All around.
I can feel it.
My soul.
Spreading across the waves.
Consuming them.
The sea parts all around me as my body is lifted from the tide. Black sparks cascade and jump across my every surface- wretched wings swirling into form on my back. My jaw cracks as it snaps into place, my wounds sealing and repairing.
I grin, my eyes shooting open, though I feel no need to.
I can feel everything.
The Presence of All.
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A torrential wave of force sends the city into a state of uproar. Buildings give way, asphalt torn up from the ground.
Slowly, Jigoku turns his head, eyes widened in terror.
What stood before him was not human. It was an entity. An eldritch horror.
Floating on an invisible force above the crashing waves was a being bathed in calamity- dark wings outstretched from its arched back.
"H-Hey!! What are you?!"
All at once, the force ceased, cataclysm halting for a moment- until he was right there- no. Until IT was right there. But inches from Jigoku's face.
"I am..."
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Wait, fuck. What's a cool line I can say?
"Uh...Hollup a second."
Staggering, Jigoku stumbles backwards.
"I SAID HOLLUP YOU EMO FUCK!!"
Shooting my hand forth, I wrap my fingers around his neck, hoisting him up into the air.
"I am..."
I bring him in close.
"Calamity."
Releasing him from my grip, I slam my palm into his stomach, blood flying from his mouth. Spinning clockwise, I position myself swiftly, before slamming an upward kick into his jaw. My next strike whiffs through empty air as Jigoku sidesteps, balancing himself on frivolously shaking legs.
"You...Your kind should've gone extinct millennia ago!"
I cock my head to the side. "My kind?" I look down at my hands. As far as I know, I'm just a human. He was right to be surprised, though. Even I don't know how I was able to come back like this. I feel rejuvenated- better than ever. I was provided enough time to activate Calamity Cloak as well, functioning at 35%.
"Yes, your kind! Manifestas!"
"Man," I rub my forehead. "I'm too dumb for this shit."
Jigoku stares at me for a second, dumbstruck, but manages to peel his gaze away. He takes a deep breath-
My heart skips a beat.
My foot digs into the ground.
Run.
I have to run.
Every instinct within me is telling me to run.
Slowly, he begins walking toward the shore. I can't prompt myself to move so much as an inch. He bends over, grabbing his sword from the sand. He locks eyes with me again.
"Fine," He says, unsheathing the blade. "I'll cut you down regardless."
And his blade erupts in a blaze of red flame.
The hairs on my neck shoot up. He's behind me. Dodging to the left, I swerve out of the way of his strike.
His eyes are still locked on mine when the second strike slashes through my side.
What?
Flipping backward, both of his twin forms dissipate into nothingness.
How fast is he moving?!
In front of me.
I pivot to the side, cocking my fist back.
Behind-
His blade narrowly misses my throat as I manage to weave out of its trajectory at the last moment.
I can't let up though.
Rebounding, I clench my fist shut- and with an otherworldly scream, a blade of Calamitous Soul spins into form.
"Underworld..."
Jigoku hesitates on his heel.
He's scared.
"...Blade!!"
Silence.
Before an explosion of force, detonating from the nexus point of the slash. Jigoku's chest.
Like a ragdoll, Jigoku is flung into the forest of skyscrapers- leveling them with the force driving him.
I spin the blade in my hand, before darting after him.
In front.
I drop to the left- and shooting past like a missile on steroids, Jigoku hurtles away, hoping to have caught me in his path...
Behind-
The screech of grinding metal rings in my ears as our blades collide. He grits his teeth in anger, red eyes locked on mine with a primal animosity. A bead of sweat trickles down my forehead. I had barely been able to sense his presence. My perception wasn't nearly enough to accurately gauge his speed now.
This fucker is fast as shit.
That was really funny.
Laugh.
Beginning to press harder, he opens his mouth to speak.
"Gaira..."
Shitshitshitshitshitshitshit. This is the attack that counters shit right? Fuck.
Fine.
Shit.
"...Shi!"
Releasing my grip, my blade dissipates into a shower of sparks- as his blade sweeps to the side...the residual force leveling a city block.
He was open.
Shooting forward, I vault into the air, legs igniting in a coat of... I don't have a short name to call this shit. I'll ask Shin later.
One kick. Then another. Then another. This flurry of blows continues, uninterrupted...
Wait.
He isn't moving.
Ceasing my assault, I land back on the ground, Jigoku's head still cocked back. Slowly, he begins to raise it, revealing his unscathed, glowering face.
He takes a step forward.
Uh.
Okay, I guess?
In a flash of...[short name] My fist collides with his face, the wind pressure sending waves through the sea behind. He didnt move.
Another step.
Wait a second. I hadn't touched his face. Peeling my fist away, I outstretch but a finger to tap him.
And it stops in the air before him.
Like an invisible force was stopping it.
I knew he could manipulate space...but to this extent?!
Was he...
"The Convergence. Combining my soul's properties of repulsion and attraction via Homura, I can create an area around myself that doesn't repel- but rather STOPS all in its effective area."
I take a step back.
"W-wait..."
What the fuck?! Is this the power that is granted through red-level Tamajutsu?! Wait- isn't the gravity thing his Twitch? Or is that Gairashi? Or Hellcutter? What the hell is this guy?! This must've been how he was able to bypass my advanced Soul Thunderclap!
"That's right."
He levels the blade at my neck. "I commend you for pushing me this far. But now... I am untouchable."