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Family
Satoshi directed his sword at Kei and waited for Kei's first move. He didn't have to wait long as Kei quickly charged towards him and attacked with a downward slash. Satoshi was able to block and retaliated with a sword jab. Kei parried easily and continued his assault. As the two beings were locked in combat Satoshi yelled out in frustration, "Why do you consider me a puppet?"
"Ah it's simple really," said Kei as he jumped backwards to avoid Satoshi's attack. "Since I'm about to kill you I see no reason in keeping it from you. I used you for my personal fame booster, and ran off the fame to obtain power and glory I would not have obtained on my own."
This statement threw Satoshi's focus off the battle, but he was able to regain enough focus to dodge Kei's running thrust with a quick side step. "But how could you possibly plan for that?"
At this statement Kei stopped and stood still. Suddenly Kei started to laugh, loudly as if he had just heard the world's funniest joke. "Do you really not see it?" He looked at his ex-son, seeing the cluelessness in Satoshi's eyes, and laughed some more. After the second laughing spree faded Kei continued. "I can't believe you haven't figured it out. Tell me, who was your father's business partner before you were born?"
"I don't know?" said Satoshi wondering what the heck that had to do with him.
"A man by the name of Kei Dosuma soon to be Kei Hiwatari," continued Kei with a smirk. "One day your father came into our shared office in the basement of the research center where we worked. He told me about this amazing girl called Rio Hikari. I had heard that name before and did some research. That's when I realized she was the last of the Hikari clan, the line of famous artists and the human carriers of Krad. I knew I could use this to my advantage and waited for my opportune moment. Eventually, your father and Rio were married and were set to have a baby. On the night you were born I came into the hospital room to "celebrate" the successful birth. I was the only one who left the room alive, other than you of course. The Hospital put you in an orphanage where you became very ambitious, just like your father. There was nothing you couldn't do. I helped you through your orphanage years and your schooling, quietly paying for all your expenses as a secret benefactor. I even helped pay for your early acceptance into college and paid the tuition your many scholarships couldn't cover. After you graduated I knew you were just reaching your peak and would only help my fledgling career in the police force. With you at my side I was able to pole-vault into the position I wanted. Life was good. However, when Dark appeared and your other half started to attack I didn't precisely know how to deal with this threat. Then it came to me, why not let you capture Dark by any means necessary and ride that wave of fame to chief of police or maybe governor of this region. I could have had everything, but you continued to fail. This frustrated me greatly, but allowed me to see yet another truth. You had past your peak and were now expendable. It was at that time the Virus infected me and gave my plan to kill you real purpose other than to get rid of a broken tool." Kei looked at his ex-son and roared again with a bout of laughter. "How could you be so blind, Satoshi, the last of a pathetic and forgotten clan."
"Shut up!" yelled Satoshi in disbelief. How could some one plan out another person's life for their own personal gain and be willing to just toss them aside like some broken toy. "How could you do such a thing? To kill without remorse, to give without love, how could you possibly even call yourself my father!?"
"Satoshi, Satoshi, Satoshi," said Kei as if teaching a student a hard lesson, "Life is about the prevailing of the strong and you are nothing more than just a stupid, ignorant boy I used to become strong."
"Shut your mouth!" cried out some voice deep within Satoshi, "How dare you speak to my master that way!" with that Satoshi was enveloped in a white light that allowed Krad to take over. "My master is not a tool. My master is not just another pawn in your schemes; my master is a great man and one that I have grown to know as a friend." Krad charged forward and swung downward with his sword. Kei blocked and continued the battle.
Kei's smile couldn't be wider. "Ah so my second pawn appears on the field. Tell me how are you going to fight me?"
"I will fight you with all my being! I will crush you like the bug that you are!"
"Oh so exactly the same way you have fought you brother for the past 300 years," answered Kei in a noticeably cocky voice.
"What are you talking about you scum?" yelled Krad as he was thrown off his guard.
Kei laughed again, "Hahaha you two are so pathetic. Always fighting and yet always feeling some kind of connection that neither of you can comprehend." Kei stopped and examined the angel's reaction. "Ha ha so I was right. It's because you, Krad Mousy, are Dark Mousy's brother!"
Krad could hardly believe his ears. He finally knew why he had pursued Dark for so long. It was not out of hatred, but out of wanting to know his past. "How do you know this?"
Kei continued, "The sculpture known as the Black Wings is a gateway to the magical realm that you and Dark hail from. 300 years ago Dark was assigned the duty of sealing art work that had become too filled with emotion and were starting to show their magical powers. You were contacted by the opponents of the group who had assigned Dark to his task. After hearing their plans you walked away, prepared to tell the High Counsel. The group attacked you and erased your memory and in the process also erased Dark's memories of you. You've been blindly attacking your own brother for the pat 300 years."
"How do you know this to be true?" asked Krad on the brink of tears.
Kei pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and threw it to Krad. Krad grabbed the paper out of the air and saw it was a genealogy tracing the Mousy clan. Down at the bottom was an angel's name followed two diagonal lines indicating sons. Dark Mousy was under one of the lines and Krad Mousy was under the other. Krad checked it over and over and finally fell to his knees crying. Krad hung his head as the tears rolled off his checks and made a small puddle on the ground. He had finally seen the truth, and he could not be happier. Krad lifted his head and looked directly at the tip of Kei's sword.
"Think of that as a parting gift for both of you," said Kei with one last fiendish smile.
Kei lifted his sword and brought the sword down on Krad. Krad was suddenly enveloped in a huge wave of white energy which knocked Kei backwards and broke his sword in two. The being inside the energy wave seemed to be Krad but it also looked like Satoshi. Slowly the white energy stopped raging and slowly concentrated around the being's fists. With the energy concentrated else where you could finally see the being's face. It was Satoshi's face with Krad's eyes and hair style. He had wings and wore an outfit that seemed to be a hybrid of Krad's and Satoshi's clothing. Satoshi held up his right hand that seemed to burn with the white energy. The energy turned into a white flame as Satoshi and Krad yelled out, "These hands of ours are united as one! Their loud roar tells us to grasp victory!" With that Satoshi/Krad rushed forward at full speed and nailed Kei in the chest with a super punch which slammed him into a wall.
"Take this our Love!" they yelled as they landed another power punch on Kei pushing him deeper into the wall.
"Our Anger!" another painful hit.
"And all of our Sorrow!" a still stronger strike hit Kei in the head causing the crater in the wall to grow.
"Shining Finger!" With this shout Satoshi/Krad summoned ten times the energy as the last four blows combined and SLAMMED a super punch directly into Kei's head. The resulting shockwave not only obliterated the wall it also forced Kei to smash through several other walls till finally stopping three rooms away. There Kei closed his eyes and did not move. Satoshi and Krad fell to the ground exhausted and were soon meet by a calm hand. Krad took it and was helped up off the ground by Dark. Krad started to cry and gave his brother a hug. Krad was about to explain everything that had happened but was hushed by Dark who had been standing in the shadows watching the final moments unfold. The two brothers embraced and ran off to the final boss and their ultimate victory.
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