2 months after the events of Kuroyami, it was the celebration of the new year. Everybody was partying, enjoying and celebrating their wins.
It got closer to midnight by every minute.
Everybody stood on the rooftop, looking at the illuminated city below them.
"Everything's so beautiful.." Kenji spoke.
"I agree." Kaito looked down at the lights.
"It's something worth protecting." Aiko looked up at the moon.
Kazumi sat. "Can you believe it's nearly 3027.."
Shiori looked at him. "Well, I don't pay attention to the date.."
Everybody agreed with Shiori, sighing as it was the last minute.
"You know..we never learnt who that guy was who helped us and took Yuna.." Kenji looked.
"We'll find out one day." Aiko smiled.
It reached the last 3 seconds.
"THREE, TWO, ONE!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!" Everybody shouted as fireworks started launching across the sky.
"They're so beautiful.." Kenji looked, shedding a tear from the light.
Aiko spoke. "It's a new year..! We've had alot happen to us the past year, so let's all get stronger, TOGETHER!!!"
"YEAH!!" Everybody cheered as they went inside, falling asleep.
HOURS LATER.
Kaira had turned from her talisman form into her human form, speeding around the house.
"I never got to see this before..!" She said as her footsteps remained light and silent.
Kaira jumped onto her seat, eating breakfast.
"This gives me ALOT of energy.." She said as her energy duplicated with each bite.
"Now..I wanna go out.." She said as she lifted the talisman, hiding it with a masking spell, walking out of their base, walking into the city.
Kaira walked around, looking left and right down the street. "The outside is so fun…" She said as she thought.
As she walked down the street, she was fully aware of all the presences around her, focusing on them with each step.
"I know they're here…"
"I can't fight here…I have to run.." She thought as she slowed down, looking at the public around her.
"If I don't move..they'll be hurt.." Kaira thought.
"I'll just.." Kaira said as she quickly sprung into the air silently, leaving no residue, all the Syndicate members flying directly at her.
Kaira looked at one member, grabbing their sword lightly, tossing them across the city, starting to jump onto buildings.
Kaira quickly charged an aura from her left arm, shooting it at 2 members, launching them back as she sprung from building to building.
The other Syndicate members looked, landing on another building, staring her down.
The spirit Akami appeared next to Kaira.
"It seems you need help."
"Yes! You're…"
"Akami Kurakami." He said as he looked at the 2 Syndicate Members.
"Those guys don't LOOK like Syndicate members..they look..rotten.."
Kaira laughed a little, looking up at them. "Like zombies.."
"Could that mean..they aren't alive right now..?"Akami spoke as he unsheathed his sword, jumping to a member, stabbing them before he could be hit by anything, looking at the weird gas gun the other one had to his right, backflipping into the sky, launching blasts of suppressed aura, leaving them there on the flat rooftop.
Akami landed next to Kaira again.
"Come with me. I'll take you to my brother. I doubt it's safe here." He said as he lifted her up, jumping, speeding across the city in the course of minutes.
"THANK YOU FOR SAVING MEEEE!!" Kaira shouted through the sky as they suddenly landed at the outskirts of the city, landing in their base.
Akami sat Kaira down, Kaizen suddenly appearing.
"The Syndicate's back, Zen." Akami spoke.
"WHAT? But I thought they'd die with fate.." Kaizen stared in shock, but not fear.
Kaira looked at the two of them. "What are the Syndicate..?"
Akami spoke. "Ths Syndicate are villains from our time. They try to steal the abilities people have for their own use. I guess we all died before we knew their own aftermath.
"They tried stealing ours, but failed..But how can the head still be alive to lead them. ?"
"Speaking on that, they looked a bit different than before. They were in some kind of new suit, and they had some gun that spat out gas.."
"I think my brother and his friends can help!! They are all strong!!" Kaira smiled.
Akami looked, before looking at Kaizen. "Does she mean..?"
Kaizen nodded. "Yeah, she means Kenji."
"I've been wanting to meet Kenji for the LONGEST TIME.." Akami looked.
"Well, he will be here soon!! He's woken up and realized I'm not there.." Kaira looked.
"Well, you know how to explain, right?" Akami spoke.
Kaira nodded, connecting her mind with Kenji.
"Don't worry, Kenji! I am safe! But come anyways, we need your help! Bring everyone!" She used her telepathy to communicate with him.
Kaira opened her eyes. "Now..we wait.."
30 MINUTES LATER.
Kenji, Aiko, Kaito, Kazumi and Shiori came flying into the room, walking around.
Kenji looked at Kaizen and Akami. "Oh, you 2 are here! It's been a while."
"Well, let's get down to business. Even though it's JUST been the New year, that doesn't excuse laziness." Kaito spoke.
"Alright. I'll explain it now."
"Back when we were still alive, a group called the Syndicate existed, terrorizing the city, stealing powers and killing people for the purpose of strength. We were around to stop them, but then we eventually died."
"So you never knew about what happened after them.." Aiko looked.
Kaizen nodded. "Nah."
"So, we collaborate to find out what their problem is." Kazumi spoke.
Akami nodded. "Yeah! Think of it as a crossover!!"
Shiori spoke. "This will be fun!" She said as thwy all stood up.
"Just know, we have no idea if their army has increased or decreased, if they have a new leader or anything like that." Akami spoke.
"That's fine with us. That makes 7. Including Kaira, 8."
Kaira's eyes glistened. "I can fight..?!"
Kenji smiled. "If you can take them down, you should be able to go through training!"
Kaira's energy started growing, spiking as her energy flowed throughout the room.
"You seem flared up to learn." Akami spoke as they all exited their home, walking through the forest.
"Our first goal is to learn who their leader is." Shiori spoke.
Kazumi agreed. "That's the most important thing."
Akami and Kaizen nodded as they all continued to walk.
Kenji spoke. "Our 2nd goal, defeat them."
"Well, what else CAN we do other than those two." Kaito spoke.
Akami looked. "No idea, really..but they're stronger than the Nameless."
Kaizen sighed. "There's always more for us to deal with.."
Kaira spoke. "As long as we're defeating evil, we're doing something good, dontcha think?"
Shiori spoke. "She's got a point.."
"Well, we're reaching the training grounds soon. We'll have enough time for your training."
Kaira smiled, running over to the training grounds, everybody running and following her in response to her actions.
But she stopped, everybody suddenly slowing down in the process, seeing somebody dressed in a royal blue attire..like some sort of emperor.
"Raya, prepare it. This is where the Primordial Shard was placed centuries ago.." The person said as the woman bowing down to him suddenly nodded, using her aura to create a web.
Kaira looked back. "They're bad guys..! I'm sure of it..!"
Kenji spoke. "Don't rush in headfirst..I'll count down, then we'll attack."
10…..
9….
8…..
7…..
6…..
Akami and Kaizen had prepared their abilities, Aiko and Kaito preparing as well.
5….
4….
Aiko and Kazumi got into their positions.
3….
2…
Shiori spread her wings…
1…
Kaito and Kenji equipped their blades.
GO! Kenji said as they all ran onto the battlefield at the person.
"So, peasants seem to be getting close to me…" The person looked, moving his hand, creating Syndicate Members.
"THIS IS THE LEADER!" Kenji said as he dashed, punching one down, running at the person immediately.
Shiori quickly used her winds to create a gust of wind, blowing the other Syndicate Members into the air.
"Simply foolish. Senseless of everything around you." He said as he grabbed all of their attacks, blasting them all back, not realizing there was one missing.
Kaira suddenly appeared behind him, about to slash him, Raya kicking her across the battlefield, launching multiple blasts in her face.
Kenji who was on the ground looked at Kaira getting sent, his hair starting to flow.
"You….are gonna regret that.." He said as his eyes started glowing rainbow, clashing with the Emperor, slamming his fist into his face, sending him into the ground, landing on him.
Kenji then pointed at Raya. "You…you're next.." He said as he angrily walked to her, suddenly getting caught by a stray blast from the person.
"How dare you.." The person got up slowly, laughing.
"Raya, there is no need for the ritual now. We have insects that we must crush. They delay our performance." The person said as their cloak started flying, zooming to Raya, taking her as they vanished in thin air.
Kenji's veins started glowing a light blue, his body barely being able to operate now, Aiko running to grab Kaira, making sure she was safe, storing her in her talisman form.
Kaito ran to grab Kenji. "We have to head back to base. NOW."
Kazumi and Shiori combined the Dark Avatar and the Light Avatar in a rush to form the body and the wings, soaring over the city.
"It seems that guy has the ability to nullify a person's abilities?" Akami spoke.
"Or to poison." Kaizen replied.
Kaito spoke. "So that's what he's done to Kenji.."
They all suddenly arrived at the base, putting Kenji on a healing bed, Fuyumi running with them as she tried extracting the poison with her wind abilities.
"How the hell did this happen!!" Fuyumi looked at him.
"Kenji was protecting Kaira after she had been attacked, but was then shot by a stray attack from the person." Kaizen spoke.
Fuyumi was working at her full power now, successfully managing to extract the poison, putting it into a vial. "Kenji won't be able to wake up. We don't know how long it will take. Days, months, years, centuries.."
Aiko looked at Kenji, sighing. "Hopefully, it's soon.."
THE NEXT DAY.
Everybody had went to sleep disappointed about Kenji's insane injury, Kaira being even angrier, knowing she couldn't defend herself. She knew she had to get stronger, so she decided to spend the rest of the day under an immense amount of training.
"I WILL GET STRONGER!! I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH PAIN I SUFFER!! I WANT TO PROTECT THE ONES I CARE ABOUT!!" She shouted, her voice echoing throughout the battlefield as she punched the ground, causing a quake around the city, taking deep breaths as her eyes started glowing, the talisman on her head starting to glow in response.
She took her hand out, seeing her energy start multiplying around her hand, forming an arm blade.
"A blade..made of my energy..?" She said as she started testing more out, creating a gauntlet, a chestplate and boots.
Kaira looked, creating a helmet now. "It's a…dark blue….like the Abyss….."She said as she pulled the arm blade, transforming it into a katana.
"I am..the Abyssal Knight.." She said as she felt her aura suddenly release, enveloping her into the Abyss itself.
She opened her eyes, seeing a dark realm covered in black, a hand trying to reach out.
"What…is that…"
"Who…is that.."
The hand belonged to Kenji, who smiled. "I'm here, Kaira. I'm here to help you."
Kaira looked, shedding a tear. "Kenji..! But you're hurt..!" She looked at his arm.
"Don't worry about me..! Focus on yourself..and let the abyss within you spread."
Kaira looked as her eyes started shifting from the dark purple to a lighter blue. She smiled. Knowing Kenji was still alive, that was how she lived. Not for him, but for them.
She saw a dark blue light in the distance, her body floating towards it, holding the light in her hands, the abyss becoming a part of the talisman, becoming kanji on it as she re-entered the real world.
"With this new strength…I will destroy…the Syndicate.." Kaira spoke as she felt multiple presences flying towards her burst of energy.
As the sun had set, 1000 Syndicate Members had appeared in a large circle all around Kaira.
The Abyssal Knight put her helmet on, summoning her arm blade, looking as they all dashed towards her. "You're going to regret ever coming here in the first place." She said as she ran forward, stabbing one member in the chest with her arm, running through the crowds, using them as a meatshield.
"If it was this easy to kill you all..I would've trained sooner..!" She laughed as she slashed the person in the half, freeing her arm, continuing to slash down more members.
The Abyssal Knight looked at the horde of other members. "They say you're as strong as the Nameless..but I am my power now." She said as she charged a large orb, shooting it into the sky.
"SUPERNOVA." She said as the orb containing abyssal energy started charging with star energy, landing on the ground, exploding every one of the Syndicate Members in an instant, her arm raised in the air.
Helicopters suddenly started circling her as she used her arms to sweep down the helicopters, launching a slash projectile.
The Abyssal Knight suddenly disappeared into a portal, waving farewell.
THE NEXT DAY
Everybody sat in the main room.
"We have no details of when that person and that weird woman may appear again." Akami spoke.
"And we also have no idea of when Kenji will wake up." Aiko sighed.
"So we are pretty much at our weakest right now..This isn't good.." Kaito stood up in anger.
"We have to interrogate the Syndicate from inside."
Kaizen's eyes shot open. "That's something I DO know!!" He said as he ran over to the map, trying to locate it.
"Around there..up to the left…okay..to the right..ok..a bit to the bottom…THERE!" He pointed directly at the Turei building.
Aiko looked in shock. "Turei building..Was it that easy?! Right infront of us?!"
Kaito suddenly had a smile on his face. "Alright, let's do this. We'll attack soon. And not in direction of this building."
Kazumi nodded. "We'll infiltrate them from within!"
The rest of them all agreed.
HOURS LATER.
Everybody was equipped in stealth gear, preparing for the dead of night.
"Everybody ready?" Akami spoke.
"Yeah." Everybody answered as they all ran out of the base, jumping into the sky.
Shiori spoke. "The building's over there..but where would be our main goal to infiltrate.."
Kaizen spoke. "Our main goal is to get an interrogation done. Hopefully from the Syndicate Members."
Akami spoke. "That'll be easy. Go for the higher ups." He said as he suddenly leapt into the Turei building, arriving in the middle of the building, rolling with his blade as he slashed 6 legs.
Kaizen jumped in, holding one. "You answer me now, tell me who and where your leader is."
The Syndicate Member looked. "I ONLY ANSWER TO KIRA TUREI!!" It said, completely scared for it's life.
"SO, WHERE IS HE." Kaizen said as he took out a dagger, about to stab the Syndicate's leg.
"HE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW!!" The member said, dying of blood loss anyways, Kaizen standing up.
"So the main culprit isn't even here right now..?" Aiko said.
"That means..he and that woman must be over at the training grounds again.." Shiori spoke as she spread her wings, Kazumi supporting her once again, everybody flying over to the training grounds.
"We need to ambush them directly..We may not have Kenji..but that doesn't mean we can't win."
Kaito said as he jumped down, the weather started to thunder, striking the hundreds of Syndicate members that were already present, seeing somebody in dark blue armor…
"Who the hell-" He said as he slowly slid onto the ground, charging a lightning blast, sending it right at the Emperor, who quickly dashed it away with his hand.
"This is my battle." The Abyssal Knight spoke as they marched past Kaito, sending multiple slashing projectiles towards the Syndicate, the woman from before running at her, starting a battle.
The Abyssal Knight summoned her hand blade, spinning and slashing the woman's cheek, appearing behind her, drop kicking her, sending her flying towards Kaito, who quickly sliced her chest, sending her flying.
"Who ARE YOU??" Kaito shouted as he quickly ran to the Abyssal Knight, about to attack them, but they disappeared without a trace.
Kaito got even angrier now, not ending his rush, continuing to run towards the Emperor, clashing with him.
"Your strength is nothing like Kenji's. You're weak." He said as he grabbed his arm, about to blast his arm, a hand appearing from the shadows, grabbing it before it did any damage.
"I'M FINALLY OUT!!" The person smiled as he punched the Emperor, blasting him back.
"It seems you come back..even at your worst." The person said, launching more blasts at him, Raya completing the ritual while injured.
Kira started laughing. "YOU'RE OUT, BUT YOU'RE TOO LATE, KUNOMIYA!!! I'VE FINALLY WON!"
Kunomiya squinted. "You know..you should look behind you..!" He pointed.
Kira looked back, seeing Raya about to get her neck stabbed by Aiko.
"You don't remember how many of us there were..?" Aiko smiled, her eyes darkening.
Kira shouted, trying to blast Aiko but failing. "DON'T TRY ME!" He suddenly got angrier, the Astral Energy flowing inside of his body now, forming a prison around him.
Kunomiya looked at Kaito. "You. Get your friends to locate the Primordial Shard. This is the Energy that fuels this ritual that he's attempting. If you don't stop it, you'll have to fight the World Eater itself."
Kaito's eyes widened. "THE WORLD EATER? THE THING IN LEGENDS..IS REAL..?!"
Kunomiya nodded. "I've seen it before. But this time, we have no savior that can subdue it ."
Kazumi, Shiori and Kaizen all landed, taking on the Syndicate.
Akami worked alone, trying to find the Primordial Shard, heading underground.
Kunomiya looked. "Good. Do you have any way of contacting him..?"
Kaito gave him his phone, calling Akami.
Akami answered. "Hello?! Kinda in the middle of something right now??"
"Sorry, Akami, your name is?"
"Yeah."
"Alright, I can sense the Primordial Energy, head further through the cave until you see a split, then turn right..then go down the slope..and use your energy to drain the source."
"Thanks. I'll keep that in mind." He said as he dashed through the caves.
The call ended.
Kunomiya spoke. "He has around 8 minutes to absorb the Primordial power…otherwise the World Eater will devour this entire planet."
Kaito started looking around. "Where's Kenji when you need him…he's the fastest out of all of us.."
Aiko ran to the both of them. "We have no troubles here now, right?"
Kunomiya looked. "The problem is what's underground. That barrier he's in will launch the key to the World Eater, unsealing a fraction of it's power..in this case..with an assist..ALL OF THE WORLD EATER.."
WITH KAIRA.
With Kaira, she was out of energy from using her Abyssal Knight form, knowing she couldn't appear to anybody except Kenji..She ran.
She looked back at the battlefield, walking towards it, holding her soul. "Damn…Kenji…I need you…" She said as she started breathing heavily.
"Kenji…Can you hear me…"
"Please…Save everybody…"
"You….always…manage…"
"I'm begging you…."
"PLEASE, SAVE EVERYBODY, KENJI!"
AT THE BATTLE.
The Emperor started laughing at Kunomiya and his attempts.
"You actually thought you could save these people..You've saved them before,,and now..they will finally lose to me…There will be no wandering samurai to stop me…and certainly no half soul that will end theirselves to end ME…LIKE I SAID. BEFORE, NOW, AND ETERNALLY, I AM BEYOND FATE!!"
Kunomiya looked at him, completely devoid of all emotions. "I don't care."
The Emperor continued laughing. "I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHEN THE PLANET IS COMPLETELY CRUSHED!!"
Aiko spoke. "Is that really what the World Eater does..?"
Kunomiya nodded, looking at the barrier as it started charging, making a whirring sound as it launched a beam up to space.
"It's too late.." He said.
"My purpose..was for this to happen..and I took fate into my own hands."
A ripple occurred in space, shaking the planet as the World Eater's soul had been destroyed by the key, tremors being launched across space.
IN THE HELLWORLD.
A spider demon looked up, feeling the tremors.
"It's…reawoken..? It's been centuries…" It spoke, the rest of their group waking up.
Syphilis, the Queen of Death had stood up from her throne. "It HAS reawoken.."
"But Destiny. She shall suffer for what she has done. And the people that have joined her side."
"They will all suffer the same fate..FOR DEFYING ME AND MY RIGHTS!!" She said angrily.
IN THE HEROVERSE.
A hero suddenly appeared on a building, feeling the tremors.
"Hopefully he knows what to do.."
Another hero teleported behind him. "We can't do anything. Where that main universe is, they have to stop it with no interference."
"Alright. Let's just let this play out..because this seems dangerous.."
IN LUMINANCE.
The 2 Celestials looked, sitting on their gold and silver thrones. They were both having a discussion over their lunch.
"Isn't it so..coincidental..?"
"I mean, not really."
"I wonder..how this world will react."
BACK IN THE WORLD.
Kira started laughing insanely, the barrier suddenly starting to fade away, the World Eater descending to their planet.
"I'VE WON!! NO MATTER WHAT, I'VE WON!! I'VE TRANSCENDED BEYOND LIFE ITSELF!! I AM THE WORLD..THE LIFE..DEATH..HEAVEN..HELL..I AM EVERYTHIG YET NOTHING AT THE SAME TIME!! I AM GO-" Suddenly his body reacted to his words, starting to bleed out of his eyes.
"I HAVE NO USE FOR THIS BODY ANYMORE! ONCE I CONTROL THE WORLD EATER, I WILL HAVE UNBOUND POWER!" He shouted as his scarlet tears fell, his body starting to rot and decay.
Kunomiya looked. "Disgusting." He said as he dashed, slashing Kira in the stomach, ending his life.
"You're a sorry excuse for a mortal." He said as he looked up, the Astral Energy flowing across the sky. The whole atmosphere of the planet was enveloped.
"It's over.." Kaito said as he saw an attack start charging from what seemed to be the World Eater's mouth.
"It looks like a worm…but with that many teeth…That large…" She said in complete fear.
Even though she was still weak, Kaira had walked onto the battlefield, covered in Syndicate Blood.
"The world…will be devoured…" Kaira spoke, weakly as her legs struggled, nearly falling but regaining her balance.
"But after everything I've told you…"
"WE WILL LIVE." She said with a smile on her face.
"That smile could only mean one thing…" Aiko's eyes had suddenly brightened, looking at the blast, knowing she could feel no fear anymore.
They all saw a burst of light from afar, feeling a harassment of wind blinding all of their eyes.
All they could see was a silhouette covered by a white light, the World Eater's attack being blocked.
"There's no way…" Kunomiya spoke.
"It can't be." Kaito spoke.
Kaira smiled as the light disappeared, revealing KENJI FUHUDA!
Fuyumi flew over the battlefield, picking up Kazumi and Shiori, taking them to the other's locations.
Kenji's hair glistened white again, flowing in the wind, his eyes turning rainbow once again, equipped with glimmering robes that shone divine rays of light.
"So..this is the World Eater." Kenji spoke.
"Let's make this quick.." Kenji looked up as Kaira sprung into his hand, transforming into a blade now, Kenji shocked by her strength.
"You've gotten stronger, Kaira! I can feel it!" He said as he sprung up into the sky, his sword flaring.
"HE'LL DIE IF HE TRIES CLASHING WITH THE WORLD EATER!!" Kunomiya shouted.
But suddenly, Kunomiya felt the Primordial Shard being drained, the energy starting to fly through cracks in the cave, flying up to Kenji.
After Kenji started receiving the power from the Primordial Shard, he realized what his goal actually was.
"My goal…is not to kill you, World Eater..I understand your goal now..it's not to destroy..it's not to devour.."
"Your goal..is to be normal.." Kenji looked as Kaira started glowing a rainbow colour, as they sped up to the World Eater, exiting the atmosphere.
Kenji started feeling in his robe, grabbing an orb, revealing it towards the World Eater.
"THIS WILL HELP YOU, WORLD EATER!! YOU MAY NOT BE TREATED NORMALLY, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE!!" Kenji shouted as he threw the orb towards the Astral Beast, it's aura starting to separate from it, storing itself inside of the orb, fuelling it, allowing it to change blue, adopting a starry colour.
Kenji descended back to Earth slowly, smiling.
Everybody looked as his body started getting hotter and hotter, Aiko and Kaito running, launching snowy weather into the sky, cooling down Kenji's body temperature.
Kenji felt his body slowing down, Kunomiya using his energy to levitate him down slowly.
"He actually did it.." Kunomiya looked.
"That's why you never lose faith in Kenji! Somehow, it's like he can defy fate..!" Aiko smiled.
"You're…right.." Kunomiya laughed a little.
"Akami managed to nullify the Primordial Shard..? Kenji managed to…" Kaizen looked, walking up to them.
Kenji's eyes slowly opened as he felt the orb. "How about…we go soul hunting..?" He smiled.
Kaito and Aiko smiled, Aiko shedding tears.
The sky had suddenly cleared, Kenji slowly standing up, brushing himself off, his aura flowing as he remained transformed now.
2 DAYS LATER.
After last night, they decided to take a day to rest completely, Kenji being back to full health.
"So, you ready to go Soul Hunting?" Both Aiko and Kaito spoke, both in fully protective gear.
Kenji looked, rubbing his hair, smiling with Kaira. "Let's go!" He said as they both put on the gear, all racing to the forest, Kenji keeping the orb in his hand, holding it tight.
"So, World Eater, you can pick your own soul. You have the freedom." He said as the orb started glowing, soul energy flowing from around the country, all focusing on him as his orb was implanted with a sign.
"I AM…THE WORLD EATER.." The orb started speaking through the sign on it's orb, it's energy starting to form it's body, Kenji leaving the orb afloat, the 4 of them all looking at it.
The World Eater started shifting, it's form transforming from a humanoid into a large moth larva.
Kenji, Aiko, Kaito and Kaira looked down at it, sitting.
The larva's multiple eyes opened as it looked at everybody.
"Well..this isn't really what I imagined, but okay."
"I mean..it's still evolving..!" Aiko snickered, trying not to laugh.
"Well, this must be like..not it's true form..maybe because of those Primordial shards Kunomiya mentioned." Kaito spoke.
"No…This isn't my true form…" The larva spoke, making everybody jump back.
"YOU CAN TALK?!" Aiko spoke.
"Yes…" The larva continued to speak, shocking everyone.
"We're heading back to base right now." Kaito said as he picked up the self-proclaimed World Eater, carrying him over to the base.
Kunomiya sat before standing up, turning around and looking in complete shock.
"That…is definitely not a full powered version.."
"My other half..isn't here.." The larva said.
Kunomiya's eyes widened. "You mean Sera?! I think I can help you.." He said as he pulled out the infamous Sealing Star Sera was sealed in.
"Do you think this thing contains parts of his soul..?" He said as the larva got in contact with it, it's form changing.
Everybody witnessed a glowing sight, the larva evolving from it's frail insect self, taking on a more humanoid form now.
His hair glistened white, having dark blue tips in his hair, a weird mouth on his nose and long glimmering robes.
His form glistened, the light fading away like glittery crystals.
"So, what's your name..?" Aiko spoke.
"My name.."
"Is Daa'va." He spoke as his hair flowed, his aura flowing even more.
Kunomiya spoke. "Perfect. I have some news to share. Pretty bad news.."
The entire team looked. "What is it?"
"I've received a telepathic message..from the HELLWORLD." Kunomiya spoke.
Everybody looked in shock.
"The hellworld..?" Kazumi spoke.
"Well, me and Kaizen won't be able to help you with this. We have to move on from fighting.." Akami spoke.
Kenji looked, nodding. "Well, thanks for being with us against Kira Turei. We needed you guys and you delivered. I appreciate your help." He said as they both shook hands, them both leaving the base.
"See ya." Kaizen waved as he left the room.
"Let's get to the root information." Kunomiya sat down.
"In the Hellworld, Syphilis, the Queen of Hell resides. She had a servant known as Destiny, which served her until recently, she retaliated and now controls the Underworld with an iron fist."
"And why does that involve us.." Kaito questioned.
"Because if they escape the Hellworld, the world is at risk." Kunomiya spoke.
"So, we have to take her down. Sounds easy on paper." Kenji spoke.
"Until it isn't..She has twin demon fighters on her side, who are stated to be the strongest in the Hellworld. But nobody fights in there because they have no purpose to." Kunomiya looked, holding his head in his hands.
"So we have a goal. Find Syphilis, locate Destiny and the twin demon fighters and defeat them." Kaira spoke.
Kunomiya nodded. "Syphilis has given me access to open a portal to the Hellworld, which you guys can access."
"I'm wondering how you KNOW Syphilis.." Kazumi.
"We thought the same, then." Shiori looked at Kazumi, then looking at Kunomiya.
Kunomiya sighed. "I visited the Hellworld once..It was weird, I must say."
Kazumi and Shiori nodded ."Understandable."
Kenji nodded. "Alright. We understand everything."
Kunomiya spoke. "Quickly, before I open the portal, you guys need outfits. Sure, the Hellworld is hot and all, but these reflect that heat." He said as he gave them all new outfits which reflected all of the heat, having some kind of spiritual property to them.
5 minutes after, they all exited their rooms, all prepared to go to Hellworld.
"Well, let's go!" Kenji smiled.
"Not yet. Daa'va…You're staying here, unfortunately."
"Why..?" Daa'va looked.
"Because you've JUST become one with mortal flesh. Sure, you probably overpower everybody in this room, including me, but who's to say that.."
"You're not the one they're after..?" Kunomiya's eyes suddenly opened.
Everybody looked in shock.
"But why would that be..?" Shiori spoke.
"Because I got this call after they felt the Primordial Presence of the World Eater. Meaning they definitely felt it, and reacted that way."
"They want your power, Daa'va, and I won't let them have it."
"But what would they do with Daa'va's power..?" Kaira spoke.
"Trust me, they can do alot with the powers Daa'va possesses." Kunomiya spoke, a bit of fear in his voice.
Kaito looked. "Shouldn't we have some training before we actually like..fight such powerful threats..?"
Kunomiya started thinking. "I'll ask Syphilis to give you some training. Preferably some quick trials of testing."
Kunomiya then stood up. "We have to head far. We don't know how dangerous this portal may actually be."
KUNOMIYA HAD FLOWN THEM ALL TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY.
"Alright, now let's go." Kunomiya spoke as he put 2 fingers up, charging a red beam.
"HELLWORLD, OPEN."
Kenji looked at the portal.. "I wouldn't believe I'd ever say this but…"
"LET'S SAVE THE HELLWORLD!"
A FRACTURE IN TIME!!
Ren, Rei and Hana were sitting in a pocket dimension, watching Kenji's performances.
"You guys do know we'll eventually have to interfere." Rei spoke.
"We'll be prepared though.." Ren spoke.
"But we know what happens. We need to prevent it for the future, don't you think, Rei..?" Hana looked.
All 3 of them started thinking at the table.
"Well, we can maybe go and find that one sorcerer person.." Ren thought.
"Oh! You mean that one!!" Hana stood up.
"Where do you think he even is..?" Rei wondered.
"It doesn't matter. We'll look anyways. We have threats of our own to defeat anyways." Ren said as the rest of them stood up, their time halos starting to glow as they started flowing through universes.
"Hopefully we won't have to fight or anything….that would be really annoying." Ren spoke.
They started examining each universe for where the Sorcerer could remain until they sensed a powerful presence coming from a certain universe.
"That shouldn't have been that quick.." Rei looked as he grabbed the both of them, zooming at hyperspeeds into the universe.
IN BELGRAVE.
The 3 of them suddenly crashed into Belgrave, a technologically advanced city, landing right outside of the McCloud estate.
"Where…are..we.." Rei scratched his head, standing up.
Ren looked around. "It seems we ended up landing right outside of the Sorcerer's base of operations! Thanks, Rei! Nice hyperjump!!"
Hana started floating instead of normally standing, feeling a powerful presence behind her, getting enchained by a spell.
Ren and Rei both looked, jumping back as they saw the Sorcerer himself right infront of them.
"Ren, Rei and Hana. I knew you would come here eventually. Come in." He said as he snapped his fingers, unchaining Hana as they all walked inside, sitting down.
"I wish to know what you're here for, you three." The Sorcerer looked at the 3 of them.
"Well..my question is..how did we get our powers..?" Hana asked.
The Sorcerer started looking at the event in time.
"The flow of time..it accepted you three as it's vessel..to protect the timeline." The Sorcerer looked.
"But how does that work..?" Hana's eyes glistened.
"They say back in the past..there used to be a human with immense power..A woman known as Celestia. It's said she rules every universe and the one that granted people their powers..but how can I believe that..?"
"Now, see, that doesn't make sense..because from what I've seen with Kenji..the powers come from the soul!" Hana looked.
"Exactly. Well- Who's Kenji..?" The Sorcerer looked, putting his hands on the table, standing up.
"Oh! Kenji is a…how do I explain it.." Hana started thinking.
"We created Kenji." Ren spoke bluntly.
"How did you create..somebody..?" The Sorcerer looked.
"Our essences were flowed into a soul that flowed through time with criteria that had to be met. After it was met, Kenji was set to be created." Rei answered.
"Anyways, our question is..will you accept Kenji in this universe..?"
The Sorcerer started thinking. "But why…would I.."
"Kenji won't survive for long…I'm giving it around a few more years…We need you to save him..we don't have enough power to reveal ourselves and manage to defeat the threat he goes against in the future..!" Hana looked, worried about her son.
"PLEASE!" She shouted.
The Baron started thinking. "I will, if you help me with one of my tasks."
Ren, Rei and Hana both looked, shouting "WHAT IS IT?!"
The Baron felt a bit of shock, sighing. "Alright, alright, calm down..I'll tell you.."
"An enemy known as Eclipse has escaped the realm of Obliteration and has started building an army of..these weird creatures. Somehow, they don't have a name."
"Oh, you mean the Nameless..! But I thought Eight was the main creator of them all..!" Hana looked.
"No. Eight created the Void Striders. The rest are just the Nameless' natural selection.." Rei spoke.
"We'll help you defeat them..! But don't you think it's not easy to get to the realm of Obliteration, or any other universes she's in..?" Ren thought, scratching his chin.
The Baron looked. "It's easier for me. We'll leave now." He said as his staff created an orb, the 3 of them walking inside of it as it started floating, phasing through the building and speeding away.
IN SPACE.
"I always forget how beautiful space is. To think that this is the birth of multiple universes, and it happens pretty much every second." Ren looked.
"Well, first, we'll have to visit the Limbo. I can give us immunity to the effects of the limbo so we'll be safe. I need to talk to some prisoners." Baron spoke, using his staff to open a portal, zooming them into the limbo.
"I want to speak with Cloud first. Then I'll speak with the others." Baron stared at the other prisons, walking to Clouds.
Baron summoned the weapon seals, stabbing them into the seals, breaking the facial ones.
"It's been a while, Cloud."
"Same to you, Baron." Cloud opened his eyes, staring.
"Do you know anything about this..Eclipse person..?"
Cloud started thinking, his eyes starting to move everywhere around the Limbo.
"While in my rest, I have learnt about her. An enemy that was made and rose from the realm of Obliteration, seeking for a world of escape. She seeked to be stronger. She seeked to have power. Maybe because of a bad past or something I'm simply unaware of."
"I'm shocked as to how you manage to know so much about the world while you're sealed." Baron spoke.
"Let's just say that this is my main body. But who's to say I don't have watchers..?" Cloud smiled.
Baron's eyes widened. "So you can see the world through the eyes of others. What an interesting power..!"
"Is that all." Cloud looked around.
"Yeah. I'll keep your seals off, though." Baron turned around, exiting as Cloud went back to sleep.
"I'm having second thoughts about speaking to the other prisoners.." Baron suddenly thought, rubbing his chin.
Ren looked blankly. "They can't be that bad.."
"They aren't. It's what's inside them that is so bad."
"And what is that..?" Rei stared.
"It's stated that all the members of Division 0 share the same power and were imprisoned here so that power was never used. They were banned from the living world. Their powers were separated from them, split into the blades that you saw when I unsealed his facial seals." Baron explained.
"Oh. So they're not allowed to leave here..and even if they do, they can't unleash their true power..?" Hana wondered.
"Yeah…pretty much what I just said." Baron looked as he stretched his arm out, a portal starting to open.
"Come with me. I know exactly who to ask now."
Ren, Rei and Hana looked in complete confusion, deciding to follow him either way, not realizing they were about to spring into what seemed to be a battle..
IN BOTTOMROCK CITY.
Baron's eyes widened as he saw countless buildings sunk into the ground, rubble and debris everywhere, flames swallowing everything they could see.
Peter was suddenly sent back by Eclipse who suddenly locked eyes with Baron.
Ren, Rei and Hana looked, disguising themselves.
"SO YOU'RE THE ONE, SWEET SORCERER…." Eclipse laughed out loud as Baron looked down at Peter who seemed injured.
"Peter, you stay back. The three hiding will heal you. This is my business now." He said as his staff spun, transforming into a blade.
Peter looked back at Ren, Rei and Hana who undisguised themselves, Ren and Hana combining their powers to heal him.
"Thanks for this. Even though I have no idea who you are." Peter winced at the slash.
"No worries, but can we make a deal..?" Hana spoke.
"Isn't this a weird place to be making a deal..? But sure.."
"Please, take care of my son when he appears..!" Hana smiled.
Peter looked in confusion, staring at her. "Sorry if this is offensive but.." He pointed at her stomach.
"You don't exactly look all..birth ready." Peter looked at her.
"Oh! Um..! Just wait a year and he'll be here." Hana smiled.
Peter sighed, just accepting it. "I'm not the one to be making deals with..but I can take care of him..?" He squinted in confusion, scratching his head as he watched Baron fight.
Baron launched a slash on Eclipse, using his hand to launch a spell, damaging Eclipse even more.
Eclipse looked around, then staring at Baron. "Wouldn't it be horrible if I exploded those 4 right there..?" She pointed, laughing.
Baron quickly stomped, creating chains from the ground, keeping Eclipse there.
"If you let those words slip out of your mouth again, what I do next will be worse." He said as he put his sword away, focusing on the magic spell, tightening the chains.
Eclipse opened her mouth, charging a blast of solar energy right towards Peter, Ren, Rei and Hana.
"TAKE THIISS!!" She shouted while trying to break through the chains but failing.
Baron looked back.
"Aww man…it seems I'm a bit late to the fight.." A voice was heard as the attack suddenly disappeared.
"You hold your head too high, Eclipse."
"Bow." The voice spoke, Eclipse suddenly falling onto the ground, walking past Baron.
"Why am I not surprised it's you.." Baron stared.
"Because I always happen to appear fashionably late..!" He said as he took out his sword, locking eyes with Eclipse.
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE HERE!" She said as she launched another blast directly at him, failing as it immediately disappeared.
"Because I am."
Ren, Rei and Hana looked over at Peter, who just looked ashamed.
"Who's that meant to be..?" Ren wondered.
"That's…Mironix.." Peter sighed.
Mironix waved while looking back, then looking back at Eclipse.
"Baron, you can finish the job. I'm already late enough. What's the point in me continuing..!" Mironix looked at Baron, walking away and just falling flat on the floor.
Baron looked, taking out his sword, locking eyes with Eclipse.
"Look around you, and look at what you've done."
"I DON'T CARE!!" Eclipse shouted as she nearly broke the chains, Baron deciding he had to end it off quickly.
"I'm aware you're not going to listen..but I'll make you suffer anyways.." Baron said as his sword suddenly started changing shape.
Eclipses eyes widened as she felt true peace.
"Is this…no..I'm..alive.." She said as she felt free, standing up, looking at the astral sea.
"A place so beautiful.." She laughed as she walked towards the light.
Baron and the rest looked at her body fading away into oblivion.
"How interesting her life was…I don't know." Baron looked.
Mironix was laughing, hearing her speak like a drunk person, completely losing it as he clicked his fingers, healing the entire city within a few seconds, teleporting away.
Ren, Rei and Hana looked as Peter was fully healed, standing up as Baron turned around and walking to them.
"What were you demanding again..?" He looked at the trio.
Hana looked, closing her eyes, then opening them again.
"I want you to bring Kenji Fuhuda to this universe when fate strikes him." Hana looked desperate.
"I'm still wondering why you want him to live so badly. I get that you created him..but it doesn't really make any sense." Baron looked, confused.
Hana suddenly thought. "Well, if [REDACTED] happens, the universe will cease to exist. Rei saw it in his dream and HE DREAMS THE FUTURE!!"
Baron's eyes widened. "Usually I wouldn't believe something like that..but something's telling me I have to…I will." He said as his sword transformed back into a staff, a large temporal aura flowing around the 5 of them.
"The Essence of time flows." He said as his staff hit the ground, the timeline causing a shockwave in space to remain still.
"When [REDACTED] is prevented, that shockwave will strike the world." The Baron said as he held Peter, teleporting away.
Ren, Rei and Hana all looked, clapping and cheering, teleporting back into the flow of time.
???
"NO! DON'T TAKE ME AWAY!" The girl shouted.
"You're a pitiful human. Why shouldn't you be taken away."
"I'M NOT POWERFUL AT ALL!! YOU HAVE THE WRONG PERSON!!"
"Anyone with any sort of power is dangerous to the Empire. I was made to serve, and that will be the purpose for the rest of my life."