108 One Journey Ends, Another Continues

(Genuine question here: my main character has acquired the tech tree for Jo Jo's bizarre adventure in Worm and, using his creation magic, can create stand arrows, not Requiem Arrows yet, but stand arrows. Should I have my mean character use a stand arrow?)

Entry 95:

Linus Ozias POV:

As I stared at the three Kokabiel engaged in pre-battle banter, "So This is who they send after me, one singular angel. I am insulted. Is Heaven in such dire straits that they cannot send an archangel to face me?"

" Heaven does not need more than me to take you down, brother, as you've already fallen so low." As I say this, an unreadable motion flashes through Kokabiel's eyes.

He gnashes his teeth in a snarl as he shouts, "I have led legions of angels to fight in battles that would make any angel quake in disgust. What have you done, brother?"

I smile as I recall my actions as I state, "In terms of feats, they are not much. I have saved a saint, two foxes, a young pervert, and a city of warriors, and in context, it is not much."

Kokabiel laughs as he says in a manic way, "So who are you to stop me!? What right do you have to stand before me? Kokabiel Fallen Angel Of Stars."

I take my spear out and spread my wings as fourteen wings appear behind me compared to Kokabiel's ten wings.

"I declare my own right, Brother Kokabiel, as Anakim, the Archangel Of Control," As I say this, Kokabiel creates blades of light and charges at me.

Slashing at me with the blades, I cover my spear with holy power and deflect the blows as Valper attempts to combine the swords, and the magic circles begin to glow brighter.

The fake Freed awaits my order to detain the priest so he may tried by Heaven for his crimes, but for now, he continues playing his part.

Kokabiel tries to feint a strike to the stomach as I dodge using soru and my enhanced magical senses.

Using a combination of my physical and magical senses, I created my own version of the see-through world from Demon Slayer.

Every strike I can predict, and he moves so slow it's almost embarrassing, and in one swift motion, I strike in multiple places using shigan.

Before Kokabiel can even react, he finds his body flying into the ground in intense pain.

As he struggles to his feet, he pulls out more blades of light and tries to slash at me, but I dodge and strike at his arms, breaking them, and Kokabiel yells in pain.

He struggles to his feet again while saying hoarsely," Is that all you have, angel? I have been hit harder by a low-class devil. Come on! Finish me! Before Excalibur's creation destroys this town."

I then signal Freed, and he immediately becomes stoic and knocks out Valper. The magic circles then dissipate as the fake swords disappear.

"You mean that Exaclibur made from the false copies you stole? Well, I am positively terrified, brother." This result has a different effect on the fallen angel than I thought.

Instead of yelling in anger or trying to attack me, he falls to his knees and says again with less bravado, "Finish me with honor, brother. Let my story end here."

I then pulled my spear back and asked the question bugging me. "Why do this, Brother Kokabiel? You were a great general in the war that could outthink Azazael on a good day. This plan of yours was so full of holes it was like you weren't even trying."

Kokabiel then begins to chuckle as he states, " It was a risk, and I knew it, and I fully expected to die to the likes of Sirzechs and Serafall with their sibling's blood on my hands."

Kokabiel rises to his feet, shaking as the pain is almost unbearable. " What right do those devils have to live in peace while heaven suffers, while our fallen brothers and sisters are made the laughingstock of the supernatural world?"

He paused as he used a sword of light to remain standing. " I knew I was to die here, but not without taking something from them like what those devils took from us all."

But then he charges at me again as I stab him through the stomach, but as he stands there, I pull out the Longinus spear and place the tip on his head.

A bright light shines, and Kokabiel is gone, and all that is left are some feathers, and as I gather them, I turn to Freed as he salutes.

"Are we done here, creator?" I nod, and he returns to base, and as I stare at the Longinus spear, I smile, knowing the fate of my wayward brother.

I then stare into the sky and see a floating suit of armor covered in white and gold with blue gems and wings completing the ensemble.

As we stare at one another, a dragon-like voice can be heard.

[Do not fight him. He is beyond us for now retreat]

I then smile, " No matter how much you try to hide  spawn of Lucifer, know that you may never run from your past."

The figure's fists clench as he is seemingly debating taking the challenge.

But before the figure can move, I appear behind them, shatter the armor in a flurry of blows, and grab one of the orbs from the armor to use later.

As Vali Lucifer looks at me in shock, I appear next to him again as I whisper, "If you wish to complete your revenge, come find me, Young Lucifer."

As I teleport away from the befuddled youth, he repairs the armor and flies away with many thoughts on his mind.

The mission is complete, and as I return to my home in Kuoh, I am met by an Infinite Dragon God bearing gifts and holding out her hands as I sigh and return to the kitchen to reward the dragon for a job well done.

Kokabiel POV:

"Where am I?" I think as I find myself in what looks to be the Garden of Eden, but not as there is no color but white, and the garden seems endless.

But before I can walk, I feel a tap on my shoulder, and as I turn around, I see a figure I never thought I would see again.

"You seem lost, my son. So how can I help you?" God says as I am left in shock.

Before I can move, the space changes, and I find myself in the room of my creation, and all I can do is ask, "Why?"

God remains smiling but silent as I yell, "WHY! WHY DID I FALL AFTER EVERYTHING I HAD DONE FOR YOU IN YOUR NAME? WHY!"

God shakes his head as he says, " Because you could not see your own value, my son. You believed you needed my acknowledgment and wanted my approval, but you already had it, my son." 

I slam the table we sit at as I say, " Then why did you never tell me I lived my entire life thousands of years, never knowing if you ever approved of what I have done before my fall."

God sighs as he says, " That was a mistake on my part as I believed with you all being my children that every one of you knew how much I loved every single one of you." 

I simply sighed as that is so much like Father. " You expect too much of us, Father, as just like any other child, we all want to be acknowledged, but even I can be remiss in knowing that parental philosophies weren't invented yet."

We laugh as I feel wetness on my cheeks. Father looks at me and hugs me as I apologize over and over again.

"I was always watching my son and knowing that none of you failed me and all of you were already perfect because even among my system, my religion, and Heaven itself, you all were my greatest creations."

I can feel his truth and light once more, and as we separate, all I can say is, "So am I a failure?" He shakes his head as he states, "Imperfect as I am, yes, but a failure, no, none of you were."

He places a hand on my shoulder as we walk into the infinite. I ask, " Are we inside the Spear of Longinus?" Father nods as he says, "It is no longer just the vessel to hold my truth anymore, for it is now his truth, and he will lead all of them to what I could not." 

He pauses as I look on curiously as he finishes, "Peace  in the end, that was what mattered."

I tried to disagree, but I could no longer feel the rage as I knew that peace was inevitable and my existence was but a relic from an old war.

So, as we walk into the infinite, we laugh, we talk, and we disappear together into the inner workings of the spear as I feel content.

I died, but such is the inevitability of those who refuse change. I can rest now, knowing that I am no longer lost.

Before we fade away, I ask, "So, is this space real?" as

  God smiles as he says, "It's as real as you wish it to be."

That is enough for I am tired, so as my eyes dim, I see my Father smiling at me as he says, "Rest Now, My Son; Your Struggles Are Over."

I smile, knowing I am at peace as the void within me dissipates, and so I fade into nothing, knowing my Father is always with me.

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