Chapter 015
Unbroken Traditions
But as Dai gets to the rooftops he sees Kingsman and Takumi fighting but Kingsman is dodging all of Takumi’s strikes and toying with him and Kingsman catches both of Takumi's wrist and pulls him close and kisses him on his forehead and Takumi gets *angry* and tries to pull his hand away but he can't and Takumi screams and he explodes and Dai is *shocked* and screams
"SENSEI!" But as the smoke clears Kingsman is standing with Takumi still holding his wrist unfazed and Kingsman knees Takumi in the stomach and slams him into the ground and Kingsman says
"Takumi, do we truly have to do this? I don't wish to fight you" Takumi gets to his feet and says
"I'll kill you!" Takumi rushes but Kingsman ducks both of Takumi punches and restraining both of his arms by pushing them behind his back making Takumi hug himself and Kingsman says
“Takumi, I truly think we should be friends and stop fighting?” Takumi says
“Get the hell off of me you bastard!” Kingsman says
“I know you don't really want to fight” Kingsman wraps Takumi’s arms tighter around him and Takumi *screams in pain* and Kingsman knees Takumi in the stomach knocking the wind out of him and Kingsman lets go of one of his hands and punches Takumi in the stomach and then he let's go of him and Takumi drops to the floor and Kingsman says
“So are we friends now?” Takumi can barely catch his breath as Kingsman picks him up and brushes him off and Kingsman *smiles* in his face but suddenly Kingsman throws him into the air as he says
“Go Dai!” Dai activates his fire gauntlets and jumps off of the roof and into the air and punches Takumi all over his body but then Dai uses his fire and flies above Takumi and Dai puts his hands together and slams down on Takumi's back launching him towards Kingsman and Kingsman hits him with the back of his sword launching him back up into the air and Dai lands back on the roof and watches as black slashes appear all over Takumi’s body and Kingsman says
“Away!” The slashes on Takumi’s body activates and fully covers his body and his body starts to disappear and as he falls closer to the ground he disappears more but as he’s about to hit the ground his body is fully gone and Kingsman jumps on the roof Dai is on and says
“Good job Dai, now lets get back to the others” Kingsman and Dai jump off the roof and start walking through the debris and Dai keeps walking through the debris back towards Riku and Itsuki but Kingsman stops and looks to his right and sees Ichiro laying on the ground and is struggling but still holding up the statue with his one arm and Kingsman walks over to Ichiro and crutches down next to Ichiro and says
“I don't think your god will protect you now” Ichiro looks up at Kingsman and Kingsman can see Ichiro's red in the face and Kingsman stands up and kicks dirt in Ichiro’s eyes and Kingsman turns around and walks away as a large bolt of lightning comes down behind Kingsman right on top of the statue destroying it and also multiple houses behind Kingsman and Kingsman walks back through the debris and says
“Let’s go, you all have a long way home” Riku says
“Wait Sensei, before Okada died he said Miura set us up to be killed when we came here” Itsuki and Dai are *shocked* and Kingsman says
“I would have assumed something like that, had I not already have found out” Riku says
“What!? How would you know that?” Kingsman says
“Because they would have never known any of you were coming or even the direction you all would have come from. Plus with Gyomei,Saigo, and Kenshin all at one hundred percent and all of you it was almost impossible for you all to lose, but I’ll have Kaito handle him since he’s not my warrior and it’s not even my region” Dai is *confused* as he says
“What are you talking about? Didn’t you build the entire region and every village inside of it” Kingsman says
“Yes we did, but to make sure all of you are safe I have decided to leave the region. So now if word gets out that I came here, I would have already left the region meaning they can’t hold Kaito responsible for my actions” Riku is *shocked* and says
“What about Akita, Hana, Kenji, Kaito and Tadashi and all of the other people in the village who love and care about you!? How are we supposed to tell them you're not coming back?” Kingsman says
“I'm sure all of you will find a way, you’ll all be fine. Kaito is an excellent teacher, it truly has been fun. Even though we didn't have much time together all of you hold a special place in my heart” Kingsman turns around and starts to walk away but Itsuki jumps in front of him and Itsuki says
“But Kenji,Hana, and Akita won't be they need you! How do we tell Kenji when he wakes up you're not going to be there anymore? Akita is going to be worried sick when we bring Kenji home like that and Hana is going to be scared! How do you expect us to tell them you’re not going to tell them everything is going to be ok?” Kingsman says
“Don't worry, I know Akita will be able to handle Kenji and Hana” Dai says
“I’m not going” Kingsman turns around and says
“What!?” Riku says
“We’re not going back without you!” Kingsman says
“I’m doing this to protect all of you” Dai says
“You already taught us how to protect ourselves, what was the point in teaching us all of this if we can't even use it to protect the people we care about!” Kingsman says
“Do you want to fight every region's armies at once!?” Itsuki says
“If we do it standing by your side, yes!” Kingsman says
“All of you are in agreement with this?” Riku says
“Yes” Dai says
“One hundred percent!” Kingsman *sighs* as he says
“I can not lead you all to a war, I’m sorry but this is the end of our adventures together” Kingsman walks past Itsuki but Itsuki wraps his Kyoketsu Shoge rope around his arm and tries to pull Kingsman but he keeps walking as he's dragging Itsuki behind him and Dai wraps his Kusarigama around his other arm and tries to pull him back but Kingsman only slightly slows down until Riku uses his wind to make a giant chain and wraps them around Kingsman torso and pulls him back as well and Itsuki says
“I won’t lose you again!” Dai says
“I refuse to be lead by anyone else!” Riku says
“We won’t let you abandon us! No matter what we have to do we won’t let you leave, no matter what! Your not going–” All of them screams
“ANYWHERE!” Itsuki and Dai cast there elements on there weapons and there able to slowly pulling him back until Kingsman reaches back and grabs Dai’s chain and Itsuki's rope and pulls them away from Itsuki and Dai hands as he punches the chains on his chest shattering and Kingsman continues to walk and he says
"You may not realize it, but this is a very hard decision for me to make. But in the future you will thank me for it" But Itsuki and Dai both jump in front of him and Itsuki summons his sword and Dai activates his fire gauntlets and Riku covers his hand in his wind and Dai says
“I won’t let you leave!” Itsuki says
“No matter how long it takes, or what we have to do. WE WON’T QUIT!” Itsuki and Dai rushes Kingsman but Kingsman catches both of there wrist and Kingsman says
“Enough!” Itsuki drops his sword as him and Dai both hug Kingsman and Itsuki *cries* and through his tears, says
“Please don’t leave!” Dai grabs Kingsman's arm as he says
"If you leave then I won't train at all" Kingsman says
“Fine, I’ll talk to Kaito about ways around an invasion. Now get off of me and let’s go back home i’m starving” Itsuki and Dai both let go of Kingsman and Itsuki wipes his eyes and Kingsman turns around and sees Riku still standing ready to use his wind on Kingsman and Kingsman *laughs* and says
“I said I’ll come back, kid relax” Riku deactivates his wind as he runs up and hugs Kingsman and says
"Thank you!" Kingsman says
"All right, that's enough physical contact" Riku let's go of Kingsman and Kingsman starts walking back in the direction of the shore as everyone walks beside him but Riku keeps sideyeing him as they walk and Kingsman *laughs* as he says
"Riku, if I wanted to run away there's nothing you could do to stop me. I said I'm coming back" Riku says
"Initially, no I can't. But I would track you down eventually" Kingsman *laughs* as he says
"And then what?" Dai says
"Then all of us collectively beat you until you can't move and drag you back to the village" Kingsman is *shocked* and says
"You all beat me!? Now if you bet your life on it" Itsuki *smiles* as he says
"Then we'd just bring Akita with us" Kingsman *smiles* as he says
"And what is she going to do!?" Riku says
"Physically nothing, but as we're fighting you all we need her to do is talk to you. I've noticed you get very soft whenever anything involves her, so we'll use that to our advantage" Kingsman *laughs* as he says
"So we're playing dirty? I thought we we're all honorable fighter here" Itsuki says
"She's not stopping any of us from fighting, I don't see how that would be dishonorable. If you just so happen to not want to fight at your top level when she's around that's your decision to make" Dai *smiles* as he says
"Plus on the slim chance you actually beat me, then I know everybody is going to lose so we have a fail safe in her. And for good measure we could even grab Hana too, how well would you be able to fight with a child wrapped around your leg?" Kingsman says
"Hmm, all very effective but one question. What do you do If I send them both away and go all out?" Dai says
"Then we'll do the same, no holding back at all. We've been letting you win these fights because we respect our elders and haven't wanted to make you break your hip fighting too hard" Kingsman *laughs* as he swipes Dai's feet and Dai falls but he's able to land on one hand holding himself up and Dai *smiles* as he says
"Like I told you, we-" But Kingsman kicks Dai in the side of his stomach making him fall over and Kingsman says
"You talk too much!" Dai stands up and rushes Kingsman but without turning around Kingsman dodges all of Dai's punch until Kingsman turns around grabbing both of Dai's hand and he knees him in the stomach as he throws him high into the air and Kingsman *laughs* as he says
"All the pride and ego, but you can't even fly!" Kingsman darkness surges as he flies into the air behind Dai and he grabs his face and flies him down towards the ground but he stops right before he slams Dai's head into the ground and Riku is *shocked* and says
"Sensei, you can fly!?" Kingsman looks at Riku as he lets go of Dai's face dropping him to the floor and says
"Of course, but honestly I hate flying. Unless we're fighting in the air I don't really see a need to be flying around all day, plus I need to be fast without flight" Itsuki says
"There's a lot we really don't know about you" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
"Yeah, you all should be a lot more cautious around me. Your putting your lives in the hand of a very dangerous wanted man" Riku is *shocked* and says
"What do you mean wanted man!?" Kingsman says
"You didn't know there was a bounty on my head?" Everyone *shocked* as Riku says
"No! How was I supposed to know that!?" Dai gets to his feet as he says
"How much is on your head!?" Kingsman says
"I don't know, not that much. Only like four" Itsuki is *confused* and says
"Hundred?" Dai says
"Thousand?" Riku says
"Million?" Kingsman *smiles* as he says
"Close Riku, add b and that's near it" Everyone stops in *shock* as Kingsman continues walking forward and Riku says
"You're wanted for...Four billion!?" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
"Around there, but that was back at the start of the war. Could have gone up or down with time" All of them walk up next to Kingsman and Dai says
"What did you do!?" Kingsman opens his mouth but they make it back to the beach and Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
"Sorry, we'll finish this conversation later. Right now we need to get home" They see Gyomei and Kenji standing near the edge of the water looking out and Itsuki is *shocked* as he says
“Kenji, your up!'' Kenji turns to look at him and *smiles* as he says
“Glad to see everybody’s ok. Father, when did you get here?... Wait the treaty!?” Kingsman *smiles* as he says
“I’ll handle that, you worry about yourself. But I see you pushed yourself hard when you got here” Kenji says
“Yeah some big guy came up and started attacking us” Kingsman says
“You should be able to use your element again in a few hours as long as you don’t use it at all for a while. But anyways, where's the ship you all came on?” Dai says
“It got destroyed in the fight, where’s the ship they sailed here on?” Kingsman *laughs* as he says
“It got destroyed in the fight, well I don’t feel like walking again and I’m sleepy so I guess we’ll have to improvise” Kingsman walks off and Itsuki says
“We could use some of the debris from the ship” Gyomei says
“Or we could–” Gyomei is interrupted by something giant splashing in the water and when all of them get the water out of their faces they the top of a house in the water and Kingsman walks past them and says
“Or we can use this!” Riku says
“Smart!” Everyone gets in the roof and the roof starts floating back towards the Tohoku region and everyone lays down and falls asleep and Dai wakes up with *stomach pain* but as he stands up he sees there in the middle of the ocean with heavy fog over the ocean and there’s no land in sight and Dai shakes Kingsman awake as he says
“Sensei were not moving anymore, what now?” Kingsman stands up and *yawns* as he says
“This should get us the rest of the way” Kingsman walks over to the edge of the roof and puts both of his hands together and slams them against the ocean and everybody wakes up from the immense force and Gyomei is *shocked* and stands up as he says
“Did we hit a big wave!?” Kingsman *laughs* and points straight out as he says
“No…But where about to!” Gyomei looks where Kingsman is pointing and he sees a giant Tsunami coming right for them but as it gets close Dai notices a ship far off in the distance and he cant make out anything because of the fog as there sweep away by the giant Tsunami and it launches them into the air and they are flying right into the Yahoku village and they all crash into different rooftops throughout the village, Hokama and Miura come out to see what all the noise is and they sees all of them on top of roofs and Miura is *shocked* and says
“All of them survived, this isn't good. Hokama keep them distracted and get them out of my village as fast as you can” Hokama doesn’t respond and Miura says
“Hokama! Did you hear me?” Hokama says
“Yes” Hokama jumps up on the roof and goes to help Kingsman but notices all of them are just *laughing* and Hokama says
“Where the hell did all of you even come from without a ship?” Kingsman stands up and says
“We just rode a Tsunami to get back, everybody good!?” Riku *laughs* and says
“Perfect!” Kingsman gets to his feet as he jumps from his roof over to Kenji's roof and says
“Boy, you good?” Kenji says
“I’m good dad don’t worry, my body’s starting to feel better anyways” Kingsman says
“I noticed your veins have come down past your stomach but tell me if you start to feel uneasy” Kingsman helps Kenji to his feet as everyone else gets up and Kingsman drops to the ground as everyone does the same and Kingsman turns around and looks at Hokama as he says
“Hokama, where is Miura?” Hokama says
“He’s…I don’t know my lord” Kingsman says
“Your loyalty to some who would throw you in the way to save themselves is amazing. I’m not mad at it” Dai says
“You're lying!” Dai steps towards Hokama, but Kingsman puts his hand up and says
“We’re leaving, I'm hungry and I know Akita misses you all. Plus I left without telling her” Everyone turns and walks towards the gate but Kingsman turns around and looks at Hokama as he says
"I want to see you truly progress on your own, I'll be back in a few months. If you can land a hit on me at that time then I'll make you one of my students, do you understand?" Hokama kneels as he says
"Yes my lord, I promise I will not disappoint you" Kingsman says
"Number one, don't ever call me lord again. Two the next time you bow to me I'm going to put a sword through the back of your head. Stand!" Hokama quickly stands up and Kingsman walks up to him as he puts his hand on his shoulder and says
"There is mutual respect between us, not a lord and soldier kind. We're friends, ok?" Hokama says
"Yes si-" Kingsman punches Hokama in the stomach as he says
"What did I just say!? Do you call your friend sir!" Hokama holds his *stomach in pain* as he says
"No!" Kingsman says
"And you still don't listen, now I have to put my sword through your head" Hokama quickly gets to his feet and he's *shocked* as he sees Kingsman with a sword in his hand and Kingsman *smiles* as he says
"Good, now don't over do it trying to impress me. Pace yourself, I'll be back every now and then to check on you" Hokama says
"Ok, I just want to truly thank you for the opportunity. I've truly Idolized you since I was a child, and speaking to you now is an honor" Kingsman says
"You shouldn't have Idolized me, but I am honored you respect me this much. When I return I truly want to see everything you can do" Hokama *smiles* as he says
"I won't disappoint you, I promise!" Kingsman says
"Hopefully not" Kingsman turns around and walks over to everyone but a voice comes from there right saying
“So you all made it back” As everyone turns they see Saigo and Kenshin are standing there and Dai is *shocked* and says
“Where the hell did you cowards run off too!?” Gyomei gets *angry* and says
“Your suppose to be warriors, but yet you both left and ran off like cowards!'' Gyomei starts walking towards them both and Kenshin and Saigo are *terrified* by the look on Gyomei’s face but Kingsman grabs Gyomei’s shoulder and says
“Wait, let’s hear them out before we do something” Gyomei doesn’t say anything but he stops and Kenshin says
“When we were being chased they wouldn’t stop and we even ran into the four people who passed us from before, and we were out number. We had to jump on the nearest ship and come back here so we could have some help with our fight, but when we got here our ship got taken out and they told us there were no ships available. But they sailed back in the direction of the Fujiwara region, so I thought they sent warriors to help you guys” Kingsman says
“Seems believable enough, now let’s all go home I’m hungry. Itsuki, take us home” Itsuki is *shocked* and says
“What!?” Kingsman says
“You can travel through your lightning can’t you?” Itsuki says
“Yes, but I’ve never done it that far or with this many people and it would come with such force that it might destroy the houses around the area” Kingsman says
“Itsuki close your eyes and envision yourself exactly where you want to be, right in front of the gates to our village. Away from the houses and people, now go!” Itsuki puts his hands into the air and his lightning covers his body and lightning slams down on top of all of them and lightning slams right outside the Taketomi village but everyone's on the ground covered in Itsuki's lightning except Kingsman and Kingsman says
“Good job Itsuki, but you have to work on your landing. Your letting to much energy disperse as were landing that’s why they keep ending up like this” Itsuki says
“I understand Sensei, I’ll get everything under control don’t worry” Itsuki turns around and absorbs the lightning off of all of them and everyone stands up as Kingsman opens the gate and says
“Gyomei, Saigo, and Kenshin all of you go home, I appreciate everything all of you did for me. Even though I had to come clean it up” Gyomei says
“I’m fine, I have more work to do” Gyomei tries to walk past Kingsman but Kingsman puts his arm out stopping Gyomei and says
“You forget who your talking to Gyomei, If I catch you anywhere but your house or a bar I’ll put you on a permanent leave. Am I understood Gyomei?” Gyomei is *stunned* and says
“I…Understand my lord, I apologize for my outburst” Kingsman says
“Good, same for you two” Kingsman walks up the hill back home and everyone follows behind him but as they make it back to the house Kingsman slows down before he opens the backdoor and he puts his ear to the door and Dai says
“What are you doing?” Kingsman whispers
“Shh, if Akita is in the kitchen she’ll kill me. Matter of fact you all go in first” Riku says
“You think we want to die first, I’m good. You can go through Sensei” Kingsman says
“Good we have a volunteer” Riku tries to run but Kingsman grabs him by the back of his shirt and cracks the door and throws him in but before Riku slams into the ground he uses his wind to stop him from hitting the ground and everyone pokes there heads in but doesn’t see anyone and they all walk in and Dai says
“Look, she’s not even down here!” Kenji is *confused* and says
“I wonder where mom is?” Kingsman *smiles* and says
“Still as sharp as ever…Tadashi” Kingsman jumps in front of all of them as Tadashi lunges from the shadows and Kingsman grabs him by his collar as he’s inches from biting Kenji and Kingsman says
“Calm down it’s just us” Tadashi looks up and sees Kingsman and he starts licking Kingsman and Kingsman puts him down as he says
“You’ve definitely gotten a bit bigger” While everyone is downstairs talking, Kenji walks up stairs but as he gets upstairs he’s able to hear his soft sobbing coming from his parents room and he puts his head on the door and says
“Mom were–” But the door opens so fast Kenji falls forward but his mother catches him and hugs him but she doesn’t say anything she just keeps hugging him as she's *crying* and Kenji hugs her back and *chuckles* as he says
"I'm glad to see you too mom, but you don't have to worry we're ok" Through her tears, Akita says
“I’m glad your ok, I was so worried!” Kenji says
“Dad is downstairs as well, if you we’re worried about where he was. He came to help us” She stops *crying* and lets go of Kenji without another word and she walks downstairs and Kenji walks over to Hana’s door and knocks on her door and Hana says
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“Yes” But nobody responds and Hana stands up and walks over to her door and opens it but nobody’s there and Hana steps into the hallway and looks around and is *confused* and says
“Hello? Mommy?” Hana walks back into her room and closes the door but as she turns around she screams as Kenji is behind her and Kenji *laughs* but Hana hugs him and says
“Big brother! When did you get back!?” Kenji says
“We just got back today, dad’s here to” Hana is *shocked* and says
“Daddy’s back!? Yeah!” Kenji kneels down and says
“Let’s go see him” Hana jumps on Kenji’s back.
At the same time Akita has made it downstairs but as she looks at the table but she only sees Riku,Dai,and Itsuki sitting at the table and she doesn’t say anything to any of them but they all notice she is *extremely sad* even with her having a straight face and she walks outside and sees Kingsman doing upside down push ups and as he notices her he stands up but he also notices as she’s walking towards him, she’s holding back tears and Tadashi notices her but as he’s about to stand up Kingsman puts his hand up and Tadashi lays back down and as she makes it to Kingsman she slaps him and she keeps slapping him and while slapping him she starts *crying* but through her tears, she says
“You did it again, you left without telling me! Why do you keep doing this to me!?” Kingsman falls back onto the ground and says
“I’m sorry Kit, I had to go and help the kids. I put them in danger and it was my responsibility to get them out of it” Akita starts *crying even harder* and falls to the ground as she's holding Kingsman and says
“I’m sorry, Kingsman I–” Kingsman kissing her and says
“You don’t have anything to apologize about” Kingsman stand up and picks up Akita and walks back to the house holding here and Tadashi follows behind them and Kingsman opens the door and everyone looks over and sees Akita is *smiling* in Kingsman arms and Hana says
“Daddy!” Hana drops off of Kenji’s back and runs up to Kingsman and hugs his leg and Kingsman says
“It’s nice to see you, Little one” Akita says
“I’m glad to see all of you are back, are any of you hungry?” Dai says
“Haven’t eaten in like three days” Akita says
“What would you like?” Kingsman says
“How about I handle the food? Since I've been gone for so long I'll make something special” Akita says
“No Kingsman I–” Kingsman drops Akita through a portal dropping her on there bed and Kingsman looks at Hana as she’s still hugging his legs and he starts shaking his leg to get Hana off of his leg but she won’t let go and Kingsman grabs her by the back of her shirt and lifts her up and looks in her eyes and Hana *smiles* as she says
“I missed you daddy” Hana reaches out to hug him but she can’t reach him and Kingsman says
“I’ve missed you too, but your touching me a lot” Hana says
“I just really missed you daddy” Kingsman says
“I bet you did” Kingsman throws Hana towards a wall but he opens up a portal into her room making her land on her bed and Kingsman looks at everyone else and says
“Get out of my kitchen while I prepare my food” Dai says
“And if we don’t?” Tadashi walks up and growls into Dai’s ear and Kingsman says
“That’s what happens if you don’t” Riku says
“You don’t need help with this dish?” Kingsman says
“No this dish is my secret recipe. I'll handle this and call everyone when it's ready” Everyone goes upstairs and Kingsman starts cooking but then he opens up a portal to look into his bedroom and he sees Akita sitting on the bed looking *sad* and he says
“Akita, are you lonely?” Akita walks over and tries to go through the portal but she can’t and Kingsman says
“This is a portal for looking and talking not traveling, I made it so we can talk” Akita sits next to the portal and says
“What are you making?” Kingsman says
“Mind your business and you’ll find out in a couple minutes” She tries to look into Kingsman’s pan but Kingsman steps fully into the view of the portal and says
“What did I just tell you” Akita says
“Fine” But when Kingsman goes to get another ingredient Akita tries to peak at the pan but the portal turns fully black and she’s *confused* but as she leans back the portal clears up and she can see the kitchen and Kingsman walks back over and says
“Trying to get a peak at the food huh?” Akita says
“No, I thought I saw you drop something” Kingsman says
“Hmm, sure” As Kingsman is cooking he’s still talking to Akita and as he finishes cooking he says
“All right, EVERYONE COME DOWN HERE!” Tadashi roars mocking Kingsman and Kingsman *smiles* and says
“Tell them again Tadashi” Tadashi roars again and Kingsman reaches through the portal and Akita takes his hand and he pulls her through the portal but when everyone gets downstairs they see bowls of Spicy Tuna Donburi,Tonkatsu,Ramen, and Purin and Kingsman says
“This is a fest to a job well done on all of our parts” As everyone sits down and starts eating Kingsman stands up and walks out the back door and comes in with a large piece of cooked meat and says
“Even you did a good job Tadashi” He holds out the meat and Tadashi slowly comes up and takes the meat out of Kingsman hand and drags it back to the corner and Kingsman sits down and everyone is *laughing* and as they finish eating and Tadashi is sleeping on the floor and Dai falls back onto the floor passed out and Riku is asleep on the table and Hana is as well and Itsuki says
“Sensei that was the best food I’ve ever had” Kenji says
“Yeah dad this was amazing” Akita is sleeping on Kingsman’s shoulder and he stands up and picks her up and Itsuki says
“Are we going to train today?” Kingsman says
“I appreciate you both, but we’re going to sleep for the night. Tomorrow we’re probably not going to train, since all of you did so well I’ll give you all a break” Kingsman grabs Hana by the back of her shirt and lifts her up and puts her on Akita’s stomach and as he’s walking he taps Tadashi with his foot and Tadashi looks up at him and Kingsman says
“Come” Kingsman carries Akita and Hana upstairs and Tadashi follows them and Kenji says
“I’m stuffed” Kenji gets up too go upstairs but Itsuki says
“If Sensei isn’t going to train us we can start training ourselves” Kenji says
“Oh yeah, we were suppose to train when we got back. Sure we can train right now for at least a few. Cause I'm tired” Itsuki stands up and they walk outside in the back yard and as they get into the backyard Kenji says
“We need to fix our–” Itsuki says
“Speed, we can rarely ever touch Sensei when we fight him. We need to train our reaction time and speed” Kenji says
“Ok, but how will we train our speed?” Itsuki says
“Like this” Itsuki walks to the edge of the hill and jumps off into the area where Kingsman was meditating and Kenji walks over and looks over the edge and jumps down as well and says
“What are you planning to do?” Itsuki says
“I need you to make it rain right over the pond” Kenji is *confused* and says
“Ok” Kenji creates a ball of water and the blue veins reemerges on his fingers but the ball of water floats over the pond raining down drops of water Itsuki walks into the pond underneath the ball of water and Itsuki summons his sword and he closes his eyes and holds his sword out as Itsuki’s lightning starts surging all over the top of his body and then its slows down until his lightning stops and his sword even stops surging with lightning and is like a stone and Itsuki opens his mouth and a black cloud of lightning comes out of his mouth and floats above him and it absorbs Kenji’s ball of water and the cloud starts raining but the water are infused with lightning but Itsuki falls down to his knees and Kenji runs up and grabs him throws him out of the pond right as one lightning drop hits the water but as the lightning drop hits the water it shakes the ground and Kenji walks over to Itsuki and says
“Itsuki are you crazy!? You’re about to cut the raindrops with your sword while they're covered in your lightning, after you pulled all of your lightning out of yourself! You could have killed yourself, what if I hadn't been here!?” Itsuki says
“That’s how Sensei would do it” Kenji says
“You can’t do everything my father does, he’s had years of training and experience. No matter how stupid he looks doing something there’s a reason behind it and he’s done it all before” Itsuki says
“But when he started, he started somewhere” Kenji says
“Itsuki then at least wait until tomorrow when my father is up and can help if something happened” Itsuki says
“I can do this myself” Itsuki slowly stands up and he starts to walk back to the pond but then he stops suddenly and when he looks down he realizes his foot is frozen and he looks back at Kenji and Kenji says
“I’m sorry Itsuki its to dangerous, I can’t let you do that” Kenji walks up to Itsuki and puts his hand on his shoulder and says
“We’ll do this tomorrow” Kenji freezes Itsuki and the veins grow back on his arms and Kenji drops to his knees but he slowly gets back to his feet and he grabs Itsuki and Kenji looks up and says
“This is going to hurt” Kenji cover the ground underneath them and makes a pillar tall enough to getting them back to the top of the hill and Kenji throws Itsuki as the pillar starts to collapse and Kenji jumps and he just barely made it on the side of the cliff as the pillar collapses and the veins start reemerging all over Kenji’s body and Kenji can barely hold onto the side off the cliff and he can feel himself start to pass out but he’s able to fully pull himself up onto the cliff and he lays on the ground and controls his breathing and he slowly gets up but as he does he stumbles but he picks up Itsuki and drags him back into the house and Kenji sees Riku and Dai both still sleeping on the floor and Kenji drags Itsuki into the living room and drops him on the couch and Kenji sits on the arm of the couch as he catches his breath and *laughs* as he says
“Heavier than you” Kenji stands up and stumbles out of the living room and he goes upstairs and he walks over and puts his head on his parents door and whispers
“Goodnight” Kenji walks back over to his room and goes inside it but as he sits down he grabs a book from next to his bed and starts reading it but then Kingsman comes out of his room and he’s about to walk down stairs but notices Kenji’s door is cracked open and he looks in and sees Kenji reading and Kingsman pushes his door open and says
“Still struggling to read?” Kenji says
“I’ve been reading this book for years and still can't understand it. Even when you used to read it to me as a kid, I always wondered why you stopped as the hero came to fight the villain for the last time. But now I know you weren’t just stopping for no reason. The story did” Kingsman *sighs* and says
“I hate being cryptic, but sometimes you have to be able to read what’s not truly there. Take those empty pages and turn them into a story of your own. Do you feel like the story restart after you read it again or does it continue on where you can’t see it?” Kenji says
“I don’t know, it always feels like a new story but as I get to the end it all comes flooding back feeling familiar” Kingsman says
“It’s your job to decide how the hero’s story ends, do you feel like he was able to beat the villain or do you feel like he was defeated by the villain? Kenji says
“I don’t know, I can’t tell” Kingsman *laughs* and says
“So restart the hero’s journey and start over on it, and try and understand more. Sometimes you can watch the same thing happen over and over again and think you know everything that’s going to happen, but the small details start to change and form something much bigger” Kenji says
“But no matter how many times I read it I still don’t understand if he wins or loses” Kingsman says
“Maybe the victory isn't as clear cut as beating the villain, but changing him slowly. But who do you think will break first and understand the error in their ways? The Hero or The Villain?” Kenji says
“I don’t know, the villain seems like he’s unbeatable but the hero just never gives up” Kingsman says
“Then only time will truly tell” Kenji says
“But the hero doesn’t seem like a bad guy, he wants to save people” Kingsman says
“Both of them are moving off of their own selfish intent, especially when someone tries to dictate how the world should and shouldn’t be. There is no right or wrong, there are just decisions. What those decisions cause, is something they will have to find out” Kenji says
“Dad...Are we the hero’s or the villains?” Kingsman says
“In some people's eyes, we are the noble heroes who put our lives on the line to protect the one we care about. But to others we are the most villainous people the world has ever known and the destroyers of everything they have, and the murderous of their friends and family. Personally I have been both, most of my life I’ve been the most villainous and cold hearted man this world has ever known” Kenji says
“But your not that anymore, you helped people and saved people from so much. You’re a hero!” Kingsman *smiles* and says
“I hope one day I can believe that, but people do not always change their nature. It’s only a matter of time before I have to make a hard decision on which path I walk. But until then it’s me and you against the world” Kenji *smiles* and says
“And we’ll face whatever, and we’ll come out even stronger. Together!” Kingsman kisses Kenji on the forehead and *smiles* as he says
“Get some sleep kid” Kingsman leaves the room and Kenji puts the book down and falls asleep.
The next day Kingsman wakes up and goes downstairs and sees Riku and Dai still sleeping on the floor and he says
“Look at you two hooligans, scuffing up my good table. Do you know how much that thing costed? I don’t know either, I stole it” Kingsman *laughs* but as he turns around he sees a small puddle of water on the ground coming from the living room but as he peeks his head into the living room he doesn’t see anyone
At the same time Itsuki is back at the pond with his cloud above him dropping down lightning raindrops and he has his eyes closed and rain starts falling all around him but some of the raindrops are covered with his lightning but he cuts them in half but he misses one of them and as it hits the water Itsuki is electrocuted and he *screams in pain* and stumbles and he’s about to fall but as he looks up he notices all of the raindrops that are coming down are now covered in his lightning and he spins his sword stopping them from hitting the water and Itsuki stands back up and closes his eyes again and he slashes all of the lightning drops but as he’s going to hit another one of them his hand cramps making him drop his sword and the lightning drops hit the water making him scream in pain and Itsuki falls back into the water and his eyes slowly start to close and he can see the lightning drops coming down and Itsuki thinks
“Damn it, I’m sorry I failed you again Sensei” As the lightning gets closer, Itsuki eyes close but nothing happens and as Itsuki opens his eyes he notices he’s on Kingsman’s back and Kingsman is slashing every lightning drop with ease and Kingsman says
“So you’ve been out here all night training huh?” Itsuki *weakly* says
“I was…Trying to get faster, movement speed is easy to change. I was trying my hardest to work on my reaction time” Kingsman says
“Pace yourself when your training, you can’t try and rush months of training in one night” Itsuki *weakly* says
“Yes Sensei…I’m sorry” Kingsman says
“You have nothing to apologize for, your fighting spirit always craves to become stronger and that’s normal” Kingsman slashes upward splitting the cloud above him and Kingsman throws Itsuki sword in the air and Itsuki's sword absorbs the clouds and his sword surges back to life and it starts shooting lightning all over the place and Kingsman says
“Let’s hope you don’t die” Kingsman grabs Itsuki by the back of his shirt and throws him into the air and Itsuki says
“I promise not to!” Kingsman covers his hand in darkness and catches Itsuki's sword and throws it sword at him but with such force it breaks the sound barrier and Itsuki puts his hands out but the sword hits him in the chest and he falls back down to the ground leaving a small crater in it and Kingsman walks over to where Itsuki crashed and he stands over him looking at him and he *smiles* as he sees Itsuki start to move but then he notices Itsuki’s body is starting to surge with his lightning and lightning starts to shoot from all over Itsuki’s body but then Kingsman picks up Itsuki and throws him back into the air and Itsuki explodes pushing out so much lightning that he clears the sky of all its clouds and Itsuki falls out of the sky but Kingsman flies up and catches him as he’s falling and Kingsman lands on the ground and says
“Good your back, now let’s get some food” Kingsman jumps back on top of the hill and walks back to the back door while carrying Itsuki and he opens the door and Akita is in the kitchen cooking and she turns around and looks at them and says
“Is he ok?” Kingsman drops Itsuki at his feet and Kingsman says
“I guess so, it's about that time again. Where’s the Little one this morning?” Akita is *shocked* but she turns around and doesn’t respond, Kingsman goes upstairs and knocks on Hana's door and he opens it but he doesn’t see her and Kingsman walks back down the stairs and says
“Where is my daughter?” Akita doesn’t turn around and she keeps cooking and Kingsman screams
“AKITA!” Akita slowly turns around and looks at Kingsman and can see he’s *mad* but she still doesn’t say a word and Kingsman walks up to her and grabs her and Akita is *shaking with fear* and says
“K-Kingsman…P-Please don’t” Kingsman drags Akita outside and says
“I really didn’t want to have to do this to you” Kingsman trips Akita and catches her leg and flies them both into the air and Kingsman says
“This my last time asking, where is she?” Akita with a shaky voice says
“Y-You wouldn’t hurt me” Kingsman says
“Your right, but I can’t be there to save you every time. What if this is the one?” Kingsman throws Akita extremely high into the air and she’s screaming as she's falling but as she falls past Kingsman she sees he isn’t moving and she screams even louder as she’s about to hit the ground, she stops right before she hits the ground and she looks up and sees Kingsman caught her by her leg and says
“That was close, next time I don’t know if i’ll be this fast” Akita says
“Ok…Ok, she’s with Kaito” Kingsman says
“See, baby that wasn’t that hard now was it” Kingsman throws her back in the air and turns around but as she’s about to hit the ground a portal opens making her drop onto the living room couch and she bounces off of it and she drops on the ground but she gets up and runs outside and jumps over Itsuki and she looks into the air as Kingsman screams
“KAITO!” Kingsman flies towards the village and the force from him moving so fast knocks Akita off her feet but Itsuki catches Akita but she gets up and says
“Oh no, I have to help Kaito!” Akita starts running down the hill towards the village and Itsuki sits in a chair but he passes out.
At the same time Akemi and Kaito are talking in his office and Kaito says
“I think with everything going on we should–” But Kaito notices there’s something blocking the sunshine coming into the office and they both look over and sees Kingsman floating outside the window and Kaito walks over to the window *smiling* but he notices Kingsman isn’t *smiling* and Kingsman pulls his sword from his hand and Kaito notices the black slashes all over his body and Kaito says
“Akemi, leave. NOW!” Akemi runs out of his office and Kaito activates his Icy Sun flames around his fist and Kaito punches through the window pushing Kingsman back and Kaito flies out and tackles Kingsman in the air but when Kaito tries to punch Kingsman he catches both of his hands and headbutts Kaito and then Kingsman punches Kaito in the stomach and then he puts his hands together and slams them down on to Kaito launching him into the ground and Kingsman creates chains from shades casted in the village and they all attach to Kaito’s limbs and the chains lift Kaito into the air and Kingsman flies into Kaito’s face and says
“Where Kaito?” Kaito says
“I’m sorry Kingsman, I don’t know anything” Kingsman says
“If you truly didn’t you would have had no reason to attack me as you did” Kaito says
“You made me nervous, and I apologize for that. But I truly do not know what or who your talking about” Kingsman *sighs* and says
“So we have to do it this way huh?” Kingsman puts his hand in the air and darkness starts coming towards him from every shadow and it's all combines making a ball of darkness until Kingsman puts his hand towards it and it becomes a dragon and Kaito is *horrified* by the sight of the dragon’s large black eyes and as the dragon stands behind Kingsman, Kingsman says
“You’ll talk eventually” Kingsman floats to the side out of the way of the dragon it charges Kaito but as it gets close to Kaito it suddenly flies up into the air past the clouds and Kingsman says
“I don’t think it’s done just yet” But then then all the clouds are blown away and as Kaito looks up he sees the dragon is now wrapped in lightning and it flies back down but it stops at Kingsman’s side and Kingsman says
“Kaito, this is your last chance. Where is she?” But Kaito doesn’t speak and the dragon charges Kaito and Kaito shoots his Icy Sun Flames from his mouth but the dragon dodges the blast and the dragon shots a blast of darkness across Kaito’s chest and Kaito screams in pain and darkness starts moving all across Kaito’s body burning him all over and Kaito screams even louder and Kingsman says
“Look at me” Kaito keeps *screaming in pain* but Kingsman says
“Look at me!” Kaito opens his eyes and the dragon in right in front of his eyes and he’s *shocked* and *through his pain* says
“Fine…She’s in my home” The dragon flies back behind Kingsman, Kingsman snaps and the darkness around his chest disappear and he says
“See that wasn’t so hard, but with how mad you’ve made him i’m not sure I can just absorb him again. You’ll have to handle that on your own” Kingsman flies towards Kaito’s house as the dragon charges Kaito, Kaito screams
“KINGSMAN, LET ME GO! KINGSMAN!” Akita makes it to the village and sees Kaito and the dragon charging at him and she screams
“KINGSMAN!” Kingsman appears in front of Kaito and lets the dragon run into his hand destroying it and he says
“Now stop calling my name!” Kingsman grabs Kaito by his neck and throws him into the ground. Kingsman disappears and Akita runs over to Kaito and says
“Did you tell him anything?” Kaito says
“I had to, those eyes… It was like I was looking death in the face” Akita says
“Then we have to hurry up and make it over there”
At the same time Kingsman has made it outside of Kaito’s house and he goes right in and he looks around the first floor and doesn’t find anyone and then he walks over to the bottom of the stairs and sees Akemi at the top of the stairs with a sword and as Kingsman starts walks up she says
“Stop Kingsman, or else!” Kingsman stops but then a second later he keeps walking and she swings the sword hitting Kingsman but the sword shatters immediately and Kingsman is unfazed and Kingsman says
“I don't think that threat works to well” But as he gets to the top of the stairs she’s standing in the way and won’t move and Kingsman says
“Please move Akemi” Akemi says
“No!” Kingsman *sighs* and as he breathes out his breath freezes her solid and he grabs her frozen body and moves her to the side and Kingsman opens the door and sees a baby sleeping in her bed and Kingsman slowly approaches her and whispers
“Emi, do you know where the Little one is?” She makes a small noise as shes sleeping and Kingsman whispers
“Thank you” Kingsman quietly walks out of the room and softly closes the door and walks past Akemi to the other room and he opens the door
At the same time Akita and Kaito have just come through the front door and runs upstairs and Kaito breaks the ice around Akemi and Akita runs past them and jumps on Kingsman back and says
“Stop Kingsman!” Kingsman spins around and tries to pull her off his back but Akemi jumps on his legs and Kaito restrains his arms but Kingsman covers his arms in lightning shocking Kaito and making him fall back and Kingsman reaches down and grabs Akemi leg and Akita’s arm from around his neck and he pulls them both off of him and then he drops them both on top of Kaito and Kingsman creates chains from his darkness and they tie them all together pinning them to the floor and Kingsman walks over and opens the closet but he doesn’t see anyone and then Kingsman walks over and picks up the bed and he sees Hana hiding in the corner and he reaches out to her and she's tries to push herself into the corner farther but Kingsman pokes her and says
“I got you” Hana says
“That’s not fair dad, where’s Uncle Kaito and Mommy?” Kingsman points behind him and says
“Over there, they couldn’t stop THE HIDE AND SEEK CHAMPION! Since I found you again, this year that means you don’t get any ice cream for two months. But I do” Hana is *sad* as he says
“No, that's not fair, Mommy!?” Akita says
“I’m sorry honey, we couldn’t help you. Your Father is very intimidating and he's fast” Hana *pouts* and says
"I don't like this game anymore" Kingsman says
"Your the one who wanted to play hide and seek this year, I usually like tag. It takes a lot less time" Hana crawls from underneath the bed and says
"But that's not fair daddy your to fast!" Kingsman says
"So what would you like to do next year then?" Hana says
"I don't wanna play anymore" Kingsman *laughs* and says
"Your only saying that because you keep losing, what about the last time you won? How about this, we'll find a new game to play to see who gets ice cream" Hana says
"But what game?" Akita says
"How about a drawing competition?" Kingsman says
"You know I can't draw" Akemi is *shocked* and says
"With how good you are at everything else you do I'm surprised you can't draw" Kingsman *laughs* and says
"I spent my entire childhood learning how to murder people, I didn't exactly have any other hobbies" Akita says
"Kingsman don't say that in front of Hana!" Hana says
"Daddy, did you hurt people?" Kingsman looks down in her eyes and says
"Never, it was my evil twin who looks exactly like me" Hana says
"Where is he now?" Kingsman says
"I was able to catch and trap him somewhere he can't hurt anyone else" Akemi says
"I wonder what else you can't do? Can you write your name?" Kingsman is *shocked* and says
"Now that's just disrespectful, we may be warriors but we also have to be able to function normally in society, but fun fact about your husband. He can't whistle, at all" Kaito says
"Hey! What do I got to do with this?" Akita is *shocked* and says
"You can't whistle!? Wow, with how well you can sing I thought whistling would have been second hand!" Kingsman says
"The two of you are passing a lot of judgment, especially you Akita. You can't snap your finger" Akita is *shocked* and says
"Kingsman! It's hard and I try, but the sound doesn't come out" Akemi *laughs* and says
"You can't snap? I'm finding out a lot about all of you" Kaito says
"I don't know why your laughing, you can't tie your shoes" Akemi is *shocked* and says
"Kaito!" Kingsman *laughs* and says
"You can't tie your shoes!? And your talking about me not being able to draw, but that's something you learn as a kid. Even warriors had to learn how to tie there shoes as children" Akemi says
"I try to tie them, but they just fall apart" Kingsman says
“All right, I'm getting tired of all this. I want to see Emi” Kingsman puts the bed down and walks out of Kaito's room and he goes to Emi’s room and as he looks in her room he sees that she's still sleeping in her crib and Kingsman walks up and whispers
“You look just like your father…Ugly as hell” Emi slowly wakes up and looks up at Kingsman and he picks her up out of the crib and sits with her on the bed and he cradles her and as Kaito, Akemi, Akita, and Hana all walk in the doorway they see Kingsman holding her and Kaito *smiles* and says
“I forgot you haven’t met your niece at all” Akemi says
“Would you mind watching her? We haven’t been able to go out and get food in a long time” Kingsman says
“Sure, I don’t have a problem with it” Akita *smiles* and says
“We can watch her together, all three of us” Kingsman says
“No, you're going with them or you're going home. You haven’t relaxed or had alone time where you weren’t worrying, so either you're going to get food with them or you're going home and relaxing” Akita says
“Kingsman i’m–” Kingsman says
“Pick one!” Akita *sighs* and says
“I’ll bring you guys some food home” Kingsman says
“Don’t worry about us I’ll make us some food. Little one, you staying with me?” Hana says
“Yes, I want to stay with you Daddy” Kingsman says
“Good, now where’s…” Akemi says
“Emi's bottles?” Kingsman says
“No, I want to give her a name that only I use. Just like I did for the Little one and The Boy” Akemi *chuckles* and says
“Oh, I thought you had just forgotten their names” Kingsman says
“Well…” Akita says
“Kingsman! You forgot their names?” Kingsman says
“No! Of course not” Akita says
“Then what are their names?” Kingsman says
“I know there names its…Uh–” Kaito says
“We should get going, the restaurant is going to close soon” Akemi says
“Oh, yeah we should get going” Kaito and Akemi walk off and Akita says
“Your not out of this yet, we’ll talk when you get home” She follows behind them and as they make it outside, Akita says
“So what restaurant are we going to?” Kaito says
“We’re going to Sukiyabashi Jiro” Akita says
“Oh! I haven’t had sushi in a while” Akemi says
“Yes they make the best sushi”
At the same time Emi has started *crying* and Kingsman is *shocked* and he starts rocking her faster and says
“Shhh, shut up, shhh, uhhh… Little one go get me a bottle of milk from the fridge” Hana runs downstairs and grabs a carton of milk out of the refrigerator and runs back upstairs and as she comes back in the room she trips and falls spilling the milk and then she starts *crying* as she hurt her knee and Kingsman *groans in irritation* and picks up Hana with his other arm and starts to rock them both but neither of them will stop *crying* and Kingsman sits them both down on the bed and runs downstairs and he comes back with a bowl of rice and he gives Hana a spoon full and she stops crying and starts chewing and Kingsman gives Emi a small amount and she stops crying and Kingsman breathes a sigh of relief but then Emi starts *coughing* and Kingsman starts to panic and he picks her up and flips her over and starts to pat her on her back and then she spits up the rice and Kingsman lays on the floor *exhausted* with Emi laying on his chest and he closes his eyes and thinks
"How the hell did Akita make this look so easy? Maybe I'm not as qualified as I thought" But suddenly he hears
“I got you now daddy!” As he opens his eyes he sees Hana jumping down off of the bed down towards him but shes about to land on Emi and Kingsman throws Emi in the air and catches Hana and throws her as well and then he starts juggling the both of them and Hana and Emi are both *laughing* and Hana says
“Don’t stop daddy!”
At the same time Kenji and Riku are in the backyard talking and Kenji says
“Riku, it’s time for me to go. I have to make sure nobody else gets hurt by that women in the forest” Riku says
“Like I said you have until sundown after that I’m telling Sensei where you went, but right now we don’t have to worry about Itsuki he’s passed out on the couch. So you still have time, so hurry up!” Kenji says
“Thanks for helping me Riku, I really appreciate it” Riku says
“Stop talking like this is our last meeting and hurry up and get back” Kenji *smiles* and says
“Of course” Riku watches as Kenji walks down the hill and Riku thinks
"Let's hope this really isn't our last meeting"