Hololive: Reflection

Part Eleven: Visionary or Madman?

"N-Nozomi-san?!" J-chad questioned, clearly astonished to see him, or at least someone that looked like him and shared the same name, "What the hell are you doing?!"

"I'm freeing you from those horrible prisons, you see," the boy smiled, "Thanatos, don't tell me you don't want to rule the world, now."

"I've NEVER wanted that," J-chad shouted, readying her fists, "I can't believe this. The person who told us about this world was our enemy all along."

"Wait, you know this person, J-chad?" Kiara questioned, grabbing her blue sword and shield from her waist.

"I'm sorry, you must have come across our deviant," the boy shook his head, "He goes by a different name now, though. He even dyed his hair white just out of resentment. What a pathetic boy. He can't even see the good we're doing."

"What good will freeing the megalo ones do?!" J-chad shouted angrily.

"It's simple. They'll overthrow the current gods. It's what my father has been trying to do this whole time," the boy explained, walking towards the sunglasses-clad manager, "The gods ruling this world currently are all corrupt. They're horrid creatures drunk with power that let the weak die and let the wicked go unpunished."

"Ito Ikuma was a madman!" J-chad yelled. This got the boy's attention.

"My father is a visionary!" the boy retorted, readying his massive blade, "A visionary that will guide this world to glory! And if you can't see that, then you don't belong in his world!"

He charged at J-chad, swinging his massive sword. Kiara rushed in to save J-chad, using her shield to block the boy's swing.

"Ngh, you too, Amaterasu?" the boy growled, struggling against the phoenix's shield, "How can you all be so blind?!"

"You're the blind one, Nozomi!" J-chad countered, punching him in the gut with his fisticuffs. He recoiled in pain for a moment, before wiping his mouth and glaring at the two.

"I see reasoning won't work..." he pondered, "It would seem I have to use brute force!"

He once again charged at J-chad, swinging his large blade. J-chad struggled to avoid every attack. His swings appeared chaotic and unruly, but in reality they were smooth and calculated, creating minimal room for error in J-chad's dodges. Soon, Kiara charged at him, clearly angry. As Kiara swung her sword, the boy quickly changed sides, blocking the phoenix's attack. He pushed her back with help from the sheer size of the blade and continued his onslaught on J-chad. Soon enough, Kiara began to predict this pattern, and decided to charge at him from his side. As if in response, the boy turned, kicking J-chad with immense force and slicing Kiara's waist. As J-chad flew through the forest and eventually landed on the ground, Kiara blenched in pain and clutched the gash created by the boy's sword.

"You... creep..." Kiara said, grasping her sword again. With the rest of her strength, she managed to rise up to her feet.

"You should really know when to quit, Amaterasu," the boy said, dropping his usual calm expression in favor of an annoyed one, "Just join us."

"I'll never..." the phoenix grumbled.

"You're just like Cthulhu," the boy scoffed, readying his blade and basking in the moonlight, "Father, watch as I bring you one step closer to your wish! The goddess of sun will bring blinding happiness!"

He stormed towards the girl, his malicious grin only widening as the distance between them closed. Holding out his sword, he attempted to swing a final attack to end the phoenix's life.

"Tch!"

Just then, the attack was blocked by a familiar scythe. The wielder was a pink-haired girl with a black dress, a veil, and a small tiara that Kiara knew very well.