Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark
Chapter 28
Taro was within Bane's consciousness, planning to save him if it could be the only good thing he'd do in his life...too bad the three personas in the 18 year old Ghoul's surprisingly stable mind if Taro guessed what Kami must have put him through to earn something as rash as well as embarassing on a Ghoul Lord's part, banishment...
"Let me through!" Taro would be lying to himself if he said he didn't want to murder these three on sight, but he didn't know what effect that would have on Bane if he killed them...if he could, that is. He also realized that his blades were no longer poisoned, which was noted as a setback.
"Shut up, I'm tired of hearing you!" the Kami lookalike charges at Taro with a punch but he spun past the punch with a lunge of his blades but Kami also somehow dodged and Taro, observant as he is, almost didn't notice Dark Bane was floating in the air above them, ready to ambush him with a burst of dark energy.
"Not in this lifetime..." Taro said as he evaded the attack at the last second, Kami getting the jolt instead, shocking him enough to knock a Ghoul out and completely fry a human "Nice...so the other Bane knows the Dark Arts of Magic somehow"
He noticed that Shiro was gone and after seeing the wolf singlehandedly kick all the Ghoul Lords' asses, he felt insulted that the wolf wasn't in any way interested in showing him what he's truly made of as he made his way to the entranced 'real' Bane and they looked at each other at the same time as the wold extended his claws with a look on his face of bloodlust.
"What do you think you're doing?" Taro said blitzing past the other two and straight at Shiro, now prepared to kill regardless of the effect it'd have on Bane Asakura 'Hane nashi ātosutairu: Pāmushatā' (Bladeless Art Style: Shatter Palm) he concentrated enough raw magic in one palm strike to crush a mountain which barely grazed Shiro's side before he redirected Taro's hand in a second. Taro was shocked as he quickly brought his blades up to stop the incoming claws.
"You seem surprised..." Shiro said as he clarifies "I am very capable of learning...when Bane was being taught these fighting styles and how to stop them...so was I" Shin kicked him back to the ground as he stepped on his chest and crushed him, revealing that it wasn't the real Taro as he evaporated to smoke. Shiro glared at where Taro was.
"Who looks surprised now...Shiro-sama?" He heard behind him and looked to see Taro ready to stab Bane through the chest, doing this here with not need to injure his physical body or kill him have an immediate effect on the three before him as Bane will be cut off from them and vice versa, meaning he won't be 'tormented' by them.
"Attack me and I'll cut him up so finely that you can see him organs...in detail" Taro snarled, his bloodlust still left unsatisfied "and don't test me"
"Stop..." Dark Bane said "if you do that, you'll break him...he won't be able to take our advice"
"If your advice is turning him into a monster and attacking people...I like it" Taro said "but the emotional mind games are unnecessary, just like his life" he was about to lunge at Bane when he thought he heard something bothersome enough to stop him and put his ear closer to Bane, when he was defenite what he heard now "Wait, is-is he asleep?"
Bane was snoring, he was definite as he glared back at the three "I asked if he was sleeping?!" He snapped, still uncertain why he left them alive.
"Of course he is" the Kami lookalike laughed despite Taro's icy glare turning on him at that moment "I know who Kami Kurosaki is and I'm afraid I'm not him, so don't even think about calling me that name again since I have my own, Kansatsu...it means observer"
Taro glared at them "I could care less who or what you are, ya know" he turned and slapped Bane hard "wake up, gaki!"
Bane's black eyes open without a sign that he felt anything from the slap that was hard enough to damage his neck as he bagan fading away and his consciousness returned to his own body. Meanwhile, back in the real world, Bjorn was worried of what would become of Bane's astounding power if left unchecked, even if he was only 18, but this 18 year old not only fought Kami to a standstill wholeheartedly despite being defeated, but faced them as well when other discouraged him with the real thought of death as his wolfish features regressed to human and Scar chose to restrain Taro's arms and confiscate his weapons before that happened.
"This kid is more trouble that I'd like to deal with for a long time" Briarios smirked "but he has earned at least my respect today" he looked at the other Ghoul Lords as they nodded in agreement as Bartalos frowned "but he's dangerous once those emotions of his goes wild"
"That's the fun part..." Briarios said as Bjorn raised an eyebrow "This may not be because you just enjoy fighting him so much, is it?"
"Sí, my German friend" Briarios bowed mockingly, Bjorn looking at him like he was a madman as he chuckled "Madness must be blissful, Mr. Briarios" he rolled his eyes, spotting Scar restraining Taro and separating him from his poisoned weapons.
"Is that really necessary, Scar?" Tsume asks as he replies "Believe me, you'll thank me later for this as I for one plan to be better safe than sorry."
Bane opened his eyes to see Briarios standing over him, extending his hand as he groaned "my head feels like you kicked me in the head" he also saw Kansatsu looking down at him with a smirk at what he said.
Briarios frowned slightly and stomped the ground close to his head "I'm the last person you want doing a tango on your head, believe me kid, I like you but don't push your luck or I just might..." He extended his hand to Bane "get up, I'm not missing any feasts because you're slow"
"What the-?" Taro snarls as he awakens to find his arms bound and shot a look at Scar "Is this the thanks I get for keeping this punk's inner demons from tearing you limb from limb?"
"You think I don't know you well enough to have an eye kept on the Crypt?" Scar narrowed his eyes dangerously "the wardins aren't ones to complain, but with the step up in security, I thought it best to add my own layer of security of the B-Squad Hunters I personally trained"
Taro's eyes perked up to his younger half-brother "You have Binge Eaters working for you?" He chuckles "We know for a fact that our father worked for Kami before his...untimely demise and it was no illusion that Kami didn't know about us prior to his death but might have killed him by now"
"It's been a while since I've been to one of your legendary banquets, Bjorn" Tsu Chen rested an arm on the taller, larger Ghoul Lord's arm as his eyes slowly turned to her with smile only she could see, but didn't trust "Don't keep me waiting now." She knew Bjorn wasn't married like herself and wasn't planning to anytime soon despite being one of the oldest and definitely the wisest Ghoul Lords, he wasn't the nicest person though as he would get annoyed with people easily and once watched a woman that planned to marry him be fed upon by feral Binge Eaters...he felt nothing as he was the one to have her killed, meaning that his niceness was no facade but the darker side of his persona wasn't one a Ghoul would like to meet.
"Time and time again you do this to Bjorn" Bjorn said removing her arm from his shoulder as his husky voice suddenly got darker for a second as he gave a darker than usual glare "If you thought Bane was scarred now, if he sees what Bjorn'll do to you if you pull another stunt like that one, even his untainted mother and equally scarred father will be scarred beyond even anything Bjorn can repair...emotionally, of course"
The darkness receded from Bjorn but he kept those grey orbs on her as she now wouldn't dare look him in the eye as he rose one hand, his palm facing the sky "Let the banquet begin"
Bane looked at Bjorn "I still don't trust you...you're just like Kami" Bjorn looked at him with the same cold expression "Good, it matters not as you weren't given a reason to or any choice in the matter...you're a hunter now, they will get us our meals"
"Like hell I'll ever do that for you" Bane slowly got to his feet, but angered by his defiance wasn't going to sit well with Ryujin, who whipped out his sword and charged "You little..."
Briarios snarled "don't antagonize me, brat" rushing in with a punch.
Suddenly, both men stopped dead in their tracks, Bane hadn't blinked and he still hadn't seen Bjorn appearing and standing between the infuriated Ghoul Lords and him with malice in his eyes as it seemed they'd never stopped moving.
Bane's eyes narrowed as he saw that they were still moving...but either he was moving much too fast for them or they'd almost stopped moving completely "Wise words, young man...show respect to those deserving of it or it might cost you more than your life someday" as portals made the two disappear and fall a distance away on their feet. Ryujin shook his head and closed his eyes as he slowly sheathed his sword as Bartalos looked at Bane, his cold eyes following his every move and his anger nonexistent.
Scar came up "We should catch the Hunters before we're left behind" he gestured for Bane to follow him and Yamamoto as he looked at Tsujin "are you coming too?"
"Why would I do that?" Tsujin said in slight confusion "I'm no Hunter...I'll be at the Library if you need me reading up on The One and the demons, since Yamamoto obviously can't right now"
"I've never met a non human creature that likes to read like a Ghoul before..." Bane chuckled as Briarios snuck up on him with a slap to the face that sent him crashing aside "I think you're calling me a retard...I don't like that" he growled "go before I smack you all over this city."
"Are you...okay?" Tsume looks at J'onn, who looked a bit dismayed as he simply nodded "Ouí, at least I hope so...but like Bane, I won't be getting over this any time soon"
Bane, Scar and Yamamoto left in a hurry, meanwhile elsewhere five Ghouls were awaiting them with the order to absolutely NOT begin hunting until they get there...Kami wasn't far away either.
'Otoko wa, watashitachi wa matanakereba naranai nodesu ka?' (Man, do we have to wait?) A silver eyed ghoul with greyish black hair whined as he gripped his angry stomach demanding food.
'Monku o teishi shi, wareware wa subete no kūfuku' (Stop complaining, we're all hungry) a man beside him with piercings in his face and bright orange hair kept in a ponytail that it was almost impossible to discern his gender as he looked at another blank emotioned Ghoul "I heard Ryuken-san has a new recruit to 'break in', rumor has it he's the son of Yang-san"
"Yang Hiachi's kid?" One of the other ghouls asked in as much visible surprise as the others as the man with piercings remarked "no, I think I heard he was Kami-sama's kid"
"I got a glimpse o' the boy's mother too, whew" a man known as Kisuke said brushing his messy rust colored blonde hair out of his face "I wouldn't mind a girl like her"
The men chuckled and nodded in agreement as Scar, Yamamoto and Bane came upon them. Scar heard the bit about Tsume and felt he needed to defend her, seeing that she was his friend.
"What was that about Miss Asakura?" Scar said coming up behind them as Kisuke, a known pervert, smiled sheepishly "I said nothing wrong, Scar-san"
"Whatever...but I'd best warn you that you're not her type" Yamamoto warned "none of you are after Kami hurt her and her mate is none other than Yang-san."
"Yang?" The men sweat dropped as Yamamoto smiled "He won't beat you to a bloody pulp as long as you keep your distance and he hates perverts of any kind, you needn't worry otherwise."
"Who's the kid?" The pierced Ghoul named Zeke said, his stare penetrating Bane's eyes as Bane bowed "my name is Bane Asakura, pleased to meet you" as the Ghouls looked at him like he was from another planet as Zeke laughed and conked him on the head with his fist replying "Bane, huh?"
"There's no need for such pleasantries with us, as we'll be seeing each other a lot" Nara said, his silver eyes also piercing Bane "wait...you're that kid that banished Kami, aren't you?"
Bane nodded, not liking the attention about what he did to Kami "I wasn't there, but I'd like to thank you on behalf of all the Hunters" Bane shrugged as he replied "okay, then"
They began making their way through the forest, but Bane began to see Kami in his mind and was beginning to pass out as they came upon a recently used but empty camp...
"What do we have here?" Zeke asked himself out loud as he kneeled next to what used to be a camp fire as he shoves his hand in the still hot cinders with no concern "this was recent...two maybe three hours since it was put out and left"
Yamamoto and two of the men rummaged the tent but found nothing that could lead them to who could've been there as Bane, Scar and Zeke checked the area in separate directions.
Bane has been having a bad feeling since before meeting the Hunters and it was about to get worse as his shadow took a life of it's own and the shape of Kami behind him "You're not going to find me there, kid" the voice only he could hear said as a startled Bane looks behind him to see nothing and glares at his own shadow, which was normal.
Elsewhere, not far from Bane and the Hunters, Kami stopped as he smelled intruders on his camp...it wasn't a problem as they'd never find any of his belongings there and he had almost 30 of these similar camps purposely littered around, plus they couldn't check them all alone.
Kami stopped as he heard a sound and spied down to see Yamamoto talking about Bane and his...dark tendencies...with a Hunter that seemed concerned as to why he was so silent around them and didn't trust them.
"I think I'll look deeper into the forest" Bane looks at Scar who nods and Yamamoto accompanies him "I'll come with you"
'Not if I have anything to say about it' Kami thought as he decides to kill them without making his presence known and lure Bane to him, preferably alone as he whipped out some strips of bamboo he had formed into straws and sharpened to razor points and threw one, hitting Kisuke in the pressure point at the back of his neck knocking him out cold.
"Kisuke" Nara called out trying to wake him to no avail as Kami chose his next target as Nara himself as he aimed at his forehead with a sure to kill strike before Scar snarled "Everyone, get together and close to me now!"
Kami tried to stop this but failed as he even turned and almost took Bane out but a burst of wind erupted from his body splitting the projectile without him moving as Yamamoto caught the ones sent at him "hollow strips of bamboo, only one person I know is that clever..."
Bane looked up in time to see Kami disappearing into the trees but couldn't tell his identity by his cloak "Kami..." As he jumped into the trees to see the shrouded figure and pursued as Yamamoto called out "Bane, stop...don't go after him alone!" But the vengeance filled young Ghoul went after Kami, no longer listening to anyone.
Scar laid Kisuke down as he assessed the injury "a direct strike to a pressure point to shut his nervous system down..." He touched the bamboo senbon lightly and felt that it was warm "hollofied weapon...lets a flow of air in to prohibit healing when heated slightly enough."
"I'll take care of them" Yamamoto said walking out with a handful of the same bamboo senbons "only Kami is that precise, find Bane before Kami can set whatever plan he has into motion"
Scar spared one last glance at his men before going after Bane.
Elsewhere, back in the city J'onn had returned to his home office alone with Taro who he tossed absently on a couch as he set to doing something away from the prying eyes of the other Ghoul Lords...tracking down Kami with a tracking spell he'd casted on him unknowingly as he left the city, banished.
"Hey, unhand me" Taro snapped as J'onn bought him into his office and dropped his butt on a hard couch as he yelped "ow, where am I and what makes you think you can manhandle me like this?"
"Sit down and shut up" J'onn warned "there's something I need to do...away from prying eyes" Taro's eyes widened immediately "...from the other Ghoul Lords?"
J'onn only nodded, his expression being a mixture of sadness and barely containable rage...a look even Taro had never ever seen before.
"I'll tell them everything I see" Taro smirked as J'onn flinched "Want to go back to the Crypt...in pieces?" The Ghoul Lord snarled as Taro simply shook his head rather than opening his mouth again "then as long as this stays between us, you'll never go back to that place and remain in one peace...I'd also like you to be Bane's bodyguard and keep watch over him when I can't"
J'onn pulled out a crystal ball, hidden within the wall which turned intangible at only his (or Kami's) touch right behind his desk and placed it on the desk.
Taro looked at it and only saw something worth a lot of money on the city's black market and if he was right about it's ridiculous price tag, being Bane's bodyguard would give him access to J'onn's office whenever he pleased as Bane seems to be rather close to the Ghoul Lord and comes here often.
The crystal ball glowed before showing Kami leading Bane and Scar to a old delapidated house, Kami look as if he's looking right at J'onn and frowns for a moment as Bane orders him to stop.
"Stop right there" Bane said as he came up behind the hooded man he was fairly certain was Kami as he turned revealing his glowing eyes replying "yeah and I'm just going to stop because you say so, you still have much to learn, my favorite little smart ass."
Suddenly, Scar jumped out of nowhere with his fast Snake-style martial arts but Kami evaded the attacks to his face by inches before retaliating aggressively with his Tiger Style fighting techniques, scratching at Scar to tear his shirt to ribbons and scratch his face despite his better evasion.
"You're in my way!" Kami snarled as he knocked Scar back with both hands and looked at Bane with a smile "You somehow deflected my senbon without moving back there and I know this baka couldn't teach you something that he clearly doesn't know" he pointed his thumb at Scar, still stunned by Kami's attack.
"Why are you here?" Bane snarled as Kami retaliated "you put me here, that's self explanatory and as long as I live I intend to fully torment you and make you pay"
"Bane, get away from him..." Scar said as Bane fell to his knees with his own internal struggle causing Kami to laugh "Like I'd actually allow that..."
"You're right...Kami-sama" Bane slowly rose to his feet, a darkness flowing from him "that was something I made up specially to fight you...Scar-sensei didn't know a thing, now die"
Bane charged at him with his own Wolf style series of fist, knees, elbows and even headbutts as he did that rotation thing again, knocking Kami on his back "J'onn isn't as trustworthy as you think either, he's watching us at this very moment and will watch as I take you away." He switched to his Drunken Fist, which he could use so well that he didn't need to be drunk...his healing factor preventing it and all as he struggled to his feet but fell back down in his drunken stupor.
Bane and Scar were as confused as they'll ever be as their guard dropped completely as Bane edged closer to the passed out ex-Ghoul Lord slowly and cautiously.
When he realized he was given his chance, he jumped into the air in an effort to crush Kami's internal organs with one blow but Kami raised his foot so that Bane would land on the sole of his foot harmlessly then used his momentum to spin as Bane jumped back.
"You're better off with me than J'onn" Kami warned "for one thing, I can teach you to make those demons of yours submit to the fact that you're in control whereas J'onn can't" he said referring to Bane's wolf form as well as the other two personas "I wasn't wearing the mask of the Demon for nothing, I understand them...and you...even better than you do."
Bane suddenly disappeared and appeared right in his face "Shut up and die!" As Kami smirked "if J'onn would've allowed that, I'd be dead a long time ago and we never would've met meaning you'd never known your own father was keeping things from you"
Bane started spinning again as a red aura of magic spiraled and grew around him 'Kaiten' (Rotation) he spun as a ball of wind appeared around him trying to tear Kami to ribbons and knocking him through the front door of the very old house.
"Bane...don't take his words to heart or he'll control you like the last time" Scar said as Bane looks back at him rising to his feet "We'll fight him better together" Bane merely nodded.
"Naïve fools, he's done for weather he listens to me or not" Kami whispered as his narrowed eyes widened with a menacing glow "Welcome to my Hell!"
Bane was ready but Kami was enraged now and there was no J'onn or Yang to protect him from his furious wrath this time as a blast of black flames blew remnants of the building apart and shot past Scar and Bane. Meanwhile J'onn and Taro make their way to them but little does Taro know that if he doesn't go to the Crypt, the Crypt will come looking for him.
Shin walked through the halls of the Crypt, being blind never made it an arduous task as he went to a room close to the back of the prison, a few prisoners knew of Taro's escape but knew well enough to keep it to themselves in Shin's presence because not only would he hear them much better and quicker than Yakuzo, not that he wasn't any more dangerous because he was a third of Shin's size but they were both very narcissistic individuals who clearly enjoyed seeing others hurt far more than your everyday Ghoul.
Shin made it to the door as he heard a soundless scream inside that no one else could "Yakuzo-san..." Shin opened the door as Yakuzo had one of the Torturers in chains before him, the same one that left the prison and attacked Bane "That Asakura kid's an intriguing fellow, isn't he, stupid for thinking he's anywhere near a match for Kami Kurosaki of all people, but intriguing all the same"
"Yes...he might be a bit off but seems more determined than anyone I've seen in years to stop Kurosaki-san...I heard he even brought Old Man Kurosaki back to life recently" Yakuzo asks as he continued to cut the creature open, Torturers of The Wicked may look more or less human on the outside, but on the inside was a different story as they were hollow and only kept alive by some powerful magic and the closest thing they have to Ghouls and Humans is that they only feel good when they're chopping the life out of something, not showing any sign of emotion otherwise and have lately developed the need for self-preservation as their bodies are like cloth, they can sew themselves up and will only defend themselves when the feel threatened.
Shin decided to leave him to his fun but Yakuzo stopped him "Shin...have you by any chance, ever wanted to leave this place...y'know, go outside?" He asked as Shin frowned and his head fell "No, why do you ask?"
"Well, come see me after keep an ear on the convicts" Yakuzo turned to Shin with a smile as he pulled a crystal of dark magic essence out of the ToTW that was supposedly placed there by Kami in order to later control it before his banishment during one of his impromptu visits where Shin would have to be hidden away "I have a gift for you"
"A gift...whatever" Shin said as Yakuzo pouted "you don't seem all that grateful or pleased about it" but Shin shook his head "that isn't what this was about, I'm always grateful for a gift from my only friend...I lost my eyes when I was very young and came to this place to hide from my pursuers, Kami and his men"
"I remember...you wanted to die that day" Yakuzo said "but Lord J'onn convinced you not to, as he had no reason to take your life either, but you felt guilt about Kami destroying your clan while you were forced to watch...it was the last thing you ever saw"
Shin perked up a bit "How do you know that, don't ever peek into my memories!" He warned as Yakuzo raised his hands in defence "I know that because I was there and, except for the blindness you suffered, the same thing happened to my family, wife and young ones"
Shin froze mid step "How many young ones?" He asked, shocked "you needn't answer if you don't want to"
"Three" Yakuzo said as Shin walked out, sadness in his eyes but it wouldn't last "you know, Yamamoto Hatake, one of the best Hunters in the city and apprentice to master Salazar, lost his whole clan as well but it turned out Kami faked killing them and trapped them in another dimension meant to make even Ghoul afraid for years...so there is a possibility that they're alive too" Shin then left with the kind words of advice. "I hope you're right cuz their deaths didn't look at all faked..." Yakuzo whispered to himself even though he knew Shin heard him despite no longer being in the room.
Shin went out to the cells and despite his size compared to Yakuzo, who would be better suited for this but Shin was always a silent fellow and the least likely to be caught eavesdropping and what he learned was so unexpected that he almost flew into a rage but knew well enough to bide his time and as always it pays off as word spread like wildfire of Taro, the escape artist. Hearing this made Shin disgruntled enough to finally ask a favor of Yakuzo, a favor he swore he'd never ask. The Ghoul Lords, all but J'onn were at Yamamoto and Scar's place with Tsume, Yang, and the G.E.C as the Ghoul Lords had found separate places to be alone, awaiting Bane's return. There were Ghouls still appearing among them, some eager to meet Bane.
"Milady, are we ready to make preparations for the banquet?" A slim man simply barged into the house and went to Tsu Chen in the living room with Yang, who was relatively ignorant of her whispering sweet nothings into his ear as she looked at him as she replied "not quite yet, dear Sin, Bane isn't back yet" as the man known as Sin as he nodded and sat not far from her, Yang doesn't seem to trust anyone and prefers to leave but Scar threatened him to keep close to the Ghoul Lords and at least get to know them and trust them.
There lies the problem though, the Ghoul Lords don't trust Yang anymore than he trusts them and he'd prefer hunting Kami down and making him pay for his deeds and for seemingly using even him, his own student who saw him as a father figure, to his own ends "Tell me we aren't getting anymore unwanted..." Yang said with a bored look as his eye turned on Sin "...and annoyingly rude guests"
"That only depends on how many Ghouls are coming..." Bartalos said from the backyard as Yang went out there to find him in the centre of J'onn's zen garden - why someone as eccentric and curious as him had a zen garden in the first place when he still couldn't control his anger, Yang still couldn't wrap his head around - balancing on one foot one on a stick with no care that he may fall as the stick was effortlessly straight and not wobbly at all.
"What in the name-?" Yang looked pissed, seeing Bartalos as a bit of show off as he smirked "tell me, why were you so determined to stop Kami's banishment ceremony?"
"One, do you really need and whole 'ceremony' just to banish someone?" Yang retaliated "because I highly doubt, with absolutely no exaggeration, that being banished is much of a problem to someone like Kami"
"Why do you say that?" Briarios appeared suddenly with a very calm disposition that Yang doesn't trust, seeing first hand what the mental Ghoul Lord was capable of when he went off "I say, it wouldn't have matter if the trial went with either Kami or Bane being banished, they're both guilty and Bane has nothing to be happy about, same for you"
"I know Kami very well, he was always strong, a survivor..." Yang looked sad "in the days after his possession by the One and waking from the coma it put him in, he felt trapped like he was a cage, so used to never staying in one place like when we were younger that it could drive him mad..."
"Your point is...?" Briarios hated people who talked too much sometimes...even other Ghoul Lords as Yang snapped "he hates the city lifestyle just as much as I do and thrives more beyond the invisible walls of this city"
"That was his strength over ze rest of us..." Bjorn proclaimed "being the youngest and weakest of us also fueled his fire even more, Bjorn believes that he knew all along that we were watching him even though he hadn't shown any shock or care for it"
"Especially once he'd lost contact with the traitor that allowed him access to our homelands without our knowledge" Braiarios commented as Yang turned to them with a Kami-like fire in his eyes "Don't call Kami a weakling...ever...again in my presence, I don't give a living shit who you are...Kami was a survivor long before a Ghoul Lord, which was what made him strong"
All the Ghoul Lords looked at him, hoping the one man that knows Kami Kurosaki better than even they and his own long-lost father knows him "he's telling the truth...I saw it in his eyes that he won't die until he's accomplished certain things, much like the rest of his clan"
Bjorn got up and opened a portal as Yang glared at him "Where are you off to?" Bjorn looked at him "maybe you are right, but it takes more than if you're a weakling or a champion to prove yourself enough to be a Ghoul Lord and Bjorn has business to attend to." He stepped through the portal and disappeared, leaving Yang fuming "Kami doesn't want to destroy this city, it's the only and closest this he has ever had to a home...he just didn't like the feeling of confinement here" he finally said with a sad expression as he went back inside, leaving the other remaining Ghoul Lord beside Bjorn an J'onn with more questions than answers.
A/N - Yang believes that Kami's banishment only made him more powerful, while J'onn and Taro make their way to where Bane is trying to kill Kami and vice-versa but can they make it in time before he kills Scar and Bane?
A man walks through the city, one of the few residents not happy about Kami's banishment as he swore vengeance against both him and J'onn. He is Roku Mitarashi and was formally the head of the Hunters before being replaced by Scar and Yamamoto.
He was standing at Bjorn's height with white hair and dazzling silver eyes wearing baggy pants with many pockets and an armless vest all consisting of black.
This however, isn't his most remarkable trait since his freedom from the Crypt, his right arm was...the last time he'd tried to assassinate J'onn and Kami, after he woke from his coma, he almost succeeded, that is until he noticed Kami was no longer going to stand for these attempts on their lives and used Amaterasu to take more than a little off when he severed his right arm completely...like humans, although Ghouls can heal any ingury like it was a flesh wound, they are unable to regenerate lost limbs on their own without a Ghoul trained specially in healing magic to either regrow the lost limb or rejoin the limb that was severed from the body as he looked up to see what looked like a shooting star in broad daylight but he knew was J'onn going to help Bane with Taro in tow.
His journey to regain his arm led him to learn that his family was heir to some powerful ancient magic, reformation magic that was similar to healing magic but also far different as he doesn't have the ability to use any of the six element of magic that consisted of fire, water, earth, wind, light (which included lightning) or darkness (which included opening dimensional gateways, creating seals and manipulating one's own shadow)
"I wonder if he's going to that Bane fella..." Mitarashi wondered as he disappeared over the roof tops to follow J'onn "I heard he was the Ghoul Lords' new favorite."
His namesake right arm came into light showing rugged and sharp edges of glass as his fingers were replaced by razor sharp talon like claws dragging against windows, shredding them like paper and absorbing them into his arm before following J'onn...he'd also come to hear about Bane and chose not to believe Kami's obvious lie that he was his son but they've never met face to face until now.
