Chapter 11 sinful secrets
Guts surprise to see four people he had slain or have cause trouble to in the past. The first one that Hit Guts launching him into the air was Bazuso?! Guts remember killing him on his last job as a lone mercenary before joining the band of the hawk. His once steel armor was burnt and beaten up. His helmet was cracked down the middle from the blow from the head Guts gave him. His right eye socket was empty. And his side ripped out showing his inside and rips, he was zombie-like. The lastly difference was his right hand elbow and below was gone and all remained was his skeleton arm. Even his ax had the crack from Guts old sword. Bazuso said to Guts, "From what my new friends say you are far stronger then we last fought. So am I!" As he grips his heavy battleax ready to fight Guts.
The second person Guts recognize in the group of past foes was Adon. He still looks like shit like how Casca killed him. His right eye was an empty socket and left his wounds on the head to show which show his skull underneath the skin. Like Bazuso his armor was burnt and severally damaged, his cape was burnt and torn up like the armor. His right leg was gone, and all remain was his skeleton, same goes for his left arm. Guts matters that these guys were resurrected by some demons which would explain why his brand was bleeding because it only does when Demons are closing in on him. Adon said to Guts, "I see someone took your eye and arm, but TONIGHT will take the most important thing from you!" and he laughed like a lunatic and held his trident ready to kill Guts.
The third one was Silat, and he wore armor when Guts faced for the first and last time. He was the most torn about of the four, he had three large gashes across his face which went across his eyes, but both were still in his head, his nose was not as lucky. Both his arms from fingers to elbows was his skeleton not cover by flesh or muscles. Guts remember what he did to Guts, and he did feel bad since Silat was trying to calm Guts down, but back then he was so full of rage he could not be calm. Silat spoke to Guts. "I'm not here for revenge. I have come to a stop you from destroying another world." in his bone hands were his claw blades.
The last one who was on a horse, when Guts saw him he was surprise who it was. It was Julius, the brother of the king the band of the hawk worked for before Griffin went too far and turn on them. His left side of his face was damaged and his eye was only an empty eye socket. His blond hair was fire like. He wore armor but it was destroyed and scorched. His right arm was only skeleton from the elbow down. Julius wielded a great sword not as big of any sword Guts used as an adult but big compare to others. He said to Guts. "You know this situation reminds me of something but I can't quite place it." Julius acted like he was thinking, after a bit, he said to Guts. "Oh I remember, but this time Black Swordsman! WE WILL TAKE YOU'RE SON!" Guts was enrage, he will die to protect his son and he face the entire world to protect him.
Aron stepped forward first and started to spin his trident above his head ready to attack, Guts took this opening and toss Frossraseri into Aron's head killing him and frozen him in place. Silat trying using his whip blades to hit Guts but the swordsman uses Ragging Beast to block and absorb the force of the attack and launch a ball of kinetic power from the many battles Guts has faced throughout the day. Silat was hit by the shot of kinetic force imploded him into a bloody mess. Bazuso charge and try chop down on Guts' back, but the swordsman dodge and called back Frossraseri, once the ax was out of Adon head he fell over and shatter into bloody chunks of ice.
Guts and Bazuso clash there axes against one another. But Frossraseri shattered Bazuso's battle ax with ease, Guts chop down hard on Bazuso head like he did when he kill him but he went down to his midsection. Guts kicked Bazuso to the ground and off his ax. Guts turn to Julius and the guy was charging with his sword. Guts dodge his sword swing and cleave there legs of the horse killing it. Julius was knock off the dead horse, but before he could fully get up Guts beheaded him with a single swing. Once the battle was won Guts took this moment to catch his breath. Suddenly Accursed spirts were surrounding Guts. They were skeleton-like warriors wielding swords and some with shields.
Guts launches a wave of ice energy all around him freezing the Accursed spirts in place with some being knock over and shattering when hitting the ground. Guts toss Frossraseri around him which break every Accursed spirts it hit. Once every single was just pieces of ice chunks on the floor, Guts call back Frossraseri and starts to head inside. But he was stop when he felt an arrow pierce his side. Guts turn and saw Adon was being back in the fight and was using a crossbow. Guts charges at Adon ignore the barrage of arrows hitting him when in range he drew Dragonslayer and slam it down on Adon. Causing Adon to explode in a bloody mess, Guts was slashed in the back by Silat who was in the air using his whip blades. Guts toss Dragonslayer like a boomerang, and it slices up Silat into many bloody chunks of flesh and bones.
Guts start to remove the arrows from his body when Bazuso also rejoin the fight and chop into Guts side, Guts howled in pain, but he knocked the ax out of Bazuso hands and pulled it out from him. He broke it and charged a blast with his cannon arm and obliterated Bazuso into bloody chunks that went flying everywhere. Guts ran to Dragonslayer to pick it up and when he did he use Ragging Beast to block Julius' swing. Julius said to Guts. "As you notice we don't stay dead for long, and we have all night to torture you and butcher your son! of I can't wait to see-" Guts did not let him finish as he pushes his attack back and use the sharp edge of raging beast to pierce his skull killing him but Guts was not done. Guts saw the wound he gave Julius which cause his death, and Guts put both hands into Julius wound and forcefully spilt Julius' top in half in a gory display of Guts' fierce strength.
Guts was tired and hope that the sun would raise sooner. More Accursed spirts appear, and Guts knew he got to deal with them fast. Guts swing Dragonslayer launching a wave of black and red fire which turn the bone like spirts into ash. Some survive the burning attack, so Guts slam Dragonslayer hard into the ground causing a fiery shockwave around him. Guts grip the sword differently and push Dragonslayer straight up as jumps into the air. When he in the air he grasps the sword handle was aiming towards the sky and bring it down to earth. Launching a wave of fire in front of Guts. Before Guts could dodge he was stabes in the back by Julius. chop down on his left shoulder by Bazuso with Silat stabbing in chest and Adon thrust his trident into Guts' right arm. They think they have one, but Guts was not going to die at the end of people he already killed!
The four vengeful spirts watch as Guts was soon cover by the Berserk armor. Before they could do anything they explode into bloody chunk and blood blasted everywhere. Guts slice them up with Dragonslayer so fast they did not even know they were already dead. Dragonslayer's blade was cover in the dark fire it launches from some of its attacks, and Frossraseri which is in Guts' other had was in its Berserk mode like he did against the scorpion Faunus and his goons. Guts roared like a demon he is and was ready to kill every single person that dare get close to the cabin where his son and the new friends he made lay inside.
Guts thrust Frossraseri forward freezing the entire army of Accursed spirts in front of him, Guts throws Dragonslayer like a boomerang which turns into a fiery tornado of death that either burn the spirts into ash, chop them up into confetti or both. Dragonslayer flew back to Guts hand and the black swordsman charge at the rebuilt enemies of his past ready to kill them for the fourth time. Meanwhile, from afar, two shadowy figures were watching, one was tall and had horns sticking from the side of his head which lay on top was a bowler hat with a long feather sticking from it. Next to him was a tiny girl but both were not human with glowing red eyes and fang-like teeth. The taller one said.
"It seems as though the swordsman is stronger than we thought and age hasn't slowed him down much at all. I Guess it was not worth calling the favors I had to get them out for the night." As he grabs a cigar and using his thumb to light his cigar and he breathes in the smoke before blowing it out into a ring. The small girl that was with him signed in sign language. "What about his son?" the male of the two thought about it and said to her. "As long as he doesn't go after us then he should not be a problem." His female parent sign yes to what he said, and so the two left as Guts slain the demons throughout the night. As the sun rises into the sky, the battle has been won, and Guts was wounded and tired but still standing victorious. The others were waking up namely Raven who came out to check on him and saw him past out, so she drags him inside while Ghira and Sienna carry Dragonslayer and Frossraseri inside as well.
Guts woke up 3 to 4 hours later, and when he did, he saw his son look better but still out cold. Roger was there, and he said to Guts. "Kituma will live, and he should be up soon." Guts says thanks to not only him but to every one of them that help him throughout the journey so far. He asked them, "When Kituma gets up, and could you all leave so I can talk to him alone." He knew he could no longer hold it off, and his son must now the truth. Once Kituma was waking up, everyone left so father and son can talk in peace. Kituma saw Guts and said, "Dad?! Are you okay?" Guts was impressed even when he was knocking at death's door he still was worried about his dad than his health. Guts said to Kituma,
"I'm fine. Son, I think it's time I tell you something important." Kituma listens intensely to what Guts was about to say to him. Guts says to his son, "I'm not from this world boy, I come from a world, unlike this one." Kituma was shocked by this but let his father continue, and Guts continue, "I was on a quest for revenge on the man who took everything I love, but after getting Casca back I almost gave up on my quest… but I could not gain any shits. With Casca dead the only thing that matter to me was seeing Griffin dead." Guts flashback as he explain what happened to his world and how he brought it to its end.
Before he went to destroy everything Griffin has built, he sent forces every one of his party through the portal Schierke created. He then attacks Falconia bring it to ruin. Guts did not see Zodd must been ordered to lead people away through the portals Griffin created with his God hand powers. As Guts was fighting through the waves of demons and men sent his way there was a large pool of black liquid but Guts did not think of it and kept fighting on until he reaches Griffin. Griffin had long curly silver hair with blue eyes, and he also had silver steel armor with feather-like design to the armor with a white cape and some gold piece on his metal suit. Griffin says to Guts, "So you finally came to face me?" As he drew his blade ready to face Guts but Guts did not respond and like there last duel Guts shattered Griffin sword, but when his sword stop before it could hit Griffin, Guts notice Griffin turn into Femto.
He had a black hawk-like helmet on his head, the rest of his body was demon like and had a dark black color body. Femto said to Guts. "Guts what makes you think you can defeat a god." Guts jump back and use the crossbow on his cannon arm to fire many arrows at Femto. Femto use his reality warping powers to change the bolts back to Guts, the swordsman rolled out of the way of the barrage of arrows. Guts decide to use his trump card aka the cannon on his cannon arm. The cannonball flew towards Femto, but the godlike demon caught it in his hand and crushed the cannonball like a soda can. Femto launch Guts off the tower down to the black liquid he saw earlier.
Femto did not bother look since he tried to make super soldiers from the black liquid that Salem gave to the god hand, but so far anyone that enters never come back out. Suddenly a rage full roar was heard behind him. Femto turn and saw Guts dawn in his Berserk armor with Dragonslayer raise above his head, and disarm Femto's left arm. After Femto cried out from having his arm cut off. Guts toss Dragonslayer off and tackled Femto off the tower and as they fall Guts kept beating the shit out of him. When hitting the ground Guts kept beating Femto into a bloody pulp for a good while until Guts stop. Guts walk away and pick up Dragonslayer and before Guts got away, "Guts*coughing blood* don't leave me*Coughing more blood*" Griffin said to Guts.
Guts responding by swinging Dragonslayer and cleave Griffin in half. Guts turn and saw an army of knights, demons and other creature here to avenge there king but Guts was going to kill each and every one of them, then kill each member of the God hand. Returns to the present and Guts finish his story, "After I killed each one of the God hands I rampage across my world until was consume into a darkness that even I could not face off so I was sent to this world and I met Cyan shortly after arriving." Kituma listen and asked his father, "So that's why you been training me not be like you. But dad I still want to be as strong as you someone able to face against such powerful creature without fear in the world." Guts was not sure if he should tell off his son or not but he also need to know what they are, "Also. I since I fell into the black liquid I became something none human, you and me are Creatures of Grimm." Kituma's world was shaken when his father told him he was a Grimm. That impossible he has aura and Grimm don't have a soul! But wait the black substance? The one that Guts fell into, there was a fairy tale of a witch that created creatures out of a black liquid and many histories think this witch was making Grimm but there was not enough evidence to prove it right.
Kituma guess that even Guts know how he became a Grimm but how Kituma was simple, Guts was a Grimm so Kituma his Half Faunus and Half Grimm. But since he is a Grimm born not created he should soon surpass dad do to Grimm's genetic making so all the adapting Guts did was given to Kituma right off the bat. But since born Grimm are so rare so as long as they don't grow fully they aren't a threat. Also it might have gave dad and Kituma a healing factor. It would explain how Guts can take all the punishment he has been through in Remnant and still be standing Kituma asks Guts, "but I don't feel different than anyone else?" Guts step back and started to change, his skin turn pale white along with his hair with red veins forming around his face and his arm if it was not being concealed by the sleeve of his shirt. The sclerae of his eye are jet black and his irises glow red. Guts turns back to normal and saw Kituma watch with wonder and curious. Kituma says to his father, "Wow so that's what we look like in are Grimm form?" Guts shook his hand decide show him there true Grimm form. The berserk armor start cover all around Guts with the wolf helmet and torn up cape. Guts turn back to normal and Kituma was even more amazed and asked many question, "So do you trigger like a switch? Or is it something else? Also does those two state increase your power?" Guts shook his head again and said to Guts,
"I don't have all the answers boy, I'm sorry but will find out more in time. So for your first question kind off, I can switch it on and off but if I get angry too much it's harder to resist turning into my true Grimm form." Kituma listen as he start to write down in his journal on stuff he notice and what dad was saying to him. Guts continue to explain to his son, "As for your other question… those two forms are more like states. The more Grimm Energy I let out which slowly increase my physical properties, I become more Grimm like so I limit the percentage of Grimm energy I have activate all times." Kituma was still writing, once he finish what he was writing he said, "So you're the two states are likely 50% and 100%?" trying to understand how this percentage of Grimm energy work. Guts says to Kituma,
"Not really it's more like the first one is me using Grimm energy that over my standard limit and the closer to my max Grimm power the armor start to form on me and likely you." Kituma nodded and slide off the bed and said, "I want to see my standard Grimm percentage." So Kituma start to power up. He went to 100% so he can depower and see how much weaker is his base. Kituma was soon cover in the Berserker armor of Kituma's size. The armor look different, the armor was smoother and more advanced then Guts' version. After being in the form for less than a second, Kituma turns back. The fox Faunus was panting like he ran four an hour straight. He said to his father, "It seems I'm unable to control or stay in my true Grimm form, but at least I know my base is around 25%." Guts says to Kituma.
"Remember Kituma this MUST be kept a secret. People might attack you because you're a Grimm, understand." Kituma said he understood and the two hug. But there journey was not over yet. They still got to more artifacts left and they doubt it be easier from here.