Chapter 007

  Overcoming Dangerous Challenges

  At the same time The Phoenix comes down racing towards Dai as it tries to use it's talons to push Dai into the lava but Dai punches clashing with it's talons as he says

  "I'm not done yet!" Dai clashes with The Phoenix's talons as he's slowly being pushed back into the lava and he's *nervous* as he slowly being pushed into the lava and Dai thinks

  "Damn, I have to push this thing back before I burn to death!" Dai catches both of The Phoenix's talons as its fire burns his hands and Dai leans up as he tries to punch The Phoenix but The Phoenix opens it's mouth and Dai is *shocked* as The Phoenix blast Dai in the chest with a wave of fire pressing his back against the lava and Dai *screams in pain* as he reaches up with one hand and slowly closes The Phoenix's mouth as he *screams in anger* and leans up as he punches The Phoenix in the side of it's body sending it crashing into the wall creating a small opening and Dai looks at his as it's burn but he *clenches his fist in anger* as he jumps over to the wall and walks into the small opening as he stands over The Phoenix and he says

  "Is this truly all a god has to offer!? After years of looking down on everyone else, it truly must hurt for you to be looked down on by a child!" Dai starts quickly punching The Phoenix as he *screams in anger* as the fire continually burns his hands until Dai clasps his hands together and slams them down on The Phoenix’s chest and The Phoenix's wings fall to the ground as it slowly fades into ash and Dai tries to turn away but he notices The Phoenix's fire starts spinning in a circle as it flows towards him and Dai is *shocked* as the fire quickly starts circling around him and Dai slowly puts his hand up as the fire slowly flows into his hand and Dai notices The Phoenix turning to ash as Dai absorbs more of its fire until The Phoenix is a pile of ash and Dai feels the fire flowing through his body and Dai slowly raises his hand as he notices all of his burns are healed and Dai clenches his fist as fire wraps around it and he says

  “This feels…Amazing, now time to kick Sensei’s ass!” Dai walks to the edge of the hole as he leans out and grabs onto the wall as he quickly starts climbing up and Dai looks up as he sees the top of the volcano and he thinks

  "I'm already about halfway up, it should take another two minutes!" Dai continues climbing until suddenly a powerful and louder screech shakes the entire volcano and Dai looks down and sees The Phoenix destroys the wall as it flies out and looks up towards him and Dai is *shocked* as he thinks

  "Didn't I just kill you!? Did you get bigger!?" The Phoenix flies into the air towards Dai and Dai punches his fist into the wall as The Phoenix flies past him with such force Dai is dragged downward as he kicks both of his feet into the wall as The Phoenix turns around and fires a wave of fire towards Dai and Dai points his hand up towards it as he fires a wave of fire and there fire clashes as Dai's slowly being overpowered and Dai thinks

  "Damn, I can't win in this position!" Dai jumps off of the wall as he falls backwards through the air and he screams

  "TAKE THIS!" Dai puts both of his hands together as he fires a giant wave of fire towards The Phoenix and The Phoenix opens its mouth wide as it fires a giant wave of fire towards Dai with such force he's instantly overwhelmed as Dai's sent slamming into the lava and Dai *screams in pain* as he tries to move but he can't as he slowly sinks into the lava

  At the same time Riku is looking up at Fujin as he's still floating above him and Riku's still holding his bloody wounds as he slowly pushes himself to his feet but Riku doesn't break eye contact with Fujin and Fujin slowly steps off of the ball of air as he softly lands in front of Riku and Riku's still looking in Fujin's eyes as Fujin tries to punch Riku and Riku dodges it as he tries to punch him but a wind clone of Fujin forms behind him as it punches Riku sending him slamming against the tornado as Riku's back is severely cut up and Riku falls to the ground as he slowly looks up at Fujin and he thinks

  "I have to focus...I need to learn everything he can do and find a way around it! But beating him is impossible, I'll need to find a way to use his wind to send me to the top of the tornado!" Riku remembers Kingsman saying

  “All of you have to training these elements to absorb the elemental powers fusing part of your self with your power to make sure your not damaged by your own power too much” Riku stands up and *slows his breathing* as he quickly rushes all around and Fujin's easily able to keep up with Riku as Riku rushes up and tries to punch Fujin and Fujin leans out of the way as his wind clone forms behind him and tries to punch Riku but Riku's catches it's fist as he pushes it into his chest and the wind flows around Riku and Riku *screams in pain* as the wind starts violently spinning around his arms and Fujin turns around as he backhands Riku sending him flying into the air and Riku falls towards the ground but Riku's body stops before it hits the ground and Fujin is *shocked* as he notices Riku's floating above the ground and Riku slowly looks up as he notices he's floating and Riku *smiles* as he says

  "Thanks for the advice...Sensei!" Riku stands up as Fujin shoots compressed wind shots from his mouth and Riku steps to the side but his body moves quickly making him slam into the side of the tornado and Riku is *shocked* as he says

  "Wow, this feels incredible! I feel so much faster, it feels like I'm a part of the air itself!" Fujin rushes Riku and tries to punch him but Riku dashes past Fujin as Fujin quickly turns around and fires hundreds of compressed wind shoots towards Riku and Riku closes his eyes as he puts a hand up and says

  "Stop!" Riku slowly opens his eyes as he sees he's surrounded by hundreds of compressed wind shots motionless in the air and Fujin *screams in anger* as it sends out an extremely powerful shock wave launching his compressed wind shots forward and Riku is *shocked* as he dashes out of the way but three of the compressed wind shots pierce his leg as he falls to the ground and *screams in pain*

  At the same time Itsuki is on the ground as Raijin's standing over him and Itsuki slowly gets to his feet as he tries to punch Raijin but Raijin leans out of the way as Itsuki starts violently swinging towards him and Raijin is able to dodge all of his hits with ease until Raijin catches one of Itsuki's fist and Itsuki tries punching him with his other hand but his hands stops inches from Raijin's face as Raijin's lightning covers Itsuki entire body and Itsuki falls on the ground as he *screams in pain* and Raijin slowly walks around Itsuki as Itsuki slowly tries to stand up but he continues falling back to the ground until Raijin stops in front of him and Raijin puts his hand in the air as lightning surges across the sky above them and it quickly flies down towards them and Itsuki is *scared* as he thinks

  "I have to get up, that much lightning will kill me!" Itsuki tries standing up but he falls back to the ground and Itsuki screams

  "DAMN IT!" Itsuki tightly closes his eyes as he covers his chest with his arms but Itsuki feels the force of the lightning shaking everything around him and he slowly opens his eyes and he is *confused* until he sees Raijin holding a golden sword made out of lightning as Raijin's looking at the sword and Itsuki is *shocked* as he thinks

  "Did he just grab the lightning and turn it into a sword!?" Raijin slowly looks at Itsuki as he raises the sword and stabs down towards Itsuki but Itsuki's able to roll out of the way as he pushes himself to his feet and Raijin slashes towards Itsuki and Itsuki able to dodge it as he punches Raijin in his stomach twice and uppercuts him as Raijin holds his face and he tries to thrust the sword in Itsuki chest but Itsuki leans out of the way as he hits Raijin with a hook causing him to stumble forward and Itsuki rushes up behind him and punches Raijin in the side of his stomach making Raijin drop his sword as Itsuki kicks Raijin in the back of his knee making him drop to one knee and Itsuki slides in front of Raijin as he starts relentlessly punching Raijin until Raijin tries to punch Itsuki but Itsuki jumps in too the air dodging it as he lands on Raijin's arm and punches him in face and Raijin *screams in anger* as he surges with lightning knocking Itsuki back as he's wrapped with lightning but Itsuki *screams in anger* as he pushes himself back to his feet and rushes Raijin as he kicks Raijin in the face making him fall back onto the ground and Itsuki turns around and sees Raijin's sword sticking out of the ground and Itsuki walks over to Raijin's sword as he grabs the sword and his entire body surges with lightning as he *screams in pain* and drops to one knee but Itsuki tightens his grip around the sword as Raijin slowly stands up and he also grabs the sword and he tries to pull the sword away from Itsuki but Itsuki still firmly holding the sword as he stares into Raijin's eyes and Raijin is *shocked* as he notices his lightning in Itsuki eyes and he jumps back as Itsuki rushes Raijin and starts violently slashing towards him as the lightning is still violently surging across him and Raijin's able to dodge all of his slashes as he notices his lightning has caused Itsuki hands to bleed and Raijin jumps back into the air as his cloud flies underneath his feet and Itsuki drops to one knee as he's *breathing heavily* and Itsuki thinks

  "I need to focus...I need to control this!" Itsuki *slows his breathing* as the lightning slowly stops surging across Itsuki body and Itsuki slowly stands up as the sword changes from golden to light blue and Itsuki slowly looks up at Raijin as he points his sword at him

  At the same time Kenji is still sitting behind the ice pillar as Kuraokami's Icy breath is still melting it and Kenji punches the half melted pillar launching it towards Kuraokami and Kuraokami dodge it as Kenji rushes him and punches him twice in the body but it has no effect on him and Kuraokami tries to blast him again but Kenji dodges it as he grab a piece of the broken pillar and his hand instantly starts to freeze and Kenji *winches in pain* as he punches Kuraokami across the face making him glide back as Kenji runs to a wall and punches his hands into it and hold them for a few seconds as he *screams in pain* and he quickly pulls them out of as he rushes over to the small embers of Kuraokami's flames still on the ground and pushes his hands into it as he turns to Kuraokmai and rushes him as he starts punching Kuraokami all over his body pushing him back until Kuraokami falls to the ground and Kenji reaches for Kuraokami's face but the ice on his hands melt as the fire starts burning Kenji's hands and Kenji *screams in pain* as he jumps back and punches his hand into the ground putting out the flames but as he pulls his hand out there so cold he can't bend a finger as he sees Kuraokami slowly floating back into the air and Kenji rushes towards him but Kuraokami breathes out a gust of wind that encases half the cavern in thick ice and Kenji tries to move but the ice is too thick

  At the same time Dai slowly opens his eyes as he's slowly sinking into the lava and he thinks

  "Not like this...I refuse to lose like this!" Dai grabs the lava and slowly stands up as his body absorbs the heat from the lava and it hardens around him as his fire starts violently surging all around him and Dai looks into the air towards The Phoenix and he says

  "You believed that you were superior to me, and that will be your undoing!" The Phoenix screeches as it fires a giant wave of fire and Dai says

  "This cannot be your best display!" Dai points his hand in the air as he fires a wave of fire with such strength he overpowers The Phoenix as his blast destroys half of it's body and The Phoenix falls out of the air towards the lava but Dai appears in front of it as he punches it in the stomach launching it back as it slams into the wall and Dai quickly punches The Phoenix all over it's body but with every hit Dai absorbs more of The Phoenix's fire until Dai grabs The Phoenix by it's neck and says

  "You may have been weak, but you've strengthened me through your weakness! I appreciate your sacrifice!" Dai absorbs all of the heat from The Pheonix's body as it turns to ash and Dai watches the ashes fall into the lava as he says

  "Unfortunately for you, you won't be coming back again!" Dai falls backwards out of the air as he lands on the lava *exhausted* and he stares at the top of the volcano as he says

  "After all this work...Yet I still have so far to go!"

  At the same time Riku looks at his leg as he sees the wounds and thinks

  "Damn, I can't keep this up much longer! I need to end this or I'm not going to make it!" Riku looks at the tornado as he puts his hand out absorbing some of the wind from it and Riku slowly floats back to his feet as Fujin puts his hands out as tornado's form around them and he jumps down and tries to punch Riku and Riku flips back but the shock wave of the punches generate a tornado around Fujin and Fujin stands up as he rushes towards Riku and Riku puts his hands up but the tornado pushes all the debris towards Riku and all the debris forms into a wall as it rushes towards Riku and Riku punches the wall cracking it but suddenly Fujin punches through the wall hitting Riku in the stomach and he goes fly back as the wall of debris reforms and presses against Riku as it pushes him towards the tornado but Riku's able to stop himself before he's pressed against the tornado and Riku thinks

  "Damn it, I can't hold this thing!" Riku looks back at the tornado as he *smiles* and Riku allows himself to be pushed towards the tornado and Riku presses his feet against the tornado as his feet wraps in wind launching him forward as he slams the wall of debris into Fujin and Fujin's pushed back as Riku's arm burst through the middle of the wall of debris hitting Fujin in the stomach sliding him back and Fujin *screams in anger* as he rushes up and grabs the wall of debris and rips it in half and tries to punch Riku but Riku uses his wind to stop his punch and Riku kicks Fujin in the stomach making him slide back again as Riku *laughs* and says

  “Are you supposed to be a god? What a disappointment!” Fujin gets *angry* as he rushes Riku and tries to hit him with a barrage of punches but all of his punches are stopped by the wind and Fujin tries pushing through Riku's wind but he can't as suddenly Riku's wind stop holding his fist back and Riku ducks the punch causing Fujin to punch the tornado as Riku infuses his wind with the tornado as Fujin's arm is ripped of and Fujin *screams in pain* as he drops to one knee and Riku puts both of his hands out as he absorbs wind from the tornado slowing it so much it's barely moving and Riku puts his hands together as he launches Fujin into the air and Riku pushes out so much of his wind the tornado spins faster than ever before keeping Fujin stuck in the air as Fujin’s arm and legs start to pull apart but Riku absorbs the wind back stopping all the movement from the tornado and the winds starts surging all around Riku and his eyes turn white as Fujin starts falling down until Riku pushes so much wind out it destroys the ground underneath him sending Fujin out of the atmosphere and the wind around Riku calms as Riku’s eyes go back to there bright green color and Riku falls on his back as the tornado slowly starts spinning again and Riku *sheds a tear* as he starts *laughing*

  At the same time Itsuki jumps in the air and slashes towards Raijin as Raijin jumps down at him and throws a punch as they clash but Raijin overpowers Itsuki sending him crashing into the ground and Raijin continues flying down as he tries to punch Itsuki in the stomach but suddenly Raijin's hit in the back with lightning as Itsuki rolls out of the way and Itsuki stands up as he puts his hand into the air and lightning hits Raijin on the back but suddenly Itsuki appears in the lightning as he stabs Raijin through his back and Raijin *screams out in pain* as he starts violently spinning around attempting to throw Itsuki off his back but he can’t until Itsuki twist the blade and pulls it up through his shoulder and Raijin *screams even louder in pain* causing a giant shockwave of lightning throwing Itsuki into the dark clouds as Raijin falls to the ground unable to move his arm but Raijin looks towards the dark clouds as he notices dark gray eyes slowly circling him but Raijin is *shocked* as all the darkness drains from the clouds leaving them white and Itsuki's voice echos through the clouds as he says

  “What’s wrong?...Scarred!” Raijin crawls back in *shock* as he tries to get up but he falls back to the ground as he *winches in pain* and he points his hand in the air but nothing happens and Raijin is *shocked* and suddenly Itsuki's voice echoes around as he says

  “What!?...Can’t use your lightning, I think I know why!” Suddenly lightning hits Raijin in his back as he *screams in pain* and Itsuki says

  “Lets see how tough you really are!” Raijin slowly gets to his feet as he opens his mouth but suddenly a slash appears across Raijin's chest and it slowly opens up as Raijin is *stunned* but suddenly Raijin's being cut all over his body until Raijin falls on his back bloody and weak as he *spits up blood* and looks into the air as he sees Itsuki standing on Raijin's cloud and Itsuki says

  “I guess you weren't that tough after all!” Itsuki jumps down as he stabs him in the chest causing a massive explosion of lightning and Itsuki is thrown extremely high into the air as he slams into the ground hard and he slowly rolls on his back and he *smiles* even as he struggling to move

  At the same time Kenji still trying to move as he's staring at Kuraokami and Kuraokami flies close to the ice as he blows into the creating small ice crystal and they hit Kenji all over and Kenji tries to *scream in pain* but he can't move as Kuraokami charges a fireball and Kenji closes his eyes and thinks

  "I can't die, I need to do something!" Kenji *breathes slowly* as he starts absorbing the ice around him and Kuraokami fires the blast as it starts to melt the ice but as its inches from hitting Kenji and Kenji *screams in anger* and it sends ice shards shooting out in every direction but it doesn’t impale Kuraokami as the ice shards miss impaling him but they slash Kuraokami all over his body and Kenji starts slowly moving his body as he starts walking slowly towards Kuraokami through the ice and he stops in front of Kuraokami as Kuraokami tries to fire another blast but suddenly an ice wall shoots out of the ground as it blocks Kuraokami's blast and Kenji walks through the ice as he creates a sword made out of ice and he stabs Kuraokami with it pinning him to the wall as Kenji grabs Kuraokami's mouth freezing it and Kenji stares in Kuraokami's eyes as he creates a ice gauntlet and uppercuts him destroying the ice on Kuraokami’s mouth and sending the fire in his mouth upward toward the ceiling causing it to start melting and Kenji takes the sword out of Kuraokami as it turns into a gauntlet and he starts punching Kuraokami all over his body as Kuraokami's pushed deeper into the wall until Kenji stops punching Kuraokami as he stares at him and Kenji turns around as he walks away from him and Kuraokami slowly pulls his head off of the wall as he charges a giant wave of Ice but Kenji catches a drop of water from the ceiling as he turns around and throws a ice spear stabbing it into the wall next to his head as Kenji stares at him and says

  "Killing you is unnecessary, please do not force my hand!" Kuraokami is *shocked* and Kenji walks over to the bottom of the hole as he looks up at the opening but Kenji jumps into the air as a wave of fire flies underneath him and Kenji lands on the ground as he turns around and looks at Kuraokami as he says

  “You still don't learn, I want you to cherish the life you have! Why do you wish to throw it away in a battle with me!? i’m not trying to hurt you, but you won’t stop!” Kenji takes a step towards him but suddenly he's hit in the back with a giant wave of fire sending him slamming extremely hard into the wall and Kenji slowly stands up as he looks over and he's *shocked* as he sees a bigger Kuraokami and Kenji says

  “How did!?...You used your ice to deceive me, alright then! Let's do this" Kuraokami fires a giant wave of Ice as Kenji fires a giant wave of Ice and there blast clash as everything around them starts violently shaking but Kenji slowly starts getting pushed back as Kuraokami pushes more ice into his blast as Kenji is pushed against a wall and Kuraokami floats towards him as Kenji notices the water droplets on the ceiling and Kenji breathes out a gust of wind turning all of the dripping water into Ice shards stabbing Kuraokami all over his back and Kuraokami *screams in pain* as Kenji overpowers his Ice and freezes everything around Kuraokami and Kenji falls to his knees as he holds his chest and *struggles to breath* as ice starts covering his chest and Kenji punches him in the chest shattering it as he slowly stands up but he notices Kuraokami slowly using his fire to melt him out and Kenji puts his hands up as suddenly the ground around him turns into Ice shards and they shoot out of the ground and Kenji slowly closes his hands as all the Ice shards turn into Ice swords and Kenji point his finger towards Kuraokami

  Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

  At the same time Dai slowly drags himself over the top of the volcano and Dai slowly stands up as he turns around and sees a wasteland of absolute nothing but fire,smoke,and lava and Dai *chuckles* as he says

  "Not the worst place I've ever been!" Suddenly Dai feels a presence behind him and he turns around and is *shocked* as he sees The Phoenix the size of a titan and Dai starts *violently shaking* as he thinks

  “W-W-What are you!? I'm like an ant! No...I won't be scared,I can’t! Not again! I refuse to be afraid, not this time!” Dai *smiles* as he says

  “Lets go you big bastard, I already beat one of you!” Dai starts running towards The Phoenix as The Phoenix slowly looks down at him but it slowly lifts its wings into the air and flaps them down with such force Dai is knocked out as he's sent flying back

  At the same time Kingsman and Akita are standing in the backyard next to the cherry blossom forest as Akita is *nervous* and says

  “They have been gone for two weeks, Kingsman are you sure they're ok?” Kingsman looks towards the forest as he says

  “No, they knew the risk going in. There is a possibility that all of them are dead, and we won't know until I go check” Akita is *shocked* and Kingsman *smiles* as he says

  “But they are my students, I expect them to come back perfectly fine” Akita says

  “I just hope–” Kingsman says

  “Move!” Kingsman jumps in front of her as a portal opens and Dai comes flying backwards out of it as Kingsman catches him and turns around as he looks at Akita and says

  “See, Dai’s back!” Akita is *shocked* as she says

  “Oh my, is he ok!?” Kingsman touches Dai's stomach as Dai *groans in pain* and Kingsman says

  “He’s still breathing, he'll be fine” Kingsman walks over next to the house as he rips out a big chunk out of the ground and he throws it into the forest as he says

  "This will do!" Kingsman touches the bottom as he freezes it all over and he fills the hole with water as he sits Dai in the water and Kingsman grabs Dai by the top of his head as he says

  "I'm glad you've made it back, but now I need to use that power!" Kingsman reaches down as he grabs Dai's wrist and squeezes it as Dai's hand surges with fire heating up the water and Kingsman *smiles* as he says

  "Now rest, child!" Kingsman stands up as he turns around and looks at Akita and says

  “Now we have some place to put them when they all get back, so you don't need to worry” Akita says

  “Good, I'm sure they’ll be hungry and tired!” Kingsman *chuckles* as he says

  “Maybe, if they're even strong enough to move! Dai can't even open his eyes, I'd be shocked if he actually talked” Akita says

  “Please don't say that, they’ll be fine! I know they will!” Kingsman *smiles* as he says

  “I told you relax, their fine”

  At the same time Riku flies up as he lands at the top of his tornado and he looks around as he notices he's inside a bigger tornado and he can barely see the walls of the tornado because of how massive it is and Riku turns around but he's *shocked* as he sees a titan sized Fujin and Riku feels like nothing in comparison and Riku *weakly* says

  “When Sensei said he created the gods of our elements...He really meant it!” Fujin looks down at Riku and they lock eyes as Riku starts backing up and Fujin opens his mouth but suddenly a hand grabs Riku by the back of his neck and pulls him backwards as Riku is *scared* and covers his eyes but he hears *laughing* and he slowly opens his eyes and he sees Kingsman holding him by his collar as Kingsman's holding him in Akita's face and Kingsman says

  "Look at that, he's still awake! And it's your favorite, Riku!" Akita hugs Riku as she says

  "I'm so glad your safe!" Kingsman turns around as he walks over to the pool and sits Riku in the water as Kingsman tries to stand up but Riku *weakly* says

  "Sensei!" Kingsman looks at Riku as he says

  "Yes?" Riku *weakly* says

  But as Fujin looks down at Riku and they lock eyes as Riku start to back up and Fujin opens his mouth but a hand grabs Riku by the back of his neck and pulls him backwards and Riku’s *scared* by it as he looks around but he notices Kingsman holding him by his collar as Akita says

  “Look another one made it...And Its your favorite, Riku” Kingsman walks over to the pool and puts Riku in it and Riku *weakly* says

  “I know you wanted us to beat the gods you've created, but was I supposed to fight the giant one as well?" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says

  “No, your only task was defeating and absorbing the smaller one! You couldn't beat the big one even if you gave it everything you had, but eventually you’ll have to go back and you can ask them to grant you strength. If they see enough courage and power in your heart you just might be granted that strength, but if they don't or they feel as if you have failed them and you already posses there power they will curse the power you hold from them. It will kill your body, but it will make you extremely physically strong and fast but even the smallest hit can kill you. But I gave you a direct line to them, usually you would have to be in the element for years to show your dedication and loyalty to them to truly obtain their elemental powers. But I put you all in the domain of the gods to make it an easier process, because I had faith that they'd see the same thing that I see in all of you!” Riku is *shocked* as he *weakly* says

  "We were really face to face with the gods!?" Kingsman *smiles* as he says

  "Yes, but let's not tell everyone else that yet!"

  At the same time Kenji just pulls himself up and looks at the frozen wasteland and he turns around as he sees a titan sized Kuraokami and Kenji *sighs* as he *weakly* says

  “Another one...Fine! Let's get this over with!” Kenji slowly start walking towards Kuraokami but Kuraokami blows an extremely powerful breath at Kenji freezing him as he's sent flying back

  At the same time Kingsman and Akita are talking in the backyard as Kingsman says

  “The other two will be back soon enough!” Akita says

  "I believe you, but I'm just worried ab-" Kingsman *sighs* as he says

  “Duck!” Akita ducks as Kenji flies over her head but Kingsman grabs Kenji's leg before he could crash into anything and Kingsman holds him in her face as he says

  “See, here’s the boy!” Akita is *shocked* as she stands up and says

  “Kenji, are you ok?” Kingsman says

  “Do me a favor, take him to the pool with the rest of them please” Akita says

  "Is something wrong?" Kingsman looks at her and *smiles* as he says

  "No, but I know the two of you like talking when I'm not around!" Kingsman hands Kenji to Akita and she struggles to hold him up as she almost falls and she slowly starts walking towards the pool as Kingsman looks towards the forest and thinks

  when Kingsman lets go of Kenji but while she's taking him towards the pool Kingsman is thinking

  “Where the hell are you! I thought you'd be the first one back, but now you're making me nervous!"

  At the same time Itsuki is at the top and looking into the surrounding clouds as he turns around and sees a titan sized Raijin and Itsuki is *shocked* but before he can do anything Raijin leans forward as he speaks with a deep echoing voice and says

  “You are strong…You have my gratitude for a good fight. So take this!” Raijin flicks his finger creating a giant lightning bolt and it flies at Itsuki and Itsuki puts his hands up to block it but he notices it as it gets closer and it stabs into the ground at Itsuki's feet and Itsuki is amazed by the beauty of the lightning sword and he touches it as his blue lightning surges all over it but as Itsuki clenches his hand it disappears in his hands and he looks at his hand as he can feel it infused with in him and Itsuki thinks

  “So father, this is what you meant when you said my life would be harder! If this is your challenge to test the true strength of your son, then I promise I won't lose!” Itsuki looks up at Raijin as he screams

  “FIGHT ME!” Raijin *laughs* as he says

  “True warrior spirit, good! But you can not fight me, now away with you!” Raijin raises his hand and swats the air and it generates such force the ground cracks from the pressure of the wind but Itsuki stops himself from being dragged back as he slowly walks forward through the wind and Raijin is *shocked* as he *laughs extremely hard* and says

  "Yes, you will be my champion!" Raijin *smiles* as he claps his hand and Itsuki is knocked out as the force of the wind blows him back

  At the same time Kingsman is still staring at the forest as Akita is talking with Riku and Kenji and Kingsman grabs his head *in frustration* as he says

  “Of every time! NOW YOU COME BACK!" Suddenly a portal opens as Itsuki flies out towards Kingsman but Kingsman punches Itsuki in the stomach launching him into the air and Akita is *shocked* as she rushes over to Kingsman and says

  “Kingsman,why would you do that!? They have been through enough pain already!” Kingsman says

  “We’re warriors!The day they cannot handle it, the door will always be unlocked” Akita's *holding back tears* as she says

  “I already don't like you guys hurting and killing people, please don't punish them like that” Kingsman looks in her eyes but he walks past her and Akita starts *crying* but Kingsman stops as he catches Itsuki right before he hits the ground and Kignsman walks over and drops Itsuki into the water as he walks up behind Akita and says

  “Fine… Just stop crying!” Akita turns around as Kingsman wipes the tear off Akita's cheek and he puts his arm over her as he walks her over to the pool and says

  “You have nothing to worry or stress about any more there all back and safe, now go to sleep. We're not training today” Akita *smiles* as she says

  “Really!” Akita hugs Kingsman as Kingsman says

  “That’s a lot of touching! But we probably wouldn’t be able to anyways, none of them can really move so let's go take a nap” Akita says

  “What about them? What if something comes up and attacks them?” Kingsman opens the door and says

  “Tadashi come!” Tadashi walks over to him and Kingsman says

  “Protect them, don't let anything touch them!" Tadashi walks over to the water and sits down next to it as Kingsman looks at Akita and says

  "See, now they have protection!” Kingsman walks Akita in the house as he closes the door behind him and Riku slowly holds his head up as he looks around the water at all of them and he *weakly* says

  “Look, we all made it!” Riku's head falls back as everyone *weakly laughs* and Itsuki *weakly* says

  “It hurts to laugh!” Dai *weakly* says

  “I won!” Riku *weakly* says

  “I’m second!” Itsuki *weakly* says

  “Did I lose?” Kenji *weakly* says

  “Yeah your last, I got here third” Itsuki *weakly* says

  “Lets go again then, I want to have a rematch right now! Let's go” Itsuki jerks his body forward but he falls back down as nobody else moves and Itsuki *weakly* says

  “I win!” Riku *chuckles* as he *weakly* says

  “We didn’t even race” Dai *weakly* says

  “Lets go now then” Dai and Itsuki slowly start moving and are barely even able to pull themselves out of the water as Kenji and Riku look up at them both and Riku *weakly* says

  “Dai, go!” Kenji *weakly* says

  “Itsuki, run!” Dai slowly points at a tree on the edge of the forest as he *weakly* says

  “We go to that tree” Itsuki *weakly* says

  “Fine!” Dai *weakly* says

  “3,2,1 GO!” Dai and Itsuki slowly start walking towards the tree and Dai barely takes a step as he falls on the ground and Itsuki is still walking very slow towards the tree as Riku *weakly* says

  “Get up Dai, hurry up! You can't lose!” Dai slowly gets back to his feet as he jumps on Itsuki's back making them fall to the ground and Kenji is *shocked* as he *weakly* says

  “You cheating bastard, Itsuki don't let this slow you down! You still have to beat him!” Dai slowly makes it too his feet but as he moves one foot Itsuki grabs his ankle and Dai tries to weakly shake off his grip but he can't as Dai starts slowly walking towards the tree dragging Itsuki along with him and Dai gets close to the treeline as he sticks his hand out towards the tree but Itsuki grabs Dai's other ankle as Dai falls onto the ground and Itsuki slowly climbs over Dai as he reaches for the tree but Dai grabs his leg and pulls him back as Dai slowly crawls over him and reaches for the tree but Itsuki pushes him off as they both start reaching for the tree and Riku *weakly* says

  “Go Dai!” Kenji *weakly* says

  “Go Itsuki!” But before either one of them touches the tree Tadashi walks over and lays down on both of them and Itsuki and Dai both *screams in pain* as Tadashi starts to roll around on them until Tadashi stands up and drags Dai back towards the water by his foot and Dai tries to grab on the ground as he *weakly* says

  “Let go of me, you dirty bag of fur!” Itsuki reaches up and grabs the tree as Tadashi drops Dai in the water and Riku *weakly* says

  “No that doesn’t count!” Tadashi walks towards Itsuki as Kenji *weakly* says

  "Yes it does, Itsuki touched the tree first! That was all we agreed on!" Suddenly Tadashi stops next to Itsuki as he looks into the forest and starts *growling* as suddenly a Forest Demon rushes out of the forest towards Tadashi and It tries to punch Tadashi but Tadashi roars at The Demon as it sent flying back and slams into the ground as it *holds its ears in pain* and Tadashi rushes over as he puts his paw on The Demon's chest as he fires a giant wave of fire in The Demon's chest turning it to ashes and Tadashi walks over too Itsuki as he grabs Itsuki foot and drags him back to the water as he drops Itsuki in the water and Dai *weakly* says

  “Well, you might be stronger than I thought you bag of fur!” Kenji *weakly* says

  “Wow, I didn't know Tadashi was strong enough to beat those things!” Itsuki *weakly* says

  “Thank you Tadashi, you saved us!” Riku *weakly* says

  “He might have beat one, but don’t forget there are hundreds of them!” Itsuki *weakly* says

  “Riku’s right, well be surrounded if we take too long and make too much noise out here! Let's go” They all slowly start to get up and slowly climb out of the water as they slowly walk towards the house and Dai opens the door as everyone goes inside and Dai looks into the forest before closing the door and he notices hundreds of eyes staring back at him and he closes the door and turns around but he's *shocked* as he sees Riku, Itsuki, and Kenji are all passed out on the floor and Dai *weakly laughs* as he says

  “You weak bastards, can’t keep your bodies awake and strong” Dai walks towards the stairs and tries to step over Riku and Itsuki but he trips over Itsuki and slams into the ground as he passes out

  The next morning Hana comes downstairs and sees everyone passed out on the floor and she looks at Riku, Itsuki, and Dai all passed out on the floor as Kenji is laying on the table and Hana starts poking Riku as she says

  “Are you ok?” But he doesn’t move and she walks over to Itsuki and pokes him as she says

  “Excuse me?” But Itsuki's also unresponsive and she pokes and shakes Dai as she says

  “Wake up please!” Hana walks over too Kenji and starts poking and pushing him as she says

  “Brother get up, brothe–” Suddenly Kenji falls off of the table but still lays on the ground unresponsive and Hana *screams in terror* as Kingsman rushes downstairs as his darkness is surging and he says

  "What happened Little one!?" Hana runs over and hugs Kingsman's legs in *fear* as she says

  “They're all dead daddy!” Kingsman notices everyone passed out on the floor as he *chuckles* and his darkness disappears as he says

  “No, don’t worry they're just tired. You have to remember they have been gone for two weeks and this is the first time they’ve gotten some sleep'' Hana says

  “Oh, but where did they go when they went through those things?” Kingsman says

  “They went to train, and made themselves stronger. Now they get to rest and then test out their abilities against each other. Would you like to watch them do it?” Hana is *excited* as she *smiles* and says

  “Yeah I hope brother wins” Kingsman says

  “Ok, then we will have to wake them up” Hana says

  “How do we wake them up?” Kingsman says

  “How do you wanna wake them up? You wanna pour water on them?” Hana *smiles* as she says

  “Yes!” Kingsman says

  “We'll have to get them outside first then, lets go I'll pick up Riku, Itsuki, and Dai, you get your brother ok?” Hana *smiles* and says

  “Ok!” Kingsman picks up Riku and Itsuki as he throws Dai over his shoulder and takes them outside as he sits them all down and Hana is struggling to pick up Kenji’s legs and she puts both of Kenji's legs on her shoulders and slowly drag him towards the backdoor and she makes it to the backdoor but she can't get him through as his body is oddly turned and Hana drops Kenji's leg as she's tired and says

  "Daddy...I need your help!"

  Kingsman walks over and grabs Kenji’s leg lifting him over Hana’s head and walks and puts him with the rest of the team and he walks back over too Hana and picks her up and puts her on his shoulder and creates a force field around them and he says

  “Now Little one put your hand out” They both put their hands out as Kingsman says

  “Now snap!” They snap as the force field files up with water and Kenji is floating on the left side and Dai is floating onto the right as Itsuki is in the middle and Riku is on the ground as Kenji wakes up in *shock* and starts to freeze all the water until Dai wakes up in *shock* as well and he starts evaporating the water with his heat and they start clashing without knowing it until Riku wakes up and pushes the water off of him creating an air bubble at the bottom of the force field and Dai and Kenji are clashing as Itsuki is in the middle and he wakes up as he electrifies the entire force field and Kenji and Dai are being electrified until Kenji freezes the water around him protecting himself from Itsuki’s lightning and Riku is watching as Kingsman says

  “Very interesting!” Hana is just *laughing* and Kingsman puts his hand up and drops the force field from the top down and he condenses all the water to a singular drop as he says

  “Good morning everyone, it’s time for training” Kenji and Riku stands up but Dai and Itsuki are *coughing up water* as they stand up and Riku is stretching and cracks his neck as he says

  “I feel a lot better than I did last night, I thought i'd be sleeping for a month straight! But what's the training for the day?” Kingsman says

  “You're elements should have healed your body up to some extent, but I wouldn't advise you over do it today. You're all going to have a free for all using your abilities against each other, to test your control and it gives me and the Little one some entertainment” Dai and Itsuki slowly stand up as Dai says

  “No problem Sensei, I'll take all of them out quickly!” Itsuki says

  “I guess now’s the time Kenji, you and me right now!” Kenji says

  “Fine then, let’s go” Dai says

  “I guess that leaves you and me Riku!” Riku says

  “Sensei I don't want to hurt Dai, can I not participate?” Kingsman says

  “Well–” Dai *laughs* as he says

  “Hurt me! You could never hurt me, let’s see about that right now” Kingsman says

  “You don’t have to hit him, and plus you very smart Riku I know you’ll figure something out about how to win” Riku says

  “All right fine then Sensei, let’s go Dai, lets hope you don’t get hurt” Dai says

  “You talk like there's a chance you will win" Riku and Dai both jump into the air and land in a clearing in the forest as Dai covers his hands with his fire and says

  “Are you ready Riku?” Riku *sighs* as he says

  “Fine Dai, let’s go”