Chapter 26 Rejection Hotline

I sat there and looked up then I said “I don’t wanna fight but my body does” Killer looked at me confused “What does that even mean?” I gathered up some zen once more and pushed it to the limit. “If you're strong this will be my death, maybe I want to die in the death of a warrior” even I realized my personality had done a whole 180.”I need to level up overtime so do be patient in this duel, "I said. Kaiju level 2 was my current form and I started shooting destruction rings which made many holes in Killer’s uniform but all where there should have been holes in his skin a galaxy colored zen surrounded the damages. Suddenly I rushed at him barraging him with attacks and punches which he dodged as he dodged them. I put some small holes into the dirt. The long road we were fighting on seemed lonely as the holes caused him to trip. As he tripped I jumped and kicked my form changed to level 3 as the air was erased and his face was kicked. “Nice one” says Killer as I grab some air, the killer's face gets drawn nearer and nearer and I punch his face multiple times. One punch sends him flying back as he quickly grabs something and suddenly I'm upside down. Felt like a gust of wind hit my back as I spawned into what looked like a neon city where was I? Everyone else had spawned here and Julia who had shot herself was dead lying in her cell. A TV screen showed this and I happened to see that this fake dimension created by Killer had put everyone here. Now I was drained with the death of Julia. Ben had also seen it and his mouth dropped, his face turned to dread but we continued to move on. I laid down next to the tv rolled up in a ball crying. "Why her? I thought she was the one but now she’s dead” I said. Seems this was a rejection of fate the tv was like a rejection hotline and tv to project only bad messages. I laid down looking like a homeless man as random people walked by. My head hit the concrete hard as I saw images of the purple light of the cities flash as I laid down. This feeling I have felt many times before yet it still stings. I want to dream.

I want to dream many times and dream where I'll be happy and dream where all the pain meant something. An dream where life’s stings wouldn’t exist. I want my heaven. Death seems to be a thing impossible to escape in a perfect world no one would pass. Weapons wouldn’t exist, words wouldn’t hurt others. Seems like an utopia sadly in a world full of sin it will never come.

Ben walked down the street of Neo city as an armed man attacked. The man had luscious long black hair daggers and knives seemed to be of Asian descent maybe Korean. He also had a cut near his right eye and a mole on his left. He used the daggers and slashed, missing an attack the man said “I am Toki the man who will kill you” . He couldn't be older than 19 and he was already trying to murder what an upset upbringing Ben thought. Shadow slices were sent towards him as he jumped and dodged out of the way for the attack Toki moved closer as he threw up the daggers and started striking with punches knocking Ben back.

Toki grabbed his daggers and put them to Ben’s back as he slammed Ben to the ground with a German Suplex the blades went into the back of Ben’s. Ben screamed in agony as he was slammed down. Toki starts to walk away as he thinks Ben is dead. Suddenly a shadow hand from Toki’s shadow grabs Toki’s face and smashes him to the ground.

Kyle looks around as he sees the city which has many ramen stores glowing lights. It looked like the perfect night city, almost like a brighter version of the Tokyo he went to. The place was beautiful as the lights and the little shops in the streets made the place look so cool. Kyle stumbled upon an arcade. “Sweet!” Muttered Kyle as he walked towards the arcade he played some new releases of “Street fighter” and the arcade claw machine games “Sick! They even have some older fighting games like “Virtua fighter”, said Kyle. Kyle ran around the arcade in joy having the time of his life.

Ben’s wound mended with his zen as he used some shadow zen to reattach the broken parts of skin as he clapped his hands with only his middle and pointer finger holding up he initiated a shadow slash. “Aaah!” Screamed Toki as he easily dodged the move he screamed as a diversion and appeared behind Ben not being able to see in the rubble he couldn’t tell Toki was behind him now. Toki stabbed the knife right through Ben. Ben made his hand form a zero and suddenly an blast of shadow zen was fired as he jumped back the blade went through him and he started moving music started playing from a Walkman Ben had brought. Some hip-hop started playing as he moved through the attack and started spinning and teleporting through shadows. “I like Music!” stated Ben. “You some salsa dancer? Weirdo, "said Toki. “Reaper’s death dance!” Both of Toki’s weapons fell in the shadows, a technique that had been perfected in the four years. Ben had reached his peak. Shadow slashes arose from the ground which formed a weird tent-like triangle which bound Toki. Ben laid down as he had confidence in his ability and needed to heal his major wounds.