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Arc 4 - Chapter 4: You To Be Kidding Me!
15 minutes later*
(Unknown Village: Hill)
"I'll never allow you to rest in peace even in Hell!" Kikyo screams with rage, as she uses her priestess powers to make it so the soul of Naraku in the afterlife be absolutely horrible and never having a moment of rest.
"Uh, Yume. Do you think we should do something about this?" Aqua asks her lover, where they've been watching Kikyo do all kinds of things towards the corpse known as Naraku, the one that caused so many deaths and dreadful things to others for years. Even placing a curse on a family bloodline, that would kill the members of the family at an early age or something.
"If you want, you could go help Priestess Kikyo on cursing the deceased even further, I mean. Just look at her, she is using all kinds of curses I would never think a priestess would know." I said to Aqua, as we watch Kikyo literally placed down another curse, that causes Naraku to attract all bad lucks in Hell. Especially, attracting all kinds of cruel beings in Hell to be interested in Naraku in something not related to helping Naraku bring into power. Far from it.
"That isn't what I meant." Aqua looks back up the hill, where she can barely see Kagone's group. She could barely see them, with Kagome's group arguing with each other. Then, back at Kikyo, who just light the corpse on fire.
"Well, what did you meant, then?" I ask Aqua as I thought about the drama about to happen the moment Kagome's group is done with their group conversation before coming down from the hill, where a new group conversation filled with most likely of shouting will begin.
"Something like helping Kikyo before she goes into the deep end?" Aqua wonder if Kikyo had gone crazy the moment she realized Naraku is dead; well, dead and cursed for all eternity.
"Hm." I thought about what I could help Kikyo and thought about it real hard, then got an idea of what to do. Plus, I did this in the past before and it worked great. Kind of. "Give me a moment." I said to Aqua, then I walk up to Kikyo and slap her with a [Magical Card: Cleaning - Negative Purity]. The same thing I used on Zero before, to remove all negative emotions from Kikyo instantly, but it will come back later.
Kikyo blankly stares at me in silence, not saying a single word for almost 3 minutes now. Then, I decide to dismiss the [Magical Card] and glance back at Aqua, to show I did my best before returning my attention back at Kikyo, who continue to blankly stare at me without blinking.
"You okay there?" I ask Kikyo, who slowly nods her head at me. "Okay, then. I'll be with my lover..." I walk back over to Aqua while having [Spiritual Sense] active the entire time. Not daring to let my guard down around Kikyo.
"You!" Inuyasha's shout coming from the hill, causing all Aqua, Kikyo, and I look in his direction, where Inuyasha is running towards Aqua with the eyes of murder; well, more like the eyes of someone who desire to beat someone up to an inch of their life.
Aqua reacts on battle instinct she refined during her journey and perform multiple series of strikes with her [Keyblade] at Inuyasha, where it was too fast for him to follow up on by the time Aqua struck on Inuyasha's torso twice from the sides, his forehead, then finish with a jab to the chest. Blasting Inuyasha off his feet and crashing into the side of the hill. Forming an imprint of Inuyasha's body shape.
"Again. Nice hits." I give Aqua a thumb up, which just made Aqua pout at me, for praising her on defeating Inuyasha without much effort and mostly out of reflex. "Hm, think he be fine?" I look at the hole with Inuyasha in it and a few seconds he burst out of it.
"[Iron Reaver Soul Stealer]!" Inuyasha roar, as he swings his right sharp, blade-like claw at Aqua.
Aqua counter this by performing a jumping attack with her [Keyblade] smashing right onto Inuyasha's face, sending him down crashing into the ground. Forming another body shape hole.
"Man, Aqua. You're very strong." I gave Aqua another thumb up, something I think I will find myself doing often around Aqua. 'Man, I think I won't find myself bored with Aqua if this is how she acts most of the time the moment someone attacks her.'
"Wow, Inuyasha got beaten so easily!" Shippo shouted in shock. As he jumps over to the groaning Inuyasha on the ground, where it looks like Inuyasha won't be getting up any time soon.
"I must say, Miss. You're a very strong person, to defeat an Inu Hanyo." Miroku spoke in a polite tone of voice as he comments on Aqua's fighting ability, while at the same time, reaching to touch Aqua's butt, which earns him a smack to the face by Aqua's [Keyblade]. Knocking the Monk off his feet and landing right next to Inuyasha. While Miroku held his left cheek in pain.
"It's nice to meet you, I'm Sango. And the perverted Monk on the is Miroku." Sango walks up to speak with Aqua while looking at the [Keyblade] with interest.
"So, how things went with your side? By the way, we took care of Naraku already." I said to Kagome, who looks a bit afraid before she looks at me with confusion before her brain registers my words.
"What do you mean by that?" Kagome asks with a hint of hope in her voice, but at the same time, she finds this unbelievable.
"Yeah, I took care of Naraku. You can ask Kikyo over there about it. She even cursed the guy's soul to be tormented even in Hell, for all eternity." I point at Kikyo with my right index.
"Really?" Kagome asks Kikyo, ignoring Yume's grin filled with amusement and something completely off about it. But, she can't tell why. Yet, she knew that if she digs into it would lead to a fate worse than death. So, Kagome ignores it. Not her business nor something she needs to be concerned about.
I leave it to Kagome to speak with Kikyo as I walk over to Aqua, who speaking with both Sango and Miroku, while the latter has to stay a few steps away from Aqua since she still holding her [Keyblade] and glaring at Miroku during the entire conversation going on.
"Okay, time for us to leave." I said to Aqua, who seems confused by what I said, so to clarify. "We don't have a reason to stay in this world. Furthermore, we've already helped this world already by taking out the main bad guy."
"Are you sure we should leave? I mean, shouldn't we help a bit more? We can do much more in this world before we leave." Aqua didn't want to leave so soon after coming to this world just for like almost an hour then just leave afterward.
"Yeah, about that. I think it's better if we leave due to the fact, that the world's will is a bit mad for some reason." I said to Aqua, 'Who would have thought that the world's will would catch on quick, the damage would cause due to Kikyo being fully alive a second time and Kagome's soul being fixed would affect the future much more than it supposes to.' I sweatdrop, that it has barely been close to an hour after I did the deed. "Also, I think you guys may want to say your goodbyes to Priestess Kagome soon because she has to leave with or without her saying." I can already pick up the world's will trying to draw Kagome from this reality back to her original.
"What do you mean by that?" Sango asks with a frown on her face.
"Due to Kagome's existence not from this time period, nor in this reality. The only reason why she was able to stay here this long is due to her connection with Priestess Kikyo over there. Therefore, the world is starting the process of bringing Priestess Kagome back to her world and time period." I begin to explain what's going on and how Kikyo is pretty much taking over Kagome's place since she was in this reality, to begin with.
I even explain to Aqua and the rest, but especially towards Aqua, that even with the Tarot Card I used to stop the world from going into chaos doesn't mean it's a permanent thing. All I did was a temporary thing or giving me more freedom to do whatever I wanted within reasons. Too much, then I lose that privilege and if I'm lucky, the world will give me a minute or two to leave myself or else it does it for me.
"Are you sure, there nothing else you can do, to let us stay here longer?" Aqua asks with a hint of hope, that her lover could do something to extend the time of staying here.
"Nope. Because Kagome is gone already." I point, where Kikyo is, who has her eyes widen in shock and she is alone. Kagome is nowhere in plain sight. "Also, if no one has noticed, but the sky has turned red." I now point to the sky, where everyone looks up and sure enough. The sky is red. A bad omen for those who see this as the shade of red of the sky is more on the same shade of human's red blood. "So, yeah. The time to leave should be now or we will fade from existence at worse and kick to another world at best." I said to Aqua, who looks like she about to have a breakdown. "Sorry, everyone. It's nice meeting you guys, but we got to go." I grab Aqua's hand, then use [Dream-Traversing Technique], forming the rainbow bubble around Aqua and me, then off we go before anyone could say otherwise.
"Screw you!" Inuyasha roar, as he attacks with his right claw, scratching the edge of the bubble near Aqua the moment we disappear.
(Unknown)
"I did not expect that. How about you, Aqua?" I ask my lover, but all I got was silence, causing me to look to my left to see if Aqua is sad for having to leave so soon before she could do anything to help. However, what I saw almost gave me a heart attack if I didn't have a strong heart and Will stat.
In my left hand is Aqua's right hand, but that's it. The rest of Aqua is literally gone, leaving me holding her chop off left hand. It's not even leaking out blood and before my very eyes. The left hand, even begins to fade from existence.
"What the fuck?" I thought out loud. 'This is Inuyasha's fault, right?' I thought to myself, but I was fooling myself into thinking that.
Then, I thought maybe this is some kind of punishment for interfering with Kikyo and Kagome. If this the case, then I'll have to be extra careful and begin working even harder with [Spell Formation] and the [Dao of Chaos] to prevent this from happening. To make this even worse for me, I have nothing could be used to locate Aqua at all, for me to track her down with [Dream-Traversing Technique].
'Wait...' I suddenly have another thing about this whole thing. "FUCK! This is the third girl!" I realize, that my luck with the female gender could be the case on why Aqua disappears on me, the idea of her being alive or not wasn't even important now due to the vow I made that actually have a connection with Aqua is gone as well. Therefore, the chance is, Aqua is dead or just returning back to the Realm of Darkness. "Am I going to live the rest of my life single?" I dread of this being true, even if I could just use [Heavenly Abode] to create life forms to be with me. Even my idea girl.
But, the thought of doing so makes me feel in disgust since technically I would be the father of my creation and the thought if I were to have a relationship in a romantic way with what I have created just make me feel a bit ill.
'Should I just focus on cultivating first to reach the peak or continue to find a lady to be with?' I thought about how boring it would get if I just continue to travel by myself and cultivate for who knows how long until I reach the point where I can no longer continue to cultivate further, reaching the very peak of the multiverse.
Without the vow, I made with Aqua no longer in play. I decide to push the thought about Aqua to the back of my mind. Plus, we've only known for each for like, not even a whole day yet. Even if I technically know Aqua all her life thanks to reading her memories, but she doesn't know about me. 'But, damn. The thought of being a single dog piss me off more than it should.' I feel like going mad with how unlucky I am so far with all the girls I feel like being with, but the result keeps coming up bad for me. One way or another.
Pop!*
I blink a few times, as it looks like I've arrived in a new world. Looking around, I noticed something weird about my surroundings. For one thing, everything is white. Literally just white. White ground. White sky. White everything.
"Well, now. This is interesting. To think an outsider would come to my world." I heard a genderless voice behind me. Turning around, to see a white figure, without any eyes and a big mouth. No hair either. In fact, this being before my eyes don't even have clothes, not that it matters since it doesn't even have anything down there or anything on its chest to hide.
"What's interesting is you, The Truth." I couldn't believe I ended up appearing in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist. But, not just any place. I end up in The Gate, the very same place that source of alchemical knowledge and the entrance to God's domain, where no mortals are meant to tread.
"Ah, I see the outside, I'm well known." The Truth big smirk grew a bit. "If you don't mind me asking, but why did you come here for? Power? No, a being like you represent power itself. Knowledge? Again, not something you need." The Truth begins speaking up before I could say anything. "Oh! Maybe you're here for something precious, maybe an object, hmm? Wait, no don't tell me. That isn't what you're here for, far from it. Just give me a moment, I'll get the answer myself!"
'I wonder if this version of The Truth is a lot more talkative or it's the same in canon.' I sweatdrop, as The Truth continues to figure out why I came to this world.
A few hours later*
(The Gate)
Name: Yume Chūmon
Essence: 4760 + (75%) x 3 = 24990
Will: 1960 x 3 = 5880
Physical: 412 + (75%) x 3 = 2163
Profession: Dream Master Sage, Unknown Cultivator
Cultivation: [Prominent Divine Realm], [Fate Palace Four Symbols Awakening - Soul Fire Stage: 99%)]
Technique: Demon Sealing Hexes [Ninth Demon Sealing Hex (100%)], Card Magic [8th Magical Card (0%)], Dream-Traversing, [Life Wheel Merit Law: Refinement (Xiantian: 34%)], [Fate Palace Merit Law: Refinement (Xiantian: 33%)], [Physique Merit Law: Refinement (Xiantian: 26%)], [Die Ewigkeit Merit Law: Briah (2%)], [Saber of the Demon Sealers], [Eight Hexes, Combine], [Heavenly Abode]
Skill: [Book Collector Lv.2], [Cartomancy Lv.3], and [Enhanced Mental Focus Lv.2], [Spell Formation Lv.2], [Dao Heart Lv.2], [Soaring Saber Art Lv.1], [Saber Aura Lv.1]
'Should I or should I not.' I debate on finishing the [Soul Fire Stage], but the sudden thought of The Truth finding out I can create souls and among other things would make things complicated. Furthermore, there are the other Gods, where they could be watching this place right now. And the only reason I could guess why none of them noticed me creating souls for my [Cauldron of Life] to burn is due to the souls being made out of [Dream Elemental Force]. A higher dimension types of [Energy] that none of the beings in this world could sense unless I reveal it. 'Maybe I should work on [Spell Formation] or [Enhanced Mental Focus] next?'
I continue to ignore The Truth rambling for the past few hours now, giving me enough to cultivate without any problem. I didn't even have to worry any of the powerful beings try anything. I can sense through the [Dao of Chaos], that there are both chaos and order everywhere in The Gate, but it leans more onto order than chaos. If I wanted to, I can even gain insight into the [Dao of Order] just by standing here and using the [Dao Heart].
Looking at The Truth, who still haven't stopped for a moment to take a break from speaking non-stop so far. I decide to go for it as I may not get another chance to do this later on.
A few days later*
I blink a couple of times before snapping out of the trance I was in under the effects of the [Dao Heart], where I have finally gained the insight into the [Dao of Order] and obtain the ability: [Order Inducement]. It perfectly goes together with the [Dao of Chaos: Chaos Inducement].
"I know! You want a traveling partner! Oh! I always wanted to go to the outside, but the others won't allow me because it's my role to evoke the ancient rules, to make sure no mortals should do something forbidden. The nerve of those guys! I need breaks too! The last time I had a break was..." The Truth finally paused for a moment, to think about when the last time it had a break while guarding The Gate and enforcing the punishments onto those that broke one or more ancient rule.
'I wonder how long The Truth will be thinking since it talked for days.' I thought about how long The Truth would be quiet before it resumes talking again. 'Hmm, maybe I should work on coming up with the next realm for the [Dream Master Cultivation]?'
2 months later*
Name: Yume Chūmon
Essence: 5760 + (75%) x 3 = 30240
Will: 1960 x 3 = 5880
Physical: 412 + (75%) x 3 = 2163
Profession: Dream Sovereign, Unknown Cultivator
Cultivation: [Dao Essence - Second Essence: 10%], [Fate Palace Four Symbols Awakening - Soul Fire Stage: 99%)]
Technique: Demon Sealing Hexes [Ninth Demon Sealing Hex (100%)], Card Magic [8th Magical Card (0%)], Dream-Traversing, [Life Wheel Merit Law: Refinement (Xiantian: 34%)], [Fate Palace Merit Law: Refinement (Xiantian: 33%)], [Physique Merit Law: Refinement (Xiantian: 26%)], [Die Ewigkeit Merit Law: Briah (2%)], [Saber of the Demon Sealers], [Eight Hexes, Combine], [Heavenly Abode]
Skill: [Book Collector Lv.2], [Cartomancy Lv.3], and [Enhanced Mental Focus Lv.2], [Spell Formation Lv.2], [Dao Heart Lv.2], [Soaring Saber Art Lv.1], [Saber Aura Lv.1]
[Dream Sovereign] - You went and beyond what others could do. You've surpassed those that are called [Sage] and obtain the power of supreme.
[Dao Essence] - Comprehend and control the [Dao]. One's [Dao] is defined as their power within this realm. Giving the ability to form a [Essence] and wield it with better proficiency.
It took some time for me to come up with something to continue my [Dream Master Cultivation]. But, I got it and I even develop the [Demon Sealing Hexes] into [Essence], which is technically a [Dao], but I thought about the novel I used to recreate the [Demon Sealing Hexes]. [Essence] is [Dao] given form. For others to study and as a way to heighten enlightenment of the [Dao] that formed the [Essence]. As well as able to use to fight with due to the fact of the [Essence] can continue to develop the [Dao] inside it to become stronger through by using the [Essence] to fight or just use it for something else than fighting.
As for the first [Essence], I cultivate is the [Body-Mind Hex]. Since the [Demon Sealing Hexes] has turned into [Essence] before, but I have a completely different idea and this idea led, to where inside my [Dream World] are numerous threads that bound together into a colorless sphere that randomly change in sizes every few seconds. Of course, these threads are actually numerous dimensional space superimposed over each other and then exerts pressure onto the target, sealing away everything down to the bare minimum. This is the [Body-Mind Hex Essence].
Furthermore, upon forming the [Body-Mind Hex Essence] has also given me access to the [Dao of Space]. The ability of [Spatial Pressure Generation], something similar to the [Body-Mind Hex Essence], but at the same time different. Instead of sealing, it is crushing the target until nothing left. In a way, forming the [Essence] also give me new ability based on the [Dao]. Therefore, other than the [Dao Heart]. I have another way to gain a new ability from the [Dao] by forming [Essence] while at the same time using [Dao Heart] to study the [Essence], which also leads to developing the [Essence] even further. A win-win situation.
Besides the [Body-Mind Hex Essence] is the [Karma Hex Essence], which take on the appearance of my hands. They're see-through and barely able to see at all with how faint it is. The form I picked for the [Karma Hex Essence] is based on the character Wang Lin's [Karma Print]. Where [Karma Essence] was invisible, but it gathered in Wang Lin's right hand. When his palm opened, it was a karmic cause, and when his palm closed, it was a karmic effect. Yet, for me, I made two hands instead of just making it my right hand. This will represent how I can control the cause and effect much more forcibly than what Wang Lin could do in the novel and much more.
However, the [Karma Hex Essence] is still in a development phase, where I'm slowly converting the [Karma Hex] into a [Essence]. Though, I have no idea what would happen after I finish converting all the [Demon Sealing Hexes] into [Essence].
"Hey, sorry for the wait. I had some much thinking, that I left you hanging there." The Truth spoke up, snapping me out of thoughts and even stopping me from resuming on working on the [Second Essnece]. "So, I have thought about it and I decide to grant your request of having me as your traveling buddy into the multiverse!"
"What?" I look at The Truth in disbelief, wondering what the hell was going on while I was cultivating at the time.
"Come on! Why the surprise? Isn't that why you came to my world in the first place? To ask me to travel with you across the entire multiverse! I'll even bring my universe with me, so I can still technically continue my job while at the same time having fun traveling!" The Truth jumps onto its feet and smiles at me, with both hands on its hip.
"What?"
