Chapter 176:

Gaito VS. Death, The 2nd & Final Battle! / Senvoinian Justice (Part 2)

Project: INFERNO


-Eons Ago, During Gaito's Tatsuhiro Lifespan-

(As the wars were silent for now across the realms, Dynnael and Death were battling head to head with Tatsuhiro supporting Dynnael as the two battles aggressively with Dynnael remaining in his physical human form but suffering scratches and minor wounds by the Death whom was in a physical body but has all shadowy limbs.)

"Death: You clearly believe you can defeat the embodiment of all things that eventually dies? You're quite the bigger fool than I took you for Dynnael, clearly you're in over your head."
"Dynnael: The lives of my children and brethren in the Dragon Realm is of most importance, your acts of destruction towards my kind will never be forgiven!"
"Death: The Dragon Realm alike the Beast Realm is nothing but an abandoned post by their own king. Don't you spend more time with Tatsuhiro over there than your own son, Choryrth? He's worried about his old man."
"Dynnael: Your attempts to make me fear you is impossible! I will never give a single stare of anxiety or fear towards death! I will never kneel at your feet!"
"Death: Then the Dragon Realm will fall down, along with their king!"

(As Death then disperses his second scythe and returned to one, he'd shift his one scythe into countless homing swords and targets Dynnael, he'd glare menacingly once as a powerful bolt of lightning destroys and shatters every last sword into ashes and particles.)

"Dynnael: Quit. Playing. With your power. AND USE IT LIKE A TRUE WARRIOR!"

(As Dynnael was now irritated, he'd return into his true form and charges a powerful bolt of Divine Lightning out of his mouth and fires it towards Death who dissolves the blast without lifting a shadowy limb.)

"Death: If you intend for me to go all out, very well."

(As Death then takes one step, Dynnael's heart began to pulse loudly and poison itself, forcing him to collapse to the floor as Gaito immediately rushed over to his side to protect him.)

"Teen Tatsuhiro: THAT'S AN UNFAIR ATTACK AND YOU KNOW IT!"
"Death: Aw... And what's the little pup going to do about it? Clearly you know you'll die fighting me at the current level of power you are now."
"Teen Tatsuhiro: I don't care! I'M YOUR TARGET NOW, BASTARD!"

(As Tatsuhiro then vanishes at lightning speed, Death immediately blocks and parries an incoming slash from Venomshank before he could even turn his head around. Tatsuhiro then repeats the same tactic in an omnidirectional state until Death blinds Tatsuhiro in darkness, grips the back of his shirt and overhead plants Tatsuhiro into the ground, forcing him to bounce off the hard, cold ground then was kicked in the torso, bowling towards Dynnael whom is still hurt by the poisoning step as Tatsuhiro then skits back to his feet after catching himself and begins to fight in a feral state as if he was a panther in the wild.)

"Death: Desperate for an attack you resort to a pathetic catlike technique?"

(Tatsuhiro begins picking up speed faster than sight as Death could still see him despite his speed and swings his shadowy fist towards Tatsuhiro's direction as Death then notices his arm was snatched right off its socket and dissolved in Tatsuhiro's mouth.)

"Death: ...Impressive. It seems you can bite through shadows? Then you're a lot stronger than-"

(Before Death could finish his sentence, his head was chopped off with a clean cut of Tatsuhiro's hand. Tatsuhiro then roars and begins lopping off pieces of Death's body, one by one while in a feral state of his panther-like instincts.)

"Death: Are you done? You can't kill the embodiment of eternal rest. Now be a good little kitty and SIT!"

(As Death then delivers a powerful kick from above, Tatsuhiro crashes deep into the depths of the Dragon Realm as Dynnael was immediately worried for Tatsuhiro. After moments of silence, Tatsuhiro bursts out of the ground and continues to fight Death regardless of the massive gap in strength between the two.)

"Dynnael: Tatsuhiro...! You must stop, lad...! Tatsuhiro!!!"

(As Tatsuhiro continuously taking countless attacks and punishing blows from Death, he was beginning to adapt to the kind of damage he was taking as Death began to take the fight seriously and slash Gaito with his scythe across his entire body, forming an X from his shoulders to his hands as well. As Death then swings the scythe and licks the blood of Tatsuhiro off the blade, Tatsuhiro stood where he stands as blood oozes and rains off of his bruised body as Dynnael was in shock.)

"Death: For a kitty, you pack some mean scratches. But... Even for a cat with nine lives, Death still inches closer for the living creature. Your existence intrigues me young one, Tatsuhiro was the name?"
"Dynnael: ...!"
"Death: I'll be sure to remember you for good, when your head is forever mounted on my-"
"Tatsuhiro: Hey."
"Dynnael & Death: ...!"
"Tatsuhiro: I'm getting a migraine from you monologuing so much."
"Death: Impossible... You defy eternal rest?!"

(As Tatsuhiro then turns around, he'd shake his arms as they were still able to move as he stares down Death right in his shadowy eyes.)

"Tatsuhiro: There's a lot of things I defy. Life. Death. I even defy my limits and myself. Why should I show any mercy to anything that challenges me? Understand this Death, you may be stronger than I am now... But I'm a living example of the living bastard who'll defy Death until I DECIDE WHEN I'M READY TO DIE!"
"Death: ..."

(Death begins to smirk then laugh out of joy for he has a new soul to target permanently.)

"Death: IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE MET A FOOL EAGER ENOUGH TO DEFY ME...! Tatsuhiro, I'll hold you to your word... But the day we meet again, I'll kill you myself and have you kneel at the presence of Death! Consider yourself lucky Dynnael, this boy saved you from me. I will return..."

(As Death then vanishes into a small mist of darkness, the darkness the realm has suffered under then vanishes as Tatsuhiro then collapsed to his knees as Choryrth immediately flew over to his father and the injured Tatsuhiro.)

"Choryrth: Father, Tatsuhiro!!"
"Dynnael: I am fine... We must tend to Tatsuhiro's wounds.."
"Tatsuhiro: I will kill him... I will kill him... I will kill him...

(As Tatsuhiro repeats the words over and over again, he vowed day after day, second after second to train and devote himself into killing Death.)

-Now-

(Gaito parries a low attack by Death's scythe with a ronin sword while continuing to focus on the opportunity in front of him.)

"Death: Time flies by when you're locked away for eons and eons, aren't I right. Gaito Magachi?"
"Gaito: I have nothing more to say to you, prick!"
"Death: Oh come now, who knows? This could be the final time either of us could chat, I want to hear more of your voice after all. Because it won't be long before I actually kill you for good."
"Gaito: You said you'll kill me but you haven't done a damn thing to back up your statement."

(As Death then snaps his fingers, Gaito's heartbeat was then synced to Death as Gaito immediately remembers the same technique used against Dynnael. Before Death could take one step, Gaito stomps directly on Death's foot after flash stepping to his spot and begins to slash Death's body into the smallest bits of pieces possible before ending the ongoing assault with a powerful kick, generating enough strength to create a tornado of fire, roasting Death's remains within the raging flames.)

"Death: No matter how many times you've slashed me down, beaten me into a bloody mess and even tried to thrust through my heart or head, you cannot kill me!"
"Gaito: I promise you, without my damn abilities, I'll make you die!"
"Death: How can you without your powers?"
"Gaito: I've already been at the pinnacle of strength, even without these two swords."

(Gaito then disarms himself of the swords and performs the Kabatashi stance of Senvoinian Martial Arts.)

"Gaito: Do you understand how long it took me to perfect every martial arts style in existence? Less than a year. With the speed I have, my brains and my brawn allowed me to surpass what no human could do within that time limit."
"Death: And what does this have anything to do with right now...?"
"Gaito: Simple. I'm going to beat the fuck out of you with only martial arts."
"Death: Quite a cute plan, but it'll fail!"

(As Death rushes towards him with its scythe spinning on its own towards Gaito, Gaito begins to start off with Kabatashi's defensive strikes while dodging the movement of his scythe as Death summoned three more separate scythes to slash him apart which continued to fail for Gaito continued to fight with instinct and mind. As Death leaves one spot on its right thigh open, Gaito then axe kicks the side of Death's right kneecap, delivers a crushing knee to the face while propelling himself into the air then double stomps Death's head into the ground, creating a crater of the ground they are standing in surrounded by fire.)

"Gaito: Kabatashi Art, Ambient Flight!"

(As Death's scythes were active again, Gaito's mental state shatters the blades as Death's shadowy body began to regenerate as his scythe was now two sickles. Gaito then shifts his martial arts style to Kung-Fu as he performed the Lotus stance. As Death then summons several enemies of the past as revenants to fight the defensive Gaito, he'd hold his breath as he begins defending himself with Kung-Fu art while instinctively dodging every single attack thrown at him while defending and attacking back with his hands and feet. As Death was becoming more irate, he'd rush in with a retractable sword made of dark shadows as Gaito continued dodging and defending while defeating each revenant sent after him. Immediately, Death's sword was shattered by a powerful elbow strike which he took the initiative and charges a vast amount of Nether energy into his fists as he punches the ground to encase Gaito in a life-erasing sphere as Gaito takes a massive step back, backflips once, sticks the landing then exhales his breath which blew away every last revenant into Death's everlasting flames.)

"Death: ...You... continue to defy me... after years... and years... Your rejection towards Death... ENDS NOW!"

(As Death was now pissed off completely, Kotalnious was smirking as Gaito knew what he was doing while Knitemare was lasting against Kotalnious while the two were bruised and cut by both their attacks but were not injured either way. As Gaito looked at Death manipulating his endless Nether energy to blow Gaito away, Gaito then skids his foot across the ground and shifts his style to Gojai as he closes his eyes and silences the world around him, hearing only the beating of his heart and the call of a raven in his head as he was now glowing white aura under the darkness Death has wrapped Gaito around. After a bright flash of light, Death's large sphere of everlasting darkness was shattered as Gaito then absorbs and dissolves the darkness then begins to combo Death's physical body as Death forcefully ends the ongoing combination and uses Nether surrounding his body and hands while fight on par with Gaito as the two exchanged ongoing attacks as Gaito continued to be unaffected by any of Death's nullifying attacks for he could only move by instinct and mind, not by sight, sound or even smell. After Gaito then dodges one powerful punch which blows out a portion of the everlasting fire, Gaito fakes a roundhouse kick then positions his hands into a beak for one of the Gojai Dojo's greatest assassination attacks yet:)

"Gaito: Fists of The Vengeful Raven, Bursting Beak!"

(As the attack connected, Death's entire physical body then imploded into a shadowy cloud which dissolved as Death's fire immediately was put out as Knitemare was then in surprise as Gaito then opens his eyes to the dark clouds that remain but the fire that has dissolved.)

"Knitemare: ...How..?! How is this possible...?!"
"Kotalnious: You were up against a son and father. The one bond that makes family stronger is a father being there, when their son is in need."

(As Knitemare now understood he was outclassed, he then remembered he has other things to do for he remembered.)

"Knitemare: Hm... As much as I'd like to fight you two again, this isn't over..."

(Knitemare immediately vanishes off as Kotalnious and Gaito still had their guard up for Death could not have been defeated so easily. As a garden of shadows surrounds the two, Death then surprisingly punches through Gaito's chest as if he did not notice and began absorbing Gaito's soul as Kotalnious was ambushed by a large count of Death clones.)

"Death: Goodbye forever, GAITO MAGACHI!"

(As Gaito then grips Death's arm and began pulling it out of his chest, he looked at Death with sheer disgust on his face as Death was now in definite shock.)

"Death: ...That attack was guaranteed to erase your soul... YOU SHOULDN'T BE ALIVE!"
"Gaito: Oh right, you never know.. My first persona was part of the Phantom race, you can't kill something that didn't have a soul to begin with."

(After the haunting words came out of Gaito's mouth, Death immediately understood the two were impossible to kill but also began stepping back out of fear for Gaito now instead of Gaito fearing Death.)

"Gaito: What's the matter? Afraid of the soulless Magachi?"

(Gaito then kicked Death's scythe at his feet.)

"Gaito: Pick it up. Pick. It. Up."
"Death: ..."

(As Death then picked up his scythe, he'd then pull Gaito into an abyssal dimension with infinite of clones surrounding Gaito as Death has finally lost it and has began to rely on numbers.)

"Death: Immortal ones are to be tested... I will kill you here and now, one way or another...!"
"Gaito: You plan to kill me here? Death, you've failed. And honestly, I'm bored of you now... But. I always carry a backup plan for things like so.."

(Gaito then shoves his hand into his mouth again and pulls out a mysterious cube.)

"Gaito: Do you know what this cube is Death? This cube holds every single Gaito, Tatsuhiro and Xisorr in all of the entire multiverse, theirs universes too."

(As Death immediately sweated in fear at that cube, Gaito then smashes the cube on the pitch black ground purposely.)

"Gaito: And every single Gaito will be fighting YOU instead!"

(As Gaito then vanished at the speed of warping time, over quadrillions of Gaitos, billions of Tatsuhiros and trillions of Xisorrs began appearing as Death was immediately overwhelmed by the massive presence of power.)

"All: HEY DEATH! TRY NOT TO SCREAM TOO MUCH!"

(Meanwhile in the other realms, many warriors were assisting others in various realms as many as won their battles but the costs of deaths and injuries were high.)

-Hell-

(Inside a ball of chains, Sawano sliced and diced through his remaining Death clones, Kenta finishes off his final as Custodiara finished her fight and Reinhard was severely injured by his overuse in his armor power but was high with adrenaline.)

"Sawano: Is that all of them...?"
"Custodiara: ...That's all of them."

(The four then collapses as they were exhausted while Sawano began healing them all with his Unholy Inferno cooled down enough.)

"Sawano: I haven't had... that much fun in a long time..."
"Kenta: I don't get how you did it... But hey, whoever you are... We appreciate your help."
"Reinhard: I'm Reinhard Leonhart.. I'm from another timeline."
"Custodiara: Your achievements today will not go unremembered."

(As Reinhard was beginning to glow a yellow light, he was slowly vanishing as the other noticed.)

"Reinhard: Whoa..!"
"Sawano: They.. They might've fixed the timeline...!"
"Kenta: So.. this might be goodbye already."
"Reinhard: Aw man... Well, it was great, I'll never forget you three."
"Sawano: Sawano."
"Kenta: Kenta."
"Custodiara: Custodiara."
"Reinhard: You three are awesome in my book..!-"

(As Reinhard then returned to his timeline, the others were beginning to as well.)

-The Void Realm-

"Reika: It seems I'm returning home."
"Onara: Such a shame.. I look forward to our next chat."
"Reika: My home is always open to you, Lady Onara."
"Onara: The same is to you, Lady Reika."

(As Reika then returned to her timeline, Onara sighed for she missed her already but then began to rush to another realm to assist others.)

-Titan Realm-

(Ghotia and Negan then finished off the remaining titans as the two were finally finished. Negan then began glowing yellow as he was beginning to be returned too.)

"Negan: Huh? The hell's going on?"
"Ghotia: It seems like time here has been restored, you're returning back to your original timeline now that it's fixed."
"Negan: Hm.. Well, I didn't get to talk to you much. But you're a strong woman, pretty cool in my case, Ghotia."
"Ghotia: I'm grateful for your words for they are the same to you, Negan."

(As Negan then vanished and returned to his timeline, Ghotia then flies off to meet with the rest of the Senvoinian Gods.)

-Beast Realm-

(Khomat, Drasoi and Bai together finished off the last of the incoming Ghouls as Bai then relaxes on his greatsword but began glowing yellow along with his weapon.)

"Bai: Huh?! What's going on?!"
"Drasoi: It seems time is beginning to be repaired, so time might be sending you back home."
"Bai: Well, if there's no more Ghouls here, that's good. I'm sorry to dump all of this on you, Mr. Khomat and Ms. Drasoi. Good luck!"

(As all Ghouls and Bai returned to their timeline, the timeline was for now balanced and the time rifts were closed along with all who have entered this timeline was sent back to their original realms and lines. Meanwhile in the Time Realm, everyone whom was watching the battles were celebrating knowing it was over.)

"Dynnael: They've done it..!"
"Shibuto: Thank goodness too.."
"Hinami: Yeah! Now all that's left is to fix the timeline for good!"
"Amisate: Kazuya, did you see! We're gonna be okay..! Kazuya...?"

(As Amisate looked around for Kazuya, she accidently trips collides against an edge of a cloaked wall as she examined it and got everyone's attention as she then slashed the wall, splitting open an illusion bubble as it was revealed in front of everyone's face, the Time Realm was decimated with no one left alive.)

"Amisate: ..."
"Shibuto: ...T-That... The Time.. R-Realm wasn't like this before, was it...?"
"Chimon: ...No. No it was not..."
"Amisate: ...! Where's KAZUYA..?!"
"Choryrth: Who could've done this...?! WHO DID THIS...?!!!"

(As everyone was in shock on what happened to the Time Realm, Ankoku and the rest of the Magachi elders understood immediately that Gaito was in grave danger and rushed out of the Time Realm immediately. Ankoku begins trying to reach Gaito.)

"Ankoku: DAMN IT! I CAN'T REACH GAITO..!"
"Okisaki: We have to split up, find the other Magachi's and bring them with us immediately!"
"Johide: But we must prioritize the location of Kazuya and Gaito, we split up and teleport to one another's location after finding a Magachi or Gaito."
"All: RIGHT!"
"Shibuto: I can get us all back to Earth quickly!"

(As Shibuto then began charging enough cosmic energy for a Dimensional Warp, Gaito was appearing to be bruised, injured and hurt from the excessive fighting his other selves are against Death but was unaffected.)

"Kotalnious: Are you alright my son?"
"Gaito: I am great, my other me's are fighting Death and I get to relax at last.."

(As the portal immediately opens, Gaito immediately notices everyone returning from the Time Realm and the other realms as Gaito was then told everything out the gate that the Time Realm was decimated and destroyed, leaving no trace of Goxius or his disciples and assistants.)

"Gaito: Who the fuck could've done this...?!"
"Shibuto: We're not sure. We also can't find Kazuya.."
"Gaito: Kazuya?!"
"Amisate: Maybe Knitemare has him again.."
"Lotus: Its possible but we can't be sure."
"Sawano: Even if Knitemare had him again, what could possible be the reason? The Death war is over now."
"Okisaki: For now, brother."
"Onara: I'm sensing something... Its incredibly fast!"

(As Onara's warning became true, Gaito's heart began to pulse loudly for a moment as a fast streak of lightning bolts towards Gaito and blinds everyone in sight along with the loud sound of an unsheathed sword as Sawano was the first to open his eyes to a streak of blood across a lightning infused sword as Gaito's head was decapitated off of his body. As the light ended, everyone then notices a trail of blood following Gaito's headless body as it was revealed Kazuya was the one who decapitated his own father and is holding his head in front of everyone without a single care in the world as emotions were now high.)

"Kazuya: I've waited so fucking long for this exact... moment... At this very moment, Gaito Magachi... is DEAD."
"Sawano: FATHERRRRRRR!!!!!"