Akio rushed towards the fight as fast as he could, meanwhile the hunter was thrown down and pinned down with a stomp to the chest. The demon smirked as they were then kicked away from the hunter, landing in-front of the now collapsed school building.
"Thanks for that Akio.." The hunter said as he got up with Akio replying "It's just normal to help out Kazuki" as both of them then rushed towards the demon.
"Now this is a fight I've been waiting for!!" The demon shouted in excitement, as they began running towards them as well.
Kazuki threw a punch as the demon blocked it and moved their head just out of the scythe's range, with Akio swinging the scythe and missing their head. The demon then kicked Kazuki back and dodged scythe slashes.
Akio then threw his scythe point blank, having the demon sidestep as Akio caught him off guard and threw a clean right hook at the demon.
Feeling their cheekbone crack, the demon was sent flying towards the rubble as Kazuki spins his sickle-chain and throws it.
The blade went flying towards them as The demon tried to deflect the blade, but the chains moved along the attempted deflection. It then wrapped around their arm as the sickle slammed itself into their arm.
The demon screamed out as Akio ran in and began pummeling their face down, with each hit getting stronger, the demon then dodged and threw a counterpunch towards Akio's gut. Akio took the punch and stopped his pummeling just enough for the demon to punch him again in the same spot.
The second punch was harder than last time as Akio stumbled back a bit trying to stay up on his feet, as the demon pulled out the sickle and took the chain off.
Kazuki came out from behind Akio as he caught the demon by surprise and threw a punch to it's chest knocking it back and trading a punch with the demon.
The demon and Kazuki began trading punches to the face as Kazuki then parried a hit and punched under the demon's arpit, cracking a rib.
Akiyama then came out of nowhere as Akiyama grabbed one of the demon's arms as well as Tani grabbing the other. Kazuki then puts the demon into a headlock.
"Akio! The paper! it now!" as Akio got up and pulled out the paper, putting it onto the demon's forehead. Everyone lets go as the demon is forced out of the vessel.
Akio puts his hand out as the scythe manifests into his hand and slashes the demon into pieces, destroying the demon entirely instead of sending it into hell.
Akiyama, Tani, and Kazama began cheering as Akiyama looked at Kazuki, who wasn't cheering as the cheering stopped. Everyone looked at Akio who walked over to Nishiyama's corpse, picking up her body as the rain began to settle in.
Kazuki walked over saying "We need to go now, the police will be here soon" as Akio walked over to a cherry tree. Akio sets her body down, taking out the Iron rod and disposes of it. "Akio we need to go now" Kazuki said to him again as Akio looked and nodded.
Kazuki begins to head out as Akio looks down at Nishiyama's corpse and takes off his mask, setting it beside her and says "Goodbye...Nishiyama..." as Akio then runs off, leaving his mask behind with a photo of them smiling at a arcade photo booth beneath the mask and out of the rain.
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The First responders then arrive at the scene as they search for survivors. Akio watches them find Nishiyama's body from a distance as he finally leaves back to his apartment with Kazuki.
A few days after the incident, the casualties of the demon incident were confirmed to be 27 students were killed with 13 survivors, 7 of the survivors being in critical condition in hospitals. The Media then described this event to be "An unreal and worst event in Japan history" as Akio turned off his phone.
Akio got into dress clothing as Kazuki asked him "Going to her funeral?" as Akio replied saying "Yeah... It's just...been hard for me last night...". Akio then left the apartment as he walked towards Nishiyama's funeral home, visualizing them walking to school in-front of him.
Akio reached over to her funeral home as his visualization ended, walking into the funeral home and thought to himself "I never wanted this day to come..." as Akio looked at the photos, keeping his tears back as her parents avoided him.
The Day after the Incident
Akio went over to Nishiyama's home, ringing the bell as her mother answered the door. "Hayashi?" as Akio nodded saying "I... Can I come in..?" as she lets him in. Both Nishiyama's mother and her father were in the living room with him.
Nishiyama's mother, Marin Shimizu, and Nishiyama's father, Hiraku Nishiyama sat patiently to hear what Akio had to say.
Akio then thought to himself "I can't tell the truth of what happened... All I can do now is take the blame... so they have something to take their anger out on..." as Akio lied to them, saying "I...I was there when Nishiyama was hit..." as Akio made up the story.
I ran outside when it happened, trying to find a safe place to be at but I saw Nishiyama helping a girl, so I ran over to help but I just got in her way as we ran away from what was happening. The girl tripped and so I ran back to help, I was spotted and they threw something. I thought I was going to get hit but Nishiyama jumped in the way.. I should have pushed her out of the way and got hit instead... I'm sorry...
As Akio puts his head down, wanting an apology for it as Akio hears "Get out..." from Shimizu, Akio looked up as Hiraku shouted "GET OUT!! " seeing that her mother was in tears again. Akio nodded and got up, walking out.
Akio then heard "I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NEAR OUR PROPERTY AGAIN HAYASHI!!" as he left outside and closed the door behind him. A single tear dropped down as he walked home.
Present Day
Akio left the building and walked to a playground, sitting down on a swing, carrying a bottle of soda. "I'm sorry to hear what happened to Nishiyama Airi, Akio.." a voice said as Akio looked around saying "Who's there?!".
"It's just me, the spirit.." as the spirit took on the form of a male teenager in a kimono and sat on the swing beside him. "Hayashi.. I truly am sorry about Nishiyama.." as Akio looked over surprised saying "You know her name..?".
The spirit then replied "I know every person's name, remember.." as Akio nodded, forgetting that piece of information again. Akio then asked the spirit "What's your name?" as the spirit looked at him.
"I go by Present, there are two like me, called Past and Future" as Akio was fond of hearing his name. He then asked Present "So, why are there demons around?" as Present smiled. They then said "Glad you asked.." as they went on to explain it to Akio.
Demons are spirits, like me, but they interfere with the living to get what they want. Most demons are the same but some are... Different... smarter, faster, or even stronger than the average ones. We have been at war with these demons since the Heian period. Some from different eras and their vessels are still alive to this day..
Akio was speechless, asking Present "Then how did you guys manage to figure out that we were the solution?" as Present replied "That I do not know of, However the first humans that did fight against the demons are long gone, reincarnated into different people throughout the Millenniums.".
Present then said "I must go now, no one will know of our talk except you and me.." as Present began to fade back to limbo. "Wait but why me?" Akio asked one more question as Present replied "You will find out during your journey..." as Present faded out into limbo.