Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

In his late nineties, Kai had long white hair and a build that looked impossible to obtain even if one were to have over a thousand years on their hands.

Scars had always been a part of Kai's life.

Now, they had become light ridges against dark, chiseled cliffs.

His hazel, reptilian eyes kept pulsating with ghostly, silver light as Selene's mist form squirmed there, always ready to lunge at the enemy.

She also served another, hidden purpose lately —

— restricting the corruption in Kai's soul from spreading further.

Under his bare chest, he was wearing baggy, blue martial arts pants over bare feet.

Now, Kai was sitting with legs crossed on a wooden floor.

Opposite him, Samurai Jack sipped the tea and put the cup down.

In silence, the master and the student sat there, neither of them mentioning the Task.

"You didn't use Extreme Speed," Jack said, pointing out the Skill of Deoxys' blood essence's Agility Forme.

Kai smiled, his eyes thoughtful.

"An increment of one point in Agility wouldn't have mattered," he told Jack. "Between Extreme Speed and Corrupt Summoning, I could only choose one."

Jack nodded, taking another sip.

He had been doing this a lot these days—taking second, third, and even fourth sips of the tea brewed by Kai.

Nonetheless, the nod that Kai wanted never appeared.

"You must work upon your Mana reserves," the Samurai said, stating the obvious. "It would have been for the best if Dementor's blood essence had granted you Mana instead of Breath."

Kai agreed calmly.

Yes, that would have been for the best.

Then there was the matter of Dementor's Kiss as well.

It wasn't like Kai had failed to suck out the souls of the Island's inhabitants, turning them into Soul Points.

But the amount of Soul Points he gained even from a Commander were barely enough to be called traces.

It was as if there was some hold on the souls of these inhabitants, keeping them intact.

No matter what, Kai's Dementor's Kiss couldn't break down this hold.

"I wonder if it would have worked with a higher grade of Skill," Kai said, getting up. It was time to leave. "Guess we would never know."

Samurai Jack looked at the tall back of his student. "… Take care."

Stepping into the teleportation vortex, the Emperor grinned.

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Years melted away like unseen patches of snow.

With every next visit to the Samurai's Hut, the Island kept evolving, becoming vaster in both strength and complexity.

At the level of Captain, Kai had needed a hundred thousand Points to attempt the Task.

When he became General, after killing General Rayquaza, Kai needed one million Points.

Years began passing, going over the Life Halt Capsules' limits, and the Emperor's strength seemed to fail himself against his greatest enemy —

— Time!

When it had been 1300 years since his arrival on Island X, Kai had already become old enough to be called an Old Man.

Older than the wise men found in the tales of children.

Older than any old man Kai had ever seen before coming to this Island.

In a place, that once had been occupied by a sea of yellow mist and a white room, now raged a maelstrom, ever spinning in the process of Gravitational Collapse.

The sky over this Nursery was black.

With another look, this black color seemed to be the effect of hundreds of millions of runes, fluttering in the sky like an endless flock of strange, but enchanting birds.

Suddenly, the size of the yellow maelstrom jerked down and a rune from the sky fell like a comet, entering the middle of this maelstrom.

It was like it had accepted its fate; the last jump of faith.

A blinding flash!

The maelstrom gradually expanded, regaining its previous size.

But, in its middle, now hovered a giant crystal, glowing with yellow color, a rune wriggling inside it like a worm, sealing a memory.

With a blur, this crystal vanished.

The next time it appeared, it found itself in a vast cosmos, black, but littered with 99 yellow stars.

No. Not stars.

99 Crystals, all multifaceted, and arranged in such a way that each Crystal perfectly reflected all the other 98 Crystals.

The newest arrival spun, feeling insignificant in this black, depthless dimension of the subconscious.

Then, slowly, guided by a thread of isolated consciousness, it hovered to a specific coordinate.

The moment this 100th Crystal reflected the other 99 Crystals, all 100 Crystals did the same.

Boom!

Rumbleeeeeee!!!

The entire blackness seemed to have exploded, giving out rhythmic, yellow pulses and rumblings.

At this moment, something had changed.

Something transcendental.

Something momentous.

Fates changed, better for some, and worse for others.

Lives changed as well, relighting the candles of hope.

Outside, seated near a waterfall in the lingering morning fog, an Old Man smiled.

…

His hair had turned white; a color, much lighter and grayish than the one from the years of his youth.

His skin was stuck to his bones, crumpled like folded, ancient paper and his flesh had all but gone, dried up in the air of time.

Even his eyes had sunken in his skull, giving him a pitiful appearance.

At 140, Kai was much older than he looked.

But there were some things that even the mighty time had failed to snatch away from him.

Scars were still there, covering his naked, wet upper body from neck to waist.

Though his eyes had gone deeper into his skull, the hazel, reptilian pupils were still bright.

The moment Kai opened his eyes, his gaze landed on the bank of the river, water gurgling as it flowed away from the waterfall.

There, leaning against a tree, was Cersei, eternally youthful and beautiful.

She was dressed in a skin-tight shadow suit from nose to toe, as always, when Kai entered his meditation session.

A tiny earring flashed in the light of the morning sun, tangled in a lock of golden, rippling hair.

Wind played with her face, and the fading fog kissed her cheeks.

Her thoughts were deep, her eyes lost.

In her lap, coiled majestically, was Selene, Cersei's hand running down her draconic, white scales, now and then.

Selene's blind eyes were open, black and yellow, looking at something unknown. Very far.

On Cersei's left, with his head resting on a mossy stone, was Rintaro.

His white lab coat had gone green and brown under the barrage of morning dew, squashed moss, and wet earth.

His squared chin still held a light stubble, his eyes faced up toward the sky.

Blue. Indigo. Rosy. Orange.

Now a touch of yellow.

Kai looked at the three and the smile on his thin, dried lips widened.

As if that was a sign, a sign to tell the world that it could let others know of Kai's presence, all three of them snapped their heads toward him.

Cersei's lost gaze found a purpose.

Selene's wandering sight quivered, returning to the present, and Rintaro smiled back at him.

Kai stood up, his feet steady on the slippery rocks.

A white cloak fluttered in the wind and wrapped around him, becoming a thin, pristine robe.

Water gave away where his foot landed. Where the water was deep enough to persist at its position, it bore Kai's weight, failing to stick its wetness on the soles of his feet.

Walking on water, rocks, dirt, and moss, Kai stepped forward toward the three.

His steps were slow as if every motion pained him and itched his bones, but his back was still straight.

And, more often than not, that was all a man needed.

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