Chapter 16:

20th September part 4(END)

heaven's hell

"M.....Mom!..!"

A huge turn of event occurs as Haruna's son appears out of nowhere. As Haruna sees her son's face, which is filled with fear and disbelief, she tries to let out her last words.

"SON,WHY ARE YOU HERE?
GET OUT OF HE........!

ack!"

Haruna coughs up blood as she is not able to speak properly, the blades have pierced through Haruna's lungs.

"I went to look for you..... as ... y... you were ....not in the r...room"

The boy's voice trembles, as the sight of her mother being covered in blood disturb and frightens him

'Only representatives should be able to see each other'

Kia's thoughts fills her mind as she realizes something

'HE IS A ......... DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVE, IN SUCH A YOUNG AGE'

She tries to confirm that if he only can see her mother or all the representatives that are present in the area as his eyes are only fixed on his mother who is covered in blood. As Kia stares at the boy, the boy's eyes look up, making direct eye contact with Kia and maintaining it for a few seconds, this clears the doubt that he can also see the representative present in the area and not only his mother.

"HE IS ALSO A REPRESENTATIVE!!!"

Shouts Kia as she dashes towards the boy.

"LIGHTNING BLADE!!!"

"BLOOD KATANA!!!!"

Kia uses an art as she swings her blade towards the boy with the intension to kill him. Kakoroshi intervenes as he runs and stand in front of the kid, making the kid stumble and fall on his back, swinging his katana to block Kia's blade, though cutting Kia's blade in half.

"ITS NOT HIS FAULT TO BE SELECTED AS A DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVE!!"

Kakoroshi tries to convince Kia not to kill the kid as he grabs Kia's waist, trying to sabotage her movements as the kid runs towards his mother

"NOBODY BECOMES A REPRESENTATIVE JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO!!!! THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT BLOOD WON'T BE SHED BETWEEN GOD'S AND DEVIL'S EPRESENTATIVES!!! ONE HAS TO PERISH FOR ALL THIS TO STOP AND I AM WILLING TO KILL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVE TO FINALLY HAVE SOME PEACE!!!!"

Kia shouts angrily, explaining her reason why she is so ruthless towards the devil's representatives. She tries to free herself but feels the lack in physical power and body control as Fumino tries to take back her body.

"I ........DON'T HAVE MUCH TIMEEE!!!!!! THE DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVES EVENTUALLY WILL COME FOR THE BOY AND MAKE HIM GO THROUGH ALL THE HARDSHIPS A DEVIL'S REPRESENTATIVE SUFFERS!!!! I AM DOING HIM A FAVOR BY GIVING HIM DEATH!!!"

"NOTHING IS WORSE THAN DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Kakoroshi's voice clearly showed frustration as he continues to convince Kia not to kill the kid.

Suddenly Haruna's hair starts floating as her eyes rolls back.

"Thunder-"

Kakoroshi's grip gets tighter as he shuts his eyes tight, realizing that Kia is about to use an art.

"Shoc...."

Kia's hair stops to float and her eyes become normal as Fumino takes over.

"Its alright Ishiro, Its me"

Kakoroshi opens his eyes, remembering the fact that only Fumino calls him 'Ishiro'. As both take their time to catch their breath, the male elder walks past them, walking towards Haruna and her son without giving any sound of footstep though walking at the normal pace without making any efforts at making less noise.

"Mom, you said that blood coming out of the body is bad"

Says Haruna's son, who is crying uncontrollably, face full of tears.

"I did say that, but I am fine"

Whispers Haruna to her son as she pulls him closer, giving one, final hug. At the same time she writes something on the floor with the blood on her hands.

"I know you are lying!!!! Please don't go!! You promised to stay with me forever!"

The boy hugs his mother tighter. Haruna looks up, seeing the male elder walking towards them, realizing that she doesn't have much time.

"Son. I love you!! You are the best thing which happened in my life!!!"

Haruna says her final words as she gives a forehead kiss to her son before dying and falling to the ground, writing the last letter of what she was writing on the ground.

"M...Mom????"

Her son looks towards her fallen mom as his eyes now shows emptiness, though still, filled with tears. The male elder puts his hand on the back of the kid's head.

"Erase"

The male elder uses an art as the kid falls unconscious. The male elder then looks towards the message written by Haruna on the ground, which is written with blood.

Hotel ------, room number 666
There are some documents with some information which might help you all.

In return for this information, I beg you to let my son live.

The male elder read the message with no facial expression whatsoever.

"I have erased the boy's memory of his mother, Fumino and Kakoroshi, so he will most probably won't remember anything which happened here.
Fumino, I want you to put this boy into an orphanage and put some representative to monitor his behavior"

Commands the elder

"Will do"

Replies Fumino. Fumino looks at Kakoroshi as he is rather quite now.

"Ishiro????"

Kakoroshi is blank as he realizes something.

'Now you know why your mother doesn't remember you'

'Rage'

'If only the male elder wouldn't have erased your mother's memory, you would had a home to go to'

'Rage'

'This could have been prevented if you wouldn't have ran away'

'Its your fault'

'Its your fault'
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The air around Kakoroshi starts vibrating as the expression on his face changes from blank to drowning in anger, his eyes rolling back with voices inside his head continuously provoking him.

'This, I have felt it somewhere, I can't remember but I definitely have felt this somewhere'

The thoughts inside the male elder's mind starts running as he takes a step back with fear in his eyes.

'BLOOD....RAGE'

Kakoroshi's suddenly emits something black which somehow emits light, crawling up his arms till it reaches his shoulder, his eyes now are bloodshot, looking at absolutely nothing. He swings his fist towards the male elder without any thoughts passing his head.

"Night stronghold ca....."

Male elder was about to form an art but is interrupted by fumino as she comes in between Kakoroshi and male elder to block the punch which sends her flying through the walls of the departmental store.

"Because of you my mom doesn't remember me. Are you the reason why she didn't come to find me?"

Kakoroshi's eyes have tears as now he matches eye to eye with the male elder.

"Boy, you will slowly understand why this was necessary"

Says the elder in a calm voice as now he is composed.

"Nothing was necessary. Why did I have to go through this? Leave it, answers won't help now"

Says Kakoroshi as he starts walking towards the male elder with the black thing on his hand emitting light brighter than before.

"In that case, I have to go full out. A blood representative is really hard to deal with but thankfully, you are the weakest among them"

Says the elder as he stands there, calm and composed. Ready to forge an art.

"PIERCING SPEAR!!!"

A spear comes out of nowhere, piercing Kakoroshi through the stomach from the back and then sticking in the ground, making Kakoroshi unable to move.

"I will not do this again at all. Please make sure that the female elder who practices the powers of Fukurokuju heals him"

Ishigami appears in the scene as he makes a face which shows that he regrets the thing he did now.

"Will do. Now, get your representative to repair the damage in the city before it merges with the normal humans reality"

Says the elder as he walks towards Kakoroshi who isn't able to cope up with the situation he is in, still trying to move his feet without realizing that a spear has pierced through him.

"Erase"

The male elder puts his hand on Kakoroshi's head, using an art. He falls unconscious shortly after.

Inside Kakoroshi's dream

"what is this place?"

Kakoroshi now stands in space where everything is pitch black except the white board in the front where 7 people are standing in a red suit, reading something which is written in the white board though Kakoroshi isn't able to make out what is written.

"You will get to know soon"

Says the tall and buffed man in the middle.

"Time is not right now, but it will be, soon, and when it arrives, you need to be ready"

Continues the man in the middle as he turns his head sideways to look at Kakoroshi.

"When will the time be right....Ack!!"

Somebody stabs him in the back.

"You will get to know yourself"

The voice comes from behind him, as the man is also in a red suit, uses blood katana to pierce Kakoroshi in the back.

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Kakoroshi wakes up

"Good morning"

Says Fumino as she is sitting right beside him in the bed. Kakoroshi's face is blank as he sits upright, not knowing what to do in his room, which gets a pleasant sunlight to make everything look calm as it is accompanied by soft wind blows coming from the open windows.

"Good .... morning"

Kakoroshi greets back with an expressionless face

"We will be returning back to Tokyo tomorrow"

Fumino now gets closer to him.

"Okay"

Replies Kakoroshi, maintaining the expressionless face which clearly shows that he is not able to process any thoughts but is only able to reply.

"Ishiro...."

Fumino eyes gets moist.

"Do you.....do you have any relatives?"

Tears now starts flowing out of Fumino's eyes.

"No"

Replies Kakoroshi with a low tone.