Hikaru sat outside his house all day remembering what chibi had said to him, those cold words that flowed out of his mouth without a second thought
Chibi
Full of remorse,taka makes an effort to cheer up hikaru
"Hey hikaru..."
"Don't worry I'm okay..... for now at least"
A guard brings a letter to hikaru with a red dragon seal on it
Hikaru stares at the letter for a while before standing up
"Taka... Let's move now,we have to stop the war"
"Eh.... What war?"
Both of them runs towards the royal capital of Astra
***
The capital of Astra also known as sky city is crowded with civilians both in and out, merchants selling rare items that are found in dungeons, marketers selling food and other nessecities. The main palace where the two strongest embodiments stay is in the middle,on a hill like a stage to showcase it's glamour and hikaru and taka walks past the guards guarding the palace gates but taka is stopped
"Taka sama,you do not have an invite to be here... please "
"Let him..."
"Hikaru sama..... we'll get an earful from Shibu sama"
"I'll cover for you don't worry"
The guards stare at each other for a while then bows
"We apologize for the inconvenience"
"Don't worry"
Taka smiles and walks in with hikaru
***
"Damn chibi... Where's he?.. why didn't he come"
Chibi walks in with a cold gaze
"I'm here fool "
"Eh...."
The gluttonous embodiment of age stands up with a start upon hearing chibi's words
"Could you say that again?"
Chibi ignores him and walks ahead smiling for no particular reason
"Why did you waste my time calling me here..... Hikaru isn't even here"
Hikaru and taka enter the hall for guests and meets up with the other embodiments
"Taka,can you wait outside, there's something you must find out "
Taka nods and leaves
Hikaru calls out to yamada who is the embodiment of age
"Oh hikaru..."
"Where's chibi?"
Yamada points to chibi who seems to be having fun with some other of his friends
Hikaru attempt to walk to chibi but is stopped by taka
"Not yet...."
Chibi look at hikaru and scoffs satisfied at his own selfish actions towards him,just then,the embodiment of creation walks in with a staff in hand as he now commands silence in the hall
"Hikaru..."
Hikaru walks forward
"Can you please tell us why you can't start a war"
Hikaru looks at chibi for a while then answers
"Nothing...."
People in the crowd yell curses at hikaru
"Silence..."
Chibi laughs confidently upon hearing those words then he graciously walks out of the hall ignoring the presence of the strongest embodiment as other people gasp in shock
***
Chibi walks out of the sky city (the royal palace) suddenly frustrated at hikaru
"Chibi...."
Chibi turns and sees a young girl of about 10 years calling out to him
"O-oh my lady...."
Chibi effortlessly bows with his head to the ground
"To what do I owe this visit"
The little girl ignores and walks away
"Huh..."
Chibi stands up and follows her continuously tailing her as she went round the city doing different activities until she got to sn alley way then she stopped
"You failed chibi...."
Chibi bows
Chibi's head is suddenly sent hard to the ground creating a crater on the floor as he grins
*Pants*
Chibi still bows his head despite receiving an injury,daring not to even raise it to look at her shoe
"Where's the head of the last embodiment"
"I couldn't reach him....."
"Incompetent "
The girl turns to go
"I-it was hikaru,he stopped me"
The statement doesn't faze her
"You're weak... That's all"
The girl walks further into the alley with an emotionless gaze
"There's something you must do"
The girl disappears after saying those words
Chibi stands up and heals himself then checks around for civilians who might have overheard.he stands quiet for a while then removes a blade from his dress
"Let's see....."
Throws the blade to a rooftop
Taka skillfully dodges it and lands on the ground with a flip
"What did you hear?"
"Everything"
***
Hikaru walks out of the palace anxious of taka's whereabouts as he paced to and fro the capital until he got to the alley where chibi went
"Huh... Taka!"
Hikaru runs to the alley as he sees taka lying coldy on the ground and bleeding profusely from his abdomen
"Taka!"
Hikaru rest taka's head on his lap
"What happened to you?"
"Get out of here.... Chibi... He's not normal"
Hikaru carries taka on his back and prepares to move
"Alrighty,if I leave you there,you gonna die remember?, he's an embodiment"
"Oh right..... didn't think about it"
A boy walks past the alley and sees hikaru and taka
"Uncle hikaru...."
The boy runs to hikaru
Taka sees the boy coming and alerts hikaru
"Oh Shibu"
"It's shizu,uncle..."
"Oh guess I forgot"
Hikaru and shizu laugh out as taka remains cautious
"Hikaru..... I'm about to die remember..."
"Oh yeah.... Shibu take care now I've to go"
"Okay"
Both of them turns to go thier seperate ways,hikaru and taka sensed something but it was too late.
"Oh shit... Wait...."
the boy turns to go but a blade intending to hit hikaru and taka bursts through his head stopping it from piercing taka's back but killing the boy in the process
"Un...cle... Hik...aru..."
Chibi stares coldy at the boys body as it drops on the ground before slowly turning white signifying an embodiment's death. The more shocking news was that shizu was chibi's one and only son
Hikaru turns as fast as he could but couldn't stop the blade from killing him
"Shibu..."
Chibi falls to his knees and wails as tears roll down his eyes. Frustrated,he screams in agony of losing his son alerting residents of the capital.
"Hikaru....."
Hikaru realises taka is losing alot of blood and runs off frustrated that he couldn't do anything to prevent shizu's death. Meanwhile the little girl is sitting on a roof watching the whole scenery unfold
"Pathetic..."
*****Present time*****
[At the hospital]
"Hikaru will pay..... you will all pay"
The mysterious man is revealed to be chibi
"What were you saying about not killing your son?... he's the first one on my list, he's the cause of all this but I'll just kill you guys together "
Chinatsu cries as she tries to persuade chibi not to kill her son. Chibi points his hand at the duo preparing to kill them. Just then, the new born starts crying uncontrollably as chinatsu tries to put him to sleep
"It's futile.... Just let him be"
The boy starts to glow in brilliant yellow color
"Huh?..."
Chinatsu stares in shock as chibi proceed to finish them off
"Die!...."
From outside,the building blows up and crumbles after a huge explosion
[In another place]
A man sits at the edge of a cliff overlooking a vast desert.the man is dressed in all white except his brown hair which covers his eyes. He sits and rests his head on his hand staring intently at the desert
"So an embodiment died...."
He senses something
"Now we're all gonna die.....oh well"
He stands up and smiles