K: The 6th King [1]

Chapter 12 II: Knuckle Bump

•Eon and Ion, the half-6th King, the Purple King•

Ion

"What do you mean?!" I shouted.

"Any minute now," Reisi said. "The first King, the Silver King, Yashiro Isana, is going to destroy the Slate. Eon was born a strain by the Slate's power. She would become stable again, stripping her off the powers she has been overloaded with. I bet that she's like this because of the Slate's influence."

"True," I said. "But that would mean that I . . . nevermind. What you're saying is quite the possibility that she would be cured but . . . she would stand against Shiro from destroying the Slate. How are we going to avoid that?"

"We just have to keep her occupied," Reisi said. "Do you have any idea where she is now?"

"I'm not really sure," I said. "She's overwritten the order that I put on restricting her and now her auras blocked from me, making it hard for me to even try and locate her . . . but we should be able to locate her if she uses the Sword of Damocles."

I said looking up and it was there. The Sword that we both share is on top of me because I had summoned it.

"The energy it takes to use her aura is a lot if she uses Time Pick," I said, explaining. "We've done it before while fighting against the Grey King. It lets us return to a place that we've recently been without changing the time so it seems like we're teleporting . . . but it seems like she's not going to do it anytime soon. She's determined to get through us."

"Would your Time Pick be able to reverse a injuries inflicted on someone?" Reisi said.

"You mean reversing the process of a wound and making it look like the person's never been hurt before?" I said, contemplating. "I guess so . . . why?"

"You heard that, Douhan?" Reisi said to a small device attached to his coat.

"Affirmative,"

Eon

"Why is this world full of hate~,
Should it be their fate,
I should kill them at this rate,
They should not be given aid~"

"Rhyming is full of fun," I said in an amuse tone. "I will kill you all for the hunt. Oh, that rhyme!"

I was beginning to get a little bit bored for the lack of excitement. It's got me rhyming to myself and humming a tune with it.

I was almost to the entrance when a group of Blues blocked the way. I look to see that it wasn't Reisi's Special Force whose attacking but the lower divisions. They must not know of my location.

"Ain't you all fools~" I began to hum again and send a blast of aura to their group, wiping out their defenses in a swoop. "It makes you all to cute~"

  That seem all to easy.

The sound of coughing fits got me to stop and left my head swinging left and right to find the source of the sound. That's when I saw him.

Saru-chan was laying down on the ground with another girl by his side. His arm was thrown lazily over the girls shoulder that I recognize as Douhan. He was coughing up blood that made me worried and ran over to them.

  Intruders.

"Why do you keep transporting? What are we even doing here?!" Saru-chan shouted in confusion and I paused mid-way but began running towards him anyway. He's confused and I might be the reason why.

"Saru-chan!" I shouted and dropped to his side when he began to cough up more blood. "What happen?"

"I got in a fight with Sukuna, that's what happen." He said as he was straining himself. "I've opened the entrance, you must go now."

"No!" I shouted. "You've said it yourself that we won't let each other go and i too would not abandon you."

He blinked in surprise and with clear embarrassment. He slipped away from Douhan and began to hug me which shocked me.

  Let him go, you idiot.

I hugged him closer with this foreign feeling while Douhan went back a few steps, giving some space. She looks like she was communicating through something and I wondered what.

"Let me heal your wounds," I said and began to let go.

"But you've to go now if you want to keep the Slate in control," he protested.

  He doesn't know. You will end up hurting him.

"No matter," I said. "I can still make it in time."

A purple aura surrounded my hand and it began to envelope Saru-chan with it. He winced when the aura move in him and fixed his wounds.

"He really did a number on you," I said, looking sad.

"Yeah," he agreed. "but I got some help from Misaki."

"Did you ask him to stay with you?" I wondered, hopefully.

"No," he said. "Things will be different from now on. I don't really think that I would be alone anymore."

"Really?" I said with a smile which made me more confuse as another thought tried to consume the feelings. "I'm glad."

  Lies. You shouldn't trust anyone but me.

"There she is!" someone shouted and I look up towards the direction of the voice which made Saru-chan too. "The half-6th King, the Purple King, Eon, you are being detained by Scepter 4. Surrender now."

They were the Special Forces that Reisi had and furrowed my eyebrows in frustration. My mood momentarily ruin as I look up towards the sky to see my Sword of Damocles hanging in the sky. The fact that they have use Saru-chan in luring me to use my powers has certainly peeved me.

"What are you guys doing?!" Saru-chan shouted as his wound is already healed and ready to fight. "She's on our side."

"I'm afraid not," was the voice of another that brought me to my attention. "She's been lying to you this whole time."

Ion.

"What are you talking about," Saru-chan said as I began to frown.

  Take over before everything you ever desired will be in ruins.

"Why don't we let her explain," Ion said as everyone turned to me. The look of disbelief clearly showed on Saru-chan's face.

I laughed my feelings out . . .

. . . and I cried.

Since when did telling a lie hurt so bad?

Innocent, you are. It had always hurt to lie. . .

. . . Just that you found a lover to learn the pain is real.