Chapter 25: Where Peace Ends
Shino has sometimes been unfriendly to me but… she stopped me… from doing things i didn't want to do. She saved me from eating Hikoto… she made me stronger… i have to repay her… one way or another…
Kaito was finally able to lift weights with the help of Koro, Taoki, Mamoru and Neji. Kaito looks at all of them and smiles kindly and proud,
Kaito - "Thank you."
They all smile and nod.
Kaito was now sitting on a couch in the bunker watching a movie with Aoi, Sarada, Chosi, Kuba and Mio.
I used to hate aswongs but now, i realise that they aren't monsters people say they are, they're people trying to live a normal life… i mean… some of them at least. I'm happy here… but i still wish to become a human again…
Kaito wakes up in the middle of the night on his bed with blood on his lips, he touches his lips and he looks at the blood.
Sometimes, i wake up with blood on my lips… i think that it's Shino or Koro that does it so i don't lose myself to the hunger again and harm anyone i love.
Kaito hears a vehicle approach the Bunker, late at night, he has never heard that. He looks out the window and sees a black van with bright headlights, on the van, there's a graffiti in white of a plague mask.
2 men walk out of the front seats and 6 other men walk out of the back unarmed, they have black suits with a white tie. Kaito noticed a particular characteristic that all of them have… they have masks, precisely, gas masks. They all walk up to the Bunker and bust the door in.It makes a loud noise and Kaito's eyes widen. He quickly walks out of his room and he sees everyone out of their rooms looking confused.
All - "What was that noise? Let's go check it out"
Mio and Kaito walk up to each other worried, Kaito says in a low voice as everyone stops talking,
Kaito - "I… i saw them… out of my window… they came with a black van with a mask graffitied on it… i don't remember what it was… they were unarmed and wore masks."
Everybody looks at eachother, Taoki speaks up,
Taoki - "They're probably in the Bunker as we're talking!"
Suddenly, the 8 men walk up to them and they look at eachother. The Masked didnt speak, they simply looked at them. Shino slowly walks forward and looks angry and confused,
Shino - "What the hell do you want?! Why are you here?!"
The Masked didn't respond, just stared coldly.
Shino - "That's it!"
She takes out her kagitsume and points the tentacles towards The Masked. Mamoru looks at Shino worried and tries to stop her,
Mamoru - "Shino, be careful!! You don't know their strength."
Shino - "If you wanna help, you can."
Suddenly, the leader of The Masked releases his kagitsume too, he had Darkness Fang Claw Kagitsume (Yamikagitsume). Mamoru releases his kagitsume too, as he does it, they all release it except Kaito and Mio cause he doesn't know how to control it and can't release it on command.
All of The Masked release their kagitsume out of their backs and start swinging it towards them, and so do the others.
Chosi, Kuba and Sarada stay together cause they are a trio, the 3 fight off 2 Masked at the same time. The Masked are very powerful and have very good control over their kagitsume. Kuba manages to slashes one of the Masked's head, he falls to the ground and dies. The Masked continue fighting with no sadness that one of them died. Kaito was in the corner of the hallway with Mio staring in horror as he held her shoulder, he sees Shino in a struggle with one of The Masked, Kaito's eyes widen as he realises he has to do something to help her…
i have to repay her… one way or another…
Kaito remembers the training that Shino gave him and how she taught him how to know how to release the kagitsume and control it. Kaito removes his hands from Mio's shoulder, his eyes turn red and black (Kurogane) and he runs towards Shino.
Mio looks at Kaito worried as he starts running towards the enemies,
Mio - "KAITO!!"
Kaito ignores her and he finally releases his kagitsume from his back but just when he was about to attack The Masked that was attacking Shino. Mamoru screams to Shino,
Mamoru - "SHINO!! IM GONNA HELP YOUU!!!!!"
Mamoru comes in with his kagitsume and slashes his head off. The Masked's head falls and rolls to Kaito's feet, he looks down in disgust and horror, Mamoru and Kaito say,
Kaito and Mamoru - "Shino, are you okay?!"
Shino looks at the both of them and say,
Shino - "im f…"
Suddenly, one of The Masked run towards Kaito,
Shino - "KAITO, WATCH OUT."
Kaito quickly looks at The Masked and The Masked swings his kagitsume at Kaito but right when it was gonna reach him, Mamoru jumps in front of Kaito. The Masked slashes Mamoru's chest entirely, he falls to the ground in pain and holds his chest. Kaito screams out to Mamoru,
Kaito - "NOO!!"
Mamoru's henchmen, Koro and Taoki, were fighting one and they kill him, they look at Mamoru and they're eyes widen.
Koro and Taoki - "MAMMMOORRRRUUUUUUUU!!!!!!"
They run towards him and The Masked that slashed Mamoru's chest slashes his head and he gets decapitated. Shino looks at the scene in shock, tears form in her eyes, she can't move anymore, Mamoru was person she loved and now, he is dead, she whispers silently,
Shino - "Mamoru…"
Kaito starts crying, Koro and Taoki arrive at Kaito and Mamoru, they were crying intensely.
Koro and Taoki - "BOSS!!!"
They look at The Masked that killed him with sadness but also with a deep hatred, they jump at The Masked and slashes his head with his kagitsume, The Masked dies. Kaito and Shino look at each other in sadness, Koro and Taoki fall to their knees next to Mamoru's body and cry.
While this was happening, Chosi, Kuba and Sarada were fighting the last Masked. There were 3 Masked left and they were the strongest, it was an intense battle, kagitsume's consistently being slashed but regenerated.
Suddenly, one of the Masked slashes Kuba's head off, Sarada looks at Kuba's falling to the ground and dying shocked, sad and angry,
Sarada - "KUBAAA!!!"
Before Sarada had time to react, The Masked slashes her head off too, Sarada falls and dies.
Chosi was shocked how 3 of her friends died in a matter of seconds, however, she's not gonna make the same mistake that Sarada did by losing attention. Chosi slashes one of The Masked's head off in anger but she was 1 versus 2. The Masked pierces both of Chosi's eyes out violently and blood splatters everywhere.
Chosi - "AHHH!!!"
Neji runs to Chosi and he slashes one of The Masked's head that Chosi was fighting, but before he could kill the other one, the other one slashes Chosi's head off and she dies too. Shino comes and slashes the last Masked's head off and he dies.
They are now in a bloodbath, dead bodies everywhere, blood on the walls, on the ground. Neji and Shino looks at all the dead bodies on the floor, shocked while crying. Kaito is looking down with eyes full of trauma, Mio looking at Kaito worried and scared. Koro and Taoki next to Mamoru's body, crying their heart out,
Koro and Taoki - "boss… it wasn't supposed to end like this…"
Suddenly, as they thought it was all over, multiple other vehicles arrive in front of The Bunker. More people enter it and now, Koro, Taoki, Kaito, Shino, Neji and Mio are not up against 8 but 16 of The Masked.
They look at each other, not wanting to lose anymore people, they are overpowered. Shino looks at them and drops to her knees, she puts her hands on the back of her head and retracts her kagitsume, Koro and Taoki sees this and they scream out to her,
Koro - "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!! WE NEED TO KILL THEM!!! DON'T YOU SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE?!!!!"
Taoki - "YOU'RE CRAZY!!!!!"
Shino shouts out to them, trying to make them learn about the situation they are in.
Shino - "THEY WERE 8 AND THEY ALMOST KILLED US ALL!!! NOW, THEY'RE 16 AND WE ARE 6!!! IT'S A SUICIDE MISSION!!! just… give up…"
Koro and Taoki don't have much to say anymore, he put their hands on the back of their head and surrender, and so does everybody. Shino looks up at The Masked with hate and says angrily but scared,
Shino - "We surrender… just… don't kill us…"
Kaito was still looking down with wide eyes, and Mio was crying in the corner, so was everybody, everybody was crying.
The Masked walk up to them and they look down on the 6 of them like they were ants.
The Masked grabs them and takes them out of The Bunker, Shino sees the mask graffitied on the van, her eyes widen and she gasps,
Shino - "black reaper… no… no… no… fuck fuck fuck fuck…"
The Masked throw them in one of the vans and start driving away.
1 HOUR LATER
They wake up in a LARGE room, at the end of the room, there was a huge throne with skulls all around it. A figure was sitting on the throne with a shadow covering his face, there was just a red glow coming from his eyes, he had a mask, more like a plague mask. The figure looks at them,
Black Reaper - "Well, well, well, what do we have here?"
VOLUME 3 END