Floating, Hika, Death

Chapter 4

HIKA - EXTERMINATE.

Sparks. Sparks and sparks of red, flashing, blinding light erupt in the air, fireworks uncomparible in comparison.
Sound. Everyone aboard the Carniac Vessel and in a 1000 meter radius from the old Captain and the Thunder strike would be deafened by the noise the clash of attacks made. As the thunder strike and the old Captains Hika collided, a blinding flash of black and white commenced, after which a shockwave of red sparks and golden lightning erupted and travelled at inhuman speeds in all directions. The Carniac Vessel, for a brief moment stilled, before getting launched 50 feet in the air, parallel to the Island of Death. And thats when it all went to hell.

"Wha..!!", yelled Sezo as the Carniac Vessel got upturned, the force of the shockwave sending them flying. "I didn't know that the old man was a Hika User!!"

"A Hika User??", yelled another guy wearing nothing but his underwear, the rest of his attire burnt and flown off his body. He looked like a homeless guy but flying through the air about to die. "You're lying! There's- there's no way-!!"

"HE IS!!", Sezo yelled, so powerfully that for a second everyone shut up. "He is.", Sezo said, much less loudly now. "I saw it myself. I was the closest to him."

The shockwave's affects began to slow down - not that it made any difference to the flying people who may as well be dead corpses 100 feet in the air, right next to the Island of Death.

"Time slowed down.", Sezo said, starting to slow down just like all of the others. "Just for a split second - it was as if-"

"Forget about it for now!!", yelled underwear guy, already falling straight into the ship. "We have bigger problems to deal with, like, I don't know, DEATH?!!"

Sezo stared at him for a few beats as they continued to barrel, speed increasing, towards the ocean below.

"Oh yeah."

"OH YEAH??!"

The Clockwork Hika User, the old Captain, stood suspended, floating over the ocean just a mere 10 feet below him. His finger faced the sky as the Hika he had just used started to lesson. Then, it happened.

"Hey, Hiacho?"

Lisa stared at Hiacho as he somehow managed to stand upright on the back of the ship, his hands in his pockets, his face nonchalant. Then, his cheeks flushed.

"Y-yeah, Lisa?", he stammered, looking away. Lisa stared at him for a few moments, trying to decide whether he was retarded or dumb. She decided on both.

"Why are you so calm?!", she said, her voice full of emotion and enotionless. "How are you able to stay so fucking calm when we're al about to die!?"

Hiacho stared at her, his face shocked and his eyes wide. The blush had almost fully disappeared, now replaced by a genuine what the fuck do you mean can't you look behind you look.

"I'm sorry, but if you look behind you-"

"Yeah, BEHIND ME WHERE THE OCEAN WILL KILL US-"

"Behind you, where the old man is flying."

"Huh?"

She whipped around, her hair slapping her face. And then, she saw it. The thunder strike that had struck them had evaporated completely, and the old Captain was floating, flying, watching them fall.

"HUH??!", Lisa yelled, conflicted since she wanted to be mad and she was mad but she was more confused by why he wasn't coming to catch them or something.

The others noticed, too. All of them were hanging on to dear life as the ocean was now less than 30 feet away from them, and the Captain was over 100 feet away. To add to the disdain, it didn't even look like he cared.

"Oi, OLD IDIOT!!", yelled Oika, a boy from Poco Village that no one, no one, liked. Except, of course, his goons who thought that if they hey made nice with him, they would get something in return. Which is, of course, all bullshit.

The old Captain flinched, immediately whipping around to see that the Carniac Vessel and the people on board were all about to fall to their death.

"HIKA ZANI"

The old Captain disappeared.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!", yelled Oika furiously, and so did a lot of other people.

10 feet. It was over. The collision at this height and with this much force would kill them all instantly. It was, as the romans said, ggs.

Until they felt their fall break. Not by water, but by a cushion. A cushion..of red.

"HIKA..BOUNCE!!"

They suddenly got launched, with speed, backwards, going right back into the ocean. At this point, the kids were so starstruck they didn't even have the energy to say anything except make chocked shocked noises of 'We're gonna die today.'

"HIKA BOUNCE!!"

The Carniac Vessel got launched again, but this time, right at the Island of Death. And not at the docks. Right at the village. Where the HIKA lived.

"HIKA..SPONGE!"

"We're gonna die!!", yelled a girl who was terrified out of her mind. "Mom, Dad..", she sobbed, not being able to continue speaking any longer.

And then..impact. Except not into the village, not into the ground, but into a red carpet that was the size of the ship, albeit a bit bigger.

"What..?"
"Huh?"
"Are we dead?"
"Is this hell?"

"We made it.", said Hiacho, grinning despite all of this. "Thought we were gonna die there!"

Lisa stared at him in shock and disbelief. How was he so..calm? And optimistic? Does he not care about dying? Does he not experience fear? Like, at all? Is he even human?

He jumped off of this ship, which was now sinking deeper and deeper into the carpet. "Thanks, old man.", he said, grinning.

"No problem, kid." , said the old Captain, materialising right in front of the ship. "That piece of shit had it coming."

Hiacho's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"
His eyes widened even further. "Do you mean-"

"The HIKA.", he said flatly, boldly. "He's done this three times now, and the other two times.." He clenched his jaw, his eyes getting glassy. "The other two times I wasn't strong enough to protect, yet got protected.", he said. He turned to the others. "Everyone.."

"Is this..?"
"I almost died!!"
"Did I get reincarnated into a furry?"

"Ronda! Hold on!", Lisa said, frantically trying to free her from the almost fully sunken Carniac Vessel. The old Captain noticed, and so did the Nazuaki. "Hey, help the girl!", the old Captain yelled.

"Yes sir!!"

In an Unknown location on the Island of Death

Two servants walk up to the blue-white heavenly gates made of gold.

"Oni."

They open, and a huge 1200 foot room expands. The two servants walk, each step calculated and precise, as if a single misstep could lead to death. The silver tray made up of Moc (a insanely rare and expensive ore only found in certain parts of the world) is carefully balanced by the two servants. Upon it is a single glass of wine.

Give it to me.

The servants' hands tremble beyond control and the tray almost drops. However, it is saved at the last second. They know what their fate will be if the tray drops.

With trembling hands and a shaky voice, they both reply in unison,"Yes, Master."

The two servants try to regain their composure, and somehow manage to give him the tray steadily.

They are here?

The two servants yelp and respond immediately, in unison,"Yes, Master."

They didn't die to my Thunder Domain. That fatty really did improve. That bastard.

However..now that they have finally arrived to my home, my house of cards..

..my True Domain..

The two servants practically shit themselves. The voice got deeper and louder. Louder than any drum. Louder than any bell.

..they shall experience what I call..

Next chapter hits on the 19th of December!

..torture, pain, death.

Next chapter hits on the 26th of December!