Post by Bernael on Dec 17, 2015 16:25:08 GMT -5
Bernael was getting tired of his effortless journey to search for his father, he never found any clues, and honestly, even though he had learned much, he was getting tired of the senseless struggle. Soon enough, he would most likely lose the interest that he had with finding his father, and would most likely just set off to make more friends, meet new people, find a group to stay with, or possibly even find a place to live. He didn't want to give up too soon though, he still had a bit of resolve left to go searching for his father, and wanted to use it to the best of his abilities to try and cover all his bases before quitting and letting his father come to him. But little did the young demon human know that his entire resolve, and possibly even his mind, would break in just that day.
Fukurou Forest, the boy didn't know much about it, but the nice forest setting could be a new change of pace for him, and he wanted to at least check it out for his next stop. He would just advance through the thick brush, not looking for a specific direction to follow, or a specific landmark, he just wanted to find his demon father wherever he could be. Before too long, Bernael realized he had absolutely no idea where he was going, and that he was lost, who knew how long it'd take to find his way out if he would decide to turn back and head out, but he had the resolve to keep pushing on, and that was most likely the biggest mistake he made in a long time, for the next steps he took decided his fate.
The world around Bernael would twist and distort, everything changing color spectrum and shape, almost as if it was some sort of, barrier. The boy tried to hit through but sure enough, it knocked him away from the edges and he couldn't get out, try as he might, he was stuck in there. Not too long had passed before a dark, robed figure would appear in the barrier with Bernael, tempting a response by eloquently speaking asking "Young sir, how could you get trapped in a measly ambush such as this, could you truly be that dull and disqualified for a harsh world" to get Bernael's attention. Bernael would flinch at these words and quickly stand up to meet the new person face to face. This was a futile bit of information however, as the robed figure's face was completely disguised under the hood. At seeing this, Bernael would shift into an open palmed, ready stance, as if waiting for a fight. "Oh? You expect me to fight you, it would be a slaughter, since you couldn't even escape this barrier, but I'll humor you for now pest." the hooded man would say, getting into his own stance and looking over towards Bernael with his blacked out hood.
In a flash, Bernael would rush the figure and place a firm strike aimed right towards the gut. However, there was nothing there when he hit, and the figure just whispered into Bernael's ear "You'll have to be faster than that~." before slamming his foot into the boys back. Bernael would go forward a bit with a "Gah!" before turning back around and using his transformation, demon heart, to power up and rush the man again. The man gave a little "Oh?" before trying to evade the rush, however, Bernael's speed almost perfectly matched the mans, and given the head start, the hit connected. And near instantly after the man recoiled from the hit, the demon boy's hand would glow with a sinister looking red ki. "Demon's Blade!" the boy would shout out at the man, as a sword with no hilt, no sheath, just the blade, would form in the boys hand and he would slash at the robed man almost right after. Once more, the attack would hit its mark, and with the slash, a gash would appear on the mans chest as the robes would be slashed right off, leaving Bernael open to see the mans face.
This was a terrible outcome, however, as the young demon human hybrid would stare into the face of an almost exact replica of himself, but with more height, and purple colored eyes and hair, the man was also wearing sinister looking clothing underneath the robe. This caused the man to sigh a sort of grievance sigh before looking at Bernael, who was stuttering gibberish out of his mouth while not making any progress in actually saying coherent words. "Hello... my son" the man would say with a unique, but evil calmness that only a person like this could give off. Bernael's eyes would grow even wider then, and his stuttering would stop, there was no look of happiness or glee in his face. "What is it son? Aren't you happy? You've been looking for me since you left your mother, right? Its me, your father, Leviathan..." the man would say once again, the evil sense of calmness growing ever deeper with each passing word. No, there was no happiness to be gained from meeting his father, during a fight with him no less, but there was no happiness to be taken from this journey anyways, as Bernael's true intentions for finding his father, were much more serious, as to why he was training. He wanted to find and kill the person that made his life possible, that gave him his demon genes. He wanted to kill the person that left him alone to deal with torment from others for being a demon, he wanted revenge. Bernael would scowl back at Leviathan, before getting a twisted smile. "Leviathan eh? Hello father, thank you for coming out to meet me at such a pristine time." Bernael would say in a broken face, he would get right back into his fighting pose while calming down his look back to what it was originally when he first started fighting.
“So… I guess that was your goal all along, this won't be safe for you if you continue, you know" Leviathan would say, in a much more stern voice, almost as if trying to call off the fight before it continued. This didn't work for Bernael, as he, more than anything, wanted to through with this, even if it wasn't a good idea. "So I guess there's no way I can persuade you out of this, eh? Oh well, prepare yourself then, I'll be going all out right from the start." Leviathan would state again, before staring up "Not that I want to go all out, no offense kid but you're weak, but so am I, so don't have any hard feelings if I kill you, it wont be me going for it." the man would follow up with, while staring directly at the Makyo Star in the sky! Leviathan would start growing, bulking, it was terrifying how much strength he possessed now, but Bernael knew how to close the gap. He too stared up at the Makyo Star in the sky and waited... and waited. Nothing was happening?! There was no reason that he couldn't do it to, he was a demon as well, so if his father could use it, why couldn't he, what was going on? There was nothing Bernael could do about it however, he was in danger, and he had to cut his ties and run as fast as he could, he wanted to kill his father, but he didn't want to lightly fight his father before getting decimated himself. With the barrier down, the boy would just as fast as he could, make a dash through the woods, trying to get as much distance as possible from himself and Leviathan. But before he knew it, Leviathan was in front of him, and hit him in the gut. The pain was excruciating, and Bernael toppled over immediately as he saw a giant glowing ki attack charging in the demonic mans hands. Was that it, nothing could be done to save him now? Bernael just chuckled to himself, to think that Bernael versus Leviathan would end so quickly and so pitifully, he didn't even have last words prepared for himself, so he just accepted it as he would squint up at his fathers face as the ki blast fired...
"A-Ah!" was all that was heard from inside of the barrier that Bernael was still in, as he woke up from his dream instantly after the blast fired. Bernael sighed to himself "I am getting so desperate to find dad... that my dreams want me to kill him... and I've even given him a name and looks now too, who knows if he even looks remotely like that... surprised that it made him stronger than me, and even finish me off. But what was that form... what was that star... I don't remember anything like that ever." Bernael would say to himself slowly and quietly, thinking it was just some sort of, lucid dream being placed in his head. Even though his dream ended, he heard the words "Makyo Star" ring out in his head, even though nobody said those words in his dream. Could that have been the weird thing he saw in his dream? And if so, why was it there, he didn't have any knowledge of it ever before, and if it exists, where did this knowledge come from? He just shook it off more as he stood up and stretched his arms. How long had he been out, Bernael wondered to himself as he looked around, almost instantly notices a group of kimono'd figures with swords, they looked like some sort of, samurai, maybe ninja? Bernael didn't know but he was worried about why they were just crowding around him like that.
"H-Hey you guys, would you mind letting me out of here? I'd really like getting on with my journey." he would ask them, suspecting that they could possibly be the ones who sprung this trap on him, and caused him to be stuck in there with bad nightmares at mind. They looked back at each other for a second, all exchanging glances for a while, before staring back at Bernael, there had to be at least thirty of them, now that Bernael took a look. They slowly deactivated the barrier, but once they did, all of them jumped towards him at once, probably in an attempt to gang up and kill him on the spot. That was a foolish option for them to take, as he decided to use an explosive wave as soon as they got close, launching and harming each of them in different directions. He took that as an opening to make a run for it, and he certainly decided to take that option. He wanted to find a more open space to fight, and not so many at once. Before long, he found what looked like a temple, but that was something that was lethal to him, for him to have to find at a time like this.
Bernael would head inside for a place to hide, but quickly realized that this place was home to the ninja's, or samurai, or whatever. As many more looked at him as an intruder, and took the time to rush him as well. He realized he had no choice but to power up, so he activated demon heart and boosted his power to twice its normal size. The demonic and sinister energy resonating off of him scared a few of the attackers, but even with fear they pressed their offensive. Though it was a futile effort a he took a few out non lethally with a short, palm to pressure point combo to each, but as more started piling in from the chase, and then the extra in here, he had to move once more, but his escape was blocked, he had to head deeper into the temple. As he progressed, he would turn around to take out a few more before retreating again, he made sure to keep it non lethal, as he was invading their temple, even if it was them who attacked first, but for each few that he took out, more would show up from his advancements. His hearing would be drowned out by the screaming of the pursuing men and women who were hunting him, and he was afraid of what would happen, however he made his way into a giant open area where he decided to confront them.
The number difference was immense, but the strength difference was immense as well, in a big opened area such as this, he should have no problem slowly taking the large number out. As many men and women threw themselves at him, he would continue to non lethally pacify them from combat, using his own style of movement and attacks, he wasn't too good at it, but he was kind of proud of its progress. Maybe if he got strong enough, and was good enough with his fighting style, he could make a martial arts school out of it? He thought it was a good idea, but he also couldn't believe that something like this was going through his head at a time like this, what was wrong with him? Oh well he didn't mind it too much, it was something to calm his mind, his fighting style was nothing without patience and serenity. He used a flurry of kicks, palm strikes, and specific aura blasts to push members out of his "king of the hill" circle, that he was dominating in for the time being. However, once the number of offense was dwindled, the rest retreated, realizing that it was a worthless fight, or, was that the reason?
He smiled to himself and gave out a hearty laugh, realizing that against the odds, he pushed back his opposing force and won the battle. But then, he heard a noise that he didn't like, thundering footsteps clanked from behind him, deeper in the temple behind the open area he was in, he turned to meet eyes with a massive, bulky man clad in stylish thick armor. Bernael gulped as he realized the reason they fled was for this man to come and have his space, actually, the people that fled took their passed out members with them, the place was entirely cleared now, it was just Bernael and the big man. However, Bernael's time for his form that he could control ran out, and he went back down to his base power. He gulped once more, realizing he wouldn't have such an easy fight with this guy as a normal demon boy. The hybrid tried once more to power up, but his energy just wasn't feeling it anymore, it had left for now. "Well uh, sorry that I invaded this place, I really didn't want any trouble but your friends attacked me first, heh~ No hard feelings right?" Bernael would say, trying to see if he could make peace with the large samurai ninja man, but it was obviously no use, as the mans sword crashed down right next to Bernael who would have been under it if he didn't sidestep at the exact precise time he did so. For a large bulky man, this guy was fast, and was certainly no pushover.
Bernael would just calm down and relax, preparing for battle once more in his starting, open palmed stance that he was so used to. The overgrown man would start skillfully swinging, each slice only very narrowly missing Bernael as he'd dodge, and sometimes a bit of clothing or hair would be cut off of Bernael, showing the quickness, sharpness, and narrowness of the mans swing, the blade, and Bernael's dodges. Soon after, Bernael would push on the offensive, but, the man was fast! Each attack Bernael used was easily dodged as well, showing the mans speed was also up to par, the fight as going no where, and Bernael was worrying for his own safety, and that he might have to retreat from the battle very soon.
The demon boy noticed something though, the man was straining himself, he was getting angry and his moves were aggravated, he wasn't calm and collected like Bernael was trying his best to be, and he took a second to notice that his energy was slowly refilling, at this rate he might even be able to counter the large man with his transformation. Bernael had to stall for time, that's all he needed to do and the battle would be his. The battle would constantly shift between the ninja and the demon, constantly going from offensive to defensive for each one, as they would push offense for a short while before swapping back to their defensive and more speedy dodges. But Bernael noticed that the man would get constantly more angry and his face more strained as the fight dragged on, he was getting tired of missing, and tired in general as his stamina would run out over time from improper breathing and sword stance, as well as being led by vengeance instead of calmness. If there was a time to counter attack for a finisher, it would certainly be now.
Pulsing with a glowing red sinister aura, the hybrid once more powered up to his demon heart form, and then proceeded to get in his stance, with a cocky smirk. "Its been fun fighting you, you were a worthy opponent, please, tell me your name before you get pacified." was what Bernael would rudely say to the man, trying to at least give him some last words. The ninja would sigh, sad that his defeat was at hand "My name is Ryougi, Ryougi Yamada, you punk... now just end it before you break my pride any more!" was all he choked out before Bernael started his onslaught. "I'm sorry for harming your pride, but you wont be ended, hopefully we'll meet again soon and we could be rivals instead of enemies on the battleground" Bernael would say, as a simple fist connected with the mans stomach, leaving a huge pain even through the armor, which was followed up by a right palm strike to the ninja's chest, before he would use both palms to strike the ninja's chest. Immediately after, Bernael went for an axe kick over the ninja's head, causing slight stun concussion, and then it was followed up with a combo of a right kick the the side of the ninja, then using both hands, chops the mans sides, leaving him completely defenseless for a quick jab right into mans chest, breaking through his armor and almost piercing skin with how hard it was thrown.
Ryougi's eyes went dull from shock and he passed out from pain moments after, Bernael's demon heart would disappear as he receded his hand and smiled. He won the war of attrition and would be able to go home. He didn't kill a single person yet, and he was happy that he was able to restrain himself from killing people he thought were subjectively innocent. He felt he was done with this forest, too much had happened in a single day for him to care too much about continuing his search for now, he would head out of the temple, people staying out of his way, and he would make his way out of the forest as well. He didn't know what to do now, but he knew there was something out there for him to do, but he would halt his search for his father for the time being, wanting to put in some "me" time to possibly even find himself, as he wasn't sure too much about himself after what happened today. He was sure he could find his own answers, and hopefully some more friends to help him on his journey to find himself as well.
Before he made his way out of the forest entirely, a ninja came out of the tree's and stared at him. Bernael didn't want any more, but he braced himself for a fight anyways. The Ninja didn't have any hostile intentions however, as she started kneeling down before him. "Thank you for sparing everyone, we were wrong for attacking you outsider, and we wanted to give you a token of our gratitude for being so lenient on us." she would say, before putting what looked like a sac on the floor. She would quickly retreat back into the woods, leaving Bernael alone, he would just pick up the sack and look inside of it, it appeared to all be Zeni. He was alright with that token of gratitude, he would surely need zeni some point down the road, and he would take it happily as he turned back to the forest to say his last goodbyes to it, he didn't quite know if he enjoyed or hated his time there, but it had come to an end nonetheless, and he went on his way.
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[Zeni Please~]
Fukurou Forest, the boy didn't know much about it, but the nice forest setting could be a new change of pace for him, and he wanted to at least check it out for his next stop. He would just advance through the thick brush, not looking for a specific direction to follow, or a specific landmark, he just wanted to find his demon father wherever he could be. Before too long, Bernael realized he had absolutely no idea where he was going, and that he was lost, who knew how long it'd take to find his way out if he would decide to turn back and head out, but he had the resolve to keep pushing on, and that was most likely the biggest mistake he made in a long time, for the next steps he took decided his fate.
The world around Bernael would twist and distort, everything changing color spectrum and shape, almost as if it was some sort of, barrier. The boy tried to hit through but sure enough, it knocked him away from the edges and he couldn't get out, try as he might, he was stuck in there. Not too long had passed before a dark, robed figure would appear in the barrier with Bernael, tempting a response by eloquently speaking asking "Young sir, how could you get trapped in a measly ambush such as this, could you truly be that dull and disqualified for a harsh world" to get Bernael's attention. Bernael would flinch at these words and quickly stand up to meet the new person face to face. This was a futile bit of information however, as the robed figure's face was completely disguised under the hood. At seeing this, Bernael would shift into an open palmed, ready stance, as if waiting for a fight. "Oh? You expect me to fight you, it would be a slaughter, since you couldn't even escape this barrier, but I'll humor you for now pest." the hooded man would say, getting into his own stance and looking over towards Bernael with his blacked out hood.
In a flash, Bernael would rush the figure and place a firm strike aimed right towards the gut. However, there was nothing there when he hit, and the figure just whispered into Bernael's ear "You'll have to be faster than that~." before slamming his foot into the boys back. Bernael would go forward a bit with a "Gah!" before turning back around and using his transformation, demon heart, to power up and rush the man again. The man gave a little "Oh?" before trying to evade the rush, however, Bernael's speed almost perfectly matched the mans, and given the head start, the hit connected. And near instantly after the man recoiled from the hit, the demon boy's hand would glow with a sinister looking red ki. "Demon's Blade!" the boy would shout out at the man, as a sword with no hilt, no sheath, just the blade, would form in the boys hand and he would slash at the robed man almost right after. Once more, the attack would hit its mark, and with the slash, a gash would appear on the mans chest as the robes would be slashed right off, leaving Bernael open to see the mans face.
This was a terrible outcome, however, as the young demon human hybrid would stare into the face of an almost exact replica of himself, but with more height, and purple colored eyes and hair, the man was also wearing sinister looking clothing underneath the robe. This caused the man to sigh a sort of grievance sigh before looking at Bernael, who was stuttering gibberish out of his mouth while not making any progress in actually saying coherent words. "Hello... my son" the man would say with a unique, but evil calmness that only a person like this could give off. Bernael's eyes would grow even wider then, and his stuttering would stop, there was no look of happiness or glee in his face. "What is it son? Aren't you happy? You've been looking for me since you left your mother, right? Its me, your father, Leviathan..." the man would say once again, the evil sense of calmness growing ever deeper with each passing word. No, there was no happiness to be gained from meeting his father, during a fight with him no less, but there was no happiness to be taken from this journey anyways, as Bernael's true intentions for finding his father, were much more serious, as to why he was training. He wanted to find and kill the person that made his life possible, that gave him his demon genes. He wanted to kill the person that left him alone to deal with torment from others for being a demon, he wanted revenge. Bernael would scowl back at Leviathan, before getting a twisted smile. "Leviathan eh? Hello father, thank you for coming out to meet me at such a pristine time." Bernael would say in a broken face, he would get right back into his fighting pose while calming down his look back to what it was originally when he first started fighting.
“So… I guess that was your goal all along, this won't be safe for you if you continue, you know" Leviathan would say, in a much more stern voice, almost as if trying to call off the fight before it continued. This didn't work for Bernael, as he, more than anything, wanted to through with this, even if it wasn't a good idea. "So I guess there's no way I can persuade you out of this, eh? Oh well, prepare yourself then, I'll be going all out right from the start." Leviathan would state again, before staring up "Not that I want to go all out, no offense kid but you're weak, but so am I, so don't have any hard feelings if I kill you, it wont be me going for it." the man would follow up with, while staring directly at the Makyo Star in the sky! Leviathan would start growing, bulking, it was terrifying how much strength he possessed now, but Bernael knew how to close the gap. He too stared up at the Makyo Star in the sky and waited... and waited. Nothing was happening?! There was no reason that he couldn't do it to, he was a demon as well, so if his father could use it, why couldn't he, what was going on? There was nothing Bernael could do about it however, he was in danger, and he had to cut his ties and run as fast as he could, he wanted to kill his father, but he didn't want to lightly fight his father before getting decimated himself. With the barrier down, the boy would just as fast as he could, make a dash through the woods, trying to get as much distance as possible from himself and Leviathan. But before he knew it, Leviathan was in front of him, and hit him in the gut. The pain was excruciating, and Bernael toppled over immediately as he saw a giant glowing ki attack charging in the demonic mans hands. Was that it, nothing could be done to save him now? Bernael just chuckled to himself, to think that Bernael versus Leviathan would end so quickly and so pitifully, he didn't even have last words prepared for himself, so he just accepted it as he would squint up at his fathers face as the ki blast fired...
"A-Ah!" was all that was heard from inside of the barrier that Bernael was still in, as he woke up from his dream instantly after the blast fired. Bernael sighed to himself "I am getting so desperate to find dad... that my dreams want me to kill him... and I've even given him a name and looks now too, who knows if he even looks remotely like that... surprised that it made him stronger than me, and even finish me off. But what was that form... what was that star... I don't remember anything like that ever." Bernael would say to himself slowly and quietly, thinking it was just some sort of, lucid dream being placed in his head. Even though his dream ended, he heard the words "Makyo Star" ring out in his head, even though nobody said those words in his dream. Could that have been the weird thing he saw in his dream? And if so, why was it there, he didn't have any knowledge of it ever before, and if it exists, where did this knowledge come from? He just shook it off more as he stood up and stretched his arms. How long had he been out, Bernael wondered to himself as he looked around, almost instantly notices a group of kimono'd figures with swords, they looked like some sort of, samurai, maybe ninja? Bernael didn't know but he was worried about why they were just crowding around him like that.
"H-Hey you guys, would you mind letting me out of here? I'd really like getting on with my journey." he would ask them, suspecting that they could possibly be the ones who sprung this trap on him, and caused him to be stuck in there with bad nightmares at mind. They looked back at each other for a second, all exchanging glances for a while, before staring back at Bernael, there had to be at least thirty of them, now that Bernael took a look. They slowly deactivated the barrier, but once they did, all of them jumped towards him at once, probably in an attempt to gang up and kill him on the spot. That was a foolish option for them to take, as he decided to use an explosive wave as soon as they got close, launching and harming each of them in different directions. He took that as an opening to make a run for it, and he certainly decided to take that option. He wanted to find a more open space to fight, and not so many at once. Before long, he found what looked like a temple, but that was something that was lethal to him, for him to have to find at a time like this.
Bernael would head inside for a place to hide, but quickly realized that this place was home to the ninja's, or samurai, or whatever. As many more looked at him as an intruder, and took the time to rush him as well. He realized he had no choice but to power up, so he activated demon heart and boosted his power to twice its normal size. The demonic and sinister energy resonating off of him scared a few of the attackers, but even with fear they pressed their offensive. Though it was a futile effort a he took a few out non lethally with a short, palm to pressure point combo to each, but as more started piling in from the chase, and then the extra in here, he had to move once more, but his escape was blocked, he had to head deeper into the temple. As he progressed, he would turn around to take out a few more before retreating again, he made sure to keep it non lethal, as he was invading their temple, even if it was them who attacked first, but for each few that he took out, more would show up from his advancements. His hearing would be drowned out by the screaming of the pursuing men and women who were hunting him, and he was afraid of what would happen, however he made his way into a giant open area where he decided to confront them.
The number difference was immense, but the strength difference was immense as well, in a big opened area such as this, he should have no problem slowly taking the large number out. As many men and women threw themselves at him, he would continue to non lethally pacify them from combat, using his own style of movement and attacks, he wasn't too good at it, but he was kind of proud of its progress. Maybe if he got strong enough, and was good enough with his fighting style, he could make a martial arts school out of it? He thought it was a good idea, but he also couldn't believe that something like this was going through his head at a time like this, what was wrong with him? Oh well he didn't mind it too much, it was something to calm his mind, his fighting style was nothing without patience and serenity. He used a flurry of kicks, palm strikes, and specific aura blasts to push members out of his "king of the hill" circle, that he was dominating in for the time being. However, once the number of offense was dwindled, the rest retreated, realizing that it was a worthless fight, or, was that the reason?
He smiled to himself and gave out a hearty laugh, realizing that against the odds, he pushed back his opposing force and won the battle. But then, he heard a noise that he didn't like, thundering footsteps clanked from behind him, deeper in the temple behind the open area he was in, he turned to meet eyes with a massive, bulky man clad in stylish thick armor. Bernael gulped as he realized the reason they fled was for this man to come and have his space, actually, the people that fled took their passed out members with them, the place was entirely cleared now, it was just Bernael and the big man. However, Bernael's time for his form that he could control ran out, and he went back down to his base power. He gulped once more, realizing he wouldn't have such an easy fight with this guy as a normal demon boy. The hybrid tried once more to power up, but his energy just wasn't feeling it anymore, it had left for now. "Well uh, sorry that I invaded this place, I really didn't want any trouble but your friends attacked me first, heh~ No hard feelings right?" Bernael would say, trying to see if he could make peace with the large samurai ninja man, but it was obviously no use, as the mans sword crashed down right next to Bernael who would have been under it if he didn't sidestep at the exact precise time he did so. For a large bulky man, this guy was fast, and was certainly no pushover.
Bernael would just calm down and relax, preparing for battle once more in his starting, open palmed stance that he was so used to. The overgrown man would start skillfully swinging, each slice only very narrowly missing Bernael as he'd dodge, and sometimes a bit of clothing or hair would be cut off of Bernael, showing the quickness, sharpness, and narrowness of the mans swing, the blade, and Bernael's dodges. Soon after, Bernael would push on the offensive, but, the man was fast! Each attack Bernael used was easily dodged as well, showing the mans speed was also up to par, the fight as going no where, and Bernael was worrying for his own safety, and that he might have to retreat from the battle very soon.
The demon boy noticed something though, the man was straining himself, he was getting angry and his moves were aggravated, he wasn't calm and collected like Bernael was trying his best to be, and he took a second to notice that his energy was slowly refilling, at this rate he might even be able to counter the large man with his transformation. Bernael had to stall for time, that's all he needed to do and the battle would be his. The battle would constantly shift between the ninja and the demon, constantly going from offensive to defensive for each one, as they would push offense for a short while before swapping back to their defensive and more speedy dodges. But Bernael noticed that the man would get constantly more angry and his face more strained as the fight dragged on, he was getting tired of missing, and tired in general as his stamina would run out over time from improper breathing and sword stance, as well as being led by vengeance instead of calmness. If there was a time to counter attack for a finisher, it would certainly be now.
Pulsing with a glowing red sinister aura, the hybrid once more powered up to his demon heart form, and then proceeded to get in his stance, with a cocky smirk. "Its been fun fighting you, you were a worthy opponent, please, tell me your name before you get pacified." was what Bernael would rudely say to the man, trying to at least give him some last words. The ninja would sigh, sad that his defeat was at hand "My name is Ryougi, Ryougi Yamada, you punk... now just end it before you break my pride any more!" was all he choked out before Bernael started his onslaught. "I'm sorry for harming your pride, but you wont be ended, hopefully we'll meet again soon and we could be rivals instead of enemies on the battleground" Bernael would say, as a simple fist connected with the mans stomach, leaving a huge pain even through the armor, which was followed up by a right palm strike to the ninja's chest, before he would use both palms to strike the ninja's chest. Immediately after, Bernael went for an axe kick over the ninja's head, causing slight stun concussion, and then it was followed up with a combo of a right kick the the side of the ninja, then using both hands, chops the mans sides, leaving him completely defenseless for a quick jab right into mans chest, breaking through his armor and almost piercing skin with how hard it was thrown.
Ryougi's eyes went dull from shock and he passed out from pain moments after, Bernael's demon heart would disappear as he receded his hand and smiled. He won the war of attrition and would be able to go home. He didn't kill a single person yet, and he was happy that he was able to restrain himself from killing people he thought were subjectively innocent. He felt he was done with this forest, too much had happened in a single day for him to care too much about continuing his search for now, he would head out of the temple, people staying out of his way, and he would make his way out of the forest as well. He didn't know what to do now, but he knew there was something out there for him to do, but he would halt his search for his father for the time being, wanting to put in some "me" time to possibly even find himself, as he wasn't sure too much about himself after what happened today. He was sure he could find his own answers, and hopefully some more friends to help him on his journey to find himself as well.
Before he made his way out of the forest entirely, a ninja came out of the tree's and stared at him. Bernael didn't want any more, but he braced himself for a fight anyways. The Ninja didn't have any hostile intentions however, as she started kneeling down before him. "Thank you for sparing everyone, we were wrong for attacking you outsider, and we wanted to give you a token of our gratitude for being so lenient on us." she would say, before putting what looked like a sac on the floor. She would quickly retreat back into the woods, leaving Bernael alone, he would just pick up the sack and look inside of it, it appeared to all be Zeni. He was alright with that token of gratitude, he would surely need zeni some point down the road, and he would take it happily as he turned back to the forest to say his last goodbyes to it, he didn't quite know if he enjoyed or hated his time there, but it had come to an end nonetheless, and he went on his way.
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[Zeni Please~]
