For the Future Chapter 4: For the Future
By Tenpou Gensui
Ok guys, it's me again so here's my chapter 4 of this fic. If you reviewed on my previous chapters, I thank all of you so please review coz I need that badly. Oh one more thing, I didn't base this story on the second half of the manga (The Tendoujigoku Plot) Let's just say that it didn't exist.
When Shadow appeared to Kagero's hide out, all of them knew that Shadow was Ohka's old rival. Those events triggered Resshin's appearance.
"What the… how come Resshin went out of my body?" Recca was confused because of the sudden things that he was experiencing now.
"So Ohka, I mean Resshin, you're finally out. I've been waiting for 400 years just to settle our match!" Shadow said to Resshin.
"Pathetic fool! What brings you here Shadow or should I say Jubei (I can't think of any names! I'm on a writer's block WHAAAAA!!!!) You're not even a match for me so get lost."
"Oh! braggy as always, well c'mon now!" Shadow said.
"Awwelll! Like father like son! Right, Recca!" Fuuko said.
"Hey! What do you mean by that! I'm not braggy you know!" Recca shouted to her.
"Honey, you're wrong…" Tokiya said.
"Wow, I can't believe it dear, you're protecting Recca!"
"That's not my point. I'm trying to say that Recca's father really proves what he's always trying to say. While Recca he just talk and talk and talk, and can't fight independently. He just depends on his dragons, am I right Recca." Tokiya explained but no one was listening to him because Resshin and Jubei's fight already began.
'Oh well, I'll just watch their duel' He said to himself.
The fight was really hot. Fire against fire. So Recca summoned Madoka to create an energy barrier to protect Kagero's house.
"So Resshin you're still good as old! You're not bad for a dragon!" Jubei said.
"You too geezer I thought you're rusted…" resshin replied to him.
"Kawaii!" Yanagi said.
"What is it Yanagi-chan?" Fuuko asked her.
"They're so cute! They look like children when they are fighting." Everyone sweatdrops.
"Oi Kurei, can your flame make a shield?" Recca asked his half-brother.
"Why do you ask?" Kurei replied.
"I'm gonna join the fun and bust in!"
"Stop being a hero! You don't have any chance stopping them!" An old man suddenly went ion the scene.
"Koku! You surprised me again! Don't do that again!" Recca said.
"Hehehehehe! Sorry, I also want to see their fight you know!" He excused.
"Oh it's the perverted geezer again!" Fuuko said.
"Seems like this will be a very long and hot fight!"
"You're right… but I'm also planning to bash in!" Recca added.
"Then it's suicide…" Koku said.
"Hey! I'm a flame master and I can handle flames even the hottest temperature!"
"I know you could handle flames but don't you think that they will listen to you? Or worse they'll also kill you for interfering them, understood?"
"But… how could we stop the two of them?" Recca asked his seventh flame dragon.
"Don't worry hehehehe, Resshin couldn't last too long outside of your body. He has a limited time so this would end soon!"
"But… what would happen to Jubei if the fight ended?" Yanagi asked.
"That's very simple you know! He'll change his target and he's going to kill you!"
"What!" Everyone chorused.
"But don't worry young woman, I'm here to protect you." Koku hugged Yanagi.
"Hey! Don't you even dare to touch her!" Recca shouted at him.
"Hey Recca, stop acting like an idiot! Look at Resshin, it seems like he's losing." Tokiya interrupted.
"You're right and he's…" Resshin slowly disappeared into thin air.
"What the… Resshin disappeared!" Recca was surprised.
"I told you… he's the only dragon you haven't control. So the tendency is, he'll not last too long away from your body!" Koku said.
"We should get ready to fight, Fuuko where's my Ensui?" Tokiya asked his wife.
"Right here, catch!" Tokiya caught his Ensui.
"It's been a while since I last used this."
"Tokiya-senpai, how can you use that without its blade?" Yanagi asked him.
"Don't worry… the Ensui can absorb water with a distance of 10 meters." He explained to them.
"So… he's an idiot to retreat in the middle of our fight…. Now, it's my turn to KILL YOU ALL!"
"Ok guys… leave him to me we've got some business to finish!" Recca said.
"Stop acting like a main character in the story! You're an idiot to do that!" Koku said. Everyone sweatdrops after he said those things. (Of course he's the main character.)
"Recca… just be careful. I don't want you to die…" Yanagi kissed him on the lips.
"No silly, of course I will not die. I have you so don't even think about it." Recca stroked her cheeks.
Recca stepped in forward and confronted Jubei. He called Saiha and created a flame blade surrounding his tekkou. Jubei smiled and he means that he had accepted Recca's challenge.
"Now it's just between you and me. Even though you're Ohka's son, I wouldn't hesitate to kill you!" Jubei started to attack and suddenly vanished into thin air.
"Huh, those move again! No move can damage me twice! That won't affect me anymore! Sixth Flame Dragon Rui!!!" Recca called his illusion-making flame dragon. Suddenly, He also vanished and a mist was formed.
"Where did they go?" Fuuko said.
"The fight had already began… Recca, behind you!" Tokiya said.
"Wow honey, I'm still impressed because of your keen senses! But, I wish that I could fight with my Fujin." Fuuko said.
"Thanks for the compliment. Here, I brought this because you might need this. I know you hadn't used that for a while, right?" Tokiya, handling the Fujin to her.
"Thank you hon! You're so caring!" She kissed him on the cheeks. Suddenly, Recca was stabbed at his right arm.
"Recca!" Everyone shouted.
"I told you guys that don't worry! Everything will be fine, I'll defeat him even it would cost me my life!" Recca said.
"Oh, you really act like your stupid father. Very confident when it comes to fighting." Judei teased him. Recca just grinned and tried his best to ignore him.
"Now try this! Setsuna, Shun-En!" Recca called his fourth flame dragon that specializes in nullifying on optical illutions. Jubei easily fell for Recca's attack and he was burned.
"Alright!" Everyone chorused except for Yanagi.
"Hey guys, don't you remember that he's also a flame master like Recca and Kurei-san?" Yanagi said.
"She's right! I'm also a flame master so you should remember that I'm also immune to fire."
"I know... So let's get it on!" Recca shouted. He quickly attacked Jubei and punched him using Homura's flame whip that is wrapped around his arm. Jubei threw-out and crashed because of the very strong impact that Recca gave him. Many trees were destroyed along the path and many birds flew out because of that.
"Oi Jubei! I know you wouldn't die because of my attack, so stand up and stop playing tricks on me!" Recca said.
"Thank you Recca… I really thank you because now… I'm REALLY SERIOUS!!" Jubei shouted and flames started to whirl around his body.
"Recca, you only have one last resort to defeat him… Try to acquire your last dragon, Resshin!" Then, Koku went back into his dragon form and went to Recca's right arm where his' kanji was placed. Recca summoned all of his seven dragons in the right order and Resshin finally went out again.
"What now!?" Resshin was quite pissed of because of his defeat.
"Resshin, I know that you're my father. I'm pleading you to help me to defeat your old rival…" Recca pleaded him to become his eighth dragon.
"Silence! I'm not going to follow any of your orders you mortal! I can defeat him by myself. Only fools depend on our powers! You can't be a real flame master if your attitude was that!" Resshin shouted at Recca.
"I know! That's why I need you! I need you because I need more power to protect my friends and especially my loved ones! It's for our own peaceful future… It's FOR THE FUTURE" Recca shouted back at him.
"Recca… even we've become friends since childhood, I really don't understand your feelings." Fuuko said.
"Yeah, sometimes I can't understand him. But I think I now realize that he always trust his dragons to protect us." Yanagi added.
"Hmmm… very well, you've got me so I'll help you. But don't get carried away that I joined because of you. I'm joining you because I also want to defeat Jubei." Resshin said and the last Kanji finally came out at Recca's right arm.
"Well, the father and son finally teamed up just to defeat me! Isn't that nice!?" Jubei said.
"Get ready Jubei coz' I'm going to defeat you for good! Eight dragons combine!" All of the dragons intertwine to each other and went to Recca's body. Flames started to came out of his body.
"Look at Recca's eyes. They changed in color. That means he's risking his life just to control that enormous power." Tokiya observe Recca's eyes which are all pure red.
"Recca no! I'm begging you to stop that! You might die!" Yanagi cried.
"No, he'll not listen to you. His body is overcome by Resshin's hatred. But don't worry, he'll not die." Yanagi said.
"Recca… were counting in you! Please don't die!" Yanagi cheered him.
"DIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!" Recca attacked Jubei. All of Recca's path are destroyed an in flames.
"Nooooo! I'm not gonna die unless I brought you and your father in hell!" Jubei attacked.
The all area is in flames. Heat and light of fire can be felt everywhere. Fortunately, Kagero's house didn't burned because of Madoka's barrier. (Strange enough huh? How could Madoka's barrier 'activating' even though he is inside of Recca's body! Well never mind, this is my fic so you can criticize me by using your reviews.) Then suddenly, an explosion occurred when the two powerful attacks met. (Like this! =======è*ç========) a loud noise was produced and that caused Kaoru to wake up.
"Hey guys, what's the matter? I'm sleeping you know so stop bothering me!" Kaoru said and returning back to sleep.
"You dimwit! How could you sleep in this kind of situation!" Kurei choked him.
"Recca!" Yanagi shouted and was worried because of the strong impact. Smoke and some flames were surrounding the whole area for a few minutes. After the smoke was quite cleared out, a silhoette was formed from the smoke.
"It is silent… we didn't know who really won." Tokiya said.
"Look guys… there's a figure! Let's check it out if that's Recca!" Domon pointed toward that direction.
Everyone ran towards that person. They were all glad when they found out that it was Recca. But suddenly, they all noticed that there's something wrong about him…
"Recca, are you okay?" Yanagi hugged him. Suddenly, Recca fought back and threw her. thankfully, Domon caught her in time.
"Oi Recca! That's Yanagi! How could you throw her just like that!?" Kurei shouted at him. But Recca wouldn't listen and he threw a fireball to Kurei.
"I'm going… to KILL YOU ALL!" Recca said.
"All of you guys shoudn't panic. He's not in his real self. But it would be dangerous to come close to him. He might easily kill you because of his overwhelming power." Kagero said.
"She's right. He still can't control his power that's why we need to calm him down." Tokiya added.
"But how?" Yanagi asked him.
"By attacking him directly and make him faint…" Kurei answered.
"No! Please don't you might kill him!" Yanagi said.
"Don't worry Yanagi-chan, Recca is powerful enough to handle us so it's okay." Fuuko comforted her and she started the attack by using her Fujin to create an aerial slash. But her attack was not strong enough to even create a minor bruise to Recca.
"What the… it seems that he didn't take any damage." Fuuko was stunned for a few seconds.
"Hyomon Ken, water snake!" Tokiya attacked him but Recca immediately called Homura to counterattack.
"What!?" After that,
Tokiya was blown of and suddenly fainted. Suddenly, Kurei and Domon became mad
at him and also attacked. Domon's ring of Saturn glowed brightly and he used
all of his strength to punch Recca.
"Recca, I'm sorry but I have to do this!" Domon punched Recca and he was thrown out because of the strong impact.
"Recca! Domon, please don't kill him!" Yanagi shouted and cried. She was worried for Recca. She doesn't want him to die. Suddenly, Recca stood up and flames started to came out of Recca's body. It seems like he doesn't felt anything and he teleported close to Domon and returned his punch. Domon also fainted because of that.
"So… you're the next one right?" Recca said. His voice is very different from the usual. After that, Kurei suddenly felt some confidence within him. He also remembered the time when Recca and the whole Hokage team couldn't defeat him. So, he decided to summon his Kurenai.
"Kurenai, let's defeat Recca." Kurei said.
"Oh Kurei, confident as always!" Recca said in a different tone.
"Don't worry, I'll defeat you just like the good old days." Kurei said.
"I'm not the weak person whom you knew before!" Recca said.
"Let's see…" Kurei started attacking by throwing flames on him. Recca blocked all of it by only using a single hand. Kurei's flames were deflected back and it scattered around the whole area. One of those flames went to Yanagi and Kagero's direction.
"Kagero-san, Yanagi! Watch out, be careful!" Kurei shouted at them and he called Kurenai quickly and protected them.
Yanagi was stunned and fainted because she was shocked that Recca did that thing to her.
"Recca! Why you…! How could you do that thing to your loved ones!" Kurei shouted at him.
"Who cares… I only care about power!" Recca replied and he quickly punched Kurei. He was thrown off and he bumped to a tree.
'What the… he's to strong! Was that the effect of controlling the eight flame dragons?' Kurei said to himself.
"Kurei! Don't get carried away! He's not Recca, he's Jubei!" Kagero shouted at him. She noticed that when Recca made a sinister smile which he never did on his whole life.
"What!?" Kurei reacted to what she said.
"So, you finally noticed that Kagero! Not bad!" Jubei/ Recca said. Suddenly, he wrote Koku's kanji and aimed it at Kurei. (For those who doesn't know Koku's power, it is only shown in the manga. It's a huge flame laser-like cannon that causes huge destruction)
"Kagero-san, watch out! This whole place will be destroyed! He's going to use Koku!" Kurei warned her.
"Hahahahaha! Now I want to see this place destroyed and burned!" Jubei laughed and he fired Koku. Kurei quickly called his phoenix to use its wings to protect the whole area from being destroyed by Jubei. The purple phoenix appeared and spread its wings to protect themselves from Jubei's attack. Kurei couldn't believe the difference of Recca's attack on the UBS from the Recca which he was fighting now. But Kurei can't easily accept that he is defeated by Jubei so he counterattacked Jubei and fortunately, he succeeded.
"Recca my son… I hope you're seeing this Yanagi-chan…" Kagero said while still holding the fainted Yabagi on her arms.
"Recca! Come back to your true self even if I have to kill you Jubei twice!" Kurei used all of his power. After that, a huge explosion occurred again.
Minutes later, the whole area became quiet. Luckily, Yanagi regain her state of consciousness. She immediately wondered what happened to Recca and she asked Kagero for it.
"Kagero-san… what happened to Recca?" Yanagi asked Recca's mother.
"I don't know what happened… let's just hope that nothing bad happened to them." Kagero replied to her.
"Recca!" Yanagi stood up and she quickly ran to the area where Kurei and Jubei fought. After that, she discovered that all of them are there and lying on the ground but luckily all of them are conscious but weak. Then after that, Yanagi saw Recca standing still.
"Recca-kun! Are you alright?" Yanagi hugged Recca. But it seems like that he has no reaction on what she did. After that Recca said something…
"Yanagi-chan… run… away…as quickly… as possible…" Recca said but Yanagi didn't understand the point what he meant.
"Recca, what are you talking about!? I wont leave you…" She replied.
"Just ran away! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Recca pushed her away and she saw Recca holding his head as if he was fighting someone inside him.
"Yanagi-chan be careful! Jubei is still inside of Recca's body! And it seems like his fighting back!" Kagero warned her.
"Recca…just hang on." Yanagi hugged him very tightly.
Inside Recca's consciousness: (Yeah, this part was not taken so seriously!)
'Recca! I'll control your body from now on!' Jubei said.
'No way you idiot! You don't have any chance getting my body!' Recca shouted back at him.
'I'll just start by taking of your memories!' He replied.(Yeah it looks like the scene when Domon and Noroi fought inside Domon's mind… but mine's different!)
'Not a chance!' Recca concentrated. He remembered all of his memories with all of his friends. It was all fun and memorable but Jubei easily destroys them and was overwhelmed of his painful memories.
'Recca no Baka!' He remembered the first time when he had a very serious argument with his Hime. Ne also felt heartbroken at that time.
"That's right, I'm an idiot! I don't even deserve everyone's praises. I don't even deserve her love…" Recca agreed to himself.
'Hell to you sea monkey… You're considering yourself as a ninja and you can't even protect your hime! I'm gonna kill you for that!' It was Mikagami when the time they went into Kurei's mansion.
"Darn you Mikagami… if you said that, why didn't you kill me at that time!"
'Yeah! Recca's just a braggy person who is just all words! He can't even prove himself that he's really deserving!' 'Worthless…' 'Hmmm Recca Hanabishi! You're not even a match for me! That's very embarrassing to a person like you!' Kurei said."That's right Recca! Let hatred overcome your whole mind!" Jubei ordered him.
'Recca I'm gonna get you! Someday you'll kneel in front of me and become my ninja!' He remembered Domon when they're in their high school days.
'Recca I wished you wasn't born in this world! I hate you!'
"They're all right… I wish I wasn't born in this world." Recca said.
"No you're wrong! You still have a chance! Revenge!" Jubei said to him.
"Revenge… But how…?"
"Of course you idiot! Kill all of them!" He ordered Recca. Then Jubei went out of Recca's body to witness what Recca will do to them.
Meanwhile…
"Recca get a hold of yourself! Just relax." Yanagi said to him. Then moments later, hi body suddenly calmed.
"Recca… are you alright?" Yanagi went closer to him. After that, he moved his arm and aimed at her. and then he threw out a fireball but he missed.
"Stupid me… I missed!" Recca said.
"Recca… how could you do this to her!" Kagero shouted.
"Hahahaha! Recca wouldn't listen to you from now on! His heart and mind was now full of hatred and anger!" Jubei suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Now that he's dead his soul looks like a fireball. (Yeah, like a poltergeist!)
"Recca…" Yanagi was stunned but she remained strong not order to fall down and cry.
"Revenge… Kill all of you for making me pissed off!" Those are the words that he always remembers.
"Recca-kun! What are you talking about!? You that I love you!" Yanagi replied to him.
"No… everyone hates me… I wish wasn't born in this world!" Recca said.
"You're wrong, you're wrong, YOU'RE WRONG! You're Recca Hanabishi, the only person in the world whom I only loved! If I really hate you, why did I accept your proposal to be your wife!?" Yanagi asked him.
"Yanagi…" He was speechles and motionless.
"See… I told you that I love you. And Recca, don't misunderstood your feelings, you know that everyone trusts you! That's why our friendship lasts until this long!" Yanagi explained to him.
"Yanagi-chan… AAAHHHH MY HEAD!" Recca became confused again.
"What!? How can that thing happened?" Jubei was surprised.
"Yanagi-chan… be careful… he might kill you." Kaoru went in and still feeling sleepy.
"No way, he's Recca… he can't do that to me and especially to us!" Yanagi went to him closer and kissed him passionately. After that…
Inside Recca's mind…
'Recca, thank you for everything!'
'I can't live without you Recca, my ninja.'
'I love you'
Recca now remembered all of his best memories with his Hime ever since the day they met. Her smile, her beauty, everything. Every thing that resembles her especially her love for him. Then Recca regained his consciousness and found himself that he's lying on Yanagi's lap. He stood up and talked to her.
"Yanagi-chan, thank you for bringing me back. I now realize the true reason why I live here." Recca said.
"Don't worry, At least I brought you back, ne?" She replied.
"As for you Jubei, I think you deserve this! Now that you don't have a body, I think I could easily kill you with this!" Recca summoned Saiha and slashed him in half.
"AAAAHHHHH Recca… remember this… I'll come back for… you and… I'll kill…you no matter where… the place you will…go! I'll be back… from hell just… to kill you!" Jubei sweared at him.
"Yeah right… It's all over… you are just nothing… to me!" Recca said and he slowly fainted. In the right timing, Yanagi caught him and she kissed him on the forehead.
"Yanagi-chan… you know I haven't… got any sleep lately… better go to sleep…" Recca said and he went to sleep in Yanagi's arms.
"Sleep well, Recca-chan…" She leaned on the tree behind her and went also to sleep.
"Oh well… all well that ends well but… I don't have an idea what really happened!?" Kaoru said.
"Let's just say that another event has already has passed on our lives!" Domon said.
"Oi Domon! When and where the heck did you learn to say those kinds of things?" Fuuko asked him.
"Uhh… I also don't have any idea!" Domon just laughed.
"Now look at those two lovers who are sleeping there!" Fuuko pointed to Recca and Yanagi who are both sleeping. Then she turned around and she saw her husband who looks tired and he's now sleeping.
"On second thought… even Mi-chan also fell asleep!" Fuuko said.
The sun is slowly rising in the east. Meaning that another time passed them and they will be facing a new one that is full of hope. Everyone is always prepared for that…
Well minna-san, how's my story? I hope you liked it! Please send me your reviews because I need that badly! Thank you for the guys who reviewed my previous chapters. Much appreciated!
To all the Filipinos and fellow reviewers: Salamat ng marami sa inyong lahat! Magreview pa kayo para malaman ko kung itutuloy ko pa itong fic ko. (Thank you to all of the reviews you gave me! Please keep reviewing so that I may know iif this fic will be continued or not!)