Beginnings and Ends (12)

The man looks at the woman behind the police officer and watches as she chomps down on his head. The sounds of her crushing the bones in her mouth echo through the alley. "You can't expect me not to feast alongside you Yami~" 

The woman's wounds start to fade as the sound of her bones shifting into place echo into the alley.

"You are such a pain sometimes Maeko." Yami stands up and kisses Maeko deeply. The blood trickling from their lips makes contact with each other, Leaking from their lips and bleeding out onto the floor of the alley.

[2 hours earlier at Tōzai Gakuen... ]

Kodak walks through the halls of the school, headphones in his ears. The music filling his ears was calming and soothing. Suddenly a hoard of students ran past Kodak, their eyes filled with fear. It was like they were being hunted by something or someone.

Kodak feels something breathing down his neck and jumps back out of instinct. He gets a better look at the woman, her eyes were blood red. The clothes she wore seemed extremely outdated and dusty, but he couldn't worry about her attire. She opens her mouth and a loud screeching roar echoes through the hallway. 

Kodak then hears a faint sound of yelling from across the other hall, it sounded like one of the nurses in the infirmary. (Wait, that's where Ashiro is!)" Distracted by the thought of his friends being harmed or even killed, Kodak darts down the hall at incredible speeds. The woman saw him dash down the hall, giving pursuit to the chase. "HEY DON'T RUN LITTLE BOY! YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THE GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL MAEKO MAKIGUCHI SOME FUN!!!"

Kuroi and Kiko look at each other in the dark domain, their eyes bleed into each other's gaze. But suddenly they hear Maeko's yelling towards Kodak. They instantly put their clothes and project their astral bodies out of the domain.

Kuroi looks around himself and sees Maeko chasing down Kodak. His eyes widen in horror as Kodak slowly loses bit by bit of his distance. "(I'm sorry Kiko, but if he wants to survive he'll need to partially awaken his revenant.)" Kuroi jabs his hands into Kodak's sternum, catching him off guard. "(What the!?)"

Kodak trips over his foot from the sudden pressure he felt from his sternum. Maeko chuckles to herself and finally catches Kodak. "You done running little lamb?"

Kiko looks at Kuroi in shock, slapping him in the face immediately. "Do you realize what you've done!? With the birth of a new vessel for the destructive ruler. Kodak will have to face countless ruthless enemies. Not to mention he's only in high school!"

Kuroi chuckles a little bit, saying he knows. "I know that. There's a reason I only awakened the basic revenant techniques."

Kiko eyes widened at Kuroi's response to what she thought he did. "You mean he only has the basic revenant techniques?!"

He smiles and smirks a little bit. "If he masters the basics slowly he'll know how to use the techniques at such a level of refinement, that he'll have a better growth potential than you and I."

Maeko starts to slowly walk over to Kodak, grabbing him by the face. "You will make a fine meal little lamb." 

Kodak scoffs in disgust from Maeko's remarks about him being a meal. He then hears a familiar voice in his head. "(Kodak, I'm sorry to spring this on you but punch this bitch like she just killed your mother.)"

He looks to his left and sees Kuroi's astral projection. "(What, why?!)" Kuroi gets annoyed at his bluntness and shouts at Kodak, "JUST DO IT, OR DO YOU WANNA DIE?!"

"(Ok, I get it Kuroi-San. But if I die I'm haunting you're sorry ass.)"

Kodak looks back at Maeko and his eyes flash from black to a dark blue. He thinks back to the horror of stumbling on his dead mother and sister. The helplessness he felt, but no more. He will make a change in his weakness. "So are you gonna keep staring or are you going to keep up the great fight little lamb~" Maeko's mocking soon shuts up, as she sees Kodak surging with revenant. He feels a wave of strength washes over his entire body. It felt amazing and overwhelming.

Maeko senses this and fear floods her mind, she raises her hand, attempting to stab her hand through Kodak. "D-don't try anything you goddamn brat!" Her hand moves in but Kodak catches it with ease. He didn't even feel it, all he wanted to do was vent some pent up rage.

"(Kuroi was right afterall. Is this the power of revenant?)" Maeko scoffs at him and appears in front of his face again, attempting to kick him.

"YOU DAMN BRAT!" Kodak sees her leg extend out to kick him but something was different. She seemed slow and predictable.

Kuroi chuckles, getting Kiko's attention. "What's so funny Kuroi-Kun?"

"She's so slow, this should train Kodak pretty damn well." Kuroi says while smiling with overwhelming confidence.

"Damn, Kuroi was right, your too damn slow." Maeko looks at him confused. "(Kuroi?! The Demonic sword-"

Kodak disappears from her line of sight instantly. Maeko looks around anxiously, "WHERE ARE YOU!"

He speeds up faster and faster, jumping from wall to wall. He felt the energy he's collecting from moving around. His body felt so incredibly light and agile. Kodak speeds up even more and gets behind Maeko. His entire arm tenses up and the energy from him running delivers a devastating blow straight to her gut. 

"Boo!"

"UGH!" Maeko goes flying from the blow, sliding down the hallway, eventually slamming through a locker. Kodak rushes after her and prepares to kick her. Kodak starts feeling the energy build up once more. The energy bursts through his legs and the energy surges forward, blasting Maeko through multiple walls. Kuroi looks at the display of power Kodak was capable of showing off. 

"Jesus, given his current power he's around B-Rank. But his potential seems limitless, he might be a bigger monster than Kenji. But something feels different, is he able to collect kinetic energy through speed?!"

Kiko looks at him, her eyes light up at the sight of Kodak's newfound strength. "Go show them you're no longer helpless! Show them the true strength of suffering!!!"

Kodak's power surges throughout the building, shattering every window. He feels the rush of energy and for the first time he felt indestructible.

"(This power is amazing, the speed, power, and even the quantities of energy is immensely vast. Not to mention I feel unstoppable!)"

Maeko flies through the building, she stands beaten and battered. "(DAMMIT ALL! HOW CAN A BRAT USE LIKE HIM USE REVENANT!?)" She punches the wall, destroying it. "(Whatever, I'll just heal through eating the rest of those students! And if I need to, I'll use my own revenant!)"

Maeko's body starts to fade away, becoming invisible. She runs through the halls silently and diligently. She keeps running, trying to get away from Kodak as fast as possible. She crashes through a classroom, her stomach grows.

"That brat is stronger than I thought." Maeko looks around the room and sees multiple, most notably Fumiko and Kohaku. 

"Fresh meat." Her voice eluded hunger and starvation, Fumiko puts up her hands to fight. "Come and try it you dusty grandma!" Fumiko's yelling echoed through the hallway. Kodak runs around trying to find Maeko.

"(If she gets away it's your fault Kodak.)" Kuroi spoke into Kodak's mind harshly. He scoffs at Kuroi's statement and continues running. He turned the corner and sees multiple dead students, the only ones left alive being Fumiko, and Kohaku.

Kodak rushes into the room and shouts at the small group, "MOVE!" Fumiko looks to her left and sees him rushing down the hallway at incredible speeds. "Kohaku, Himari duck!"

Kodak runs faster and faster, before digging his feet into the ground. He suddenly feels the energy transferring to his legs and jumps across the hallway.

Maeko lunges at Fumiko, but Kodak flies through the air, delivering a dropkick straight to her chest. The impact felt immense, echoing through the building. The energy surging into his legs shot out a short ranged energy blast. It exploded straight into Maeko's chest. Suddenly a loud sound of bones snapping and shifting out of place fill the room with gruesome noises.

Maeko crawls back and holds her chest in pain, her breathing was painful and short lived.

Fumiko looked at Kodak and couldn't believe what she was seeing. He had powers, he was already powerful as a martial artist. 

"Finish her off Kodak!" Fumiko yelled to him. He walks over to Maeko and picks her up by the throat. "I won't make the same mistake of letting you live!" He raises his hand and feels energy swell up in his hand. It was over, that's what is mind told him. Blood splatters over the floor and Kodak looks at his hand, it had multiple broken bones and dislocated joints.

Maeko smiles and kicks Kodak away into a wall, his head hits the wall violently. Blood leaks from his forehead, bleeding into his eyes. His vision becomes hazy and he starts to lose consciousness. "(NO DON'T LOSE KODAK, DID YOU FIGHT HER JUST TO LOSE!? FIND THE WILL, TO WIN!!!!)"

Maeko runs at Kodak, throwing a punch infused with revenant. "YOU DAMN BRAT!"

She looks at him surprised, "H-how can you move. I bashed you're head into a wall with a revenant infused strike?! What are you!?"

Kodak smiles like a deranged psycho and starts laughing. "You wanna know who I am.... I have, NOTHING!"

The power surges throughout the building, Kodak moves forward, grabbing Maeko by the gown she wore. He smirks and throws her through the wall. The two of them look at each, outside of the building. Far from anyone interfering. The sky turns dark and rain begins to fall, Tattoos then form all over Kodak's body along with a black skull mask over his face. He rips off the top part of his uniform and runs his hand through his hair. "Ah, at long last I have control over this body. Now I can use his powers properly!"

Kuroi and Kiko look at their successor in shock. "(How is this possible?!)"

Kodak starts laughing and stops abruptly. "You are such an amateur Kodak. How could you be so dumb and let your poor control over revenant be your downfall!!!" 

Kuroi looks at Kodak in confusion. "Fukushū?! I thought I locked you in a 5th dimensional realm?!"

"You didn't actually think that could hold me right? After you trapped me in that dimension. I just mimicked the rift you opened. Or did you forget about my innate technique?"

Fukushū walks over to Maeko, confidence brimming within him. "Let's hope your body can hold on long enough for me to kill this bitch."

Maeko looks at Kodak standing up, but something was different. He was more unstable and powerful. "You're not the same brat I've been fighting are you?" Maeko says, deeply confused about the situation.

He smiles towards Maeko and starts laughing. "HAHAHAHA!!!" He suddenly looks forward, his laughing stopping almost instantaneously. "Looks like you're right, but it doesn't matter cause you'll be dead as soon as I'm done with you!"

Fukushū speeds forward, bringing his right arm down in a slicing motion. Maeko doesn't even process what happens. She feels her arm fall down and looks down. She jumps back and holds her arm in slight pain. But despite losing an arm she didn't seem worried. In fact, she seemed calm and collected.

"Too bad boy, I can just use my innate technique: Blood Feast. It's an amazing technique. Able to enhance strength or even regenerate from just simple blood consumption." Maeko's arm starts steaming and the bone structure along with her own flesh starts to regenerate.

Fukushū scoffs and takes a step forward. "Doesn't matter since you'll be dead in seconds!" He then abruptly stops and feels his body becomes firm.

Suddenly Kodak's voice echoes through his mind and the tattoos start to disappear. "DISAPPEAR!"

"(W-wait no I almost did it. Please just let me kill her!)" Fukushū pleads with Kodak, But he doesn't let up his struggle to gain control.

He begins to move his arm and rips off the black skull mask. The tattoos disappear and blood drips from his forehead. 

Kuroi looks at Kodak surprised at the outcome for control between Fukushū. He then looks to his left and smirks. "Hey there Fuku-San."

"Tch, shut the fuck up."

Kuroi shakes his head and ignores Fukushū's immature insults.

"I guess that's good enough Kodak." Kuroi says, slightly surprised by Kodak's potential. His body then falls to the floor, passing out with Fumiko screaming his name.

Maeko backs away scared, turning invisible and fleeing the fight. "(I need to regroup with Yami and figure out a plan.)"

[2 Hours later...]

Kodak is fast asleep in a hospital bed, he looks to his left and sees Fumiko. "F-Fumiko?" His voice was weak and could barely speak.

Fumiko hushes his talking and hugs him, It felt warm and peaceful. "Kodak, you're okay." Fumiko's voice of comfort was interrupted by the doctors entering the room. Fumiko looked at them annoyed but Kodak places his hand on her and smiles. "I'll be okay Fumiko-Chan, really. I will, just trust me and take my word for it."

Fumiko looks at Kodak, and then down at his injured body. Her eyes wanted to reject Kodak, but deep down she knew he was right. "Fine Kodak-Kun, but if you end up a vegetable I'll chop you up."

Kodak smirks, trying not to laugh. "Hahaha! You're always so funny Fumiko-Chan."

She leaves the room and sighs a deep breath of worries for Kodak. "(Will he be okay? Not even in Seoul was he gravely injured like this.)"

Fumiko suddenly feels the cold metal from a drink touching her cheek. "Ah!"

She turns to her left and sees Akari giggling at her reaction while, holding a soda can. "You should've seen your face Fumiko-San."

Fumiko chuckles a little bit. "Is anyone else okay from this Akari?"

She thinks for a moment and nods her head. "Kohaku and Himari are okay, Kyoka arrived to help any survivors. Ashiro ran from the infirmary while carrying me on his-" Akari's explanation is cut short as she remembers the feeling of Ashiro carrying her and the toughness of his back muscles.

"Uh, n-n-n-nevermind that Fumiko-San." Akari looks down the hallway and sees Ashiro coming over to them both. "Hey Akari!" Ashiro says while waving his hand in the air like an idiot.

Fumiko leans into Akari's ear, whispering to her. "This is the guy you have a crush on?"

Akari blushes slightly and smirks to herself, "I like them a little dumb, it evens out the good looks he's got going for him." Fumiko's hand smacks her face, "I guess I can't blame you cause I'm not better." She says, muttering under her breath.

Ashiro finally joins up with Fumiko and Akari, the three of them begin to discuss what happened at their school. Fumiko starts off the conversation, "I saw Kodak fighting this old woman, her clothes smelled like a retirement home. But what's even more interesting is the fact Kodak would toss her around like a ragdoll."

Ashiro thinks for a moment and he quickly realizes what Kodak had done. "He's done it... he unlocked it." He muttered, wanting to know the secret.

Akari looks at Ashiro and pokes him, wanting an answer for his rambling. "Hey, Ashiro what are you mumbling?"

Ashiro backs his face away and pushes Akari away playfully. "You're too close Akari-San." He says, wanting his own personal space.

Fumiko nudges her elbow into Ashiro's side and teases him about his relationship with Akari. "So, do Akari and you have a little thing going on?"

Ashiro's face twitches slightly, followed up by his face blushing slightly. "Shut up Fumiko." He turns away and Fumiko notices Ashiro's ears were very red.

"You're blushing pretty damn hard Ashiro." Fumiko says, teasing Ashiro even further. He ignores just continues to ignore Fumiko, he looks into the Kodak's room.

"(To think Kodak, a master martial artist awakened revenant, amplifying his already amazing strength. But he still lost, what a fucking monster that person was.)"

Kodak opens his eyes and finds himself in the same dark domain he had visited before. He looks over at Kuroi and Kiko.

"I guess this is where you guys tell me something right?" 

Kiko smirks and looks at Kuroi. "I guess we should tell you the basics of techniques in revenant, but you need to train your revenant constantly."