The air was still, the night was crisp. It was the kind of night where you
could just smell the dirt on the ground, everything having it's own natural
fragrance. Just then a light wind picked up and the leaves in the trees
rustled for a moment. Then, once again, everything was bathed in silence.
"GRRRAAAAHHHH!!" cried Akisame as his clawed hands tore into a massive trees
base. Only loud growls, snorts and shouts of anger were all he said as he
continued to pound away at the trunk of this mammoth piece of wood. Finally
with one tearing movement his hand ripped out a good portion of the tree and
it feel helplessly to the ground.
[[Are you done yet?]]
Akisame clenched his fists and dropped to his knees, "Shut up you mechanical
nuisance. I'll never be done...you'll never know what it's like...".
[[What what's like? Being stuck inside the head of someone and being forced
to watch them kill themselves? Because that's what you're doing.]]
Akisame's violet eyes dropped to the ground, trying to turn away from what he
was doing, the light wind blew his braids back and forth, making tiny
rattling noises audible as the beads came in contact with one another, "I
don't care anymore...torn between 3 personalities. I want power....I want
peace....I can't tell what I really want and what I can actually achieve.
I'm...half a man..."
[[Nonsense, you want power and that you already have. Peace you must work
for however, seems your savage persona is the dominant one, you'll have to
learn how to repress anger. Having the upgrades inside of you doesn't make
you any less of a man, in some eyes it might make you more of one.]]
Akisame pulled his hands in front of his eyes, looking down as the alien-like
armor unlaced itself from his hands, and the liquid tendrils slid back around
his fingers, forming the rings he wore.
"Look at how my power has been gained. It's not like someone training for
their entire life, it's...fake...I'm like some monster created in a lab.
What power to I really have? Think of it, that Copycat Ken guy could have
had me if the match lasted longer...I can't do anything without worrying
about this stupid RAGE unit boiling my blood."
[[I...don't know what to tell you Akisame. There are those in the world that
are born with talent, even before they learn how to practice. Think of
yourself that way, when you were born anew, you gained talents. As for the
RAGE unit I do have good news. It seems the more you use it, the better
you're getting, and the more resistant your body is becoming to the fever
that accompanies it's use. With enough practice you might not even have to
worry about overheating anymore.]]
A bead of sweat rolling down Akisame's forehead, over the bridge of his nose
and dripped off the tip, moistening the ground below, "Practice...more work
for something that should have never happened. But yeah, I guess your
right..." something was wrong in Akisame's voice, in a way it didn't sound
like he was being true, and Nac to sense it, "...I should get more use out
the RAGE unit...hey, I know a way....".
Akisame drew his hands under him and lifted himself back to his feet.
[[Akisame? What are you thinking of doing?]]
He just rolled his shoulders, then closed his eyes and lifted one hand waist
high, palm up.
[[Akisame...look no, there's no need for this, I didn't mean you needed to
max out RAGE now.]]
He continued to keep his current position, a gentle breeze blew past him as
he began deeply concentrating on something.
[[I'm telling you, don't do it now. You're just angry that's all...try
counting to 10 or something.]]
It was then that a single wisp of electricity crackled around his hand. Now
Nac realized what Akisame was trying to do.
[[For god sakes, you know you can't use that technique! Even in emergencies
it's not advised!]]
Akisame continued to ignore Nac's pleas, now several webs of energy were
dancing around his outstretched palm. Soon they began to move about his
forearm, then up his shoulder, and over his chest. Not much time passed
before it cackled all over his body. In a chaotic way it was beauty as the
bright arcs of pure electrical force danced over his form. Twisting in and
out of his vest and his hair, his palm began to tense up until he clenched it
into a fist.
[[Listen to me Akisame! Not here! Not now!! This doesn't accomplish
anything!]]
His eyes opened, but they didn't just shine their normal violet color, now
they raged intensely, for a second it seemed as if though he almost smiled to
himself, he inhaled a deep breath of the swirling air forced into a rapid
motion by the electrical disturbances his body was giving off, "Shougekiha..."
[[My god...I knew it...your going to use...]]
Before Nac could finish his realization, Akisame had interrupted him,
"DRIVER!!".
He lifted his hand up and slammed it straight into the dirt. In a split
second the ground began to rumble and the earth seemed to wince as a
monstrous gathering of the energy that coursed through Akisame's body was
summoned. A massive blast shaped like a drill bit tore from beneath the
ground and poured it's essence into the air. The rock, the trees, the dirt,
anything that was within the blast radius was incinerated by the shock of
energy. Then there was silence, it was over.
Akisame's body dropped to the ground face first, several heat less sparks
jumped off of him as he impacted with the ground.
[[Akisame? Akisame? Are you all right? How do you feel??]]
The dirt kicked up from under his nose as he breathed out deeply, opening his
eyes slightly. He gave the same smile he had given right before he let go of
the blast, "Much...better...".
After those words Akisame's body gave up, and he slipped into unconsciousness.
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