Hissori opened his eyes he knew he was struggling but he didn't know why, why was his Sei not coming out the one time he needed it to be out of control he thought.
Hissori's breathing was out of control he gasped for air. His heart pounded with pain, still struggling to hold on to the helmet Hissori started to get angry for the first time in his life…he was actually pissed.
"ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHH!" Hissori screamed out. He couldn't die here, he couldn't put Nelen and Sinda in danger. "I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR SURVIVAL SKILLS, NO ONE HAS EVER LASTED THIS LONG ALTHOUGH, YOUR BODY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT CAN TAKE IT ANY LONGER" Byakko spoke with pure pity through the helmet.
Hissori couldn't hear him over the anger building up inside of him, his purple Sei slowly started to ooze out of him suddenly the purple aura covered the whole last section of the forest in a flash the atmosphere became thick just like back at the training camp but weaker.
Hissori couldn't see it but Byakko became uneasy.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHERE DID YOU GET SUCH POWER FROM YOU'RE A MERE HUMAN BOY BUT THIS POWER… NO THIS IS…" Byakko roared out towards Hissori through the helmet.
Hissori stood still not moving at all the helmet still in his hands head down not saying a word the feeling of anger grew inside of him he felt a weird hand touch his head he couldn't tell who it was he thought ,it was just him and the white tiger in this section of the forest until till he heard this "…tag me in…" Hissori looked around with the last bit of strength he had left but saw nothing "Your angry aren't you… so tag me in…" the voice came again almost like it was whispered in his ear.
Hissori fell to the ground dropping the Helmet in the process he couldn't win the king of Beasts was too powerful.
Everything went silent…
The purple Sei slowly stopped surrounding the area and cleared. Hissori closed his eyes feeling like his body was laying on a bed of black flames directly above him he saw a hand reaching out to him it looked like his hand but didn't at the same time the hands nails painted black Hissori felt it his body starting to perish into dust "...tag me in…" Hissori reached up towards the hand and grabbed it slowly.
At that moment everything changed the sky turned pitch black night even though it was daytime Hissori's body seemed to sink into the ground like pressure was being built up on him and suddenly a massive crater took shape around him going very deep into the ground. Hissori's body started to shake as if he was a having a seizure blood started to slowly pour out of his eyes ears nose and mouth.
Hissori lay in a puddle of blood and his body stopped shaking as if something was trying to come out.
You could see that Hissori's Hair colour changed to become pitch black and spikey. His skin paler than ever his teeth sharp one sharp one sticking out and this symbol on his forehead 怒り(meaning Anger). His fingers painted black and two slits appeared under his eyes and symbols started to form on his body more than his face.
He struggled up his bones clicking in the process. His eyes still closed he opened them all of a sudden to reveal his eye colour a dark red just like the colour of blood one eye was even bleeding blood. A grin stretched across his face to show his sharp teeth.
"hahahahahahaha I'm finally born" The strange new Hissori spoke for the first time. You couldn't see it but Byakko started to hesitate what had happened to the kid that was there before who was this.
"WHO ARE YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOY THAT GROVELED AT MY FEET BEFORE" Byakko shouted through the helmet on the rock.
"You can call me Ikari hahahahahahaha" Ikari laughed hysterically licking the blood off his finger with his long sharp shaped tongue. "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOY BEFORE YOU" Byakko hesitated to say he hadn't seen something like this in a long time.
"Well, hes having a timeout for a bit.. you almost killed him then he showed a negative emotion which is anger, and I was born I'm his.. anger" Ikari smiled sinisterly while taking off his shirt to reveal the different symbols on his body.
"THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE YOU CAN'T BE HUMAN YOU MUST BE A DEMON OF SOME SORT" Byakko roared aggressively. "Shut the hell up kitten" Ikari grinned with evil and jumped on the rock smashing it in the process and sending a massive shock wave through the forest breaking the trees around him. Ikari took the Helmet and swung it around on his finger.
"You may be a predator but I'm an apex predator the food chain doesn't get any better than this hahahahahahaha" Ikari laughs with so much evil that the air feels toxic. "HOW DARE YOUUUU I AM THE KING OF BEASTS, MIGHTEST BEAST THERE IS" Byakko roared the wind blowing powerfully around the forest in the darkness so powerfully that a tornado starts to form swirling around in the middle of the last section of the forest.
"BLAH BLAH BLAH!" Ikari threw the helmet high in the sky then he bursts his Black Sei out from his hand towards the tornado and sucks it in through his hand burping when finishing and catching the helmet right after "You need us more than we need you.. I understand how you work now... You actually can't get any stronger than you are now unless you let someone use that armour you're guarding but you need someone strong.. that's why you rig the trail.. to find that someone"
Ikari pulled the helmet closer to his face and looked at it, it was like he was looking at Byakko. "IVE GOT MY OWN GOALS BUT I WILL NOT FALL CLOSE TO WORKING WITH A DEMON" Byakko said with such pride.
"I wasn't asking you to come with us I was tell you otherwise you die where you stand.. you useless cat" Ikari looked at the helmet in disgust and gripped it hard. "JUST TURN BACK ALREADY" Byakko hesitated but knew he had to leave the forest eventually he was running out of time he had to do what he was sent here to do.
"Ill take that as a yes hahahah.. sweet guess my five minutes is up now.. see ya kitty!" Ikari raised his hand to present a peace sign and slowly Ikari's body features morphed back to Hissori's and Hissori got up in an instant.
The pitch-black sky as if it were night instantly cleared to show the true daytime.
"what happened…did I fail the trial" Hissori said still figuring out what happened he saw the damage of the last section of the forest and the helmet in his hands blood still on his face. Hissori realised that he wasn't feeling anymore of that pain or weakness it had all vanished for some reason.
There was no sound of wind coming from the forest just a light breeze and no sound coming from the helmet had he failed the whole thing and what was that voice and black fire before he passed out who's hand was that.
Hissori tucked the helmet close to him and walked away from the damaged area towards the entrance of the last section where he left the fox women he had to take the Helmet whether he passed of failed he had no choice.
He looked around the entrance there was no sign of the fox women at all, where was she...