Chapter 6

A month later, Reiji woke up in his room, screaming. Suddenly, Leaxia and Touka burst into his room. Almost immediately, they charged at Reiji. However, instead of hugs and kisses like he expected, they both punched him.

“Ow!” Touka and Leaxia asked.

“Are you okay?” Reiji asked.

“We should be asking you that,” Leaxia said.

“What do you mean?” Reiji asked.

Touka and Leaxia looked at Reiji with bewildered you. Then, Touka looked around for a mirror or reflective surface. Reiji, worried, activated the camera system he had set up in every room of the castle. Then, he saw what they were talking about. His appearance was changed into a seven-year-old child.

“What the fu-

Leaxia looked at him with an intimidating look, stopping him from continuing his sentence.

"What happened to me?” he asked.

“Well, it’s kinda hard to explain,” Leaxia said.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, according to your father, it’s a reaction caused by your transformation ability and your subconscious,” she answered.

“So, I have a transformation ability, and it regressed my body to a seven-year-old. How?”

“Let me explain,” Yuko said as she walked into the room.

“Who are you?” He asked.

“Oh right, you wouldn’t know me. I’m Yuko A.Lucrada, your father’s cousin, bodyguard, and, princess of the vampires. And, you are in serious trouble.”

“Huh, why?” Reiji asked with a confused expression.

“Raven and your brother, Raphael, have plotted against you and tried to destroy you.” She said.

“What? Why would she do that?” Reiji said as his body begins to release aura.

“First, calm down, who knows what might happen in this regressed state. You could easily destroy this city just by blinking.”

“Okay, stop with the exaggerations. That’s impossible even for Reiji.” Touka said.

“Why would that be impossible? Reiji is a child of Reo A. Lucrada and Lucie A. Lucrada.” Yuko said.

“What they have to do with this?”

"His father, believe it or not, is one of the most powerful people in the entire omniverse while his mother is the strongest human being in five hundred universes,” Satania answered as she walked into the room.

"Who are you? Another family member I didn’t know about?” Reiji asked.

“I'm Satania, Raven's mother and queen of the demons. Well, at least, I'm the queen of my universe's demons. My daughter and her ex-boyfriend were trying to find a way to kill you and your father. However, he got tired of waiting, and tried to kidnap and kill you, no matter how many hours it took.”

“But, wouldn’t that be...

An alarm suddenly sounded.

“Alert! There are two large armies approaching the city. Please evacuate to the bunkers below.”

“Armies? What armies?” Touka asked.

“I know the country of Hyland is one, but I don’t know the other one,” Reiji said.

“Okay, we should get down to the bunkers quickly. Where’s Reiji?”Leaxia asked.

Satania and Yuko began to laugh. “Give you one guess,” Satania said.

Instantly, Leaxia realized what they meant, and tried to run off after him. However, she was stopped by Satania and dragged into the elevator to the armory. She fought and threw a tantrum like a child. Following her, Yuko was carrying Touka into the elevator.

Meanwhile, in a throne room in the sky, Rapheal and Raven are sitting at a table eating a feast. However, something bothers Raven, causing her to lose her appetite. Raphael noticed, and could already guess that she was thinking about Reiji.

“What’s wrong, my dear? Is the food not to your liking? I’m pretty confident in my cooking skills.” he said, sarcastically.

“If you call this food, then I’ll spontaneously catch on fire and be struck by lightning,” Raven said, sarcastically.

They waited for a while to see what the other was going to do, but neither was planning anything shady.

“Anyway, Raphael, What are we going to do about our family? It’s only a matter of time until my mother comes to this place.”

“You don’t have to worry about them. They couldn’t come up here without setting off my security system which is design to snipe a flybeetle from millions of miles away.”

“So, is that why your father and mothers were on the planet for all that time without you noticing.”

Immediately, Raphael released a large amount of energy.

“What’s wrong? Mad that they didn’t come to see you? Or, you couldn’t predict their visit. Well, that’s embarrassing. Aren’t you the one who always brag about your ability to see and predict the probabilities of the world better than anyone?”

Raphael, out of anger, blasted Raven into the wall with a pulse of air.

“You disrespectful little tr... no, this is wrong. Even if I hurt you, you won’t be hurt thanks to your hybrid DNA. No, I’ll have to hurt you a different way.” Raphael said while smiling maliciously.

“N-n-n-no, y-y-y-you can’t!” Raven struggles to say.

“Watch me!” He said.

Back in the forest, the armies are setting up their base of operations. And, the other-worlders’ leaders are at the center, planning how they’re going to attack the city.

“So, I believe if we strike the city from the front, a small team could enter from a different entry point.” One of the leaders said as he pointed at the map.

“Okay, but what would this small team do? Are you planning to assassinate the demon king?” the Japanese leader asked.

“ That was the plan,” he replied.

“Leave it to an American to run into an unknown territory with guns a blazing, and with a simply stupid plan.” Another leader said.

“Well, I don’t see anyone else coming up with a plan, Frenchmen.”

“Are you trying to start a fight, President Donald?” the Frenchmen asked.

“Oui, vous stupide français. Comb attez,” the president said.(Yes, you stupid Frenchmen. Let’s fight.)

“Mauvaise prononciation, stupide Américain.” the Frenchman said.(Wrong Pronunciation, you dumb American.)

“Enough both of you! We don’t have the time to fight each other. We only have a matter of time before he finds out about us.” the Japanese leader said.

“I agree with the Japanese leader. Who knows what kind of surveillance system. We need to act fast before he acts.”

“Right,” They all said.

Meanwhile, at the other army camp, men and women were gathered around a campfire, drinking, and eating. Suddenly, Reiji crashed down into the middle of their camp. Following him were his suits of armors hovering over the camp.

“Tell me. What are you doing here?” he asked.

Immediately, everyone drew their weapons. However, their weapons’ shapes distorted, making them useless. Shocked and afraid, they were paralyzed by the sight of Reiji. However, there was one person, in the entire army, that was perfectly fine. She easily walked up to Reiji and looked down on him.

“So, this is the big, bad demon king, huh. What’s so scary about a little boy and his toys?” She said as she radiated a heat similar to the sun. The surroundings became hotter by the second. Melting everything around them. Then, something unexpected happened. Reiji punched the woman in the stomach, but nothing happened. Then, the woman punched Reiji and knocked him back a few inches.

“What! She pushed me back. What is she?” He thought to himself.

“Reiji, the person in front of you is an enhanced human. Be very cautious. In your current state, your abilities are very unstable.” Sage said.

“Enhanced Human?” He thinks to himself as he dodges her attack.

“What’s wrong? Is the big, bad demon king a scared, little boy?” she said.

“Sage, give me a suit,” he said.

“Sending Mark 4. Codename: Radiant.” Sage said.

A portal opened and a pod flew into Reiji’s right hand. This pod formed around Reiji, creating a red glove. Then, Reiji extended his hand, and shot a condensed light beam at the woman, sending her back a few feet. Then, more pods came flying out of the portal and attached themselves to Reiji’s body.

“It’s strange. You people should consider your options. You could run away and never show your face here. Or, accept your fate and die here today. Truthfully, It would be easier if you choose to leave, but who's to say your superiors wouldn’t try this again.” Reiji said as he hovered over them, extending his hand.

Afraid of Reiji, the soldiers knelt down as a sign of respect. Confused, Reiji formed a fireball and pointed it at them.

“Wait, your majesty.” The woman said.

Reiji decided to listen to the woman's plea after seeing her desperate expression and dissipated his fireball.

“Your majesty, I, Seras Titus, beg for your forgiveness. I wanted to test you to see if you were really as powerful as the rumors told. And, I believe you are the exact person I was looking for.”

“What do you want from me?” Reiji asked.

“I hope that you allow me and the rest of my demon soldiers to stay here in your kingdom. And, as proof of our loyalty, please allow us to fight your enemy that threatening this kingdom.”

“Alright, you can stay in my kingdom, Human. But, there is one condition. Your soldiers will be a part of one of my departments with you as their leader. But, your assistance in this war is not needed.”

“ What do you mean?” Seras asked.

“Look for yourself,” Reiji said as he summoned a holographic screen from his palm.

On the screen, Seras saw the Hyland army marching towards the city. Overwhelmed by her confusion about the technology he was using, she couldn’t understand what she was looking at. Then, the screen showed a squad of golems hiding and waiting in the trees like predators waiting for their prey. Soon, the Hyland army reached the gates of the city. Eager to ravage the city, the soldiers split into several squads and rushed into the city. After half an hour, each squad was relaxing in a small camp throughout the city.

“Hey, your majesty, why haven’t the golems attacked?” Seras asked.

“Because I didn’t order them. Right now, they’re observing and looking for the otherworlders that came with me. I need to get them to a place where they won’t get in my way before anything.” Reiji answered.

Then, an alarm sounds throughout the city.

“Sage, what’s wrong?” Reiji asked, telepathically.

“There’s a planet-sized meteor falling towards the city. I believed it was sent by your brother.”

“A planet-sized meteor!” Reiji yelled.

Seras and her soldiers looked at him with a confused expression. Immediately, Reiji took off into the sky towards the meteor.

“Sage, is there anything I can do to stop the meteor?”

“Maybe, if you were in your original form, but your seven-year-old form, it’s impossible for you to control your destruction ability.”

“My destruction ability?”

“The ability that allows you to break down anything to its smallest particle.”

“Okay, but can’t I just punch into the meteor and break it down into pieces?” Reiji asked.

Sage replied, “Yes, that is possible, but once you break it you will need to send all the pieces away before they touch the ground.”

“Why?”

“Well, the meteor of this universe is extremely radioactive. The slightest touch of one could be compared to a nuclear bomb in Universe Etasa. And, they destroyed planets and entire civilizations.”

“And, you’re sure it’s okay for me to touch it?”

“Of course, your armor should be able to absorb the radiation from the sun... let alone this meteor,” Sage said, arrogantly.

“Sometimes, I forget that you have many different sides to you,”

Reiji’s suit, then, formed a helmet around his head as he flew into the upper atmosphere. Then, he stopped and looked down at the planet.

“You know this is my third time flying up here, and I never had the chance to enjoy the view.” Reiji thought to himself. Suddenly, Reiji felt a burning sensation coming behind him. He turned around and saw the meteor coming towards him at high speed. As he focuses on a point for his attack, Reiji, suddenly, feels differently. He felt a little stronger and his body changed. His body returned to its original form. Luckily, his suit was slightly different from his first three versions. This suit was able to expand slightly, due to its ability to be equipped easily and quickly.

As the meteor approached him, he hit the meteor with all his force, but it pushed him back. The gravity fields of the meteor and the planet intertwined and pulled each other closer.

“Sage, I’m going to need some help. Send me all the suits.”

“Okay, but even with all the suits, you’re still going to need to destroy or move the meteor. And, you still don’t have enough power output in your current form,” Sage replied.

“Alright, Plan B. Send me the Primordial armor,” Reiji said as he pushed off the meteor, leaving his suit to push against the meteor back.

A pod flew up from the mansion at Reiji at a high speed. As it reached Reiji, the pod opened and released a liquid metallic orb. As the metallic orb hit Reiji’s back, it melted and formed a strong, skin-tight, black suit with a jacket around his body. Then, his hair transformed like it did when he saved the queen.

“So, Sage, tell me my power output now,” Reiji said.

“Power output? What are you talking about?” Yuko said as she appeared beside Reiji.

“I guess it’s his way of keeping track of his power while they’re still measurable,” Satania said.

“What you two doing here?” Reiji asked.

“Helping you destroy a meteor,” They said simultaneously.

“Huh?”

“Yeah, we’re gonna destroy this meteor while you send it pieces somewhere that doesn’t have any life,” Yuko said as she got into a fighting stance.

“Just make sure, you get them all,” Satania said as she got into the same stance.

“Right,” Reiji said as he gathered dimensional energy.

Instantly, Yuko and Satania disappeared and a loud boom echoed throughout the world. Then, the meteor shattered into millions of pieces. Reiji, then, slashed the air, opening a large portal to hell, which thousands of the pieces were sucked into the portal. However, the portal closed before the last of the pieces were swallowed.

“Uh oh, I missed some.” Reiji thought. Then, his body regressed back to his seven-year-old form.

“Huh, seems like you exhausted your powers. This is very common for a Jan-gu hybrid around the beginning of their adult life. Once you pass this awkward phase, you should be able to control your powers easily.”

“Alright, but I still have too many things to handle. First, I had to find the demon and beastmen that are being oppressed by the humans, whose trying to kill me. And, now I have to find radioactive pieces of meteor sent by my idiot of a big brother and...

“Raven,” Satania said.

“Yeah,” Reiji said.

“Are you still hung up on her?” Yuko asked.

Reiji remained silent, knowing that Yuko was right. Reiji was deeply scarred by Raven’s betrayal. He couldn’t imagine Raven betraying him because of the blood they share. The thought of her betrayal caused him to sink into a state of depression.

“Hey, stop!” Satania said.

“What?” Reiji said.

“I know that look on your face. It the same look on your father’s when he was younger. You’re letting your mind fall into a state of depression, which will make your powers become more unstable. So, stop, Raven might have betrayed you, but you still have others who care about you. You’re never alone.”

“Funny that you say that because I feel alone. I’m basically the only person in this universe who understands my powers. I might sneeze and blow away the entire world.”

“Impossible, your father and mother wouldn’t let you get close.”

“Yeah, but their universes away. They could never get here that fast.”

“How did you think we appeared just before Raphael delivered his finishing blow to your shadow cart?”

Reiji shrugged his shoulders.

“We got here thr0ugh the shadows of your Lucrada Clan members.”

“What?”

“I’ll explain it to you later. For now, you still have to handle the army that roaming around your town.”

Reiji, then, looked at his holowatch as it projected live videos of the army. They were trying to open a hidden door that leads to the armory. Curious about how they discovered the door, Reiji ordered one of the golems to capture one of the soldiers and scan his memories from the past twenty-four hours. Immediately, one of the golems quickly moved towards a soldier who was standing in the back, keeping watch for his comrades while they were looking for a key or secret lever for the door. It, then, grabbed the soldier and jumped back to where the other golems were watching from. Once there, another golem transformed its hand into a headgear and placed it on the soldier’s head. Linking to the golem’s headgear to his holowatch, Reiji downloaded all of the soldier’s memories. Sadly, he couldn’t find any helpful information from his memories.

“Well, that unfortunate. They don’t know anything. Most of them are low-level soldiers who know nothing about their mission. Just people who followed the other-worlders blindly.”

“Huh, so what now?” Yuko asked.

“Golems, subdue all invaders, and capture the other worlders,” Reiji said.

Immediately, the golems, that were hiding in the shadows, attacked all the soldiers. Some of the golems moved with quick and precise attacks, while others were using brute force to thin the numbers. Afraid of the sudden attack, the soldiers immediately retreated back to their camp outside of the city. However, golems, that were stationed outside the city, stomped the ground, causing the ground to grow and form a wall around the city, entrapping the soldiers inside. Many of the soldiers tried using earth magic to break down the wall, but the walls quickly rebuilt themselves every time. Eventually, some of the soldiers surrendered by kneeling to their knees and praying before the squad of golems came to kill them.

“Wow, he is truly a member of the Lucrada family. To take out an entire army alone is a feature anybody can do, but to do it so quickly and strategically is something only a Lucrada can do. Raven, I hope you know what you are doing?” Satania thought to herself.

Back in the throne room in the sky, Raphael is throwing a tantrum after seeing his plan destroyed. Waves of air and energy filled the room as he yelled and threw his throne. Suddenly, everything in the room froze into place.

“Wow, a temper tantrum is something I didn’t expect to see on you after a long time, Raphael,” Anko said as she and Cassie appeared.

“I can’t believe it either. He made me use my cosmic pulse waves to drive him away from Reiji and Yukio. What’s wrong with him, mother?” Cassiel said.

“Truthfully, it probably because of the reboot of our universe. Reo and I made it so anything that had something to with us was rewritten. One of those things was you and Raphael weren’t adopted us and your parents never gave you two up to be sacrificed. But, we didn’t account for the strong bonds between us and certain people. One of those being you. You still returned to us being our adopted daughter. However, your brother resent us for taking you away. But, I don’t know where he got the idea of us killing you. That’s why I’m going to dive into his memories and see what been altered.”

Cassiel nodded and said, “okay, I’ll be waiting here.”

“Alright, I won’t be long,” Anko said as her eyes glowed. Then, she placed a hand on Raphael’s head.

Then, the doors opened and Raven walks in while saying “Are you finished with your temper tantrum? Do you want your bottle?” However, to her surprise, She sees Raphael froze in time with Anko doing something strange to him and Cassiel standing in a position to attack her.

“What are you doing to Raphael?” Raven asked.

“That’s none of your concern, traitor,” Cassiel said.

“I am loyal to the Lucrada Clan. I would never betray them.” Raven yelled to Cassiel.

“So, do you not count my little brother, Reiji, as a part of the Lucrada clan,” Cassiel said.

“What are you talking about, Cassie?” Anko asked.

“I thought you were “Multitasking, now explain.”

“Well, Reiji is currently heartbroken from the betrayal of Raven to the point of his body regressed to a seven-year-old.”

“What! His body regressed to a seven-year-old.” Raven yelled.

“Is this true Raven? Did you break our son’s heart with your games?”

“No, Anko. I’ve never played games with Reiji’s heart.”

“Explain that to the seven-year-old boy who’s currently finishing a war with his unstable powers. I doubt he knows that your lying to his second mother saves your own butt. You do know where treasonous people like you end up, right.”

“Please, Lady Anko, please don’t send me to Tartoros,” Raven begged as she got to the floor.

“Oh, don’t worry. I’m not sending you two there just yet. You two are important factors in his growth. Plus, I think it’s best for him to decide your fates. And just to make it fair.” Anko waves her hands and Raven is engulfed in a greenish light. “This will forbid you from talking to him until he reaches his primordial level. And, if you try to talk to him, you will feel millions of needles pierce your heart. The closer you get the more pain you feel. It could possibly kill you.”

“But- “And, Cassiel, since you feel responsible for this, you will be watching over him. If she tries to anything that’ll hurt him, you will feel the same pain as she will in your right hand.” Anko said, interrupting Raven.

“Yes, mother,” Cassiel said, with a concerned expression.

“Don’t worry. I’m not punishing you, Cassie. I’m giving you a chance to get to know Reiji. We know how you felt when we sent him away.”

Cassiel’s expression immediately changed.

“And, Raven, you may not intentionally hurt Reiji, but you still did. And, I don’t think I can ever forgive you for that. But, when the time comes, and Reiji can forgive you, I’ll surely try.”

Slowly but clearly, Raven begins to cry, knowing the pain she caused. She, then, ran out the window and flew back to the planet.

“Wonder where she’s going?” Cassiel thought to herself.

“Where else? To help Reiji and in his mission. But, from a distance, I hope.”

“Is that really okay?” Cassiel asked.

“Yes, it should be fine. Besides, we still have Raphael’s mind to decrypt. Speaking of which, I should be done.”

“What did you find?”

“Nothing from his memories. However, there are small traces of magic that originated from the youkai dimension of our universe. It kinda reminds me of homunculus puppet magic.”

“You don’t think that- “No, he would never. He respects and worships Reo too much to betray him like that. But, there’s another person who can use this kind of magic. And, he hates us passionately.”

“Who?”

Meanwhile, back on in the Hyland army’s camp, the last of the soldiers are being bound and conceal in an energy field that was designed to capture bulldeer while they charged. Confused about what he should do next, Seras walks into the camp.

“Your majesty, if I may I suggest you send them back with a message for the king,” Seras said as she arrived.

“Relinquish your demon and beastmen slaves and captives to me and we can end this war on peaceful terms.” The king read aloud in front of his court.

“How dare he? Does he think we’ll submit to him just because his army won one battle? This is a good war.”

“That arrogant fool has to pay.”

“I suggest we attack him again. But, this time with our strongest generals leading them.”

“Preposterous, why should we follow your ideas? Weren’t you the one who decided to attack that boy’s camp in the first place? And, you see what happened to them. Let’s just give him what he wants.”

“Impossible, almost twenty percent of our kingdom’s treasury. We can’t afford to let them go,” the king said with a commanding tone.

“Your highness, emergency! All of the demons and beastmen in the capital have been taken by strange beings.”

“What! How did they get into the city without being noticed?”

The king yelled as he stormed out of the room.