Descent Into Madness

12, The Forbidden Kenchi Blade

The next morning. I woke up and as soon as I did, I found Eden picking up herbs and other random ingredients outside while wearing. Well what else does she have? She simply rolled up her sleeves on her long, white sweatshirt and then had her skirt also slightly rolled up.

If my older sister saw this, she'd throw a whole lecture her way for wearing clothes like that. Not that I have a problem with it. I don't care.

"What's with the whole. Gardening thing...?" I would question as I walked up to the shore to wash my hands and face. "I'm an alchemist, I make potions for a living and to do that, I need ingredients. You're wounds still haven't healed from last night so before we go, I'll make you a healing potion" She explained while she seemed to br fully focused on collecting as many greens, herbs and other exotic plants I've rarely seen or even never seen.

It amazed me to some extent and also made me a bit thankful. At least I had another smart person on my team besides me. "You have to be quick though, we need to scale that mountain soon." I'd say in a tone I intended to come out as calm but somehow, it was demanding. She simply gave me a sort of, gaze of fear. "I'm sorry, I don't know what's with me sometimes."

"That's kind of a sign of mental illness..." She'd reply in a voice that reflected her facial expression perfectly. "I had a very harsh background so. I'm not surprised." I simply dismissed.

No one really cares, nor do you need to care about people. Treat your enemies like sh-t if you need to, and don't give reactions. Cut yourself off from people. As far as any human being is concerned. You. Are. Emotionless.

That is the most effective buffer for mental pain I've used. It's helped me get over things that might have messed my brain up. Part of me wonders how I'm even still here and another part of me just...wants power.

There is one part of me I don't want out though and that's the need for a lover. But. Maybe I can't help it sometimes...

Ultimately, I do fight so other kids don't end up like me. So I do like others...

Maybe I'm lying to myself, maybe I do need someone by my side. Ari.

Now, where was I? Ah, I slowly made my way to the ship one more time to get all my equipment and restock on some items. Eden gave me the potion and I pretended to drink it. Why? I wanted to use this for later; after I faked it, I hid my wounds with the extra set of baggy clothes I had in my room. Then, we hiked up the mountain there.

When we arrived, I was met with a warm, welcoming environment. There was a few tents forged from fabric and stapled to the earth with metal pegs. A fire that had ran out at the centre with thick logs surrounding it like benches. The centre of the fire was nothing but ashes and around it was a bunch of polished stones. Like a homley fireplace. The tents all had many different desks, furniture and makeshift things that were designed and made so well. It was primitive technology at its finest and beside me? Eden was simply in awe. Maybe elven tech isn't all that great.

"This all so amazing!!" She chimed like a child. "Did that man really make it all himself?!"

"He's Inari...and, I guess so. Not sure." I returned. That was until the man himself walked out from the tent facing in front of us. "Ah...you're here. Welcome to my humble abode you two. Now take a seat. I have a lot of explaining to do here." He would say all of a sudden in a much more welcoming way than last night.

Is this guy a vampire?

"And no, I did not make this myself despite the fact that I did make the tent I just walked out of, this was all made by my family..."

(Inari.)

And I explained to them. My past.

I took a wild trip back in time to tell them about everything. To give them the context and the knowledge they all sought for.

"An incredibly long ago. I was home to a clan on this very planet which I called my home. This was the planet called Magyar and although it is thought to be extinct, I preserved it. Now it all roots back to when the Kenchi Clan was having a war. When Specter was born, his mother sealed the element of darkness within him to end the war and my clan, The Manchester were given the role of keeping the clans blade since this was their enemies second goal. I turned myself into the enemy clan which is actually called The Menza Clan and that is how I was put under the control of Akuma.

Ken "Akuma" Menza. That fool made me do things I never wanted to do. I made sure the blade was safe by telling my clan to ruin their plans silently behind his back. I was going to kill him at one point but my plan failed. I tried to give my task over to Specter but he has other affairs now...and the fact that Akuma is the current CEO of Blacklite says a lot. Blacklite was originally a company on Earth forged to help humanity counter biological weapons of mass destruction.

Though, they made one themselves to kill humans. I don't know what happened there but I do know that one man is also trying to kill them as well. I've heard that many people galaxy wide have began to fight back at Blacklite for what they've done. They made a bio weapon that turns humans and any living thing into this...black and purple sludge of mass. It's mindless, it's horrid.

It made me vomit when I first saw it...

Why did The Menza Clan even begin this war...? I do not know though I do know that the rest of that clan was helpless and kind hearted. Something made Akuma turn this way. I'm not sure what it was..."

"So NextGen, please. I ask you to take my role and put an end to him."

(NextGen.)

The fact that my very reason to fight came from this planet. This is the same planet that was found by Earth back in history. They tried to populate it but war tore the foundations and then Terra was found. But now Terra is gone as well.

"I will kill him." I replied in a determined tone of voice, making sure he knew I meant to kill him. "That's reassuring, with you being able to fulfill my will, I'll give you hospitality on this planet as payment." He replied calmly and almost bluntly. Beside me, Eden would look a little scared at me. "A-Akuma...?!" She murmured in a tone of nothing but fear. "You know that man too?" I asked.

"Y-yeah, why wouldn't I?! He's got a big name and you're planning to kill him?!" She whined in a voice I could only describe as childish, though, not in the annoying way. It almost made me feel bad for her and I couldn't understand a single bit why. Maybe I wanted her company to last...

What do I mean maybe...of course I want her. Not like that way at least. I want Ari more...

I can't decide...

Fine, don't think about women for once.

"G-gen, are you..."

"I'm fine Eden, now listen, I know I'm basically going on some stupid suicide mission but this old man can't defeat him. Olden techniques won't work against someone who's mastered new ones." I argued but I made my voice sound calm enough for her not to panic the hell out because she already looked stressed. "I'm two solar systems away from my home planet!! You're the only one who can get me back home Gen! Please"

Aghhh...

"I am trying to get you home first, then kill that bitch before he can kill your planet off first." I almost grumbled. Keeping my tone of voice down in front of some elven, helpless woman is indeed hard. "Okay...I guess..."

I let out a sigh before I looked up at Inari with a very stern stare. At least I tried to make it stern. "What now?"

"Now...we gather the materials to rebuild your ship. Tomorrow's task will be to go to the outer landscape using my boat and go and collect some supplies and other scraps to rebuild the ship. Then, in the evening NextGen. You come here alone to train with me. You need to be physically and elementally strong enough to defeat that fool."

I nodded and so our task commenced.