偉大な王の悲しみ - Sorrows of a Great King

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#5

During the fire breakout, I knew I couldn't go back to my so called-normal life with Hajime (I like to annoy him with Iwa-chan or Iwa-chan-darling!). I had to go…I fled Sportsbrooke while managing to take some of my riches with me. As I got passed the borderline to the south, I saw a shadow of beings walking away from the city. I spied from afar and I realized that Shouyou and the entire village of Karasuno were exiled! Oh how it was quite a mess to see all my darlings to be kicked out thanks to that red-headed bastard who calls himself "absolute"!

Knowing how much opportunity this would be, I hid my riches into the cache and made an attempt to get back to the city but it was shielded by some protection spell. I was disappointed but it wasn't a loss indeed.

"Goodbye Sportsbrooke…my darling," I said, "You'll one day see me in in my true colors."

Moments afterwards, I heard a voice, "You might be out of Sportsbrooke but there's work to be done, dearie."

I turn violently to see the Dark One standing before me and I recognized him too well.

"What do you want? This isn't a social greeting darling," I snarled.

"To the point, I like it," Theagenes answered, "Take a look at this."

He extended the palm of his hand, revealing a small cylinder like object, "Your sister had this in her possess years ago. It was thanks to this that allowed you and your family to come to this town."

"And…?" I asked.

"Well you and I are going to do some business…how about a trip down through memory lane?" the Dark One replied.

#6

Before I realized, I woke up in a mansion of sorts. It was quite a fancy-smancy place alright but I don't know how the hell I got here. Then everything became ghastly and dark.

I turned to see Theagenes who said, "This was my mansion given to my parents long ago thanks to a deal that was made with them and Prince Julius. But that's a lecture for another day. For now, you must pass my test."

"What test? And will I survive this darling in this stupid game?" I asked.

"Oh it's just a matter of your wits," he answered, "It's very, very simple. Just prove to me that you are of worth for my plans."

The next thing I knew, I was surrounded by the people of Karasuno from Sportsbrooke. However, their expressions were easily noticeable that these were fake.

A twin blast of lasers were shot from the eyes of Tobio Kageyama (naturally) and I dodged them before I made a cart-wheel flip and kicked him down.

"That's gonna take more than that darling to get me!" I smirked.

Next thing I knew, I was being flung to the ground by the image of Takanobu Aone with his serious, grim expression. Of course I wasn't scared but it was kinda interesting.

"So you wanna do this the hard way?" I asked and of course Aone charged up to me.

I closed up my fists as I took a deep breath and a wave of red breath flowed from my mouth, using the potential power I possessed in my body. When I opened my eyes, they all stood still like statues.

"It's over," I said, "Kill yourselves."

The images fought each other off and vanished just as I was back in the mansion with Theagenes.

"My, quite an interesting magic you were given," the Dark One said, "Who gave it to you?"

"You might remember…the drug that was infested in that ghastly suburb?" I asked, "It normally turns people into monsters but when I was given the dose, it gave me this magic instead."

"Someone didn't give you THAT drug dearie," Theagenes said, "They switched it out and gave you powers instead so you wouldn't be infected by it."

I looked at him confused but I didn't want to ask about that. Clearly, this was either a bluff or someone did tricked me a while back but what does that matter? Maybe I should go visit Haizaki when this stupid wasted task is over.

#7

"And now can we go do this memory lane?" I asked, "You said there's work to be done!"

"Why yes of course," Theagenes replied, "Take my hand."

I hesitated for a moment but then I complied. The world around my eyes shifted and warped until we both stood outside in the middle of a great plain that led what seemed to be like an ocean. Was it a new world we went to?

"This is Olympia Magna before it was shattered," the Dark One revealed.

I looked at him sharply and replied, "W-we traveled ba-back in time?!"

"Yes of course dearie," he chuckled, "But don't worry, we are at a safer area of the battle ground right now. There are a few things that need to be done before we make our final stop."

"And what are these few things?" I asked, annoyed.

"We're here to get some lonely souls find their happy endings…it's time the villains win."

"Hmm, sounds a bit spicy darling," I answered, "And including mine's too?"

"Of course," the Dark One answered.

#8

We sent messages out to a particular individual that I never heard of and had him to meet us at a cavern that was home to one of the most supernatural beings of any basketball players called "The Spider's Nest" (or what Theagenes calls them, "Sherwood Spiders".)

I have heard legends about this particular individual who led a group but was it really legal to do this? I don't think I wanna go mate with a spider regardless how hot this chick or man…or whoever it is…the name has a bit of gender-neutral meaning per say.

Anyway, we got to the cavern where I sent two tigers that I found on the way through this jungle to make an opening scene for me. They did a nice job off guarding those two bickering bitches.

Once I introduced myself and explained my objective to them, one of them seemed to have agreed with me but the other was as stubborn as legend foretold about him.

"You might not need an ally right now," I said to Makoto Hanamiya, "But you will one day soon."

"And give me one reason why I should leave my bicycle days for this…quest?" asked Midousuji Akira.

"You'll have an opportunity to make your own rules of course," Theagenes said, "Think of it as…a way to ride your bikes for as long as your hearts to content. Your mother died to protect your future…so why not have at it?"

After this long argument and discussion, Hanamiya threw an energy blast after a portal opened up. We woke up back to the present time but I still had to make some arrangements with some friends back in slumlands of Hounan...and another visit to an old friend.