Chapter 17: The Outside of Madness

"So, how can we win against Nameless?" Kokoro asks to Susanoo. "There has to be a way of doing it without losing someone in the process" Susanoo look at her like she was crazy and laugh right at her face. "What's so funny?"

"So are so naive to be the daughter of Mikaboshi. This is a war now, of course, there will be some deaths in the process. Do you think that everything will come out like you want to happen? You live in a fantasy" Susanoo drink from his bottle of sake. "The only way to win, is to seal him again. This time will make sure that no one knows where the seal is... I still don't know how they discover where the seal was"

"We'll find it out later, now we have to take care of this problem... i still think that there's has to be another way. Are you sure we can't kill him?"

"You can try it. The only thing that can hurt him are physical attacks. He absorbs the attacks that are made of energy or have some kind of power on it. Bullets from a gun can hurt him, but no matter how much we hurt him. He regenerates very quickly, like we never hurt him in the first place"

"Gun... Wait. There's a way" Kokoro smile and Susanoo look at her strangely. "The man who killed me. I bet that the shotgun can make a certain amount of damage to Nameless. Grayson also killed Shinigami, so that gun must be useful"

"Are you hearing yourself? The moment that guy sees you again, he will kill you again. This time i won't be there to save you. What's that man's plan anyway? Why is he killing the gods? He killed Shinigami and he almost takes your life too"

"I will take the gun from his dead hands if i must. Just have faith on me"

"That's the problem, i don't have faith in you. A demigod usually brings this kind of disaster"

"What do you mean?"

"The demigods are cursed. Believe me, you don't want to know... But if there's no other choice..." Susanoo walk toward the sword and grab it. "The Kusanagi is a powerful sword with the power to control the wind. The sword can cut anything, i mean Anything. Anyone can use it, but only some are truly worthy of wielding the power" Susanoo place the sword in the floor. "You are not worthy of the sword, Nakamura"

"Then why did you tell me that? I was kinda expecting you to give me the sword the moment you start talking about it"

"I was messing with you. I'll never give you this sword, you already have one. The Honjo Masamune"

"I know" Kokoro put her hand on her shadow and the sword came out of it. Susanoo show surprise. "The Honjo Masamune is better than your sword that came out of a snake"

"It was from the fourth tail of Yamata-no-Orochi"

"All i'm hearing is bla, bla, bla, i kill a monster and i only got a sword" Susanoo take out the sword from the scabbard. "Hey, you start it" Susano sighs

"Anyway... What do you have in mind?"

Izanagi and Naomi were the Tokyo Tower, Izanagi was still holding Naomi's arm. He looks around and enter an alley, then he let go of her. Izanagi look around for something, he touches the wall and search for something.

"Susanoo is near?" She asks.

"Yes, there's a hidden door in one of these walls. I need to find it, that way we can enter his personal dimension, his house or whatever he names it" Izanagi stop searching.

"... Did you feel that?" Naomi asks

"Yes, he's near... and he's fighting against someone" Izanagi turn to Naomi. "I'll search for the door, you take a look of what's happening" Naomi nodded and walk away from the alley. She felt Nameless presence in the Tokyo Tower, she runs toward the giant Tower and saw Nameless having a fight with Hulk. The green giant was trying to punch him, but Nameless dodge every attack. He doesn't need to dodge him, but he was making fun of the green monster. Hulk screams and hit the floor with his hands, Nameless smile at him and Hulk got more angry. He punches him right in the face, but Nameless stop it with his bare hand. He didn't make any effort to stop the attack, he just raises his hand and stop it like it was some toy.

"You should go to sleep for a while, you are no worthy of my time" He said and punch Hulk in the abdomen. Hulk fall on his knees and then Nameless punch him right in the face, knocking him down. Slowly, Hulk turns back to Bruce Banner. "Humans pretending to be gods... Now that's something" Nameless grab Banner by the throat and lift it, he was going to kill him. He raises his hand and was about to take out his heart when an arrow hit him in the back. He turns around and saw Barton in a roof of the building behind him. He let go of Banner. "Good shot" He said. Stark flies toward him and hit him in the face, hoping that he did something to him. Nameless grab his arm and throw him to the Tokyo Tower, he could easily kill Stark and the others, but he was so sure of his victory that he was simply playing with them. He takes out the arrow from his back and fly to the building Barton was. Barton shoots a couple of arrows at him, but Nameless didn't show any sign of pain.

"Do you at least feel something?" Barton asks

"No, what about you?" He asks, grab one of the arrows and throw it right at Barton's shoulder. He yells in pain. "What's wrong? Did that hurt?"

"N-no, not at all" Barton takes out his arrow from the shoulder. "You talk too much"

"I will win anyway, i might as well have some fun with you"

"Really? Then good luck with her" Barton jump backwards. Nameless look behind him and bullets hit him all over his body. Natasha shoot every bullet she had on her handguns, as soon she run out of bullets, she takes out a knife. She runs to him and stab him in the chest and then in the right eye. Natasha kick him and Steve Rogers appear behind him to hit him with his shield. Nameless fall to the ground and immediately stand up. He grabs the knife that was stuck in his right eye.

"Nice fight" He said and take out the knife. His eyeball was still in the knife. "You should know that i'm not even using my powers on you yet. I can end this whenever i want"

"Then why you don't use it?" Steve asks

"Simple, Steven Grant Rogers. Because i'm having fun. Maybe i will let you all live to see the fall of the Gods" He put his eyeball back again on his skull "Come again and try to take me down, Captain America"

"So that's your plan?" Susanoo asks. "Just showing up in the middle of the street and wait until he show up?" He didn't like the plan, he was expecting something else. Kokoro look at her shadow for a moment, like she was expecting something to happen.

"Yes... that's my plan. Grayson will appear as soon he knows i'm not dead"

"What if Nameless show up before?"

"I know it's not perfect-"

"Perfect? It's far from being perfect! It's stupid!"

"Then do you have a better plan? We need that gun!"

"... We still can seal him" Susanoo didn't have a plan either, he was suggesting the same thing the gods did before

"It won't solve a thing! What if he comes back?"

"It's a risk i'm willing to take, Nakamura" Susanoo take the Kusanagi and create a door in the wall. "Listen, if i see that your plan fails, i will seal him with my father and whatever god are left"

"... Alright" She sigh. Susanoo opens the door and Izanagi appear in the other side. His eyes widen when he saw Kokoro's white hair.

"Kokoro!" He yells and run to her. "Are you alright? What happen to you?"

"I'm okay, Izanagi. Your son saved me"

"I can see that..." Izanagi turn to Susanoo. "We'll talk later about this, now there's a problem outside. Nameless is fighting against the Avengers, Kokoro"

"What?!" Kokoro asks. She gets pass Izanagi and went through the door. Izanagi try to stop her, but it was too late. She was now in the alley.

"Nakamura!" Susanoo yell. "Stick with your dumb plan! Don't do anything stupid"

"But i can't let him kill them"

"Who cares about a couple of human life?" Susanoo asks and Kokoro could believe what he just said. "I told you before... In a war, deaths can't be avoided. Grow up and stick with your plan" Kokoro need to follow her own plan, but she can't let the Avengers die, she's one of them. She's part of the team too, but she's also a god. Susanoo was right, death is common in war. A Sacrifice must be made in order to win... But not these lives. Kokoro ignore Susanoo and run out of the alley. "Father, that girl is stupid. She'll die"

"... What's the plan she had in mind?" Izanagi asks.

"... The man that "killed" her, has a gun that supposedly can kill Nameless. She was going to show up in the street and wait for him to appear. It was a stupid plan. It's better that we focus on seal Nameless now that he's distracted"

"Maybe we should do what Kokoro-" Susanoo interrupt Izanagi

"We are going to do what i say! She abandons the plan as soon she went to help those humans"

"Those humans are keeping him at bay! They are not weak or useless. These humans are not expendable..."

"In war soldiers are expendable, Father"

"Not these humans... They are worth ten times more than us right now" Susanoo didn't agree with him. At that moment Naomi appears behind Izanagi. "Naomi, what happen?"

"I just had a vision... " Naomi looked nervous.

"And?" Susanoo asks.

"Turns out we were wrong the whole time about Nameless. Something else is happening behind our nose"

"What do you mean?" Izanagi asks.

"Nameless-" She couldn't talk at all. The sound of a shotgun echoed in the alley, in the blink of an eye Naomi fall to the ground and blood was coming out from her back. Devin Grayson appears in the entrance of the alley, with his phone to his ear.

"Ms Kiyohara... I found Izanagi... I understand" He throws the phone to the floor, point at Izanagi with his shotgun and pull the trigger without a second thought. Everything went black for Izanagi...

Steve Rogers threw his shield to Nameless, only for him to catch it with his bare hand. Steve run and kick him in the stomach, Nameless protect himself with the shield, he didn't need that, but he did it anyway because he was just messing with the whole group. It doesn't matter how much they try, it doesn't matter how much the attack... They can't bring him down. Nameless use the shield to break Steve's arm, then he grabs Steve's head and throw him to the ground before Steve could even react. Tony flies toward them and shoot a couple of missiles at Nameless, but he dodges them all and instead, the missiles hit a building near the Tower. Nameless throws Steve's shield at Tony's face. Tony dodges it but it was a distraction, Nameless appear in front of Tony and with one single punch to the chest, he makes the armor to fall apart. Tony fall to the ground, the only part of his suit that was still on him was his mask. Nameless grab him and make him look at his surroundings.

"Look, Stark. All your team is down, they are not dead because you all can be useful for me in a future... Besides, i don't like killing humans"

"You think that we'll help you to take over the world?"

"I will do that by myself, you'll kill any human that oppose to me. You'll be part of my personal army. What do you think? After all, you use to create weapons so the humans can destroy themselves while you sleep in a mountain of money and gold made of their lives, souls and hopes" Nameless said with a twisted smile.

"I don't do that anymore"

"You think that? You are just getting started... You'll join me, you like it or not. If you resist, then i'll-" Kokoro appear and take Nameless with her right to the Tokyo Tower. Destroying part of it in the process. Kokoro didn't stop, she grabs her sword and cut Nameless right arm. His arm falls to the ground and he just looks at it. "Really? If i were you, i would cut the head... Even if that doesn't work at all, Kokoro Nakamura" Nameless grab Kokoro's sword by the blade and without any effort, break it completely. Kokoro's eyes widen while she saw The Honjo Masamune's blade breaking into small pieces. Nameless kick her out of the Tower and Kokoro fall to the ground. Nameless fly out of the Tower and get closer to her, slowly. Kokoro stand up, the sword was completely destroyed, she threw away what was left of it and she raises her fists. Darkness starts to cover them. "Weird" Said Nameless. "You are weaker than i was expecting... and your hair isn't black, like they told me. Don't tell me you just died" Kokoro didn't answer. Nameless smile and laugh at her. "I can't believe it, someone actually killed you? Then, this will easier than i was expecting. It's a shame, i really wanted to have at least a little of fun... Maybe i will have it anyway"

"Stop talking" She said. "You won't lay another finger to my teammates, if you want them. It will be over my dead body"

"... Dead body?" Nameless laugh a little. "My dear, when i'm finished with you, There won't be a body... Or Dust... Nothing" Nameless walk toward her. His arm grows back again, first the bones, then flesh cover them and lastly, skin. "You are probably wondering... Why he wants me dead? Well the answer is pretty simple. I will kill ALL the gods, and to make sure that i do that, i need a little of Chaos in my favor" Nameless appear in front of Kokoro, only centimeters away from her face. He grabs her arm and twist it, without showing any sign of effort again. Kokoro fall on her knees and start screaming. Her voice could be heard all over the area. Nameless just look at her, yelling in pain. "Your power... can change the world around you, but you use it for... what? Protecting the humans? You have the power to rule over the gods, Chaos can destroy... and create" Nameless look around. "All that we see, everything exists... because of Chaos. From the Chaos, life itself was created. After that, Order came to be as the opposite force. But Order can't do anything... There always will be Chaos, it doesn't matter who cause it. It's the driving force that keeps the universe moving... I need that, Kokoro. I will rip it out of your soul if i must"

"You can't have it... You can't control it... You are human too"

"I'm NOT human anymore. That's why i can do what other humans can't, kill the gods"

"W-Why? Why are you doing it in the first place? They didn't curse you"

"... Is that what they told you? You believe that crap from them? I may have lost my memories, but there's one that's still inside my head... A god took everything from me... A GOD! I will make it come out from wherever he's hiding"

"If it's revenge... Then you should just look for that God... Not killing all the others!"

"You don't understand..." Nameless kneel in front of her and look at her in the eyes. "I'm making the humans a favor... Gods spend a lot of time above us. The time has come for them to disappear. I will take their place, as the new god that this world needs"

"I thought you just wanted revenge"

"I will have my revenge, that god told me: "What a human can do against us?" He asks for it, he curses me for no reason, he took everything from me. I will take everything from them a make it my own..." Nameless stop and look at Kokoro for a moment. "I can kill you now and reclaim that power inside of you... But i will give an option" Nameless give her his hand. "Join me and together will bring them down. You use to be a human before... Do you want to return to those simple days? Do you want to be a human again?" The moment Nameless told her that, a thought run all over her head. She could easily give up everything and just be a normal person. She could simply walk away from the gods and just go on with her human life... Then why she takes the role of a superhero? She didn't want that in the first place, why she did it? The answer appears in front of her. She was a demigod and she wasn't the kind of people that just walk away from everything. If she had the power to protect the people, she will use it. She wanted to prove that she was better than her father. She did it, she prove that she could even sacrifice her life for someone in a war.

"I wish to come back to my old life... But i'll pass. I prefer to be a Demigod that does her best to save the world"

"I see" Nameless grab her by the throat. "Just a shame... At least your power will be in better hands"

"How will you take away my power? I really want to see you trying"

"That's the best part of this" Nameless put his right hand on her face, his thumb was near her left eye. "You won't see a thing" He smile and Without warning, he put his thumb in her left eye. Kokoro scream in pain and try to break free, she summons a demon from her shadow and attack Nameless, but he makes it disappear with his other hand. Then he put his other thumb in her right eye, not only he blinds her, he destroys her eyes in the process. Kokoro was still screaming in pain, Tony only could see how Nameless was torturing her. From Kokoro's shadow start to come out multiple arms that try to push Nameless away, but they start to disappear. They turn to dust, Nameless drain all her power with his hands, Kokoro stop fighting back when Nameless put his thumbs more deep into her eye holes to take away what was left of her power.

Kokoro fall in silence. Nameless takes out his thumbs and look how Kokoro fall to the ground, blood comes out of her eyes. "I know that you are still conscious" He was angry. He grabs her hair and lift her. "Tell me... where is the rest? That wasn't all your power... Where's the rest?!" He yells. Kokoro didn't answer. "Fine... I'll find it without you. Say your last words" Before Nameless could lay another finger on her, a hammer hit him on the head and break part of his skull. He turns around, Thor was now on the battlefield. He saw Kokoro's state and threat him.

"Let her go, NOW!"

"You want her?" He said as his skull regenerate itself. He places his hand on Kokoro's throat and with a fast move, break it. "It's all yours now"

"NO!" Thor yell and throw thunders at Nameless with his hammer. None of them hit him, Nameless let go of her and disappear in thin air. Thor runs to her and fall on his knees in front of her body. "No, no, no, no! Please answer to me!" He grabs her and look at her body, it was a mess. He could feel her heart beating, she's still alive... Who now for how long.

"... Thor" Tony walk to him. "Is she...?"

"No, she's alive... For now"

"We need to take her to a hospital... We all need it" He look around at the whole team, they were unconscious. The Avengers were defeated with ease. "Thor, you can move. Take her to a hospital. Then come back and help me with the others... I can believe what just happened here... What a mess"