We are Near the end. Also, my sequel to the Guardians of the Galaxy fanfic is out. If you want to check it out. In other news, DID YOU SAW THE INFINITY WAR TRAILER ALREADY?! OMG! THAT'S AWESOME. I CRIED... NO, REALLY, I CRIED.

Chapter 19: No more Gods

From the sky, far away from the ground, Nameless was watching Japan. He was watching it with anger and what can only be described at sorrow. His question was simple, "Why?" Why was he feeling that? He obviously can't remember, all his memories were erased, but only a few remain, some of them desperately try to come back to him but without much success. He closes his eyes and feels the power that he stole from Kokoro. He felt the darkness, the embodiment of Chaos going through his body... Rejecting him. It wants to get out... This power has a mind of its own and it knows where it belongs, that make Nameless angry at the thought that this power might try to kill him from the inside out. He opens his eyes and felt a presence behind him, a presence that wasn't present on earth... He turns around and saw a woman wearing a white dress and an impossible long dark hair. She had a sword of fire in her hand. Nameless recognize her almost immediately.

"Amaterasu..." He said. "I'm surprised you even bother to show up"

"... The moment I felt my father's presence disappearing completely... I figure that it'll be you" She said with rage and Nameless ask himself what she was talking about. He didn't kill Izanagi, but remain silent about it. "This has gone too far, if you don't stop now, then the balance will be truly irreparable. Stop this madness before it's too late. It will only cause death to this world and you don't want this"

"I really want this... To kill all the Gods and be the last one standing to make sure that humanity won't be held down be them" Nameless said with proud.

"... But are they?" Amaterasu genuinely asks the question Nameless never ask himself.

"What?"

"Are we holding them down? If anything... Humanity is the one taking the Gods to the path of self-destruction. They don't need us, but we need them in a way, some more than others. The reason the Olympians are still alive is that humans still believe, at least a little, about them. The same with us, as long humanity believes, we can still exist in some form, but you... You just absorb their energy and their very individuality. They can never come back... They will never come back"

"..."

"Gods will fade away eventually, but until then, we need to keep a balance in the world, if not, all will decent into Chaos and..."

"Mikaboshi will be the last one to remain in the world... Is that what you are trying to say? Sorry to break it to you, but I will absorb Chaos too. I will be the embodiment of everything and keep everything in order"

"... You just want a reason to be... You can't remember what you used to be, your reason to be alive, that's why you do this... Everyone treated you like a menace, but in reality, you just wanted a place to belong... To be honest, Nameless... I am the only one that knows what exactly happen to you" Amaterasu said with sorrow and that surprise Nameless, so much in fact that he didn't hide his anger at all.

"WHAT?" He asks and his anger grows every second.

"Yes... I know what happens to you, but I couldn't tell you because is all part of the bigger picture, but now that Father is dead then there's no reason to hide it from you"

"And what is the bigger picture, huh? To mess with me?!"

"No... There's always has to be someone to oppose... A Chaos to oppose Order... With Mikaboshi out of the way, it has to be always a someone to oppose Order... And that's where you stand. You are here, right here, right now because your only reason to exist, is to provide the balance. Now that human intervenes and release you, you have distorted the balance once more... Too much Order, life won't make sense, too much Chaos, life will end... That how it works, it has to exist a balance between the two in the universe and we are the only ones that can bring balance to this world..." Amaterasu makes a reveal that Nameless didn't want to hear, his reason to be here, the reason he suffers, the reason he became this monster... Was because the Gods need someone to challenge them, to threaten the status quo, someone to be the villain, if not, life won't make sense to them... To learn that truth, was more than enough to drive anyone to the edge... And Nameless was already on the Edge, now he was about to jump into the void.

"So... I was just everyone puppet?"

"... Yes. And everyone pretends that they didn't know a single thing about you to trick the daughter of Mikaboshi into stopping you. She is the new embodiment of Chaos and the closest being to rule over the world, so we need her to be in our side, if not, we can always turn her against us in a snap and the cycle will being again" Amaterasu explain. "Do you understand now? Your life, like almost everyone's else, has been decided from the start... So... Please, just give it up. If you keep this up, then you'll just destroy everything"

"... Ha... Haha... Hahahahahahahahahaha" Nameless start laugh like he just lost his mind and he kinda did. "So, that's it? You did all this because of that bullshit about balance? You treat me like a monster when in reality you all were the real monster... You make me a monster and now you expect me to just stop and let the Gods that are left to pick up the piece and restore Order? No... I don't think so. You create this monster... Now face the consequences... And to make it even better..." Nameless look down at Japan when he felt the power of Chaos rising. "I'll make that girl an ally... I'm nobody's puppet..." He declares and attacks Amaterasu. She raises her sword to stop him, but he was faster. He grabs her by the throat and with his other hand grab her arm and pull it out, ripping it out so quickly and so unexpectedly and Amaterasu couldn't react. "I wonder what will happen to the sun if I kill you know... Probably nothing, the sun existed before you have even born" He said and crush Amaterasu's head before she could even say her last words...

Clint and Natasha enter at the Science Museum of Tokyo and start searching as soon as possible for the object they need. The search didn't last that long, they knew where to search thanks to Tsukino who told them where it was. Clint ran to the dinosaur exhibition and look at the dead monsters. Tsukino told him that the object was a knife made of bones, so it was in one of the dinosaurs, blending with the rest of the skeleton, more specifically, the ribs. Natasha stays near the entrance of the exhibition and oddly enough, no one was there. Not even a security guard. Clint walk around the giant skeletons and saw the knife attached to one of the ribs of a carnosaur. He looks at Natasha and nodded. She nodded back and look around the room, she saw at least five different cameras on the corners of the hall. Natasha pulls out a small gun, hiding it from the cameras sigh, She shoots at them with accuracy. That was the signal for Clint to run to the skeleton and retrieve the knife. He pulls it out of the dinosaur and part of it fall apart.

"... Done. Let's get the hell out of here" He said and they get out of the Museum. Security gets past them and they run away.

"That was easier than I thought" Said Natasha. "Let's go back to the hospital"

"Yes, to be honest, I want this to be over... Hey, did you feel that?" He asks and the ground starts shaking a little. "Is this an earthquake?"

"It doesn't feel like one..." Natasha saw smoke coming from where the hospital was. "This isn't good"

Susanoo saw, powerless, how Izanagi was killed in front of him. That man, Devin Grayson, shoot him right in the face and now he was turning into ashes. Izanagi died... and he only could watch how he was taken out. When Izanagi finally disappear from the face of the earth, Devin Grayson walks slowly toward Susanoo and point at him with his shotgun. Susanoo has in his hands the Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, but he was failing to find the strength to raise the katana and defend himself. He was in shock, he wanted to move and kill that man, but something inside him was stopping him... It was fear. A feeling he forgot he had a long time ago.

"Any lasts words?" Devin asks while pointing at him with the gun. Susanoo takes a deep breath and let it out. He had no intention to die here. He gets rid of his fear and prepares to confront him, but first, he wanted to know something from him.

"Why are you doing this? What's your goal? What do you gain with this massacre?" Susanoo asks

"As long the Gods rule this world, we won't be free. Since the beginning, you all been toying with us, forcing us to believe in you all, forcing us to do whatever you want us to do. We will end this and bring true balance to this world"

"True balance... Do you really believe that's possible when you kill us? Because of us, the Order is..." Devin interrupt Susanoo

"We already know what you did to Nameless... That balance you speak up only exist so you all have a reason to exist" Susanoo was shocked that he knew about this. A lot of questions come to him, "Why and how did he know? Who told him? and who he works with?" All does question have an answer he might not hear, not today or never. "I know what are you thinking and the answer is no, I won't say who told me this information. You'll die here..." Devin pulls the trigger and Susanoo blocked the bullet with the Murakumo-no-Tsurugi. The sound of the bullet being completely destroyed by the blade echoed in the alley. Devin jumps backward and shoots again several times. Susanoo manages to destroy every single bullet with his katana and for a moment was sure of his victory... That is until something unexpected happen. An invisible force immobilizes him and Devin shoot Susanoo right in the chest. He felt a pain that was nearly impossible to describe. He falls to his knees and saw a Shadow behind him. He turns around and saw a figure that he wasn't expecting to see.

"You... It can't be you I-" Susanoo couldn't speak anymore because Devin shot again, he blows up his head and Susanoo turns into ashes, just like Izanagi. He disappears from the face of the earth and the one thing he left behind was the Murakumo-no-Tsurugi. Devin looks at the Shadow and smirk.

"Thanks for that, but I had him" He said while looking at the Shadow that resembles a human form.

"..." The Shadow didn't answer or say anything at all.

"Do you realize that after all this is over... You'll be the next, right?"

"... Just do your job... And get rid of Nameless" Said the Shadow and disappear. Devin saw the katana laying on the ground and pick it up. He then walks away from the alley and never come back to that place again.

Bruce Banner stay in the hospital, looking up for Kokoro who was still sleeping in her bed. Sitting next to him was Kokoro's mother, Tsukino. She looked nervous, she didn't know what to do while waiting for the Avengers to bring the objects. She didn't want to do this, but if they couldn't get the gun from Devin Grayson, then Kokoro might have to fight Nameless with all her power. If she does that, then she will die... Or get hurt if she's lucky. Bruce notices her, he recognized that face, the face of a mother worried for her children. He used to see that face a lot in Calcutta. He often saw children going sick and most of them died because he lacks the medication. The worst wasn't the children dying, it was the parents that couldn't stand their deaths. He often thinks about the faint possibility of him being a father... It's impossible for him, at least physically, but if he was a father, all his attention will be focused on the son or daughter he has. When someone becomes a parent, suddenly every change and one's priority are tossed aside to make the children their new priority. Bruce sigh and look at Kokoro moving her hand, she was about to wake up.

"... I'm sorry for this. I don't know what it may feel like for you... To see your daughter in that state. I'm so sorry, I seriously am" He said and Tsukino remain quiet for a moment.

"... Even if you apologise now, all we can do is wait and see" She said and look at the black ring in her hands. "I really don't want to... but... All I want is for her to have a peaceful life, but I know that she can't have that now. It's like she's destined to suffer in some way. I can almost see something bad happening to her"

"Don't say that. We should... Be a little more positive"

"Says the man that turns into a monster... How do you ignore the people that call you a monster or those stares the people give you?"

"I'm good at ignoring that... People can think whatever they want from me, but I know what I am. They might see me as a monster, they are right, but they don't know me, I know who I really am"

"And what's that?"

"... A man trying to have a normal life, despite all that is happening" Bruce sigh. He and Tsukino stay quiet, watching at Kokoro moving a little and eventually getting up slowly. Tsukino stands up and stop her from getting out of the bed.

"Don't move, baby. Stay in bed a little longer" She said with calm, trying to hide the sadness in her voice but fail.

"... I can't... I have to go and... Ugh, my eyes hurts" Said Kokoro and more blood come out of the bandage in her eyes.

"I know, just... Calm down and lay down. Help is on the way" She comforts her and grab her hands. The door suddenly opens. She and Bruce turn around, thinking that it was any of the Avengers, but no... It was Nameless.

"Yes, Kokoro. Help is on the way" He said and close the door behind him. "Whoa, look at you. I think I went a little too far on you" Tsukino look at him with her eyes with open and did what anyone would have done in that situation.

"You monster!" She screams at him and punches him in the face. Nameless let himself get punched by her.

"That does nothing to me" He said. "You can keep trying, it won't make any difference... and you..." He points at Bruce. "I can take you out anytime I want, so I don't care if you let your other self take your place for five minutes. You won't hurt me..." He walks toward Kokoro who's been listening. She was trying to fight the urge to hit Nameless, mainly because she's blind and don't know exactly where he is. "I'm not here to kill you... I want to make a deal"

"A deal?!" Kokoro yell. "Fuck you!"

"Hm, so you won't hear me? To be honest, I think this is a fair deal. I discover something that you might be interested in hearing. The Gods lied to us from the very beginning, you know what they wanted, didn't you?"

"... What do you mean?"

"Amaterasu told me everything. They made me this way, so I could be the next force of Chaos that oppose Order. They want a balance, so they force me to be their new pawn in the sick game they call "balance". If the humans hadn't set me free, then you'll be the next. They wanted to turn you into some kind of goddess of order, but if they fail, then they can always turn you into the bad guy. That's it and to be honest... They are worst than me. At least I want revenge, but they do it because they believe of that balance thing... It doesn't exist. Chaos and Order will always exist and that's the reality, they just wanted a reason to fight a monster so they can have a reason to be alive... That pretty pathetic for them, they create the monsters so people believe in them..." He said and that leaves everyone present speechless. All they could think was "It has to be a lie", anyone would think that.

"You are lying" Said Kokoro. "You just came here to kill me or torture me"

"I have better things to do actually. I'm here to tell you this and to know what will you do about it... What I just told you is the truth. You can either take it as reality or not, personally I don't care what choice you take, but I want to know if you are going to be a threat or not. If you are, I'll get rid of you now... I can feel your power nearby... Really close" He looks at Tsukino for a moment, like searching something from her, but he didn't feel the energy coming from her. "Give me your answer now" Kokoro stay silent for a moment, trying to comprehend what he just said.

"Is he telling me the truth?" She asks herself. "If that's the truth then... All I've been doing until now is just doing what they wanted from the very start, I was some kind of puppet to them... But if that's isn't true and he's just lying, then... I'll make the biggest mistake of my life. But what if it's the truth? What if the Gods really did this only to keep the balance? They create a force of chaos in order to set the balance in the planet... But was it really necessary? If that's true, they went too far... They had no right to do that..." She thought and out of nowhere she heard a woman's voice, a memory... Something she can't remember clearly...

"Are you sure you know him? Is Nameless your true enemy? Or there's something else? His reason to be the way he is... " Said the voice and fade away. She grabs her head in pain, trying to recall where she hears those words, but fail to remember. She didn't know if she should believe him, but...

"So? What will you do?" He presses her for an answer. Bruce walks toward Nameless, but he was stopped by Tsukino. She knew that he will die if he tries anything... Everyone here will die if he really wanted to kill them.

"... No..." That was her answer. "... I'll do what I think is right and even if what you are telling me is the truth... Then I think your way of fixing the problem is messed up"

"Huh... Messed up you say?" He asks and grabs Kokoro by her hair and push her against the bed. Tsukino and Bruce jump to help her, but Nameless shadow came to life and push both of them against the wall. "What's messed up is what they did to us. I will end it all and make sure this world is free from their influence. And when I'm done, I'll stand on top and take their place as the only one that decides the true balance"

"You keep talking about this bullshit and I'm getting really tired of it. If you are going to kill me, then do it already! But keep in mind that I will rip you apart once I get my power back. I promise you that... I will inflict a great deal of pain on you" She yells and Nameless place his hands on her neck.

"Alright... We'll see about that" He was about to kill her, right here, right now. But stopped when he felt a sudden rush of dark energy from her. "Huh? What's this?" He saw a black energy coming out from her hand. She opens it up and reveals the black ring that disintegrates and fuses with her. Nameless turn to Tsukino and she give him a smirk. "I was right, you had it... That's clever of you" He said and Kokoro grabs him by the throat, forcing him to let go of her. She then takes out her bandage and reveals her eyes fully restored... But completely black, it was like staring at the space without any stars. She throws him away from her and rapidly gets up from her bed. "I can feel it, the power coming back at you... But it's a little bigger this time. Are you sure you can handle it?" As he asks that, Kokoro's skin, around her cheeks, cracked like if it was made out of glass. "Hm... Looks like it's too much for you. How about you give me that-" Kokoro point at him and shoot a black energy laser right at him. That sent him flying outside of the hospital. Nameless fall to the middle of the street full of people that were waiting outside. He stands up and saw all the people surrounding him. Kokoro jumps out of the hospital and landed in front of him. As soon she touches the ground, it was like she weight at least 5 tons. The whole place shakes violently. Her eyes still completely black and her shadow was taking the shape of a monster.

Kokoro stares at Nameless while he simple smirk at her. He rubs his hands and a little black energy appear. Kokoro's eyes focus on that black energy, she looks at it like a kid look at a piece of candy she desperately wants.

"Oh... Are you starting to get desperate? You want it back?" He asks, but Kokoro didn't answer. "Then come at get it... With your power now, I don't think you will pose a threat to me. Look at you, a little more of power is literally tearing you apart" From the crowd, Clint and Natasha appear and saw what was happening.

"Holy shit" He said. Kokoro saw the knife in his hand and recognize it right away. She raises her hand and the knife flies away from Clint's hands and stabs Kokoro right in the palm of her hand. The knife disintegrates and fuses with her. Her skin cracked more and more and her own shadow gets up from the ground and covers her like some kind of cape. Tsukino and Bruce get out of the hospital and saw Kokoro taking this weird form.

"Kokoro!" Tsukino scream. Kokoro saw her mother in the eyes and didn't recognize her anymore. Kokoro was slowly falling and letting the power to control her, she wanted to control it, but her power was running through her body like a million of ants crawling under her skin.

"Well, well, well, she's slowly letting the power of chaos taking over her body" Nameless walk, fearless, toward her. "This will be easier than I thought it wi-" Kokoro appear right in front of him in the blink of an eye and punch him right in the face. Her fist went right through his skull, shutting him up. Nameless remain motionless for a moment before grabbing Kokoro's hand and slowly pulling it out of his skull. He regenerates almost immediately and with one single move pull her toward him, grab her head and beat her to the ground. The whole street cracked and he didn't stop. He keeps punching her until the street under them give away and they fall to the tunnels of the subway. Kokoro landed on the rails and Nameless on top of her. He keeps punching her until her face was beyond recognition. Once he stopped, her face regenerates almost immediately, just like him. "Showoff!" He said and punch her again, but Kokoro grabs his fist, twist it and pull out his entire arm. "Aargh!" Nameless yell as he saw his arm hanging in Kokoro's hand.

"I TOLD YOU..." She said with an almost twisted voice. "I WILL RIP YOU APART!"

"Don't get cocky, you brat!" He yells. The subway gets closer and they both jump out of the tunnel. They got back to the street and start fighting each other in the air. The resort to their fists until Nameless start throwing spheres of energy toward her. These spheres explode as soon they get closer to her. Kokoro didn't dodge them, she let them hit her and as a result, she was blown to piece and regenerate again. Her white patient clothes were ripped apart and her cape extends over her body, creating a black jumpsuit. In responding to the attacks, she points at him with her fingers and starts shooting black energy lasers from it. Nameless dodge them all and as a result, the lasers hit a big numbers of buildings, destroying them in the process. Kokoro didn't seem to mind the destruction, now what she only cares was to put Nameless down.