Chapter 5:

resolution

the hero's Journey { short story}


Ayuuda looked startled “ what!? Forget that I’m Flying, see you In a week!” and with that Ayuuda was off.

Meanwhile at the demon king’s tower…


“ Mei was killed! N-no who could’ve done this the hero was nowhere near!”

“ It was a man named Yuuta Okina.” I grin Yuuta Okina. Where do I know that I think…Oh! That little brat! Well well “ let him come to me I’ll be waiting at the top of the tower for him, tell everyone to not disturb me or Yuuta.”

Back on the boat…

“ Is that the clock sea? It's so cool!” The guide gave me a nod and took the boat on a hard left turn. Ayuuda was flying above us so I beckoned her down “ what is it I hate boats!” I pat her on the head, “ look It’s the clock sea. We don't know if it’ll be dangerous for you to fly over it so just stick with us for this part.” she sighs then falls back into a seat already getting dizzy she slumps until only her head is on the seat instead of fixing it she sighs. We cross Into the clock sea. Immediately a soldier shrivels up leaving his armor behind, everyone else seems to see this place for its beauty even Ayuuda who hops to her feet as soon as we enter. Everyone on the boat all at the same time said wow. We were all mesmerized by these sights. The clocks looked so alluring floating through the water it was almost like we were going through a painting. Maybe that’s the draw of this place, the mystical feel it has but as soon as it began it was over. Maybe it felt so fast because we were all astonished to such a degree the clock sea spreads for miles and miles.” well folks that's just a small part of the clock sea it spreads left and right so we cut through a very small part of it.” Ayuuda quickly starts flying again, she speeds ahead of us but now the demon king’s tower is in sight “ there is Sir Yuuta’s destination over there the demon king's tower!” I look over and see a tall black and red tower piercing the sky. It's so high, from here I can’t see the top of it.

A few minutes later we arrived at the shore of the demon continent. “ Here we are, the king has already paid your fare. I'll come back In 6 days.” Then our guide paddled off, we walked along the fog-covered shore until we found a path into the territory. When we made it to the top of the hill we were greeted by Ayuuda. “ Well, it only took you an hour longer. Impressive.” I scowled at her for going so far ahead, I wanted to protect her while we were here, I didn’t want her getting hurt again. “ next time don’t go so far ahead you don’t know what could’ve been here.” she laughs a bit before saying.

“ Yuuta I lived here for 14 years, I know what’s around here.” I looked around and surely enough she was In the safest spot possible. There was nothing here but dead trees, grass. “ Still I can’t keep you safe from stronger demons If your an hour away from me.” she scoffs at me like I just said the worst possible thing . “ I don’t need you to protect me Yuuta besides no strong demons would be out here.” I look around but it’s the same thing for miles and miles, nothing but death.” I-i’m sorry I shouldn’t have said that obviously you know how to keep yourself safe here.” she laughs a bit before smiling almost like she was going through a battle in her head about forgiving me or not until finally. “ Fine I forgive you now let’s go kick demon butt! He lives In that tower.” she pointed to the big red and black tower I saw earlier from the boat. My eyes flared in shock because I can now see the tower goes even higher it goes all the way into space! We start walking towards the tower, I make sure to survey my surroundings for any demons but all I see are old dirty and abandoned homes. “ Welcome to my home… the demon territory.” Ayuuda says with a slight frown before speeding up it’s clear she doesn't really want to be here.

A few hours later when we reach the tower there’s a guard who delivers a message “ For Yuuta Okina I demon lord Igor meet me alone at the very top floor of the tower I cleared out the demons who were In here all you have to do is reach me.” I open the door and I see a Sign Yuuta you have a week to reach me!-demon lord Igor. I proceed up the stairs until I run into something hard and sharp. I see It’s a spike I can only tell because of the red tip I continue up the stairs carefully until I reach a lock room. I'm trapped for 3 hours. I lay down and nap for a little bit then as soon as the time is up I keep going, this cycle continues about 4 days I barely made It luckily the 5,879th floor was a dining room when I finally reached the 500,000th floor I open the door to see stars and a sleeping demon lord I shut the door so I can get some rest before the fight.

A day later I wake up and open the door. The demon lord seems to spring awake as I climb through the door “ YUUTA I’VE BEEN WAITING ON YOU FOR SO LONG HAHAHAHAHA!!!” For me this is overall disturbing how loud he is and his bloodshot eyes together horrify me but I push through this “ KAISER!” I attempt to draw out my power but I can’t sync. For some reason the demon lord takes full advantage of this and locks me into a sword clash.” I thought demons used magic. What are you too good for that king!” He laughs and presses his sword harder “ every great demon leader Is plagued by a magic virus oh and look at that your sword seems to be the cause of mine.” he pushes super hard sending me flying into a wall. “ That’s not all you’ve got. Is it Yuuta right now your discrasing my Wife Mei!” He grabs me by the neck “ you were much stronger In the other world!” o-other world He must be from Nihan.

My memories all rush through my head thinking of an Igor h-him! A while back around my eighth birthday we were getting invaded by the Rusians I ended up in the middle of the plot while I was fishing. “ you guys go left, don't act until you hear me scream.” I heard a man say I ran and grabbed my Yari. The figure then ran Into me making me drop my weapon “ Move kid I don’t have time for you.” I then picked up my Yari and prepared for a fight since I was eight I’d already had four years of training, I stabbed him before he had the chance to draw his weapon It was straight through the chest at first I felt happy I took down a threat before It happened but since there wasn’t official evidence of the plot… It meant war we had a long war with Rusia that’s where my nickname came from the White blaze.” your the soldier I killed the one that dragged us into a civil war! Sure part of it may have been my fault but all I did was stop your plans before they killed the village.” he just laughs before admitting the entire plot and how It was foolproof even If it failed there was no evidence of it.I laugh realizing that was his plan all along get killed so there’d be no evidence.

The voice of Osami spoke to me much like Kaiser did. “ The true nature of oneself has been realized and brought into new light with this new power your light Shines bright!” I grin wildly then blitz the demon lord slicing him clean in half or so. I thought he regenerated back together before sucking in every demon in the land he absorbed their magic. He shot a huge Laser beam that split the clouds. In half I blocked as much as I could with my new power but I got knocked off the building In my time of need my power couldn’t do anything…. I noticed the building was falling along with me. His blast seems to have orbited the earth. I noticed everyone I traveled with was about to get crushed by the falling building. “you guys!” I screamed but none of them could hear me. I-I failed. I thought before Osami spoke to me again “ I gave my power to you because you can do something you have every power I do now construct a barrier to save them!” I thought about a barrier to save them and It just appeared the building parts bounced off the gold barrier. When the parts stopped falling I started wondering how I was going to live But then Ayuuda swooped up and Caught me “ Yuuta thank you so much That barrier saved all of us!” we land on the ground laughing and hugging each other

“ Yuuta don’t die, okay when you win, let's go out.” I smile at her then nod I walk off to finish off the demon king but I only find him gaining power he appears to be linking with whatever devil he’s contracted with. I take the time he’s powering up to fuse my power of Kaiser and Osami making the ultimate sword Heaven's blade. “Hope you're ready Igor!” the demon lord laughs manically “ you sure you are hahahahahaha earlier you couldn’t even use 100% of your power.” I slash at him , he tries to block It with his demon magic sword but it’s in vain as his sword gets purified back into magic we both look surprised at what has happened but then he starts laughing. “ hahahaha If I dodge your sword you have absolutely nothing!” He says pretty confidently “ I’m not so sure I trained with the former hero. I'm assuming he gave you the gash across your back.” Igor’s face twists up in fury because he knows his chances of winning are now zero. I slash at him multiple times before one hits his left foot. “ don’t worry, I'll show you mercy!” I slash His neck killing him instantly. Millions of demons appear all over the territory, the trees and grass all spring back to life Ayuuda runs over and hugs me tightly “ Ayuda you're so grown up now!” says a voice Ayuuda looks surprised.

“M-mom!” Ayuuda ran over to hug the lady jubilantly. The woman did look like Ayuuda. She had long white hair and red eyes. I watched all the demons reunite and it makes me feel like I did something really important. After an hour Ayuuda decided to go back to the Human territory and ask her mom to go with her but she refuses. “ Ayuuda I belong here In the given my position in the past I’ve got to restore the order here.” Ayuuda starts crying but quickly wipes her tears, grabs Ayuuda then grabs me by my collar as we fly back to the royal palace. “ Ah Yuuta I wasn’t expecting you this soon!”

“ sorry I killed the demon lord hey for a reward can we get a house?”

17 years later…

“ Goodbye mom,dad!!” Me and Ayuuda wave to our son. He's finally starting soldier training. He's going to serve the queen, she took over about a year after I beat the demon king since the old ruler was battle focused. “ Look at him go… I can’t believe he’s 15 already.” She sheds a tear “ hey I’m hungry!” Ayuuda then drinks some of my blood as our son fades Into the distance “ mama,papa where Is brother going?” My other kid Mizawa clings to my leg.

“ Hayobi Is starting his soldier training today. He should be back In about a year." She starts crying and takes a bite In my leg to drink some of my blood.