Explosions, massive explosions going around everywhere. A sword falling from the sky, and piercing the stone.
That was the events that changed the power structure of Japan, the events that led to the end of all sorts of supernatural phenomenon, and what should have been the end of all the clans. Everything changed that night.
"What the hell is going on?!" a boy with black hair and black eyes shouted, unsure of what was going on. He was wearing a large black coat, black boots, a white T shirt and grey shorts, which had gotten dirty with all the fighting going on. Apparently, he was supposed to evacuate, but all the fighting and rubble had caused all sorts of issues. Furthermore, he had lost sight of his personal hero, Sukuna, in all the chaos. And now, with everything coming down, with all the rubble, he seemed to be on his own.
He was just running through an access tunnel, when he saw a way to escape. Something an advanced member had left behind, a way inbetween walls. And so, he jumped into it in his attempt to escape...right as he heard a large explosion behind him, and a piece of rubble blown from the explosion hit his head as he went through.
Ten years later...
A long time had passed since the incident, in which the slate was destroyed, and the Clans disbanded. Although some still stick together out of friendship and unity, others disbanded almost completely. The Silver Clan, The Red Clan, and The Blue Clan still are technically in operation, and the Gold Clan even to a degree also operates. But, the Green Clan has only one real person who is still considered active, and the Grey and Colorless Clans were wiped out completely.
No one in the public is sure what happened completely. Although much of the fighting occured without casualties thankfully, there were still some between the release of power from the Dresden Slate, and the explosions and fighting. And so, the mysterious incident filled with violence and weirdness remained unexplained, and various issues remained from it.
"What the hell..." Sukuna Gojo said as he slammed his fist into the desk, looking all sorts of irritated. Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that he looked exactly the same as ten years ago, and was annoyed by lack of explanations.
"You asked for an explanation. If you want one for your lack of growth though, you should have eaten more veggies. And not locked yourself in a room playing video games, Suku-chan" Weissman replied to him, with a typical smile. The two of them were sitting at a coffee table in a dorm room of Ashinaka High School, along with Toru Heida who offered Sukuna some rice. "However, the Green Clan never had the power of longevity, unless the King had some form of it I was not aware of it. After all, you would be the Green King now".
"Well I retained my powers, so soemthing happened!" Sukuna protested, annoyed. "And so it only makes sense that somehow happened! And I mean...look at you four! You look exactly the same as ten years ago also!"
Indeed, Sukuna was not the only one who had not aged. All the members of the Silver Clan, or former members, did not look like they had aged a day either.
And it wasn't just the Silver clan that had weird things happen they had not expected. Although only Sukuna had retained the aura of the Green clan, a few core members of the Red Clan had also retained lesser versions of their powers. So did the Blue Clan, as well as the Gold Clan. However, not a single one of them could ever produce the Sword of Damocles since that day, and their powers were certainly weaker.
"I would think perhaps that maybe it was the existence of Strains that resulted in the continuation of what we have right now, but as far as I know you are the only member of the Green Clan, and not a Strain. Neko was a Strain for the Silver Clan, the Red Clan's King was their Strain, and who knows how many the Blue Clan and Gold Clan had recruited before the Slate was destroyed. Since Strains have power aside from their Kings, its possible for their natural power to have been supporting it, but...the Green Clan was fundamentally unique. Its entirely possible that creating that SNS spread the Green King's power through the internet enough to keep it running, but it shouldn't be giving you longevity..."
"Yeah yeah, thats the same explanation you always give old man. And after that..."
"Its also possible we were changed after being released to the full power of the Dresden Slate's awakening".
"...and there is that one. As usual, useless!"
Sukuna seemed relatively annoyed at the answers of hte Former Silver King.
"If you really hated us that much, you wouldn't come around here so much. Admit it, you actually like us dont you?"
At those words, Sukuna blushed and turned away.
"Sh-shut up!"
"Its probably because he has difficulty making friends, so we are some of the only few he has" Kuroh responded as he walked in, resulting in Sukuna's reaction to further increase.
"Shut up, you stupid dog! You just make really good rice is all, and its hard to make money like this!"
"Speaking of which, I heard a strange rumor recently where a pair of muggers got robbed by a young boy with a scythe..."
Sukuna looked out the window in some attempt to mentally escape.
Meanwhile...
"Are you sure this area is safe to work, Ukio-san? This area is still heavy destroyed...the ceilings and floors might be unstable".
"We need to make sure. Even if it was destroyed, any fragment could still be dangerous. So stay alert, Zazie-chan".
"Don't call me that!" the young boy remarked. "I still dont see why I have to come down here with you though. What about the others?"
"Because your stronger, then everyone".
The two proceeded down while talking. As a large wall blocked them, Zazie pushed on it alone despite his small frame, and it fell down with ease. He was only ten years old, but he held that much power.
"...truly, the strains created from that event are way more powerful then normal" Ukio muttered, the twenty five or so year old woman remarking. She had only been a part time worker, but before he passed on, the Gold King had taken her under his wing and trained her. Ukio Namasaki, one of the high ranking members of the Timeless Palace. Even though their king was gone, many of them still possessed some of that ability to utilize their full potential, and others at moderate potential at least, resulting in the Timeless Palace operating well enough. That said, they were not suffering from the strange longevity that the Silver Clan, Sukuna, and certain Red Clan Members had been experiencing.
In truth, the Red Clan was the most powerful currently. As a Strain, Anna Kushina maintained a large amount of her power and abilities, and so her strength was not totally depleted by the loss of the Slate. She still maintained some of her strength as King, and as such Homra was currently the strongest clan, although saying that in front of Sukuna could start a fight. Sukuna had crazy strength himself after all.
As for Zazie, he had become a strain after the Dresden Slate released crazy amounts of power into the world on the day he was born, in the hospital closest to the area of hte incident. Ukio was almost jealous of him, that circumstance gave him quite a bit of raw power. However, he was just a little bit...niave might be the closest word to it.
"It should be just up ahead. Just clear the rubble here. Focus on the section by the wall, it should be the most stable".
"Alright, but this seems like a bad idea..." Zazie mentioned, as he grabbed some of the rubble and moved it away. At the same time, a green light began to shine from the unblocked wall...and a boy fell out with some rubble. "Eh?!"
Ukio however eyed his PDA. "Interesting, a former green clansman sealed away...the power must not have let him out since both sides were blocked, causing his corpse..."
However, Ukio did not get to finish her thought as the boy in front of her gasped for air and started to move, indicating he was still very much alive. Furthermore, a piece of stone near him began to glow all sorts of colors, at first it seemed random...until she noticed the pattern.
Silver. Gold. Red. Blue. Green. Grey. Colorless. But what surprised her were two more colors afterwards, Purple and Orange. And at the same time, the rock, and others in the area, began to fly towards one central direction.
"No way...could it be...it was never truly destroyed...but just...blocked? Zazie, quickly! Grab the boy and follow the stone!"
"Huh?! Oh, right!"
Zazie quickly picked up the boy who was a bit bigger then him, put him on his back, and ran after the direction with Ukio. But it didn't take them long to find where they were all going: The Central Corridor, where the sword had fallen on the slate. The entire reason no one came down this area was partly since it was categorized as a hazardous area, to cover up the incident, and another reason was because it was unstable and climbing down this area could result in a huge collapse killing anyone in the area, and causing even more areas around it to fall into a giant manmade sinkhole and collapse.
However, right there in front of them, something unbelievable was happening. The Dresden Slate...was repairing itself. Each stone and fragment fit into each other, solidifying and becoming one. Glowing all nine colors seen before...and then right as it completed, a beam made up of those nine colors was shot into the sky.
At the School Island...
Sukuna, Weissman, and the others all looked out the window as the beams of light penetrated into the sky.
"...I guess something that powerful wouldn't have stayed gone forever, huh..."
As the beams reached into the sky, a pulsewave overtook the entire city. It was not visible for everyone, but for the five of them, it was. Soon, Weissman, Neko, Kuroh, and Toru became engulfed in a Silver Aura, while Sukuna was engulfed in a green one.
"Kuroh...the window, look above us!"
Understanding what he meant, Kuroh went to look...and he saw them, in the sky.
"I see it...two Swords of Damocles overhead. Silver and Green".
"What about others? See any others?"
"Over where Homra should be, there is a Red Sword. Near where Sceptor 4 had their main base, a Blue sword".
"Seriously?" Sukuna said as he also looked out to see this. "Hold on, is that a Grey Sword over there, by Downtown?"
"Yes...and look near the beams of light, I can see at least two more. There is a Gold Sword, and...a Purple Sword?"
That last sentence caught Weissman's attention.
"A purple sword?" he asked, coming over to see it just as the beams finally began to fade, and the swords disappeared.
"Yes. There might have been more, I only had the view from this window, and between that beam and the various skyscrappers there could have been some I didn't see".
"Yes...if all the other Swords appeared, we should assume the Colorless King will have also been chosen. But a Purple Sword is peculiar. It means, there is also a new King around, with new powers".
"Yes, I suppose that is true Wiess...man?"
The moment that Kuroh and Sukuna turned around, they met a far, far more confusing sight however...there were two Toru's in front of them. No, that was not it...along with the release, it appeared Weissman was now Shiro again.
"Well, this is peculiar indeed. I guess...somethings have changed" Shiro said, before looking back at Toru. "Isn't that right, new Silver King?"
"...what...what is going on?"
The boy who had finally fallen out of the wall woke up to falling on the ground behind him. This gave him quite the wake up, but when he looked around, he was confused. Everything looked old and like rubble now, and he felt...strange. He couldn't help collapsing into a laying down position on the ground, where above him he saw a purple sword, floating in the sky.
Furthermore, there was energy shooting into the sky, though that stopped shortly after he woke up.
However, what happened next surprised him even more, as he felt information just flow into his mind. It was so much, he didn't actually understand or learn anything from it, in fact most of it he litterally did not understand as it was in a different language. But as a purple aura coated his body, he did understand one thing. He had gotten power beyond J-rank. He was something different entirely now.
He had become the 8th and Purple King.
Heyo! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this fic everyone! To help everyone understand some of the last part so far:
Toru, not Shiro, recieved the power of the Silver King, or at least got the Sword of Damocles.
Sukuna became the Green King due to being the last one standing.
Mysterious Boy became the Purple King.
Additionally, either Ukio or Zazie has become the Gold King.
Colorless King's Sword did not appear, but it might have been at an angle or position they could not see.
The owner of the Red Sword, Blue Sword, and Grey Sword are total unknowns. Additionally, the Orange Sword was also not seen like the Colorless King, but given that there was no orange before, I will confirm there is an Orange King as well.
Also, since Strains dont have a direct connection to the Slate, all Strains got to keep their powers. Since Silver and Red Clan had confirmed Strains in their ranks, and because its extremely doubtful Gold and Blue would have let them keep that advantage even before the Slate was destroyed, they would have some as well. Its because of the Strains that those four clans kept some connection to their powers.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask them in a review! If you dont, you can still leave a review though telling me what you think!