Chapter 22: The warmth of a single glimmer...

Previously on Seven Rings of Hell

Kimura's whole got turned upside down as his darkest moment turned out to be his brightest as he awoken his elemental powers for the first time. He enjoyed the ride but... He was snapped back to his dark reality as his element completely vanished without a trace. And Kimura can't seem to bring it back anymore, now he's lost the little glimmer he once had... Now all that left is a hostile husk...

{As it returns back to that scene of Kimura and Itadori staring down each other}

Kimura: Arh... (As his breathing become ragged) Arh! (As his eyes start turning blood red with rage) Rrrgh!! (He bite down on his teeth as they extend into razor sharp fangs)

{As Kimura couches down on all fours he grows claws and the gravity intensifies around him as shadow of a bear lurks behind him}

Itadori: Kimura... [I've never seen this element evolve like this... Is Kimura's emotions that powerful?] (As he looks in complete awe to the tremendous aura illuminating from Kimura) Look Kimura, let's Talk.

Kimura: No!! I'm done... With talking!! (As his eyes lock onto Itadori) Ragh!! (As he dashes in and strikes Itadori)

{Itadori barely dodges Kimura's slash}

Itadori: [The sound behind that was so sharp! (As he looks behind him to see the couch is completely destroyed by the Imapct of the slash) And that gravity has incredible reach. If I was hit by that... I'd be a goner!!] (As his eyes dilate and a sweat dopes down his face is fear) Kimura if you won't listen to words then... (As he takes his stance into a hitman style) I'll have to use a language you'll listen to!!

{As Itadori sparks up a lightning storm aura as his arm rocks back and forth faster than the eye can see}

Kimura: Huh?! (Confused to what he sees) Sure your fast but... (As he grips the floor cracking the concrete) {As his aura turns purple and light blue mixed} I'm faster!! (As he pounces moving even faster than before)

{As Kimura closes the gap between them at extraordinary speed}

Itadori: [My God, I'm supposed to be in my own realm but he's becoming just as fast me! I gotta keep him away!!] (As he unleashes an extremely fast bareage of lightning bolt flicker jabs)

{The jabs rain down like a lightning storm striking faster than the speed of sound}

Kimura: Nothing will stop me!! (As he powers through the flicker jabs) Ragh!! (He roars as he pushes in deep into Itadori's chest)

Itadori: [He bull rushed past it?! I don't have a choice! I have to put everything into this.]

(As he clenches his right hand as hard as he can) [Go to sleep!! God's judgement: Senko!!] (As he lands a chopping right to counter Kimura)

{Itadori puts the power of a thunderstorm into that right, as it rings loudly shaking the ground from the impact as the punch is a clean hit}

Kimura: Rrgh!! (He tanked the punched and he's still unfazed) You call that a finishing move?! (As Kimura's voice distorts sounding like a completely different person) It's my turn!! (He retaliates with a right overhand of his own) This! (As the punch connect's cleanly to Itadori's jaw) Is power!! (As he lifts Itadoriboff the floor as the shadow of the bear grows larger and slashes along side Kimura and it roars in the background)

{That overhand punch was so devastating it knocked Itadori in the wall across the room with his jaw dislocated}

Itadori: Agh! (As he coughs up blood) [That punch is inhuman. When a beast is fused with a host, it's still supposed to have human strength now this... (As he looks to the hair that's rapidky growing across Kimura's body resembling a bear) He's becoming the beast!] (He forcefully relocates his jaw) Argh!! Kimura... Can you hear me?!

???: Kimura isn't here right now... Only Kuma!! (Japanese for Bear)

Itadori: [It's just like I thought when I landed that Senko, I just knocked out the sane part of Kimura's brain. Now this side is just his animal instincts taking over.] (As he looks onto Kimura's growing body)

Kimura: If your just gonna sit there, then I'll just kill you!! (As he dashes in again his speed knowing no limits as his claw sink deep throughout the concrete leaving slash marks)

{As Kimura is about to unleash the killer blow}

Kuma: What the?! It seems Kimura's still kicking in there trying to keep me from Killing you. (As his face twitches) No! No!

{Kuma's monsterous face cuts in two as the other half is Kimura's normal face}

Kimura: Itadori pls save me from this! I can't fight him!! (As Kuma takes over)

Kuma: Shut up kid it's my time to shine!! (As it is about to kill Itadori)

Kimura: No you don't!! (Comes back and stabs his claws into the wall) Sensei run, go get help!! (As he grabs his head fighting Kuma within him) I can't hold him back much longer just go!!

{As Itadori desperately rushes out the backroom}

Itadori: Onaraka, Tokito!!

Onaraka: Sensei what's up?

Tokito: Yeah dad what's going on? Is Kimura okay?

Itadori: Look... (Struggles to breathe) He needs you...

{As without any hesitation, Onaraka and Tokito rush in to Kimura's aid}

Onaraka: Lil bro?.. (as they walk in Seeing Kimura like that)

Kimura: Don't look at me... I'm a monster!! (As he tries hiding himself)

Tokito: No... Come hear Kimura.

{But out of nowhere Kuma in a wild rage intensifies the gravity around him}

Kuma: I'll kill you all!! You forgot about Kimura, you left him all alone. But now you'll never hurt us again!! (As Kuma actually reveals his reasoning)

Tokito: Kimura!!

{As the gravity continues to intensify pushing everyone away}

Will Kimura get the help he need?

We'll find out...

In the next chapter!!