Chapter 1 - Broken Wings of Persistence
Warning - Spoilers ahead for Chapter 33 of Honkai Impact 3
Sapphire City - Honkai Impact 3rd World - July 2016
(?'s P.O.V)
I groan as I wake up, the feeling of pavement and the smell of garbage assaulting my skin and nose respectively as I slowly regain control of my senses. My head is pounding as I slowly sit up, shaking my head as my mind feels so hazy still as if I'm still half asleep.
I can hear sirens blazing around me, a female announcer saying something that my mind is struggling to process as I look around me. I look around and see that I'm in an alleyway of some city, which would explain the smell of garbage..
I look down and feel a sense of shock ripple through me as I gaze down to see myself wearing an ornate black dress of sorts and black fingerless gloves that I feel I should remember. I feel the pounding in my head start to get worse as memories of who I was before starting to trickle into the forefront of my mind.
Two names of my past lives echo in my mind, making me grip my head as I struggle to make sense of what I'm recalling. Wait a moment, two past lives…?
Then I feel as if something has broken in my mind, as a rush of memories flood my mind, and my head is filled with so much pain it feels like someone has put several jackhammers to my head and put it on the highest setting.
And then I remember, who I am, who I was…and the pain of what came before fills my mind and heart…
Prior time-line - World Serpent Moon Base - 2018
(Herrscher of Sentience's )
"KEVIN!" I scream out as I try to kill the bastard, his blue eyes staring flatly at me as my whip tries to lash out at the man who took on the power of Finality for his self-admitted shitty plan, fuck Project Stigma, Fuck the Honkai and most importantly..
"FUCK YOU!" I scream as I turn said whip into a short sword to try and get close to him. The fucker doesn't even flinch as my sword clashes with his own, as if nothing he did in the last few minutes actually mattered..
That Russian chick Bronya, her robot is in pieces and she's on the verge of death. The woman that is the Herrscher of Thunder, her body cleaved in two pieces as she tried to reach for the one she loved..
As for Kiana, the fool that grew so much on me, the white-haired dense, and oblivious idiot. Her own blade now pins her to the wall through her chest, her once warm body and smile now cold and dead. I want to kill him, I WANT TO GUT THIS FUCKING BASTARD TO PIECES!
"YOU WANTED THEM TO PROVE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY, AND YET YOU FUCKING TORE INTO THEM LIKE A FUCKING PSYCHOPATH!" I scream as I can feel my own tears begin to come out, I can feel old timer (Fu Hua) nearby doing…..something….I have no idea what though, I am too busy wanting to gut Kiana's only living relative..
"Unfortunately they proved themselves incapable of stopping Project Stigma, they are regretfully not the answer I was looking for…" Kevin, the bastard, says. I snarl with rage as I begin to let loose more of my power, heedless of what it may do to that fucking project of his, and change the short sword into a large greatsword as I start trying to slam Kevin's blade in an effort to break it into pieces..
However, instead of Kevin's blade breaking, it's my own greatsword as I narrowly duck under his blade and begin to have to dodge the blade that cleaved the Herrscher of Thunder in two, which broke the Russian's pet robot..
"SO WHAT, THAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO KILL THEM, TO GIVE THEM NO FURTHER CHANCES TO MAKE IT WORK?!" I scream as I can feel myself getting too exhausted to keep the fight up, yet I refuse to give Kevin of all people the satisfaction of seeing me kneel, especially now..
Before he can answer, I can sense Old Timer (Fu Hua) suddenly rush forward and deliver a few blows to force the kin-slaying bastard back a bit. I grimace as I stand up next to the woman who is practically identical to me and ask..
"So, what's the plan to gut this bastard..?" However, I don't get an answer before I turn to look at her and say…" Old timer, you there or wha–" I don't get to finish as she suddenly punches me in the gut.
At first, I feel a sense of shock and betrayal, but then I feel something pass into me and I feel strange. I can feel myself changing as I hear the bastard, Kevin Kaslana shouting something, although I can't hear as the sensation of being fundamentally changed fills my body..
"I made a deal with….something greater to give you a second chance, to give us all a second chance through you…" The Old Timer (Fu Hua) says, I can hear Kevin accuse her of something but I can feel myself being for the lack of a better word….pulled..somewhere..
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Kevin rushing up, his blade pointed right at me as if to split open my head. I can't move away due to whatever the old timer put in me, I can't help but flinch and close my eyes..
I soon hear the sound of flesh being torn and then the sensation of a warm liquid hitting my face. I slowly open my eyes and to my horror, I see something I wish I hadn't. "W-why Old-timer…"
She choose to, instead of just letting me get stabbed by Kevin's blade, took the hit herself through the gut. She looks at me with a smile filled with regret and holds my cheek tenderly in her hand.
"I'm sorry…I just wanted to save at least one person who I cared for…" Old-timer (Fu Hua) says as I can see her get weaker and weaker, but she continues to smile as I can feel the pull finally get so strong I can feel it vibrate over my entire body…
And as I am consumed by a bright blue light, I reach out to the old t–no…Fu Hua and let out a scream of grief and anguish…
Present time line - Sapphire City - 2016
(Herrscher of Sentience's P.O.V)
As I finally remember, I can't help but begin to tear up while just standing in the alleyway. The emotions are welling up inside me as my hands turn into tight fists as my forehead rests on the wall of the building in front of me..
"Idiot….YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" I scream as I begin to pound the wall with my closed right fist, the wall shaking as I continue to berate Fu Huha for sacrificing herself, for me of all people. She could have saved Kiana, she could have saved Thunder girl, she could have even saved that fucking Russian chick in my place..
"WHY ME, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE ME TO GET THIS CHANCE HUH?!" I scream, although I know deep down I will get no answer from a woman who doesn't yet exist if my memories of where I am line up correctly.
"It should have been you, It should have fucking been YOU, YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" I scream I continue to pound the wall on the front of me, the bricks beginning to break from the constantly repeated slamming of my first on the wall.
I soon end up breaking down the wall in front of me and with it crumbling, so does control over my own emotions as my mind struggles to comprehend the fact that they're gone. The Dense idiot Kiana is gone, the Thunder girl is gone, the Russian is gone, and…Fu Hua is gone…
It's when I make that realization, that I'm the only one who made it out of that shitty situation, do I let out a scream of anguish, rage, and sorrow. My mind struggles to keep itself together as the immense feeling of loss echoes within the depths of my very being. It's right then that I feel something shatter like a dam that's burst inside of me, and an aura of gold bursts out of me with my hair going from the ashy grey I remember it to locks of glowing gold.
I feel powerful, and strong too but even that doesn't come close to my rage and sorrow. I know I am letting loose my herrscher energies as well, I can tell because I can feel some Honkai coming my way..
Good..
The moment I spot them, I find myself charging at them with a fury that would better suit an animal, but I don't fucking care. I want to kill them, the Honkai, their fucking will, and especially anyone fucking associated with world serpent..
Especially Kevin, that bastard can fucking die before I let him touch any of the girls again as he did back then, Otto Apocolypse too if I fucking must. I will not let what comes to pass happen again, never again..
Meanwhile
(General P.O.V)
Major Himeko is admittedly worried about Kiana, Mei, and Bronya as they make their way to take over the Selene. While she does trust in their abilities, she can't help but feel like something is going to go wrong at some point.
Something that ends up being confirmed, however, as much to everyone's shock and horror, there is reports of a confirmed signature of a Herrscher detected in the City. While there are worries of another Eruption, further reports indicate that whatever the Herrscher is, it's actively fighting the Honkai, something that confuses many..
While Himeko's gut reaction is to pull the three from their mission, Himeko's instincts bizarrely tell her a different story. Ultimately she chooses not to pull them from the mission, hoping that she's not making a mistake in doing so..
Back in Sapphire City
(Herrscher of Sentience's P.O.V)
I continue to smash my way through the Honkai in the streets, diving into this new power of mine with everything I got. As I continue to slice, punch and even somehow fire blasts from my hands, I begin to remember the life of the being I merged with due to Fu Hua's stunt before.
It seems that I've become a Super Saiyan or something, something that feels all too satisfying as with a mere punch I crack an emperor-class honkai's shell like a fucking egg. The excitement I feel is tempered by the feeling of sorrow that is still lingering….
Strangely though, as I continue to use this power it begins to feel so natural to use it, as if I've always had it. I grin savagely at the Honkai who surprisingly seem to back away, whether out of fear or just out of some instinct to survive I can't really tell…
Oh, I know full well that I am probably broadcasting my nature as a Herrscher for miles, but I just don't care right now. I hold my hands in a familiar stance as a sky-blue flood of energy begins to form in my now cupped hands.
However, it quickly turns a deep wine red as my own Herrscher energies get inevitably mixed in and I can't help but burst out in laughter, whether in glee or just from how broken I feel inside from losing everything from my previous timeline is….unsure…
"Take this you bastards, KAMEHAMEHA!" I scream as a manic grin appears on my face as the wine-red beam blasts through several Honkai and even detonates far off to destroy several more. Oh, I know for a fact that any hope of subtly is completely ruined now, but quite frankly I just need this..
"This power…this form…..I swear Kevin, I will kill you…" I say with a dark, sinister tone as in my mind, even if he used to be a good person, he's a fucking Kin-slaying bastard or will be in a few years.
As I take a moment to calm, I can see the form of Kiana atop one of those flying mechs above the city. This Kiana has yet to undergo the trials she'll be put through, becoming the Herrscher of the Void, her beloved Mei Raiden leaving her due to her own foolishness, and of course..
"The day that I was born…" I say, thinking back to how I first met Kiana and how we ended up fighting in the end. Perhaps this time I can actually have a proper bond with her, not as Fu Hua but perhaps as someone new…
I guess I technically am someone new, considering I'm not purely the Herrscher of Sentience anymore. I focus on the new part of my soul that came from the other life, the other being that makes up who I am now…
As memories flood into my mind, I can't help but chuckle as I realize exactly how I had even gotten this second chance. Fu Hua had actually made a deal with a multi-dimensional corporation to make me a contractor, although it's more for the actual intended soul who would have taken my body..
However, it seems that the two of us blended together during the moment we got thrown through time, or is it through worlds I suppose..
Regardless it doesn't matter, the desire for vengeance remains the same but at least I can be me now, rather than another Fu Hua or simply the Herrscher of Sentience. That does mean I need a new name though, a name that is entirely mine..
As I ponder on what to name myself, I briefly spot Kiana getting on the Selene and flashbacks of Kevin Impaling her with her own sword in the future and I start to growl in rage. It's right then that a name comes up that is very much apt indeed while also bearing part of her name in it as well..
I start chuckling before shaking my head, grinning as I soon say.. "Yea, I think it's perfect…as of today my name….."
"...Is Fuchou Jingshen…."
Author's Notes
And with that, the very first chapter of Sentient Wrath is done.
This is my first Wage Slave story, as a result, there will be some missions that the newly named Fuchou will be doing in order to get the credits she may need at some point. Of Course, Rebates will help as well considering she plans to tear through the plans of World Serpent and also Otto Apocalypse as well..
She isn't going to be like Arturia from A Golden Goddess or Scathach from Wrapped In Shadows however, at least for the first world as her primary goal, in this case, is to kill Kevin Kaslana before he instigates Project Stigma.
She is not looking to save the world of Honkai impact 3, if it does happen to her it will be a happy accident in her mind. But the moment she has her hands on the girls and hopefully (In her mind at least) has Kevin's head on her spear, she's going to attempt to leave with her girls the first chance she gets.
But for now she needs to bide her time and unfortunately for her, go along with the usual events for now.
As for her new name, it's translated to Vengeful Spirit in Chinese. Fitting considering what's on her mind right now as Fuchou aims to get her vengeance one way or another.
Regardless this will be my Wednesday fanfiction focus, so stay tuned for the next chapter to drop then.
So, next time on Sentient Wrath: Fuchou meets the Valkyrie Trio all over again, taking over the Selene and heading to St. Freya..
Take care everyone!