Part I : Ketsugi Minamoto : Flying Castle Nue Vida
I sat down next to Lady Mitsui. "Do you wonder why you're still alive? Or are you bewildered by the fact that we are above water? Or are you worried about your father or kingdom?" I ask, staring into her shocked face drenched in sweat and tears. "Lady Mitsui, tell me what fate would you like to have ? Death? Like the rest of your people ? Or do you cherish life ? If you do so, you will be the puppet of Minamoto for Royal affairs with the other countries… Choose wisely Ishara Mitsui." She chokes on her own saliva trying to answer me, she kneels to the ground and replies sincerely "P-please let me.. go.. let me live p-please. I'm sorry. I'm so s-sorry" she cries out . "Ishara, we are well beyond that point. If you don't make a choice, I will make the choice for you.." she clears her throat and softly replies "Okay I'll do anything you say, just please d-don't kill me." I look towards the entrance of the castle and call out " Reana can you get me a glass." She teleports in front of me with a fancy wine glass and hands it to me. "Now Ishara, I knew you were awake the whole time. You know what my blood does right? Prove your loyalty to me and drink a glass of it. If you survive, you live and get to become my puppet, and well if you become a monster. You should know what happens right ?" I slit my wrist and pour some of my blood onto the finely made wine glass. My blood glistened a dark crimson shine as the sun bled through the glass. I handed it to her. "Now show me your resolve for your own life ! Show me you're not utter scum. Show me.. your loyalty to the name of Minamoto." She grabs the wine glass, she slowly begins to breath heavily as the glass gets closer and closer to her mouth. She tilts her head back and takes the whole drink of blood in one gulp. She stumbles backwards as her body starts to spasm. She then falls onto the ground as her body begins to convulse. Ishara grabs at her chest pleading for mercy. The three of us watched her fight for her life and shriek in pain. Her skin started to peel away revealing a paler tone to her skin. Her eyes became a crimson red and her hair became white like snow. All her movements suddenly stop and she lays on the floor unmoving. Ishara goes quiet and randomly spikes up in one swoop. She looks crazed as saliva drips from her mouth. "I'm H-Hungry.. My stomach is burning up… what is this I'm feeling?" She says, gripping her stomach. "I see it looks like your ability is finally awakening. Good, from the looks of it, not only will you be our puppet, you will also be the dog for this new Kingdom. Welcome Ishara Mitsui to the Flying Kingdom of Nue Vida… Reana, what's the closest country you can take us to?" She kneels before me and replies instantly "Lord, with my current aura I can only take two with me. Though to answer your question my lord, the closest Kingdom to us is the one ruled by the clan Kumei. The original Lord of the clan was a bloodthirsty warlord who loved conflict. I can assume that the current clan still holds those addeals to this day. What's your plan Lord Minamoto?.." I chuckle and say "Isn't it obvious? We're going to need allies.. We don't have much choice, and well if they refuse we'll just do what we always did.. Kill all who dares hurt our family." I grab Ishara and throw her off the ledge. "Reana make preparations with Cazo. Also check how the rest are doing. If they can stand, let them know that we're meeting at this cliff. Oh right, I almost forgot Gravity Delay : Levitate. I'm going to have a chat with the humans on the boat below us. Gravity Release : Levitate." I slowly descend down the floating island catching up to Ishara. I grab her by the waist and carry her while I levitate down onto the boat. I land on the deck of the boat, greeted with a dozen eyes. "Good evening gentlemen. What kind of goods are you transporting here.?" One man steps out onto the deck to face me "Who are you..? Whatever business you have it doesn't concern anyone on my ship" He grabs a machete that was stabbed onto a table and lunges at me. I easily dodge and strike him on each side of his head with each fist hitting a template. "Don't you dare disrespect a Lord. You shall pay with your life. Gravity Delay : Plummet." His head explodes from the pressure of the gravity. His body flops to the ground as the others watch the horror unfold. "So does anyone here have some decent respect to let me know what you all are transporting?" another man walks up dripping in a cold sweat. "Y-yes my Lord.. we are currently transporting expensive materials for tailoring." I walk around the ship looking at everyone there "So, who's the most talented tailor here?" an old man walks onto the middle of the group of sailors. "Well it's your lucky day, you get to live. For the rest of you I shall give you a proper send off with your captain." I signal Ishara. She starts to twitch and grows a smile on her face. "I can.. F-finally eat.. Hehe.. hehehe. HAAHAHAAAH!" She goes wild as she unleashes her ability. Her jaw unhinges as her mouth grows and chomps off the arm of a sailor. She then jumps off him and bits another sailor's head off while she is mid air. It was a massacre. Not a single bone was left for scrap. It looks like all the aura those men were carrying passed onto Ishara. I guess this ability allows her to consume other people and convert them into aura. Interesting… wonder what else she could do with such an ability… maybe she can consume the aura of attacks..hmm. "Lord Minamoto, I'm still hungry, this hunger is unbearable.." I flick her on the head and levitate her, the old man and myself.
Part II - Ketsugi Minamoto : Kingdom of the Lord IV
I drop the old man onto his legs "What is your name..?" He bows and says "Gadoh, my lordship." I nod " Very well sir Gadoh, can you please tailor me something more formal ? I have a meeting with the Leader of Kamei tonight. Reana gives him a room for him to work and also transport all the materials and machinery from the ship to his room. Ishara go ahead and consume all dead bodies around the castle except the throne room and the room where Nikke took his last breath." I take my leave and head inside the castle. I go up a fleet of stairs and reach the second floor of the castle. Something unsettling chills my body more and more the deeper I go into the castle. I reach the last fleet of stairs to Nikke's resting place. Suddenly everything goes silent. I turn back to only see darkness everywhere. "We finally got to talk again huh… First Lord. There's a few things I've been meaning to ask you." He smiles and approaches me "Well well Ketsugi, you sure have grown in such a short amount of time." His body fully emerges from the shadows. "First Lord, tell me how can you achieve the power that father used in his battle against his own shadow? That form must have been with some of the demonic blood that ran through him right?" The first Lord chuckles and says " Already looking for new power Ketsugi? You haven't even mastered a fraction of the ability I bestowed on you.. but if you must know it will be much harder for you to attain. This transformation 'Demon Release' shuts off the aura at the core of your soul to then release the demonic aura that is dormant inside of you. In your case our souls have merged but we have not become one yet. Our souls will take time to completely be one. If you attempt to use the 'Demon Release' your souls will collide with one another rendering you useless for a few minutes." he steps closer and hangs his arm over my shoulders pulling me close. "Ketsugi word of advice, the power you seek cannot be achieved in an instant. The risks overpower the rewards. Learn to control your aura. Learn from your battles. Learn from your losses. Why don't you try mastering your new techniques? Though if you were looking for any shortcuts you have the wrong person HAHA. I love to see you struggle, grieve, anger, cry, and feel anguish. Don't get me wrong, Ketsugi, I am on your side. I just like to see others suffer HAHAHA. I'll leave this for you though, all your new techniques are just the basics of gravity. YOU control the gravity. YOU have the ability to bend anything to your will. This ability is a good fit for a Lord." The first lord then merges with the shadows clearing the room only leaving the echoes of laughter. My thoughts come back to me as I continue to step up the stairs. I arrive at the last step and hear footsteps coming from the hall where Nikke had his last battle. I came closer and closer as a looming aura overtook the floor.
Part III - Ketsugi Minamoto : The pale soldier that walks
I peek around the corner of the hall to see a shadow of a man making rounds around some big green object. Could it be? No… it's not possible… Is he alive?.. I walk around the corner revealing a huge sprout in the crater left behind by me. I tried to look around for Nikke but no one was there. I step closer to the sprout to examine the enormous plant. I reach to touch it, but I quickly step back as a pale liquid like material starts to ooze from the gaps of the vines around it. It begins to take the shape of a pale man with a coat but no face. "Is this Nikke's ability… it can't be.. "Nikke ? Are you there ?!" The Pale puppet walks towards me slowly but menacingly.. its arm begins to take the form of a blade and strikes towards me. I dive to the left as I had no time to react. Damn… for some reason his puppet is attacking me with full intent of killing. Maybe Nikke is in high awareness from being on the last of his energy trying to recover. I'll just take out the puppet and call out to him. The Pale soldier starts running out to me again. I slide under it and touch its legs with a small amount of aura. Then I stand and grab some rubble from the ground. I imbue aura into the rubble and throw them to my side. I ran towards the Pale soldier, I waited for the right moment and activated "Gravity Precision : Attract" the rubble I had thrown behind me shot straight to his legs. Using what I learned from the Gravity Delay, but instead I set two gravity activation points. The rubble broke through its legs making it fall to the ground. I used this opportunity to jump and strike it down, setting another activation. I slide across the floor once touching the ground. The Pale soldier then tries to stand, I instantly strike it down with a Delayed Gravity: Plummet. Its chest then explodes slamming to the ground by the pressure of gravity crashing down. The pieces then reconstruct back forming the soldier again standing and ready to strike. Damn I need something else to keep it at bay. I need to try something different. What if I imbue it's whole body and make it collapse in on itself. That may be risky considering I have to come into full contact with it. To hell with it.. I egg on the Pale soldier and it strikes my abdomen with its blade arm. The blade goes straight through my stomach. The cold steel shivers me from my inside piercing every muscle fiber. I used this one chance to lay both of my hands on it and kick it back. Damn, even though I can regenerate.. this shit still hurts! "Here goes nothing… Gravity Delay : Compression !!" I lift my hand and try to crush it with all my strength. Its body begins to collapse into an orb with more pressure the more I try to squeeze the grip in my hands. It gets completely crushed and falls to the ground leaving behind a single orb in the ground. I walk toward the sprout and try to figure out what it is.. I get close and another pale piqued bleeds from the vines slowly forming a second Pale soldier. I hear the orb behind me shaking trying to take form again. I take my leave trying not to risk any more injuries. I clutch my wounds at my stomach and run down the stairs before the second soldier and first one take full form. Damn.. seems like figuring out what happened to Nikke is not possible right now.. the others aren't fully recovered to have another fight either. I'm going to have to wait until after we visit the Kingdom of Kamei.. please wait for us Nikke..
I step back into the first floor of the castle and slowly walk onto the outside. I was quickly stopped by a voice calling out to me. "Ketsugi, sorry to bother but I wanted to tell you about Kisan and Kilah." I look around and finally meet Krystal's eyes. "Oh, Krystal. Yes please tell me how they are doing. Are they able to move by tonight?" She looks down "No, sadly Kilah is still unconscious.. Kisan as well. Kisan lost his arm and got his other arm dislocated. On top of that he suffered many fractures throughout his whole body. Kilah is no better, his arm is completely shattered from the fight. His body has multiple injuries as well." I grit my teeth at the news from Krystal. I sigh and continue "Krystal, how about you how are you feeling.. I know you've been scared to fight since father's death. Have you steeled your nerves? Or are you still struck with fear in the eyes of battle." She shakes her head and lifts her arm towards me and creates a fist. "I'm tired of having everyone fight for me. This time I will fight with all that I have just like the others have." I nod and form a fist and bump her fist. "Great then.. you shall come with me to The Kingdom of Kamei. Show me how much you strengthen your will. Meet me at the cliff during midnight, that's when we will start this new mission. I'll let Gadoh know to fix you an outfit as well." I waved goodbye to Krystal as she exchanged a smile and a wave back. I walk towards the entrance and call out to Reana. "Yes my Lord?" I clear my throat and ask her "Where is Gadoh's working station?" She leads me down the hall where I can hear machinery weaving threads together like a harmony. I step into the room to see Gadoh's aura weave with the threads of the garments. "Sorry to bother you Gadoh, but I have another order for you for midnight. Make an outfit for Krystal as well after you're done with mine." He turns around and scratches his gray beard. "Young Lord, I have finished your new clothes. I have used the special thread within the ship's stock. I am what you may call an aura weaver. Your robes have been imbued with Healing aura. As for your new orders I shall get started right away." He cracks his back, neck, and fingers. He smiles and gets back to work. "Thank you Gadoh if there is anything you may need just ask I shall gladly deliver it myself." He turns back and nods his head to me. I exit the room and let Krystal know to meet me later. I walk outside and feel the sun's warm rays touch my skin as the air pleasantly breezes through the grass and trees still intact to the floating island. I walk slowly towards the cliff of the island. Suddenly my body started to feel sluggish and pain in my legs and arms began to creep. My brain started to hurt when I started to see things at the corner of my eyes. My heart beat began to beat so loud that it filled all the sound in my ears. My head felt like it was going to split. Then I saw the perfect image of her back towards me. I slowly walk to reach for her still grasping my face trying to bear the pain, but I hear a single whisper of a voice behind me. I turn to see the image of my father.. tears begin to slowly swell in my eyes as I see his body begin to slowly rot and bleed. I hear my name again as I turn forward again to see my mothers mangled corpse. She sat there and stared at me with her one eye. "You… left… me Ketsugi.. you forgot… about me.." her raspy voice let out as my brain began to hurt too much for me to handle. My legs felt weak and I fell to the ground. My face felt hot and sweaty. I can't hold up my arms anymore. My body feels too heavy. My eyes are becoming too hard to keep open. I hear someone's soft voice. Before my eyelids close I see the silhouette of a girl come to pick me up.
I felt her aura seep through my body, her memories began to enter mine. Reana..
Part IV - Reana Minamoto - to see you again
I awake in a room with the curtains blowing into the room from the open window. The night silently blows a cool breeze. The moonlight bleeds into the room as it gives a small glow to the room. I stand up and hang my feet off the bed. "Has it already been five-hundred years..? I guess the reincarnation worked.. I wonder what happened to the lord.. right Cazo.. I should go look for him." I go to open the door to see a man standing there ready to knock. "Oh.. Cazo it's you.. I guess the reincarnation worked." He nods and says "Yeah I guess it did. I'm sorry I had to bring you back after five-hundred years. You had died so young, but now was the perfect time for you to come back. The prophecy was said for the servants of the new Lord shall awaken at the time that is right. Now is that time. I'm about five years the lord shall awaken and become our savior. He will lead us into the final battle against the heavens." I nod and ask " Do you know where he is now ?" He simply answers and leads me downstairs. I see a gathering of people downstairs drinking, eating and laughing. They start to quiet down as one of the people stands up and walks towards me "Hello you must be Reana!" He says with a smile and happy tone. "I'm Kaneoke Minamoto or you can just call me Kaneoke. Cazo told us all about you and the prophecy. Don't need to worry, welcome to the family… Reana Minamoto'' I bow down. A kid around my age looks towards me with curious eyes. I don't know how to react so I look away. Kaneoke looks back and says "Oh right that's my kid, Ketsugi. You should meet him, he should be around your age… well your age before you.. you know haha." The boy walks towards me and extends his hand to me. I was taken aback. This is the prophesied lord? He seems so… soft.. I shake his hand and say " Nice to meet you, Lord Ketsugi." He chuckles and shies away and replies "You don't need to call me lord, just call me Ketsugi haha."
It's been a few months since reincarnating into this world. Ketsugi and I have become a little close. I have been near him nearly all the time as I am his servant. Ketsugi called me out today to head out to the beach. He had asked me to teleport him there. I had agreed and he asked me to meet him outside of the mansion today. I step outside to see him staring at the ocean of trees over the hill of the Minamoto Mansion. "Are you ready Ketsugi?" He nods as he extends his arm to me with a smile. What's this feeling ? Am I happy ? My heart feels weird.. I take his hand and use my aura and teleport him to the beach near Kamei Kingdom. We stood on the sands of Kumei Beach and admired the orange skies. The ocean wind blew a nice breeze through my hair and the smell of the ocean air pleasantly filled the beach. I turn to Ketsugi and see him smile as he gazes at the setting sun. "Ketsugi, what is it that you want for the future? What do you plan to do after becoming lord?" He turns to me with a soft smile and says "Yeah… well I want to be strong enough like father… he's always fighting for us.. I want to be strong enough to protect the peace that our family has.. I want to always be able to eat and talk like we do now.. and of course I would want to protect you.. I mean you are family now after all.. heh." My heart skips a beat as happiness starts to fill my heart. I smile back at him. "Thank you Ketsugi.. I never had anyone to tell me that before… back then all I had was the lord.. but he never told me something like that..'' he chuckles and blushes a little as he turns away. "You're welcome Rae.. I'll always be here to protect you too !"
It's been two years since I was reincarnated. Ketsugi has been training his aura usage while also training his body. I check in with him every day after training and we head to eat together. "How's your training Ketsu? Are you finally getting the hang of aura usage ?" He smiles and gives me a thumbs up "it's going all good and easy haha. Also look, I'm starting to finally look big !" He takes off his shirt and begins to flex." I blush and look away "Oh.. uh.. yeah haha! You look uh.. really good." He laughs and says "Really you think so !? Haha, thank you Rae. I hope I can be strong enough in time.." I see his eyes lose a little shine as his subtle depressed look. "Hmph! If you start looking depressed now I won't take you to the beach anymore ! C'mon Ketsu we know you're gonna be strong enough so don't worry!"
It's been five years now since I've been reincarnated. It's time now Ketsugi has to fight the leader of Tiara as we fight his minions. Ketsugi tells me to meet him in his room before the final clash between our two clans. "What's wrong Ketsu?" he turns around as he hides something behind his back." Oh .. uhh.. you're here.. right. I wanted to give you something" he hands me a small box. I open it to reveal a ring in the middle of the box. I begin to blush. I'm speechless. "I'm scared about today, but have faith in me. I will win for us. When we come back, let's hit the beach again, yeah ?
The next thing I knew I watched Ketsugi stand in the way of my death. His blood splattered on my face and hands. "KETSUUGII!!" His body falls as the blood from his gaping chest bled to the floor. He still smiled as he looked at me "I told you Rae I would.. protect.. you.." his lifeless body dangled as the color from his face disappeared. "Ketsugi… Ket-Ketsu… KETSUUUU!!!" Tears from my eyes flowed heavily as it poured in his body. My heart ached. The pain was too much for me to bear. Cazo comes running to me as he screams out "WE FAILED REANA!!! YOU NEED TO REINCARNATE ONCE MORE" I stare at him with my eyes overflowed with emotions. He sends out his arms and forms a cube around me. He then shifts it in half inst-
Part V - Ketsugi Minamoto - Midnight dreams
I wake up in a room lit by a single lantern. Still dazed wondering what had happened. I look to the left of the bed and see Reana sitting there asleep. She must've been waiting for me to wake up. Hmm, those memories… It was like a different world but the same. I think I have been too harsh on Cazo and Reana without knowing what they had gone through. Reana then wakes up and stands up straight. "Sorry my lord I had fallen asleep. I carried you here because you had exhausted yourself. It might be because you haven't slept for the past few days have you?"
I take a deep breath and say "Yeah, it's a lot of pressure being in my position. I guess the stress of killing innocent people at the castle had finally been catching up to me. I started to feel like a different person." I look over to Reana once more " Who are you ? You're not from our world are you .." she stands there with shock but then clears her throat. "So you saw them… my past memories of the other you.. it's true but that world doesn't exist anymore.. I've come to this world.. expecting it to be you.. I watched from a distance." She looks away. "I'm sorry I know you wanted me to save Nikke but I couldn't.. because of me.. we failed.. we failed so many.. you died so many.." she tried to hold back some tears. I look down at my hands and stare at my rings. I take one off and stand next to Reana. I hand her the ring. "Hold onto it for me won't you ?" She grabs it and holds it tight. "As for midnight, conserve your energy for our escape if it goes wrong. I shall use my ability to move the castle towards Kumei Kingdom. Try to get some sleep now..I'm leaving" I step outside the room and walk down the hall. The moonlight shone through the windows and doorways. I see the entrance after turning the corner. I notice someone standing outside the cliff of the island. His robes danced with the air of the skies as his hair flew freely. I start to walk towards him and he begins to turn to me. "Ketsugi, Krystal told me about the mission you guys are doing.. and don't worry I'm gonna stay here and recover. I'd just slow you guys down if I came. Your weird frog minion surprised me though. He was the first thing I saw when I woke up." I was confused as Kisan was still heavily wounded and in a coma this afternoon. "Kisan, how long have I been asleep ? .." Kisan scratches his head as he turns to see the moon. "You've been asleep for one month… Krystal has set up a recovery plan for me to get me back in shape. The one called Gadroh has made the rest of us training clothes with regenerative properties. As for Kilah he's still unconscious, but Krystal and the one named Tenshi are looking after him." He takes a deep breath and exhales as he offers me a cigar with herbs in it. "Here, this is one I was holding onto after we found Nikke's clothes in the Kingdom. Apparently his body merged with some plant inside the castle. We don't know why but we just found traces of his aura lingering around the plant." I take a moment of silence and then grab the cigar. "In the memory of Nikke… the man who put his life for our future.. for the man who sacrificed himself in the name of Minamoto. Nikkemau Minamoto… our brother.." I light the cigar and begin smoking with Kisan. "So what now Kisan?.." Kisan takes a puff and exhales "Hm.. well I made up my mind.. I'm going on a journey tomorrow. I need to get stronger.. One month ago I was completely humiliated in battle.. Our opponent the Angel… his strength has the potential to exceed Kaneoke.. None of us are strong enough yet.. Kilah was the only one to defeat an angel.. But at what cost?.. So I decided I shall go out on a journey to refine my mastery of the blade." I take the cigar and smoke a few puffs and pass it back. "You're right Kisan.. As of right now I'm lacking at being a Lord. My strength is passable at best, my technique is miserable.. and most of all my speed is mediocre.. The only thing giving me a crutch is my demonic abilities, without the increase to all of the things I lack I would have been slaughtered." I take a moment as I gaze at the moon. "I wish you luck Kisan. The journey will be long I assume?.." Kisan nods his head as he passes the cigar to me "Yeah, I'll be gone for a while.. I was going to share this last moment with you. I had already left my regards with everyone else." I nod my head and extend my arm towards him "Can you pass me one of your veils and a pocket knife." He passes me a veil and a pocket knife. I open the veil, then I cut my hand, as the blood slowly drips into the opening. I seal it and pass it back to Kisan. "My blood has the properties to convert you into a demon. Use it as a last resort.. It has a chance of failing." He nods as he puts the things away and stands "Alright, understood Ketsugi. I'll come back as soon as I feel strong enough. I will perfect my abilities and return to Minamoto once again" He walks away and pats my back leaving me to watch the moon in solitude. I stare out to the skies and stars while finishing the cigar. I shall put my abilities to its limits tonight at Kumei Kingdom. I need to get stronger, I need to become the Lord that will bring peace to my people. I Look back towards the Castle and shout to Krystal and Reana. Krystal walks out with her aura flowing around her. She seems to be fired up to go. Reana walks out behind her looking a little embarrassed. I make the gravity pull towards the direction of Kumei. "This is it… I shouldn't forget about the path off peace I long for. The peace Minamoto deserves. The peace Sam, father, mother, Thea, Razu, Naero, Nikke, and Zak sacrificed themselves for. Although I may not remember Thea, Razu, Naero, and Zak, may peace be with their souls. Their early sacrifices shall not be forgotten."
Part VI - Ketsugi Minamoto - Against the Tyrants
The Island finally floats over the coastline. Nue Vida then covers the kingdom in a dark night. All that could be seen is torches being lit one by one, almost like a wildfire burning the forest of trees. I look back to Reana and tell her " We're off now, we'll signal you if we need to be teleported out. As for Kisan, give him my regards when you drop him off. Krystal, are you ready?" I look over to her awaiting her answer. "Of course, I've been fired up all month." I put my hand on her shoulder and imbue her with some of my aura. I levitate us both and we make a jump down to the kingdom. With an overview of the entire city we can see a large group of what seem to be knights gather around the main plaza. We float down in an effort to have contact with the people. They all readied their weapons towards us. We finally landed to face the soldiers of Kamei, but something felt off.. their aura felt somewhat familiar. I look back to Krystal and say "Krystal.. have my back here this could be really bad.. something feels off here." I lift out my hand towards the group of soldiers and use "Lord's Presence" on them. They all fall to the ground with ease. Was I just worried for nothing?.. I get close to one of the soldiers and take the chance to perfect a new move. I wonder if I can insert my aura inside their body and do more of a lethal attack. I put my fist on his chest and try to pierce their body with my aura. I felt uneasy as the aura began to creep out of his helmet. Why did I feel so anxious? Then I feel my aura finally touch his heart. "Gravity release: soul crusher" the gravity precisely crushes his heart. Blood begins to drip from his helmet as his body begins to almost melt and contort. "What the hell?! What is this ?!" His skin begins to spill outside of the chrome armor revealing how pale it is. "There's no way… they got here before we could.." I then laid my hand on the Angel and sent out all my aura to perform Gravity Compression. It's whole body began to cave in on itself as the pressure from gravity forced every fraction of its body to become a small bloody ball. At that moment I noticed eyes hidden behind a couple soldiers staring me down. Our eyes met and I instantly knew the trap I had fallen into. The Angel then dashed out straight towards me striking me on the stomach launching me across the ground. "Who are you ?..'' The Angel begins to laugh as he slowly walks towards me "I'm Metaro Kamei and this Ki-" he instantly gets cut off as the image of Krystal appears right behind him landing a high kick across his neck, not only breaking bones but launching him into a building as well. "Krystal we need back up, this is the worst scenario-" while I was explaining to her i noticed angels begin to sprout wings and fly towards Nue Vida. "Take care of things here Krystal.. I'll be back." She nods and begins to release her aura effectively powering up. "I'll be back as fast as possible. If you need to… run… I'll come find you." I pour my aura into the crystal that I use to contact Raena. She instantly teleports right in front of me. "No time to explain, teleport me back to Nue Vida." We teleport to the cliff overseeing the kingdom and I prepare to charge my aura and release it. I look back at Raena and say "Go assist Krystal, we have no time to worry about anything else right now." She teleports without a word and I take a stance towards the cliff ready for anything that comes up. I hear wings flapping and the sound becoming more and more clear. A few seconds pass and the Angel finally reaches the top. I take a deep breath and exhale. "I'm guessing you're the one controlling the Kingdom?.. Or are you here looking for me?" The man was dressed in a white cloak coat hanging over his shoulders and was pretty slim. His hair had a bright shine like it was coated in a golden brilliance. His eyes were dead but stained in a deep blue. He had a mustache and a rough shaved beard. He looked like Royalty, this must be the king or one of his high ranking Butler. The man clears his throat and begins to ramble. "I am the King of Kamei, you may call me King Zece. Now bow down to me you peasant and surrender your Kingdom to me. If you refuse I shall take your head as compensation." I chuckle as I try to brush off some of his disgusting cockiness. "How dare you look down on me, your Majesty." I steadily walk towards him and lay down some gravity on him to make him stay put. "Now tell me King Zece, what is a King to a Lord?.. Don't you ever disrespect me and know your place you mongrel." I begin to apply a heavier gravity the closer I get to him. "Tell me Zece Kumei.. How did you obtain this power? Were you offered this power from the angels?" He visibly becomes frustrated as veins pop out and aura begins to spill from his body. "Don't you dare you lay your filthy aura on me you devil. Because of the threats of you, my people had to suffer. Some of the innocent people had to be sacrificed to gain this power to fight against you. Those lives will not go-" I snapped once I heard that he had sacrificed his own people. "You're pathetic.. What kind of king would sacrifice his own people.." my heart began to race as the fuel of hatred and disgust began to fire it up. I felt something strange as some of the aura began to strain parts of my body. I ignored the pain and released more of my aura preparing to completely annihilate his soul. "Now stand you mongrel. I shall punish you and disgrace the power you have." The king clicks his tongue and throws his coat towards the floor. "Oi, boy.. Don't regret your decision once I begin to slaughter the rest of the demon filth you call a clan." The anger overflowed me as it made my legs react and dash straight towards him. He throws a wide punch trying to stop me with one blow to the head. I duck under and use the strength of my arms and legs to throw a high kick under his chin knocking him back a step. He then grabs my leg and slams me to the ground full force. My vision becomes blurry and my whole body is in shock from the impact. I quickly recover and lay my hand on his fingers and crush them with gravity precision. He lets go of my leg and I vault myself away. This fucker is starting to get me really pissed. It's starting to get in my head as a low buzzing gets louder and louder. "Zece you're a failure of a leader.. Much more a king.. a true king would never risk the lives of their people.. a true King would have sacrificed himself for the protection of his Kingdom." blood begins to drip from my forehead and my breathing begins to stagger. "Zece you are much worse… not only are you a failure, you're incredibly weak… you are the vermin that plague this world." My aura begins to flare and sputter as some dark demonic aura begins to bleed. "King Zece, I shall bring you to your knees and execute you in front of your so-called Kingdom. In the name of Minamoto I shall personally slaughter you as the Lord of this Island." Zece wipes the blood off his face and begins to smile a blood-lusted smile. If any time would be the perfect time to master the new Technique it would be now. "You are a pathetic child.. You understand nothing about the world. Your whole family will be slaughtered if not by me then the others will. The heavens will not stop until you all are dead." My heart burst with a rage filled aura. The buzzing finally became coherent. The voice kept repeating a single phrase: "Let go of your emotions. LET GO!" It kept repeating and repeating until everything turned black. On the other side of me I see myself just standing there. I walk towards what seems to be me but younger. He's crying.. ".. uh.. Hey what's wrong..?" I ask the younger me. "I'm scared.. I have to go.. It's my turn.." perplexed I ask him "Go? Go where ? why do you need to leave?.." My younger self wipes his tears and turns around with a smile "Don't worry about it, while you're fighting so hard I'm doing nothing but being a nuisance. So it's time for me to be brave for once.." I begin to become a little concerned and ask once more "Whe.. where are you going? You can't leave yet.. We haven't seen our dream come true yet.. We still have to avenge our family for what happened.. We still -" my heart begins to sink as he slowly gets swallowed by the black floor. "Keep a promise for us okay..? Don't forget why we fight.. Keep pushing for us. The only thing I wish for… is one last meal with Dad.. mom.. Nikke.. Krystal.. Kisa… Kil… Sa.. T…" tears begin to form in my eyes as the environment around me begins to shift back to the cliff. "You know what Zece I won't stop here. I'll make sure every single of you Angels grovel for your pathetic lives. AND NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM ANNIHILATING YOU AND YOUR CITY OF VERMIN!!" The dark aura begins to farm around my body as the buzzing voice retreats in content. "Demon Release: First Gate." The strength in my body feels enormous. The aura output of my body drastically changed. Now the thing that's fueling my entire body is this unrelenting rage.. "There you go, demon.. Show me your true form. I'll give you a taste of my ability." He rushes towards me striking my chest with full force and shouting "SHATTER". Every bone in my body felt like it broke and fractured like glass. I vomited blood as it oozed out of my nose and eyes. He threw another jab aimed at my head but my arm instinctively clashed with his. He screams out shatter again and my body feels like it breaks beyond repair but slowly regenerates after impact. "Thank you for making it easier for me. Gravity Release: Rend" his arm softly rotates and contorts from the gravity being rotated on his arm. He curls back from the pain and kneels to the floor. "Oh no you're not done yet. Stand up." I grab him by his neck and pull him up. He uses this opportunity to strike me on my abdomen using his ability. My whole body is screaming out in pain as the shock wave of his ability rattles every single bone and shreds all the muscle tissue in my body. It's starting to force me to use more aura into my regeneration. "Fine if you want to have a match of endurance then we shall." I cough up some more blood before inching close to Zece and throw a swing to his hip. "Rend." His hip contorts and twists. He screams out in more pain. His eyes begin to shine with panic as the pain finally is reaching his sanity. "What? Are you finally realizing the position you're in?" Zece begins to crawl away from me and sprout his wings. "Hell no.. you're not finished yet.." I use the Lord's presence and hold him down against the ground. "Though if you really want to retreat.. I'll give you a hand." I rend his wings. Levitate his body. I send aura through the crystal to signal Raena. Raena then appears behind me. "My Lo-. Looks like you achieved the first gate by yourself… what is it you called me for my Lord." I look back at her. " I want you to bring back Krystal and any other food resources you can bring back. You have about five minutes until I level this entire Kingdom." She nods and teleports away. "Now Zece, I apologize for the wait." I push him out towards the sky overlooking the Kingdom. I levitate my body and jump mid air. I charge up the gravity aura around my hand before releasing my levitation. "Gravity release : Gravity Crusher." I release the levitation making me free fall towards Zece. I throw my hand back and strike his chest creating a small shock-wave on impact. Then at that instant all the gravity that was charged on my hand struck him making him crash at almost light speed. I stare down at the smoke and gravel leaving the site of the crash. "I'm not done yet.." I jump off the cliff leaping straight towards where Zece crashed from the "Gravity Crusher". I levitate once reaching close to where he landed. I see his body completely destroyed at the center of the crater barely clinging on to the last few breaths of his life. I land right beside him and whisper " Oi. It seems you're still alive somehow. Are you afraid to die or something? No matter the reason.. You'll have front row seats of seeing your precious Kingdom be destroyed. Tell me was the power you sacrificed your innocent people for worth? Pathetic… you lived like a spoiled coward, and now you can die as one." I lift my hand up and begin to concentrate my aura on the palm of my hand. "Compression." Air around my hand compressed at the center of my palm. "Compression." another layer formed around the existing orb of compressed air. The amount of strain it puts on my arm increases as the layers of air come to my hand. It feels like shredding my entire arm with small blades."Compression. Compression. Compression." Layer by layer of endless compressed air form around the palm of my hand. Til the orb of compressed air and aura filled the palm of my hand. I send aura through the crystal and contact Raena. Raena appears behind me. "I evacuated Krystal and some of the Food supplies they had." I nod my hand and drop the ball of Compressed air. She grabs me and teleports me back to the top of Nue Vida. "Lord.. I don't have enough aura to teleport us far from here. I can only muster enough aura to teleport us to the ocean near Kamei. I nod and say "That's good enough" the whole island teleports from the sky shadowing Kingdom of Kumei to the ocean miles from its shoreline. I shout out to Cazo. "Yes my lord." he comes running from inside the Kingdom. "We can talk later about not setting up a barrier around Nue Vida. For now, set it up there's going to be a massive explosion." He sits down and performs a couple of hand signs and then a massive barrier forms around the island. "Perfect, Gravity release : Bang". A white light shines across the sea and moments after the entire kingdom is covered in a vibrating shockwave, tearing, grinding, and exploding the entire foundation of ground. Rubble and Rocks fly towards the ocean, some crashing on the water and others crashing towards the barrier. I step back towards the others but my body tenses as all the aura leaves my body and I cough up blood all over the floor. My body goes numb, and everything goes quiet.