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The Departure
In front of the entrance leading into Residential Area A was Zane who stood there waiting for Kensei come back from the shop after finishing his match with Jason. He had been there for at least a couple of minutes waiting for him but he hasn't seen or sensed the slightest trace of him coming back.
"Where is he," Zane questioned as he crossed his arms.
Zane knew that Kensei wasn't the kind of person who would keep everyone waiting like this after finishing a fight like that. Especially since he more than anyone was most concerned about Claire's condition being as terrible as it was after he left. Though before he could think about his current whereabouts, Zane heard a familiar voice and footsteps starting to approach him.
"I see. So you're waiting for him as well."
Zane turned around and noticed that it was a Maria whose light-brown haired flowed in the same direction as the air blew. She wasn't alone, standing next to her was a girl who looked around the same age as Claire, though the difference was that her hair looks almost like fresh white snow and her eyes look almost like blood. Based off of what Zane could see, her eyes looked slit as well. After noticing Zane looking at her, the white-haired girl had nervously stepped behind Maria.
"Oh, Maria. What're you doing here?"
"I saw the match with Kensei and Jason, then I become impressed by his performance. Though I guess that now I owe him two favors since he defeated Jason for me," Maria replied laughing gently before placing her hand on top of the white-haired girl's head. "So to pay off one of those favors, I brought this child here to heal his injuries. Even if she doesn't have the same experience or power as Hisui, I can vouch for her power to heal."
Maria replied in a tone that showed her trust and belief in the girl's abilities causing Zane to attempt to get a better look at the girl, but she continued to move from his line of sight.
"She looks a little timid."
"I know right, I took her a while to warm up to even me," Maria stated. "Her name is Iris. She wouldn't tell me a lot about her past, but she did tell me that she was born in an institute inside of the Church. I thought that Kensei will be back from his match after a while, but what's taking him so long?"
"I don't know. He never takes that long to come back."
Zane replied as he shrugged his shoulders.
Both of them made a confused look on their face as neither still couldn't sense Kensei arriving anywhere near the Residential Area.
Standing on top of the building top inside of Paradise was Kensei jumping from building to building following after the three old devils who mentioned Claire's parents. All three of them just continued heading in the direction forward down the street until meeting up with two gehenna guards who acted as their escort. Even with all of the large steps that he took to make it to another roof he made little to no noise-causing none of the guards to notice his presence.
"Jeez, how long are these guys going to walk," Kensei thought as he started to feel a little exhausted due to him not resting at all after his match. "…this is starting to get tiring."
His worries went answered as the old devils and gehenna guards following them stopped at a small shop where two people were waiting and sitting outside in chairs. One of them was Taro who sat in a lazy manner drinking a cup of juice that he received from the shop for free. Standing with him was Hayashi with both his arms crossed and stood professionally. After seeing him there, Kensei almost lost himself but maintained his anger to keep from getting himself caught.
After seeing the three old devils taking a seat near Taro who placed his drink on the table and glanced up at the three of them, then smiled.
"It's glad to see you guys in a much better mood," he said out loud after opening his arms. "From our last meeting, you seemed a little on edge."
"We just ran into an unforeseen issue from the past," the first old devil said in a somewhat annoyed tone. "Well, all talked it over with one another and wanted to talk about our deal from before."
Hearing that from them caused Taro to smile in a devilish manner showing off his greed that couldn't be similar to that of a devil. Kensei remained on his stomach looking up without them noticing his presence, he ignored all the pain from his ribs and instead focused on listening to their conversation.
"We wanted to talk about taking that little girl…Claire Belial."
After hearing that Kensei to widen his eyes out of shock and he unconsciously started to ball up his hands and it caused his fingers to scratch against the roof. The sound made was so slight that it couldn't be heard in such a loud and quiet though it caught Hayashi's attention.
"Belial? So, that would mean that she is a relative of Diehauser Belial," Taro said as he leaned his hand on top of his chin with a sly smile. "Who would have thought that kid would be related to the Rating Game Champion. Are you going to send the little kid back to her family and make it a while wonderful little reunion?"
Based on his tone along, the three old devils could already tell that Taro knew what they planned on doing as soon as Claire left the island. The more that all of them talked the harder that it was getting for Kensei to control himself after hearing them talk about Claire like she was just an object and not a person.
"Of course not," the second old devil said in a superior tone. "Her mother stuck her nose in something that she shouldn't have concerned herself with."
"And lucky for us, at around the same time we found out that she got into a relationship with an Exorcist from the Church and it gave us cause to act," the third old devil added. "No one aside from the other old devils like us, the Great King Faction, and a small number of members from the Church knows about the incident itself."
"Of course, we used that as an excuse for what our real motive was."
Kensei heard this "real motive" and wanted to know what that was about, though he soon noticed that all of them stopped walking and glanced behind Taro.
"What would that be…."
"What happened to your guard?"
Once Kensei heard the third old devil question Taro about that, he glanced and noticed that Hayashi wasn't even behind Taro any more. When did Hayashi move?!
"Huh? I thought that I heard someone who wasn't supposed to be here."
Kensei heard a familiar voice, but he didn't turn around as there wasn't a need for him to see who it was.
Just as he thought, Hayashi was standing behind him with his hand on his hip. Hayashi never opened his eyes yet at the same time, Kensei felt a presence from him that caused him to shutter a bit.
"I felt something like this before over four months ago," Hayashi said as he placed a hand under his chin. "It was that same time that I fought that woman. Are you related to her?"
"I screwed up, I was too focused on those guys," Kensei yelled in his head. "I didn't notice him moving. …no I've got to calm down and think. I know that I can't fight this guy …with that ring is still on Taro's finger he can stop me as long as I remain on this godforsaken island. I got no choice."
"I know what you're thinking, but…."
In a single movement, he placed his hands on the floor of the roof and pushed himself into the air, then he aimed both his feet at Hayashi. The blind man held his armored arm up and sighed and blocked his feet without trouble. Instead of making another attempt to attack him, Kensei bent his legs and kicked off of Hayashi's armored arm using all the strength that he could muster in his legs and launched himself away from him.
He went flying into the air, then gathered ki into his hand and aimed Taro. The attack seemingly made contact with them causing a large cloud of smoke including an explosion.
"Aahhhh!"
"Iyaaaah!"
"What happened?!"
There were a couple of people screaming at the attack thinking that someone was attacking Hagun Island and all of them started to panic. All of them were affluent people who's never had to worry about anything in their entire life and it caused Kensei to let out an annoyed sigh after landing on the roof on the other side.
"Jeez, I hate grown-ups like this."
Kensei said as he glanced at the smoke cloud and noticed that there was something inside of it that blocked the smoke. Once it cleared, it was revealed to be a magic barrier formed by one of the gehenna guards.
"Of course, they would have a magic-user among them."
"Taro-dono, I would have to discuss how you should keep those people under control."
The first old devil replied after dusting himself off.
"You'd think after seeing a couple of rebellious kids dragged away and disappear without a trace would cause no more issues like this," Taro replied as he sighed taking a sip from his juice. "Well, your mother was rebellious to the end, so I wouldn't expect anything less. "Chains of Gehenna…bind…."
"Wait."
Hearing Hayashi speak caused Taro to stop the activation of the collar around Kensei's wrist as it started to blink with a red light.
"What is it? Hayashi-san?"
"It's been a long time since I stretched my legs. And if you're paying for someone of my stature, it would be best if you receive the full benefits."
Kensei stared at Hayashi who looked as if he were preparing to run after him, then Taro thought about it before he shrugged his shoulders.
"Sure thing, but bring him to us when you're done. Hmm, I think that the beach on the north end of the beach will be a great place to have a little chat."
Hearing that from Taro caused Kensei to narrow his eyes feeling that they were just playing with him in the same manner as the Gehenna Tournament. He stood on the roof on the other end of the street, while Hayashi stood on the roof that he was on beforehand. Kensei knew that he couldn't defeat him in a head-on fight and realized that he wasn't anything like the monsters in the tournament or the gehenna guards. Training in the Amagiri-ryū for as long as he could remember allowed him to tell the difference between him and his opponent. And there had been just one person who would have beaten him.
But, that person―
"Fine, then let's play."
Without many options, he decided to play along with Hayashi's game and he started running and jumped onto the next rooftop. Hayashi just watched rubbing his chin as he saw Kensei traveling from rooftop to rooftop at a great level of speed. As he continued traveling using the rooftop, he noticed that there were still several affluent people running due to that last attack that he launched beforehand at Taro.
"Seriously, what am I going to do to get out of this?"
"Youth is truly a wondering thing. But, you're still injured from that match with one of my apprentices."
Once Kensei heard the voice of Hayashi right next to him, he made an immediate attack aiming his right leg in an attempt to get away from the blind man. As if anticipating that attack, Hayashi held his hand out catching Kensei by his ankle and pulled him in his direction. He knew that as soon as his left leg was caught then he wouldn't be able to get away from this man, but he had limited options to get out of the grasps of this opponent.
"Amagiri-ryū: Ha-ke!"
(Translation: Heavenly Mist School: Blade Kick)
Kensei channeled ki into his foot and aimed it forward at Hayashi's hand where he was holding onto his leg, to be a bit more specific, his wrist. This is a basic fighting technique taught to children among the Amagiri Clan, though what mattered most was how it was used. Once his attack made contact with its target, it caused a loud noise to resonate across the air including causing a flash of light.
"Did that do it…?"
After the light vanished, his eyes widened after seeing that "Ha-ke" didn't even affect him in the slightest, it didn't at all cause his arm to budge. Before Kensei could do anything though, Hayashi raised him into the air by his leg and slammed him into the rooftop causing it to break under the pressure.
"…ah…."
Kensei started to lose consciousness though he remained it just to glare at Hayashi with hazy eyes.
"You're a tough one," Hayashi said in a lighthearted manner. "Though, if you were dealing with someone else it is possible that attack would have worked."
Once he said that to Kensei, Hayashi removed his cloak revealing his trained muscular body and arms, but what caught his attention most was the series of healed injuries and stitches that still hadn't been removed; including his right arm that he thought was armored, but instead it was robotic and his left arm had a series of implants in it that also seemed robotic in nature. After seeing that Kensei widened his eyes a little and found out why none of his attacked worked against him.
"I worked as a mercenary in the supernatural world for as long as I could remember and even with my blindness, I was never obstructed in the slightest. I trained my other senses and swordsmanship to the point where I could handle fighting monsters without any issues," Hayashi has explained as Kensei continued to remain on the ground motionless. "I fought throughout many battles despite my blindness without the slightest bit of fear entering my mind, but I never thought that I would feel fear from a woman. Despite me being able to sense her in front of me, I couldn't at all hear any of the vibrations in the air caused by her swinging either of her swords. For me, who already couldn't see anything and could rely on my other four senses…it was frightening to fight against an opponent who was invisible to me."
After he finished his explanation, Hayashi fixed his cloak back on his upper body.
"Your mother is deserving of the title Demon the Amagiri," he stated with a slight laugh. " To her, I lost an arm and a leg. All the tendons and nerves in my other arm were wrecked to the point where it became useless. She caused extensive damage to a number of my internal organs to where I needed to have extensive surgery and in the end a phoenix tear. And after all that, I required an extensive number of cybernetic enhancements and more additions for me to continue to do my job as effective as before."
Hayashi also showed his cybernetic leg by raising his pants legs and indeed he was enhanced further due to all of the cybernetic enhancements that were added onto him.
"Though no matter how strong an opponent is, the moment that they drop their guard that split second would, in the end, result in death," he replied in a manner that showed his resentment for his mother after everything that she did to him before his death. "But, I guess that it proves that she was a loving mother seeing her son being in such a manner caused her to completely lose focus."
Hearing that from Hayashi caused Kensei to grip his teeth out of frustration and anger, though just as Kensei was about to make another stand. He was launched into the direction of a wall on top of the roof causing by Hayashi, as soon as he made contact with the wall, it cracked on contact and this time it caused him to fall onto his knees, then fell forward and lose consciousness.
Hayashi approached him with a slight hint of animosity radiating off of him. As soon as he reached Kensei, in one sudden moment of surprise, Kensei moved again with his feet radiating ki using "Hake" again and aimed it at his chin. Using his quick reaction time and experience, he dodged it causing the still conscious Kensei to land on the ground on his back. Despite dodging it, Hayashi felt a wound open on his cheek causing blood to drip from it.
"Despite still being knocked out, his body still reacted to my killing intent and attacked me. This kid isn't at all as powerful as his mom when we last fought, but his potential is greater than hers," Hayashi stated as he walked in the direction of Kensei wiping the dripping blood off his cheek and stopped emitting killing intent. "I guess that is to be expected from the child of a woman once feared as the 'Demon of the Amagiri' and a man once feared as the 'Black Dragon of Uesugi' and once revered as the 'Great Hero'."
Hayashi reached behind his back and pulled out a pair of handcuffs, then placed both of them on Kensei's wrists from behind. He later placed Kensei on his shoulder and started to head in the direction of the beach where Taro and the others were supposed to be.
Inside of a pitch-black space there, no source of light could be seen, Claire remained in this space motionless and staring blankly not knowing if she were staring forward, backward, left, or right. This wasn't something that she'd experienced before but Claire didn't feel any danger at all. If anything, she felt more content than before.
[Who would have thought that I'd end up with someone like you? Not that I have anything against you, this just is not something that I'd ever expect.]
Claire heard an unfamiliar voice in this deep darkness, though she couldn't see who it was, she could at least tell that it was a male at least the same age as her father by the tone alone.
"Who are you?"
[Hmm, I believe that could wait until later. Though I don't think that you'd believe me if I told you.] the male had replied in a tone that didn't hold the slightest bit of malice intent or did it appear that he was lying. [All you need to know is that we are…how would you say it? Well, my soul is linked to yours as my host in this era.]
"…did you just possess me or something? Cause this sounds like a possession."
Claire replied with a blank face and tone, hearing this caused the male to let out a little laugh.
[No, I wouldn't say that this is a forceful possession like a came out of nowhere and just decided to inhabit your body or anything. You could say that I've been with you ever since the moment that you were born.]
"Those sounds like the same words of a pedophile trying to convince a people that he isn't a pedophile."
[….]
The male remained silent at the cold reply from Claire. Not due to him being found out or something like that. It is just that he never expected that kind of reply from a girl her age and in such a tone considering her upbringing.
[So, cold. I never expected those words from a child your age.]
"I never expected to be possessed," Claire replied before thinking about this morning. "Wait, were you the cause of me getting sick like that?"
[I'm not possessing you. The cause of your illness was due to your half-devil heritage and demonic beings being at a natural imbalance with my specific heritage and abilities, resulting in you ending up in such a state. Though it feels in this era as if the natural balance between those two powers is out of balance somehow. You don't have to worry about it anymore, you've gotten used to my abilities and will awaken sooner or later. Most people of your similar heritage would have had serious damage done to their bodies by now.]
Claire listened to his explanation and noticed that again that he wasn't lying to her at all. After hearing him, Claire bowed her head in forgiveness causing the male to make a confused sound.
"I apologize for my accusation. I was just surprised. And I'm not that nice to other people aside from Nii-chan and Alice-nee."
[That is alright, I think that a reaction like this is appropriate.]
"So, what is your name?"
[I'll tell you later. It looks as if you're starting to wake up.]
"Huh? What're you…?"
Inside of Zane's Residence, Claire opened her eyes and found herself lying down on Alice's lap and she looked around the room. After noticing that she woke up, Alice stared downward at Claire with a notable smile plastered on her face. Claire felt as if her head was still spinning around a little bit causing her to not want to sit up just yet worrying what might happen if she did.
"Alice…nee? How long have I been out?"
"For almost an hour and a half."
Hearing that from her caused Claire to let out a slight sigh.
"I'm sorry that I worried you all," Claire said out loud letting out a slight sigh. "I'm always getting in the way in one way or the other. Where is everyone?"
Claire noticed that no one else were there when she woke up to greet her. Even Zane, the homeowner wasn't in the living room and even Hisui wasn't there teasing her as soon as she woke up. Alice had made a nervous look on her face after hearing that question. She already thought that Claire might end up asking that question, but in the time that passed, Alice hadn't come up with an appropriate answer to give her.
"E-Everyone just went out for a bit," Alice replied.
It was almost a half-ass lie that was the first thing that came into Alice's mind at the time, though it didn't take that long for Claire to realize that she was lying. It didn't take long for Claire to recall that Kensei left to beforehand to fight in the Gehenna Tournament against Jason. That sudden realization and Alice's lie caused Claire to jump up from her lap at such a speed that it caused her to feel a slight in of nausea though she ignored it.
"Alice-nee, don't lie to me. Did something happen to Nii-chan?"
If that were the case, then Claire would be reliving the same feeling if despair that she felt like the last thing that she had seen being her father's back.
"Fine," Alice said in a low tone. "Kensei won the fight in the end, but we don't know if anything happened. Zane, Hisui, Rui and everyone are looking around to see if they can find him anywhere."
Claire felt as if her world she was able to rebuild with Kensei, Alice and the others was about to crumble. Noticing her feeling of despair caused Alice to wrap her arms around Claire in a comforting manner. While in her grasps, Claire started to clench her arms as she trembled in Alice's arms.
"Don't worry, Claire," Alice said in a comforting manner. "This is Kensei we're talking about. I'm sure he is fine."
"Y-You're right."
Claire replied in a shaky tone causing Alice to hold her a lot tighter than before.
On the north beach on Hagun Island, Kensei started to stir away with his head feeling as if he were hit by a truck coming at him at max speed. He found himself lying on the hot sand from the beach causing him to look around in an attempt to see what happened. Kensei found himself being surrounded by the two gehenna guards, Taro, the three old devils, and Hayashi himself standing around him in a circle.
"I don't feel like playing a game of duck duck goose. So, let me go."
Thwack!
As soon as those words left Kensei's mouth, he was knocked into the ground by one of the gehenna guards who used the butt of their gun. This impact caused him to lie down on his back staring in the skies as if he weren't at all affected by that attack.
"Instead of doing this whole intimidation shtick. Why don't you just tell me what you want with me?"
Hearing that question had caused the three old devils to make an expression that looked as if they were looking at trash instead of a normal person. It was something that he would expect from who believed that they lived in a position where nothing could touch them. Seeing that no one else would answer him, Taro took a step forward.
"My associates and I were talking while you were knocked out," Taro said as he stared at Kensei. "I don't want to bore you with the details, but I thought that it would be a shame if the Last Amagiri were to die to cause all of the history and teachings of the Amagiri-ryū would vanish in thin air. So, I thought about it and decided to give you an offer as one of my personal Gehenna Guards and to teach the ancient martial arts of the Amagiri-ryū. You'll have that collar of yours will be removed and you'll be offered a room in the highest-floor of Paradise Hotel. So that is the offer that I'm offering you. What do you say?"
Kensei stared at Taro who held both his arms out in a position that looked as if he were preparing to hug Kensei, the latter stared at him with a blank look on his face.
"You want to know what I think? And I want to know this is the same thing that my parents would say if they were in my situation," Kensei said and then he inhaled some air. "Who the fuck do you bastards think you are?! Do for a second think that I would agree with anything that you assholes say after everything that you've done to all of us so far?! Standing there thinking that no one can touch you due to your positions! Let me tell all of you one thing, people like you always get taken down in the end, even if it isn't me who does it! So, you can take that offer of yours and shove it so far up all your asses!"
Hearing his response caused Taro to freeze where he stood, it was an expression that a child would make if they had been refused to have something that they wanted. It wasn't something that a grown-up should make, but it is a look that made it all the more disturbing. As if attempting to maintain his composure, Taro fixed himself up including his clothing and hair.
"Such a shame, I thought that you would be an excellent addition to our world," Taro said as he turned his heels to walk away from this area with Hayashi following behind him. "This looks to be the end of the Amagiri Clan. Do what you all want? You know, it is a shame that you left your friends like this. Though, I guess that girl who treats you as an older brother won't be too sad. Since she'll be joining you or wherever half devils go."
Hearing that from Taro caused Kensei to narrow his eyes and stood up on his feet despite him being handcuffed from behind due to Hayashi.
"What did you just say?! What're you bastards planning on doing to Claire?!"
"I made a deal with these guys that I'll be handing her off in their custody in about a month. I have no idea what her parents did, but I guess their daughter is going to pay for it. And so, you are going to pay for dampening the mood of my friends and colleagues."
"Hah! What friend?! You're nothing to these old basts…!"
Kensei was stopped after having a blast of magic power made contact with his back causing him to be sent into the ground in pain. It came from the gehenna guard who used a magic barrier to defend them from Kensei's blast of ki. Seeing that caused the other guard to let out a malicious laugh from amusement.
"Well, where are yours," Taro questioned back bringing his ring in front of his mouth. "To ensure that you are not able to get away again. Chains of Gehenna Bind…Kensei Amagiri."
The collar on Kensei's wrist activated causing the ominous magic symbols to be traced all across his entire body and focusing him to lose all of his bodies' muscular functions. Despite his attempt at resistance, Kensei fell to the ground motionless with just him being able to do was glare in annoyance at the situation. Both Taro and Hayashi walked away from the beach leaving the three old devils and gehenna guards to do whatever they wanted to him.
"You know, I made a lot of bets on you. Kensei Amagiri, so it is a shame that it had to end like this."
The magic-user said letting out a slight sigh.
"Speak for yourself," the other gehenna guard replied in a tone that showed his aggression. "I made a lot of bets against this brat and each time, he somehow pulled out a win in the end. I'm happy that Taro permitted us to beat the crap out of him!"
Kick!
Kensei being unable to defend himself let alone avoid the attack was launched into the ground and rolled on the ground causing him to breathe heavily in pain. The angered gehenna guard then walked towards him and started to beat up on him using his feet hitting in spots that he knew were injured during his fight against Jason and was unable to get them treated. He even stomped on his right shoulder, arm, and forearm, all of the places that Jason pierced him using his light arrows causing Kensei to wince in pain from the strength behind those stomps.
All three of the old devils remained standing there watching as Kensei was being beaten with an amused look on their faces. The bravado that he showed during the attack and beforehand didn't matter in the end as he couldn't do anything at all to defend himself. Though Kensei ignored everything around him and forced on what he could that didn't require the use of his muscles. As he didn't need to move his muscles to focus and use ki.
Kensei could tell none of them were able to sense what he was doing as neither of them at all knew about how to use Senjutsu like Hisui. Despite the beating that he was receiving Kensei started to focus his ki for pure defense assisting him in defending against this brutal assault from the gehenna guard.
"Hah, I am starting to get tired of beating the hell out of you."
The gehenna guard sighing out loud and pointed his gun at Kensei aiming for his right leg and without a single bit of hesitation, he fired his gun.
"Ngh!"
The force of the gun caused a bruise that appeared on his right leg instead of piercing through, this oddness had caused the gehenna guard to him to himself.
"I don't know what happened. I tested this thing on a monster and it pierced through it without much resistance, so why isn't it piercing your leg? Let me try again."
After messing with the settings on his gun, the gehenna guard switched it to an automatic firearm and he fired off a rapid barrage of bullets causing a bunch of dust to fly up into the air for the bullets that missed his legs. Though as soon as the dust cleared, it revealed that his legs were bruised though none of the attacks had pierced neither of his legs even with the modified bullets loaded into them.
"Tsk, what the hell is wrong with this gun?! I keep shooting off this gun and none of these bullets are piercing his legs! I thought that these weapons were supposed to be top-notch and greater than any weapons manufactured in the human world!"
The gehenna guard started shouting at his gun as he threw it on the ground and started throwing a tantrum like a child whose toy stopped working. Seeing this caused the third old devils to let out an annoyed sigh, then he had reached his hand out towards the downed Kensei. And in a single moment―
Doooooon!
Without a single bit of hesitance, the third old devil fired off a great amount of demonic power that caused Kensei to be flung up a great distance into the air. Several wounds that leaked out blood to form on various parts of him despite focusing his ki on defenses. It was due to the high-quality demonic power fired off at him by the old devil. Kensei fell onto the ground breathing out in a great amount of pain caused by that attack. Despite them not desiring to dirty their hands with the kind of grunt work that they could give off to a low-class devil or servant, this group of devils did know how to use their demonic powers.
"The brat is using ki to increase his defenses," the first old devils replied in an annoyed tone. "This is why I dislike humans, they always attempt to delay the inevitable by using their limited life force as a means of making up for their shortcomings. A weak human won't show their use until becoming a reincarnated devil and having their master use their powers in a far more effective manner. I am grateful to whoever exterminated that pathetic clan of humans, but I am sad that they couldn't find masters to use them properly. However, I do enjoy the image of that pathetic woman dying on the ground like a dog. Humans are meant to be used by those living at a much higher position as them."
-I am grateful to whoever exterminated that pathetic clan of humans.
-However, I do enjoy the image of that pathetic woman dying on the ground like a dog.
The words from that first old devil echoed in Kensei's head as he lied down on his stomach incapable of moving a single inch. Kensei could feel his anger starting to boil inside of him, not from the excitement from battle, but it was from the anger that he felt towards the old devils for talking down to the Amagiri Clan. His beloved clansmen that he spent a lot of time with and even trained with, the younger members that Kensei played games with, then he lost in the end.
Kensei didn't know why, but a single finger twitched and he started to clench his teeth to the point where it felt as if one of them made a grounding noise. A sudden burst of ki started to seep out from his body as one by one the ominous markings engraved on him started to become dimmer and dimmer by the moment. This sudden burst of ki let out the kind of presence that none of them would have expected to come from a child.
"D…Don't…y…you…dare," despite them being bruised from the attacked launched at him by the gehenna guard, he stood up shakily on his legs, then he glared at the old devil who talked down on his clan with an angered look on his face. "Don't you bastards dare talk about my mother?! And don't you dare talk down to my clan?!"
A white glow burst out from his forming an aura around him, Kensei recognized it as the touki that his mother and several adult Amagiri Clansmen could use. It was something that he hadn't been taught yet and didn't know how he could use it despite not being taught. Though he ignored it and continued to run in the direction of the old devils in an attempt to fight back.
"Oh?! Now we're talking, it isn't as fun is the target doesn't squirm!"
The gun-wielding gehenna guard pointed his weapon at him and fired off a rapid barrage of bullets. He expected that the bullets would pierce him this time, but it didn't go as expected. Instead, none of them could at all pierced the touki that wrapped around him. In retaliation for the previous attacks on him, Kensei raised his fist in anger.
"Get out of my way!"
Kensei swept his hand and slammed it on the side of the gehenna guard's face. That brutal attack had sent the man flying off a great distance into the ocean almost like a stone being skipped on the water surface until hitting the barrier that covered Hagun Island. Kensei continued to head in the direction of the old devils and was slowed down by the magic bullets that were being fired off at him all at once though he continued running despite this.
"This bastard is persistent!"
As soon as he was preparing to reach them with his fist reaching one of their faces, but Kensei felt something start to wrap around his leg. He glanced back noticing that it was a shining chain created using magic and it originated from the gehenna guard who hadn't done anything as of now.
"Don't get cocky now kid."
He said in a matter-of-fact tone causing Kensei to grip his teeth from annoyance.
"Don't get in my way!"
Responding to his outburst of anger, his touki flared up again like a flame causing the magic chains that wrapped around his legs shocking the magic-using gehenna guard for a moment. Though that last uncontrolled outburst caused his touki to weaken a lot compared to how it was beforehand. And as soon as Kensei turned to face all of the old devils, the three of them held their hands out gathering a massive of demonic power that turned into a big explosion of flames that engulfed his entire body causing him to rocket into the air and land on the ground.
The top portion of his clothing was burned and singed with himself being covered in burns that would've killed a normal human. Though in this state, he still managed to use his touki to defend against most of it from even that close range.
"…."
Kensei couldn't speak at all due to the injuries and burns that he suffered, just him merely moving his fingers had caused signals of pain to travel across his entire body. He could hear the old devils and gehenna guard starting to approach him at a leisurely pace not wasting their time as he couldn't even move anymore.
"Huh, that position kind of reminds me of how your mother lied just before she died."
"It's a wonder how he's still alive. Is this what you'd call Japanese spirit?"
The second and third old devil replied as they stared down at him using a superior tone, though the magic-user had looked down in a faux saddened tone.
"Huh? I kinda feel sorry for him. Do any of you think he'll survive?"
Based on his opinion, it would be possible for anyone to survive injuries and burns like that without any kind of medical attention. The first old devil glanced down and shook his head already deciding that there was no way he could survive.
"No, without the medial technologies on Hagun Island or in the Underworld there will be no way that this brat will be able to survive these injuries. It has already been almost half an hour dealing with this bastard, I would rather return to Paradise Hotel and rest before the next match starts."
"We can't just leave him here. Taro doesn't want to leave him alive after he ruined his ideal paradise."
After hearing those words from the magic-user, the first old devil thought about what to do with Kensei before he recalled something that he learned a couple of years ago.
"I heard that there was a location somewhere in the Human World, I believe where particularly dangerous youkai who loves to devour humans exists. I think that they will enjoy feasting in the remains of a member of the Amagiri Clan who possess a so-called unique bloodline."
The first old devil explained as he began activating a magic circle under Kensei who was still incapable of moving at all due to his injuries. It would transport him off of Hagun Island bypassing its barrier to that dangerous location that they planned on sending him to. Once he finished the magic circle, it started to let out a bright light that had started to wrap around Kensei's entire body. Though before he was teleported off Hagun Island, the first old devil stared at him with a smirk on his face.
"Kensei Amagiri, right? Don't worry about that girl, Claire Belial, due to her mother eavesdropping into a business that she had no business looking into, we will make sure that her daughter suffers for it. Though, I don't know if it will be a quick death or if we will turn her into a broken doll to be passed down in the underworld for us."
The implications of that caused a flame to burn inside the eyes of Kensei as his body started to fade away until he completely vanished.
"…swear. I swear…I…will…make…you all…pay. If…you lay…one hand on…Claire!"
Just as the old devil left his final words, Kensei said his words, but he vowed that they wouldn't be his last words.
Located somewhere in the Human World, a large mountainous area further away from the places where humans lived and numerous ominous presences could be felt around the entire area. Several youkai who gave off a dark aura different from other members of their species, these were the youkai considered more demonic.
"Ngh…."
The magic circle appeared in the middle of a forest covered in a purple-colored mist inside of the mountains that were filled with thick trees and Kensei landed on the ground letting out a pain-filled grunt. He glanced around the area near him and could already sense the presence of the youkai near the area. Based around the darkness in the area, he could tell that it was nighttime in this area.
"I-I can't die…here…." Kensei mumbled to himself in a low tone that couldn't cause much pain to his throat. "…I have to get…back….I-I have to…."
After saying those last words, he couldn't handle much anymore and landed on the ground and was in and out of consciousness. As he continued to lie on the ground motionless, there were a couple of shuffling noises that had came from the bushes around him. Coming from the bushes were a group of large youkai who could tower over a full-grown adult by a wide margin and covered in a thick aura that emanated a dark presence greater than any of the monsters that Kensei faced in the Gehenna Tournament.
There was a female youkai who had the characteristics of a spider, a male who looked almost like a hound, and a final one who looked more like a demon. All three of them glanced down at Kensei who couldn't move and they sensed the presence that emanated from him.
"I can sense strong ki coming from that child's spirit."
The demonic-looking youkai said as he stared down at Kensei who was close to falling into unconsciousness.
"Hmm, what a delectable looking child."
The spider youkai said as she opened her mouth showing her fangs that started to drip out a purplish poison that fell on the ground causing it to dissolve on contact.
"I don't know where this kid came from, but he came at around the perfect time," the youkai wolf said out loud as drool started to drip from his opened mouth revealing his short fangs. "I am starting to get hungry."
The wolf youkai started to approach Kensei opening his mouth wider than anyone thought to be possible for any form of creature. Though just as the wolf was preparing to take a bite out of Kensei―
Extent! An ornate looking iron staff was extended from an unknown source and smacked into the side of the wolf causing a loud noise that echoed across the entire forest. The impact also caused him to be sent crashing into a series of trees knocking them down in a forceful manner and breaking some of his teeth.
"What was hell?!"
"…what happened?!"
Both the demonic and spider youkai formed a shocked look on their faces as they watched their comrade be sent flying like a rag doll. In a single slick fashion, the iron staff went back to its source passing by them in almost an instant, however, neither of them had the slightest clue of where it came from. Again before either of them could react to it, the spider youkai was the next to be knocked unconscious after having the same staff slammed on top of her head causing her to fall onto the ground.
The last remaining demon youkai glanced around the area looking for whoever took out his comrades and begun to gather a black aura around his hands in an attempt to retaliate. Before he could make a single move, a large green almost jade-colored dragon's claw came out of nowhere slamming him into the ground causing a massive crater that formed due to the impact.
"Hey, damn old man why did we have to come here anyway?"
A loud voice that came from the skies could be heard from an enormous creature with a long serpentine oriental body covered in green-colored scales that almost looked like jade. It was among a species that couldn't at all not be known among the supernatural, it was a dragon. An Asian dragon who exuded a powerful green aura. Despite his appearance, he sounded almost young.
This specific dragon was among the Five Great Dragon Kings, the youngest member among them known as the Mischievous Dragon and Jade Dragon. He is better known as Yu-Long.
The "Old Man" that Yu-Long mentioned came from the tallest trees among the wide forest and without injuries landed on the ground. It was a short figure that looked around the same size as a kindergarten student (at least a meter tall) dressed in a cassock worn by a monk, prayer beads wrapped around his forehead, black shades that have cyber designs and carrying an ornate iron staff in his hand. However, he wasn't human, he was covered in a brilliant gold fur and black skin that has wrinkles showing his elderly age with a smoking pipe. A monkey youkai.
"There was some youkai here causing trouble for humans around this area and I decided to come here and take care of them before they could cause any more trouble."
There wasn't a single person who didn't know the name of this monkey. Even if normal humans didn't believe or have knowledge of the supernatural world, they would have at least heard his name before. Or at least heard of a character based on his name or legend. The Victorious Fighting Buddha. And the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. The Monkey King, Sun Wukong.
"That was our purpose," Sun Wukong said as he stared at Kensei who lied on the ground and noticed his serious injuries and burns. "I didn't expect to find a human child in the area. The magic presence around him doesn't feel the same as the youkai living in this area so that burns on him weren't caused by either of them. The residue of magic that is still around him feels as if it were demonic."
Sun Wukong started to approach Kensei at a somewhat normal pace, but it didn't take him that long to reach him considering that he could have crossed that distance in an instant. The monkey king reached his fur-covered hand and placed it on top of Kensei's chest noticing that his heartbeat was still strong, but he could tell that it started to decrease at a slow pace.
"Hmm."
Sun Wukong hummed as he stared down at Kensei with a focused almost surprised look. In almost an instant, strong ki started coming from him almost as if it were being drawn out by the Monkey King himself. And using his technique, a number of his burns and injuries started fading away almost as if they never existed. As a result of this Kensei started to breathe a much more normal level than before.
"I do have to agree with those three, this kid does have strong ki residing inside of him."
"This kid also had an odd faint scent on him that I hadn't smelled from a human before."
Those were the words that came from Yu-Long as he landed on the ground causing a notable thud that sounded across the forest causing most youkai in the area to flee. After hearing those words from his longtime companion, Sun Wukong couldn't disagree with what he said.
"So, what do you want to do?"
"Let's take him to get patched up. We'll ask him what happened to him after he wakes up."
Sun Wukong replied as he picked up Kensei using one hand and in a single leap, he jumped onto the top of Yu-Long's head without any difficulty at all.
"We're heading to our scheduled meeting point, Yu-Long."
"Understood, but I'd better get some excellent food later."
Those were the words that came from the dragon king as he flew into the dark skies of that youkai filled forest at a quick pace. Both the legends originating from the "Journey to the West" carried the beaten and battered Kensei to the planned location that they planned on meeting beforehand.
A/N: And there goes the sixth chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, in this chapter a lot of things happened on Hagun Island. First, Zane and the others are starting to get worried about Kensei who hadn't shown up yet including being introduced to a new character mentioned in a previous chapter. Kensei continued to follow the Old Devils who met up with Taro and Hayashi joined by the two gehenna guards. He found a little bit about the 'thing' that Claire's mother got caught up in investigating something that caused them to be targeted by the Old Devils and Church. (I'm already certain that everyone knows what that thing is.)
Kensei is later discovered by Hayashi, the "Blind Swordsman" who heard the faintest sound made by the Last Amagiri. This caused the two of them to get into a game of tag with Kensei discovering that Hayashi is equipped with some cybernetic implants due to the injuries that he suffered from his mother. Later on, Claire finds herself in an odd situation where she meets up with a mysterious presence inside of her who gave her a lot of vague hints into what she will activate in the future. And Claire wakes up to find out that Kensei has been missing.
Kensei wakes up and finds himself on the beach of Hagun Island where he is surrounded and his fate is already decided by the people there. After a while, he fought back against them and even awakened touki during the fight. Though in the end, Kensei couldn't fight against all of them and is gravely injured during the fight, then is sent off of Hagun Island to die in a place filled with youkai. However, he is later saved by Sun Wukong and Yu-Long who were in the same area.
PS: I wanted to make DxD – The Last Amagiri different from other High School DxD stories, as a number of them has characters who reincarnate into devils and join their side. Like how I made The Magic Knight and The Twin Dragons stories where the OC is a Miracle Child (Half-Angel Half-Human) and the other one being a reincarnate angel instead of a devil. DxD – The Last Amagiri is instead a story about a human OC experiencing the bad sides of devils instead of others where the OC reincarnated and experiences all the good sides and benefits of being associated with devils.
Also, I am still working on other stories such as The Magic Knight, The Twin Dragons, and I am planning to redo Sword Art Online: The White Swordsman.
So, until next time.
Kensei's Harem: Alice, Claire, Hisui, Kunou, Lu Lingqi, Mirana, Sarah, Minako, Koneko, Kuroka, Ravel (WIP)