Chapter 6
"The council has died down to one, kogishiru" a man said "yes well does he know what is about to take place?" the man shook his head "I will go to tell him the news personally" he replied. "all right guys just put the posters up throughout the town" kogishiru said to his family "we need to make a new council since this last one has been killing each other" his two younger brothers rose "hey can we be in the council" kogishiru shook his head "no there can only be one member with a certain ability" one of them stopped to think "but you have all of the abilities wouldn't that mean that all the people fit to be on the council can't be?" kogishiru stopped to think about it "I guess that's true I see no problem with it then but only one of you can be in" beyond his brother he saw the entrance guard running towards kogishiru "sir a member of the council of clouds is here to see you" kogishiru sighed not wanting to have to deal with this right now still he could not change the fact the man came to see him. A tall thin man with a sword walked through the town "you must be the council member?" kogishiru asked as he saw the man he was dark haired had a short nose and green eyes he stood at 5'8 "yes I came here because we have to deal with a serious problem" kogishiru wondered what it could be "when the war between all of you earth members the prison worlds gate was weakened I'm sure your aware of what this means?" kogishiru gulped rather loudly "that monster is back…" the man raised his eyebrow "so you did know about it the soul eater" kogishiru nodded "it killed someone in my family someone very close to me" the man looked up "he was a great man, your father he fought bravely and fiercely but sadly that was not enough I guess now it is our turn to fight the beast" kogishiru nodded knowing full well how hard it would be. "council I have called you here to talk about something the soul eater is coming back" the younger council members looked confused some of the older ones knew about it from their families. "in my absence someone will have to lead this council because I am going to fight this monster with the council of the clouds" kogishiru paused " to explain what the soul eater is it's a monster that used to eat the souls of both our worlds people once it eats a soul it gains more power it took all the council members to subdue it then those who were remaining after the fight opened the portal to the prison world where he had been trapped until now" the council members looked shocked "and you and the other council will fight it without us?" kogishiru nodded "look the council are the people who carry the laws of this land and look what it does is our society not a good one? People do not fear our law but respect it the crime that does show up gets beaten by us if we all die out then who is left to make sure this land is stable?!" kogishiru raised his voice "as for who will lead this council I've decided that no one person will have more power than any other in my absence every idea will be put through equal votes" the new council members found no problems with what he proposed. kogishiru had walked out of the council doors to find that the cloud member was waiting for him "is the beast out yet?" the man shook his head "no it isn't quite out but it will be very soon the portal is almost unsealed it will be a matter of hours" kogishiru thought about how this would happen "lets be on our way time is not on our side" the man nodded as they ran towards the gate between the two societies. the gate from the earth lands were made of pure silver they roads between the gates spilt between earth and cloud on a semi steep hill on the other side awaited a gate made of a pearl like element its beauty was greater than that of their silver gate. "open the gates the council members are departing" the gates opened and the guards stepped aside "by the way I don't think we greeted each other my name is kogishiru and yours" the man looked at kogishiru the expression on it said If I must "my name is Michiru" kogishiru was shocked slightly by the coincidence "is your power the weight power?" kogishiru asked wondering just to see if he is like the Michiru he knew "yea just like the person you knew" kogishiru was shocked beyond belief it was to awkward knowing a second Michiru. They had reached the pearly gates of cloud land the guards acted the same and let them through as quickly as possible. "here it is our council room" he pointed towards a large dome shaped building made of hardened clouds. "looks like our number one is waiting outside for you good day kayuri" she had long brown hair, she was a little shorter than Michiru about 5'6 had blue eyes a beautiful smile thick lips revealing a woman of immense beauty. "you are kogishiru right? I am the leader kayuri I will lead this attack against the soul eater and in case you're wondering I have the bomb power" kogishiru was enchanted by this woman her voice was that of an angels. "well I'm ready to get this underway if you are miss kayuri" she smiled at this "good that's what I like to hear"
Chapter 7
"all right people listen up this is kogishiru of the council in earth lands he is our key to victory we have watched his fights and assessed his abilities as such" kayuri looked over at kogishiru with a serious face "kayuri what area is the beast coming through?" he asked a map appeared in the middle of the circular shaped room all the chairs made rows all heading towards the bottom in a circular pattern much like a coliseum. the map showed it was in the middle of both lands "the desert area number 53 nothing but sand for miles" kogishiru had formulated a plan "all right I no who to take in for the initial attack squad sand man kayuri and I will lead the attack" kayuri shot him a curious glance "sand man you and I will make a sand pit to trap the monster in we will then crush the sand around his body and harden the sand" he looked up wondering of the success of the plan "we will then raise it into the air using sandstorm winds once the beast escapes kayuri and I will create an explosion around his body" kayuri looked around the room and noticed most members were nodding in agreement. "after that its an all out battle don't hit each other unless you are going to keep the beast from killing them" kayuri said sternly. They both knew the initial attack would slow him down but would they be able to win? Kogishiru had started to walk out of the building and headed towards the gate. "how sure of this plan are you?" kogishiru turned to answer but could not find the words he was looking for he was not sure himself. "if it fails then this could be a disaster and you know what happens if the monster gets you" kayuri finished now staring at him. "I know" he said quietly the group he asked for had come out of the building and were heading towards him "ready to go the rest of the council will hold back and wait for us to do our part" the sandman pointed backwards at the building. "then what are we waiting for lets go" they ran out of the gate towards the desert area "what if something goes wrong?" sandman asked sounding a little doubtful "if the plan doesn't work out then we have to survive until the other group catches up or we force the plan on the beast" he looked at sandman to see what he thought but his face revealed nothing. They started to see hills of endless sand and they knew they had arrived "now where exactly is the portal?" kayuri thought for a moment " just keep going forward and we'll see it" she said confidently "there up ahead" kayuri pointed forwards and into the distance and dark hole was getting wider electricity shot through the portal followed by a huge beast. It had a white upper body that almost looked like bone armor it had red lines streaking across its chest up to its face its lower body was more stone like than anything. "the beast seems to have a thick body" kogishiru looked around at the three people he had readied "all right sand man its time" he nodded as they put their hands up pointing towards the beast. A giant sand pit opened up in the ground and swallowed the beast "now harden it and pull him into the air for ph-" he was cut off by a loud rumbling the beast surfaced itself "try using the sand to hold his arms ill hold the legs kayuri bomb it as hard as possible" kogishiru said the sand grabbed hold of the beast once more as large explosion covered the beasts body it howled and suddenly went quiet "oh god it escaped the hold" the dust cleared and it was nowhere to be seen "I'm going to harden and raise the ground so we have a Birdseye view" kayuri nodded as they were raised in the air they saw a disturbance "there he is!" the sandman yelled as he saw sand flying from the amazing speed the beast was moving at "wow I might have an idea were going to glass it sandman cover it up while I fire it up" they used the floating sand to give chase as kogishiru starting forming a giant fireball "entai suba kyuu" they said in rhythm the beast was surrounded by a glass prison "it won't hold him for long" kayuri said "ice time" kogishiru said as he jumped on top of the glassed beast "lets nuke him kayuri" kayuri and kogishiru gathered their energy and snapped their fingers creating a huge explosion shattering the ice and glass "what happened?" kayuri asked "we made him mad" kogishiru said as he jumped up to the floating sand the beast jumped out of the smoke and hit all three of them with its massive fist "you guys ok?" kogishiru said he was in his steel form and had taken the attack for them "kogishiru your arm" kayuri started his arm was dislocated and bleeding even his defensive power was no match for the beast's incredible strength "lookout!" kayuri and the sandman said in unison kayuri snapped her fingers while sandman held the beasts arm so as to stop it from hitting kogishiru the beast howled as it fell from the combo. Greg snapped his arm back into place and got ready for more fighting "kogishiru toss him a black hole I'll make sure it hits him" kayuri said confidently the beast got up after being knocked down kogishiru started creating a giant black hole the beast tried to run "oh no you don't sandman make a wall" he nodded and threw a wall up in front of the beast forcing it to turn around "kogishiru throw it now!" she yelled he threw it and the beast sidestepped it only to be blown into it by kayuri "should we call everyone over to start containing the beast" kogishiru shook his head "not quite yet the black hole I have him trapped in is actually affecting him" the giant ball of darkness started to compress "he's putting up a fight trying to escape" kogishiru said as he fell to one knee "go ahead and call them over" kayuri gave the signal for all the others to head over and help contain the beast "I can't hold him much longer" kogishiru said they heard the beast howl as the ball of darkness disappeared "glass him!" sandman covered him in sand and the fireman had finished the job "ice time" he covered the beast in ice "again!" kogishiru threw another black hole at the beast and captured him "open the portal!" the cloud members started opening the portal to the penal dimension a dark tear in the world opened above the black hole sucking it in "is it over?" kogishiru asked "that was kind of easy" kayuri said as soon as she said that the tear reopened and the beast returned "how did? Wait its bleeding" the armor on its upper body looked thinner its shoulder was bleeding lightly "sandman hold its legs everyone else hammer on its upper body!" sure enough sand grabbed the beasts legs and held it down as all sorts of attacks came from every direction chipping away at the beasts armor "daiyamondo henkou" kogishiru encased his body in diamond and sent his arms flying backwards for one powerful attack "gomu gomu no bazooka!" the attack hit the beast right in the face and shattered its armor "my god he's just a rock underneath that armor" the beast opened its mouth and started to pull everyone in "sandman do something!" the sandman sent a giant sand rock into the beasts mouth but it just swallowed it in a light started to shine from its mouth as a giant fireball flew out of it "he copied my attack?!" the fireman absorbed the fireball just in time to save several of the cloud members "oh no" the beast started to hurl black holes which kogishiru and the cloud member had to absorb to stop when the attacks had stopped the beast had disappeared "just great we were so close now we have to find him and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone" kayuri said very annoyed "well then we should keep to the borders of our cities he's weak now and won't be able to fight one of us I'll return to the earth lands and have my council create a perimeter around our city" kayuri nodded "you heard him get back to the city" kogishiru parted way with the council and headed to his own city "kogishiru how did it go?" he saw his brother standing at the gate "not good its on the loose we need to keep our borders well protected now" he nodded and rushed to tell the council leaving kogishiru alone he looked around happy to see his home was still safe still something didn't feel right "kogishiru the council has strengthened the border patrols and we have a member at each station" kogishiru thought for a second "good that should be sufficient for now maintain contact with each member got it?" he nodded and ran off to go to his post "kogishiru!" what now kogishiru thought to himself he turned to see kayuri "we've tracked it the beast is coming this way from that area over there" kogishiru looked to the area she pointed out his brother was at that area "lets go then" the rushed over to the post to find his brother bleeding on the ground "what happened?" kogishiru asked his brother as he looked around seeing the destruction he had wrought buildings destroyed people lying dead "it came It was to strong for me" kogishiru looked up and saw the beast staring at them readying for an attack "ganseki henkou" kogishiru said angrily as he rushed towards the beast the beast swung his arm and kogishiru jumped onto it running towards the beasts face "to slow!" he sent his arms flying back "gomu gomu no bazooka!" he punched the beast as hard as possible sending it flying back "not yet!" he snapped his fingers causing an explosion sending the beats flying towards kogishiru once more "gomu gomu no pistol!" he punched the beast in stomach he snapped his fingers again and readied a black hole "now die!" he tossed a black hole at the beast sending him into a pit of darkness the ball compressed into nothingness "well you killed my pet good job" kogishiru turned to see a man dressed in an all black suit "d-did you just say your pet?" kogishiru said stunned by the very thought of it "you've been fighting a pet to the real beast" kogishiru's jaw dropped his eyes widened "so we had it wrong? Well no matter I will kill you for what's happened here" the man laughed "I guess you can call me a shinigmai since I take and absorb peoples souls killing them in the process" the shinigmai kept laughing "you will die!" kogishiru rushed forwards "soru" (shave) he disappeared kogishiru thought "rankyaku" (storm cut) a blue beam headed for kogishiru "koutetsu henkou" he turned to steel and put his hand in the way stopping the attack "Rokushiki master eh?" the shinigami nodded "makes me hard to fight when I'm able to speed through your attacks like nothing" kogishiru started to laugh "gear second!" he pushed his legs creating a massive mount of blood to build up then he let go of it pumping the blood through his body speeding up his heart rate and muscle reaction steam came off of his body from the heat the pumping blood created "soru" kogishiru followed the shinigami matching his speed "I see so your copying my soru in your own way interesting" kogishiru threw a punch "not good enough" he grabbed the punch and was pulled into kogishiru punching his stomach in the process even in steel that hurt like hell kogishiru thought to himself " you've made up for your weakness to blades by turning yourself into steel and bullets wont work on your still rubber steel body" kogishiru stared at him wondering what he was leading up to "subashikoi soru" (quick shave) he completely disappeared kogishiru thought shocked by the speed "rokuogan" (six king gun) kogishiru turned to see the shinigami standing with his hands in fists knuckles pointed towards him he felt a massive amount of energy push through him as if he had been punched in normal form he coughed up blood "resilient eh?" he grabbed kogishiru by the neck "koutetsu te" (steel hand) he punched kogishiru sending him flying into one of the wrecked buildings in the area "gear fourth" he pumped his blood one more time and put a thumb in his mouth and blew his muscles grew his body steamed "so you made your muscles ten times bigger it won't matter" kogishiru disappeared "wha-" he punched the shinigami in the stomach flew past him and grabbed the back of his head "you will pay" kogishiru punched him and started to send him flying in every direction "jikangai rokuogan" (late signing gun) he hit kogishiru but did no damage "subashikoi soru" he moved behind kogishiru "rokuogan saidairin!" (largest ring six king gun) he hit kogishiru sending an even greater amount of energy that felt like kogishiru was being crushed "die" a second wave hit kogishiru he stood bleeding all over "gomu… gomu" kogishiru fell coughing up blood his eyes completely white the shinigami walked over and grabbed kogishiru "now for your soul!" he put his other hand over kogishiru's face a blue light shined from the hand "kogishiru!" kayuri screamed at the top of her lungs "ka…kayuri" kogishiru started clenching his fist "I will not be killed" he muttered kogishiru snapped his fingers and started to nuke the shinigami and himself "gomu gomu no gatling gun!" kogishiru punched the shinigami as fast and hard as possible "this can't be!" kogishiru's arms were moving to fast to see as the shinigami started to take hit after hit kogishiru stopped and stood there panting his body shrank to normal size his muscles stopped moving the shinigami was bleeding heavily but he was standing and panting as well "you lose" he said slowly as he started to walk towards kogishiru "entei" a fireball came from the side and blew the shinigami away "kogishiru" the new council member with the fire ability came to him as he fell down kayuri ran down to him as well "make sure he's dead" kogishiru said slowly using all of his breath the fireman walked over to where his attack ended to see the shinigami lying motionless he looked over to kogishiru "he looks dead to me" he turned his back to the shinigami "oh my god he survived" kogishiru started to move but it wasn't enough "don't take me lightly" he said as he got up the rest of the council appeared and surrounded the man "no!" the shinigami screamed "soru" he rushed to kogishiru and picked him up "die!" he screamed as he started to suck out kogishiru's soul once more kayuri snapped her fingers and started to bomb the shinigami but he would not let go "attack!" every council member unleashed their greatest attack ending it with a black hole utterly obliterating the shinigami
Chapter 8
Kogishiru awoke and looked around he saw kayuri looking out a window her hand was on his she looked over at kogishiru and smiled "hey you're awake you took quite a hit there" kogishiru tried to move but his body wouldn't budge "don't strain yourself the damage your body received after using gear four was immense we just barely saved your life" kayuri said in a soft voice "that's the price I pay in order to keep the ones I care about safe" kayuri rubbed his hand as a tear rolled down her cheek kogishiru managed to raise one arm to wipe it from her face "you shouldn't be so careless with your own life!" she shouted slapping kogishiru "I was worried sick!" she broke into sobs and laid against kogishiru's chest "i couldn't help myself when i looked at the beast we first fought it didn't feel as if i was fighting the murderer of my father but when i saw that shinigami i knew it was him and what he had done to my brother i just lost it" kayuri sat up and wiped the tears from her face suddenly the nurse caring for kogishiru walked in "miss I'm gonna need you to leave he needs all the rest he can get" kayuri nodded and gave kogishiru an uneasy look as she got up and walked out of the room kogishiru closed his eyes to get some rest but something inside him would not allow it he opened his eyes and saw his father he had dark hair and a large amount of muscle he had a big smile on his face as he looked at kogishiru he turned his head and looked out the window and faded away "father..." kogishiru remembered his father was always happy even when things went wrong he always had a smile on his face kogishiru closed his eyes again "but dad how can you let them get away with this?! you know as well as i do that it was the humari family! you know they killed all those people!" kogishiru yelled his father just laughed "when your older you'll understand why i'm doing what i'm doing" kogishiru just glared at his dad kogishiru heard yelling outside as his father rushed to the scene "murderers! killers!" the people were yelling at the humari family throwing rocks as the parents shielded their child kogishiru's dad ran in the way of the rocks and held out his arms "stop!" he yelled the people dropped their rocks and mumbled as the crowd dispersed kogishiru stayed in the house and watched as his father helped the humari family get back up he could hear what they were saying "sorry about that are you all right?" he asked they nodded in reply "good i think you should just head home for now" they bowed and said their thanks and went on their way "oh yeah kogishiru i almost forgot i won't be here tomorrow there's something i have to take care of i should be back in a few days" kogishiru just looked at him for a moment "all right well just be careful" kogishiru said as he walked into his room to sleep "don't forget to tell your little brother!" he yelled after him kogishiru just waved and entered the room "hey yoshinta dad's going to be out of the house tomorrow" yoshinta just moaned and pulled a pillow over his head and went back to sleep kogishiru crawled into his own bed and fell asleep as well a few days had passed and his dad was no where to be seen the council room was empty none of the members were in own it seemed "kogishiru where's dad? i want a real meal not the stuff you make" kogishiru made a face at his brother "he'll be back soon have faith in him" kogishiru replied "still it is odd he isn't back yet" he thought to himself "yoshinta stay here I'll be back within the hour" kogishiru said "don't worry i will be back" he said seeing how uneasy it made yoshinta that kogishiru was leaving to kogishiru went beyond the gates of the earthlands and headed for the plains he found a large hill and walked to the top looking around to see if the council members were anywhere in site he looked down on the plains and saw a few people lying in the grass he got closer to see who it was "fa-father?!" kogishiru said shocked as he looked down on the bloody mangled body of his father "kogishiru" he said weakly kogishiru kneeled down and hugged his father "i'm sor..." his voice trailed off and kogishiru started to cry he picked up his fathers body and returned home as he entered the gate people looked at kogishiru and his father soon all the people of the town were following him as he entered his house "yoshinta" kogishiru said quietly yoshinta looked at his brother and the person he was carrying and recognized at once what was going on "go get the shovel we're going to give him a proper burial" yoshinta started to cry but he still got up and got the shovel they exited the building and went to the burial grounds on the edge of the city they dug a hole for his body and someone brought a coffin for him to leave the earthlands in it was made of marble and encrusted with jewels "a burial fit for a king" the man said as kogishiru lowered the body into the coffin he and yoshinta then lowered the coffin into the hole they had dug the people came and threw flowers over the coffin and paid their respects to him one man came over to kogishiru and yoshinta "he may be dead here but he will be reborn in the human world you will one day be reunited" kogishiru looked down at his feet "but will he remember us?" the two brothers had started to cry they refilled the hole and made a tombstone of granite kogishiru engraved it as "nikoyaka tame zetsumei" (smiling until death) "he always smiled even if he wasn't happy" yoshinta said seeing what kogishiru had written "come on lets go home" he said as he pulled yoshinta away from the grave "anything you want for dinner?" kogishiru said trying to act as if nothing happened "i'm not hungry i think i'm just going to go to bed" yoshinta said quietly kogishiru got up and hugged his little brother then let him go off to bed kogishiru just sat and looked out the window taking in everything that had happened he sat by the window until the sun came up then he saw a crowd form outside he walked out to see what was going on he heard people cheering "they're back!" kogishiru saw the council some injured some just worn out "what is it you were fighting!" kogishiru yelled over the crowd everyone turned to look at him "what is it that had killed my father!" some of the council members looked away "your fathers dead?" one of them said kogishiru new that he was lying but he dared not say anything a younger blonde haired man walked up to kogishiru "i'm sorry for your loss" he said and walked away "yeah right" kogishiru thought as he walked back to his house "yoshinta i have to get a job for the both of us" yoshinta nodded as he went to get his breakfast "kogishiru you in here?" someone said at the door he turned to see it was one of the council members "michiru what is it" kogishiru said surprised "look i am sorry about what happened to your father but we need someone to replace him" kogishiru glared at michiru but kept his calm "could you at least tell me how it happened" michiru looked over at yoshinta who was listening in "all right i guess your dad would have told you anyway" he said as he sat at the table "lately more and more murders have been happening we started to look into it and found a completely different being was behind the murders" he said "so the humari family was innocent" michiru nodded "well our council and the clounlands council went to fight this beast since it had actually been attacking us both all along" kogishiru looked out the window "well the beast killed several members from both councils we ended up sealing it inside the penal dimension" kogishiru looked back at michiru "i.. i'm going to join the council" michiru smiled at kogishiru's response "but brother" yoshinta started but kogishiru just looked at him "what choice do we have? it makes the best money and if that thing ever comes back then will destroy it" michiru got up and they walked out of the house