Chapter 19
The touch of the grim reaper
Kamui's Pov:
The ringing in his ears would not seize. But it didn't matter, he could hear just fine. In fact, he felt like his intuitive instincts had never been sharper, his senses, never as heightened. He evaded a swing from Umibozu's jarringly ugly umbrella and swung his own parasol in return, aiming for the man's head. Their weapons clashed together once again, fighting for the upper hand.
Finally, his blood sang out in elations, finally he could prove his point. Finally he would make this man pay up for his uselessness, pay for the death of his mother. Yes, Finally he would be rid of him. Kamui allowed a crazed, bloody smile to creep across his face, his blood pumping with adrenaline.
He had longed for a fight like this. Once he killed Umibozu, the title of the universe's strongest would be his. He had many on his kill list, many people he wanted to have a fight with and Umibozu was at the very top. The bastard even had the nerve to lecture him at the start of the fight, it was laughable.
With tooth and nail, they fought now, a raw battle and each attack was meant to kill. At least it was that way from Kamui's side of things. He knew he had to rile up the baldy, to get him to go all out and become a beast. Just like himself.
Umibozu raised his foot and kicked him at his side, he caught the kick by his elbow and raised his own boot-clad foot. It landed directly on the baldy's face, throwing them both away from each other. An idea started to take form in his head, his head which could almost be described as high from the adrenaline rush.
"Umibozu!" He yelled out to the older man, who busy nursing his bloody nose. "Do you know Kagura is here?"
This had the man suddenly freeze up as he took in Kamui's words. His eyes grew wide with rage from the mere mention of his daughter.
"Well she's not here anymore! I fucking buried that bitch so deep and I ravaged her body, and by god did she taste sweet," Kamui continued, his voice rising with each word.
He was willing to say anything, truth or lie to lure out the beast. And boy was he successful. With an enraged cry of fury, Umibozu charged at him.
"You're lying!" he screamed as he descended upon his target, umbrella raised high.
Kamui was prepared and ducked to the side. Raising his fist, he knocked the parasol out of his father's hands and it was thrown away.
"You're willing to bet on that?" Kamui cruelly laughed back as he blocked an incoming fist with his own.
Once again, he was kicked in the side, but before he was thrown away, he managed to twist Umibozu's wrist with a sickening crack. Kamui barely managed to land before he was up on his feet again. He picked up his umbrella and blocked that of his father's.
"You wanna know what else I buried? What else I buried inside her? My cock!" he shouted in his face and the euphoric feeling of saying those words to the man in front of him, had him on cloud nine.
With a scream of pure devastation, his father raised his fist and knocked him straight in the jaw. He flew back and the taste of blood clouded his senses. Finally, it seemed like he had awoken the beast. Now it was on.
A flurry of kicks, teeth and fists ensued. Umbrellas were thrown aside and the two of them fought now with nothing holding them back. Their only witness at the moment was Abuto, who only wished for this to end.
"You should have seen it!" Kamui got out as he knocked Umibozu's head to the side, evading a blow aimed at his stomach. "You should have seen me raping her, she was practically begging me to do it!"
Umibozu's foot made a sudden contact with his sternum and Kamui promptly flew away into the rocky wall behind him. He coughed up some blood but only laughed maniacally. Umibozu was a beast now, he ran towards him, screaming like a madman. Once again, they continued their bloody fight of landing blows and evading attacks. I just went on and on and he enjoyed every second of it.
That was until a certain someone decided to end his fun. He would make her regret that. The appearance of Kagura would make Umibozu doubt his words and he couldn't have that now can he?
Kagura's Pov:
With horror, she watched her two loved ones try to tear each other apart. Literally. They were covered in blood and their clothes looked torn as well. Kamui's braid had gotten semi-loose in the chaos and she had never seen her father so incredibly blood-thirsty and brutal before. This was a fight to the death and she knew she couldn't let that happen. Jumping down from the cliff she landed just behind Abuto who turned around as she quickly ran past him.
"Oh Jesus fuck," he blurted out at the sight of her but she could care less.
In a matter of seconds. she appeared behind Kamui, who had gained the upper hand. He was currently stomping on their father's head and in blind rage, she grabbed his arm and twisted it as hard as she could.
Before she could break it, which had been her intention, he spun around and grabbed her head. He delivered a hard blow to her skull, clashing his forehead to hers and she briefly blacked out for only two seconds or so. It was enough for him to get her to release his arm. He picked her up by the waist, and even though she was still disoriented and in huge pain, she still continued on landing blow after blow on the back of his neck or just anywhere she could reach.
Kamui growled furiously at her attempts and he ran away with her to the side. He then threw her into the mountain wall and she made a nice crater in it. Their father was on him in a matter of seconds, kicking his head and making drop down. It was a terrible sight to see. Umibozu straddled him and began punching over and over again, everything happened so fast.
Kagura was brought back to the horrible nightmare she had after her first time with Kamui. Back in Yoshiwara... it was exactly like this. A shrill cry rose in her throat.
"Stop it, stop it, stop it, you're killing him!" she screamed as she forced herself up from the ground.
She ran up to her father and grabbed his arm, trying to put an end to it.
"Please you cannot kill each other like this, I won't have any family left!" she shouted as tears now freely streamed down her cheeks.
"Only he needs to die, Kagura and you should not care for him in the slightest." Umibozu said as he ripped his arm from her grasp and literally pushed her to the side.
It was a gentle push but a strong one. She ended up on the ground again, scraping up her hands into a bloody mess but she could care less. Kamui took this opportunity to punch their father in the chin, making him fly off of him. He landed a few meters away, making his own crater in the ground.
Her brother panted heavily and his face was barely recognisable from all the blood that covered it. He rose up and spat out a mouthful of the red liquid. She grew frightened because she just cared too much.
"Kagura you brat," he hissed at her and before she knew what was going on he crept up to her and knelt down behind her.
His arms enclosed her from behind in what could almost be a hug but she knew better, this was a human shield.
"I had a horrible nightmare that he killed you!" she exclaimed with a rising panic and he started to squeeze her, and she couldn't help but to melt at the closeness.
"That's strange, it should be the other way around..." he commented behind her ear as they both looked on as their father emerged from the cloud of dust that had gathered from his crater.
He looked at them with his murderous stare, his nose flared and his lips drew back in what could only be described as revulsion. She was confused by that. Was it her he was angry with? Why would he look absolutely disgusted? Anger and rage and even hate towards her brother, she could understand... but disgust?
Suddenly, an icy cold aura creeped over her from head to toe.
"What did you say to him?!" she almost screamed at her brother as she tried to turn around to face him.
"Guess."
She became utterly mute at that, she couldn't get herself to even form the words.
"Release her! Don't you fucking touch her, you filth!" Umibozu screamed out in rage, he began walking towards them and quickened his pace by each second.
She had never heard him curse before...
"Maybe if he sees his daughter die in front of his eyes, the beast will come loose!" Kamui shouted, loud enough for their father to hear.
Panic was everywhere, especially in her father's eyes. Did he really think Kamui had it in him to kill her?
"Kamui, let me go!" she screamed, twisting around like a snake.
He resisted at first but then she decided that enough was enough. Using brute strength, she rose up, practically threw him off her and even ruthlessly kicked him to the side.
He was thrown back and landed on his knees, staring at her in shock.
"You're the only one who hasn't changed Kamui!" Kagura screamed in rage at his stupid face.
This time, she was angry. Beyond angry. Vengeance clouded her mind and it all made her blood boil!
"You are the same snivelling little boy you were when daddy left us! You haven't grown strong at all! You are weak! Moral weakness is the worst kind and you are so full of it!"
She ran towards him and landed a second kick right to his abdomen. He was once again pushed back and even more blood escaped his mouth.
"It's all your fault!" she continued because god knows she couldn't quit now, even if she willed it. "It's too late now! We can never go back to being just a family! You have ruined it, you have ruined everything!" her voice snapped in the air like a whiplash, hoarse and shrieking and full of tears.
Of course, he came running at her before she knew it. But before he could get to her, their father stepped in the way and blocked his fist with his own.
And so for the next minutes or so, the two brutes continued their fight with the on-going disturbances of Kagura who tried to keep them from each other. She tried relentlessly and only got hurt in the process but that didn't stop her. Nothing could stop her. She was sick and tired of this shit.
A part of her knew she was treading on thin ice. Because right now, she couldn't control her emotions, she could barely steer her thoughts and not to speak about her abrasive and unruly blood. Instincts and impulses ruled over her, enabled by her rising rage.
Then something happened. And it happened fast.
She was currently fighting with Kamui, ignoring the cries of her father as he rushed to them, telling them both to stop. Then Abuto screamed. Then her father screamed. Then, they both froze and looked up. Utsuro was like a lightning bolt descending upon them both. The space seemed to bend to his will, enclosing him in vibrant, electric glow.
Kamui screamed for her to get back but it was too late. However their father wouldn't agree with that notion. He got in between the siblings and promptly pushed them both away. A sharp slicing noise reached her ears and she witnessed the arm of her father, once again being cut off.
A collection of ships from above opened fire, striking the ground beneath Kagura and Kamui. They both disappeared into the debris, and she had never heard Kamui scream before... But this time, he did scream. It was so loud, right by her ear as he clutched at her and pressed her up against his chest. They both fell and Kagura couldn't even tell which way was up or down because of all the smoke and debris. She couldn't see a thing. She was almost certain that this was it. This was death.