32 Antichristos

(Carpenter Brut - Le Perv)

"BEGIN!"

As soon as Souichiro-san yelled out, My opponent and I dash towards one another, we stop at the center and circle each other...I threw the first punch aiming towards his solar plexus. He see this and stretch out his hand grabbing my arm and my shoulder. He tried to do a judo flip on me but as I was pulled mid-air, I grab hold of his shoulder using my feet, I twist myself to kick his head.

Seeing my feet coming right at his face he quickly push me aside. He then assume a stance and slowly walks towards me. I stood still and watch his next move...I then ran and threw some punches, He managed to block some but not all of them. I jab his chest multiple time, He counter attack and tried send his own flurry of punches....but being small and nimble has it's advantages.

I managed to dodge all of his attack due to my stature, he unfamiliar in facing combat with a child. I ran towards him and quickly try to kick his left shin to make him fall but he jump to dodge my attack I quickly turn to perform a back flip to kick him mid air.

The hit landed and cause him to slightly spit out some saliva. He falls to the ground causing shock to everyone around us....I can see and hear Alice jumping screaming hooray at me.

"Enough!"

Souichiro-san after seeing this nods and ask someone to pick my fallen opponent up. Souichiro-san then looks at me and pass his katana to me....umm..what?

"Now then...from what I saw you didn't even use your power to overwhelm your opponent...that's quite skilled of you despite you being a child. So let us fight."

"FATHER!"

Saya-nee was surprise at her father's words, besides her others felt the same way. Chiaki-san starts to worry as she looks at me....sigh.

"My daughter told me you can stop time...prove it."

Before he could give me a chance to respond, he flickers towards me with high speed causing my pupils to shrink, I quickly unsheathed my blade to block the attack.

*KLANG*

The sound of our katana hitting on another resonate the entire dojo causing shiver. Yuriko-san looks surprise as she had witnessed a child capable of blocking her husband's attack. But damn...he starts pushing me back slightly with his katana due to his size, he can easily overcome a child. His eyes turns colds while he gaze at me as if he's asking 'Is that all?'

Suddenly he stop pushing me...or in his case he can no longer push me. Seeing this he felt strange, He thought to himself he must have exerted enough force but then he looks careful at my face...his eyes shrunk for what he had seen.

The child in front of him is smiling...but his smile is not that of a child...but a monster. He recognized this type of face when dealing with politics all those years dealing with cutthroats and bastards are nothing compare to the child in front of him. And for a brief moment he felt death.

"I don't need powers to kill the likes of you."

I said it coldly, I took advantage of his exerted force and counter it by pulling him closer to me. I quickly turn my blade in an attempt to stab his shoulder..not graze it..STAB. I'll tear him apart, cut until there nothing left.

*KLANG*

With each strikes I'm pushing him further back not giving him room to react, He felt my intention...I want to kill him..yes...he must die..he mocked us...he must suffer...he'll betray us.

<Ar..thur..>

"DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE."

I increase the speed of my strikes making it harder for him to block, The blade manage to leave some cuts on his shoulder, left cheek and right leg. But if this keeps up he'll die...yes he'll soon die...kill him.

<ARTHUR!>

Others tried to interfere with the match to stop me, but Souichiro-san scream out that everyone stay where they are. I grit my teeth....he's mocking us...HE'S MOCKING US!!!. Suddenly I felt a sudden burst of power...I'm currently emanating blood lust that is so thick..Zeke starts to tremble. Everyone outside the dojo felt a disturbing aura.

I ran towards him raising my blade....CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT LEAVE HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR! WE'LL SKIN HIM ALIVE! WE'LL EAT HIS FLESH! WE'LL GRIND HIS BONES! YES YES YES LISTEN TO US WE'RE ONE....KILL HIM.

*WHISPERSWHISPERSWHISPERWHISPERWHISPERSWHISPERSWHISPERSWHISPERS*

WE YELLED OUT WITH OUR BLADE RAISE CONTINUOUSLY STABBING HIM AS HE BLOCK!

"USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS"

Souichiro-san managed to block our attacks but some got through and we managed to stab his shoulder, arm, leg....yet...yet he still looks at me indifferently...there's no fear in his eyes.....ARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHH!

"FEAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR USSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! HUMAAAAAAANNNNNNN!"

Our scream cause a massive resonance that broke the windows inside the dojo. everyone within and outside the dojo heard our scream and trembles in fright. Alice is hugging Mari-nee while crying. Takashi and the others grew weak and falls to their knee....but this...man...this insignificant human still stand before me.

"Humaaaaaaaannnnssss..."

....WE SCOWLED AT HIM WITH PURE HATRED. He sigh and took a deep breath and looks at us with a serious look on his face.

"Answer me...who are you? you are no longer the same boy standing in front of me.

*WhispersWhispersWhispersWhispersWhispersWhispersWhispersWhispers*

We start to scratch our head as we listen to his question...what a stupid question.

"Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. We who are called by many names...Armilus, Al-Masih ad-Dajjal...we're also known as the False Prophets, we are the purveyor of darkness in the hearts of men to lead them astray all in the glory of our father. WE ARE THE ANTICHRIST."

The dojo starts to tremble and the entire estate experience a mini earthquake....murders of crows starts to encircle the estate heralding the end to come.

Our smile turn monstrous resembling that of a shark..Suddenly from behind our back, hundreds of shadow hands emerges and the shadow around us starts to move and slowly spread around the dojo engulfing it in its' darkness. The people within the dojo can hear erratic whispers signifying doom and despair.

Some tried to block out the whispers...but some were already affected by it causing them to lose themselves in madness.

We raise our hand like a showman and laugh maniacally...

"It's been awhile since we taste despair lingering the air...it taste like chocolate. AHAHAHAHAHAH!"

WE GLARE AT SOUICHIRO-SAN AND RAISE OUR BLADE....

"YOU'LL DIE HERE HUMAN. YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO FALL."

Souichiro-san look at us then closes his eyes..when he opens them he took a stance and prepared himself.

"TCH!!! SUCH ARROGANCE FOR A HUMAN! KNOW YOUR PLACE! THE WOOOOOORRRRLLLDD! TIME SHALL STOP!"

*TIME STOP*

WE SCREAM WHILE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CEILING FEELING EUPHORIC! ARRRRGGGGHHH

WE RAN AT HIGH SPEED...BUT....but we...I stop running because...Alice...Alice is standing in front of me in an attempt to block me..when did she...wasn't she afraid of me.

Ah...she's crying...she's afraid of me.

Afraid. I suddenly recall back my time with her when we were alone together inside the bathroom.

"How..how do you do it? Our age is only 3 years apart nii-chan...so how are you so strong?"

She turns to face me with tears in her eyes...soaps starts to drip from her head onto her body.

"Because I can, I was raised with the notion that I can do what ever I want without any consequences."

...Consequences...Sarah.

Tears starts streaming as I recall my sister's words.

"Arthur..as your big sister it's my responsibility to look after you! you shouldn't fret on the troublesome stuffs. You need not suffer alone idiot."

....But you died because I wasn't strong enough to bear the consequences Sarah.

As I see Alice once more I recall back what I had said.

"Listen to me...your parents may be dead, but now it's not the time to be suffering from survivor guilt. I've seen this way too many time to know what you'll be going through so I'm gonna put a stop to that. You may have lost your family, but from this day forth...I'll shall be your brother."

Was this my way of owning up for the sins of my past?....or was it simply a way to run away?

WHAT'S WRONG!!! KILL HER!!! KILL HIM!!! KILL EVERYONE!!! DON'T HESITATE!!! DO AS FATHER HAD COMMAND!

....I wasn't running away. I truly care for Alice...Mari-nee, Takashi-nii, Saeko-nee, Rei-nee, Hirano-san, Saya-nee...and even Chiaki-nee...I turn to see them on the floor holding on to what hope they had left...I did this..I hurt them.

KILLLL THEEEEMM!

....Silence worms. You have no control over me. You're nothing but white noises that bugs me to no end and all I need to do is flip the switch.

DON'T YOU DARE!!!! WE ARE ONE!!! WE OBEY FATHER!! YOU CAN ESCAPE YOUR FATE!!! DECEIVER!! LIAR!!! DON'T FORGET!!! YOU KILLED YOUR SISTER!!!

*Snap*

With the snap of my finger the whispers stop, the hands retract itself back into my body....the shadows disappear from my sight returning the dojo to its peaceful state..

*Time Resume*

Everyone look around and see everything had went back to normal. Alice looks at me with tears in her eyes...I place the blade down on the floor. Souichiro-san then sheath his blade and spoke.

"Have you defeated your inner demons?"

I look towards him and smile with warmth.

"No..because I am one."

I soon fall to the floor...pass out.

To Be Continue.

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