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Chapter 9 - The Council

"Where am I...?" Yamikuro said to himself as he was opening his eyes.

He looked around and noticed he was locked in a cell, however it was completely filled with technology.

Instead of bars blocking him, there was a blue colored barrier, the walls were white, there was a bed which he was laying on and a TV that was built into the wall.

He decided to go near the barrier to see where he was, he was able to see a little bit through it but not enough to make out anything that was outside.

When he decided to try and touch it, he got zapped and burned his finger.

"There's no use doing that." Someone said from the other side of the barrier.

"What? Who are you?" Yamikuro responded.

"You shouldn't be asking dumb questions like that, Yamikuro." The person said back.

All of the memories from before came flooding back to Yamikuro and he suddenly remembered who that man was.

"You're the man from earlier, aren't you?!"

"So you really don't know me, huh." The person laughed, "I'm the head of government. Does that ring a bell now?"

"The head of government, Lucian Maléfique..." He talked to himself.

After a little bit of silence he yelled, "Why are you after me?!"

"Why? Well... one of the reasons is because of your dangerous powers..." Lucian said while looking around.

Then he got close to the barrier and whispered, "The other reason is because you're still alive... Yamikuro Asaki."

Yamikuro's heart started beating faster, "Still alive?"

"That's right. I was the man behind the slaughter of your parents, however... instead of them, you were supposed to die."

Yamikuro couldn't believe what he just heard and yelled, "I was supposed to die?!"

Lucian walked away from the barrier and leaned against the wall, "Be quiet now."

Right after he said that, a couple of hunters walked through the corridor.

They stopped in front of Lucian and said, "We're ready to take Yamikuro Asaki and bring him in front of the council. As for the other kid we caught, he's managed to escape."

Lucia's face expression changed, "He escaped? What do you mean?"

"We don't know, sir. He just vanished."

"FIND HIM!" He yelled angrily and then looked at Yamikuro, "You're coming with me, I'll be the one to bring you in front of the council."

When the hunters left the corridor, Lucian opened the barrier and Yamikuro tried to use his powers to kill him but he couldn't.

It was almost as if there was something blocking his powers from being used.

"You're lucky the government got involved with this. If I could, I'd kill you right here." He mentioned while taking out handcuffs from his back pocket.

Yamikuro tried to fight back but Lucian was way stronger than him and he couldn't do anything at that moment.

He looked at the ceiling, hoping Kaminari and the others weren't endangered anymore because of him.

Lucian pulled his arm and dragged him through the corridor to get to the council.

While he was being dragged, he saw the other cells and they were see-through from this side.

He saw a lot of different people sitting inside these cells but they couldn't see Yamikuro back.

Once they reached the end of the corridor, there was a locked door which Lucian opened by showing his face.

When they went through that door, there were two more doors like this on their sides but in front of them was an elevator that Lucian and Yamikuro were walking towards.

While they were waiting for the elevator to reach their floor, Yamikuro asked, "Where did you guys bring Kaminari?"

Lucian looked at him with a grin, "So his name is Kaminari, huh?"

When Yamikuro realized what he had just said, he tried to make it seem like he wasn't actually talking about Kaminari by saying: "I'm not talking about the person that was with me."

"Yamikuro. You've been a lot of help for me." He kept smiling.

The elevator reached their floor and the doors opened up with two hunters walking out of there and going through the door on their right by using a keycard.

They were inside of the elevator for a while, it felt like they were going through tens of floors.

After waiting for quite a while, Yamikuro finally decided to ask, "How long are we in here for?"

"We're a few kilometers under the ground so be patient." Lucian responded.

When they reached the place where the council was, they were surrounded by a ton of hunters standing there.

"Walk in front of them. Don't make any sudden movements." Lucian said as he pushed Yamikuro away from himself.

Yamikuro stepped forward. The council members were sitting in a semi-circle, watching him intently.

"Yamikuro," a council member began, his voice echoing in the large room. "You stand before us today because you have committed a grave crime. You have taken the lives of your parents with your powers."

Yamikuro got shocked when he realized what they accused him of and quickly tried to save himself by saying, "What... I didn't do any of tha-."

"Silence!" another council member yelled, cutting Yamikuro off. "You will speak when given permission."

Yamikuro fell silent, his heart pounding in his chest. He looked around the room, seeing a lot of people sitting around him.

One person that stood out from the rest was a man he had met a few days ago at the bus station.

"Why is he here?" Yamikuro thought to himself.

The council member who had spoken first turned to Yamikuro again. "Yamikuro," he said, "We understand you're a kid but murdering your parents, owning one of the most dangerous weapons known to mankind, and causing mayhem with it around different places and possibly murdering more people with it, leaves us no choice but to execute you."

Yamikuro fell on his knees after hearing what they just told him. He didn't hear the following words that were spoken to him, the only thing he thought about was that he'd be executed.

He looked behind him where Lucian was and he saw him smiling widely at him, he then tried to look for the man that he met at the bus station but he was nowhere to be seen anymore.

All of a sudden a lighting bolt flew across the room where all of the hunters were.

The council along with the people were all shocked.

When Yamikuro looked behind him once more, he saw that most of the hunters were lying on the ground.

"Call for backup!" Lucian yelled.

Just as he yelled it, another lighting bolt flew across the room but this time it seemed to be aimed at Lucian.

He dodged it by letting it fly right near his face and it hit the table where the council was sitting around. Lucian then tried to look for the person who sent the lighting bolt.

"Reveal yourself." Lucian said in a calm but a loud voice.

Just as he expected, he didn't receive an answer so he told the council, "Leave here before things get ugly."

The council looked at him weirdly but he assured them, "I'm going to take care of them. Just leave before you get hurt."

They stood up from their chairs and started walking away and the people that were sitting around them started to do the same.

When about half of the people had left, the same person from earlier used his lightning powers again and destroyed the majority of the wall between the room where Yamikuro was and the room where the hunters with Lucian were standing.

This caused a panic between the people and they all tried to run out.

A few seconds after the wall was destroyed, a small lighting bolt flew towards Yamikuro, breaking his handcuffs in two.

When Yamikuro noticed it, he stood up and tried to use his darkness powers but he still couldn't.

"These handcuffs block your ability to use powers. So you have to get rid of them around your wrists." Someone said from the room where the hunters were.

Yamikuro tried to also look for the person just like Lucian.

As he was looking for the person, hunters started running towards him.

"Stay away from him!" That same person yelled.

The person used lighting powers again and killed a bunch of hunters that were running towards Yamikuro.

To use these powers to kill these hunters, the person had to jump towards Yamikuro.

When he landed next to Yamikuro, he was revealed to be Kaminari.

"Kaminari?!" Yamikuro said with excitement, "Why did you save me? I thought you didn't like me."

Kaminari sighed, "I was about to escape however I heard the council say you're going to be executed and I couldn't let that happen. You did try to save me earlier so I can't just let you be killed like this."

Yamikuro smiled at him, "So you could've escaped but you still tried to save me? Thank you!"

"Yeah yeah, you owe me one now." He replied, throwing Yamikuro the key.

Yamikuro unlocked his handcuffs and said, "That man right there, the head of the government, killed my parents and tried to frame me for it."

A slight purple aura appeared around Yamikuro and his eyes turned purple, "I have to kill him."

"We'll kill him together!" Kaminari yelled as he charged up his electric powers.