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Yep, I'm back with a new chapter for Limit's End! What! Ah, yeah I know I've been gone for like ever. Sorry about that everybody. Crazy crap after more crazy crap just kept on piling on me, turning me into a giant pile of stinking dung. The only excuse that I have for not updating my story in a long while is because of school and my job. Arrgh! Everyday it's the same thing for me. When I get home from either school or work it just feels like a chore coming to my laptop and do some writing. For right now, I'm just trying to find a muse for writing again.

By the way, thank you everybody who read, reviewed, and added this story to your favorites. I'm trying to get back into writing because of you all! If any of you review this chapter, I'll get back to all you through Reviewer Reply!

Anyways, I've decided not to play Kingdom Heart: Recoded or Star Ocean: The Last Hope until I finish this chapter. I know I'm pretty lame for coming up with such a lame incentive to finish this chapter, but whatever gets the job done, right? Other than that, Final Fantasy 13-2 is getting me so hyped up for this winter! Can't wait! Oh, and they better bring Hope back or I'm going to be putting a hurt on Square Enix!

Anyways, with no further ado! Chapter 4 of Limit's End!

IMPORTANT NOTE AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER!

Chapter 4

Dominion

"Man, I better thank Winona again for buying these thrifty threads for me," Ash reminded himself whilst gazing at himself through the reflection of the store windows as he walked down the bustling street. "It feels good getting out of those old rags. Now, I don't look like an outsider and won't draw attention to myself anymore." Ash pumped his fist victoriously.

Unbeknownst to the chocolate eyed boy, he was dead wrong. Thanks to his 'makeover' courtesy of the princess of Sky City Winona Nagi, he was drawing lustful gazes from the women in the surrounding area. Ash heard none of the whispers nor saw the flushing faces of the ladies or the envious glares from the men that were being directed to him. He merely walked down the street proudly until a thought crossed his mind causing him to halt his steps.

"Oh, shit…" Ash muttered as his face darkened. "Where the hell do I train at!" The dark-haired boy grabbed his hair and began shaking his head, drawing the attention of the bystanders. The bystanders all had the same train of thought, he has looks…but he's crazy. "I should have asked Winona if she knew a place where I could train! Oh, man!"

Suddenly, a soft and beautiful tune rang through his ear, catching his attention along with the rest of bystanders. Whatever worries Ash felt dissipated as he continued to listen to the music. He followed the gentle tune to across the street where he saw a man playing a beautiful black violin with golden embroidery crafted onto the front and side panel of the device. Ash walked across the street, entranced with this lovely tune. Soon after, crowds began gathering around the lone musician, listening expectantly.

Ash analyzed the man before him. The man had long silver-white hair. His long hair was tied in loose pony tail that reached to the end of his back. Two long silver bangs parted from his forehead, dropping to the length of his shoulder. His straight bangs framed his face perfectly. The man's eyes were closed gently as if becoming one with his music. Such a peaceful look gave everybody that was watching the man a feeling of peace and serenity. The soft rays of the sun hit the man's pale skin, giving him an angelic look. It was as if a halo appeared above his head. The musician wore a skinny black suit and a white dress shirt underneath. A silk skinny black tie finish his top ensemble. His skinny black dress pants reached to the heel of his shiny black dress shoes.

The girls swooned at the man. The mysterious man ignored the sighs he was receiving and continued playing his music with no pause. With a soft ending to his lovely playing, he opened his bright emerald eyes to gaze at his audience. A soft smile appeared on his angelic face.

"Thank you for listening."

"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!" the girls screamed with all their might. The men in the crowd eyes widened and used their hands to cover their ears from the terrible shrill. Ash winced in pain also, following the actions of the other guys.

"Calm down, girls. You're disturbing the peace my music left." The man smiled, showing his perfectly white teeth. All the women in the crowd covered their mouth in embarrassment. "Now, if you all kindly move, I have some plans with my friend, Ash Ketchum." He gestured his hand towards the boy in front of him. The crowd directed their gaze at the auburn eyed boy.

Ash pointed at himself. "Huh! Me!" The man nodded his head. "I've never met you-"

"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!" the girls screamed again. All the guys winced in pain again, thinking 'Oh, shit! Another pretty boy!' The men of the crowd glared at the two handsome men. Ash chuckled nervously while he scratched the back of his head sheepishly. The musician just chuckled before putting his violin back into its sleek black case. The man slung the music device over his shoulder.

"Well, shall we get going?" he asked Ash. The crowd formed a path as the man walked through it. Ash followed behind him, wondering how this man knew him. Ash didn't know what was happening, but he knew one thing. He was going to find out.

"Hey! Wait up!" Ash ran to the side of the man, matching his footstep with stride. "How do you know me?"

"I know a lot about you, Ash," the man simply answered. "Like how I knew it was you who managed to defeat that Class A Summoning Creature. I also know that you lived with a man named Samuel and his daughter, Susan, and granddaughter, Elizabeth." Ash's eyes widened as fact after fact came spewing from this man's mouth. "And I know that you are a relic of such a peaceful time that I wish this world had."

A large vein protruded from Ash's forehead. This is crazy! How did he know so much? Having enough of this man's riddle-like talk, Ash spoke, "How do you know so much about me! And Relic! What are you talking about! Who the hell are you!" He questioned.

"All in due time. Let us go to a more private place where we can talk alone. We wouldn't want to involve the people who have nothing to do with this. Right?" Ash gritted his teeth before nodding his head stiffly. He followed the mysterious man in silence. A few minutes past and the two reached an abandoned construction sight. Broken steel beams littered the grounds, while decaying buildings surrounded them. The man walked a few steps forward and turned towards Ash with a smile on his face. "I think this is private enough, don't you think?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever," Ash quickly answered. "Now, tell me who you are!" Ash demanded.

The man closed his eyes and sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose. He opened his emerald eyes and gave a tired look to Ash. "Straight to the point, huh? You're pretty headstrong. Our characters clash quite a bit." The man bowed his head. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Himero Ai."

"Himero Ai?"

"Yes, you needn't repeat me." Ash glared at the man. "I'm sure we both heard me say my name. Sheesh, echo much?" Himero merely grinned, seeing Ash tightening his hand into a fist. It was fun riling up such a simple minded person. The silver haired man raised both his arms and sighed. "Now, now, it was just a joke. Calm down. My intention was not to start a fight. I'm just here for a friendly conversation."

"A friendly conversation?" Ash questioned. "All that's been happening is you getting on my nerve. And I'm pretty sure you're not being friendly." The ebony haired pointed his finger to the man. "Now, what do you want with me? And how do you know so much about me?" Himero glared at the boy.

"Don't you know pointing your finger at someone is considered rude? I'll answer your questions soon enough, but the person speaking as of now will be me, you crude little boy. So, hold your tongue back before I rip it out." Ash glared back at the man intently. Himero sighed before reaching for his pocket, and pulling out a white cigarette. He put the nicotine stick into his mouth and brought his index finger to the tip. A blue flame appeared, igniting the cigarette. Himero proceeded to blow out white smoke from his mouth. "Now, considering your answer, I'll decide whether or not to answer your questions."

"What are you terms?" Ash asked venomously, hating the fact that he had to agree with a man that was seriously starting to wear on his patience.

"Only that you accept this gracious invitation that I'm about to bestow upon you." The man blew a puff of white smoke as he talked.

"An invitation?" Ash questioned. "What kind of invitation are you talking about?"

"Of course the invitation in becoming a part of Dominion. The greatest organization in the world."

"Dominion? What is that? Some sort of gang?"

"A gang?" Himero chuckled. "Don't lump us into such a group. A gang is just a pack of inelegant thugs whose only drive is their insatiable greed." Ai brought both his arms forward, summoning a pressure of pride that emanated from his body. "Dominion is the future. Dominion will bring forth a new age of peace that will consume the world!" Himero dropped his arms to his side and smiled. He blew a puff of white smoke before speaking. "And all this will be possible because of our beautiful leader. She is the epitome of love and life. She will give this world salvation!" Ash shook his head and sweatdropped. Was everybody in Dominion this dramatic? Himero turned his gaze towards Ash. "And she wants to recruit you. Consider yourself lucky to be chosen."

Ash raised his hand. "Hold on a sec. So let me get this straight, the goal of your so called organization is peace?" Himero nodded his head. "If that's true. How are you going to achieve it? Peace isn't something that can be done just by saying something. It is done by action. What kinds of action are you planning to do?"

"Easy. We plan to take over this corrupt world and eradicate all the nonbelievers," Ai simply said with no shred of remorse. Ash's auburn eyes widened. "You look surprise. What do you think we should do to those who don't want peace? We have to weed them out so that they don't spread. That's the only way to achieve true peace."

"Are you mad! An organization seeking peace, but plans to murder anybody that doesn't follow your rules! Such hypocrisy! That is not what you call 'true peace!' That is called genocide!" Himero sighed.

"Genocide? That is such a terrible word. I would like to use the word purge. Purge for the greater good."

"I bet that what your leader said, wasn't it?" Ash commented

Himero nodded his head. "Of course."

Ash chuckled. Himero raised his brow. "Sounds like your leader is quite full of herself." Himero narrowed his emerald eyes dangerously onto Ash.

"Don't you dare speak ill of my lady," Ai said darkly. "I will not let such insolence pass."

"How about you shut the fuck up?" Himero's left eye twitched. Such crass language! How could anybody speak that way?

"What did you say, trash?" The musician scratched the back of his head. "I thought I heard-"

"Oh, you heard right," Ash interrupted. "I asked you to...Shut. The. Fuck. Up. This bullshit that you keep spewing out is really starting to piss me off. All your talk about peace is just a grand disguise to hide what you guys really want."

"And what would that be, trash?" Ai asked. "Enlighten me with your words of wisdom."

"Your goal is just to enslave people. Have the world ruled in dictatorship. That isn't called peace that is called fear. And this leader you speak so highly of is just a tyrant!"

Suddenly, Himero's eyes ferociously shined yellow. A murderous intent swept the area creating a ghastly howling noise. It was as if packs of wolves were in area, howling at the moon. A bead of sweat dripped from the side of Ash's face. He gulped. He had never felt so much pressure.

"You can talk about me however you like, but if you drag in my lady, then I will show you no quarter," Himero said menacingly. "I assume that you refuse the invitation. So, since you don't agree with the way Dominion rolls then that makes you a nonbeliever to the faith." Ai went into his battle stance, raising his arms to the side of his body. "Now, what shall I do to the nonbeliever?" A vicious grin appeared on the musician's handsome features.

Ash raised his right arm forward, summoning a large blue rune adorned circle. "You can try." Suddenly, the inner crests began to rotate clockwise as the inner crests rotate counterclockwise. "Radiant Burst!" A stream of blue energy blasted from within the circle, scorching the ground beneath its path as it plowed forward.

Himero smiled. "Child's play." To Ash's surprise, his beam of light began to twist into multiple directions, finally dissipating in a small flash.

"What!"

"I presume it's my turn!" Ai opened his palms out, causing the numerous steel beams to levitate.

Ash's eyes widened in shock. "Telekinesis!" Ash shouted.

"You would compare my powers to mere parlor tricks! How wrong you are!" Himero proceeded to throw his right arm forward, sending three steel beams towards Ash at an alarming rate. Ash gritted his teeth, summoning a mid-size rune adorned circle in front of him. The shield successfully deflected two, but shattered as the third one ripped through it, hitting Ash in the gut. Ash groaned in pain as he flew across the site, through the wall of an abandon building.

"Shit…that actually hurt…" the ebony haired boy muttered, holding his gut, before rising to his feet shakily. He glared towards the silver haired man.

Himero grinned victoriously. "I'm just getting started!" The musician brought his right arm forward and dragged it back. A low rumbling noise echoed inside of Ash's head as he looked around. The building began shaking terribly, shocking Ash in the process. The ebony haired boy began sprinting towards exit. "Too late!" In a quick instant the building collapsed, falling on top of Ash if deafening thud. "Ha! That's wasn't hard at all." Himero sighed to himself. "Why would my lady think this man was worthy of joining Dominion? Oh, well, he's dead, so it shouldn't matter." The silver haired man turned around and began walking away until he heard a loud blast. Looking over his shoulder, he was surprised to see a blue sphere heading towards him. Himero spun around and grabbed the sphere, crushing it in his hand.

"Where do you think you're going!" Ash screamed as the boulders on top of his body flew off. The pieces of building littered the field.

Himero sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "I hate people who can't stay dead."

"Joke now, but I'm just getting started." In a flash, Ash disappeared, surprising the Dominion associate. "Gotcha!" The auburn eyed man appeared before Himero and shot his right fist straight at the face of the man. Himero caught the fist with his left hand, shocking Ash in the process.

"God, just learn your place, trash." A sharp kick hit Ash directly on the neck. Himero could only look at the boy with pity as he let go of the boy's fist. Ash fell to the ground while holding his neck. He gasped for air. "You can't even fathom the power I possess. You are but a mere cockroach that is about be smashed by my foot." The musician, taking advantage of the situation, kicked Ash directly under the chin. Ash rose into the air and wasn't prepared for the quick right jab aimed at his face. The ebony haired boy skipped across the ground, stopping as his body hit a piece of the broken building. "Where's that mouth of yours now?"

"Shut up…shut up…" Ash groaned as he rose to his feet slowly. His new clothing was ripped while blood stained most of his upper body. Ash wiped the blood from his eyes. His vision was becoming blurry. "Shut up!" Ash brought his arm forward, bringing forth another mid-sized magic circle. He shot his fist forward, breaking the circle, producing a bright light. The light died down, revealing a pure white katana in his hand. "Masamune!"

"Trash like you can summon their personalized weapon? What's next? A yellow rat shooting electricity out of its body?"

"See if you can make a joke now." The ebony haired boy raised his sword into the air. "Celestial Div-" Suddenly, Ash's arm stopped in its place. "What?"

"What were you going to say?" Himero asked. He snapped his finger, igniting Ash's arm. The auburn eyed man screamed in pain as his right arm began to incinerate before his eyes.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Now, those are the only words I like to hear out of your mouth." Himero began raising both of his arms into the air. "Now, feel the pain as I char you body black!"

"STOP!"

Himero dropped his arms. "Oh, now isn't this going to be interesting." Ai looked to the three figures that appeared before him. "Cynthia, Solidad, and Giselle."

Alright, guys. I hate to say this but while I was writing this chapter, I just figured out that I'm not going to be able to finish my stories. I feel like such a bastard to you guys. Arrgh, I feel so ashamed right now, but I can't hold it in any longer. I think my time as a fanfiction writer is completely done with. I feel like such a dick when people keep on reviewing my stories, hoping for a new chapter to be uploaded. I don't want to give you guys false hope or anything. So, I'm finally declaring that I'm done writing my stories. I'm still going to be a reader and review other stories, but yeah, I think I'm done writing.

I apologize for failing all of you supportive readers. If anybody wants to pick up this story or Love Sickness pm me I'll gladly give them to anybody who wants to finish them and I'll tell you my ideas of where I wanted those stories to go. I just ask the people who do take my stories as their own to give me credit.

Finally,

Thank you to all my faithful readers! And again, I apologize for not living up to all your expectations.

Complete Hollow

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