Chapter 36 – The Holy Trinity
Knowing that she needed to act fast, Kiyomi launched herself into an attack. Kenichi stared blankly into her eyes as she approached and stepped back just in time to dodge a fatal slash to his neck. He turned around and slashed at Kiyomi with the speed of his spin, but only found the flat side of Kiyomi's blade. He took a step back, reared up his sword and slammed down with force. Kiyomi expertly parried the attack without getting knocked back and followed with a several stabs. Kenichi weaved away from the attacks and jumped back.
Kiyomi rushed after him and stabbed at his head. Kenichi bent back his head to dodge and then grabbed Kiyomi's arm. Without a second wasted, he threw her into the ground. Kiyomi recovered quickly and within a second she had flipped back up, just in time to dodge a cero attack.
She then vanished and attacked Kenichi from behind. He lazily ducked down to dodge and then vanished as well. Kiyomi followed, and flashes of the sun reflecting off their blades were seen, scattered around the area as their battle of speed ensued.
A quick stab from Kenichi broke Kiyomi's balance as she made a desperate attempt to dodge, giving Kenichi time to attack. He appeared behind her, with good timing, and fired a point blank cero into her back.
Kenichi watched Kiyomi fall to the ground, but suddenly she disappeared and, in one swift motion, appeared in front of Kenichi and slashed across his chest, taking him completely by surprise. With blood spurting out, he fell to the ground.
Kiyomi landed and stayed still, waiting. Kenichi stirred and jumped to his feet with no sign of an injury. "Perhaps I've underestimated your unreleased power," Kenichi spoke. "I think I want to end this now, I'm on a tight schedule. Reign Over This World, Solodios!" He slashed both his wrists and then placed his blade on his chest before slashing out a crucifix. He then brought his sword to his mouth and licked the blood off his blade.
His wounds glowed and the blood became as clear as water. His skin turned a pale white, along with his hair and eyes. His sword dissolved and skeletal angelic wings grew from his back. His hollow hole expanded outwards nearly taking up his entire upper torso. But after all this, his mask stayed the same.
He moved quickly and appeared in front of Kiyomi, gently placing a hand on her temple. But he touched nothing as his hands grabbed only an afterimage.
Kiyomi appeared behind him and shouted, "Constrict, Tsutasenjo!" wrapping her whip around Kenichi's neck. "You can't kill me that easily. I am well informed about your abilities and I know exactly how to counter them."
She pulled the whip tight and tugged forcefully until she heard a crack, before releasing Kenichi and letting him fall to the ground. But Kiyomi was immediately taken aback as Kenichi stood up, and then realigned his neck back into place.
She didn't waver and attacked again. Kenichi moved back a few steps and span out of the way to dodge effortlessly, and then he jumped up at Kiyomi.
Kiyomi moved back instinctively and drew out a yellow triangle. "Bakudo 30, Beak-Piercing Triple Beam." A beak like protrusion emerged from the corners of the triangle and stabbed themselves into Kenichi, halting his charge and pinning him against the ground. "Bakudo 79, Nine Sunlight Traps!" Eight dark balls of energy surrounded Kenichi with a last one appearing on his chest completely immobilising him. "Hado 63, Thunder Roar Sear!" she shouted repeatedly, firing numerous huge yellow bolts of light into Kenichi.
She stopped and waited, as the clouds of smoke were brushed aside by a light breeze. Kenichi looked no different, the attacks barely made a scratch. He let out a sigh and broke through the Bakudo as if he was walking through paper.
"I guess this was expected," Kiyomi admitted. "But still, I'm impressed you can take so much and yet have no visible sign of injury."
"You still doubt God?" Kenichi retorted. "Then you're nothing but a heathen, and thus I shall treat you as such in this battle. I am disappointed in you, Kiyomi."
Suddenly, he moved his hand out in front of him and plunged it into his chest with a sick squelch. There was a crack of bone and he pulled out a bloody rib from his body. "El Libro de Genesis!" he announced and dropped the rib. It hit the ground and broke into hundreds of bone shards, before erupting into a bright light. As the light faded away he whispered, "Creacion," and suddenly, standing next to him was a woman. Her long ponytailed hair, smooth skin and cold eyes were pale white, and she showed exactly the same wounds on her wrists and chest as Kenichi did from his release. She essentially looked like a female version of Kenichi.
Kiyomi stared at her, speechless. The woman then spoke instead. "My name is Kamiko Ito-" she started, but Kenichi put a hand across and stopped her. Her voice was soft, yet it still had an air of arrogance.
"Introductions won't be necessary. The person who stands before us is a heathen and a harlot. You have no business being polite to her."
Kamiko gave a slight nod, "I understand," she said, and launched herself at Kiyomi with such speed that Kiyomi just barely managed to dodge her bladed wings.
Kenichi followed up, but this time Kiyomi prepared herself and, before he could reach her, she threw out her whip and wrapped it around Kenichi's arm. She let the thorns dig into his flesh before she threw him into the ground and ripped away the skin on his arm. Kenichi flipped back up and merely glanced at his arm before regrouping with Kamiko.
Kamiko launched herself off again, using her wings as weapons, the blades growing sharper as she attacked. She extended them out, and they reached from behind her like arms, aiming a slash at Kiyomi's chest. Kiyomi raised the long thin handle of her whip and expertly blocked it. She then stepped back and lashed out, but Kamiko had already moved back and a cero from Kenichi was headed her way. Kiyomi placed one palm out in front of her and called out, "Bakudo 39, Round Lock Fan." A yellow circular spinning disc expanded outwards from her hand and the cero crashed into it, pushing Kiyomi back, but the attack was deflected. Kenichi appeared in front of her and smashed the kido to pieces. His wings extended out swiftly and slashed a deep wound into Kiyomi's stomach. With the pain rushing through her body, she plummeted out of the sky.
Kiyomi got onto her knees and whispered to her weapon, "Synthesise, Tsutasenjo." A natural green aura enveloped her and the deep cut on her stomach closed up slowly. She stood up, panting steadily.
"So the harlot knows how to stand? I applaud you," said Kenichi, clapping sarcastically. He soared higher into the sky and declared, "If you can regenerate small wounds like that, then all I need to do is hit you with a wound you'll never recover from." He cleared his throat and announced, as though speaking to the world, "El Libro de la Revelacion!" A large white throne manifested behind him and he comfortably sat down into it, like it was tailored for him.
He raised an arm and twenty-four smaller thrones appeared, spread evenly on either side of him. Faded ghostly forms sat on each throne, chillingly glaring at Kiyomi. "Los Seres Vivos," he said, and four separate garganta appeared behind him, also spread out evenly on either side. Four hollow stepped out: one with a lion mask, one with a bull mask, one with a demon-like mask and one with a bird-like mask.
A scroll appeared out of nowhere and rested softly on Kenichi's hand. He beckoned for Kamiko, who knelt down in front of him and took the scroll gently with both hands. She then stood up and turned around to face Kiyomi. Slowly unravelling the scroll, she said, "Conquista," and the lion-masked hollow bowed, before turning white and morphing into a horse-like form, as a stream of spiritual energy shot out of the scroll. It then neighed darkly, before it rushed at Kiyomi.
Kiyomi timed herself and flash stepped out of the horse's way the second before it hit her, and without turning around she raised her hand. "Hado 90, Black Coffin." The horse stopped and was crushed as a black box of energy enclosed it.
Kamiko continued to unravel the scroll and then said "Guerra." The bull hollow bowed and was hit by another stream of energy. It changed into a red horse-like form, and galloped towards Kiyomi. Before it could reach Kiyomi, she swung out her whip and wrapped it neatly around the horse's neck. She tugged it hard slicing the head clean off with the sharp thorns. The horse let out a horrific screech and dissolved away.
Kamiko unravelled the rest of the scroll and said, "Hambre, Muerte." The remaining two hollow bowed as they were hit with streams of energy. The demon-masked hollow transformed into a black horse whilst the bird-masked hollow morphed into a pale horse. They jumped and made a dash for Kiyomi.
Kiyomi held out her hand and gripped the handle of her whip tightly. Several balls of pink energy appeared around Kiyomi, vibrating perpetually and itching to attack. "Hado 91, Thousand-Hand Bright Heaven Culling-Sear!" she shouted, and the balls of energy homed into the two horses, destroying them on contact.
Kenichi's fingers gently tapped on the armrest of his throne, and he frowned as his hollows died. He raised his hand again and said, "La Bestia." A giant garganta appeared behind his throne as a huge serpentine seven-headed hollow appeared. It looked down at Kamiko and Kenichi, hissing loudly and bearing its fangs.
Kenichi sat up straight from his slouched position and relaxed himself, as two of the hollow's heads opened up their huge mouths and swallowed Kamiko and Kenichi, along with his throne.
Kiyomi's face lit up in surprise, but soon readied herself as the monster turned its beady eyes towards her. "You won't get me. Bankai! Nenshou Tsutasenjo!" Her whip burst into flames, which then started to encircle her. As the flames started to die down, her bankai was fully formed.
Her whip had grown thicker and longer, and was now lined with a stream of flames. A pair of flaming butterfly wings had sprouted from her back, matching her new wild hairstyle, with fiery sparks dancing around it. Her uniform had been incinerated, and what was left was a red backless uniform, much like Soifon's.
The serpentine hollow attacked. With its mouths wide open and dripping saliva everywhere, one of the heads shot at Kiyomi. She flash stepped out of its way and jumped on it. With a huge swing she wrapped her whip around the hollow's neck. The flames grew fierce and with one tug on the whip, the meat where the whip touched melted away, slicing the head off.
Kiyomi jumped off it and watched as the long scaly neck writhed around madly. It then suddenly stopped and retreated alongside the other heads as a new head grew out. "Fast regeneration," breathed Kiyomi. She moved quickly as two more heads attacked. She jumped as the first one smashed into the ground and ran up its neck, before flash stepping away as the second one crushed the first head's neck.
She moved further up, getting closer to the hollow's body. More of its heads moved and Kiyomi dived down to dodge another, but was taken by surprise as a head suddenly attacked her head-on. She held on by stepping on the bottom of the head's mouth and blocking the upper fangs with the handle of her whip. She looked behind and saw another head approach. With split-second timing, she flash stepped out of the way as the two heads crashed into each other.
Two more heads appeared in front of her with drops of saliva flying around. She reached forwards with her whip, grabbed one of the heads and rammed it into the other one, clearing the way forwards.
She moved in quickly but found out it was a trap, as she was surrounded by all seven heads within moments. They opened their mouths gleefully, looking down at the trapped Kiyomi. She didn't move at all and thinking they'd won, all seven heads attacked. But the Kiyomi they hit was never there in the first place, another afterimage.
The real Kiyomi had appeared right next to the hollow's body and with a large swing, she speared through the hollow's chest with her flaming spear. The fire from the whip burned brightly inside the hollow's body and slowly, the hollow was eaten away from the inside.
As the hollow dissolved away, Kamiko and Kenichi appeared from the glowing light left by the dissolving monster, still looking fresh, as though nothing had happened. Kiyomi, on the other hand, was starting to look tired and her breathing was getting heavier.
"Is this really the extent of your power? You are willing to let all these hollow die for your own selfish reason? Or are you a coward that's too weak to fight me yourself?" asked Kiyomi spitefully.
Kenichi let out a dry monotonous laugh. "You and your idealistic ways are too naïve. Why do you think we have survived until now? It's because we don't follow the way of heathens. But I think the time for games have passed. You are the last stepping stone on my way to divinity and whilst it's a shame, you must die."
Kenichi gathered a cero in his left hand and Kamiko gathered on in her right. As the balls of energy formed they pressed their hands together. The cero combined to form a white ball, and there was a bright flash as a body grew out of the ball.
Kiyomi's tired body sensed the cold frightening spiritual pressure from the new form, and she froze.
"Capitulo Final: El Hijo," said Kenichi, as the new body stood up. His long white hair rested softly on his feathered majestic wings. He had no hollow hole and no mask, the only thing slightly covering his face was a blood red fringe.
He glared at Kiyomi, and spoke with a voice of hate and disgust. "I am the Son, the pure form of God: Ichirou Ito."
Note: Everything written is a work of complete fiction. We apologise if it offends any religion, it is not what we intended.
I also would like to apologise for the lateness of this chapter. I had been taking my final year university exams for the majority of last month and stopped with everything. But after my exams ended 2 weeks ago I realised that work from other areas that isn't academic had piled up. So I only recently caught up with everything and had the time to write this. Again, I can't promise when the next chapter will be up. But it will be soon hopefully. All I can do is my best, I apologise again.