Chapter 29 A
Fear
After a long hard fought battle Kazuha and Travis exit the 16th dimension along with Ansonī and Raijū. Every fighter is in a bad state and riddled with exhaustion. To make matters worse a terrifying force enters the field and starts to wreak havoc. Scaring away Ansonī and Raijū, Petrifying Travis with fear, and nullifying Kazuha out of his Bird Cage. A being of terror one that can't be considered a person but rather more of a force of nature. It emits fear that can make the gods worry. How will they face this foe?
"Huh... this can't be happening. Something this early in a story would only cause balance issues in the future and make fan's question how strong will the enemies be in the future. Which makes me believe this guy can't be here that long or one of us will have crazy plot armor. My guess is both. But it would seem like it won't be me. I'm not the main character of this story. Afterall I can't even get up. I tried to use the power of friendship and the traumatizing past in order to gather the willpower to move again. But I can't because....."
"I'm afraid and I don't want to die!"
(Kazuha, Travis, Raijū, Ansonī)
For those who have lived on the surface(real) Omni they never got the chance to experience the hell that the below(fake) Omni had to offer. These people fought through purgatory, torture from a god, and are immune to fear. They stand tall and brace for battle.
"I'm not afraid and I won't die!"
(Gruff, Sora, Iustitia, *Redacted :)*)
"Amazing this is why I chose these people. Even in the face of this thing they remain vigilant. Miasma reeks in death and fear. This is no ordinary thing and something about it is oddly familiar. I'm sorry everyone once again I can't do much but watch."
(James thinking)
"What a very familiar situation. Everything in ruins and a strong foe appears. You there! Kusho was it? You wouldn't happen to be a part of a group called the Paragons."
(Gruff)
"So you're aware of our existence aren't you. You must have been the one Silicon fought. Origin God of Pain, Gruff Meinstern. Yes I am a part of the paragons. In fact I'm not only a part of them. I also happen to lead them."
(Kusho)
The air shifts dramatically upon hearing this. Everyone remembers their former opponent Malvado who also happened to be a member of the Paragons. However only one of them knows a terrifying truth.
"The leader! That can't be this early what the hell is happening. Everyone I held out on telling you this in order to not discourage you in the future and even now seems like an even worse time to say. But Malvado was the weakest member of the Paragons and he wasn't even using 20% of his power."
(James)
Once again the air shifts and even begins to thicken as the Miasma of Fear and Death grows. Although they don't fear themselves. Their body and the inner workings of their brain does.
"Yes, that dumb younger brother of mine, Malvado. Thought it was a good idea to enter the false world in order to vent his feelings. But being the genius he is, Father took advantage of this situation and made it a part of his plan almost as if he planned it from the start."
(Kusho)
"Father!? Wait that means-"
(James)
"Yes, Uncle. That means that I am the son of your brother, Rosè Mitasakou. Which happens to make me an Origin God candidate. But I am here on my own terms. I want to test something my father said about you. But who knows maybe this is once again a part of his grand scheme. Anyways, enough lore drop, let's continue to the fun part."
(Kusho)
"Wow, that was a lot to take in. But to summarize it all. This guy is fucking strong. But to also put it simply. I DON'T FUCKING CARE! Origin Skill: Living and Dying = Pain."
(Gruff)
This is a long chapter so we will have skill info :)
Skill: Living and Dying = Pain, Type: Origin, Origin: Pain, User: Origin God of Pain, Gruff Meinstern.
Effects: This skill works under the impossible question of "are we living or are we dying" as a work around for powers that would just neg-
"It doesn't matter either way if you try to bypass negate. Because your attack never happened or rather it never will."
(Kusho)
Anything that would happen or can happen to Kūsho never will or will do nothing. There's a surrounding area for Kūsho that doesn't allow other people to use their Skills.
Kūsho can erase anything that's 50% weaker than himself. Kūsho is an Origin god candidate and has the power of True Void; this power works under the concept of intent. If one tries to attack or even think of attacking Kūsho their attack or intent will be sent to the Void making it never happen. Kusho can project the void outside of himself if he chooses. The Void can also do many other things.
"Why am I still standing here? I need to hit him with that. Itami: Itami."
(Gruff)
"Ah yes this attack I watched the battle between him and Silicon simply because of this attack. It intrigued me, an attack that once spoken it would have been as if it always existed making it impossible to pinpoint when it started which means I can't find its intent. However this attack is weaker than me since it's not meant to kill. So I can just do this..."
(Kusho thinking)
"Skill: Into the Void."
(Kusho)
Skill: Into the Void, Type: ???? Normal Skill, ????: Void, User: Kusho
Info: Into the Void works under Kusho's power of True Void and its 50% weaker rule. This is usually within Kusho's set range(1000 meters/3300 feet) but when used as a skill he outputs the area even further to exist everywhere at the cost of attacking only. Kusho had to do this in order to stop Gruff's "Itami: Itami" , an attack which ignores space, time. But this attack cannot ignore omnipresence. Kusho loses his natural protection in order to stop Gruff and his very threatening attack. A grand cost for a great reward.
"How did you stop that? It shouldn't even be possible once I say the attack should automatically activate as if it's always been activated."
(Gruff)
"Your right it is impossible that attack embodies and has absolute infinity amounts of damage. I can't stop it, in fact the attack is still going on. But that absoluteness is exactly the reason why I was able to stop it. Are you aware of paradoxes? Such as the unstoppable force vs the immovable object. The unstoppable force has an unstoppable meaning to its very being but the immovable object will never or cannot move due to its very being. With this being the case what happens when the two collide? Nothing they continue as they have because the universe complies with their being putting them above all things. But this is unseeable; rather it cannot be seen because if it could one would be able to put their opinion on if one of them is truly unstoppable or immovable. Too put it simply their existences canceled each other out. Which is exactly what I did to your attack since it's unstoppable, I had to create an immovable object. However a paradox of this magnitude would destroy the omniverse and I live in that. So I contained it within my 1000 meter radius. So if you guys take me out we all get taken out."
(Kusho)
"This is all according to plan. There is only one power among them that can stop this. But they're unaware due to their identity crisis. This power will come out if they have a motive."
(Kusho thinking)
"This guy planned this all along. Just how much info does he have on us."
(Sora thinking)
"Can't I turn this paradox into an energy of mines in the omni-state? I don't know if it's too much of a gamble. I wouldn't know what to do with it even if I could."
(Iustitia thinking)
"Sora you could have stopped this predicament if you had awoken skill. But yours is too green. But don't lose hope people who know maybe taking me out doesn't end the skill. But you can't just sit here and do nothing can you. I am fairly weakened right now. I'll say I'm at 10% of my power. This paradox requires a lot of attention. That being said, I'm still very confident I can beat all four of you. Trying to sneak up from behind huh *Redacted :)*."
(Kusho)
"Birdcage: Coffin of Eternal Stasis!"
(*Redacted :)*)
"Ah you upgraded haven't you. Nevertheless it's not enough. The concept of time is irrelevant to me and for the paradox also. Skill: Void"
(Kusho)
"It was worth a shot."
(*Redacted :)*)
"Ok try to learn from *Redacted :)* and do something that will actually work. I'll give you a run down of my powers at 10%. Actually, just know that I'm him. Please show me your struggle."
(Kusho)
"Maybe that one power from that series Bleach in those manga I read can work. The Almighty. It basically works like his power. But since I'm able to use that power to its full capacity that must mean I'm stronger than it and this guy is definitely stronger than me. Either way I'm still going to use it."
(Sora thinking)
"Skill State: Fiction Reversal, Bleach."
(Sora)
Sora uses his skill to gain power from the fictional story of Bleach from Earth. He brings forth The Almighty a power that can see all foreseeable futures within the user's gaze and manipulate it.
"Ah fantastic idea but there were plenty of other powers that were better not that they would work. My power works on intent and if you can see the future and choose to alter it to your benefit it holds the intent of doing something to me. Which means.... Skill: Returning Void"
(Kusho)
Skill: Returning Void, Type: True Normal Skill, User: Kusho
Info: Returning void returns any external power that someone has to their original place which is then replaced by the void allowing them to not call on this power anymore.
"Damn this is really unwinnable. But what is your goal? You are obviously not here to kill. So what do you hope to gain?"
(Sora)
"The answer is simple no? I'm here for entertainment. To introduce new elements and strengthen the future foundation of this world. You people haven't even made it to an actual realm and you won a battle with only one person left standing. Against the weakest of the antagonist group at that. So I have to come here a big bad after the most recent fight and have people ponder "how will they escape this situation?" We are all here for entertainment purposes but my main goal beyond that is to awaken James Mitasakou. The vessel of Origin. Right now him and Origin are under an identity crisis because of events from the past that have been erased from history. Origin cannot come out because of them having only 0.1% of their power and James actually Mesa can't come out because they don't know what is to be a Mitasakou also because of a thorn on their side. I want to see if Mesa's power can truly rival mines. But I don't think I can solve this identity crisis because I have no knowledge of the events from the past, not even father will tell me. But it would seem we have someone who does haven't we. Sol Mitasakou!"
(Kusho)
Kusho shoots out a blast of erasure towards a tree. But it's countered against and sent back.
"Wow, such hostility. Kusho Mitasakou although you don't like that name do you? Mesa or I guess James right now. Long time no see."
(Sol Mitasakou)
Sol Mitasakou arrives a man blinding with radiance and confidence. Gives a friendly smile to James.
Chapter 29 B
Mitasakou
"I'm impressed you were able to sense me. Not many people can do that."
(Sol)
"Well you made it easy with that pure bloodlust you were focusing on me with. If it wasn't for that you might've well have been air."
(Kusho)
"Me? Bloodlusted? You're kidding, why would I? We both have the same goal to awaken Mesa. Although my reason isn't as twisted as yours. Besides, I can't even kill you right now. My very existence must not be known or else I'll have to 3 v 1 the Origin gods and even I don't know if I can survive that. Which is why I have to find all of this generation's candidates and restart the War. There should be 2 here, 2 in the Land of The Moon, and 1 in the Land of Balance. But it would seem that another problem has erupted. Kusho claimed to be an Origin god but there's on meant to be 5 in this time. So explain what you meant by Origin God."
(Kusho)
"I knew it would pique your interest which is exactly why I misspoke. I'm sure you're aware that my father is correct?"
(Kusho)
"Yeah, my brother Rosè. Who got corrupted when undergoing the assimilation."
(Sol)
"Corrupted? No no, that's not what happened in fact the assimilation went as planned. You fools were just unaware what he was assimilating with. Mistaking The Light and The Darkness as two sides of Origin. But I can't blame you completely, no one can see past fathers' brilliance. I'm sure Mesa is aware as he seems to hold lots of hostility towards him. But to get to the point already. There is Origin and then there i-"
(Kusho)
"Omen. The one that changes the tide of good and evil and controls the end. The counterpart of Origin who controls the beginning. That fake world really changed my thought of most of history ever since we got here. My entire memory has been foggy and confused. I have no idea how much of what I said in that world was true or not. I have no idea of knowing if what I said was really me. Rose is the vessel of Omen and it was to always be that way."
(James)
"Ah ok so that was what happened Well we already planned for this to be an outcome so that news doesn't really change much. Anyways James, if you can remember that much what's stopping you from awakening."
(Sol)
"I didn't really remember anything, I was only using reasoning and deduction. I am aware that I'm essentially three different things but I don't know how that came to be."
(James)
"Well I can't truly fill in some of the gaps due to your curse. But I can give a sense of vagueness as to what happened and you'll have to search in your memories for the answer. Let's start with this. What is a "Mitasakou". The Origins are a group of people that started in four factions. The Sun, The Moon, The Balance and The Origin. Which if you would notice is what came to be the name of the Lands of today. Each faction worked under their respective Origin gods in order to maintain peace across all of Omni. Omni exists outside of the Omniverse, an experimental world created by the Origin Gods after all of his failed creations. In a desire to rule and create like their father they created this one. But lacking the powers their father had and the ones from their realms in the Omniverse, they were left with little to do in this world and actually give their followers what they needed. Which is when they underwent that plan together to trick their father into placing their realms onto Omni as well as dividing his powers amongst them. They believed that their father was too rash and childish because he would erase everything that wasn't perfect and didn't go as he planned. So they agreed that when they overthrow him they will keep this world in order and then the entire Omniverse. But this was just wishful thinking. As although they did manage to get their father to do what they had planned they also underestimated what he was able to do. He bound them to the world and gave them his powers intentionally as he knew that the power would corrupt them. Perhaps Origin was anticipating this. A challenge he couldn't create alone and one that would cure his incompetence in understanding life and what it means to create. So with little power he had. He created the Land of Origin, an isolated world that is impossible to enter for the other Origin gods. In which every 10,000 years there would be 5 people that would be born that would become a vessel for his Origins, the very cores of his being separate from his power. Showing a person in the Land of Origin his great power and superiority over the other gods a religion formed and then came a clan of people who were bred to always be guaranteed an Origin God candidate. This clan is called the Mitasakou. Then in a successful 490,00 years of preventing the 5 origins of Light(True Control), Dark(True Omniscience), Order(True Manipulation), Chaos(True Disruption), and Omega(True End). That is all I can say anymore and this world will reset due to True Lights curse. I hope this helps Mesa Mitasakou."
(Sol)
A tearfilled James can be seen. A response to the tale his body cries uncontrollably as the events of the past are remembered. Mesa Mitasakou has awakened.
10,000 years ago the last day of the war.
"LIsten Mesa. You have to live. The 500,000 year promise is close; you will gain Origin's soul but this will cause problems. In order to not gain the Origin gods full attention you will wander the world as James. A way to hide your name. Sorry, that's all I can think of right now. But this is how it will have to be. Damn it they're almost here. Live Mesa Mita- no sorry James Mitaskou. You'l forget this conversation but I'll make sure you remember your names to try to uncover the full truth. You will awaken your power when you're able to answer "who is Mesa Mitasakou". Now goodbye.... True Manipulation Skill: Rewrite of Truth. True Manipulation Skill: Curse of the Origins."
(???)
"I remember Anemo.... I know
Chapter 29 C
Who Mesa Mitasakou Is"
Sensing the power balance in the world dramatically shift all of those who can sense divine aura recognize something of immense strength was just born.
In The Land of The Moon
"Damn it all. He's awoken that stupid power. This wasn't meant to happen, what the hell is Amaterasu doing."
(Tsukiyomi)
In the Land of Balance
"That incompetent fool of a brother. He let the vessel awaken now it's going to be way more difficult than it had to be. You better not fuck up Amaterasu."
(Libra)
In Holy Realm of Tengoku, The Land of The Sun
"Man, I messed up badly. But the only reason this could've happened is if one of those people are still alive and none of us was aware of that, so.... to be honest it's all of our fault. Those two idiots probably immediately blamed me instead of thinking it over. Yes this is a problem but it shouldn't matter that much there must be a limit to that power."
(Amaterasu)
Yowai Hikari Realm, The Land of The Sun
"Amazing! It's even better than what I anticipated. Such an aura is magnificent it's just oozing out of you. It's the same as me: pure, raw, and unfiltered power. Now come and entertain me and everyone!"
(Kusho)
Mesa stands in place with a blank expression. As Sol rises up in front of Kusho for a chat
"He can't right now. He still has to assimilate although the most he can probably do right now is 10% and that alone will require a lot of time. But don't worry you will have some entertainment. You were right, what's happening to him right is just like you, power and influence so great it affects anything around it. But while yours is fear his is....."
(Sol)
Sol moves out from Kusho's line of sight
"STRENGTH!!!!!!"
(Gruff, Sora, Iustitia, *Redacted :)*, Travis, Raijū, Ansonī)
Mesas absurd boundless levels of energy flow continually and purely. So much to the point that anything it touches gains power. But this power only chooses those who deserve it and so it chose these 7 fighters and raised their power to the Ω^!!!!
"Hey you guy that knows James. How long will this assimilation thing take? I assume it's going to absorb all of his power back when finished. We need to use all of the time we have to kick this guy's ass."
(Gruff)
"10 minutes. You guys have to hold out for 10 minutes. Think you can do it?"
(Sol)
"Who do you think I am? A pushover? With this power we'll take this bastard out screw holding out. But if not that, we'll weaken so badly that James can kill him with one shot."
(Gruff)
"Ok you people have 10 minutes to damage me. If not, I will kill every single one of you without exception."
(Kusho)
"Go wild everyone you'll probably never get to experience power like ever again for a loooong time. So make the best of it."
(Sol thinking)
The clock starts again, another assignment to finish before it runs out. Ten minutes to land an attack on the seemingly untouchable man. Ansonī and Raijū join the fight and no one denies as it's clear who the common enemy is. The newfound strength gives everyone confidence and they fight with their full strength.
"Omni Ikari State, Skill Ultimatum: Shomei-O, Hollow Divinity: UNI!"
(Travis)
Skill: Uni, Type: Ultimatum, Variation: Omni Ikari State, User: Ikari Travis
Info: Like the normal Ikari State one except now anything in Travis vicinity is considered a part of him allowing manipulation and a guaranteed hit from Uni.
"Man that was a mouthful"
(Travis thinking)
"True Fire, Skill Ultimatum: Mugen No Hono!."
(Raijū)
Skill:Mugen No Hono, Type: Ultimatum, Variation: True Fire, User: Moeru Tengoku Raijū
Info: Raijū attacks with a flame that can do infinite damage when it hits. This flame ignores all natural laws and isn't bound by space or time. Once it hits it never stops,
"True Tsuinisutaburedo Kakete Inai ~ Infusion"
(Ansonī)
Skill: Infusion, Type: Facie Divinatis, Variation: Enchantment, User: Tengoku Ansonī
Info: Ansonī uses a Facie Divinais in order to craft the ultimate skill "Infusion". Infusion puts every single aspect of Ansonī's skill (True Element) on to the now True Tsuinisutaburedo. What makes it true is that now every attack is an unstoppable force and must be met with an immovable object. But the paradox that will happen is way worse. It will manipulate every element in that area to Ansonī's wish.
"Facie Divinatis: ▇▇"
(*Redacted :)*)
Skill: ▇▇, Type: Facie Divinatis, User: Ikari *Redacted :)*
Info: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
"Negative Omni State, Book of Mother Nature ~ Omniverse."
(Iustitia)
Skill: Omniverse, Type: Book, Variation: Negative Omni State, User: Iustitia Custodis
Info: This allows Iustitia to create any force of nature or natural phenomenon anywhere from the omniverse. But it being a negative state variation allows her to create any non force of nature or non natural phenomenon also. Meaning she could start the rumbling if she wanted too. She is also immune to these things if they were to happen to her.
"Negative State, Skill Ultimatum: Pure Fiction"
(Sora)
Skill: Pure Fiction, Type: Ultimatum,Variation: Negative State, User: Omni Sora
Info: Anything in Sora's area is considered a work of fiction and allows him to create anything possible in that area as long as it makes sense in a story context. The Negative amp here only allows him to not take any damage from works of fiction or even those above fiction.
"True Pain Skill State: All is pain, Pain is all ~ One Shot One Kill."
(Gruff)
Skill: All is pain, Pain is all, Type: Origin Skill State, Origin: Pain, Variation: One Shot One Kill, User Gruff Meinstern
Info: Gruff makes it so that if a person does anything remotely painful it will kill Kusho. But this also makes anything painful such as breathing, hearing, seeing, feeling, thinking, even air. Even if one were to have no sense of pain or unable to receive pain this skill ignores that since "All is Pain and Pain is all." This attack kills in a way that whatever feels pain it's very core, being, and law of identity is removed effectively killing completely this act is irreversible even for Gruff or Sora.
"Wow you guys really pulled out all the stops even though I'm a bit nervous. But you guys can't get rid of your intent so I don't think I'll be dying anytime soon."
(Kusho)
"Pure Fiction Skill: Characters attack no longer have inte-"
(Sora)
"True Void Ultimatum: Complete Void"
(Kusho)
Skill: Complete Void, Type: ???? Ultimatum, ????: Void, User: Kusho Mitasakou
Info: Any skill or attack that possesses intent is sent to the void forever making it unable to use ever.
"Damn even that doesn't work. What the hell can we do? It's only a matter of time until he tries to remove our forms."
(Sora)
"It doesn't matter what he does, just keep attacking until something will hit eventually."
(Gruff)
"Kakete Inai: Equilibrium Paradox."
(Ansonī)
"That attack!"
(Kusho thinking)
"True Void Skill State: Embracing The Void"
(Kusho)
Kusho sets an area around him that specifically targets unstoppable forces but.....
"Now Inverse."
(Kazuha)
Kazuha inverses the attack from being an unstoppable force into an immovable object. So what happens when an immovable object crashes into an immovable object after all the immovable object isn't meant to be moving but in this case it is, which is a contradiction one that the Omniverse notice and promptly deals with it.
"Not good! Who is this guy? He's a genius in such a short amount of time to think of such a thing. I can't target the intent because something that shouldn't even exist or be possible never had intent since it never existed which means I can't stop the intent because th-.... Fuck it's affecting me the magnitude of this is too powerful. I have to escape it but it will keep chasing me due to those blades being infused with his skill and their own never miss clause. Not that but if I let a single gap in my defense Gruff's attack will instantly kill me. But this should affect them also because a paradox doesn't care about anything."
(Kusho thinking)
"Great Job Kazuha! Now we have an actual shot. Iustitia keeps trying to manipulate the paradox so that it can ignore us. That's our last hope. He probably notices that so we'll do our best to keep pursuing him and keep him away from you."
(Sora)
"Ok, leave it to me. I'm not that smart with stuff like this but I will not let you guys down."
(Iustitia)
"The girl is a danger right now. Her power is too powerful; it has the potential to manipulate the paradox. So it's clear who I have to take out even if it means breaking my promise. I will have to kill one of you and the first one is YOU!!! True Void Skill: Devouring Void."
(Kusho thinking)
Kusho shoots a projectile that aims to kill Iustitia and send her to the void where she can never be recovered. This attack is unseen and seemingly doesn't exist so it completely blows past everyone. However...
"▇▇:Cancel."
(*Redacted :)*)
"What the hell did you just do? That shouldn't even have been possible. Come to think of it I'm just now noticing this perfect box of complete darkness surrounding us but I didn't think it mattered that much. But now it makes sense that the paradox didn't just end the world* because this place is separate from the world. But again what the hell did you just do?"
(Kusho)
"I replicated you. I never trusted you would keep your promise on not killing anyone. So this black box stops any attack with the intent to kill or harm any of us and loses it in time."
(*Redacted :)*)
*The world is Omni which is also said to be on levels higher than the Omniverse itself. But to even damage Omni you have to get past the Omniverse since all damage on Omni is redirected there.
"I see very impressive *Redacted :)*. But this thing is flawed and you'll come to realize that soon."
(Kusho)
" If I cancel his intent seeking with my intent seeking it will just cause another paradox so it's best to avoid that. But there's really no point in focusing so much on this fight anymore since it will be over soon."
(Kusho thinking)
A note that while Kusho was having this conversation Travis, Raijū, Ansonī, Gruff, and Sora all at once were attacking Kusho but all of their attacks never landed.
"Everyone, I would like to commend you on your brilliant effort. This was very fun and entertaining so it is my displeasure to announce that its all about to come to an end now. How amusing 7v1 and I still won. But maybe if it wasn't for one of you foolish mistakes you maybe could have won. You even managed to get me to 30% power and break my agreement so don't think it was completely pointless. I am a little exhausted. But you still lost and now you'll face the consequence from using such grand power. Time is up."
(Kusho)
The ten minute time limit that was given is already done??? Everyone's power and forms start to fade
"What the hell what's going on? We still had 5 minutes. This doesn't make sense. I'm sorry Mitasako-"
(Gruff)
Everyone collapses from exhaustion except for one person,
"I kept you awake so that I can explain to you that YOU are the reason they lost. Your power was very strong but that's the thing it was too strong. To move us completely away from Omni is not allowed and such a thing doesn't go well with the grand power. Time outside of the main setting isn't the same so any time limit given in the main setting will be halved if we leave it which is exactly what happened. Being it a Facie Divinatis you used, I fear your fate is already sealed; perhaps you were no longer needed *Redacted :)*."
(Kusho)
Kusho states down on *Redacted :)*, ashamed by his blunder and pitying his position. *Redacted :)* body begins to crumble and fade away as lets out his last words
"I'm Sorry Everyone."
(*Redacted :))
Reloj or *redacted:)* has been removed from the story :) Who knows maybe he'll be back ;)
Man this chapter took a long time. But important news This is Ikari Travis Birthday Chapter 🥳 so be sure to congratulate him.