Because of how completely unclear Una was, for reasons that Khrona wasn’t quite certain of, but that he deduced might have been Insanity, it was clear that they could not help them out on whatever was wrong with Maze because they, themselves needed to get a grip on their own sanity. Whatever hit had done a number on them and they were already feeling a little overwhelmed before they even left. Khrona thought it was best for them to train and blow off some of their steam again and found himself upon the Battlegrounds for some training.

Khrona stood there, Misery and Despair in hand in their weapon forms “The Kishin.. His soul… It makes us go wild.. If we are to defeat the Kishin, we will need to master the Kishin Hunter… Perhaps even teach it to our Sannin… We will have 6 different ones for each of our souls… Are you all ready?”

Misery: Hell yeah! Kishin Hunter is a bitchin move!

Despair: I’m ready for whatever dreadful misfortune we will have to endure, Khrona…

Khrona nodded his head “Alright… Then let’s go… TAMASHI NO KYOMEI (Soul Resonance)”

Khrona’s soul expanded a great length, flickering about wildly, glowing a few different colors. On the outside of his soul to represent him were 2 extremely large soul dragon wings that curved around his own soul and a large X was on the front of his soul. Misery and Despair began to glow completely with Soul Energy…

Khrona looked to Misery, who glowed intensely with a crimsonish energy “First you… Your insanity soul… The soul of your sword…” Khrona focused on Misery’s Insanity Soul Wavelength until it was perfectly aligned with his. Both of their insanity souls were highly unstable and their wavelengths flew about crazily, off the charts, however they went at the same pace. They were united. “HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” Khrona’s eyes darted about in every direction, each eye looking in a different direction than the other as Misery’s sword began to take another shape… “KISHIN HUNTER!!” Misery’s sword grew to about 5 feet in width (that’s really fucking big for a sword) and in height, it spurted out to a whopping 30 feet. On Misery’s blade was some kanji that spelt out INSANITY when translated into english. Misery’s new blade form was jagged on one end and had large hook-like blades coming from the other side of it. Khrona raised Misery to the sky then slammed her to the ground. Once she hit the ground, millions of soul energy Misery blades popped up from the ground in random places. They asll began to move, grinding up the ground like buzz saws. After the ground was totally destroyed, Misery reverts to normal and Khrona flips Misery to her scythe side “One down…”

Khrona and Misery’s souls begin to flow together on the same wavelength once again… This time, his wavelength was focused on her Condemnation soul. This Condemnation soul wavelength was very low and stable, in fact, it was a straight line altogether… It would be pretty hard for Khrona’s insane soul to match one so stable and dead. Khrona tried his hardest to stabilize his soul… stability… stability… Stabilize… He focused only on Misery, dropping Despair to the ground and grasping Misery’s handle with both hands “STABILIZE.” His soul was starting to get on the same wavelength at Misery’s. His head kinda twitched a bit because even for him, this was quite hard. “Resonate… Louder than sound… Become on the same wavelength… now…” He gripped her tighter and FINALLY, their souls were on the same wavelength “AND NOW, KISHIN HUNTER!” He raised the glowing Misery Scythe and it bursted into the shape of a skull, but still the shape of a scythe at the same time. It was difficult to explain, so a picture may be necessary… The scythe was now extremely large and glowing a bright black (yes, it can glow a bright black) Khrona slashed Misery downward into the ground once again, and this time the grass seemed to rot and die, as well as any trees that were around him. This scythe was draining the literal essence of their lives away… It was draining what some would call their plant soul. Yes, this would be useful… But wait, it was not done yet. From the cracks in the ground that it had created, many creatures began to rise… No, these were not creatures… They were spirits… Evil Spirits… spirits of Death itself. All of them flew from the ground nonstop in a sort of shockwave formation, flying endlessly into the sky, changing the sky to a really horrid, deathful color. As this was going on, Misery reverted back to her normal form and Khrona fell to one knee, the sky returning to normal “Phew… That’s all for Misery… Huh… Didn’t think it would take this much out of me… Okay, Despair, you’re next…” Khrona dropped Misery, who reverted to her normal form.

Misery: Goddamn, Khrona… I feel so fucking powerful! But I’m kinda tired, too… I’ll just– WAIT, IF YOU USE THE KISHIN HUNTER WHILE I’M LIKE THIS, WON’T I GET AFFECTED, TOO?

Khrona: That’s right, you will… Might as well keep you in your weapon form, huh?

Misery reverted to her weapon form and Khrona picked her up once again “Alright, Despair… It’s time for you…”

Khrona gripped Despair tightly, as small as she was and looked down at her “Okay, Despair… First we’re gonna do the Rejection Soul… So let’s go.” In the gleam of the blade, Despair nodded and then with another gleam, her face was gone from the blade. “Alright… Tamashii no Kyoumei!!” Khrona’s wavelength was again very high and unstable while Misery’s was a very high, but very stable at the same time. It would be a bit easier than Misery’s soul, but it still would be a little hard to stabilize “Stabilize….” Khrona’s soul went all about, though it was starting to focus in on Despair’s Rejection Soul… It was actually amazing that anyone COULD resonate with her Rejection Soul, since it rejected anything and everything.. But then again, Khrona and Misery had a special bond, so it made sense for him and only him to be able to wield and resonate with her. His soul finally stabilized with her, a little quickly, to add, but it was there, nontheless. “Alright, Despair… Here we go… KISHIN HUNTER!!” Khrona slashed Despair through the air and when he stopped, her blade was glowing a pale red color, bursting into a 4 sided straight razor blade, each of them long and curved into one at the tip. Another one hard to explain, so a picture might be necessary. The 4 blades began to rotate, making them look like a sort of scepter while they were glowing with that pale red Rejection Soul energy. Khrona raised Despair to the sky and a large dome instantaneously expanded from around her to a very large distance, however instead of pushing everything away from the outside, like normal, this resonance allowed things to come on the inside… only for an even worse fate. It seems as though absolutely nothing could escape from the inside once it was in there and everything on the inside was being crushed into literally nothingness. This would also be quite useful for fighting the Kishin… it would just be a matter of him being trapped in the dome… Despair stopped turning and reverted back to her normal blade form. “Hm… That one was fun… But let’s start with the Despair Soul now, shall we, Despair?”

It was time for the next one. Khrona raised Despair once again into the air, however this time, her dark gray, Despair soul was made apparent. “Okay… Tamashii no Kyoumei!!!” Khrona’s wavelength tried to match that of Despair’s, which was very small and stable… Similar to that of Misery’s Condemnation soul, however there was little vibration in the wavelength rather than none at all. Khrona now had some experience with matching that, so it would be a bit easier than last time, but it was still quite difficult for a soul like his… Sigh… Khrona tried to do it quickly, but his soul just wouldn’t stabilize that fast. So he waited. Patiently. After a while, it did stabilize, and that’s when Khrona took the time to use the “KISHIN HUNTER!” Despair extended very far, taking the shape of a giant glowing razor blade, however before the glowing on her exploded off, many different missile launchers and grenade launchers and bazooka barrels bursted from all over the blade. Khrona waved it about at a high speed, making deep slashes in the ground that seemed to go down forever, and not only that, with the final slash he did, each and every one of the explosive barrels on the blade went off, firing at the exact same time. The explosion was cataclysmic, being mixed with various soul energies that not only engulfed the area completely, but disintegrated everything in the vicinity of Khrona within a few mile’s radius. Khrona sighed, feeling a bit drained “Yes… That one… I like it… But we still have to do… My souls.” Khrona stared up to the sky, feeling a bit insane. His Insanity Soul began to resonate with Misery’s Insanity and Condemnation Souls and Despair’s Rejection and Despair souls.

Khrona’s eyes lost their focus “TAMASHII NO KYOUMEI! KISHIN HUNTER: INSANITY DEATHBLADE; INSANITY RAZOR ROCKET.” Misery bursted into one huge glowing sword were several scythe blades jutting out of her, and then her blade twisted itself in a helix-like fashion while Despair bursted into a giant razor blade again, only this time it was shaped like a rocket and it had 2 holes that looked similar to eyes. Khrona waved Misery around and she released an energy that seemed to distort and shatter the very air around her instantly… A powerfully unstable and dangerous move indeed. It seemed that the scythes could rip through the fabric of space and the sword could distort and destroy it. Fun. As for Despair… She shot off of her handle like a rocket, spreading around her despair soul, allowing everything in it to deteriorate in a matter of seconds. She also cut straight through all obstacles that got in her way, making her quite the dangerous weapon as well. This resonance… All of them.. They were quite destructive, but also quite useful. Oh, how fun this would be. Now for the final one… the Fear Soul of Khrona. What would this one do? Khrona began to resonate to find out…

Khrona’s Fear soul resonated with Misery and Despair’s Insanity, Rejection, Condemnation and Despair souls all at once, just as his Insanity Soul did “TAMASHII NO KYOUMEI! KISHIN HUNTER: PUSILLANIMOUS DEATHBLADE; FEARFUL RAZOR BOMBER!!” Misery and Despair glowed with a blackish purple energy now, Misery exploding into a, once again, giant sword, however this time it had a face and the blade was forged a bit to look like a mouth at a certain part with razor sharp teeth made from the blade. It had evil eye holes going through it. On the other side of the handle was Misery’s Scythe, which also gained a mouth and eyes, but also another scythe blade on the back of the first. Khrona spun Misery swiftly and dragged her across the ground, releasing a huge blade of energy that was about the speed of light. It left a trail of energy behind it, and after a few moments of silence, a huge explosion of energy shot up from the trail and then expanded to engulf the entire area, making a piercing screeching noise “PYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIRAAAAAAAAHHH!!” And then once again it fell to silence. Khrona looked to Despair, who was still normal looking, just glowing… but it seems as though her blade had molded a face into the sharpened end, as well, and had eyes on the flattened sides, too. She took no special shape or form. Khrona gave a light slash through the air and suddenly, and explosion. a GREAT explosion, covering the entire area similar to the first, however this time it was in the shape of a dome that eventually exploded horizontally instead of Vertically, like the first, covering a distance unknown. It wiped out everything in its way, except for a lone tree that seemed to endure all of the horrific Kishin Hunter attacks that Khrona had done. It was quite the distance away, about half a mile, to be exact. Khrona could see it… And he pointed Despair at it. In a split second, Despair’s blade had extended all the way out through the tree and then back to its normal position, which was amazing how it could be done in less than a second, considering the distance. The tree was erased from existence, simple and plain. Khrona would probably have to use his Fear resonance if all else failed, since it seemed to be the most destructive out of all of them, covering the most range in the shortest time and wiping out the most things. Yeah. Khrona was done. He had done all of the resonances… And he was tired. Khrona bent backwards “Siiiigh… That was.. tough…” Misery and Despair returned to normal and Khrona sizzled, steam coming from his body “Myeeeeeh.. Maybe I’ll go back into the village and… Do something.” He stretched his wings and flew off, back into the village.

Khrona wasn’t too far along in his flight when he saw Maze nearby and, because he was feeling slightly better, wanted to check on him and make sure that he, too, was okay with whatever ordeal happened with Evangeline.

I stand in a field of flowers waiting…

Khrona floats downward to the battlefiend, his soul a bit unstable. His head twitched as Misery and Despair were in weapon form. Khrona was silent.

Una float around from behind me and smiled and waved to Khrona. However the look on my face was serious as I look toward Khrona.

Una: Hi!!! Khrona!!!!

Khrona waves at them “H… Hi… Una.” Khrona looks over to the side, trying to avoid eye contact. he grits his teeth, sweating a bit.

“Una…” I spoke to Una although I keep my eyes om Khrona

Una. “Ya Ya. You two play nice now.”

Una changed into her weapon form and I take hold of her. I stand there as I look to Khrona “I see you have that look in your eye.”

Khrona tried to stare at Maze, though his eyes still couldn’t focus “What… Look?” He was sweating, his teeth clenched quite tightly “I don’t… I don’t know what you mean…” One eye began to dart about in all directions as the other stay perfectly still, staring upwards blankly, like a lazy eye. His insane soul was getting unstable now, expanding… swelling up on the area…