Final War VIII

"Why does he look so-" Before Jean (White) could finish his thought, Regal appeared in front of him with his fist breaking through his ribcage.

As Regal's arm ripped through Jean (White)'s ribcage, Azure appeared beside him attempting to cut his off his arm but he caught her hands and punched her in the stomach before launching her into Scarlett. Although Scarlett tried to dodge her, she was too slow as Azure crashed into her. Then as he turned away from them, he noticed Jean (Black) was right beside him.

When Jean (Black) tried to land an attack on him, Regal effortlessly blocked it and pushed his hand towards his neck and crushed his neck and held him up. And as he was being held up by Regal, the water beneath Regal's feet suddenly began to form a vortex and started to pull them down. But the second the vortex appeared Regal disappeared with Jean (Black).

"You have to be stronger than that" Regal said to Jean (Black) as Lord Zeus zapped behind them and attacked.

In nearly an instant Regal ripped through Jean (Black)'s arms again and pushed his head into his attack. Regal quickly pulled Jean (Black)'s head away from Lord Zeus's attack and then launched him with enough force to completely shatter the pier. Lord Zeus tried to attack him again but Regal caught his attack and slammed him into the ocean.

As Regal began to lift himself up, Jean (White) was besides him, trying to cut through his head but just as his sword made contact with Regal's skin, his attack abruptly stopped as if he hit a concrete wall with a metal pipe.

"What the hell?" Jean (White) said as he saw only a line of blood fall from Regal's cheek.

"Hmmm…. Only if you were stronger. Both you and your girlfriend. Although you do look a little, it isn't enough and I know you can bring out more… So show me" Regal said as he got a proper look on Jean (White).

"What the hell is your skin made out of" Jean (White) said through gritted teeth a she pushed his sword forward.

"Stronger!" Regal said as he took Jean (White)'s sword and his other hand disappeared.

"How did you-" Jean (White) suddenly stopped before he could ask and hurriedly put his hands in front of his face

But it was as if his arms were like thin wood planks as Regal's hands pushed right through them.

"To answer your question from earlier, we've met on three separate occasions if my memory is accurate. The timer had already set off yet you still can't remember" Regal said as a glimmering light appeared in the corner of eyes.

Almost instantly after the glimmering lights appeared, he felt a small scratch on arm and as he looked down he saw Azure's dagger sitting on top of his skin which was barely leaking with blood.

"She got faster unlike you but she couldn't amp up her strength. Is this the strongest you kids can get? Your not gonna get me with so little strength… because I'm insanely strong but-" Regal abruptly stopped his sentence as Scarlett appeared in behind him with a large blade of fire flying towards the top of his head.

Suddenly Jean (White) felt the pressure on his throat release as large and curved streak of fire floated in the air in front of him slowly faded.

"But my feet will not move from this spot unless I feel as if my life is in danger" Regal's voice echoed throughout the entire battlefield as he stood a couple feet behind Scarlett.

As his voice traveled all throughout the battlefield, it reached Fredrick, who was completely shocked but kept an indifferent attitude to all of the events currently taking.

"A war for humans became one for gods. So magnificent even the soldiers are distracted by it. Are you done wallowing in self pity? Your target is right there. You can even join up with your twin" Fredrick said as he looked at Jean (Black) who was laying on the collapsed pier.

"Eat shit. Did you kill any of the people you were fighting?" Jean (Black) said as he lifted himself from the rubble.

"I didn't need to. The mana all of you were releasing completely took everyone attention since they couldn't handle it too well" Fredrick said as he pointed behind his shoulder.

"You mean it left them braindead? Even the rulers, I'm surprised your able to withstand it too" Jean (Black) said as he looked towards Regal.

"I wouldn't be able to stand that monstrous aura without the help of my god, unfortunately I can't say the same for most of the soldiers whose brains exploded but the rulers were only knocked unconscious and I've decided to keep them alive since I already got more than what I wanted" Fredrick said as he looked at Regal.

"I'm putting an indefinite pause on the maleficent mission given to the 8 general for now" Jean (Black) said.

"Maleficent mission?" Fredrick thought in confusion before he began recollect all of his memories.

[Approximately 21 hours earlier]

"…..Why the fuck do you guys wanna know so bad? If you don't want to help me than stay out of it. I'll just kill him myself" Jean (Black) said in aggravation as he stood up.

"Are you able to kill him? You couldn't do it last time. Otherwise you would've never been on this planet" Fredrick said with a candid expression.

"The last time I made a misstep, that won't happen again and I'll destroy every single piece of flesh and drop of blood. no matter what I'll kill him" Jean (Black) said as the chair he was sitting on knocked over as he stood up and tried to walk away.

"A misstep? The last time we entered his castle and still couldn't do anything" Wyatt said as he step in front of him.

"The last time he was expecting us, next time I-" Jean (Black) said before he was interrupted.

"Next time he'll be expecting us again. What do you plan to do that time? Storm his home and kill him? Decades passed since then and we can only destroy continents imagine how much he's grown" Wyatt said as Jean (Black) tried to get past him.

"…. My feelings for him won't matter once we fight. There's no point in-" Jean (Black) said as he felt Wyatt's hand press up against his chest, which stopped him from getting past.

"Jean, all we want to know is how you feel for him. We don't want to attack out misunderstood aggression. If possible we'd like the last image of him to be a good one. So please just sit back down and tell us" Scarlett said as she noticed the tension between the two thicken.

"…." Jean (Black) stood quiet as he reluctantly complied to Scarlett's words and backed away from Wyatt. As he lifted his chair and sat in it, he the waited for Wyatt to sit down and once he was Jean (Black) took a deep breath before he began.

"…." As they realized Jean (Black) couldn't start, one of them spoke.

"Don't worry, no matter how you feel about him, we won't change our mind. You could start wherever feels comfortable" Scarlett said as she noticed how uneasy he felt about the topic.

"Regal was the one who taught me how to fight and how to properly wield my energy and that built the foundation of me becoming as strong as I am today. I'm extremely thankful to him for it. Regal also taught me how to read and write while my mother taught me Turanian decency. At the time he was at the top of my world. My hero" Jean (Black) paused before continuing. "Although my mother would always tell me not to get too attached to him, I couldn't help it. He took me on adventures with him that would lasts months and treated me like I was his only son" Jean (Black) paused again and started staring at the table before resuming. "Thinking back on it, we were each other's treasure's and those trips were how we grew closer. Weirdly enough I was the only one of my brothers who inherited his immortality, he knew I would be left when the time comes so he spent more with me than he did with my brothers. We were getting closer to each other, so even in the end, when no one's left. It'll be me and him" Jean (Black) stopped and took a deep breath with slight stammering in his breath. "He was my hero, my father, and my best friend. So it's weird how our relationship changed so much, especially with how strong our bond was" Jean (Black) paused once more and took another deep breath. "The day when the drastic change occurred, was the first day I went out hunting on my own. When I left my family saw me out the door, they were all happy for me, you can imagine how excited dad was about it and imagine how happy I was, after 15 years I was finally allowed to go hunt on my own" *tap….tap*

He stopped once again and keeping his head down as water fell from him his eyes and onto the table. "But when I came back, it was covered in red. The walls, the floor, the ceiling, the portraits…. Everything. And he was there in the hallway which was also covered in blood. I stood there, at the door, frozen with fear and unable to believe what was in front of my eyes. I stared at him as he told me to fight him and avenge my family but I couldn't. I just couldn't…. I couldn't bring myself to do it. To kill my father, my hero, my best friend. It was too much. My heart felt like it was being strangled as I watched him walk past me. And even now after centuries of not seeing him, I still hold the same respect for him" Jean (Black) said before he as he lift his head.

"In a way I think it's good that you still I have respect for him too. Although it's only in strength, I respect him as well" Jonathan said as smoke escaped his mouth.

"Me too, when I attacked him, it felt like I punched one of Ms. Carmen's barriers" Crystal said as she covered her face.

"Yeah, it was completely unexpected but I'm sure I'll be able to get my rematch soon" Jean (Black) said.

"Yeah we gotta get our rematch too. He made us look pretty fucking pathetic last time" Wyatt said as he hung his head.

"I agree I'm not sure if I was even able to burn him last time" Scarlett said in a self deprecating tone.

"You all sound depressing. You'll ruin my soldiers moral if you stay like that" Fredrick said in a berating tone.

"It is, we even managed to let Lin get captured by him too" Ariel said as she dug her face into her palm.

"…Anyways… are we all aware of the Maleficent Mission personally assigned to the nine generals" Fredrick said attempting to change the topic.

"No, this is this first time you've brought it up" Ivan said in a monotonous tone.

"Ooh….Well this is your personal mission to execute the two devils but your able to pause the mission anytime if need be" Fredrick explained.

"Why would we need to do that, their coming here anyway, we have no choice but to kill them" Wyatt said.

"Just keep that in mind" Fredrick said.

[Present]

"Ah yes… that mission. Go on ahead" Fredrick said just before Jean (Black) disappeared.

As Jean (Black) disappeared Lord Poseidon tried to attack Regal from behind as he was seemingly focused elsewhere but just as Lord Poseidon's trident was less than a couple inches away from his skin, Regal left fist suddenly smashed into Lord Poseidon's head.

"I'm not expecting much from you gods and primordials. You've already reached your limit" Regal said as he turned away from him.

The moment Regal had turned away from Lord Poseidon, goosebumps appeared all over his skin as Jean (Black) appeared behind him attempting to land an attack on him.

"You nearly scared me, if your strength could match that" Regal said as he tried to block the attack.

As Regal put his arm up to block Jean (Black)'a attack, he noticed someone appeared in front of him. Although they were out of of his line of vision and the pressure from whomever was there sent goosebumps down his body. And as he looked down Jean (White) was there, with his leg just seconds away from making contact with his skin. Although he unable to move his arms to block it because Jean (Black) was increasing the pressure of his attack to push through his block. Jean (Black) suddenly lost the resisting feeling from before and his arm pushed effortlessly out of the way while Jean (White) almost spun off his feet.

"Okay… you little shits were able to catch up. Good now before we go continue, let's get rid of these grunts" Regal said as he appeared a couple feet away from Jean with his left arm charred.