Netaro

Book Four

Volume 14

Ch. 188 Netaro

Pov.

-Kara-

"Old man Netaro, look!" Cana dangles Lia above her head and hurries over to introduce them

"I remember now you're the young ones that set off to Japan."

"You got that right!" she happily entertains him with everything that happened, leaving the part where I leveled half the continent.

"That sure explains why you're so eager for a spar." Netaro joined me outside where I was puffing on a cigar.

"Haven't had much to do since we've been on the run…"

"Well our continent is on the neutral side of the great powers so don't expect to see your bounty plastered anywhere."

"I'd be a fool to not connect the dots between the tragedy of Japan and your being on the run."

"Oh yeah?" I step away from the balcony and sear my cigar after it died out

"Don't get the wrong idea. A friendly match between Toshinoris successor may be just what I need for my day and age."

"I bested him in battle, and that's it."

"Yes, the battle was broadcasted to the world. Besides that, I'm sure this Meruem will be the toughest opponent I've faced in decades" He stretched his arms and twists his hips

"You'll die, old man. Should let me give it a shot first."

"No way. Relying on outsiders is far from my bucket list. What you can do is give me one hell of a warm up."

"I'll lay you out just the same old man." I flick my cigar aside with a little smirk playing on my lips

"Shall we begin?" He tugs his fist back

I smile.

The air around him whistled as he pierced straight through the 5 meters that separated us.

I teleported to a barren wasteland, surrounded by these rocky pillars the size of mountains, the very moment his fist clashed with my palm.

Rather than leveling these mountains he matched the amount of force I put behind blocking his fist which nearly canceled everything out.

As we went back and forth he made it a mission to do as little damage to the landscape as possible. In turn it kept the continent itself from falling apart.

By outputting the same amount of force, the kinetic energy disperses evenly.

I never bothered to learn this way of battle

I always found the destruction appealing, but above all inevitable.

I fly across the landscape upside down. I cross my arms as I duck and weave his piercing fists and swooping kicks.

I block his shin with my forearm. I grab his ankle and yank him over my shoulder and into the sky

I snap straight into his face with my fist glowing and tucked into my him

"Sun Dragon art; Spear of Apollo" I tap my fingertip against his chest, rather than impaling my entire arm and taking his life

"Y-You!" he grits his teeth as he's launched further into the sky.

I raise both hands, for a following attack.

"100- Type Guanyin Bodhisattva; First Hand."

"Ngk." I back off, the air surrounding me solidifies into a dragon before the massive Bodhisattva hand smashes me into the ground

Fucking…

"Asshole." I crawl out of the ground

Three earth dragons burst out of the ground and slam into the Bodhisattvas palms

He slaps them around with ease as I tap into Kaioken x25

I snap into his face, my elbow tucked into my hip.

I compromise his perception of time for a moment. Just long enough to summon Sussanos upper torso

I smash Sussanos massive fist into the Bodhisattva fingers that wrapped around Netaro, blowing it away.

Susanoo sprouts a second pair of arms from his shoulders before bringing his hands together and smashing Netaro into the ground.

"Hmh." I cross my arms and slowly descend to the crater. "Had enough, old man?"

"Yup… I'm too old for this…" he sits up, grunting and spitting blood

"You'll die fighting that thing, should I just kill you now…"

"You let me find that out for myself. Besides, I've lived a long and exciting life, Hahaha!"

"Whatever."

Now Cana can't say I didn't try

I leave him to laugh by himself and return to Cana and the company she had, Gon and everyone seemed to be in town again. this time for these Ants.

"Kara! Train us, please you have to train us!" Gon hurries over.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Our friend Kite, we have to help him!"

"Shit." I scratch my head. I'm really not feeling it. What I can feel is Cana's eyes piercing my back.

"I-."

"Sounds like a wonderful experience!" Cana pushes me forth. "Meanwhile I'll prepare some pork for dinner!" 

"Pork-chtoe!" Lia howls, squeezing my tail drenched with her saliva.

Gross. I slip it away and wipe it clean with her shirt.

She giggles around trying to catch my tail as I wave it around. 

"I just finished sparring with Netaro."

"What?! No way! How strong is he?!" Gon jumps.

"Yeah, I don't believe that." Killua crosses his arms

"Go on, show them, Kara!" Cana head bumps my back, trying to get me out the door as the boys hurry outside.

"Shit, but I just-."

"And don't go easy one them!" She shouts for them to hear. "I'm kidding, don't kill them." She whispers behind me. "And don't hurt my potatoes!" She adds before running back inside

"Man, I just got back." I cross my arms

"This is so cool. I always wondered how strong you were, Kara." Gon stretches

"Hmh. Don't kid yourself. I'm far stronger than I was a year ago." 

"Are you ready?"

"Please." I roll my eyes.

Gon charges at me, except his fist slowed the closer it came to my chest

"Wh-what…" he trembles

I raise my hand to his face.

He crosses his eyes, trying to get a look at what I was doing.

I flick his forehead.

He rag dolls straight into Killua, sending the both of them crashing through the forest.

"What the hell?! Why didn't you hit him?!" 

"I tried! Something really weird happened!"

They argue back and forth as I wait, bored out of my mind.

"How did you do that?!" Gon hurry's back

I scratch my head.

Teach them?

How the hell do I do that?

"C'mon. Look, you give it a shot!"

I know…

I snap my fingers, summoning a little bell.

"What is that?" Gon asks as I clip it onto my gi

"If at any time you manage to get this bell to ring… you win."

Simple.

Is this training? Training for me, maybe. I scroll my bracelets up to 3000 tons

I stretch my arms

"Awesome, c'mon Killua!" Gon lunges at me.

I step around and pat his shoulder, burying him into the ground without ringing the bell

"Gon!" Killua races over. 

I smack my palm into his face. 

He flips back and crashes into a tree

I turn around, tilting my head aside as Gon flys by heel first 

He tugs his fist back. I spin around his arm and slam my elbow into his rib cage.

"Ahk!" He coughs

I grab the back of his head and shove him into Killua.

Killua shoves him aside. He leads with his piercing fingertips

Except he cowers away the moment our eyes meet.

"Killua!" Gon lunges at me again

"Grh." Killua follows

I twist and jerk out the way, even despite the overwhelming weight I manage to keep the little bell from ringing.

I beat them down for a while longer until Cana calls us in for dinner.

Everyone digs into the feast she prepared. Especially her, she ate the roasted pig like it would up and run away.

I couldn't help but watch as they laugh and fool around with their food

Cana always made the effort to include me in whatever they were talking about. I always gave short, straight forward answers.

Even then she always had something to add.

She always kept her hand under my arm or sitting on my thigh

Feeling her touch without a single hint of fear when she looks into my eye was hypnotizing.

All I ever want to do is bring her in for a kiss

But I never know what to say

After everyone left I pulled her into our bedroom.

This was the only way I knew to show any affection.

I slide down the door as our tongues tangle and dance back and forth.

She sits on my lap as I move her panties aside and slide in.

She rides back and forth with an intensity that you would think we've been apart for years.

"Sh-shit." I quickly pump her full

She whimpers and squirts around me, digging her head into my shoulder as I keep her hips moving.

We both tremble and gasp from the over stimulation, too addicted to slow down for even a moment.

She cries louder than she should've with the girls just behind the door.

…

"I-I'm sorry." She sniffs

I shake my head, not knowing how else to comfort her.

Besides, it's my fault

We could've had it all.

But I chose my pride over her happiness.

Over a peaceful life..

I pat and scratch her head. In a pitiful attempt of comforting.

She squeezes and wiggles into my arms.

I hold her tight, wondering about the things that could've been if I'd have been more careful.

We wouldn't have had to be hiding around.

"We should really get going, Cana." I huff.

"J-Just a while longer…" she sniffs.

"They'll catch up."

"Please… we may not see them again for a while…"

…

"Fine… just until this is over."

"Thank you." She hungs me tight.

I stroke her hair and hold her tight until morning.

…

After another month of preparation for the battle they'll be set off once the day had finally arrived.

…

"Take care of them." Cana gets on her tippy toes.

"It isn't my fight, Cana."

…

"So long as there's something you can do… it most certainly is…" she pats my shoulders with a small innocent smile.

She mutters something before pressing her hand on my forehead, stomach and then to each of my shoulders.

I wasn't sure what she was doing before she was already done.

It must've been the sign of the cross.

"What's this?" I duck my head for the necklace

"A rosary." She smiles "I found it while I was in town with the girls."

…

"Goodbye Cana…"

I nod at Eri behind her and pat Lia's head at my feet

"Bye-pa!" Lia shouts before I teleport right beside Netaro

He was flying on a dragon 

"What is that?" He asks after I tear the rosary off my neck and toss it aside

"Nothing."

I look over the edge. At the castle below.

I could sense the king and his three royal ants.

Insects. Is what they are.

I step off the dragon.

I pierce through the air and crash through the ceiling like a missile

I land on the strongest of the three royal guards, Youpi

I smash him through the staircase and we land on the bottom floor.

"Hmh." I smile, "I've gotta say, thirty five hundred tons is no joke." I stretch my arms and shake a leg.

"Wh-what the… what's going on?" He pulls himself out of the rubble.

"Let's warm up, before I fight the king of course." I pop either sides of my neck 

"The King? You're here for the king? I can not allow that."

…

"Thought you'd said that." I pop my knuckles.

He smiles. "Fine, I'll entertain you."

I weave under his fist and spin around his elbow.

I kick him right in the cheek, sending him across the courtyard.

He sprouts many tentacles much like a parasite from Hiroshima if I remember correctly.

Chaos snaps into a katana.

I deflect every projectile he blasts at me before the blade snaps back into a ring on my finger.

Our fists clashed in the middle of the courtyard before we exchanged back and forth.

I shut my eyes. I twist and jerk out of the path of his every attack before he even thought to throw it

I slam my fist into his liver.

Rather than folding he hammers me into the ground

But not before I could drag him with me.

I smash both my heels into his chin

He shakes it off as I twist my body around.

Before I could kick his head off he slams his fist into my gut, launching me out of the ground.

I catch myself in mid air.

I pull an arm back and extend the other towards him

Water God Dragon;

"Trident of Poseidon."

I launch a trident conjured of water piercing through his shoulder.

I make the tiger hand seal with my right hand.

His shoulder blows away, the blood turning around to pierce his face.

He quickly grows his limbs back and pounces on me again.

After a swift back and forth he rocks my cheek.

I upper cut his chin, hard enough to create a vaccine that blows him into the sky along with everything in a 20 meter radius.

"Youpi! What's going on?!" His buddy catches him mid flight.

"He's strong. Really strong…"

"Hmh." I smile

I looked around for Neferpitou, but seemed busy with Gon and Kill. Beyond them was the King and Netaro.

Stupid old man.

"Not dead yet? I'm getting bored." I stretch

…

-to be continued.