Summary: Ishii/ Willpower is an ability that can be awakened or harnessed by realizing your own capabilities. And with this "Ishiins" have shaped our world, technology, and history through their powers.
In a different, parallel version of Tokyo, there is a certain young man named Jisei Suzuto, who is unsure about his future and will seek out to find his "TRUE SELF" and along with tomboyish Manaka Yukinari, extroverted but aggressive Nayumi Koyo, and the battle-hardened Hirotsu Rushiko, they'll go in a journey changing themselves and the whole world, all while learning about their "TRUE SELVES"
--Prologue—
A young black haired soldier is seen running in a dark corridor towards a bright light, as loud voices and noises are heard both from his headset and from outside, his breathing is heavy but faint in sound, his boots clacking under the broken glass on the ground as he runs closer to the light,
revealing A beautiful landscape but also a wretched battlefield
as he sprints for cover, getting shot at from all angles, and with his flexibility, he dodges all of the bullets about to hit him, A loud voice suddenly breaches into his ear
as he sprints for cover, getting shot at from all angles, and with his flexibility, he dodges all of the bullets about to hit him, A loud voice suddenly breaches into his ear.
"Hey! Hirostsu!! you ok? sorry for the holdup! we're almost there, we'll be at the giant abandoned ferris wheel! so hang on and don't die!" A masculine worried voice remarks.
"Hirotsu-kun.." a familiar soft voice rings in Hirotsu's ear, A fellow female comrade of his named: Shihei Himura, started to get worried about her Kouhai, "Hirotsu you better get outta here!! we'll cover you and... don't worry about me.. I'll be fine! so.. good luck!!"
"Shihei-san..." Hirotsu gently replies
"Copy.." He calmy says as he sighs. He sets his stopwatch to 10 mins as he runs faster to another building and grabs his signature M7 Carbine and aims shooting down enemy after enemy, rushing from hallway to hallway, but when he pulls the trigger.. only to find out..
"Crap.. I'm all out" he anxiously utters, and with this a bullet soars hitting through the air like butter with knife almost hitting his head, he instinctively evades and quickly runs to cover, finding a sniper on his tail by the next building over, on the 2nd floor, he sighs again.. and grabs his .45 caliber Handgun and dodges some more bullets, each one almost hitting him but never seeming to actually do until An RPG-7 Rocket is shot flying over to his position, as he dashes and dodges said rocket to the building knowing that an *EXPLOSION EXPLODES FROM BEHIND HIM* as he is greeted by more shots from assault rifles and other guns, he quickly sprints and sporadically breaths in and out, he looks out to the distance and finally sees the aforementioned abandoned ferris wheel along with the Heli preparing to land in the background
45 caliber Handgun and dodges some more bullets, each one almost hitting him but never seeming to actually do until An RPG-7 Rocket is shot flying over to his position, as he dashes and dodges said rocket to the building knowing that an *EXPLOSION...
he quickly runs in an inhuman pace as a white glow is seen all around his body, until
The Heli is cut into half as it explodes with a white light flashing through Hirotsu' eyes His eyes begin to widen as he feels the assailant near him, about to hit him
Hirotsu quickly Parries with his knife already drawn, losing his handgun in the quick encounter, and the both of them swiftly move from side to side while parrying each other's blades, each attack slicing the tall grass nearby them, the enemy uses his blades to find openings while Hirotsu swiftly reacts and parries and suddenly Hirostsu dashes to the samurai's side quickly powers up his fist and instantly connects it to the assailant's face, the enemy immediately coughs up blood
*the enemy heavily breathes* "I finally found you... Hirotsu...." he grabs his face and breathes slowly... and suddenly enters into a defensive stance with his blades shining bright white light along with his whole body.
and suddenly enters into a defensive stance with his blades shining bright white light along with his whole body
"Kuroke..." Hirotsu mutters and gets into his own defensive stance holding his knife and lifting it in an "X" position along with his left hand and swiftly goes in for the offensive while the samurai parries and gets even more aggressive with his attacks, Hirotsu pummels the samurai downwards and switfly goes in for the slash but the samurai quickly parries back with his blades pushing him harder and harder till the samurai sends a huge jab of force to his knife as Hirotsu blocks the attack, his feet sliding on the apshalt from the impact of the attack, As Hirotsu quickly rushes in, the samurai gets more aggressive with his attacks, each blow of increasing strength overwhelming the soldier, both of them break off and circle each other until his opponent speaks.
"You're sloppy and weak... has Suzushii gotten worse at teaching? I'll show you how a proper swordsman should fight" Hirotsu's eyes slowly open up to this statement, then the samurai's speed rose, outmatching Hirotsu's he quickly moves from side to side hitting Hirotsu's knife with an obvious increase in power, Hirotsu barely even keeping up, parries his attacks in desperation but his blows are getting weaker by the second, Hirotsu seeing his dire situation, quickly grabs some grass and runs towards him triying to throw it unto the samurai's face, but he sees a while light blinding him as a loud sound is heard and in the next moment he sees himself kneeling on the ground with his knife shattered right beside him and his chest heavily injured, the samurai quickly raises his blades and draws it to the the young and wounded soldier's neck.
"Your skills are shaky, you won't survive long out here, why would senpai even take you in?"
Hirotsu heavily and sporadically breathes and slowly replies, "how could you know anything? especially when you're with them!"
"I should be asking you the same thing Hirotsu, since you don't anything of what senpai's done and is capable of doing"
"What do you mean?" Hirotsu asks confused, ".......It doesn't matter... since I'm about to end all of this" the samurai declares, as the samurai is about to strike Hirotsu's neck,
A black blade quickly parries and defends Hirotsu, "You're finally here, Suzushii-senpai..." the samurai tries to cut down Hiroshi but Suzushi quickly kicks him in the guts and rushes to the battered and wounded Hiroshi.
"Hiroshi!!!.... I'm sorry.. we should've been more careful!" he sadly proclaims, "Sempai!! You're alright?! I--"
Suzushi parries the samurai's blades with his own, and pushes him back aggressively as he gets into his own defensive stance, "Kuroke... why are you---", "You already know why I'm here, Senpai!! " the black haired samurai states, as he clashes his 6 blades unto Suzushii's one blade, Kuroke getting more aggresive, hacks his 6 swords onto Suzushii's blade as he responds by promptly swinging his blade and connecting his side swing unto the samurai's blades while swiftly dodging all of the strikes sent towards him in a fluid motion.
The samurai backs up sliding through the ground and powers up his blades, sending a huge heave as Suzushii dodges it, He quickly moves to Kuroke's side, lifting his blade up for a heavy slash towards his head, but Kuroke forwards an upwards slash parrying it and pushing it away, he quickly sprints towards the ferris wheel as Suzushii follows, he quickly throws his 3 swords and dispatches them to Suzushii's trajectory, as he blocks them, Kuroke suddenly runs up to Suzushii's position and directs his remaining 3 blades for a fast slash, and Suzushii counters with a side strike, and quickly jumps off away from the samurai.
"Why would you join them? they're just a bunch of unjustified terrorists proclaiming bullshit!!" he frustratingly states. as Suzushii says this, Kuroke slowly climbs the stairs of the ferris wheel and then stops,
"Senpai.. I can't trust you anymore, especially with all of the fucked things you've done!!" Kuroke harshly said, and he points his blades right at him, as Suzushii's faces tenses up
"I had to do all of that for everyone! for you...." Suzushii sadly responds.
"Senpai.." he quickly jumps towards Suzushii to strike him, "You think I can trust you again Nii-sama!!!", but Suzushii dodges this attempt and swiftly jumps behind him as he raises his blade to his face saying "Anata no chikara de watashi o busō sa se, watashi ni hogo suru chikara o atae, watashi no mugen no nōryoku no subete o kaihō shite kudasai, shinwa no kakomi no ken! ! " Suzushii proclaimed as a fierce deep bluish red light emanated all around his body and his blade.
"If you won't join us, then I'll have to stop you here and now, Mutsu Kuroke!!" Suzushii shouts
Suzushii's movements is faster and more swift as Kuroke tries to keep up, Suzushii's blade clashes with Kuroke's as they move frantically all over the area, trading blows, as Kuroke slides using his hand to stop his momentum, his eyes glow with a fierce darkish orange red, he spins as his blades are caught in flames, Suzushii sees an opening with Kuroke's spin but is mistaken as Kuroke is suddenly behind him, with his burning blades ready to kill him, Suzushii avoids this swiftly as a blusih red light, he back spins as his aura filled blades clashes with Kuroke's.
"Hado no tamashi!! 魂の波動!!" Suzushii suddenly emanates and sends huge power surge filled attack that slices through the air and the ground below, as Kuroke tries to dodge quickly but is cut before he could.
"Sorry... my former comrade.." Suzushii quietly says in a sad tone, as he puts his blade unto his scabbard, he hears and feels a threat near him..
Suzushii gasps as a burning sensation is nearing his position, "I can't move!!" Suzushii states, panicking as he sees Kuroke burning, ready for his last strike
A swift hand grabs him as they both disappear from the area, Kuroke with his broken blades stands near the part which was cut by Suzushii's attack as he falls to the ground exhausted, "Senpai... I-- I don't what I'm doing anymore..." he says with clear conflict and regret in his tone
A huge crevise on the ground is seen, as a siren wails in the background, a white light flashes as Kuroke disappears from the scene.
"Hirotsu!?!?"
"I'm ok Senpai!! let's get outta here! our forces are about to blow this place to kingdom come!!" Hirotsu shouts as they sprint to their force's evac vehicles, The door of a large armored vehicle is opened as a familiar voice is heard
"Hirotsu-kun!! Suzushii-senpai!! over here!!" Shihei waves back at them
They both quickly get in, as they screaming and shouting all over as the armored vehicles' engines rev up
"Attention!! all remaining officers are to be evacuated at the areas C-10, 11, 18 and 20 at the west wing of this base, please evacuate safely before this battlefield is attacked by our comrades, I repeat--"
Hirotsu sees many injured soldiers screaming as their respective medics scramble to aid them due to the rushed time limit, corpses unloaded by their fellow friends from the armored trucks to fit more people
"Hirotsu... I know it's cruel for them to do that to their brothers and sisters but we've got no choice but to leave them behind.." Suzushii sadly proclaims
"Captain Suzushii, sir! we gotta go!!" the driver loudly announces
"Then let's get the hell outta here!! Second Lieutenant!!" Suzushii shouts
Their vehicle leaves the base following the others as they hear the loud wail of the siren around them, the sky is filled with smoke as they suddenly witness the bombing of the battlefield they were on, an abandoned city ransacked by rebels,
Their vehicle leaves the base following the others as they hear the loud wail of the siren around them, the sky is filled with smoke as they suddenly witness the bombing of the battlefield they were on, an abandoned city ransacked by rebels,
As all their comrades see the barrage of explosions and fire, Suzushii holds Hirotsu's shoulder
"Senpai?"
"This is the start of a war, Hirotsu... I can sense it especially with what our forces are retaliating with... what Kuroke joined... I have to stop him.. from falling deeper ... and destroying himself.."
"Get ready.. our next mission is in our homeland... Japan"
---つづく---
---To Be Continued---