but would you like to see what happens when I fully activate one of them?” Goto says

“Wait Kingsman please-” Kingsman *laughs* as he says

“Look at who I'm talking to, of cousre you’ve already seen it” But Goto screams even louder and a he’s screaming, Kingsman says

“Silence!” Goto’s screams go silent and Kingsman turns around and says

“All right, let’s go” Kingsman walks back towards the house and Itsuki is *shocked* and thinks

“What did Sensei do to him?” Kingsman says

“Come on Itsuki” Itsuki turns around and follows Kingsman into the house and Itsuki sits at the table and says

“Sensei, what happened to him?” As Kingsman is walking around the table pulling the chairs out he says

“He ran away, after I activated one of the slashes fully. That’s all” Kingsman sits down and Itsuki says

“Wait Sensei, where is everyone?” Kingsman points at the ceiling and as Itsuki looks up he sees a large pool of darkness on the ceiling and then he watches as everyone drops through it and lands in there chairs and Kingsman says

“Right there” Kenji is *shocked* and says

“It’s been so long since I’ve seen all of you!” Kingsman says

“Boy, it’s been seven minutes'' Kenji says

“It felt like I had been in there for years” Kingsman says

“Oh yeah, I forgot time moves completely different in my darkness, it helps me train. In the deeper parts of my darkness a single second is a year outside. But you all, we're in the middle of the depths of my darkness. Look at Riku’s back” Riku touches his back and realizes all of the wounds on his back are healed and Hana says

"Daddy can I go back? It was so fun" Akita says

"Yes Kingsman, that place was actually very beautiful and fun" Kingsman *laughs* and says

"On your birthday I'll let you make one, that just you can control. Ok?" Hana says

"Yes! Thank you, daddy!" Kingsman says

"Of course" Kenji says

“But father what were those red eyes, and other shadows running around. They were stalking me” Kingsman says

“Those are creatures who I've created to help me train” Itsuki says

“How useful are they for training?” Kingsman says

“They're very useful, I created them to be stronger than you with the ability to read all of your movements, the perfect way to train. Unless they surround you then you’ll die, why do you think none of you are allowed in the basement” Kenji is *shocked* and says

“We have a basement!?” Kingsman puts his hand up and his darkness makes the outline of a door underneath the stairs and everyone turns and sees the doorway to the basement then Kingsman reseals the door and says

“None of you can go into the basement, it’s to dangerous” Itsuki is *shocked* and says

“So that’s where you train Sensei” Kingsman says

“Everyday” Riku says

“But how do you beat enemies who are stronger than you and that outnumber you?” Itsuki says

“None of them are stronger than Sensei” Kingsman says

“False, no matter how strong you become they will always be ten times stronger and faster. While yes they can read your moves, you need to be able to read there’s and misdirect there attacks so they hit each other and if your truly a great warrior you should be able to force them in any direction you want them and then punish them for it, like this” Kingsman reaches across the table and is about to poke Kenji in the face but Kenji dodges it by leaning his chair to the right holding himself up in the air off of the back legs of the chair but Kenji suddenly falls back out of his chair and as he looks at the bottom of his chair he notices a fork underneath the leg of his chair and Kingsman *laughs* and says

“You can watch the set up, but if you don’t see the launch then you’ve already lost the fight” Itsuki looks at Kingsman and then he picks up and throws a spoon at Kingsman but he doesn’t react and it passes straight through him and it bounces off the wall behind Kingsman and passes through him again and it hits Kenji as he’s standing up and it electrocutes him and Kenji falls back on the ground and Kingsman *laughs* and says

“You think I didn’t see you put lightning on your finger before you picked it up” Akita is about to stand up to help Kenji but Kingsman puts his hand up and she sits back down and Kingsman stands up and says

“Little one, will you help me carry your brother upstairs?” Hana gets *excited* and says

“Yes, I can finally help daddy!” Hana gets up and walks over to Kenji and Kingsman walks over and says

“All right I need you to grab his leg, i’ll grab his upper body. Ok?” Hana *smiles* and says

“Ok” She picks up one of Kenji’s legs and Kingsman picks up Kenji’s upper body up but leaves his lower body low enough so Hana can still carry his leg as they go upstairs Riku says

“Akita, I want to apologize for what I did to Sensei and for what I put you through. I understand if you no longer want me he–'' Riku stops talking as Akita hugs him and says

“It’s ok Riku, I know you didn’t mean to. You have nothing to apologize for” As Akita lets go off Riku she walks over to refrigerator and Riku turns to Itsuki and says

“Itsuki, Dai i’m–” Dai says

“Didn’t Akita already tell you that you have nothing to apologize for! But you’ll probably need to talk to Sensei by yourself” Riku says

“I don’t know if I can face Sensei alone, especially after what I’ve done to him” Itsuki says

“You’ll have to, you can’t keep running from your fears. Someday you’ll have to face them” Kingsman and Hana comes downstairs and Dai says

“Sensei, what are we doing today?” Kingsman says

“I feel as if all of you have learned enough, if you want to continue training you can. But I won’t train any of you all anymore for some time being” Itsuki is *shocked* and says

“What!? Sensei we haven’t even started to get close to our full potential yet” Kingsman says

“Yeah you're right, but they have people watching all of us. So keeping all of us in the same spot makes us easier to observe and learn our weaknesses. If we’re all spread out doing different things they’ll have to spread out and they might even slip up and get close and then you all can handle them” Itsuki says

“Is it because of the man in the forest?” Kingsman says

“Yes, Goto is actually and extremely proficient fighter and is a very quick learner, and he even has the ability to…Oh damn, I forgot today's the day of the meeting” Kingsman walks to the backdoor but Itsuki says

“Wait Sensei, can I come with you?” Kingsman says

“Hm, well I guess I can use a bodyguard” But Riku,Dai stand up and Kingsman says

“Or Three” But then Kenji runs downstairs and tries to blast Kingsman with his ice but he opens up a portal in front of him making Kenji blast himself in the back of the head with his ice and Kingsman says

“I don’t got time to beat you up, I have to go” Kenji says

“Where?” Kingsman says

“Meeting, you coming?” Kenji says

“Always” Kingsman says

“Now look at that I have four body guards” Hana says

“Daddy can I come too?” Kingsman says

“Not this time, I’ve already got to many bodyguards and plus I wouldn’t want you to show them up. We have to make your big brothers look useful, ok?” Hana says

“Ok, but daddy where’s kitty?” Kingsman snaps and says

“In your room” Hana *smiles* and runs upstairs and Kingsman says

“You need anything, Akita?” Akita says

“No, just tell me how the meeting goes” Kingsman says

“All right” They all walk outside and start walking down the hill but suddenly Kingsman stops and looks into the sky and thinks

“Who the hell destroyed a planet!?”