Siesta tumbled through the portal and landed in front of Tabitha who blankly stared at the maid. Everyone looked at the first comrade but then noticed Saito wasn't able to make any progress on getting to it himself. Suddenly, the force of the portal collapsed in on itself and destroyed it.
Everyone covered themselves from the explosion that followed. As the smoke cleared, everyone say the portal they desperately tried to keep open wasn't there anymore and only one of the two made it.
"We need to reopen the portal." Henrietta yelled but the older men shock their heads.
"That was our only shot at bring them back. Saito might have known this and threw Siesta in to make sure she at least made it back home." Colbert said, seeing the boy throw the female through the portal and blocking incredibly fast micro spells.
"Self sacrifice you are saying?" Tabitha asked.
"Exactly, this is not the first time the young boy has put himself in quite a problem to save his friends, remember the war?"
Osmond told as everyone in the room remembered that Saito purposely stayed behind to make sure everyone made it out okay in the war not too long ago. The boy had a reputation of sacrificing himself for others since he could take quite a punch. In this case however, it is much bigger than he can handle.
"Then… he is gone for good?" Henrietta said, trying to hold back her emotions.
"It appears that way; the only way he is coming back is on his hands."
Colbert said and began to walk away from his greatest failure. It is no secret that both Saito and Colbert had a special friendship that student and teacher generally never have. He looked at the young boy like a son sort of. He closed the door behind him and walked off his room.
"Uhhh… that freaking hurt…" Saito moaned in pain at his right shoulder. The boy took a bullet before landing on the ground and makes his great escape.
Saito leaned against a steel wall in an alleyway as the soldiers roamed the streets looking for him, with the occasional speaking saying for him to come out of hiding and he will not be harmed. Gullible as the boy is, he knew it is anything but the truth.
He slowly fell to the cold ground as rain poured from the sky. Saito laid there with his hood up trying to think of what he is going to do next. He had no money to get this looked at but even then, he is sure no one would help him since the state runs the medical crap.
"Man… I knew I should have jumped in after throwing her."
"You regret throwing her in?"
"Let's be honest Derf, if she were to stay in this world with the shit now going on, she would either be raped or killed. Not exactly something I'd stand for… owww…"
"Finally found you kid." A group hidden in the shadows said as Saito's sight began to blur.
"Great… I'm caught…" Despite his herculean strength and seemliness stamina, the boy is still human and bullets freaking hurt when they make contact. Saito passed out from the blood loss and darkness took over.
Saito shot up from the surface he is on, only to cringe at the pain at his right shoulder. His jacket and shirt are completely off but the rest of his clothes are on his body. Derflinger sat next to him on the left. The room is nothing but a grey square with medical tools on trays.
"Whoa there, easy does it boy." A male who seemed in his late thirties said in a complete surgeon outfit from head to toe. The only feature Saito could see is his short buzz black hair.
"Where am I?"
"Already asking questions huh, I figured as much. You are currently in the JPNRB1, Japanese Resistance Bases 1."
"He and a few others treated your wound on your should just a few hours ago Partner." Derflinger spoke aloud as Saito realized that the man just heard a sword speak.
"Ugh… I can explain the sword."
"No need to, we saw your little stunt at the gathering and since you seemed against Maltin Hiraga."
"Funny thing you bring that up."
"What, the fact you nearly broke his neck?"
"Not exactly, he's my father. My name is Saito Hiraga."
"Never would have thought you would go after your father, we all figured you would blindly follow him."
"After seeing everything he has done since I returned, I just can't stand by and watch." Saito said as the man smiled.
"Hmph, that is good to hear. Although, I can see it in your eyes you have something else on your mind."
"Ya… I have to return home."
"Halkeginia?" The man said as Saito never flip out from hearing someone from Earth say that name.
"How do you know about that place!?"
"Well, you just said it." The doc pointed out as Saito somewhat calmed down. "But in exchange for saving you from blood lose. Your sword told us everything about how you were able to do half the things you were performing. Gandalfr correct?"
"Ya, that's what these runes say." Saito motioned his left hand and the professional glanced at the engravings. "So… what's next?"
"Well, you have a choice."
"Oh…?"
"Yes, either you stay here with us and help retake this world. Or you can return to the other world. The only thing we ask is we get a sample of your blood so that we may one day be able to have the powers you have to stand up against the aggressors if you leave."
"Why do I have a feeling that no matter the choice I make, you are getting my blood?"
Saito's eyes moved to the right and saw a small medical bag of red liquid which anyone who has been to the emergency room for blood lose could tell what is inside of it.
"Let me guess, that's my blood."
"Yup, all we needed is that much to test on it for anything different compare to ours."
"Well, hate to break it to you but I don't want anything to do with this world anymore after what has happened." Saito gave his answer as the doctor gave a dramatic sigh.
"Oh well I guess, there is one thing we can tell you with before we let you off."
"What would that be?"
"You remember the shrine that the oh so great leader was giving the most important speech ever at?"
"Ya?"
"Well… someone who went in to the shrine and made it out yesterday report saying that there was an object that appeared to have some kind of effect not from this world. Might be something you would like to check out."
"You are hiding something from you."
"Ya… after everything you have done there, security is absolutely insane with the place, I'm quite surprise out man made it out alive."
"So I'm taking a shot in the dark in saying that the whole logger thing was a lie so the government could get their hand on whatever was in there?"
"Correct, you are definitely smart than most people I work with. Now, get some rest to let the wounds heal up." The doctor pressed a button and out came a pillow and blanket. "Catch, and night." The nameless person toss a white sheet and pillow to the teen who caught both with his left hand. The doc walked over to a door, opened it and left the room.
"I trade in the best bed in months for a solid metal stand, joy…"
"Saito isn't coming back Louise." Henrietta spoke the five words she has been dreading to say to her best friend.
Both females sat in the void mage's dorm room at the academy with the Queen sitting in a chair and Louise on the bed.
"What…" Louise thought she was hearing things from the leader of the country.
"Saito… sacrificed coming back here to make sure Siesta made it back alive. The last image we saw of his was hundreds of mini spells being fired at him as he desperately tried to protect himself."
It hurt the Queen's hurt to rest what she just told; she loved the boy just like Louise and the rest of the women that knew the Gandalfr. Louise's face turned to fountains of tears but quickly rage, rage that the royal mage has never seen before.
"That FUCKING COW!" Louise shouted the latter of the sentence which surprised Henrietta. The door came wide open to show Agnes with his sword and flintlock out. "I'M GOING TO KILL THAT MAID!" Louise shouted in pure rage as Agnes restrained the girl.
"Louise, it wasn't her fault." Henrietta tried to reason with the completely furious mage.
"Then who's is it!?"
"it was his…" Henrietta said just loud enough for her friend to hear. "He chose to do this; we all know he would do anything to protect any friend of his, even give his life…"
"That's not true!" Henrietta saw the denial in her eyes, no one wanted to believe that Saito is gone but she knew that if she dwelled on it for too long, it would spell the end of her country.
"If you ever want to talk with me, just come find me." Henrietta said as a bright light engulfed the outside area of the academy. "Agnes, let go of Louise and check that out."
"Of course." The knight released the mage as ran out the door. The only sound that was heard is the loudest bang that anyone in the world has ever heard.
"Kill him!" A very dominant male voice roars out followed by the sound of a barrage of smaller sounding explosions. All the while both females did not notice a certain flower bloom.
Saito stood in the same room he slept in. He saw his jacket got sown up where the holes once were. He got the shirt and jacket on and strapped his best friend on his back. The doc gave him direction on how to get out which he thanked him for it. Saito ran the dark corridors until he came to a door he quickly opened up.
(A/N – You know, I'm starting to think authors should be able to insert music into a section without telling others to play it themselves. I think that would really help; ehh copyright crap then would stop it. Last Ranker Music - Glorious Fights We Call "Life")
The site he saw is nothing but unbelievable. The cheery blossoms that he has desperately missed are in season and the petals blew along with the window. He took a small jumped and landed in a small gathering of them. The petals began to gather around the boy who felt nature telling him something that he is not truly understanding. Then it finally hit, and with it the petals dropped to the grounds as Saito ran off at top speed towards the shrine.
He zoomed down the streets in at such speed no one was able to depict him. As the flash made his way towards to shrine, he saw thousands of soldiers walking down the sandō in military order. Saito leaped on top of the torii and saw what appear to be a men going into the haiden. Saito slowly drew Derflinger and soared over every person and atop the hall of worship.
"It's him, kill the terrorist!"
"Come on, I'm not killing innocents to make my POINT!"
Saito shouted and came slammed down to the ground with his blade which causing everyone to fall off balance. The swordsman saw this weakness and thrusted full headway at everyone in his path. Saito swung his sword like a madman with heads flying everywhere. He saw one soldier pull up his gun as the boy grabbed a decapitated body and pushed it in front of the gunner.
One soldier moved the butt of his rifle at the boy which Saito barely saw until a bullet went through the skull of said attacker. He looked up to a close hill overlooking the shrine and say a smirking gunman without the stupid outfit, instead in regular citizen clothes.
"You really thought we would send you into this shitstorm without some help kid?" Saito recognized the voice being the doc himself. Instead of the doctor attire, he had a dark green t-shirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
"Nice to see you too doc." Saito called out as he kicked a male back.
"Save it, get to the shrine; we'll deal with your new friends." At the words of the fighter, hundreds of fighters jumped out of the bushes surrounding the soldiers and the scene turned into a street fight.
Saito took this opportunity to jump on a standing tōrō and then the shamusho to see about one hundred soldiers enter the haiden with weapons. The boy wonder leaped from head to head of enemies with the occasional kick in the skull for good measure. Saito reached the front of the building and cutting the air behind hind to chop up anyone who is still coming after him.
Saito opened the door and saw what seemed the last of a commando group enter a portal like device and on the other side rested Halkeginia. He dashed forwards but a circular object radiated with magical energy he has never seen in this world do before.
"Yo Derf, any idea what this is?"
"I don't know, but it seems to be calling out to you."
"Why not bring a present for someone back home."
Saito walked over to the pedestal and placed his right hand on the artifact. A sudden rush a pain coursed through his right hand as he fell to his knees as it finally stopped. He is gasping for air from how bad the object treated him so some unknown reason.
"Wait, where is it?" Saito asked himself as he heard footsteps behind the stand that held him.
"It joined with you." A soft female voice said as the person stepped away from the shadows and revealed to be a teenage shrine maiden in hiding.
"I ugh… didn't mean for this to happen."
"Do not worry, it was meant to happen. Only one with the direct line of Kami could have seen the magical energy of the orb. With you absorbing the item into your being, you showed you are a descendent of Amaterasu, an ancestor of our sun goddess."
"Whoa… then that means I-"
"Am a missing member of the imperial family, yes."
"Holy crap that's awesome!" Saito shouted in amazement of him being a part of the most important family of Japanese history. His sight caught witness of an explosion on the other side of the portal.
"Go, and show these intruders of power of a member of the imperial family sir." The young maiden bowed to Saito and returned into hiding. (A/N – Quick mythos note, Amaterasu and Susanoo are two of the three children of Izanagi (not in the normal way may I say…) but since Ammy is the most well known and emperors are considered by the Japanese as descendants, it only made since to use her. Don't let Naruto fool you.)
Saito felt a great warmth course through his very being as his mind and focus turned to his home. Without second thought, the Gandalfr leaped into the portal which closed behind him. He opened his eyes to see he is in the plains outside the academy but more important it that groups of soldiers from his word marched towards to place.
"I don't think so."
(A/N – I am just blabbering on in this chapter I'm noticing. Xenoblade Chronicles Music - Unfinished Battle (Speed Up).)
Saito tightened his grip on Derflinger as the fire in his being erupted. "Hraaaa!" Saito jumped to great heights in the sky but soon let gravity take over and slammed Derflinger into the ground, but this time a great firestorm surrounded the swordsman on impact.
The sound the same from it resembled the loudest explosion he has ever heard. If it didn't tell the academy something way up, thing would.
"Kill him!" Saito heard the voice which he confirmed is indeed his father.
All guns pointed as Saito as he realized his is in trouble. A bullet came directly at his head but turned to ask in a fraction of a second.
"D-Demon!"
A soldier shout in terror at the sight he was seeing. Saito said the his skin tone turned to a pale white and his clothes transformed to a white male kimono with the kanji for fire engraved in the center along with a sword he never truly thought existed.
"Partner, your eyes have turned red." Derflinger said out loud as Saito realized something.
"Amaterasu's fire, Susanoo's sword, I truly am an ancestor of the deities." Saito said softly realizing that the power of the gods is at his fingertips. Saito held the Totsuka no Tsurugi, the blade used by the god of the sea and storms in his left hand. "Run…"
Saito darted towards to the large group of soldiers as a bullet of fire, incinerating all in his path. He used his newest sword to clever a heavily armored opponent like a hot knife through butter. Another came up as he turned his body and slash vertically, all the while bullets having no effect on him and none dared to touch his white fire that seemed to invisibly run through his soul.
He saw a spear of ice soar past his head and nail a soldier which he concluded is some of the mages finally doing something. Saito continued his relentless assault, burning or cutting any who stood in his way. Ultimately, he destroyed so many enemies that some began to rout but thunder covered the sky and zapped any who tried to run.
A killing field with no escape for those to tried to invade a still good world.
The living embodiment of the gods turned his attention to the one man who he believe caused all the suffering in Japan.
"W… what are you son?" Saito's father said in complete fear of what his son is now.
"I have become that in which you tried to destroy, the culture and tradition of our home now rests solely on me. And it is not one I envision you in, goodbye father." Saito muttered the last part and reappeared in front of his father with the god's sword impaled into his stomach. He pulled it out and with fire in the blade of Derflinger, decapitated the head and the being of his father turned to ash.
Saito looked around him and saw that no one survived the onslaught he created with his newest powers. A feeling of stares hit the boy who causally turned and saw a few of his friends staring at what he created but none knew who he was.
"Hey guys." Saito sheeply said and deactivated whatever transformation he was in. The looks on everyone's face is priceless as Saito began to laugh at the sight. Suddenyl an explosion came off in front of Saito who fell backwards his gut got jumped on.
"Youuuu…" Saito looked up and saw the blood red eyes of evil in Louise's glare.
"Ugh… hey Lou-" Saito stopped when his master's wand got pointed directly at his face.
"Explosion…" Louise's whispered as Saito screamed for his life at the pain he was going to feel. Although he would rather deal with this than return to what was his original home.
Author's Notes – NEW POWERS ARE ALWAYS FUN!
Too many times have I heard the word terrorist be used to subjugate the people of Islamic culture or descent. I may not have any friends who follow the practice of Allah but that doesn't mean followers need to be treated poorly due to the actions of some. That being said, they are not the only people who are called that, other times some who do not follow the main religion of a town or city have been call so.
Now… we have a situation. This story is now done yes but a thought entered my mind that if I say it publicly, people are going to demand it and want it. If you want in on what I am think, just send a private message asking for it. Lets just say... sequel material...
Also, I wonder if any of you caught the theme with the number three. Three letters in NWO, WW3, 3k chapters, the 3rd day, etc.