Listen to this, it's important. I was thinking on putting Deadpool here, what do you think? One of the reviews ask me if i was going to make a fanfic of the X-men cinematic universe. I was thinking about it and maybe in a couple of months i could come up with a good story. Anyway, it was bugging me lately. I love Deadpool and i have an idea to introduce him on the story, i won't put the X-men so i will change things if i put him here. So what do you think? Deadpool should join? Or appear in my next X-men fanfiction? Leave a comment, i want your opinion.
Chapter 14: Unexpected turn of events
A couple of days after Naomi warned Kokoro about Nameless, Izanagi go to see Shinigami to check the seal. He got to the factory and open the door, no one was there... Izanagi breath slowly and walks to the center of the place. Everything was quiet. The TV was on and Shinigami was nowhere to be found.
"Where are you Shinigami?" Izanagi whisper. He ignores the fact that the God of Death disappear and go to the door that lead to the basement of the place. The walk down the stairs, careful to not make any noise. He have the feeling that there was someone inside. He prepares himself for anything. He got to the basement and saw a giant door in the floor. Chains were preventing the door to open as well spells that were invisible to the human eye. Izanagi sigh, the seal was intact. But the guardian wasn't anywhere to be found.
"Something happened here... Shinigami would never leave this place" He whispers and walk to the door. He touches it and check if there wasn't any abnormalities. Turns out... "This can't be!" Izanagi walk away in fear and start to scream "Shinigami! Where are you?!" No one answer "Dammit!" Izanagi run outside the factory and look around. Everything seems peaceful. "This isn't happening... This can't be happening... How it happens?" He mutters to himself "Athena need to know this!" Izanagi fly away to the woods. Little he knew that a shadow was looking at him from the factory...
Kokoro was flying to New York, She was cured of flu now. She didn't know where Nick Fury was but she knows that he was alive, despite what TV said. She went to the Stark Tower, now renamed as The Avengers Tower. Since the invasion, Stark's been working on the Tower and rebuilding it. Not long ago S.H.I.E.L.D was taken down by Hydra so he and Steve thought of this as the best option. The team together again now that S.H.I.E.L.D disappear. Kokoro landed on the roof and enter the Tower from there. While she was walking down the stairs Jarvis greets her. He speak through the speakers.
"Hello, Miss Nakamura. Stark wasn't expecting you" Said the A.I.
"No, he wasn't. I came here because i need to talk with him and Rogers, if he's around"
"Yes, he is. I'll talk to them. Please wait at the next door. It's a lobby" He said. Kokoro went down the stairs and enter to a big room that was near a another room full of windows, looks like the laboratory. She saw Bruce Banner working on something important.
"Well, who do we have here?" Stark appears, Steve behind him "It's our favorite goddess, give me five" He said and raise his hand. Kokoro hit her hand with his "Nice clothes, by the way" Stark point at Kokoro's clothes. She was wearing a black sleeveless overcoat, red T-shirt and black pants. The T-shirt was striking because there was a logo on it. The silhouette of a black dragon with a white star on his head.
"Thanks, but i'm not here for that. I need to talk with Nick Fury now" She said
"Well... Fury is "officially" dead" Stark quoted "Why are you looking for a dead person?"
"Because if that dead person don't talk to me, then i'll be the next dead person... I mean, god"
"What do you mean?" Steve asks. Kokoro was about to talk, but Natasha and Clint enter the room
"When did you arrive, Nakamura?" Natasha asks
"Just now..." She answered and turn to Steve "Listen, i really need to talk with Fury. I have my reasons to believe that Hydra is up to something in Japan that involve a god" Before Kokoro flew to New York, she talks to Izanagi and asking who was exactly "Nameless". According to him, Nameless is a Forgotten God of Madness.
Before he was a God, he was a human with a name. After he was possessed by countless spirits, he descended into madness and gain the ability to absorb energy. With his new power he absorbs the power of every spirit that crosses his path, it was him who kill all the Kitsunes. After that, he went after the gods, the madness make him forget about who he really was and went on a killing spree. The gods couldn't kill him because no matter how much damage they inflicted on him... he keeps walking, his body was practically invulnerable. All the power he absorbs is used to keep him alive. He can't age, he can't die. The only way to stop him was to seal him.
"A God? So what, Hydra has become a religion now?" Stark joked
"No, seriously. I need to see Fury, Stark" Kokoro insisted
"He's not here" Said Clint "But you can talk to him through this" He throw a phone to her "It's the last number of the list"
"Thanks, Clint" Kokoro look at the phone number. The last one goes by the name of Boss Pirate "Pirate... Really?"
"Come on. He did look like a pirate" Said Clint and Kokoro press to call
"... Yes, he does" Kokoro smile
Tomoko was looking at some of the pages Kokoro draw a couple of days ago before saying to put on hold the manga. They were publishing the story and Tomoko was happy with it, but Kokoro has been busy lately, so she calls the publishing house and told them that the manga is on hold for a couple of weeks, maybe months. She leaves the pages on the table and walk to the kitchen to make coffee.
When Kokoro comes back from New York she insisted on making a superhero story, Tomoko like the idea so she based on Kokoro to make the main character. The manga was called "Dreams of a Hero" and was well received. To avoid problems, Kokoro let Tomoko take the credit for it instead of sharing it. Lately, people are arguing about Kokoro and the gods. No one could predict this. Tomoko looks the TV from her kitchen, she was living alone, so her sister wasn't there to take control over the TV or messing with her computer. The TV was showing people on the streets, demanding that Kokoro leave the country before she cause more damage. They are blaming her for things she didn't even do. They obviously are scared of her power, as well of the gods.
"People fear what they don't understand" Said Tomoko and pours the coffee into the empty glass
"... They do" Someone say out of nowhere. Tomoko turn around and didn't see anyone. She was sure, no one was here. She lives alone, completely alone. She calm herself before answering
"H-Hello?" She ask and the voice didn't lose time in responding
"You certainly look nervous, my dear. Relax, i won't hurt you... I just need something from you that i know you can give me. So i need you to cooperate with me for a while" Said the male voice. Tomoko look at the living room and saw a young man in his twenties. Short gray hair, blue eyes and a scar on the left side of his neck that reach his left eye, he was holding a red walking stick. Tomoko saw a knife on the kitchen table, she tries to grab it, slowly. The man was looking at her and smiles.
"You know... It's very brave of you to try to defend yourself with a little knife" He said and Tomoko didn't even bother on trying to grab it at all "No, no, no. Please, grab it. It won't make any difference. I'm here to ask you something, but if you insist on trying to stab me, then..." His eyes turn completely dark red "We have a problem here, Little Tomoko Kisaragi"
"How did you know my name?" She ask and the man chuckle
"I was sleeping for a long time, my dear. A group of really nice gentlemen wakes me up and told me interesting stuffs. One of them was about the daughter of Mikaboshi... They told me that YOU know where she is" He pointed at her with the cane "So, you are going to tell me where this sweet little Chaos girl is... Or should i rip the knowledge from your skull?" He asks, always with a big smile on his face. Tomoko was paralyzed with fear, his eyes were looking right at her like a predator to his prey.
"I-I don't know what are you-" Tomoko couldn't finish. The man grabs her by the throat and lift her
"I'll give you to the count of five. If you don't tell me, then you can say goodbye to this shitty world you are standing on" His voice was more threatening "ONE"
"I won't... Tell you anything" She said, and the man looks at her right in the eyes
"Are you willing to die for her?"
"Yes, she's my friend"
"I see..." The man let her down "TWO... I'm still counting, you got time to tell me where she is"
"I'll never tell you"
"THREE" He keep counting, but Tomoko was determined. The man sighs "FOUR... Any last word?" The man asks. Tomoko looks at the window and smile
"I want you to meet some of my other friends" Tomoko smirk
"Oh really? Who are they?" He asks. Izanagi and Athena break the window and enter the room. The man smiles viciously "Izanagi and Athena, what a surprise. How's the family?"
"A mess" Said Athena
"Minding their own business" Said Izanagi
"I see... Izanagi, maybe you can help me. This girl over here, she don't want to tell me where's the daughter of Mikaboshi. Do you know where she is?" The man ask with a big smile
"I might know... Why do you want to know?"
"Nothing really... I just want to talk with her, nicely" He said with a twisted smile
"If you want to know it, then come and make me tell you" Said Izanagi. In less than a second the man appears in front of Izanagi
"So be it, Izanagi"
"I see" Kokoro was writing on a paper everything that Nick Fury say to her. She asks him about the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D that were in Japan and if any of them could be a possible Agent of Hydra. Fury told her that there were only 20 agents in Japan and they were there since the attack of Mikaboshi. Fury only had the address of three of them, and well the building they use as their Headquarters. Kokoro let go of the pen and keep talking with Fury "Does any of those agents had any knowledge of Japanese Mythology? Or information about the gods?" She asks
"Not really. But S.H.I.E.L.D make an autopsy of Kaminari, once we finish, Izanagi take the body and bury it. The only information regarding to the gods is only on the files of the autopsy. Nothing more. If Hydra is going to wake up an evil god, then they need help from another god, aren't they?" Fury asks
"Yes, but there isn't any god that would help them"
"Why not?"
"If Nameless came out of the seal... Then we can say goodbye to the gods, and eventually... The humankind"
"Then you have a real problem there... Take the Avengers with you. If what you are telling me is true, then we can't sit and wait for that guy to destroy us all. I wish you luck, Kokoro" He hangs up
"Shit" Kokoro close her eyes and sigh. Rogers and Barton were next to her while she talks in the phone "Steve, Clint. Does any of you have... Plans for today?"
"Not really, why?" Said Clint. Steve shakes his head
"I need some help in Japan. Fury told me that is better if the Avengers help with this problem" She said and Tony walk in the lobby with a remote control. He was testing one of his Iron Man suits. He heard the conversation.
"I can go, just need to finish something here" Said Tony and part of his armor hit him in the arm "I need to fix that one. Take Banner, you always can use a Hulk"
"Actually... I don't want to cause too many problems. Japan is so crowded and i could... you know" Bruce was nervous about it. Kokoro look at her watch
"Alright. Listen, if any of you can help me then meet me in Japan. I need to check on those Agents and old S.H.I.E.L.D's headquarters" Kokoro walk to the door. She gives back Clint's phone and open the door. "Sorry if this is sudden, but this is something we can't ignore" Kokoro notice the absence of the Norse God "Where's Thor?"
"With his girlfriend" Said Tony and keep looking at the control "Don't worry about him. I'll call him. Maybe he'll be the first on arriving to Japan. Go back, we'll be ready in a couple of minutes" Kokoro nodded and exit the tower. As soon she left, Stark talk "You heard the lady, suit up. We're going to Japan" He said and throw the remote control to the couch. Everyone prepare for a potential battle.