Kapitel 78: Awakening (5)
"....How....why?"
With face full of shock and disbelief, Haruto weakly opened his stiff mouth. Looks like even Yomi was very surprised since his eyes opened wide and took a few step back. Only after he glanced at the broken glass cage he realized his attack using Susanoo before had actually slashed even the place Lena was. Thanks to that, she's able to escape from there.
"...*Cough*....*Cough*..."
Lena turned her body and faced the still lying down Haruto. There he could see a huge and deep diagonal cut right from her shoulder to her flank with blood flowing out like a river. His face turned pale in an instant.
"No..no..no..."
He shook his head furiously while reaching out his hand as if trying to stop the blood from flowing out and closed the wound but it didn't reach.
"....It's... so ....unfortunate...."
The female knight spoke weakly before crouching her body so she could grab Haruto's hand. It was unknown from where he get the power but Haruto finally raised his body and kneel right in front of Lena while supporting her body with his trembling hands.
"...Until now... I wanted to keep.... surviving even... if I have ....to sacrifice other people's live.... and yet here I am..."
Her body fell and this time Haruto was the one looking at her from below. They gazed at each other, one of them was full of grief and confusion and other was full of helplessness and wet eyes. There's a huge regret on her heart but at the same she was also happy and that made her feel so complicated and sad.
"..If ...possible, I ...would ...like to see... our child...."
The tears let out from her eyes while she stroke her unharmed lower abdomen softly. Just before the slash touched her body, she managed to avoid the area of her stomach from being cut, it was an act done unconsciously, just a motherly reflex. Haruto knew what she was doing so he also reached out his hand to rub her belly next to her hand.
This life right inside was both him and Lena's child. Until now she was desperately trying to survive in order to protect their child no matter what the cost.
And right now, because she sacrificed her body to protect the father of the child, it was the same as killing them.
"...I'm sorry..."
"..!!"
It was unknown for whom she apologized to but she sobbed silently before closing her eyes. Haruto gasped while letting out tears himself the moment the body on his arms lost power.
"Hmm, that was an unexpected outcome. For me to make a mistake, with this I lost one specimen for my cute little pets how unfortunate..."
Yomi's voice sounded from behind. He was sighing as if he was truly regretting his action and disappointed with himself. But the content of his regret was truly making someone wanted to puke blood.
"...."
Haruto silently put down Lena's body on the ground and clenched his fists so tightly that blood was seeping out. His expression and face could not be seen from Yomi's perspective but one thing for sure was that his body had already stopped trembling.
"Are you angry? Kukuku" Yomi chuckled amusedly.
The blood and bruises from his injuries was still there, even his broken bones and damaged organs were not healed a single bit and yet as if they were not exist at all, he stood up from his place and raised his body, facing Yomi with his back on him.
"Heh heh heh, good, now come here aga-"
"uuUUAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Yomi's mocking tone was shut by a beastly roar. A massive wave of golden energy surged forming a golden giant whirlpool surrounding Haruto's body. In an instant his hair turned golden with darker shade and raised rigidly.
He turned his body and lashed at his opponent with ferocious eyes like a frenzy beast. His irises had completely disappeared while his skin tone had turned slightly pink from the boiling blood. Even the muscles bulked up a bit making his body bigger.
"Humm!?"
Instinctively, Yomi guarded his face by raising his right arm and it turned out to be a correct choice as a terrifying fist was launched with fearsome force that vibrate the very air itself, moving forward with supersonic speed.
*BANGG!!*
"!"
The arm that received the punch was like being hit by a thousand ton hammer, there's definitely a slight injury on Yomi's right arm now. He was flabbergasted by the new strength his enemy shown just now and didn't notice another strike coming from his left.
*BAM!* *BAM!*
Yomi gritted his teeth and blocked two more attacks with his hands but everytime he the fist and kick collided, his arms felt numb from the sheer force so he clicked his tongue irritatingly.
A powerful right hook was launched by the raging Haruto against his face and this time Yomi proceeded to use Kamui to avoid the strike.
*BAM*
"Gah!?"
But for some reason his supposedly intangible body was hit and received the blow perfectly on his masked face. The right side of the grey mask cracked and destroyed by the punch, revealing a young man pale cheek.
More strikes incoming from various direction and each time he tried to use Kamui to shift his body on a different dimension (In this case, it was the outside world since right now was inside the dimensional space.) the solid blows still landed thoroughly.
'Impossible...How!?'
Yomi could not comprehend what just happening as his strike was actually bypassing his space-time ability like it was nothing. His body was blown away by a mighty straight fist, defending the attack by crossing both his arms. The current phenomenon was definitely not caused by his increased of power, there's something else that made his ability ineffective.
Using his Sharingan, he proceeded to examine the body of his opponent thoroughly while being launched. Soon after, he found the source of the problem.
"Is that...aurora...?"
From both of Haruto's fists, there's a cloak of very thin aurora energy consist of countless colors mixed together. The aurora enveloped the hands like a glove and each time Yomi used Kamui, those aurora would pierce through the space and landed a hit. This aura cloak could not be seen with normal eyes and only by using the Sharingan he could take a glimpse.
"AAAHHHH"
"Tsk!"
Yomi did not have the time to keep mulling on his thought as Haruto already neared his body again preparing to release another strike using his left fist.
Since Kamui did not work he used another ability using both of his eyes and summoned the energy skeletal ribcage around his body to block the attack coming on his solar plexus.
*BANG!!*
The fist rammed against the huge rib protecting Yomi's body, causing a huge shock with a screeching sound. There's even sparks coming from the spot the two objects clashed.
"...Even Susanoo..!?"
The skeletal ribs was slowly corroded and dispersed into small particles when it made contact with the aurora cloaked fist. Before long the rib was broken and pierced through, causing a stabbing blow right on Yomi's solar plexus.
"Guha!?"
He spat out some blood from the gap on his almost half broken mask. His body leaned forward from receiving a critical hit on his stomach. Before his posture recoved, a small shadow appeared from above him.
*Smack!*
Yomi was smacked powerfully by Haruto and sent crashing to the ground, making a huge crater as if a meteor was falling on the place. Even if he was a Semi-Transcendent, having himself beaten up continuously by the wrathful Haruto's attacks had obviously causing him injury even if it's not heavy.
*BOOMM*
The debris and dust was cleared by a huge shockwave revealing an enraged Yomi letting out fierce orange aura. Before he still used less than third of his power but right now he already used almost half.
"You damn brat.... don't get cocky..!!"
His hands began forming seals while he was taking in a deep breath, swelling his cheeks like a balloon.
'Fire Release : Great Fireball Technique!! (Katon : Goukakyuu no Jutsu)'
A massive orb of fire was spat from Yomi's mouth, moving forward against the hateful enemy of him on the air.
This gigantic fireball was even far more powerful than Ifrit's Hellfire, melting everything it passed through.
Haruto extended his arms and guarded against the fireball dozens of times bigger than his body.
"AAARRGHHH----!!!"
He let out a ferocious roar and his aurora cloacked hands managed to defend against the attack before he split it in two, shattering the sphere of fire into nothingness.
"Damn it, will nothing work on you!?"
Yomi was extremely vexed when his fire technique still unable to harm Haruto. Just like the Susanoo, it was dispersed by the aurora cloak almost effortlessly.
'But maybe...'
He had an idea and rushed forward directly without using any ability or tricks. Haruto was surprised seeing Yomi suddenly charging at him.
*BAM* *BAM*
"Heh, as expected..."
"....!"
Both of his hands were grappling against Haruto's and the aurora did not cause any effect on his arms. With this his theory was proven.
That strange aurora cloak had the ability to bypass and pierce through any kind of techniques but would not do anything against a pure direct physical attack. Although it still can protect the user from being damaged to some extent too.
Another point was the aurora cloak only thinly enveloped his hands while the other part of Haruto's body was left unprotected.
"Ggh!?"
Pulling on his arms, Yomi grabbed Haruto's head and ground him to the floor fiercely. He took out a kunai at the same time and tried to stab the opponent below.
Haruto slipped out from his grip and rolled to the right, dodging Yomi's second attack by jumping backwards.
He landed with a crouching posture while putting out strength on his legs like a bull ready to rush and charged against the target.
*Dash*
He dashed with incredible momentum, gathering a huge energy on his right arm to strike on the opponent.
The right arm was covered by thick golden energy and shone brightly, piercing through the air like a ray of light.
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME!!"
Yomi shouted and this time he used more than 80% of his power, letting out a similar punch clad in orange energy.
*BANGG!!*
An earth-shattering sound exploded from the clash of two terrible fist. The shock and force produced by the attacks had managed to cause the entire dimensional space to crack before shattering into pieces, returning them to the outside world.
A figure was blown away by the clash of power and launched a few tens of meters away.
It was Haruto who lost against Yomi and spat out blood from his mouth while flying backwards, crashing through a few rocky hills.
The thin aurora cloak could not completely defend his body from Yomi's almost full power strike. The force behind the attack was too much too handle and Haruto's power gained from his rage was also not enough to cover the gap.
He didn't know that Yomi too actually take two steps back from their clash. He was breathing heavily since it's been quite a long time since he was fighting this seriously.
Thinking how far he was pushed back by the fight with Haruto there's no way he's not mad. A young boy far weaker than him could actually force him to use almost his full power.
His eyes already began to reach their limit, causing him intense pain and disabled the Sharingan, turning them into normal deep blue eyes.
The grey mask had also completely crumbled, receiving some of the shock, fully revealing his hidden face.
It was a handsome young man no more than late twenty years old with short silver hair. His ears were long and pointy while his skin was pale white, even more than a woman.
He clicked his tongue thinking he was playing around too much. Right now he should pull back because he could sense his enemy's companion already coming on this direction. Based on his intuition, this one might be even more troublesome than Haruto, fighting more than this would bring him loss instead.
"I'll definitely kill you when we met again...."
Swearing a vow from his heart, Yomi's figure instantly disappeared like a wind the moment he moved his feet.
....
Haruto had crashed into a huge rocky tower, already reverting to his base form with eyes half-opened.
The aurora cloak already gone and he didn't have a single speck of strength left to even move a finger.
He knew he had lost and couldn't get a revenge on both Lena and his child. It was so extremely frustrating that he wish he could kill himself.
"...Haru..to...kun...!"
Before he lost consciousness he could faintly hear someone's voice and figure with his blurry eyes coming on his way.
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