"Cyfty," Phoenix said. He's at the doorsteps of Cyfty's house. Which is the ladder, because he lives in a tree house.
"Will you fight with us?" Phoenix asked. "What about the tournament?" He wondered as he climbed down from his treehouse.
"We're gonna have to cancel that... we have other things to do now" Phoenix answered.
Cyfty was confused about why he canceled the tournament "Why did you cancel it?"
Phoenix stood there with Cyfty as the cool wind blew past them "War"
"Why hasn't Jun told me about this?" Cyfty says. Will walks toward Phoenix from the paths and stands there "I think he must've forgotten to" Phoenix answered "You weren't there the day he announced at the election stage"
"Well... the tournament is canceled now" Cyfty looked up at the trees "I guess I have nothing better to do, sure"
GOD'S KINGDOM
"Keep it going! Keep it going!" a man named Pierce and his followers are making iron weapons and armor for the war. "Come on! Put your sweat into it!" Pierce yelled louder.
"You think this is necessary?" His little sister named Lexie asked. Pierce then walked out of the building and went on top of the walls of God's Kingdom with Lexie "Look"
He pointed at the town of Morichi, Izuzunu as Lexie was amazed "Wow... I've never got to see such a nice view"
"Yeah Lexie... but the citizens don't deserve to live," Pierce said with an angry face. "What?" Lexie asked in confusion.
"They deserve to die! Jun has suffered so much to the point where we need to end all the citizens there!" Pierce shouted.
"You're scaring me, Pierce!" Lexie shouted. Pierce then looks at Lexie "Don't worry Lexie, we're not gonna kill any of the LCI members"
"What do you mean??" She asked one more time. "We... God's Kingdom... will be declaring war... on the citizens of Morichi, Izuzunu!" Pierce shouted out with an angry face. Lexie looked at Pierce, filled with fear, unsure of what to do.
Pierce screams out toward Morichi, Izuzunu "They will burn!! All of them!"
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 5, CHAPTER 44, RAID OF GOD'S KINGDOM
HOURS LATER, PHOENIX'S OLD HOUSE
"Wha- what??" Ren, a member of the Chaos Team has approached Jun. Jun pulls out his sword, ready to fight. Ren raises both his hands up "I'm not here to fight"
Jun didn't trust him "I know you all been watching us for the past months ever since we've got here. You're trying to use my tactic to become my ally, huh?"
Ren uses his left hand to grab his sword and throw it to the ground "No... I just want to talk... listen... I don't even know what Toast is doing. He said to go to this town, but I have no clue why, is he starting a war?" Ren asked.
"Huh?" Jun looked confused "He didn't tell you?"
Jun puts his sword back into the case, somehow trusting Ren. "Yeah... what did Toast say to you to make you see me as an enemy?" Ren questioned as he tried picking his sword back up.
"Don't... don't do that" Jun stops him, getting defensive again "I still can't trust you, but let's talk. Leave it there"
Ren's hands are still up in the air "Okay"
"But... he's just gonna start a war, that's all" Jun said calmly, still pointing the sword at Ren. "So... is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Ren laughed.
"What the hell are you talking about, good or bad? It's bad" Jun didn't laugh.
"Oh... it's bad" Ren looked down "And you're letting him in?"
"He's already in... but we can't do anything about it... the only way is to imprison him... but how?" He said and asked.
"So if you join-" Ren cuts him off "Yeah I'll join... but I'm not joining him"
"Huh?" Jun was confused "You're not joining Toast?"
"Well... if he goes to war and he started the war, he's most likely gonna lose" Ren spoke. "He says he won't lose, he says he's gonna plan and stuff" Jun explained.
Ren laughs. Jun wondered what was so funny, but he just kept a straight face, not trying to get distracted, thinking Ren might fight Jun if he did so.
"I'm stronger than Toast" He spoke. "So you're gonna slaughter all of us with him" Jun looked down.
"What? No. I'm a bit confused. I'm not joining him, do you want me to join him??" Ren questioned and was confused.
"No... wait... is he your friend?" Jun asked. "No! I met him like... last week!" Ren laughed.
Jun is now as confused as ever "What? So he's just sending random people to help him in the battle!??"
"Possibly," Ren says. Jun began laughing, but he didn't know why.
Jun compliments "You know... you're pretty chill to be in the Chaos Team"
"Chaos Team?" Ren asks "Well... I don't even know why he invited me, I think he just thought I was good at fighting"
Jun laughs "This Toast guy... so he doesn't even know what he's doing?" He asked himself.
"But yeah... I'm not joining him... To be honest I'm not joining either side. I might not even fight in the war" He explained. It was quiet "Thank you," Jun says.
Ren smiled "Yeah. I gotta go now" He turned around "It was nice talking to you, Jun" He began walking away from Jun.
Ren finally left and Jun still stood there "So... that's one member of the Chaos Team gone... wait!" Jun realized "They could be plotting something against me! Like maybe... he's gonna-"
Out of nowhere Evelyn, Lilly, and Chloe arrive from the paths "Jun!! It's Toast! Cyfty tried to attack Toast and now they're fighting!!"
Jun quickly turned around and screamed "What!!? Hurry go!!"
At Mainland of Izuzunu, Jun and the rest run down the paths of the bridge to Clay's house. "What's going on!!?" Jun shouted at Clay. "God's Kingdom!!" Clay shouted back.
Jun's eyes widened "No way" They all began sprinting across the streets and onto the path to God's Kingdom.
They spot George and Mikey "I don't know where Toast is!" He shouted. Then out of nowhere on top of the walls... there was... Piller.
Jun suddenly froze as he saw Piller's face. It's been months.
"Lord Piller," Jun said to himself "Why is he... here?"
Piller looked at Jun, smiling "There he is... that boy... the Emperor"
Everyone who was in the Raid War was gripped in shock and fear. Mikey, George, Chloe, and Jun. The four of them stood there, frozen in place as Piller just kept the same unwavering smile.
"Melanie!!" "Tidus!!" "Collin!!" "Coen!!" "Roselyn!!" "Kyle!!" "Eungi!!"
Jun gets flashbacks of the traumatizing war.
Piller jumps down to the ground and smiles deeply into Jun's eyes. Evelyn and Lilly try to attack Piller, but he manages to hit them away.
Piller stops right next to Jun "Long time no see" He swings his sword but Jun jumps behind Piller and kicks him. Piller blocks and blasts shards toward Jun. Jun evades, but some manage to cut Jun's arms. "Chloe! Evelyn! Lilly! Go find Cyfty and help him fight Toast! Mikey! George! And Clay! You protect God's Kingdom!" He commanded.
"Okay!" They all went to do their tasks as Jun and Piller stared down at each other "Why did you come back?" Jun asked.
"I wanted to... destroy Izuzunu for the last time!" Piller controls the shards as it grabs Jun's legs and it pulls Jun away.
It drags him and throws him onto the walls of God's Kingdom. Piller dashes and strikes Jun a few times with his fists. Jun loses grip on his sword as it falls off his hands.
Piller continues to beat up Jun and send him to the ground. "Still weak as ever" He laughed. Jun kicks his face and manages to throw some punches.
"Fistfight?" Piller laughs "Yes" Jun answered. They both fought and blocked.
"Where did you learn these moves from?" Piller is still smiling. "Shut up" Jun jumps and stomps on Piller's chest.
Piller falls onto the floor and gets back up like a ninja "Learned that from Coen!"
They kept fighting until suddenly a random girl in the sky fell and landed next to them "Where's Toast?" She asked, out of breath.
"Who are you?" Piller asks. "I'm his friend," The girl says. She had blue hair, just like Lilly's, but longer.
"Behind God's Kingdom-" Jun punches Piller in the face right as he answers the question.
"Okay, thank you!" She smiled while flying with a mechanical wing. Jun is on top of Piller "Die!" Jun punches his face a few times, but Piller pushes Jun to the side.
He grabs Jun's jacket "Die!" and headbutts Jun. Piller is out of breath as he falls to the ground.
His hands held the floor for balance "Jun..." He breathed heavier "This is your last time on this planet!" The shards spreading through the floor come in contact with Jun's leg, but Jun manages to grab his sword and slice the shards in half.
Jun stood in his stance "I'll never die to you" He said with an angry bruised face "You killed everyone in The Raid War!"
Piller stood up "Yes, I did... and I enjoyed it"
Jun angrily tries to decapitate Piller's head, but Piller dodges and sends him to the ground.
"You did get stronger" Piller spoke "But not as strong as me" Piller pierced his sword through Jun's stomach "Aaah!!" Jun yelled out as he fell to his knees.
Piller backs away "Ouch!" He shouts and laughs, mocking Jun. Jun began groaning in pain on the floor "Ugh... Piller... you..." He said, weakened.
Jun grabs his sword "You'll die... From my slasher!" The slasher summoned, charges very fast toward Piller, but Piller cartwheels and backflips himself out of there. He's in the air laughing like a weirdo.
Piller lands on the ground and summons kalruts. The kalruts stayed behind him and waited for his command to attack "Jun" Piller spoke "Your town has grown... a lot more" He looked around.
They're on a small hill that has a view of Izuzunu, Morichi. Jun didn't turn, he had his eyes on Piller "Yeah... what did you do to Hwalshindo!!?" Jun shouted as he got up, holding onto his stomach wound.
"Oh? What did I do to Hwalshindo? It's gone... that place is gone!" He laughs hysterically. A spark of flames kept appearing and vanishing on Jun's sword "What did you do?" Jun said in a serious tone.
Piller stops his laugh and looks at Jun's sword, sparkling "Fire?" Piller asked himself. Jun's not wearing any armor, but if he was right now, it'd probably be sparkling too.
"What did you do!!?" Jun screamed louder. Jun suddenly hears voices in his head "Hisano" "Hisano" and "Hisano" It says his real name over and over again.
"You're angry"
"You're weak"
"You're a weak little boy who thought he could solve everything; who thought he was special, but you weren't. That's what they thought of you"
"People are afraid of you"
"They want you to die"
"They want you to disappear"
"They don't like you"
"They hate you"
"They fear you"
Everything was silent for Jun as his eyes suddenly turned bright red "Jun... use those fears"
Jun's sword bursts into flames and his eyes are bright red. Jun has unleashed the flames from his sword. He didn't have any auras, just the sword. But he appeared different... he appeared more menacing and enraged.
Jun looked into Piller's eyes. Piller was surprised. "Jun... show them your true powers" The voice in his head spoke.
GOD'S KINGDOM
"Pierce!" Lexie shouted out as she grabbed onto her brother. "This is it! Use everything I taught you!" Pierce handed her a sword as he got up and began slaying all the kalruts and kalkruts.
Pierce and his team all joined up to protect God's Kingdom "Go!"
All the fighting, the swords, the sounds of a battleground in God's Kingdom. "Don't lose to these fools!" Pierce shouts.
TO BE CONTINUED...