Last time in HOLD:
"In a team or companions, you must trust them…but make sure that you know them well …in order not to lose them as your friends, not to your opposite"
Last time in HOLD, the Boss of Hold and D.M or Destruction Mind have plans for the future of their country, but it isn't what people would say good news. Meanwhile, Mimori is at a deserted village with Ryuhou recovering from her injury. As for Kazuma and Ayase, their in a battle that seems to be endless, and another is Ayase has revealed that she is after Kazuma!
Read and Enjoy!"Then tell me…what is the mission that I told you to do then?" Kujo asked as he had his arms crossed looking all superior.
"It was to kill the two alter users named Ryuhou Tairen and …" she paused for it was unbearable for her to continue.
"And…" Kujo asked again with an evil grin on his face.
"…and…Kazuma" finally said Ayase she felt tears fall from her eyes.
Chapter Six: Revelations Part Two with the meaning of missing
As Ayase reveals that she is actually an enemy of Kazuma, she falls down to her knees while tears come out of her eyes.
"That's a good girl" said the Kujo as he walked towards the fallen Noble Tempest alter user. "Now that you know what you mission is…" he while kneeling enough to get closer to her ear. "Why don't go kill your first target; Kazuma?" he whispered in the Noble Tempest's ear.
Shocked had entered through Ayase face as more tears came falling from her eyes.
"Be a good girl and do what you are told…" he said while getting up from his kneeling position. "Or otherwise I will make sure that you never see your brother again…" he continued to say as the started walking away from Ayase.
Ayase didn't say a word back to Kujo; instead she sits there still until he disappears from her sight. As she kept thinking that he would disappear, she felt her arms less heavy. She looked down at her arms and saw that her younger brother wasn't in her arms in anymore. She got up fast and moved her head in all directions to see if he was somewhere close to her. But he wasn't nor was he never in her arms.
"Oh…" Kujo said as he turned around. "I almost forgot…your brother the one that you were holding in your arms…was never there…" he said as he turned around and started walking away. "He was just some illusion from your mind…if you want your brother to come back alive…you know what you must do" with that he disappeared into the wind.
Ayase looked at her arms again as she remembers that her brother was there, she felt him, she was sure that he was there with her because of the warmth from his body. But, she also knew that this was an illusion, because of the fact this could be a dream, and endless dream.
"I have to find you Kazuma…" finally thought Ayase as she took herself to her second form. "The Shell Bullet" she said out loud as she started walking towards where she would expect Kazuma.
It was already six days and Mimori was already up from her bed and dressed. While Ryuhou waited outside of her room patiently.
As Mimori was still inside getting herself ready still, Ryuhou was again lost in his thoughts.
He kept thinking about how to get back to HOLD, since he has found out that some criminals have taken over the whole city by rumors. But, he also knows that those aren't rumors, they're very much what are happening in the Lost Ground and the Development Area. While bringing Mimori to this village, he saw some other villages were already taken over by some gang-men under a huge black cloak. He would've fought them too, if it wasn't for him carrying the injured raven-haired female in emergency.
Then, his was brought out of his thoughts as he saw the Kiryu heiress come out of her room.
"Sorry that I took long" said the raven-haired female as she looked up to Ryuhou with her usual smile.
"No…it's alright" he said in a monotone. "I think that we should leave now" he said in monotone again while starting to walk away from the room with Mimori by his side, walking too.
A few seconds later….
They were outside of the wooden house, to others in the village its hospital, but to the both of them it seemed more like a wooden house that could use a remodeling. But, didn't let that get in the way of their thoughts, for they need to go back to the Lost Ground.
Ryuhou then saw the doctor come by to them with his usual happy atmosphere that he always seemed to have every time he saw him.
"Well…it seems that you have gotten better Ms Kiryu" said the doctor as he looked at her shoulder seeing that there was only a little scratched left.
"Oh…thank you so much for attending my injuries…" Mimori said as was about to bow, but was stopped.
"Oh…no…you don't need to bow down for me…for taking care of your injury" the doctor said with a smile on his face. "All I need from as a payment or so that you have healed, that's all" the doctor as he as he bowed down and started walking away from the two.
"Your payment…!" said Mimori with a little panic.
Ryuhou just watched Mimori with amazement on his face, without letting her know.
"Let I said…All I need from your payment is that you are healed from your injury" with that the doctor went inside the wooden house closing the door behind him.
"Well, at least he's modest…" finally spoke Ryuhou while looking down at Mimori, who turned her head around to see his face.
"Yeah…" she replies with a smile on her face.
Well… you're not feeling any pains from your injury right?" he asked her with a half worried face.
"Oh…no…I don't feel any pains from it…" she said while looking at her right shoulder. "Don't worry…I will be fine" she said as looked up to Ryuhou again.
"Ok… shall we get going then?" asked Ryuhou while transforming himself to his third form.
"Sure" she said as she walked towards Ryuhou.
He picked her up and had her in his arms; bridal form. As he was ready and Mimori as well, he took off into the air going into the direction towards HOLD.
Back at Kazuma and Ayase…
As Ayase kept searching for Kazuma…he was somewhere far away. He was still fighting the one that got them both into the place they're in now.
"Where the hell did you bring me to!" yelled Kazuma as he laid a punch at Dai, pushing him back from his standing position.
"Heh….why would you like to know?" Dai chuckles while cleaning some blood that come out of his mouth. "This place is where you are going to be for eternality" he said while heading towards Kazuma with his fist.
Kazuma also did the same as he headed towards Dai with his right fist.
"You will pay with your life…!" yelled Kazuma as he used his fist to get block Dai's fist. "If I stay here for eternality…it will be your life that I will take for leaving me in this place!" he yelled as he attempted to push Dai's fist back at him.
But, then Dai took this as advantage by taking his long-sliver sword and strike towards Kazuma's left arm.
Kazuma then pushed himself back while yelling in pain from the slice that he had received from Dai's attack.
"You bastard…" whispered Kazuma while breathing heavy from too much battling.
"That's all you can do Kazuma?" asked Dai as he started walking towards half standing Kazuma. "If that is all…then you have no real power" with that he was close within an arms length.
"What the hell are you rambling on about…?" asked Kazuma in still trying to catch his breath.
"You never realized that you have such an incredible power…" Dai said as he got within a hands length from the still gasping for air Kazuma. "Yet you don't know how to use it…what a pointless person you are" with that Dai punched Kazuma in the stomach sending him to hit towards the ground.
Kazuma yelled in pain as he gets up from the ground.
"Damn you!" yelled Kazuma as he starts heading towards Dai with his fist in form two. "I will kill you!"
"No you won't" Dai said as he took out his sword again. "This time I won't miss" Dai took his sword to a pointed position towards the coming Kazuma.
Just before Kazuma was within reached from punching his enemy, Dai moved his sword in opposite directions creating a huge slashes of blue light to hit everywhere.
Then Kazuma stopped in order to dodge them.
"You won't be able to escape this Kazuma!" laughed Dai as he kept moving his sword. "You will die like I have always planned!"
"Like hell…that won't happened" yelled Kazuma as he came from above coming down towards Dai with his fist.
Then Dai took his sword and moved it towards above him and blew slashes towards the Kazuma, which made the both of them to hit the ground hard on opposite from each other.
As Dai got up from his fall, he took his right hand up and was having a small of green fire appeared in the middle of his hand.
Kazuma was trying to get up from his wall, but was too injured enough to make him stay there in his sitting position watching Dai recollecting all his energy for his attack.
"Great…now I can't get up…" whispered Kazuma as he kept looking forward in pain. "Damn…maybe this will be my last fight after all…" he said as he kept looking forward.
"Kazuma…I did have a nice fight with you…" said Dai as he had the small green ball turn into a billion of small daggers pointing straight at Kazuma. "But…now you must face what people would call…your doom" said Dai as he let the entire all the daggers head straight at Kazuma. "I wish you the best in the after life" with that he disappeared.
Kazuma lay there still waiting for the daggers to him, knowing that it would be futile to attempt to move away or block them.
As Kazuma waited to meet his doom, he would have thoughts of those who were close to him; those who were already gone. So, why did he keep living in life, if he already knows he lost those that were close to him. Life was already pointless for him from the start. He was known as the Kazuma the Shell Bullet with no last name, no family, no relatives, just a loner from the start.
As the attacks kept coming closer to him, he saw that this was the end of his life.
He closed his eyes with a smile on his face. "Goodbye…for the best" he said out loud as waited to be taken away.
Then…
Kazuma felt something grabbed him into a hug…and also felt that the attacks were direct at whatever was in front of him.
After the attacks were done coming, Kazuma open his eyes just to see what was in front of him.
As he opened his eyes, he saw who it was. It was the Nobel Tempest alter user that was protecting him from the coming attacks, she put herself in danger to save Kazuma.
"Ayase!" said the shocked Kazuma as he tried getting her to face him. "What…what are you doing?" he asked again looking in her eyes.
Ayase didn't respond to him since she was too weak from getting hit.
Ayase looked at Kazuma while he kept rambling about on why did you do this? Why didn't you just let me here to die? Why did you help me survive the attack? Why? And so on. But she wouldn't dare to listen to him, since the words that are coming from his mouth mean nothing compare to the pain that her heart still carries within her.
For her, she knew that her life was all over. It was going to leave from existence to the world of no return. In the world of no return, is where she could be with her missing family. All she cared about was her brother was safe…she didn't care about her life. Of course not. She had only one wish…the one wish that did come true for her once. When her younger brother left her, she wished for something dreadful, tragic to be bestowed on her…and now it's going to be completed again.
Then she tries to use what energy she had left before that wish came true.
"Kazuma…" she started to speak while using what last of energy she had left.
"Yes…" that all he could respond to the fallen Noble Tempest.
"There is something that I need to tell you…" she continued while lifting her right hand up to his face. "Hold my hand…"
"No…" he said as he grabbed her hand giving it a light squeeze. "Don't waste your energy…right now you just rest so that way you can…" he continued but was interrupted.
"Stop…and listen to me…just this once listen to what I have to say" said the Noble Tempest alter user as she continued looking at her Kazuma with her weak look.
Kazuma didn't say anything back.
"I'm your enemy…" started the Noble Tempest. "There were things that you didn't know about me...and you were right to get mad at me when you saw me enter your house. I believe that you had that right to yell at me for an explaination…but I couldn't tell you anything due to the fact that the one who send me to get you was watching over me. I'm sorry Kazuma…I didn't mean to hurt you again…I again have pushed my selfish desires on you only for the benefit of getting my younger brother back. But…I was wrong." she said that as she closed her eyes.
Kazuma waited for awhile to see if the Noble Tempest alter user would do or say anything else; but she didn't.
Then Kazuma cries for her by screaming her name out loud, not knowing that his surroundings were turning all white.
After a few seconds, he was standing…but in middle of a wrecked road.
As he looks well enough over the place he is in right now, he ends up recognizing it.
"It's where we fought with that Joker guy…" thought the confused Kazuma. "But what about Ayase….where is she?" just as that question came up someone appeared in front of him.
After appearing in front Kazuma, the white-frock figure pointed at the Shell Bullet.
Kazuma just stood there while looking at the figure that was standing right before him.
"Listen to me…" started the figure. "And listen to me very well…I have come totellyou of a prophesy…"
"A prophesy?" though Kazuma as he still looked at the figure.
"Yes…now listen…I'm divided by two…watching from a high stage…plotting what will become destruction…leaving all my good life behind…leaving my real self behind…and becoming one with my opposite self….to begin our reign of no return…to begin the nothingness of the future…with my opposite self already planned what will become of this place…I will leave my real self and become the ultimate killer…" the figure finished saying.
As Kazuma heard what the figure just told him…he only understood half of it.
"Now…I must leave" said the figure as it started too disappeared slowly.
"Wait!" yelled Kazuma. "Do you know what happened to Ayase?" he asked as he watches the figure still disappear from his sight.
"I will only say this" said the figure. "I'm in a place where I will be happy…those around that were missing in my heart, I, now can be with them…I give my savor my gratitude for everything…In return…I welcome you back to step in the grounds of Earth again…to finish what must be done…I give all my eternal power on you and hope and wisdom to what is yet to come for you and your companions…be safe on your journey" as the figure finished it disappeared from sight completely.
"Ayase…" said the Shell Bullet alter user as he looked up into the sky. "I'm glad you're in a better place…thanks for the message" with that thought he started running towards his destination.
The one that he and Ayase were going to, HOLD.
As Ryuhou and Mimori got to their destination, Lost Ground, they stopped right in front of the building HOLD.
"Ryuhou…" asked Mimori as the emerald-haired man put her down from his arms. "Are you sure you….want to do this?" she asked as she looked at him in the eyes, even though he wasn't looking at her.
Ryuhou didn't respond to her question. Since he felt that she doesn't need to know just yet.
Then the Kiryu heiress grabbed the emerald-haired man's face with her both hands, making him face her.
Ryuhou was surprised at what action Mimori took to make him hear her.
"Ryuhou…why won't you look at me in the eyes when I ask you a question?" finally asked the raven-haired female. "Why won't you answer me?" she asked him again.
Ryuhou just took a few seconds to look at her, at the person who Mimori had become into. Wow, how did he end up having this feeling for her? When did he allow himself to fall in love with her? But, he will tell her the other half of his true reasoning later.
"Mimori…" he said breaking the silence between them. "Of course I want to do this…there's a reason behind it…but that I will tell you later…" he continued to say as he grabbed both of Mimori's hands and put them down in between them both. "I think it's time we've get going" he said while letting go one of her hands as the other one still had it's hold on hers.
Mimori didn't know what he meant by there was another reason behind it, but she knew he would make it sense to her later.
"Ok…" she said as she let him lead her into the building…but, was stopped by someone.
"Hey!" yelled someone from behind them. "You think you are planning to go face them without me are you?"
As the two turned around, they saw someone very familiar to them.
"Kazuma…" the words came out of Ryuhou as he looked at Kazuma as his sworn enemy.
"There is no need for you to get all serious…" said the all calm Kazuma. "You know well as I do what I came here for…" he said as he started limp-walking toward where Mimori and Ryuhou are.
"Towards facing whoever is causing this mayhem…" he thought as he turned around to look at the building that stood facing right before them.
Kazuma had reached to them and already standing not next to Mimori, but a few feet away from her.
All three were looking at the building, and only two of three knew the reason why they were here.
"To face the BOSS OF HOLD…" thought Ryuhou as he led Mimori inside of HOLD while being followed by Kazuma.
As they kept walking inside of HOLD, Ryuhou had a plan on how to protect Mimori from the dangers that were to come to them.
"Make sure that you know those who are around you very well…even if you lost those who you love…don't ever think of life as a waste….think of it as an adventure for it in return of your suffering a payment comes for your cries…so wait for the return gift"
To be continued…
Author's Notes: Sorry if this chapter was rushed and that I have updated on this story like three months later..sorry. Well, again sorry for any mistakes in either grammar or if it was too rushed. Expect another chapter soon!
Extra announcements: This story is also about to finish! So, expect the final chapters to appear soon!
Later >.