Awaken of Holy Fist and Vampire Devil Trigger
"Damn it, if I ever find those bastards, I'll kill them!" Touta growled.
"Calm down, Touta. I'm angry about this too, but we need to keep a cool head and think of a way to get this situation under control." Kuroumaru said reasoning with the Devil-Vampire boy.
"We need to contact HQ to send people who can put out fire this big." Kuroumaru pointed out.
"The only person I know who can do that is Yukihime with her ice magic, but the single out here is too weak to make the call." Touta looked at his phone seeing the bar is really low.
Then more purple hoodie "men" pop out from the junk pile surrounding the immortal boys and Ruki.
"What the hell are these?" Touta asked.
"Puppets, they can be control like marionettes and they are the enemies. We need to go and regroup with Karin quickly." Kuroumaru said as he's about to unsheathe his sword.
"Yeah, these little creeps are in the way." Touta agreed as he summons his Demon Sword Dante.
Before the boys could go fight the puppets, something came out from behind the pile and landed revealing himself to be Kaito in his werewolf form growling at them.
"A… A werewolf?!" Kuroumaru shocked.
"If we were fighting for our lives right now, I would be excited to meet a real-live werewolf." Touta admitted.
"(Although, for some reason this wolf guy feels really familiar.)" Touta thought struggled to think of why.
"That will be the last thing you will ever thought of, boy." Nagumo walked up to the boys from behind.
"(Damn, this guy looks strong too. This gonna take most of every strength we have to fight these guys.)" Touta thought and look to Ruki knowing he'll get hurt if he stays with them.
"Ruki, you got to run." Touta said to the kid.
"But what about you?" Ruki asked scare.
"We're going to stay and fight to protect your town. Don't worry about us, okay." Touta promised him they'll be alright.
Ruki hesitated at first to leave his new best friend and his friend to fight these bad men, but he also knew these boys are pretty strong too, so he'll have to leave the fighting to them. He nods at Touta and ran to a safe distance.
"Uh, I thought you were just another little brat, but it looks like you're one of them." Kaito shocked as Touta is confused of this werewolf guy.
"Those fangs, huh? So, you're a vampire, but I'm also getting this scent from that you're more than a vampire. Actually, I've been noticing that for a quite a while, I smell the scent of a demon from you." Kaito rubbed his chin.
"Well, I don't mean to brag, but I am like a total awesome Devil-Vampire." Touta smirked.
"Touta, don't get too overconfident!" Kuroumaru warned.
Kaito charged in at super, blinding speed that Touta barely managed to block his fist with his sword but at the same time his sword was knocked out of his before he could react leaving Touta wide open for the werewolf man.
"Nice reaction time but blocking like that won't stop me." Kaito smirked and strike Touta nine times on the chest in an instant into the shape of a cross.
"(Whoa, this is… He might be even faster than Karin?!)" Touta thought shocked.
"Immortals are nothing to fear, there's always a way to deal with that." Kaito said with his right hand glowing of blue aura.
"Crucifix Coffin Seal!" Kaito slammed his palm at Touta sending him flying and crashing into the pile.
"Touta!" Kuroumaru screamed of fear.
"He's of no more use." Kaito said, disappointed that he had to end his pupil like this.
"D-Damn it, I can't move…" Touta groaned.
"Oh, so he's somehow still conscious though just barely." Kaito surprised and look to Kuroumaru.
"You're next, what's your style of immortality?" Kaito asked.
Kuroumaru prepared himself to fight as he is worried for Touta for being taken out so easily like that, then his instinct kicks in about a sudden danger coming from behind and dodge and attack from Nagumo.
"Idiot." Nagumo mocked the werewolf man.
"You shouldn't take them lightly, you know that." Nagumo scolded him and "look" towards Kuroumaru.
"This is trained in Shinmei-ryū style." Nagumo said as he recognizes that sword-fighting stance.
"(A blind swordsman, probably the leader of this group, and a martial art werewolf with the skills to fight immortals. Defeating them alone will be difficult, but I got… no other options.)" Kuroumaru thought determined to fight them and protect the Slum.
(Karin vs Xingzi)
Karin quickly threw a fast punch, but Xingzi dodges it stabbing his knife on the leg making her grunt in pain which left a small opening for him to knock her arm on the floor and holding her right arm in a wrestling pin position.
"I may not be able to wound you, but I can cause you infinite pain." Xingzi smirked.
"Don't… misjudge me!" Karin slammed her free right hand on the floor to launch herself and Xingzi up to the ceiling.
The impact on the I-bean on the back forces Xingzi to let her go though he summon shadow arms to wrap around her body and slam her to a wall.
"Heh, looks like immobilizing techniques work best." Xingzi said.
"A shadow user!" Karin shocked.
"I am indeed." Xingzi said proudly and came his purple hoodie puppets.
"I'm a genuine legend, a mage who can manipulate the spirits of the shadow." Xingzi bragged and stab his knife on Karin's chest right above her breasts.
"I finally realize who you are, sweet girl. You my dear are UQ Holder Number 4, no. Isht Karin Orte, the Saintess of Steel! I've long to meet you!" Xingzi pushed his knife further in causing Karin to scream in pain as he moves it within.
(Back with Kuroumaru)
"Rising Silver Dragon Thousand Chrysanthemums Glowing Dew!" Kuroumaru launched slashes high in the air and they exploded into fireworks much to the hunters' confusion.
"Doesn't matter, here I come!" Kaito charged.
Kuroumaru managed to block the werewolf's punches and duck under one to counterattack with a knee-kick on the side of Kaito's face though it didn't hurt him more, Nagumo comes in to slash the boy in half only to use Flash Step to vanish leaving his jacket behind though his right shoulder got cut.
"Not bad." Nagumo seemed impress.
"I'm impress!" Kaito appeared on Kuroumaru's left and send him flying with a strong kick.
While in the air, Nagumo blitz pass Kuroumaru and sliced his right arm off along with the sword then Katio comes in to deliver a strong blow, but Kuroumaru was able to grab his served arm and put the sword in his mouth to slice Kaito's right arm off. Kuroumaru put his arm where it was cut off from to regenerate and look to see Touta still can't move from the attack that hit him.
"I cracked your secret to immorality. Your body seems to regenerate rapidly, but only slightly faster than us werewolves. As such, the counter measure is straight forward, I'll just have to attack you quicker than you can regenerate." Kaito explained as he put his own arm back in place.
The arms on both fighters are done healing and Kuroumaru hopes to prepare himself for what comes next.
"This is the end. I'll show you what Flash Step truly means!" Kaito stand his ground firmly. "Grab the earth, grab the world!"
"(Wait, those words, I think Touta mentioned about his martial art master saying those exact words.)" Kuroumaru thought surprised.
Then Kaito instantly appeared right behind Kuroumaru with slashes on his front body and the boy is suddenly flipped from the ground.
"(I couldn't see him!)" Kuroumaru thought shocked.
Kuroumaru lay helpless on the ground as Kaito threw dozens of fast punches and a kick so strong that he ripped the boy in half.
"(I'm sorry, Touta…)" Kuroumaru mentally apologized as his upper half lands close to Touta.
"K… Kuroumaru, are… are you okay?" Touta asked as his hurt still hurts.
"Somewhat, but I don't think I can beat them alone." Kuroumaru worried, he can tell the cross on Touta's chest is what prevents him from moving because he's a vampire.
Kuroumaru gasp in pain when Kaito threw two metal poles that were traffic signs piercing his back.
"Don't worry, kid, this is just the insurance to keep you occupied. Everything will be over when you wake up." Kaito said.
"I think I'll thrown in some ice as well. You can't be too careful when facing immortals." Kaito prepared to use ice magic.
Kuroumaru fear the end as he tries to think of something, and Ruki suddenly appear in front of the werewolf man even though he is scared.
"This is our town! You can't destroy it. I'm gonna stop you, come at me, dog breathe!" Ruki taunted.
"No, Ruki! You have to get out of here, now!" Kuroumaru warned.
"Ruki…" Touta surprised.
(Back with Karin vs Xingzi)
"In 1492, in a poor village of the Southern Europe. There was a little girl who became a target of a witch hunt, but strangely no matter what the villagers did, they couldn't hurt the little girl. Not even a single drop of blood was spilled." Xingzi began telling Karin's backstory as she is strap in his shadow hold.
"Fearing the girl, the lord order her burned to death on a stake, but she still remained unharmed. As rumor began to spread far and wide of the "Saintess of Steel" until one day an unknown girl led her away, vanishing without a trace." Xingzi moved the knife again causing Karin pain.
"That was you, wasn't it?" Xingzi stabbed his knife deep in Karin's flesh as groan in pain some more.
"I knew it! I kept stabbing you, but there's no trace of it! No signs of wounds ever repair! This isn't some cheap instant regeneration, it's cute off from this world, it rewrites itself as if it were God's own work!" Xingzi laughed insanely and Karin screams while wonder what kind of Saintes would cure her with this.
"I've longed to meet you, to hear what you have to say of how you feel about this world, and what I find when I finally meet you!" Xingzi shoved his knife into Karin's flesh again.
"Hanging around here saving some worthless Slum kids on the back of Easter Island! What kind of hypocrisy is what?" Xingzi asked laughing insane again.
"Are you really such an idiot? After such vicious abuse, you're still trying to play the nice little girl game! What's the use of all that when we were abandoned long ago, just you and I against the world!" Xingzi proclaimed that he knows everyone is there about Karin as he licked her cheek.
"The world sure is scary, isn't it?" Xingzi asked with a creepy smile.
(Back at the Slum)
Ruki rans at Kaito to hit his head with a stone-like hammer with coming in fast, but very, very slow to Kaito as he easily caught the hammer with his finger and grab him up with one hand.
"(Uh, the way he charges at me was like trying to perform a Flash Step. That Touta must've taught him the basic)" Kaito thought impressed.
"You got guts, kid! You even braver than a full-grown adult, it's a shame that I'll have to kill you." Kaito laughed.
"Let him go!" Kuroumaru demanded as he tries to get up.
"Damn beast, what the fuck is wrong with you anyway! Why are you even doing this sort of thing?" Ruki asked.
"It's called a job." Kaito said though that doesn't really answer Ruki's question.
"You want to know why we're doing this?" Nagumo walked up to the boy.
"Because this land doesn't belong to you, boy." Nagumo said confusing Ruki.
"You see, our clients live at the top of that tower way over there. Most of them have live on Mars this whole time but still own the rights of this land. Your people took this land illegally and because of that, you are causing an increase in social unrest." Nagumo revealed.
"So, we just take it? Getting burned out of our homes just to die?" Ruki felt his anger raising from hearing this stupid reason.
"You guys are the worst kind of scum around!" Ruki shouted in rage.
"That's right, kid. And that dirty work is up to mercenaries like us fulfill. Go ahead and hate us all you want, it's the life we choose to live." Kaito stated as he sat the shocked Ruki down.
Meanwhile, Kuroumaru struggles to get the traffic signs off his back in order to go save Ruki despite missing his legs.
"Well, brat, looks like you made the wrong choice to come back." Kaito reeled his right arm back to strike down the kid for good.
"Ruki!" Kuroumaru managed to get the signs off and launch himself to protect Ruki from the attack even though he would take the hit.
With Touta, his eyes start glowing red.
Kaito threw his punch which causes a big dust cloud to burst for a few seconds showing the Kuroumaru and Ruki are both fine as they wonder why the attack didn't come to them, they see the werewolf man who appears to be struggling with something or someone holding his fist before he was push back.
"Don't think you kept me down from a fight, you despite." Touta glared at the werewolf, with his body glowing of his demonic red aura and his arms are now black armor with red flame-like patterns.
"Touta…!" Ruki shocked.
"Touta, you're okay!" Kuroumaru smiled, glad to see Touta up and about.
"Alright, wolf bastard, you just anger this devil." Touta said as his demonic aura spiked harder and fierce as his eyes glow red.
(With Karin vs Xingzi)
Xingzi licked Karin's face again and let out a creepy chuckle.
"If we can't break your body, then we'll just have to break your spirit instead. Eternity doesn't seem as frightening with a broken spirit, that's why I'm going to slowly and carefully break you." Xingzi decided.
"I will love you forever, I have long before I even met you and I'm excited to break you! But don't you worry, God may have thrown you away, but I'll never do that." Xingzi leaned his face closer to her ear.
"I'll love you forever until the end of our ends." Xingzi chuckled insanely.
Then Karin raises her left leg fast and strong kicking Xingzi right in his penis forcing him to stumble back and fall onto his knees as he groans in pain.
"What… How? How did you break free?" Xingzi confused.
The answer came to him when Karin's body started to glow of pure white light as she flows a little above the floor and Xingzi gasp of realization that he knows what that glow is, and he couldn't believe it either.
"No way, is that… Holy Light?!" Xingzi shocked.
"But that's… That's impossible! You're supposed to be curse by the All Mighty!" Xingzi freaked out while sweating like a pig.
"I was never curse; I was loved." Karin said confusing Xingzi as her feet touches the floor again.
"That is the caused of my despair and that is why I didn't want to use this power." Karin revealed another reason.
Before Xingzi could utter another word from his mouth, Karin did a powerful swing kick that causes him to spin-rolling in the air fast.
"I know that hypocrisy, but I will decide what I want to do!" Karin declared strongly.
"Holy Fist Punch!" Karin threw a powerful punch that send Xingzi crashing to a wall making cracks.
But she didn't stop attacking as she dashes at the eyepatch creepy guy and throw in some barrages of powerful kicks breaking his bones and knocking him unconscious until she stops letting bis body hit the floor.
"You are the most perverted piece of trash I have ever had the misfortune to meet, so just stay down there and die. You disgust me." Karin glared at her unconscious opponent.
"Besides, the only ones are who allowed to see my naked body are my mistress and my beloved Touta." Karin blurted out loud, then she gasps upon realizing that.
"Damn it, have I really fallen for that idiot?" Karin asked herself as her face blushes. Then she remembers how Touta said he was jealous of her and that smile of his.
"Well, it might not be so bad. After all, I did say I would give him a chance." Karin walked out of the shower house.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Everything seemed hopeless for the UQ Holders when the Immortal Hunters start attacking the Slum and they almost got the upper hand on them, but luckily Karin has decided to stop holding back her strength and start to feel really love for Touta a little. And it looks like the Touta has unlocked a new level of power as he will now face his former master turned enemy for the final battle for the fate of the Slum!
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