Drageria
Ch.14: Judgment of a God, Death to Yakuza Part 1.
Tachibana was sitting at his oversized desk, paperwork so high it looked like a mock megacity with skyscrapers. His full focus was on the papers, scribbling and punching out acceptance or denial stamps on each one. Moving at mach speed through all of it despite the enormity of it all! Multiple eyes and limbs sprouted from him to make the work easier and more efficient. He always had mountains of work to do, no matter the amount he did on any given day, but it was needed to keep his country running in a fair state so it was well worth the trouble.
As he sat there with tunnel vision, someone burst through his office door and rushed to his desk, knocking over a few papers in the process. "Lord Tachibana! Lord Tachibana!", Yelled the person directly at the other end of his desk.
"Hello Hilton Heim.", Tachibana greeted the young man without missing a beat.
"Th-There's an emergency! Emergency!", he stuttered out with no breath.
"What is it?", Tachibana asked without looking up from his desk.
Hilton Heim breathed deeply and ranted off in quick section, "I was out, surveying the new landmass to be built on, with Prince Nidhogg, and while over the ocean I saw a large vessel headed this way! They'll be here any minute!"
Tachibana stopped his progress, rubbed his many eyes with his many hands, and said, "Very well, I'll take a look."
He then closed his eyes and projected his mind from his body to look out into the sea outside of the fishing district. A few clicks from the shore was a large ship that was anchored out with a much smaller speed boat being deployed and on a current course with the mainland. In the speedboat were about a dozen people, all of which looked very weird to him. All of them seem to be wearing masks in the style of bird beaks, except for maybe three of them. Tachibana sent his astral projection closer and examined them more refinedly. He hadn't gotten to the first one when one of them struck him by surprise by their familiarity! The shock was so strong that it sent his astral mind swearing right back into his body where he jolted back with a sharp and loud gasp!
"Lord Tachibana?! What's wrong!?", Hilton Heim frantically asked in a panic upon seeing his reaction.
Tachibana stared at him with serious intensity, making the young man flinch, as the Dark God firmly asked him, "Where is Eri?"
"What?", Hilton Heim asked back with nervous anxiety in his throat.
Tachibana practically jumped over his desk, grabbing the now terrified man by his collar and yelling, "Where! Is! Eri!"
Hilton Heim squeaked in fear and blabbered out, "I-I-I-I-I-I-I don't know!"
"We'll find her and fast!", Tachibana exclaimed while poking him in the chest and walking towards the big window.
"My Lord, what's the matter?! You're scaring me.", Hilton Heim barely managed to force out while shrinking into himself.
Tachibana stopped at unlocking the window and turned around to the terrified man, asking him in a serious tone, "Do you remember when I informed you of Eri's past and why she's so afraid of birds?"
"Mostly. Why?", Hilton Heim nervously replied.
"They are here, NOW!", Tachibana exclaimed.
"What!? What'll we do!?", Hilton Heim began to panic while scurrying around the room in a frenzy.
Tachibana grabbed the spiraling man and slapped him hard while yelling, "Stay calm first off!", This seemed to do the trick and Hilton Heim stopped his panic attack. Only staring at Tachibana for an answer, the Dark God then told him, "I'll go out and head them off, keep them distracted. Call 6 platoons of guards, send each one after the other leaves. Then get Crna Straža. The top priority is to find Eri and put her in my bed-chamber with guards! DON'T let her know what's happening! Keep her calm at all costs!"
"Y-Yes sir!", Hilton Heim saluted his Lord while breaking free of his grasp and running out of the room to do as he was instructed.
Once he was gone, Tachibana opened the window, spread his wings, and flew off as fast as they could carry him! He only hopes that he can make it to the dicks before they walk more inland. Tachibana knows a fight will happen and he wants to keep it as closed off and out of harm's way as possible!
Meanwhile, At the Docks:
The Yakuza finally parked their boat on the closest dock after what seemed like days of travel. It felt good to finally get to their destination and be on land once again. After making sure their boat was tied down tightly, they all left the boat one by one. Conversing around the dock and walking down once everyone was off. It took them another few minutes to get onto the land part of the island since they docked to what had to be the world's largest docking and boardwalk system seen to date! Houses were built in, on, and around the docks and waters outside. Small ones, big ones, conjoined and stories high. It was like a town on the water.
They got plenty of weird and confused glances from the locals, and unsurprisingly so, as their outfits did make them stick out. Some stared, some moved away, some whispered, but it didn't bother the criminals. They were on a mission and no gossiping schmucks would get in their hair about it. Especially their boss, who was already on edge despite his cool outward demeanor. Ever since Eri escaped and vanished to this place, he's been stewing with fury!
Kai Chisaki, better known as Overhaul, stopped mid-walk, making the others trailing behind him also stop short! He turned around while adjusting his glove, making the other cower in fear of the potential death! He was a younger man with dark brown hair and golden eyes that repressed a wave of growing anger! He wears a green coat with purple neck fur, a black suit with a gray tie, and a beak-shaped mask colored red and gold while being strapped around his face like the feed bag for a horse.
As he fixed his white gloves a bit more, he asked aloud, "Is this the place, Hari?"
Kurono Hari, also known as Chronostasis, was a man with arrow-shaped white hair and sharp gray eyes. All of which were hidden behind a black and gold plague doctor mask and white hooded full-body cloak, took out a device from his coat and saw a small red dot blip into life now and again.
He looked at his boss and said, "Yes sir, this is indeed the place. The tracker is leading us right here and more specifically….", he drew out while lifting the device up and around before seeing where it was the strongest and saying while pointing, "Right up that mountain."
Chisaki looked up at the huge structure and felt a pang of relief but also anger at the same time. A week without his test subject had left him high and dry in the progress of making the eraser drug. And now she was just within reach! Once he gets his hands on her, he'll be sure to disassemble and reassemble her several times over so she never gets the idea to escape anymore!
As the angrily composed man stood there watching the geographical structure, seemingly mindlessly, his lackeys all looked around at the small town they were just about to enter and the people in it. With several of them making comments about it.
"These people look poor.", Mimic stated in opinion-based observation.
"And Uneducated.", Tōya added to his superiors' statement.
Rappa, who practically wasn't paying any attention up to this point, finally snapped out of his daydream and asked around half dazed, "Did I miss something? When did we travel back to the Dark Ages?"
Overhaul, who had enough of all the idle chatter, yelled, "ENOUGH!", causing everyone to go into a deafening silence. He grumbled under his mask before telling them firmly, "We have a mission, don't forget it. Reclaiming Eri is our top priority so I want-."
Before he could finish, however, a voice cut him off and smaller from above, announcing, "Good afternoon gentlemen."
The men tensed up at seeing the multiple winged men descend on them but quickly tried to relax to not arouse suspicion. Tachibana landed and looked at the man with a smile on his face and closed eyes. For he knew if they could see them, then they'd instantly figure out his true motive and feeling.
Tachibana tapped his chin as he folded his wings and stated, "My, my, you boys seem like you've traveled from very far it seems."
Overhaul was the one to speak on their behalf. Keeping up his neutral yet approachable façade, he answered, "We have indeed."
Tachibana smiled a little wide at this and bowed to them while saying, "Well then, allow me to be the first to welcome you to the independent country of Drageria."
Tachibana wanted nothing more than to stab these bastards with his wings! Saying all these niceties to them made him want to puke! He cringed so hard at himself but knew he had to be strong and keep them distracted. For Eri, for her safety, and for the guards to get here already!
"I wouldn't suppose you have any knowledge of the ruling party of this….country?", Chronostasis injected inquisitively.
Tachibana brought up his head and explained to them, "If you're looking for the Leader, then you're looking at him now. My name is Tachibana and welcome to my country."
Tachibana turned around and spread his arms to show off his fine country. But as his back was turned, he dropped his façade and allowed his true feelings to show while being unwatched! His smile dropped and his eyes opened to reveal extremely hard and furious eyes! A look so intense that everyone that could see it immediately beat their feet! When it was obvious what was going on, word spread amongst the gathering crowd and they all dispersed or hid somewhere! The Yakuza immediately noticed this and felt that things were amidst. Directing all that uncertainty at the multi-winged man, who still kept up the façade even after turning around to meet their gaze once again.
"I see you fine gentlemen aren't here to emigrate, are you?", he asked them inquisitively.
"No.", Overhaul replied blandly and coldly.
"So what brings you here, hmm?", he asked while floating around them. "Business or…..pleasure?", he inquired further.
Overhaul could tell something was up. This guy knew and was more than he first appeared to be. Lying wouldn't do him any good, so he decided to dance around the subject, replying, "Reclaiming a lost asset."
"Ah! A bit of both then. What is it you're looking for?", Tachibana asked with a peppy spark in his tone.
"A young girl.", Soramitsu Tabe blurted out in a joking tone.
Without hesitation, Tachibana snapped his neck towards them and manifested a blade from thin air that suddenly set itself ablaze! The men freaked out or prepared for a fight and Tachibana looked ready to cut them all down at once!
However, Nemoto Shin diffuses the situation, bolting in front of the blade tip and exclaiming, "NOT LIKE THAT!"
Tachibana, realizing it was too soon to start the fight, quickly regained control over himself and made the flame blade vanish before his eyes. He put back on his friendly expression and stated, "Oh, then why didn't you say so before? I almost assumed the worst of you men.", Tachibana broke out into a laugh that was slowly and awkwardly joined in by the other villains. The Dark God stopped his laughter short, making them stop short, as he asked them, "So what exactly is this 'young girl' to you? A family member?"
Overhaul narrows his eyes, already feeling his blood pressure rise in irrationality. He knew this guy was only distracting him, but for what? He'd find out in a bit, for now, he has to keep up the charade. Maybe he'd even be granted free access to search if his thoughts weren't the case.
So he says to the larger man, "Something like that. All we know is that she's here."
Tachibana taps his chin and hums in his throat before offering, "I won't deny whatever sources or resources you used to find that out. And I am willing to help, but I'll need more context to narrow it down. We have many little girls on this island country."
This seemingly puts Overhaul at more ease, and so he readily describes Eri to him. "She's 110cm tall, around eight years old, long white hair, red eyes, and a single horn growing out from the right side of her head."
Tachibana crosses his arms and shuts his eyes, as if deep in thought, and says back to him, "Well I know at least 48 different girls with any number of those describing combinations. Is anything more specific? Her name, quirk? I have a full mental catalog of everyone who lives here."
Getting a bit impatient at this, Overhaul snaps back a bit and says, "Her name is Eri, and her quirk is called Rewind."
Tachibana places a hand on his chin and trunks to the side before perking up and stating, "Now that you mentioned it. There's a little girl with all those specific traits you've told me. I've met her myself.", a semblance of relief washes over the Yakuza, including Overhaul who had a sinister smile under his mask. Then the tone quickly changed when Tachibana followed up saying, "And you know what? She told me some very interesting things about her past. Especially with you.", A sense of tension filled the air as Overhaul carefully took off one of his gloves. Tachibana turned to him, eyes open and burning with fury as he shouted, "Kai Chisaki of the Yakuza!"
Within an instant, Overhaul rushed over to him and had his hand on Tachibana's neck and everything on his upper torso, apart from his arms, was blown to bits! A gasp of shock and horror made its way around the now thinning crowd, and Overhaul smiled with satisfaction at his work. The body of the Dark God standing erect as a statue, with the chest and head carved away like some sick clay sculpture.
Overhaul placed back on his glove and turned to the crowds of people, demanding loudly as the other Yakuza stared at them down, ready to act on his call, "Now that you've all seen your precious leader die. You'll do as I say and bring me the girl or I will personally tear this landmass apart to find her!"
As he made his demands precise and clear for the people to know, Overhaul noticed something that put him on edge. No matter who he looked at, none of the people seemed the least bit concerned about their current situation. They looked completely unbothered by their leader just dying before them. That was most unsettling!
He looked around at the fearless people who should be no different from the people they shake down daily, and asked himself, 'Why aren't they intimidated?'
With that thought questioned, it was quickly answered by a sharp right hook directly to his face! Overhauled was flung back hard by the impact of the punch and landed into Rikiya Katsukame, who caught him! But even with the huge man catching him mid-flight, the sheer force of the attack nearly sent the man tumbling off his own feet! When he managed to regain his footing, thanks to Rappa, Overhauled looked up from his pain and was shocked to see the head and chestless body of the Dark God standing there in a position of attack! Before he could wonder what was happening, a black mist appeared from the body and formed into the silhouette of the missing parts, including the head which spoke!
"WOOOOOOO! Now that's what I call head rush!", cried the body in exuberance.
"Wh-What?", Overhaul squeaked out in confusion.
Overhaul's surprise was quickly changed to horrified shock as he watched the black mass that made up the man's missing parts slowly regrow from bone to flesh! First, his rib cage, spine, shoulder, and sternum all grew back before his skull. Once his skull was back, veins and arteries stretched across it followed up by muscle and his multicolored eyes. As his flesh, hair, and clothing grew back, he began to boastfully and jokingly speak of what just transpired with the Yakuza standing there in horror!
"WOO HOO! I'm not gonna lie, I was a bit worried for a minute. Almost thought I was gonna die!", his misty mouth spoke as the bone, veins, and muscles grew in. "Ha Ha! Me, actually dying. How ridiculous!", he laughed as his skin and clothing came back.
Once everything that had been shredded came back, he cracked his neck and said with a closed-eyed irritated look, "Well I hope you got your first good shot in. Cause now.", within a moment, Tachibana was upon Overhaul and lifting him by his coat collar and said to him with a terrifying expression, "It's my turn!"
Before any of the Yakuza could process what just happened or react, Tachibana punched Overhaul so hard he flew up into the air and far out of sight! Tachibana spread his wings and yelled out, "GUARDS! surround the intruders! Protect and evacuate the citizens! Take them in Dead or Alive!"
Tachibana flew up into the air and chased after the speed Yakuza leader at the same speed! At the same time, several dozen guards came into view and began to surround the remaining Yakuza! All the guards wore some kind of medieval knight's armor and carried weapons such as spears, swords, axes, and halberds. At this time another set of guards came in looking far less armored, with only chest pieces and leggings to protect them alongside an unusual cap that slanted off to the side (Imagine the Royal Guard Armor from Breath of the Wild but with a chest piece that's under the clothing part and metal leggings mixed with the material). They also carried swords and spears, but also seemed to have what looked to be rifles. They all circled the Yakuza and drew their weapons forward in a threatening display of overwhelming power and a third wave stormed in and began to direct and protect the civilians from the incoming fight!
General Author came to the front, carrying a megaphone, and demanded of the men, "Attention intruder! You have trespassed upon Dragerian soil! If you wish to keep your lives you will surrender quietly to receive judgment from our Lord!"
Chronostasis narrows his eyes under his mask and asks the older man incredulously, "Do you honestly think we're scared of you all?"
General Author narrowed his own eyes as he said threateningly into the mic, "You should be."
Chronostasis makes an amused chuckle in his throat and says to the other Yakuza members, "Well men, I guess we have a third world country to teach a lesson about the Yakuza."
"I gave you a chance, remember that.", General Author replied with a disappointed expression before taking the megaphone from his lips and yelling at his men in a commanding tone, "MEN! Prepare for battle!"
As he commanded this, all of the guards began to do something with their weapons. The Yakuza briefly wondered what it was, but their thoughts were quickly answered when all their weapons began to glow and buzz with visible electricity. The tips of the spears and blades of the swords, axes, and halberds began to buzz and Zapp with power, while the rifles began to glow with blue outlines on their white framework making them appear futuristic.
"Oh, it seems their technology is more advanced than I gave them credit for.", Chronostasis said with a hint of astonishment while raising an eyebrow as he removed his hood and mask.
Tabe Soramitsu snarfed at this and boldly proclaimed in a vexing tone, "Are you kidding?! Psh! So their weapons got some sparkly bits. What are they gonna do? Tase us? HA!"
Tengai Hekiji smacked him upside the head and scolded him, saying, "Don't be stupid. Even a small amount of electricity can be dangerous if used in a consistent flow."
"Let's get this over with quickly before the boss comes back after killing that Tachibana person.", Chronostasis, who was more than fed up with all the talk, turned to the stronger member of his group and ordered, "Rappa, kill them."
Rappa wordlessly nods and gets into an attack stance before jetting forward with fists at the ready! The soldiers carrying the halberds jumped out in front with large and thick shields, forging them together to form a makeshift wall! Rappa smiled under his mask as he saw this and decided to go all out with this attack to see which ones stood his blow! He released a punch at full power, but was surprised when another person quickly jumped into the way of his blow and blocked it with what looked like a really big sword! The attack connected with the flat part of the blade but the person holding it only got moved back a few inches before digging himself down, fully anchored! The person who blocked his attack was a man nearly as tall as him and wearing full black armor, looking like a dark evil knight completely with spikes, horns, and jagged sides!
"You won't be fighting them!", the man announced as his head leaned down. "You'll be fighting me!", he announced as he brought his head and blew back Rappa with a swing of his blade!
Crna Straža had finally made it with several more reinforcements charging in right behind him! He stood off against Rappa and pointed the tip of his blade at him in a threateningly challenging manner!
"You blocked my punch!?", Rappa exclaimed in disbelief, getting only a nod from Crna Straža. Rappa smiled and then chuckled under his mask before bellowing out a laugh and proclaiming with excitement, "Finally, a worthy opponent! Let our battle ring throughout my mind for years to come!"
Crna Straža switched his sword stance from threat to attack and he proclaimed back, "You'll be lucky to have mere minutes standing on this earth!"
With that, the true battle began and it would come out to be a bloody one.
Meanwhile with Tachibana and Overhaul in the Sky;
One minute Overhaul was being held off the ground by this island's winged leader, the next he felt a sharp and blinding pain in his chest and felt the horrible feeling of free-flying through the air while I'm horrible pain! The pain in his chest and his weightless state of panic made it hard for him to think! Luckily his right hand was free from his glove and he managed to touch his face and use his quirk to repair his body!
Once he could breathe and think again he calmed himself down as he flew through the air with little resistance behind him! He was honestly surprised he was still flying and not falling? Regardless of the Laws of Motion, he knew that getting on the ground would be quite the task. He'd survive, no doubt, thanks to his quirk but he'd still need to use it on himself once more. No way he'd get out of a fall from this height without a scratch!
He was just about to think up a plan to descend smoothly when he heard a voice say into his ear from the side, "Konichiwa mother fucker! Enjoying your flight?! You're still alive after that punch so I guess you are!"
Overhaul whipped his head to the side and saw Tachibana flying next to him with a wicked yet vexing grin on his face! Overhaul ground his teeth as his blood pressure rose, and he began to see red! He reached out and violently grabbed the winged man, who grabbed him back! They both wrestled and tumbled throughout the air with no end in sight to the ground!
As they tried to manhandle one another mid-flight, Overhaul snapped at him through his mask, demanding, "You know where the girl is! Where is she!?"
Tachibana laughed at the demand and shot back, "As if I'd tell you! You little-!", Before he could finish, Overhaul grabbed Tachibana's shoulder with his ungloved hand and used his quirk to blow off his arm and a good chunk of the right side of his body!
A look of horror and shock spread on the man's seemingly deceased face as an expression of jubilation went across Overhauls! But before he could fully celebrate his victory, Tachibana's eyes began to shift around his head and he smiled manically at the now shocked man!
Tachibana laughed and gloatingly exclaimed, "HA! If blowing my head off didn't work, what makes you think an arm would be any different!"
Overhaul bit his tongue in frustration and yelled with furious resolve, "Then I'll just blow you to bits! Make sure nothing is left!"
Tachibana laughed vexingly once again at his statement and said back, "HA! I can regenerate from a drop of blood alone! You'll need to do far better than that!"
Overhaul yelled a primal scream as he and Tachibana engaged in what could only be described as the world's most violent slap fight imaginable! Each of them trying to get the upper hand over the other, grabbing or breaking one another grip with ease, Overhaul blowing sections of Tachibana to nothing, And Tachibana smiling madly through it all as the destroyed sections of his body would regrow back in mere seconds!
They tussled in this stake mate for quite a while before Overhaul screamed, "Give me back the girl! She's mine and mine alone! I'll tear this place to shreds to find her!"
Tachibana laughed at his claim as the top section of his head grew back and he challenged back, "Good luck with that! Even if you managed to live past me, I have her hidden somewhere you'd never find her again!"
"She's my key to my ultimate goal of curing this sick world! She's my property!", He spat back angrily.
Tachibana paused as he heard this. His face darkened over and in a low tone, he asked before exploding, "What?...what the actual hell...DID YOU SAY!?"
Tachibana instantly went from masochistic sociopath to mindless wild animal in a moment! Overhaul felt fear rush up his spine at seeing his expression, and before he could react, Tachibana grabbed the man and rocketed down towards the earth! Crashlanding and imploding in a huge crater somewhere out in one of Drageria's vast forests! The dust settled and in the hole was a barely conscious Overhaul with a furious Tachibana standing over him with his eyes glowing red!
"How-DARE YOU!", He screamed as he landed a hard blow onto his face. Continued in a demoralizing rant that peppered the Yakuza boss between sentences.
WHAM!
"You insignificant little maggot!"
WHAM!
"How dare you refer to anyone as property!"
WHAM!
"Lay your filthy mitts on a child!"
WHAM!
"Call her a monster!"
WHAM!
"And use her as some sick science experiment!"
WHAM!
"How dare you!"
WHAM!
"And on top of that, you honestly believe yourself to be good!?"
WHAM!
"You think you are some kind of miracle doctor!?"
WHAM!
"You think you're making a cure?!"
WHAM!
"You're the only one who's sick!"
WHAM!
It was then that Tachibana finally stopped his onslaught of punches and he stood up, looming over the downed man, and said out of breath, "You're just a pathetic little man!", He chastised him while raising his foot. "With an unrealistic dream!", He yelled while dropping his foot down and punching it through his stomach, making the Yakuza cry out in horrific pain!
After the man's screams finally died in his throat, Tachibana pulled his foot out, making the man quip in response. Tachibana looked down over him, breath ragged, fists bloody, and eyes wild with fury. Tachibana wiped his face across his cheek, which was stained with blood, and saw Overhaul begin to slowly bring his ungloved hand up towards his face. Once he finally touched his skin, the man's body was restored to full health, but he didn't stand up. He looked completely pale, ready to pass out with eyes half-lidded with exhaustion.
Tachibana clicked his tongue at this and said, "That quirk of yours is something. Any person would be dead after that kind of beating. But you managed to reform your broken body, good as new. Though I see it comes at the cost of your stamina.", Overhaul said nothing and only fought to breathe and stay awake. Tachibana smiled as he said, "I must admit I'm fully impressed with your resilience, but nothing else.", He followed up with a sober yet serious expression.
"But still.", Tachibana says as he lifts Overhaul up by his neck. "I was fully set on just killing you here and now, but now I've had second thoughts.", he tells him with a sinister glint in his eyes. "I thought your stinking soul wouldn't be worth anything and would taint my innards from someone so rotten! But I see I was wrong.", the sound of his voice as he spoke made Overhaul shudder, but he could bring himself to tune him out, both out of fear and vicious curiosity. "You're a rare meal. One I shouldn't let go to waste simply cause I wanna see you die horribly. I fully intend to capitalize on this moment.", he told him while smiling a row of sharp teeth.
"Meal?", Overhaul managed to squeak out.
Tachibana giggles coyly and explains, "Well yes, of course. Do you think I got the title of 'Dark God' simply because I acted all broody in a lightless room and wrote edgy poetry? Get real. Anyway.", he said while his eyes turned pitch black. "Shokuji o arigatō.", and raised his hand with his fingers together and straight out, as if ready to stab him.
Overhaul closed his eyes and braced for his untimely end, but it never came. Soon he found himself dropped to the floor and looking up at the Dark God with a treacherous expression on his face.
"On second thought.", he said while looking down on him like a piece of meat. "Why bother stuffing my face and swallowing such a refined and rare exotic meal in one go when I can be proactive and savor every. Last. Bit."
"Wh-What?", Overhaul said back while pitifully trying to crawl away.
"Oh, you must be confused. I'll show you what I mean.", he offered while lifting the man by his coat, legs dangling in the air.
Tachibana's face then began to morph and split before Overhaul's very own eyes! His smile cured so far up his was that it split up into his head, the mouth then separated from the top like the jaw of a flamingo and unhinged like that of a snake showing rows upon rows of sharp teeth like that of a deep-sea shark! Deep within his throat was a small light and the painful sobbing moans and cries of what sounded like other voices! (Imagine Pennywise from IT in the reboot)
"What the fuck!?", Overhaul cried out in shock, pathetically trying to break free!
Once his mouth was, the light surged up his throat into three spheres which took the form of three gangly arms with long sharp nails and fingers. The three arms reached out towards the man and snake themselves into his body, like that of ghosts! Overhaul cried out and screamed bloody murder as this happened! The pain of unbelievable proportion surged through his body as if his very being was being ripped out of him! Once he thought he would die from the pain alone, the hands pulled out of him with three small glowing purple orbs that burned like fire and were no bigger than a grain of rice. The arms retracted back into his mouth and the eldritch abomination of his face closed back up to a more normal state. He began to make a chewing motion and a look of immense satisfaction rushed over him as he swallowed.
He licked his lips with joyful elation and babbled to himself, "Mmmmmmmmmm! Oishī! What a bouquet of flavor! I haven't tasted something that good in 420 years! I did have you pegged all wrong."
At this point, Tachibana had already dropped Overhaul to the ground as he gushed about the flavor of his soul. The several enabled men looked up from the dirt and asked with an excruciatingly painful tone, "What. the fuck. Did you do?"
Tachibana chuckled and told him, "Something that'll be happening more frequently in your very near future, that I can promise.", Overhaul felt fear and hopelessness for the first time in a long time as he looked up at the man-no-the God staring down at him like a tool. Tachibana then leaned down to him and said in a low tone, "Oh by the way. Didn't you say something about curing a disease before? I assume you mean quirks? You know that is funny!"
Tachibana then grabbed Overhaul by his fur-collared coat and held him up while he ranted, saying to the man, "Here you are trying to use someone with a quirk to get rid of quirks, and, AND, you use your quirk regularly! How hilarious! You're a walking hypocrisy!", Tachibana broke out into laughter while Overhaul just hung there. Too exhausted to fight back and in too much pain to speak. Only hang and stare at him in horror and disbelief!
Once Tachibana stopped his laughter he looked at the man with a cruel expression and said, "I suppose after making this 'cure all' you'll take away all quirks on the planet except your own, right?", Overhaul said nothing in reply, but his expression was more than enough of an answer for him as he followed up with, "Oh you don't have to answer that, I can see it on your face. You're no different from every other dictator in history, it's sad I was honestly hoping to see something new. But no. Instead I get the same thing yet again. Different face, the same end goal."
Tachibana chuckled before pushing back his messed-up hair and telling him with a serious tone, "But let me inform you about something Mr. Cure All. Quirks are no different than the dinosaurs becoming birds. It's called evolution, and sometimes that evolution skips and brings drastic change to a world underprepared. So to think that they are diseases is just insane. Though I guess that can't be helped by an insane man.", all Overhaul could do was sneer and growl at him and his analysis, while Tachibana continued saying, "But since you're so concerned with your health regarding your 'illness', allow me to….cure you.", he said the last part while looking the man straight into his eyes with his becoming like two dark pools!
Before Overhaul could even react to this, Tachibana had grabbed hold of his right arm and completely ripped it clean from the socket! Overhaul was in shock at first, not knowing what had just happened, but after he lay on the ground when Tachibana had dropped him and looked up at the winged man with what was his whole right arm in hand, he began to scream! He screamed and rolled around in panic and pain while clutching the bleeding stump that used to be his arm!
As he rolled around in the dirt screaming and crying like a girl, Tachibana looked down at him with an exacerbated look on his face, he rolled his eyes and told him, "Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. I've had limbs ripped off plenty of times. It's not as bad as you'd think."
"FUCK YOU!", Overhaul screamed at him as he continued to scream.
"Here. let me remedy the situation.", Tachibana offered with one last eye roll before igniting black fire into his palm and pressing it into the man's wound, cauterizing it shut! Overhaul screamed even louder at the awful pain of his flesh burning closed and immediately vomited right by Tachibana's shoes! Tachibana jumped back after the wound sealed and exclaimed, "HEY! Don't puke all over my shoes! You already made me bleed all over my royal attire, I don't need any other body fluids on me."
Tachibana realized what he said and quickly looked around the area to make sure it was just the two of them. We were sure he sighed in relief and said to himself, "I'm so glad Fay wasn't here to see me say that.", he looked back down at the Yakuza and saw that he had passed out completely. Rolling his eyes he sighed, "And you're out cold, no surprise really. How about we return and see how well your little cadre is doing?", he offered while whispering into the man's ear before slinging him over his shoulder and flying back towards the ports.
Meanwhile Back at the Harbor;
Tachibana landed back at the spot he fell off from and saw that things appeared to be under control. Though a bit of property damage was seen, everything was still standing, not one of the civilians seemed to be hurt.
"Lord Tachibana! You're okay!", General Arthur said as he briskly approached the god.
"Yes yes, of course, I'm okay, General.", Tachibana assured him while waving his hand. He looked around and asked, "I see you have things taken care of here. Is this all of them?"
Tachibana looked over to the side where he saw what reminded him of the Yakuza bound and on their knees with weapons pointed at them. The Yakuza that did die were already being placed into burlap body bags. The remaining members still alive were Rappa, Mimic, Chronostasis, and Nemoto Shin.
"The ones that are still alive, yes.", General Arthur confirmed.
Tachibana tapped his chin before looking back at the older man and commanded, "Report on how things went. I must hear this!"
General Arthur waved his hand over to the side, and a lower-ranking soldier with a clipboard pushed through the crowd to the two of them.
There he flipped to the first page, cleared his voice, and said to Tachibana, "Well…"
