BLOOD WAR AFTERMATH
"Helena... Helena!! Pierce!! Quin!! Everyone died because of me..." Jun said as he fell to the ground. "No... it was my fault, Jun" Xuanyu said. Jun stood up and pushed Xuanyu to the ground "Jun!!" The LCI yelled as they grabbed onto Jun "Stop this, now!! The war has ended! Why are you still trying to start a fight!!?" Evelyn shouted.
"Look at them... They're the ones who did this... They're the ones who brought death to all the Izuzunians!! They're the ones that drove me insane!!! They could've killed all the Chaos Team members before they could've Invaded us!!! But Xuanyu wanted to imprison all of his allies!! As the new Emperor, Xuanyu is not allowed on Izuzunu property anymore!!"
Everyone was shocked, including the LCI "What!!?"
Xuanyu slowly stood up "Fine., I don't care. I never wanted to be in Izuzunu in the first place" He walks away from the incident as Rose and Dino follow along. And so then, the two rivals split, never seeing the two of them together again.
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 7, CHAPTER 79, THE IZUZUNU EMPIRE
A MONTH AFTER THE BLOOD WAR
It's been a while. The town has been quiet and peaceful ever since the Blood War ended. Everyone has split up to do their own things, but most of them stayed in the LCI.
Ad and Serwer left the Izuzunu Empire after the war to go on and create their own independent country, called the Grand Democratic Republic of New India, short term, GDRNI. Jun helped them by giving them food, water, and a boat to find new lands.
Cyclone went back to his new country as well. Some citizens left Izuzunu to join Cyclone in finishing the country of Inyath.
Clay, Lilly, Angie, Misha, 07, Nugget, George, Mikey, and Chloe stayed in the LCI and live in Izuzunu still.
Xuanyu, Rose, and Dino left Izuzunu and went to a new village to live in. It's been peaceful for them, but Xuanyu's still pissed after the war and thought about a different ending.
Phoenix and Will stayed in Izuzunu, happy with the outcome of the war, but not happy with Jun and Xuanyu's friendship.
And Jun became the new leader, but he's changed some stuff in the country. He's erased the presidential term and created a new role for Izuzunu; the emperor.
"I can't believe it..." Chloe says while chatting with George and Mikey in a field scattered with Izuzunians and dogs "We actually won and changed the entire country"
"True. Well, we did have a lot of members in the LCI with us" Mikey explained. "Yeah, so it was pretty easy" George takes a sip of his drink. "We've all grown from the first time we arrived in this world," Chloe says "We used to be weak and scared. Now look at us" George and Mikey smile "We're as strong as ever"
JUN'S THRONE
"Jun, your majesty" a guard calls out for Jun as he kneels on the ground with his head facing down "We might need some more members if you want to continue this mission"
"Fuck off with the respectful shit" Jun stood up "You guys don't have to call me your Highness, or your majesty, or Emperor Jun, just call me Jun... This is... our empire" he raises his hands in the air.
"Okay... Jun, your Majesty" The guard continued "We need more members for this mission, so who will you be drafting out for this mission?" he asked. "Wait, you still haven't told me why we need more people" Jun added.
The guard stood up and looked at Jun "We need more. Half the squad already gotten wiped from the murksouls and some are badly injured"
"Oh..." Jun sat back down and he puts his hands on his chin "Damn it... I guess... I'll think of someone who can probably join the squad. Someone smart and skillful" he looks at a paper filled with names of people in Izuzunu still. "Hey Jun" Phoenix said as he entered the room and walked through the path to the throne "How you doing?"
"I'm doing great" Jun makes a slight smile as the guard leaves Jun alone with Phoenix and Will "How's the cows doing?" Jun asked.
"Doing great, but that's not why I'm here" Phoenix answered with a serious face while walking closer to Jun. "Oh, what's wrong?" Jun asked. "Well, it's about Toast..." Phoenix replied.
"Yeah," Will joins the conversation, "We think this was his plan all along... We think he plans to take over the Izuzunu Empire this way"
"Why? Why would you think that-?" Jun begins questioning, but Phoenix explains "Look" Phoenix hands Jun a note from the Izuzunu mailbox "What is this? Who sent it to us?" Jun asked. "It's unknown, but it says... (Toast may have not left back to his kingdom, but to plan something bigger; a bigger group; a stronger group who can take over your empire in an instant. I recently saw Toast talking with another man about taking over an empire with the GDRNI, so please, be alerted!) It read that" Phoenix read the note.
"I see," Jun said "So... Toast is talking with random people all around the world to try to get them to join GDRNI and make a huge team to take over Izuzunu together!" Jun shouts "So all this time he never quitted... He just delayed the Blood War because he knew he was about to lose..." Jun thought "He joined GDRNI... and he's planning with them" Jun's face widened "So that means... GDRNI is not our ally, but our enemy! They've been helping Toast all this time!" Jun stood up with a shocked facial expression and began thinking of ways to avoid another conflict
"It's okay, Jun. We'll take care of this. Toast and the GDRNI won't lay a finger on this empire" Phoenix and Will assure while Phoenix pats Jun on the shoulders.
THE IZU CEMETERY TRAIL
"I'm so tired carrying all these backpacks, what's even in them!?" Bob shouted while walking with Lexie and Jane to the cemetery. "It's just the food we're going to eat at the cemetery with Pierce!" Jane explained. The kids walked for a while because they didn't have a horse like the rest of the Izuzunians.
"Lexie" Jane said as she walked beside Lexie "It's okay..." Lexie faces Jane "It's okay to cry and feel sad for Pierce. He's your family, after all, so don't try to hold it in. I know how it feels because I've lost someone important to me too"
"I understand. Thanks, but who did you lose? If you don't mind me asking" Lexie tried not to make Jane uncomfortable. Jane smiles and looks at the sky "Someone very important to me; my mother. She was the most beautiful woman ever; how she smiled at me" Lexie noticed a tear falling from Jane's right eye "I miss her" Jane kept smiling.
"I'm so sorry... You don't have to talk about this" Lexie tried to stop her. "No, it's okay. I just miss her" Jane continues to smile with teary eyes "But that's just life. Everybody dies. Death is a common thing"
"You're right" Lexie added as they entered the cemetery "Finally!!" Bob shouts as he drops the backpacks on the ground "I can finally rest!!" he stretches his arms and sits down.
"No, you're going to have to carry the bags to Pierce's gravestone, come on!" Jane shouted, "Lose some weight, will you!"
"Aww!!" Bob got up with an irritated face "Fine!"
Soon, they make it to the veteran's graveyard. They find Angie sitting on the ground while holding a flower; staring at a gravestone. Lexie runs over to Angie and greets her "Good morning!!" She shouted with a huge smile as she waved her hands.
"Good morning guys! What brings you three here??" Angie stands up with a cup of sodizu in her hands.
"Well, we're visiting Pierce; Lexie's older brother" Jane answered while pointing at Lexie. "Well, you're in the right spot. He's right next to Quin; what a coincidence" Angie smiled. Lexie stops smiling and looks at the two gravestones "Sorry for your loss... Angie"
"It's fine" Angie stops smiling and turns back to Quin's grave "Sorry about Pierce too" Angie sat back down. Bob dropped the backpack and sat on the ground. He opens it to find sodizu, chicken, steak, and porkchop.
"Woah! You brought all of this!?" Bob shouted as he opened the bag and took a bite out of the pork chop. Lexie's still sad as she sits down next to Pierce's stone "Pierce, you did everything you could to save Izuzunu... and you completed your mission, thank you" Lexie cries "Thank you for taking care of me" She puts her hands on the gravestone "Thank you for taking care of me when mom and dad wasn't there... thank you! You can rest now..." her voice breaks down as she sheds tears; falling onto Pierce's grave.
Jane hands Lexie a flower as Lexie slowly places it down on the ground. Bob stops eating and puts the porkchop back onto the plate. He takes out another plate and rips open a bag to grab the steak.
He puts it on the plate and places the plate down on Pierce's grave "Here. Some food you can eat... I think... isn't this what they do in cemeteries?"
"Shh!" Jane shouts at Bob while feeling sorry for Lexie. Lexie covers her eyes "Lexie" Jane begins tearing up. She moves toward Lexie and grabs her for a hug. They both hug each other as they cry. Bob joins in and hugs them both tight "Pierce can rest in peace now" he closes his eyes.
TO BE CONTINUED....