As Enji held back many of the spirits, she saw as the barrier suddenly began to fall.
The sudden stampede of spirits wasn't an issue for her, and even amongst the chaos she still tried to maintain contact with Arashi. But suddenly her signal cut out which caused her to get worried.
"Should I go over there myself? If I leave this horde, it will reach the temple before I can even get back to him."
The earth then began to shake as a sudden burst of psychic power swept the land. All the spirits which were once attracted to that power, were now frozen in fear before it.
A large hole then formed under the temple which caused it sink, and then from it, the giant body of the Kyubi emerged with nine tails in all its glory.
As she wondered what the hell happened to the ritual, she noticed something flying just above the Kyubi. It was Shiro carrying Hoshiko in his arms.
"What the hell did that Idiot do?"
Suddenly the connection between her and Shiro was restored, and she could now hear Shiro's voice over the comms.
"THE RITUAL WAS A LIE! MR. REPENT IS A TRAITOR! WE NEED TO GET EVERYONE OUT OF HERE ASAP!"
Shiro didn't have enough time to explain the full situation, but those few words were enough for Enji. Taking advantage of the Spirits fear, she took them out in one fell sweep.
Artifacts are tools infused or made out of psychic power which can carry its own ability. In the hands of normal psychics, the effects are minimal, but in a reinforcers hands, they were no joke.
"Moon slashing sword."
A blast of silver and blue energy emerged out of Enjis sword as she drew it. With such power, she instantly cut the horde of spirits in half with one attack.
She was about to rush to Arashis location, but she felt something survive her attack.
It was a man that was hiding amongst the horde. He wore a butlers outfit, and a white mask.
"That outfit... Are you then one that beat up weatherman?"
Asclepius bowed to Enji.
"I greet the heir to the musashi lineage."
A large blue slash if energy was thrown at him, which Asclepius barely managed to dodge. Although it missed, his check was grazed.
"Just because you gave me a formal greeting, don't expect me to go easy on you."
"I was just showing my respect. Needless to say, you are going to die here."
Meanwhile on Arashis side
Arashis was unconscious for around 2 minutes. Once he got up, he could feel the injuries in his body, but he was even more surprised at the spirits which were frozen in place.
He wondered why until he noticed the Kybui that was half emerged out of the ground.
"Look at how hurt you are. I told you to keep away from this place. Your only going to die if you continue."
Arashi looked back and saw the red ninja which attacked him from before. She was standing on top of one of the larger spirits.
"Master Junko?"
"I told you to stop calling me that. I am nothing but a rouge ninja right now."
Junko threw a kunai knife at him which he immediately blocked with his own. The second he did however, Junko was already Infront of him.
She kicked Arashi in the gut, which caused him to get flung back.
"Why won't you use your psychic trait? Or is it that your too weak? No... That's not it... You feel bad about killing my son?"
The second she said that, Arashi remembered that fateful day. He killed his only friend with his ability, and he still hasn't forgiven himself for it.
Whenever he did try to use his ability since then, the PTSD from it stopped him. He was struggling to stay conscious just thinking about it.
Junko, seeing that he was incapable of fighting anymore, she walked past him.
"Don't get in our way. In the new world which he promised to create, I'll be able to see my son again."
Once he heard that, for some reason it brought him back to his senses.
He clasped his hand together as he said,
"Ninpo: forbidden art: Sacrificial blood pledge."
Upon hearing that technique, Junko began to panic. She turned around only to be instantly kicked in the face.
She tried to back away but Arashi grabbed onto her collar before relentlessly beating her. As he did, his eyes bled while turning blood red, a terrible pain spread through his body, but even then he continued.
"STOP IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO USE THAT TECHNIQUE?"
She finally broke free, and created 5 clonesif her own like once before. But Arashis boosted state allowed him to keep up, and create 6.
Sacrificial blood pledge is a technique that explodes psychic power in the users heart, dramatically increasing blood flow. This meant it's users physical ability dramatically went up, however the damage it deals to its users own body, would decrease their life span.
"I know very well what it means to use this technique. If it means stopping you here, if it means making up for what I did last time, then I'll gladly give up my own life."
Arashi and Junkos clones took eachother out, leaving the two to be left fighting each other.
The pain from Arashis technique paralysed him a little, and Junko took this opportunity to finish him off.
She put the palm of his hand just over his heart.
"Advanced enhancement technique: Wave."
A wave of psychic power then invaded Arashis body, which caused his Ninpo to be forcibly undone. The rebound from the technique knocked him out one again.
As he fell, Junko caught him, while also hugging him.
"You've been in pain, ever since I left right? I don't blame you for what happened to Kenshin. And it isn't your fault either. It's because of this foolish world that we were born in that he died. In the world that eclipse will create, he will come back, so we can all live together once again."
She lightly kissed Arashi on the forehead before lying him back down. She was about to head towards Akiras location but then a voice called out to her.
"Why are you leaving him alive?"
It was Adam.
"He's my son, just as much as Kenshin was. I can't bring myself to kill him."
Adam was a little confused but then he understood. He formed a sadistic smile formed as he asked,
"I see... Would you like me to kill him for you then?"
Shiro was still busy distracting the Kybui. Although it wasn't attacking, it was still very hostile.
"It's not exactly fighting back is it? Is it waiting for something?"
Hoshiko who was still in Shiro's arms, was also confused.
"The power it possess is unstable. Although it is powerful, unless it obtains my blessing, then it might struggle to wield it."
As Shiro hovered above it, the Kyubi started to do something strange.
It opened it's more, and then a great amount of fire began to gather around it. It all compressed into a single ball of diving power, before firing.
Due to its semi incomplete state, it's accuracy was a little off.
The attack barely missed Shiro, and ended up hitting the city behind them.
A great explosion rang out, as half of Kyoto was wiped off the map.
Amongst the psychics present, some marveled at it's power, while others despaired.
Shiro then noticed Akira who was silently watching them. He wasn't too close but not too far. It appeared as if he was waiting for something, or someone.
A giant sword slash then hit the Kyubi in the face, which it found more irritating then anything. It tried to prepare another blast, but it was instantly disrupted.
Enji was holding it off by herself.
"Hoshiko, when I put you down, run towards Enji, she'll protect you. I don't know how we'll put that thing down but I have something I need to deal with."
The two eventually returned back to the earth and then went their separate ways. Before leaving, Hoshiko told Kai,
"You better come back to me."
Shiro just smiled as he quickly hurried off.