Future.

Part 2: Shinu De Nuevo.

Arc 8: Heart Shaped Prison.

(Three weeks later...)

(Kane is sitting on the balcony of the hotel, just staring out into the distance at the Eiffel Tower, the only sound coming from the passing cars, the birds chirping and people talking in the streets. He is just lost in his thoughts. Able puts a wine bottle down on the table next to Kane, the sudden noise snaps him out of his thoughts.)

Able: (He has a cup of coffee in his hands.) There you go, I didn't know what you'd like so I just asked for the best thing they had.

Kane: Oh, thanks.

Able: (He sits down next to Kane and rests his legs on the balcony wall.) Why haven't we gone back to Japan yet?

Kane: I guess I'm just enjoying my last month on Earth, before Kuragari destroys. (He downs the entire wine bottle in one go. He throws the bottle off the balcony and hears it shatter and a woman screaming afterwards.) *Sigh* I probably just murdered somebody... I don't really care.

Able: *Coughing Intensely* I don't even think I'm gonna make it to a month!

Kane: That means?

Able: (Shaking his head.) Never mind. What do you think dad would say if he sees us now?

Kane: (Scrolling through his phone.) Uhh, proud of you, disappointed in my, and who knows what the fuck Seth is doing right now, probably stabbing people in the chest and dodging taxes.

Able: Oh...

Kane: (He turns off his phone and sighs in disappointment.) Of course he does...

Able: What now?

Kane: Kuragari has a Twitter account and he's active on it.

Able: Is he cancelling random people on it?

Kane: (He opens his phone and starts reading out Kuragari's tweets, "It's 2020, I hope something interesting happens like a Kaiju attack." "If a Lamia has a baby with another Lamia, is there a chance that the kid could come out as a full snake?" "Anyone have an old typewriter I can buy off them?" and lastly one of his most recent posts "Can we all just agree that Disturbed is the best heavy metal band out there?"

Able: Surprised he's acting like a sort of normal human being on there.

Kane: Me too. (Suddenly the sky starts crackling as if thunder was in the air, but yet the sky is clear.) Hey, do you hear that?

Able: I think I do...

(Suddenly a flash of lightning strikes the balcony, leaving both Kane and Able screaming.)

Able: OH MY GOOD FUCK ITSELF FROM HEAVEN AND HELL!!!

(Out of the lightning strike emerges none other than Azrael, the Heaven-Sent Spear.)

Azrael: Language, please.

Kane: (He looks at Azrael and back at the clear skies.) Where the fuck did you...?

Azrael: What did I just say?

Carter: (He walks on to the balcony, he looks like he just woke up, he is wearing a black tank-top with blue shorts, and his hair sits all over the place.) *Yawning* Hey, did you guys hear that...? (He looks at Azrael.) Don't believe we've met.

Azrael: Azrael, The Eldest Archangel.

Carter: (He thinks for a second, nods and closes the door slowly.) I'm going to go grab two more hours of sleep.

Kane: (He looks off into the distance again.) Well, what do you want, Motoyasu? Kuragari send you, tell him to screw himself. Clearly no one else will.

Able: (He looks at Azrael with a wide smile.) Haha, he's just joking. (He turns his head back to Kane and his face turns dead serious.) *Under his breath.* Kane!!! Do you want us to get killed?! The man is capable of nuking an entire CONTINENT. Now would you sit straight, shut up, and let the grown ups talk?!

Kane: (He sits up straight.) *Sarcastic Voice* Oh, I'm sorry, "DAAAD."

Able: Now, do you mind telling us what you're here for?

Azrael: This actually concerns Kuragari.

(30 minutes later. Kane, Able, Annah, and Azrael are all sitting around a table, Azrael explained to them all that he has been keeping tabs on Sam and everyone as their strength could pose a threat to all of humanity, if one of them were to go corrupt, he would be tasked with eliminating them.)

Annah: So, you're the one who saved Sam from Dracula when he was paralyzed?

Azrael: No, not from what I can recall. However at the time, I was staying at the hotel you were staying.

Annah: Oh, yeah you had a kid with you, if I remember correctly.

Azrael: Yes, he is my-...! I mean the human that I posses' son.

Able: And where is he now?

Azrael: I left him with my brother, you might know him, Michael, the Archangel of Comradeship.

Kane: Wait Michael? The guy who gives Sam contracts?

Azrael: Exactly.

Kane: Well that explains a lot.

Azrael: Tell me, where is the rest of your team?

Kane: (He stands up from his seat.) *Sigh* I'll go call them.

(Meanwhile.)

(Kuragari wakes up in his bed, shirtless, next to Tomogui. He stands up and walks over to a liquor cabinet, pouring two glasses of bourbon.)

Kuragari: Before you ask why I chose a church... it was an aesthetic choice, not a symbolic one. (He turns around to look at Michael standing right behind, he offers him a glass of bourbon.) Long time, old friend.

Michael: You know I don't drink, Sam.

Kuragari: (He shrugs and downs both glasses of bourbon. He sits down on his throne and continues reading his book.) So why are you here? To baptize me, or drown me?

Michael: To talk... (He sits down on one of the chairs.) Do you remember the first time we met?

Kuragari: Yeah, you came to me when I grieving... her... gave me a job offer, hunt a few ghouls. We made a hell of a team.

Michael: Like I said back then, you're still stuck on stage 2; anger. You never made it past that, what would Isabel, Sara, and even that other Vampire Hunter Girl, Cryla... what would they think of you?

(Michael looks up and sees the Black Scythe hovering right above his head.)

Kuragari: (He turns the page of the book and gets a small paper cut on his thumb.) Why are you provoking me?

Michael: (He looks at the Scythe and pokes it.) I'm studying human psychology and you are the perfect test subject. See you later, Samuel Roy Kuragari.

(Michael teleports away, leaving Kuragari behind on his own.)

(Back at the hotel, everyone is sitting in the hotel lobby together.)

Azrael: (He is standing in front of the coffee table.) So, you are telling me that both of your attempts to kill Kuragari, failed?

Kane: (He is sitting on a couch in front of Azrael, next to Able and Annah.) Well, it's not exactly easy if he can't die. Chop his head off, it grows back! Chop his arms and legs off, they grow back!! Chop his dick off, it grows back, TWICE AS LONG!!!

(The people in the hotel lobby give a disgusted and concerned look at Kane, one mother even covers her son's ears.)

Kane: Sorry! Sorry!

Azrael: Well if that did not work, what is our plan this time?

Amelia: (She is sitting on a couch to the left of Azrael, next to Samantha and Esperanza.) And how's this time going to be any different?

Azrael: Because last time, I was not here.

Carter: (He's standing behind Kane, Able, and Annah.) I'm sorry, Azrael, I know you're overpowered and we're all for those badass one liners, but I shot him in the face with a Reaper Killing Bullet using a Barrett M82... three minutes later, he got right back up.

Belial: (He sits behind Azrael, next to Louis and Kenji.) Not to mention right after that, he hit me over the head with a 152kg wall of meat, and then he put said wall of meat into a two week coma.

(Dracula quietly says "fuck you" to Belial, and Belial gives him the middle finger.)

Azrael: (He points to Peter.) What about you, do you have a plan?

Peter: (He is sitting on the right of Azrael, next to Levente and Gabriela. He points to himself.) Me?

Azrael: Yes!

Dracula: (He is leaning against the wall behind Peter.) Him? Ha! He's a complete idiot, I'm 99% sure all his plans will fail, even if the future of Humanity depended on it.

Peter: Hey!!! It's more like... 80% of all of them will fail.

Kane: (Shaking his head.) *Sigh* We're all gonna die. (He stands up and starts walking away.) I'm gonna go grab a smoke.

(Kane walks outside and starts lighting his cigarette, when suddenly the cigarette gets cut in half from out of nowhere.)

Kane: (He starts looking around, the cut in half cigarette still in his mouth.) What the fuck?! (He hears a whistle coming from the alley next to the hotel and goes to investigate.) Is anyone there?!

Kuragari: (He is leaning against the wall of the alley, a gray hoodie over his head.) You know, I never did like it when you smoked, it hurts your lungs and trust me I don't care that your a half Royal Demon.

Kane: (He prepares for a fight.) Kura-...!

Kuragari: Oh relax dumbass, if I wanted to kill you I would've let you smoke and waited 15 years.

Kane: Why are you here?!

Kuragari: It ends tomorrow, Kane. So I recommend with a plan today, I also recommend you hop on Google, NOT Bing maps and search for "Obscurité Village." (He starts walking away from Kane.) See ya, Kane.

Kane: (He grabs Kuragari's left arm.) Wait! What exactly is your motivation?

Kuragari: I just want this to end, old friend. With either of us at the top. (He forces Kane's arm off and continues walking away.) See you in the future, Kane.

(A couple of hours later. Kuragari is sitting on his throne, bored out of his mind.)

Kuragari: (He suddenly stands up.) Is that... running water I hear? (He walks towards one of the abandoned homes and hears water coming from the bathroom. He walks into it and finds Tomogui taking a shower.) Oh... isn't it just convenient that this place still has water? (He turns around from the shower and starts walking away.) I'll take a shower after yo-...

(Tomogui grabs Kuragari's and drags him into the shower, she leans in and starts kissing him deeply, at first he tries to pull away, but he gives in, he takes off his coat and starts holding on to her. The moonlight is the only the thing lighting up the bathroom, he is taken back to 11 years ago, when it was just him and Isabel wanting a peaceful live, in a sick and twisted way, he might've gone full circle.)

Kuragari: (He presses Tomogui against the wall.) Shouldn't we take this to the bed?

(Tomogui presses her finger against his mouth, her mouth opens and she whispers to him in a soft and beautiful voice. "I have a... bad experience in bed.")

Kuragari: Well... I have always had a shower fantasy...

(Kuragari starts taking off the rest of his clothes, while in the hotel Kane prepares for the final attack. Sharpening his kunais, cleaning the guns he smuggled in through the airport security and preparing a mixtape for what's to come.)

(On the roof Levente and Able are having a sparing match with their swords. Dracula is standing on the edge, his cape flowing in the wind, he looks off into the distance, with one thing in mind: Kill Kuragari. Kenji, Louis, Peter, and Gabriela are readying their Scythes for the coming battle.)

(At a nearby gas station, Carter, Belial, and Amelia are loading several cans of gasoline into the back of a truck.)

Samantha: (She is sitting in her room, meditating on the bed, her eyes open and they narrow with motivation.) Yes mother, I'll make sure he gets it...

(In another room, Esperanza sits comforting a crying Annah in front of the fireplace.)

(In the living room of Amelia's penthouse, Elizabeth sits in front of the TV, chatting with one of her friends, when the winds blows the door wide open. She walks over to close the doors, but is stunned by the scarlet red moon, the color mimics her flowing hair and it reflects onto her eyes.)

Elizabeth: Please... come back safe everyone.

(And Azrael stands on a cliff overlooking the village. The scarlet moon giving everything a hellish red glow.)

(End of Chapter 67.)

(The final chapters, start now.)