Emergence: Roots Of The Past

Chapter 17:...For A Life.

Hayato, or rather Harry's, laughter pierced the sky as the rain clashed against him. The sky roared with thunder to back up his more aggressive composure than usual. His eyes were still blood red, compared to their usual brown.

Fuyumi:H-how...how are you still alive? You were gone for over a decade; you were a boy! How are uou...

Hayato: Oh, it's so simple...all will be revealed soon, Mom.

This shook Saki to the core. How was it possible? Hayato was Harry, and that could mean only one thing: Tenko, Kaede, Emily, Devin, and Matt...they were all related to that bastard, or in three of five of their cases, were half-related. Surprisingly, none of them looked anything like him.

Fuyumi: But...why didn't you come back? We would have helped you get your life back on track.

Hayato: Why? Because I made a deal with someone. That's your cue...Haures.

With that...a black mist, far more potent than Saki had ever seen before, began to swirl, and it was now obvious that everyone could see it. It was almost as if it was...forming something. A figure with flowing hair as red as fire and bloodshot eyes manifested as a cloak made of fur draped off of its back. Its physique was well-defined, and it towered over even Jake. Fuyumi hid behind Jake and Rohan, and that told Saki exactly who this was.

Jake: You...

It was him...the entity that possessed Shiro. His voice was ghastly but loud, and his presence left a feeling of fear for all who opposed it.

Haures: How long has it been, Jacob? Thirteen long years since we've last seen each other...when you escaped with that pathetic son of yours? Well, I got a helping hand from my own son. With him...he will enact my will upon this world, starting here, and finally stretch across the cosmos once he frees me.

Jake looked back at Hayato, who was still standing proud beside Haures.

Jake: Harrison...you do not know what you are siding with...but it isn't too late. Come home. We'll get everything sorted out...make things the way they were.

Hayato: You know what...I think I'll pass. Not after every single one of you tried to deny what I was...the son of a god. Ever since Haures told me this, I have come to this conclusion...I should be treated as such!

Jake: No! You were the son of a man who was controlled by this god! Can't you see that?!

Haures: Look at them...pathetic beings, failing to see the capabilities that are within you! Go, my child. Show them!

Hayato: Gladly...

Hayato charged towards Jacob at breakneck speeds, knife in hand...only to be intercepted by Matt, landing an uppercut on his jaw.

Matt: Not today!

Hayato got back up, holding his jaw as blood slowly seeped out. Within seconds, Hayato's wound began healing.

Matt: What?

Hayato: Now, do you believe me? Good...now believe me when I say this.

Hayato's wound was fully healed, and his grin was slowly turning into one of hatred and joy.

Hayato: You see...before you were even taken by Haures, he revealed the truth to me...that I was the son of what ancient civilizations considered Fear and Death itself. He made a deal...one that would be foolish of me to refuse. In exchange for him granting me unlimited power and the right to rule this world, he would need a test subject—a prototype. That's where you come in, dear brother...

Hayato held out his palm...and the same energy that Matt has been able to use all his life came to him.

Hayato: You, just like your junkie of a girlfriend, are disposable. Had Dad, Tenko and the others not found you, you'd be six feet under. Want to know how both of us got our powers? It's simple: he injected us with his own blood...making us his blood children, and because of your involuntary experience...we both knew that I could do the same.