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Chapter 22 - Chapter 9: Cruel Master (2)

He started feeling his power wear down and deactivate, and suddenly he felt a massive drop in his power level. It was as if someone had taken a large amount of energy away from him. It was the god who had taken back the power he lent to Akito. "I can't afford to watch this time." The god spoke in the pitch-black world. "I will certainly lose as well if I attempt to break his will rather than help him this time." He said as his eyes glowed in a bluish energy release. "So that's what it was," Akito said as he wiped away his tears. "That's twice now he's helped me, and I'm also completely healed as well?" Akito said to himself as he looked up at Satoshi.

"Just what is he?" He asked himself as he figured out a way to get to his brother in the uproar of the minor scuffle. He walked over dead bodies, torn limbs, and human blood. He couldn't help but feel disgusted and angered by the scene. "What is this?" He said to himself, enraged by the bodies of innocent people. "Who did this?" He said as black lighting surrounded his body. Crackling and releasing through the broken houses, he caused further damage. Hurting inside, he released his anger by screaming and cursing. "I will fucking get all of you! Mark my words torture devils!" His enormous scream only caused rage to grow and the lighting to steer out of control and take down the house where his brother was on top. He continued screaming in agony, and his hands, arms, body, and face almost became consumed in darkness. Until he felt a sudden, warm pat on his shoulder, his screams stopped, and his wrath was now under control, the lighting slowly lessened in quantity, and soon it vanished from his body. The darkness that had consumed his body slowly retreated into his forehead until a mysterious symbol shaped itself in the middle of his forehead, and soon it also faded. In confusion, he looked back with tears in his eyes. He noticed his brother holding onto him and crying. "I know," Satoshi said as he opened his arms for his brother. "I know, it's okay." He said as he drew his brother in for a hug. "Let's go." He faintly told Akito.

The sound of three police helicopters shook the surrounding neighborhoods. With their lights on, they shone the way for the militarized trucks that entered the scene at incredible speeds. Radios, chatting, and noises grew as the entire Nara police force surrounded the area. Media outlets soon followed as it contained a big scoop for all. People with their curiosity surrounded the place, People took videos and pictures, and many were released online in minutes.

Luckily, the two brothers were nowhere around the area. Akito's quick thinking got them away. He used his unique magical technique, "zero gravity bubble." to fly away from the massive scene. Flying towards the park, Akito kept the scene in his head. Unable to accept the result. He was sure that death was now something he could deal with, but it seemed like no matter who it was and what led to that circumstance, unnatural and unhonorable death was something he could not handle.

Catching a glimpse of their home, Akito slowly descended into a dark ally way. Making sure that no one was around, the two brothers secretly and quietly left the area and rushed inside their homes. Akito didn't know how to do with his clothes in the entrance area, covered in mud and blood. The blood of innocent people etched to his mind, scared he informed Satoshi to strip naked and hand over his clothes. "Now!" he demanded from his shy brother. "Okay, jeez," replied Satoshi as he stripped and handed over the dirty clothes. He took off his shoes and grabbed hold of his brother's pair. Wrapping them inside of Satoshi's dirty clothes, he watched his brother run to the stairway. "What are you going to do with them?" He asked Akito while trying to hide his butt cheeks. "I'm burning them." He answered as he slowly stepped inside of the house.

In the backyard, he found his dad's barbecue gas and lighter. Standing in a patch of dirt prepared by their mother to plant new flowers, Akito stripped and placed all the dirty clothes in a pile. Then, almost emptying the can of gas, he lit them on fire and watched the clothes burn while trying to hide his private part. By the fire, he swore. "I will find out what this is all about, and I will put an end to it!"

As the clothes turned into ash, Akito was still naked and outside, contemplating why this was happening to him. Then, he heard his brother behind his back. "Oi, come take a shower. Then, I will watch the fire." Though he was feeling down, the older brother did what the elder sibling did. He remained calm and collected for the sake of his younger brother.

"Hmm, okay." Said Akito. Making his way up to the shower, Akito looked back to his brother who slid the yard door shut. "I know your hurting too, but I don't know how to approach you." He said to himself with sadness.

Finishing up with his shower routine, Akito headed downstairs to find his brother preparing the table. "You're going to eat today." He said to his brother with force. Not knowing how to answer, Akito took a seat and laid back in the chair. Placing a warm bowl of rice in front of him, Akito stared at his brother. Noticing that he had cried during his leave, he looked down at his rice. "Ah, what a nice bowl of rice." He commented with a smile. "What else?" He asked his brother who held a plate of fried fish.

"Mmm, a fried fish too?" He asked Satoshi while placing it in front of him. "Yup, good and healthy for you," Satoshi replied as he took a seat.

Silence filled the dining room, and Akito didn't know what to say. He dug into his food, while on occasion, he glanced at Satoshi. "You know." Finally spoke Satoshi, noticing that his brother intended to say something. "You have lost a lot of weight." He said to Akito. "Not enough." Said Akito with discontent. "Yea, more than enough. How much do you weigh right now?" Satoshi asked his brother as he started digging into the fish. "I was 90kg, and in the past four months, I have dropped to about 63kgs." Surprised, Satoshi looked up with a smile. "Dude, that's cool!" He commented on his brother's efforts. "Now, time to train some muscles!" He screamed at him. Akito chuckled and, under his breath, spoke, "yeah, time to train!"