Chapter 6: The Bothers and the Sword
I will escape this prison some day my dearest brother and then I will reunite the 5 of us and end this world's miserable existence.
Michael awoke with a killer headache and his body ached all over, he swore he took an explosion head on but once he didn't see any burn marks on his body he decided he must've gotten hit by several rouge trains. He sat up slowly and looked around to find himself in the hospital. "What happened last night, how'd I get here…," he said to himself. After a minute or so of trying to figure out what happened, he shrugged it off and attempted to sleep off his migraine. But as fate would have it, just as he closed his eyes Kakashi walked in.
"Aw, I see you're awake, how do you feel?" Kakashi asked.
"Horrible, what happened last night, the last thing I remember is finding out that I was fighting a clone, and then waking up here," Michael said scratching his head. Kakashi didn't say anything he just stood there starring at the floor. "Kakashi-sama…what did I do last night?" Michael asked Kakashi worried.
"That's the thing I don't know…you changed into…something….something dark and evil, and your voice was fluctuating like it wasn't just you talking, and your skin became charred with golden lines of chakra running though it. I was quite the sight but I would have enjoyed it even more if I wasn't scared half to death," Kakashi explained as he recalled the spectacle from the night before.
"Not again…" Michael began to say.
"Again, this happened before!?" Kakashi asked surprised.
"I don't remember anything of it but when I first met Master Ryu he told me that soon after I arrived at his dojo I was attacked by a Weapon, " Michael explained, "he said that I annihilated the thing, completely destroyed it with a massive explosion of power."
Kakashi thought that when Michael woke up that he would get some answers on last night but Michael was just as ignorant of the situation as he was.
"Well, we have to find a way for you to keep this power constrained, for your and the village's sake," Kakashi stated raising from his seat, "but…I may have an idea. I've been hearing rumors of an organization known as S.P.E.A.R. the Spiritual Protection Enforcement Alliance of Reincarnations."
Michael was confused, "Reincarnations…what does that have to do with me?"
"Have you ever heard the story of the Brothers of Heaven?" Kakashi asked. Michael shook his head. "Well after you annihilated Orochimaru's clone, you said something about soon being able to see your brother. Well back to the story, there were five brothers Uriel, Raphael, Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer. They were all very powerful warriors known as the Knights of the Holy Maiden who were the personal bodyguards of a priestess who traveled the world. Well, eventually two of the brothers Michael and Lucifer, fell in love with the priestess and they endlessly vied for her attention until the priestess eventually fell in love with Michael. Lucifer was heartbroken and he left the Order and traveled to the underworld. He thought that if he was stronger he could win her love, so he indulged himself in the dark arts getting exponentially more powerful until he was corrupted to his very core and capable of destroying whole legions of soldiers with ease. He returned to the surface with the intent to kill his brother's take their power and make the priestess his bride. He battled the brothers and succeeded in killing Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel and the allies they had come to make over the course of their journey. The only one left was Michael and they engaged in a fierce battle but Lucifer's power was still to great; and on the verge of death Michael gathered the wondering souls of his dead brothers and used their power to strike down Lucifer. But having mastered the dark arts Lucifer would not easily die, so the priestess sacrificed her own life to seal the soul of Lucifer inside of Michaels'. Even though Lucifer was sealed inside of him Michael could feel the darkness and hatred that Lucifer had towards him so he gathered the bodies of his four brothers and the priestess and had them placed in various landmarks across the world. He placed the body of Gabriel in a massive glacier to the South, Raphael in a temple to the North, Uriel in an underground cavern to the West, the body of Lucifer in a sanctuary in the center of the planet, and buried his beloved, the priestess in a castle near the mountain were he lived out the rest of his life in solitude."
Kakashi stopped and took a breath, "Michael I think you're the reincarnation of the Michael from legend and I believe that Lucifer is still alive inside your soul."
Michael just sat there wide-eyed at this sudden revelation; he didn't really know how to respond but strangely not that surprised, "Huh, figures. My mother always used to tell me that I was special and that I would grow up to do great things and that I'd meet a lot of amazing people…looks like she's right…so far, but…"Michael explained before he was interrupted by a knock at the door. A nin walked in and whispered something to Kakashi and then handed him something rapped in a cloth, then quickly left. Kakashi looked at the gift, then at Michael.
"Michael looks like you have a gift, it was left outside the village gate and the note says 'To: Michael'," Kakashi said handing the present to Michael. Michael looked the gift over and then unwrapped it. Michael's eyes got wide as it turned out to be a broadsword; Michael unsheathed it and held the blade up looking it over carefully. The blade was clear and reflected a faint blue glow. On the side was a message carved in Japanese, and the hilt was gold with a dragon wrapped around it. After inspecting the blade for a couple more moments, Michael spoke, "The Einlanzer! This was one of my father's swords; he got it after defeating a powerful dragon. The engraving on the side says 'The Wielder of The Einlanzer Becomes a Master of Dragons' and it allows the user to summon dragons. But why is it here and who could have sent it?"
"I've thought that the Masamune was the only weapon Sephiroth ever used?" Kakashi said glaring at the sword.
"The only weapon he ever used was the Masamune but he collected many swords, even though there were other more useful blades in his possession he believed since he was the only person who could wield the Masamune that it should be the only sword he should use in combat. But he did wield other swords when he trained with me because the power of the Masamune would probably destroy me," Michaels voice trailed off, "…I really miss those days."
Kakashi understood were the boy was coming from he had lost his father at a young age as well and knew the all too familiar pain. Kakashi decided that it was time to step things up a notch, "I know what it's like to loose your father at a young age and I also know what it's like to live in their shadow having to grow to be as strong as they were and with that I'm going to help you. I'm going to train you personally so that you can be one step closer to catching up with the great General Sephiroth."
"Really," Michael yelled excitedly, "awesome, when do we start?"
Kakashi got up and opened the door and said," In an hour," before walking out.