Chapter 6: Seirin
Entrusting Kuroko into Kise's hands, Akashi had a bad feeling this would not end well. No one at that time realized Kuroko's departure will be their last time meeting Kuroko. Akashi was fairly worried and concerned that his dear Kuroko will not return. Unforeseen disaster would befall, in a form of curses and unfortunate. Danger was encroaching closer cloaking the land of Teiko in a mass of negative emotions. It was prophesized destiny had been preordained signifying the world shall suffers in the hands of the tyrant rulers of Kirisaki Daiichi. Kuroko leaving the lands of Teiko was concordant to capitulating the hope of Teiko. Sun will not rise, crops do not harvest. Teiko was faced with tremendous shower of pelts, Scotch mist had hovered over the lands of Teiko, making it difficult for Teiko to be found, as if protecting Teiko in absolute defense before Kuroko returns. Humans who defy the law would be found themselves in a labyrinth, hallucinating through the thick mist dying of hunger. The lands of Teiko had been a forbidden land the elders had preached since the ancient days, humans of the present have defied their teachings, evolved to survive the world filled with evil, betrayal and deceit. The people of Teiko were also left with sadness and longing for their light to return. Although Kuroko was human, the people of Teiko had treated Kuroko like their own kin, unlike humans who did not possess the ability of conscience, ruling and dictating through authority and fear. Akashi's feelings influence the current plight of Teiko, as the master ruling the lands of Teiko. Like the people of Teiko, Akashi awaits eagerly the day his wife would return to Teiko.
"Kuroko-sama!" Kise stood in front of Kuroko, in attempts of protecting Kuroko at all costs. "Please stand back! Akashi-sama will not forgive the world if something were to happen. I will protect Kuroko-sama with my life!"
Kuroko had glared at his uncle. "Uncle Amaya, please get out of the way. What I do with my life is none of your concern." His voice was strained and insouciant. Kuroko was a specialist in making use of people's behaviours against his opponents. Because of his natural extraordinary observant ability, Kuroko was unable to express freely filled with colours, a variety of expressions. Many, like Midorima could never get a hang of what Kuroko was always thinking, keeping everything to himself and doing the unexpected. "Afterall, you abandoned me and made me a sacrifice to the devil."
Kuroko and Kise's clear irises had reflected pure hatred and anger, mirroring the tormented feelings of anguish harboring deep within themselves. The intensity of their stare had flinched humans sent to assassinate Kuroko. Not even in Kisaragi Amaya's wildest dream one day his nephew would be the fated child who will to stop his evil plans. He had cursed the child and his father for taking away his dear sister. To his surprise not only his nephew would be the one to stop his plans, his nephew was alive. Kisaragi Amaya then realized his nephew was no longer human. The spiritual energy waves emitting from within Kuroko had changed its pattern. Individuals with spiritual strength possess waves which serve as a biological imprint of identity from birth. He had been taken by the devils. To him, Tetsuya was just a walking corpse obeying the orders of his master.
"Did your master order you to kill us?" Kuroko's uncle had sneered. "What an imprudent child. Even after dying, you are still causing me so much trouble. Why can't you just die peacefully?"
Kise strung wires swiftly with great expertise around Amaya's neck, reappearing in the shadows of the cursed humans. "Say another word, I shall toss your head into the River of Styx." The humans were terrified. Humans beg for their life and promised the best when death is just beyond the reach of their feet. "You pathetic excuse of a human. How dare you talk like that to your own flesh and blood. Have you forgotten the warning I had gave you so many years ago?"
"Tetsuya.... please...... help me!" Amaya pleaded. "I promise we'll tell you the truth! The truth of your origins!"
"Kise-kun, please don't kill him yet. We have things we must interrogate him." Kuroko sighed. "Even if we kill him, Kirisaki Daiichi will send another pathetic fellow to complete the mission my uncle had failed to do so."
Amaya and his team had taken a step backwards, turning pale white from fear and terror. Their bodies had displayed the symptoms of psychological fear and nervousness vividly, such as excreting cold sweat, rapid and increase pulsing of heartbeats, choking sensations and the visible tightness in their chests. Kise's strings had prevented any of the enemy from escaping.
"Don't kill them, Kise. We still have much use for them." said Kuroko. "Uncle Amaya, are you afraid of death? The man who sacrificed a child who had just turned seven years of age is afraid of the dark, I see."
Kise bowed. "Yes, of course, Kuroko-sama."
"Amaya, are you sure that invisible kid was your nephew?" One of the humans had whispered quietly. "If it wasn't for the fox, I wouldn't have noticed him!" Amaya's fellow soldiers agreed.
"I and Hanamiya sacrificed him to Teiko, nine years ago." Amaya had replied. "He resent humans. Teiko's devil master must have raised him, and made him his wife after he reached the maximum growth of adulthood." The soldiers had paled. This was the truth that Kirisaki Daiichi had hidden for nine years. Sacrificing a young boy no older than seven years of age to the devil master said to purge all beings who defy him.
"Don't sympathize, you lot. Kirisaki Daiichi will take advantage of whatever it takes to grant us victory. He is no different. He was used to bring prosperity to Kirisaki Daiichi. Kuroko Tetsuya is dead." Amaya scolded his men. "Kill him!"
"Don't make excuses for yourself, uncle. You have always abused me and had taken advantage of me since I was born. Just because my mother died, you take out your hatred and resentment on the living soul that my mother left, me and the Kuroko family." said Kuroko, materializing out a long sword from thin air. "The Kuroko family was untouchable, because of the abilities they possessed. So you hired specialized assassination mercenaries to murder the entire Kuroko family, and kidnapped my half-brother. My brother must be taken advantage by Kirisaki Daiichi by being slaved into doing pathetic tasks for the tyrant ruler."
Kuroko draw the long sword from its scabbard, its sharp edges was against his uncle's neck. "Where is my brother?"
"Why, I didn't know you were this smart, Tetsuya. If I had known, you would have more value that your pathetic brother." was Amaya's poor attempt of denial. Kuroko and Kise glared at him with everything they had. Kise wondered what kind of life this man had led for his soul to be tainted with such blackness of evil. A fallen soul of the deprivation. The man had willingly plunged into the manifestations of evil.
"Spill it now before I send your head rolling." Kuroko had threatened his uncle. "It's too late for regrets."
"Commander!" Amaya's men were frightened with fear and terror. "How could you kill such a fine man?!" They had readied their weapons and opened fire. Kuroko had deflected every bullet with his slaying sword. The slaying sword was a gift from Akashi, who had personally crafted it for his wife as a reward upon completing his training.
"Peasants. Don't you do anything if you don't want to die." Kise had threatened them. "You must have a distorted definition of good and evil. Humanity is done for. Realize your mistakes, humanity will be saved. But at this point, eventually even you will be plunged into the darkness of deprivation." The soldiers had wondered and glanced at each other, skepticism and doubt were evident in the soldiers' expressions. Kise's words had thrown their consciousness into a world of confusion, releasing the bloodlust and their weapons lay forgotten on the solid ground.
"Hmph. Why go through all the trouble when you already know?" Amaya had glared at his nephew. "Afterall, you are cursed with that gift of the cursed family. You have already sensed your answers the moment you left Teiko. The human lands are filled with evil and desires, so strong you can even sense it from the borders of Seirin." Amaya broke free from the Kise's bindings, whipped out his gun and fired Kuroko. The bullet fired had pierced through Kuroko's right shoulder. "That is a feat only cursed being are capable of. No human can do such things, Tetsuya."
"Kuroko-sama!" Kise had rushed to Kuroko's side. Embracing Kuroko into his arms, Kise had glared at the humans standing around before him. "You cursed humans! He's your flesh and blood!"
Amaya pointed a gun at the retreating Kuroko and Kise. Kuroko's sword had vanished the moment he had been shot. "He is no longer mine, the moment my sister had married into that cursed family. The Kuroko family are a family of spirit descendants! My sister was blind in love and wouldn't reconsider my warnings! And now he had decided to enter a marriage with another spirit. Unforgivable."
The soldiers have been terrified. Their commander had fired at the target they were supposed to capture. Kirisaki Daiichi had defied the mighty Teiko, roaring the anger of the boy's guard, a divine spirit. A fox spirit is a divine spirit that guides humans to their fates and destinies. Defying and angering them is a bad omen of the ancients, fox spirits are revered as messengers of the divine Gods. Humanity is at its end.
"Hmph. You spent all your life plotting war against a single child. What a poor soul you are. I guess my existence must have traumatized you, Uncle." Kuroko had grabbed a piece of cloth, in great attempts of stopping the blood flowing from the wound, his body was pulsating, feelings of extreme pain and numbness had crept its way into his nerves, slowly experiencing symptoms and conditions, a state of emphysema. "I must have such great powers that even humanity fears me. Maybe I should have used them to torture all of you vile humans."
Kise growled. "This will be remembered. Remember, you have declared a war against Teiko."
Kise and Kuroko had vanished from the scene. Nothing was remained except Kuroko's blood when he had been shot. Kise had fled, desperate to find help, Kuroko's deteriorating health was first priority. Kise had refused to imagine the aftermath of Kuroko's death. Akashi would destroy the world. The miracles would purge the humans. The world would be overrun by spirits and devils, killing every human regardless of their innocence. In fear of the possibility of that future, Kise had crossed the border, entering into the lands of Seirin. Upon seeing the lands flourished with happiness and joy, Kise had collapsed in front of the heart of the land, the castle of the Lords ruling over Seirin.
"Sir! What have you done?!" The soldiers were beyond terrified. Among humans, there still exists community who believes in the divine powers of the spirits. The spirits have been revered with utmost respect, offering guidance striving for a world without evil manifestations of malice. "Not only Kirisaki Daiichi will face great dangers, but the entire humanity will face the destruction of apocalypse!"
Amaya had a frozen stare at his subordinates. "You believe in such bullshit? The age where humanity lives in the shadow of monsters is over! We now have the strength to bring them down. The cursed lands of Teiko!"
The soldiers stared at his commander in horror. This was the man who regarded his flesh and blood a monster. A small child who have yet to understand the world was sacrificed for sake of strength. The people in the ancient times have believed coexistence of both species. Spirits are just a community of people with born with special traits unique from the rest of the people. They are renamed 'spirits', 'monsters', 'devils', names alike do not matter. They were chosen to take on the tasks ordained by the divine Gods.
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