Kentaro finds himself enjoying a walk along a path within a local park. One that's lit up beautifully with path lighting lights and a small river glistening from the moonlight that emitted from the full moon that was present in the night sky.
As Kentaro walks the designated path, he finds himself peacefully sunk into the quiet and abstract sounds of nature. His mind slowly clearing as he paces himself.
"To think, all I needed was a quiet and peaceful walk... Hm, I really have gotten old." Kentaro murmurs to himself.
However, as he walked further along the path, he found himself slowly approaching a shadowy figure. His body slowly came to a halt to keep distance between him and it.
"It's usually a creepy manner to stand along a path, covered in shadows and silence." Kentaro remarked as he stood observing the figure.
Suddenly more rustling came from behind as two more shadow figures appeared on each of his sides.
"I'm not sure what you want, but I don't have any money on me if that's what you're after." Kentaro exclaimed, hoping to catch them off guard and potentially get anyone's attention if there was a chance someone else was out as well.
"Murderer..." A distorted female voice rang in the air.
Kentaro's blood ran cold as he looked forward.
"T-That voice..." Kentaro stuttered in fear as he tried to take a step back.
The shadowy figure in front of him is approaching slowly as the lights start to reveal its true form.
A fissure with three arms, its white, formless head stretched like remaining locks of hair. Its undead skin peeled in different places, each area deeper and more revealing than the last. Lastly, this fissure carried two scars, one that curved on each of them like a belt with no buckle.
As the other two appeared, their grotesque forms resembled their past and the reason they stood here now. The fissure on the left has his faceless white head split in four different directions, and his chest houses an open wound in the shape of a blade.
Then lastly, the one on his right, set it all in for Kentaro. As its formless face held giant, sudden black holes where its eyes would be. Its mouth is carved from both sides all the way to the back. Allowing its head to open like a chest.
"H-How is this... This can't be!" Kentaro shouted as he stepped back from the two that also started closing in.
As the trio started to approach, Kentaro found himself surrounded, his fear causing him to stagger around trying to escape, yet every time he tried, they'd close off his route with quick movements or elastic limbs.
"B-Back! Get back!" Kentaro shouted, swinging his arms as a way to ward them off.
However, it had no effect, as they continued approaching. However, as they started to fully close in, Kentaro blinked and was suddenly standing in another area of the park. Looking at the fissures from a few feet away.
"Don't worry... I'll handle this. Mr. Kentaro." A familiar voice stated as Kentaro watched a familiar student step ahead of him with a sword drawn and ready to go.
"K-Kairo? What on—..." Kentaro muttered to himself as he observed Kairo and his blade.
"Then you mean—." Kentaro stuttered out but found himself interrupted as Kairo dashed off towards the trio.
The double-scarred Fissure locked her attention on Kairo before pointing at him and screeching a foul noise.
"Murderer!" The distorted voice filled the air as Kairo rushed towards her. Yet as he proceeded, the other two leaped ahead of her and charged Kairo.
As the fissure with the split head motions itself to swing its head, the carved mouth fissure comes running with the top of its head pulled back and its mouth opened. Kairo continued advancing, ignoring the grotesque sight of these two fissures, and as he prepared to slash through them.
The open mouth fissure shot a white line that grazed Kairo's left arm just barely. His body ripped to the right out of instinct to dodge. But while stuck in motion, four expanded and targeted bladed limbs come barreling down on him. Kairo quickly holds up his sword to block two of the four, but as one smashes into the ground beside him, the other slashes his left shin before landing right beside his left foot.
Kairo winces from the burning pain; however, before Kairo could even think of recovering back into the fight,. The open-mouthed fissure attacks once more, this time grazing Kairo's left cheek. His eyes widen in fear as he finds himself unable to focus.
The fear was taking over any heroic feelings he had moments ago.
"E-Even after all this time, I'm still—."
The skin-grafted fissure appears from behind the other two and approaches slowly, pulling off loose skin as it walks closer to Kairo. From his view, Kairo notices the torn-off skin begins to sharpen itself, and then, as all three arms of the skin-grafted fissure hold several of its pieces of skin. It whipped back and forth, launching them at Kairo. Dozens of throwable blades made from its skin are hurled towards Kairo.
But before they could come into contact with him, Kairo feels himself being lifted out of his current spot and tossed out of the way. Some of his blood from his wounds sprays off him as he lands on his back.
Kairo quickly sits up to see Kentaro had taken several of the skin blades in Kairo's place.
"M-Mr. Kentaro! W-Why did you!" Kairo exclaimed with a worried tone.
"Pathetic..." Kentaro murmurs as he stands slightly bleeding from his wounds.
"Simply... pathetic!" Kentaro shouts right after, before looking straight at Kairo.
"W-Why! Why did you pull me out of the way? They're after you! You should've run!" Kairo exclaimed in agony as he forced himself to stand.
"Shut it..." Kentaro's voice unleashes some sort of powerful pressure as it brings Kairo right back to his knees.
Kairo's eyes widened in shock as his body shook from the tremendous amount of Soul energy pouring from Kentaro. As Kairo struggled to look up, he noticed the trio of fissures slowly backing up in fear.
"So... you do feel fear. Good, maybe that means I can remind you who killed you in the first place." Kentaro revealed as the skin blades in his body began to push themselves out. Each one clanking against the ground as his wounds start to heal.
Then, as his wounds fully heal, Kentaro inhales and cracks his joints to release some stiffness.
"I hope you're ready to die all over again." Kentaro advised as Kairo watched in shock from the ground.