A Wounded Land
Story: Shift
Columns and waves of lava sprayed into the air as the entire demon army disappeared into the fiery torrent. It was a violent excess of power that dwarfed the army. Land far beyond that of the army disappeared. Everything ripped and tore away as the ground continued its maddening throws.
All of the soldiers on the wall dropped to the stone floor. The very blocks of stone that made up the wall rattled under the intense force. Heavy belches of lava from the earth made everything leap and quake. Many of the soldiers fled at the sight having just seen what hell looks like in their mind.
Even Yumi looked on with shock at what happened. “This is…” She turned her eyes over to Yuki seeing how he reacted to the results of their plan. Shocking her was one thing, but he planned it. So she knew that he had to have seen this coming. It was part of what he had in mind. However, she took a step back seeing a grim look carved into his face. ‘Yuki didn’t plan for this?’
“What the hell is this Yuki?” shouted Seiji, the first to the important question thrown. He turned and grabbed Yuki by the collar of his kimono demanding an explanation for the excessive destruction. “This isn’t what we had in mind at all! You completely destroyed the mountain!”
Yuki shook his head. “The plans I set didn’t have this level of destruction either! It wouldn’t be possible!”
“Well this shit is happening! You miscalculated and now everything is going up!”
“It shouldn’t be…” Then Yuki went silent as though a thought came to him. His pensive expression didn’t do any favors for giving Seiji an answer. It only made him more frustrated.
“What the hell did you do?!”
Yumi quickly covered the distance grabbing Seiji’s arm to stop him. “Calm down, Seiji. This isn’t his fault. It was just a mistake, we have to accept that.”
“This is more than just a shitty mistake!” He threw his hand out to the fiery horizon that vented lava without end, only becoming more dangerous by the second. “Half of Japan is going to be destroyed!”
“You’re blowing this out of proportion, Seiji,” corrected Saki, “Though this is definitely an unsettling turn of events. It seems like every one of the demons was killed by it too.”
“The power of you humans can surprise me even now,” Manekamaru remarked, still watching the sight completely entranced by the flames. He seemed to have an almost disconnected reaction to seeing his own kin dying.
Then Yuki snapped out of his internal turmoil. “That’s it!”
“You figure something out Yuki?” Saki asked, everyone gathering around him.
“It bugged me that the Hunters did nothing the entire time during the setup. We watched them closely the whole time, but they tricked us. They were following the instructions, but altered the strength of the talismans.”
“What the hell are you saying?” asked Seiji, still having trouble with what he was hearing from Yuki.
“Are you saying that they planned for this to happen?!”
Suddenly a new burst of lava erupted from the ground near the Capital. Cracks formed from the damage warping the earth. Chunks of the ground lifted up and raised the wall in a section. Within moments, the wall that had stood for a millennia crumbled with effortless ease. A hole was breached with the Capital threatened.
“Yes, I’m saying that’s exactly what they want,” Yuki declared to them all.
Chapter 440 – A Wounded Land
Seiji stared in horror at nature’s wrath being unleashed for daring to harness it for selfish reasons. The houses of the Capital crumbled quickly to the quakes ripping through the earth. It seemed that the violent awakening by Yuki’s trap had still not finished. The intensity of the power triggered deep within the veins of the earth only seemed to get stronger with each moment.
All of the citizens had been evacuated, but Seiji knew if it had not been for them many would have died. “They would go so far…” Anger boiled up inside him seeing what they were truly willing to do.
“This is the reality with them, Seiji.”
“Bastards!”
A new roar bellowed from the earth as the chunks of the earth thrown into the sky from the explosion of the mountain finally started to fall. Smashing the ground like meteors from space, massive craters blasted through the earth destroying everything not already touched by the upheaval.
It looked like bombs going off all over the horizon from the rending destruction of the mountain. Thick clouds of smoke kicked up into the air blanketing Japan for kilometers beyond even the sight of Yumi and her enhanced friends. Untold death and destruction laid out before them from the manipulating of the Hunters. Villages and towns all around were likely being assaulted or completely obliterated by the falling debris.
Even the Capital fell under the assault as explosions ripped through the business district and then the noble district. A massive chunk of road smashed into the area of the Council building wiping the entire place out and sending out shockwaves that tore up the wood construct of the buildings.
“The Council!” shouted Seiji.
“They remained behind with the soldiers and Hunters as a show of faith!” Yumi gasped to know they were instantly wiped out.
Yuki stared up at the falling debris threatening them. Much of the Capital was being destroyed without even the demons attacking. There would be nearly nothing left to protect thanks to the Hunters meddling. “We’ve got bigger issues right now!”
Yumi lifted her hand up and clenched it in a fist as the earth suddenly shrank to a small orb and fell short of the wall. “It’ll handle the defense,” she answered, floating up into the air. Multiple more incoming chunks disappeared as quickly. Out from her back white energy swords flew through the air towards further out earth chunks slicing through them.
As she made simple work of the indiscriminate attacks, Seiji stared up in useless frustration. “Dammit!” He pounded his fists together generating vibrating shockwaves that shook the already weakened wall that they stood on.
“Seiji! Leave it to Yumi and control yourself.”
“Yeah I know, Saki. I just have more anger than I know what to do with.” He clenched up his hands as veins along his arms surfaced along his skin. “I never thought I would have this feeling again. It’s…” Seiji struggled with the rage inside him. The roaring beast that wanted to be unleashed again. He already battled and won against it, yet it returned. Another round to fight it started up as he dealt with the emotions that filled him.
‘The reality of the Hunters is hitting him harder than I imagined. I knew he was always honor bound and fair play, but he might be the most innocent one among us…’ Saki didn’t imagine that she would be thinking such things in the company that they had. Yet it was something that tore at Seiji deeper than the others. ‘Everyone’s already had to face the darkness of the world, thought he had as well…’
While Seiji battled his personal demons, Yumi finished clearing the sky of any current threats against the Capital. She turned around to look down at the city below her. Smoke rose up from numerous craters around the city from impacts that she couldn’t prevent. “The only positive is that the city is evacuated. Rebuilding is going to be another thing entirely…”
More rumblings from the former mountain stole her attention. It seemed unwilling to stop. “I don’t know what they did to alter the talismans, but I have to stop it now!” Yumi flew over to the mountain with the massive pools of lava pouring through cracks and gaping holes. Barely any of the mountain remained. All life disappeared from the slopes that remained still intact blasted away by the force of the initial explosion.
Just seeing the vast devastation looked like a nuclear blast went off. The level of destruction was beyond anything that she wanted. It was far beyond her means, but it was out of control. “I need to stop this…” She stared around trying to figure out how she would calm the raging nature.
Suddenly, a new intense column of lava blasted out of the earth from a place far away from the mountain. It was a weakened part of the ground, but hadn’t looked at risk. The triggered blast set off a chain of destruction that ripped straight through the Capital. Yumi turned back, seeing the whole thing becoming engulfed in flames. “NO!”
Her vision then snapped back and everything was normal. Yumi shook her head at the vivid vision and then her eyes widened in realization. She pushed her speed darting like a streak through the air with her barrier up crushing the earth before her as she dug down into the ground.
“Yumi?!” shouted Saki as lava shot up from the hole that she created.
Yuki jumped forward leaning against the wall trying to see what happened. “What’s going on Saki?”
“She just dove into the ground!”
“Where the lava is?”
“Yes!”
“Yumi!” Lava shot high into the sky breaking through the clouds as the earth cratered and sank. A pool formed where the earth dropped. From the sky molten material rained down over the whole field. It looked like for a moment it would threaten the Capital, but it calmed down. The intensity of the pillar of lava eased back, but still sprayed out magma.
Despite lacking the sight of the others, he tried to look around for signs of Yumi, ignoring his binoculars. Thick black smoke and lava spewing into the air made it difficult to see much of anything. Though with his eyes, that far away wouldn’t have made much of a difference for him. “Yumi! Yumi!” He gave up trying to find her with his eyes, though calling to her made only a little bit of feel better.
“What the hell was she thinking?”
“I don’t know. We just have to hope her powers are enough to protect her from the lava…”
Yuki snapped his eyes back to Saki and Seiji. They knew nothing more than him. “Even with the barrier, the heat’ll get through. She won’t last!”
“I know that, Yuki, but there’s nothing we can do!”
He moved back to the wall grabbing the stone as he started to lift himself up. “Maybe not you, but the same isn't for me.” A ripple ran out from his feet as the Field he prepared activated.
Reacting immediately, Saki appeared next to him grabbing his wrist before he went off recklessly. “You don’t even know where to look for her! She could be anywhere down there! You just have to trust that Yumi knew what she was doing!”
Yuki pulled on his arm, still not ready to settle on waiting for Yumi like Saki. He understood what Saki was saying, but he wanted to look for her anyway. “I won’t be going in blind with my powers. I can find her!”
“You don’t have to find her,” reported Seiji pointing to the return of Yumi.
She hovered in the air covered in sweat and looked a little rough for wear from the exercise. Yumi dropped her barrier and wiped her face clean. “Much cooler…” The hole she punched in the ground started to calm down. It looked to be a while before it had finished relieving the pressure fully, but it no longer presented the same sort of danger.
Yumi looked back to the Capital to see it still standing. “I made it!” However, a gust from behind her suddenly kicked up alerting her to something changing. She tilted her head back towards the destroyed land worried that it still didn’t have enough destruction. The heavy smoke that filled the area around their trap blasted away from a strong force as the pit came into clear sight. “Impossible…” She barely managed a word in her shock to see that several demons rose up from the hole alive after all of the lethal treatment from nature.
The Capital battle hadn’t ended, only just started.
All of the soldiers on the wall dropped to the stone floor. The very blocks of stone that made up the wall rattled under the intense force. Heavy belches of lava from the earth made everything leap and quake. Many of the soldiers fled at the sight having just seen what hell looks like in their mind.
Even Yumi looked on with shock at what happened. “This is…” She turned her eyes over to Yuki seeing how he reacted to the results of their plan. Shocking her was one thing, but he planned it. So she knew that he had to have seen this coming. It was part of what he had in mind. However, she took a step back seeing a grim look carved into his face. ‘Yuki didn’t plan for this?’
“What the hell is this Yuki?” shouted Seiji, the first to the important question thrown. He turned and grabbed Yuki by the collar of his kimono demanding an explanation for the excessive destruction. “This isn’t what we had in mind at all! You completely destroyed the mountain!”
Yuki shook his head. “The plans I set didn’t have this level of destruction either! It wouldn’t be possible!”
“Well this shit is happening! You miscalculated and now everything is going up!”
“It shouldn’t be…” Then Yuki went silent as though a thought came to him. His pensive expression didn’t do any favors for giving Seiji an answer. It only made him more frustrated.
“What the hell did you do?!”
Yumi quickly covered the distance grabbing Seiji’s arm to stop him. “Calm down, Seiji. This isn’t his fault. It was just a mistake, we have to accept that.”
“This is more than just a shitty mistake!” He threw his hand out to the fiery horizon that vented lava without end, only becoming more dangerous by the second. “Half of Japan is going to be destroyed!”
“You’re blowing this out of proportion, Seiji,” corrected Saki, “Though this is definitely an unsettling turn of events. It seems like every one of the demons was killed by it too.”
“The power of you humans can surprise me even now,” Manekamaru remarked, still watching the sight completely entranced by the flames. He seemed to have an almost disconnected reaction to seeing his own kin dying.
Then Yuki snapped out of his internal turmoil. “That’s it!”
“You figure something out Yuki?” Saki asked, everyone gathering around him.
“It bugged me that the Hunters did nothing the entire time during the setup. We watched them closely the whole time, but they tricked us. They were following the instructions, but altered the strength of the talismans.”
“What the hell are you saying?” asked Seiji, still having trouble with what he was hearing from Yuki.
“Are you saying that they planned for this to happen?!”
Suddenly a new burst of lava erupted from the ground near the Capital. Cracks formed from the damage warping the earth. Chunks of the ground lifted up and raised the wall in a section. Within moments, the wall that had stood for a millennia crumbled with effortless ease. A hole was breached with the Capital threatened.
“Yes, I’m saying that’s exactly what they want,” Yuki declared to them all.
Chapter 440 – A Wounded Land
Seiji stared in horror at nature’s wrath being unleashed for daring to harness it for selfish reasons. The houses of the Capital crumbled quickly to the quakes ripping through the earth. It seemed that the violent awakening by Yuki’s trap had still not finished. The intensity of the power triggered deep within the veins of the earth only seemed to get stronger with each moment.
All of the citizens had been evacuated, but Seiji knew if it had not been for them many would have died. “They would go so far…” Anger boiled up inside him seeing what they were truly willing to do.
“This is the reality with them, Seiji.”
“Bastards!”
A new roar bellowed from the earth as the chunks of the earth thrown into the sky from the explosion of the mountain finally started to fall. Smashing the ground like meteors from space, massive craters blasted through the earth destroying everything not already touched by the upheaval.
It looked like bombs going off all over the horizon from the rending destruction of the mountain. Thick clouds of smoke kicked up into the air blanketing Japan for kilometers beyond even the sight of Yumi and her enhanced friends. Untold death and destruction laid out before them from the manipulating of the Hunters. Villages and towns all around were likely being assaulted or completely obliterated by the falling debris.
Even the Capital fell under the assault as explosions ripped through the business district and then the noble district. A massive chunk of road smashed into the area of the Council building wiping the entire place out and sending out shockwaves that tore up the wood construct of the buildings.
“The Council!” shouted Seiji.
“They remained behind with the soldiers and Hunters as a show of faith!” Yumi gasped to know they were instantly wiped out.
Yuki stared up at the falling debris threatening them. Much of the Capital was being destroyed without even the demons attacking. There would be nearly nothing left to protect thanks to the Hunters meddling. “We’ve got bigger issues right now!”
Yumi lifted her hand up and clenched it in a fist as the earth suddenly shrank to a small orb and fell short of the wall. “It’ll handle the defense,” she answered, floating up into the air. Multiple more incoming chunks disappeared as quickly. Out from her back white energy swords flew through the air towards further out earth chunks slicing through them.
As she made simple work of the indiscriminate attacks, Seiji stared up in useless frustration. “Dammit!” He pounded his fists together generating vibrating shockwaves that shook the already weakened wall that they stood on.
“Seiji! Leave it to Yumi and control yourself.”
“Yeah I know, Saki. I just have more anger than I know what to do with.” He clenched up his hands as veins along his arms surfaced along his skin. “I never thought I would have this feeling again. It’s…” Seiji struggled with the rage inside him. The roaring beast that wanted to be unleashed again. He already battled and won against it, yet it returned. Another round to fight it started up as he dealt with the emotions that filled him.
‘The reality of the Hunters is hitting him harder than I imagined. I knew he was always honor bound and fair play, but he might be the most innocent one among us…’ Saki didn’t imagine that she would be thinking such things in the company that they had. Yet it was something that tore at Seiji deeper than the others. ‘Everyone’s already had to face the darkness of the world, thought he had as well…’
While Seiji battled his personal demons, Yumi finished clearing the sky of any current threats against the Capital. She turned around to look down at the city below her. Smoke rose up from numerous craters around the city from impacts that she couldn’t prevent. “The only positive is that the city is evacuated. Rebuilding is going to be another thing entirely…”
More rumblings from the former mountain stole her attention. It seemed unwilling to stop. “I don’t know what they did to alter the talismans, but I have to stop it now!” Yumi flew over to the mountain with the massive pools of lava pouring through cracks and gaping holes. Barely any of the mountain remained. All life disappeared from the slopes that remained still intact blasted away by the force of the initial explosion.
Just seeing the vast devastation looked like a nuclear blast went off. The level of destruction was beyond anything that she wanted. It was far beyond her means, but it was out of control. “I need to stop this…” She stared around trying to figure out how she would calm the raging nature.
Suddenly, a new intense column of lava blasted out of the earth from a place far away from the mountain. It was a weakened part of the ground, but hadn’t looked at risk. The triggered blast set off a chain of destruction that ripped straight through the Capital. Yumi turned back, seeing the whole thing becoming engulfed in flames. “NO!”
Her vision then snapped back and everything was normal. Yumi shook her head at the vivid vision and then her eyes widened in realization. She pushed her speed darting like a streak through the air with her barrier up crushing the earth before her as she dug down into the ground.
“Yumi?!” shouted Saki as lava shot up from the hole that she created.
Yuki jumped forward leaning against the wall trying to see what happened. “What’s going on Saki?”
“She just dove into the ground!”
“Where the lava is?”
“Yes!”
“Yumi!” Lava shot high into the sky breaking through the clouds as the earth cratered and sank. A pool formed where the earth dropped. From the sky molten material rained down over the whole field. It looked like for a moment it would threaten the Capital, but it calmed down. The intensity of the pillar of lava eased back, but still sprayed out magma.
Despite lacking the sight of the others, he tried to look around for signs of Yumi, ignoring his binoculars. Thick black smoke and lava spewing into the air made it difficult to see much of anything. Though with his eyes, that far away wouldn’t have made much of a difference for him. “Yumi! Yumi!” He gave up trying to find her with his eyes, though calling to her made only a little bit of feel better.
“What the hell was she thinking?”
“I don’t know. We just have to hope her powers are enough to protect her from the lava…”
Yuki snapped his eyes back to Saki and Seiji. They knew nothing more than him. “Even with the barrier, the heat’ll get through. She won’t last!”
“I know that, Yuki, but there’s nothing we can do!”
He moved back to the wall grabbing the stone as he started to lift himself up. “Maybe not you, but the same isn't for me.” A ripple ran out from his feet as the Field he prepared activated.
Reacting immediately, Saki appeared next to him grabbing his wrist before he went off recklessly. “You don’t even know where to look for her! She could be anywhere down there! You just have to trust that Yumi knew what she was doing!”
Yuki pulled on his arm, still not ready to settle on waiting for Yumi like Saki. He understood what Saki was saying, but he wanted to look for her anyway. “I won’t be going in blind with my powers. I can find her!”
“You don’t have to find her,” reported Seiji pointing to the return of Yumi.
She hovered in the air covered in sweat and looked a little rough for wear from the exercise. Yumi dropped her barrier and wiped her face clean. “Much cooler…” The hole she punched in the ground started to calm down. It looked to be a while before it had finished relieving the pressure fully, but it no longer presented the same sort of danger.
Yumi looked back to the Capital to see it still standing. “I made it!” However, a gust from behind her suddenly kicked up alerting her to something changing. She tilted her head back towards the destroyed land worried that it still didn’t have enough destruction. The heavy smoke that filled the area around their trap blasted away from a strong force as the pit came into clear sight. “Impossible…” She barely managed a word in her shock to see that several demons rose up from the hole alive after all of the lethal treatment from nature.
The Capital battle hadn’t ended, only just started.
Table of Contents
- Broken Bonds
- Tunneling in the Dark
- Following Light
- Failings of Earning Trust
- Arriving at the Start
- A Harsh Life
- World's Intermission
- Question's End
- Question's Test
- Question's Line
- Question's Gap
- Positive Direction, Long Road
- Ending the Harsh Cause
- Not Harsh After All
- Resumed Harsh Life
- A Harsh Reality
- Replacement Exam
- Bonus Exam
- Final Exam
- Joyous Exam
- Sorrowful Exam
- Power Exam
- Limited Exam
- True Exam
- Bare Dance
- Bullet Dance
- Fire Dance
- Empty Dance
- Invisible Dance
- Tactician's Resolution
- Tactician's Reveal
- Tactician's Ploy
- Tactician's Trick
- Tactician's Battle
- Challenging the Beast
- Challenging the Habit
- Challenging the Behemoth
- Challenging the Mountain
- Reward
- Single Point
- A Wounded Land
- Total Destruction
- The Capital Battle Begins
- The Eve of Cloud Break
- In Plain Sight
- The Well
- Blind Light
- Another Drop
- A Strategy for Impossible
- Defense of the Wall
- The Strongest Demon
- Longing Desires
- Missing Lines
- Edge of War
- Undesired Return
- Locked Hunter
- Empty Trails
- Can't Say No
- A True Blade
- Three Way Struggle
- Killing Impact
- Power Spike
- Painful Past
- Complicated Companions
- On Friendly Steps
- Chasing Rumors
- Demon's Secret
- Demon's Blood
- Demon's Gate
- Sparks of War
- Time to Waste
- A Carefree Life
- A Demon's Reality
- A Demon's Wish
- On the Side of Darkness
- Stalemate's End
- Reality of True Power
- A Demon's Smile
- Foots of the Cleaved Mountain
- Reality Lies
- Rewind 4
- Red Direction
- Calling of the Mark
- Mark of the Demon
- The Empty Forest
- Black Ash Demon
- Demon of the Forest
- Confidence Blooming
- Trust Issues
- Village of Silence
- A Lost Path
- Settling
- Land of Demons
- Trapped from Reality
- Captured Reality
- Seized Heart
- Custom Reality
- Awakened Mind
- Labyrinth of the Subconscious
- The Uninvited
- The Impossible Floor
- Blind Echoes
- The Wrong Success
- Missing the Point
- Edge of Hope
- Broken Purpose
- Broken Heart
- Broken Mind
- Broken Plans
- Broken Ties
- Broken People
- Broken Defense
- Broken Peace
- Broken Way
- Broken Paths
- Broken Hope
- Broken Lives
- Broken Calm
- Broken Land
- Broken Home
- Mind Wipe
- Mind Break
- Mind Lock
- Mind Without
- Mind Steel
- Mind Over Matter
- Mind Tricks
- Mind Games
- Awaited Arrival
- Shouting to the Darkness
- Waterfall
- Water Competition
- Water Polo
- Water Games
- Water Works
- The Shattered Mirror
- The Broken Mirror
- The False Mirror
- The Reverse Mirror
- Sun and Moon
- Dawn Light
- The Dawn Edge
- The Full Moon
- The Moon Rises
- Back-to-Back in the Jaws
- Back-to-Back into the Fires
- Back-to-Back Brawl
- Back-to-Back Knife Edge
- Back-to-Back Take Down
- Back-to-Back Knockout
- Back-to-Back Punch Out
- Back-to-Back Doubt
- Back-to-Back Fists
- Misjudged Purpose
- Misjudged Memories
- Misjudged Words
- Misjudged Action
- Misjudged Ability
- Misjudged Flame
- Clashing Swords
- Un-united Fronts
- Shaken Assault
- Stolen Plans
- Parting Ways
- Shattered Hopes
- Tainted Land
- Crawling at the Darkness
- Most Wanted
- Scattered Pillars
- The Right of Power
- Reasons to Fight
- The Pitfalls of Idealism
- Mixed Messages
- War to Peace
- The Dark Side of the Shadow
- Identity
- Repayment
- Hot Blooded Meetings
- New Leaf, Old Leaf
- Regretted Outcome
- Rewind 3
- Black Signal
- Crumbling Lines
- Unplanned Guests
- The Fragility of Friendship
- Sides
- Stolen Future
- The Resistance
- Friend or Enemy
- Regretted Actions
- Awkward Moments
- Uneasy Night
- Family
- False Normalcy
- Rude Welcome
- Return to Peace
- Morning Verdict
- Night Meetings
- Secret Origins
- The Other Half
- One-sided Argument
- The Other Side of the Wall
- Bloodless Night
- Rude Morning
- Fire and Ice
- The Last Guard
- The Corrupted Past
- Returned Mind
- Desperate Emotions
- Someone Else's Mind
- Screaming Blades
- Screaming Fists
- Screaming Revenge
- Standing Still
- Unchained Beast
- More Than Human
- Almost Human
- Childish Resistance
- Childish Dreams
- Burning Freedom
- The Recovered Truth
- Awakened Emotions
- Buried Emotions
- Misdirected Emotions
- Standing on Top
- Standing for One Minute
- Standing Room Only
- Prowling Beast
- Restrained Beast
- Reluctant Beast
- Mindless Animal
- Living Dirt
- Childish Growth
- Childish Beliefs
- Childish Thoughts
- Sealed Freedom
- Modified Freedom
- Internal Freedom
- Pick Your Partner
- First Steps
- The Unwanted Gift
- Morning Without the Sun
- Arrival
- Death's Winnings
- Death's Excitement
- Death's Entertainment
- Death's Assurance
- Death's Bet
- Strengthening Resolve
- Silent Progress
- Alone on the Void
- Silence Doesn't Stand
- Peak Walkers
- Walking Titans
- Confronting Hades
- The Crawling Fear
- Clouded Minds
- Troubled Ground
- Motives
- Using the Past to Hide the Present
- The Wall that Protects
- Waking the Titans
- Moving Pieces
- Conspirators
- Darkness Rising
- Forced Resolution
- Tempted Strength
- False Turns
- The Rising Tides
- Loss of Control
- The Ring of Control
- Seeking Answers
- Leftover Answers
- Sneaking Shadows
- Child at Play
- Crawling in the Dark
- Carving a Hole
- Art of the Con
- Child of Lies
- Childish Games
- Rewind 2
- Isolation
- Delusional Fantasies
- Walking Away
- Failed Expectations
- Denied Expectations
- Forced Expectations
- Twisted Expectations
- Shifting Lines
- Shifting Patterns
- Shifting Desires
- Shifting Attacks
- Shifting Thoughts
- Science of the Theory
- Science of the Nature
- Science of the Hypothesis
- Science of the Resolve
- Science of the Attack
- Guardian's Answer
- Guardian's Stand
- Guardian's Memories
- Guardian's Turmoil
- Guardian's Struggle
- Polite Violence
- Vicious Excitement
- The Postcard
- Gathering Storm
- Mounting Troubles
- Stirred Thoughts
- Accepting the Fallen Pieces
- Dawn Approach
- Two Fists
- Tearing Down the Forest
- Falling in the Forest
- Fighting for One's Self
- The Weakling
- Uneven Ground
- Striking Shadow
- Sealing Innocence
- Lost Comrades
- Phantoms
- Reality of Fiction
- Product of Despair
- Hidden Blade
- One Second to Breathe
- Phobetor's Walk
- Cracking
- Fragile Steel
- Blood Soaked Night
- Fists' Answer
- The Debate of Fists
- Forceful Wills
- Calculated Risk
- Knocking Down
- The Stronger Flame
- Flickering Flame
- Fueling the Fire
- The Caged Inferno
- Night's Struggle
- Treading Between Lines
- Time Limit
- Demanding Answers
- Silent Approach
- Understanding the Answer
- Approaching a Settlement
- Difference in Reasons
- One Tree in a Forest
- Understanding Each Other
- Reasons for Action
- Lies in the Truth
- Crack the World
- Room of Deceit
- Breaking Through
- Intrusions
- Questioning Resolve
- Choosing Paths
- Dividing Paths
- Captured Souls
- Third Stage
- Stubborn Resolve
- Labyrinthine Doubts
- The Birth of a Man
- The Depth of Loss
- Blind Swings
- A Tall Tree in the Forest
- A Fighting Mind
- Waking Mind
- Test Strike
- Strained Thoughts
- Boiling Turmoil
- The Nobler Path
- Right of Wrong
- Side of the Just
- Righteous Flames
- Disciple of War
- Reception for the Uninitiated
- Struggle by Threads
- The Darkness of Innocence
- Looming Uncertainties
- Uneasy Greetings
- Rewind
- The Façade
- The New Road
- Strangers in a Strange Land
- Seeking Atlantis
- The Looming Fog
- A Blue View
- Departure
- Second Meetings
- The Decision
- Decision Time
- Invitation to Gather
- Intrusion of the Uninvited
- Unspoken Words
- Longing Thoughts and Heavy Thoughts
- A Tiger's Pride
- Growth
- Working Alone as a Team
- Emotional Control
- Biting the Hand that Feeds
- Tricks Revealed
- A Magician's Trick
- Breakdown of Words
- Alone in the Crowd
- Repeated Words
- Spent Days of Youth
- The Sibling Link
- Dome of Safety
- Rebuilding the Broken
- The Farewell
- That Which has been Forgotten
- Blood Stained Shadow
- Blood Under the Wicked Moon
- Grave Intentions
- The No Thinking Plan
- The Porcelain Stare
- The Returning Departures
- The Dreamer's Wish
- Staring Down the Beast
- Living in the New World
- Reborn
- The True Awakening
- The Soul of My Brother
- To Challenge Those That Threaten
- Splitting the Dream
- Strength of the Blind
- The Sealed Vault Opened
- Family Matters
- Calm Before the Storm
- Black and Blue
- Fading Light
- Never Forgotten
- Running Wild
- The Fantasy You Want
- Strange Meetings
- Child No More
- The Beast in the Forest
- Shadows that Scream
- Stranger Still
- Trouble in Different Packages
- Strength to See
- Shattered Thoughts
- Gushing Imagination
- Secret Lives
- The Little Things
- Lost and Found
- Far Enough
- Those Above
- Matter of Self
- Unbroken Bonds
- The Warning
- Dropout Priest
- Shattering Earth
- Against Logic
- The Echoes of Nothing
- Faded Echoes
- Not So Divine
- The Watcher
- Return with Answers
- Pieces that Remain
- My Brother's Keeper
- Promises
- Waking the Courage
- Forgotten Child
- The Broken Watch
- All Short One
- Learning by Error
- Don't Think
- Dream Void
- Kasou-ryoku
- Short One
- Troubled Joy
- Routines
- Inheritance
- Subconscious
- The Cracked Seal
- Blood Tinge
- A Fantasy of Reality
- Hidden Shield
- Stained Sand