Ryu's POV
Knight officers cuffed Demon using some kind of highly advanced technology that prevents someone from augmenting.
"You did it Ryu." said Thunder
"I did." I said
My wounds on my body healed and looked at the setting sun.
"Ryu!"
I turned around and Kurt was running towards me with a couple of MVA agents.
"You did it! I can't believe it but you did it!" he excitedly said
I nodded and gave him a thumbs up.
"Now all we need to do is set up her execution date-"
"Execution?" I questioned
"Well after the trial but it's given." said Kurt
"Oi!" yelled Thunderbird
He came out from my back as a spirit and Kurt gasped.
"No one is authorizing an execution." said Thunder
"It's not my decision." replied Kurt
Thunder grunted and went back inside of me.
"I'll be at the court tomorrow." I said
I walked away but some of the MVA agents told me to change so I changed into some civilian clothing and I just began walking around.
"Ryu was it?" I heard a whisper from my left
I looked over and saw the green hair boy.
"Thank you so much for saving us." he said
"Ryu, I believe that was your name but I believe we owe you our thanks." said a pirate looking guy
They all bowed to me but I bowed to them.
"I want to thank you for your bravery." I said
I looked over at the injured heroes and I approached Naruto
"Oi Naruto." I whispered
He smiled and sighed.
"I'll heal in no time." said Naruto
I nodded and saw All Might so I approached him.
"I no longer can transform back into my hero form." said All Might
I touched his head and I began to heal him.
"What..." he gasped
He stood up and suddenly inflated back into his hero form.
"Young Ryu, thank you." said All Might
I just nodded and began healing all the other wounded heroes.
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The next day
I entered the courtroom and saw Demon in some kind of cuff, even a metal head gag sitting in the middle of the room on a chair.
I took a seat in the observing section and the same judges from my court came out in front with the queen. She saw me and smiled and waved to me so I just waved back, all the surviving heroes also came into the room which were only about 30. Surprisingly most of them were from the hero academy. Most of the knights who were alive and not wounded only counted about 100 knights, most of the MVA agents were killed, only 5 made it out alive, even the MVA dominions, there were 1,000 yet only 8 survived.
"Let the court trial begin." said the human judge
"Demon, goddess of hell, the last version of Demon and one of the augmenters." said the elf, "You are in custody because you have mass murdered many innocent lives, destroyed multiple earths."
He began flipping through papers.
"Is there anything you would like to say?" asked the elf
Demon stayed quiet but I guess she could talk since they know she has that head gag thingy.
"I think right now would be a great time to explain your actions." said the queen
But Demon still stayed silent.
"Hey you fucking dipshit talk!" yelled the orc as he threw his clipboard at her, hitting her head.
'Why didn't she dodge it?'
"Cause she knows she's in the wrong." said Thunder
"You killed my daughter!" yelled a civilian
All the civilians began erupting in screams and cries as they began throwing things at her. I was slowly getting agitated but the human judge slammed his hammer onto the table.
"Order in court! That is enough!" yelled the human
I sighed in sympathy and I looked at her and she looked back a bit and made eye contact with me, but for some reason I thought she was smiling at me.
"As you may know you caused a lot of lives to be lost when they were all unnecessary." said the human, "I ask Ryu Kim to testify."
'Eh?'
Everyone looked at me so trying not to be awkward I got up and approached the center of the room and sat on the witness desk after doing the oath.
"Ryu Kim, please testify." said the human judge
I looked at Demon and she just nodded to me so I took a deep breath.
"Demon is, of course, guilty." I said
Everyone began nodding their heads in agreement.
"But, I say we let her go." I said
Everyone burst out, screaming at me for being a traitor.
"Order in the court! If there is another outburst we'll have all of you removed!" yelled the human judge
Everyone sat back down but they were all glaring at me.
"Ryu why do you say that?" asked the human
"Well lets see," I said as I got up, "First of all, I destroyed the world not her."
I approached Demon and stood next to her.
"I want to give her a second chance." I said
"You want to give her a second chance to destroy the multiverse isn't it?" asked the elf judge
"No, that's not what she'll do." I said
"How can you believe her?" asked the dwarf
"I believe in her because of what she did to me!" I yelled, "I believe that she could have easily overpowered me and by now the multiverse would be hers."
Everyone was looking at me with confusion and anger.
"You wretch, arrest him!" yelled the elf
Knights began to approach me but I was about to fight back but then I felt Demon touch me.
"Don't do it." she said
I looked at her as she grabbed onto my arm sleeve.
"It's not worth it." she said
I balled my hands into fists in anger.
"How dare you stand up for a criminal!" yelled the human judge
"And what makes you so different from her?!" I yelled
The knights stopped approaching me and looked at the judges.
"Huh?! Do you even know what the fuck she had to go through?!" I asked, "Did you bother asking her why she turned evil in the first place?!"
The judges all looked surprised.
"People like Demon, who are outcasts just like me, wouldn't want to do the same thing she did. But it's how we, good people, tend to help change that person! If it wasn't for Demon I wouldn't be on your side and I wouldn't have felt any sympathy for any of you!" I yelled, "I understand the pain she went through when she was a child! I know I have no right to say this since I actually don't know what she went through but I believe I went through the same pain!"
The knights backed up a bit.
"I lived with just a mother, I didn't have fucking friends to rely on! I didn't have anyone besides my one mother and guess what, I was a fucking mistake who wasn't supposed to be fucking born in the first fucking place and now I'm the son of a fucking criminal! How the hell would you feel about this fucking cruel fucking world?! How would you feel if the world fucking abandoned you when you cried out for their help but they fucking ignore your ass?!" I yelled
"And what if she goes corrupted again?!" asked the dwarf
"I will take full responsibility for her!" I yelled
The judges all backed up a bit in anger and fear.
"I will take responsibility for her, she'll be under my watch, I'll be the one to take the blame if she goes corrupt again!" I said
"Just because of what she went through doesn't mean we all go through the same thing." said the queen
But then Thunder appeared by my side.
"Oi, you're all being such a fool right now." said Thunder
Everyone gasped once they saw Thunderbird.
"Think of the bigger picture, you all know our story, how it starts and how it ends. Phoenix was marked as a traitor and I was marked as a hero. But I shouldn't have been marked as a hero, I should have been marked as a failure to protect someone I love and care for the most." said Thunder, "I want to give Phoenix a second chance so that I can change him, make him have better intentions instead of having to kill them off. I believe they can redeem themselves."
"And how's that?" asked the queen
"Demon has the power to bring back people from hell, she can also revive all the earths she destroyed." I said
The judges looked a bit uneasy about this.
"Is that true, Demon?" asked the queen
I looked at Demon and she looked at me.
"That's, true." she replied
"But we still need a punishment for her." said the orc judge
"Let her be detained." I said
"Like how?" asked the elf judge
"Let her stay in hell for as long as you guys wish, but she can leave hell but can only travel to one earth she chooses." I said
"That's not a damn punishment!" yelled the alien judge
"It'll be a punishment if she harms anyone!" I yelled back, "If she harms anyone, she and I will be responsible and we'll both take the punishment."
The judges looked uneasy and pissed off.
"Oi Thunderbird." I heard a deep voice
I turned around with Thunder and Phoenix was coming out of Demon's back.
"What's your play here?" asked Phoenix
"There is no play." replied Thunder, "I just want the old times back."
Phoenix stopped burning revealing his red feathers.
"I see." he simply replied before going back inside Demon's back.
"The we shall discuss the amount of years she must be detained." said the elf judge
But then the queen raised up an arm stopping them.
"I'll decide on how long it'll be." said the queen
The judges nodded in agreement and sat back down as the queen closed her eyes and started thinking. After about 30 seconds of silence she opened her eyes and stood up.
"She will stay in hell for 300 years." she said
'3-300 years?!'
But Demon nodded so I just nodded.
"And the earth she'll be able to visit will also be decided by me." said the queen, "But for this, I'll allow her to enter any earth she wishes."
"Your majesty that's-"
"Ryu trusts her with his life and I trust Ryu." said the queen cutting off the elf judge
The judges glared at me but they nodded.
"Then it's set." said the human judge, "Demon will be confined in hell for 300 years while being able to visit different earths freely."
The human judge hammered his hammer onto the table and the civilians just started mumbling amongst one another. The knights released Demon and I immediately hugged her and she just hugged back.
"You know you don't have to stay with me." she said
I knew that but I just smiled.
"I know but I'll visit." I said
The knights led us somewhere far with the queen and it was the place where the heroes died.
"Please do what you must do." said the queen
Demon nodded and walked up a bit and took a deep breath and put her hands together as if she was praying. She then began muttering words and I saw black mists starting to appear everywhere and the first person I saw was Kishimoto.
"Oi Kishimoto!" I yelled
Kishimoto checked his body then me and he smiled the biggest smile I've seen.
"Oi Ryu you did it!" he ran to me and gave me a bear hug
Then I saw Lydia and she looked surprised.
"Lydia!" I cried out
Lydia covered her mouth in shock as she ran and hugged the two of us.
"You did it, Kishimoto you're back." she cried
I was so relieved that they were alive that I began tearing up, every hero, MVA agent, dominion and knight who died started appearing.
"Your majesty, all the earths she destroyed are being restored, even the ones who are overwhelmed by hell." she said
"Wait, you're not doing it? Then who is?" asked Kishimoto
I pointed at Demon as she finished resurrecting everyone.
"You didn't kill her?" asked Lydia
"I didn't." I replied
"Why?" asked Kishimoto
"It's a long story to explain." I said
But then Demon looked at me.
"Do you want me to bring back the other Ryus?" she asked
I looked at Lydia for an answer and she looked a bit worried.
"Wouldn't that affect your augmentation?" asked Lydia
"No it won't." replied Thunder
"Thunder said it won't." I replied
She took a while to answer but she nodded so all the Ryus she killed started appearing.
"Lydia!" shouted all the Ryus at the same time
"Oi I don't think that was a good idea." said Kishimoto
All the 22 Ryus who were part of the MVA looked at each other in confusion as Lydia tried to explain.
"What about the remaining other Ryus?" asked Kurt
"I think we should just send them back home." I said
He nodded so I approached the remaining Ryus.
"I know all of you guys are confused so I'm going to briefly explain." I said, "There are multiple dimensions so these are the people who are you but in a different dimension."
They all looked surprised and looked at each other.
"We would erase your memories but I think that'll be dangerous so I do have a favor to ask all of you." I said, "Please do not talk about this to anyone. If you do, we'll have to kill all of you including the people you've told."
They all immediately nodded in agreement. I looked over to Lydia and most of the Ryus were pissed.
"How can you do this to us?" asked the Ryus
"Oi oi oi, calm down." I said
I approached them and sighed.
"I get that you're all mad at her, but you have to understand how hard it must have been for her especially since she lost all of you." I said, "It'll be a totally different situation since having a new Ryu makes her feel like you were never really killed."
"So what now?" asked a Ryu, "Our augmentation is gone."
"We're going to send you back home." I said, "Pretend like this never really happened."
"How can we forget this ever happened?" asked a Ryu
"I don't know, but just forget about it." I said, "Thinking about this wouldn't be good for you."
All the Ryus sighed but Lydia pulled a Ryus arm.
"I'm sorry." she said
The Ryu she was holding onto just looked at her and sighed.
"I mean there has to another version of Lydia in my earth right?" asked a Ryu
"Yea, we can just find her and you know." said another Ryu
All the Ryus started nodding in agreement.
"So you'll stick with me?" asked the Ryu who Lydia was holding onto
She nodded and he just nodded back.
"Fine." he replied