The dark guardian

C8

Among the mountains of the most remote of the underworld new spirits appeared preparing for an attack, a leader was thirsty for revenge. 

"We have to go ." Unknown. 

The next day the little birds sang happily near the window waking me up. 

-It's really hot! Although we are in the winter season, this heat is not normal, I will end up roasted.— I took off my shirt. 

Today I would have to go to the supermarket with my sisters and that was annoying, they always bothered me, besides they never obeyed.— I rolled my eyes.

"Katrina, Katrana !" It's time to wake up—I took a glass of water, went into her room and began to wet them. 

"What do you think you're doing, James?" They shook the water from their faces. "Mom! James is wetting us. —they whimpered—get the hell out of here. 

"Stop whining and hurry up, we're leaving ." He shook their bodies from side to side.

"So already?" Katrina stirred on the bed very lazily. 

-Yeah I know. I don't want to be back late.” I left the room, slamming the door shut. 

We walked and the stress of the day was notorious, the number of people who were out on the street doing their things were too many. So much so that they did not allow them to walk freely. 

—Precisely the day we came, all these people also feel like shopping.— I pushed certain people who crossed me. 

My sisters were ahead of me . In that Katsuro appeared fleetingly.

"Now what happens?" I looked at him. It was always to tell me something. 

"Nothing's wrong yet, why?" Can't I go with you? —He walked by my side.—Today I haven't felt anything strange, that's strange because those spirits never stop. 

—Do what you want, Katsuro , today I have to deal with these two who are worse than those spirits together.— I pointed to my sisters.

—Okay, I think you're not doing so well. Goodbye—disappeared. 

KATSURO 

What a genius you sometimes carry, James, I didn't know humans were so bitter . I appeared in a forest, they were the places where I relaxed the most. 

I walked slowly when I felt a presence. I turned to look everywhere.

—What is that noise? —I kept walking towards him—I couldn't tell where it came from, its echo sounded in all directions. Until I could make it out.

"Hello, Katsuro ," he spoke with a disgusting tone. 

"So it's you , " I stopped short, looking at him. 

"I'm sorry I came, but the mission I was given is a bit delicate and I have to finish it." 

-Mission? What kind of mission are you on ? - I wanted to know frowning.

"Don't you know yet, Katsuro ?"

"I'm not up for any more stupid games , who are you?" Just answer the damn question. 

— Katsuro …—he mocked—everyone knows that name in the underworld, better known as the rebellious vigilante. 

" What?" I was surprised. How did you know my name? 

-Admit it. You are so well known, you are from the Kabuto clan , in the underworld they know you for the power you have and the clan you come from—he kept laughing—my name is Baxter Himura , now you remember me, right? I was always the most aggressive in training, you know my reputation maybe this will remind you, they call me the ripper. 

"What the hell are you talking about?" I frowned. "I've never heard of you.

-Than? Well never mind I guess we can get to the point with all this. 

my katanas prepared to attack him. 

—Calm down, you just have to answer a few questions. Apparently they are very angry in the underworld for you, they wanted to know why you are still here. If everything was supposed to be ready by now. 

"I'm still here because the spirits keep coming and so do the missions as simple as you listen ." I ignored him with my eyes. 

—That doesn't explain anything you've done all this time, it's a shame, don't think that in the underworld they'll believe that story. If I don't have an answer that convinces our superiors, I will have to take you back even if I have to do it by force.

"Is that a threat?" I took my katanas again 

—Could be—he also took his katanas . 

"Well, Baxter, I have no intention of returning to the underworld until I'm done with my mission here, so if you'll use the force as you say, that's fine too." 

"I tried, but" he crossed his arms "you leave me no choice" he unsheathed his katanas .

JAMES

—If they were going to walk far ahead of me they would have told me not to accompany them—I quickened my pace trying to catch up with them. 

"Hey, didn't you say we'd have to get back early?" They stopped in their tracks. "Well, that's what we do, we just walk faster to get out of these things. " 

"Yes, but you can get lost in such a crowd," I reached for them with my tired heart in my hand.

"And what do you suggest?" That we take you by the hand and walk with you like we did with our parents when we were little?— Both shook their heads. 

—Well, by law they have to wait for me because I'm the one who brings the money and besides you don't know about shopping—I took them by the arm — although it seems silly to you, you have to come with me. 

—Oh, James, you take more powers than dad—they struggled—we're too old for you to be like this.

—Okay—I let them go—I won't take them by the arm but promise me they won't go too far, ok?

"Okay," they obeyed. 

We entered the supermarket; there were many shelves and the list we had was very large. 

"I have a plan," we stopped . "Do you see that yellow sign?" I pointed.

"Yes," they agreed. 

—Well, we'll share the list among the three of us, when one of you finishes buying what's on your list, wait at that point and from there we go to the checkout, understood? 

"Yes," they answered between whispers. 

"I haven't heard them." I placed my ear in their direction. 

—Yes !— they shouted very loudly. 

—Okay, see you there—we parted ways. 

I took a shopping cart and I was crossing off the purchases I had already made, I only hoped that my sisters were doing the same. Immediately a signal came to my head. 

" Katsuro ," I imagined . "Is something going on with him?" I worried. 

I walked towards the bathroom sector, I made sure that there was no one in the toilets and I closed my eyes, I concentrated on where that signal came from and I saw how my body began to disintegrate in slow motion. 

"What the fuck is this!" I watched as my entire arm disappeared, then my legs and so on. Appearing in a forest, there was Katsuro with another guy. 

" James?" He was surprised. "How did you get here?"

—I don't know , I'll tell you later, but I see that this is not a priority at the moment. 

"Who the hell are you ?" I glared at him, something strange could be observed and that is that he was wearing the same suit as Katsuro and even his same katanas . 

—Don't worry about me now—his gaze was cold—tell me more about yourself, intrepid boy. Who are you ? And why did you appear out of nowhere? 

"Don't answer him , James, " Katsuro ordered. 

the chosen one, why?" I stood in front of him. 

"Did you just say the chosen one?" Really? I'm still waiting for you to answer me Who are you? because that must have been a joke, how do you want me to believe such stupidity. 

—If you want to believe good but also, imbecile , it's the same. 

"Ok, maybe it's better to kill two fakers in front of me." Come on let's do it quickly and painlessly —he transformed taking out his katanas and pounced on me. 

I immediately transformed drawing my sword and I was able to repel his attack, it was so much power that it made me go back on the ground. 

—Not bad, apparently he was right, maybe you are the chosen one. I'm interested to know how you achieved that ability. 

"I don't have to give explanations to bastards like you." He kept backing away. 

—James, don't get involved please, this is my battle— Katsuro stood in front of me stopping me. 

"Please get off, this guy has exhausted my patience." I pushed him aside and started running with my sword raised. 

Immediately he also ran in my direction and we both collided our weapons leaving sparks in the clash giving way to an explosion that made us both back. Right away I didn't let my guard down by hitting him in his chest with my fist, the attack threw him towards some trees but he began to move from trunk to trunk through uninterrupted jumps at high speed so that he didn't know where his next attack would come from. 

I turned around and he was almost on top of me, I tried to protect myself with my sword but it was too late, he had given me a cut in the lower part of my abdomen that made me bend over. 

Dammit! It is too fast and strong. 

Once again I attacked him head on, but he dodged my attacks like nothing, it made me look so slow. 

—My turn—he began to give me a blast with his katanas , barely and I could defend myself, he generated a shock with his katana that made me fly through the air plummeting to the ground.— you only use brute force, but you have no skills He approached me slowly like a lion stalking his prey. 

—Shut the damn mouth!— I rejoined to attack him again, but it was in vain, with only one hand he defended himself from all my attacks ridiculing me.

—James, stop!— a spirit has appeared and it's very big, it's very close to here and I think it's heading towards us. 

"Perfect, let him come." Maybe we can have some fun with him too—the guy put away his katanas . 

The presence of a spirit approaching, the battle that would take place would be interesting but.... Who was this guy who was fighting with James? And why was he so confident in his power? would this be the end of james? - unknown.