Beyond understanding, Beyond hope

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Jouten followed closely after Hoa's familiar with his own hawk familiar " Hey so if we need to gather my friends in just a few hours how are we going to get the ones who are nowhere near here?" he asked. Hoa laughed " Jouten you really need to trust your elders. I already found a way to contact your friends who are not in Tokyo. Everything else is falling into place" he said. Jouten thought for a moment trying to decide what to ask " So what happens if everyone can't make it? I mean i'm sure I can get most of them to help but they might not want to" he said. Hoa shook his head " If they don't go we won't figure out who the second and third person is. I know one of them is you" he said. Jouten had his familiar speed up and fly beside Hoa's " What do you mean i'm one of them? One of what?" he asked. Hoa grabbed a sheet of paper off his dragon and wrote something with a marker he pulled out. He smiled and showed the paper to Jouten " Weapon" it read.

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Jouten looked in disbelief " Why am I weapon? Because of my strength? I haven't always been this strong" he said. Hoa nodded " True but if you believe in destiny and fate then you were always bound for greatness. Which is why those who knew tried to exploit you and still will. There is a legend about three great weapons that will have the power to either save or destroy the world. Right now you were comfimed to be one of the three when you met your soul. Aaron told me." he explained. Jouten looked at Hoa with annoyance " So you have been back for awhile now have you? Why didn't you come see me sooner to tell me all this?" he asked. Hoa brushed his hair out of his face as the wind started becoming more violent " Well Rumor didn't trust me so he didn't want me near you. Since you have battled several Salvation members since I last saw you I though it was best you knew all about yourself. One of the reasons I wanted you to join me so badly was that I thought you were one of the three living weapons of mass destruction. Turns out I was right" he said. Jouten held up his arm to block the violent wind " So is it possible that I know the other two from somewhere? I mean how can I know" he said. Hoa shook his head " The knowledge is out there in several books even the tome I gave you all those months back. Though you used the tome for a different purpose. For now the identity of the other two remain unknown. As it is thats a good thing because Salvation poses a problem to the world" he said. Jouten angrily punched his fist through the air " I want to know what they are planning. I mean to attack the entire world?" he said. Hoa laughed " Jouten most of the members don't even know what they are working towards. Nitas has made it painfully obvious that he wants to end all life on this planet. He wants to create the ultimate weapon to cause a war that will end with complete death, body and soul." he said. Jouten turned to face Hoa " Then he wants to end existence just like I thought. I may not know much about this war the world has been waging against Nitas for years but if i'm a weapon then I will do what a weapon does best. I'm going to destroy him" he said.

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"Is that so?" a figure said appearing in front of Jouten's and Hoa's familiars. " Well Nitas it didn't take you long to figure out what we were doing." Hoa said coldly as Nitas just stood in the air. Jouten stood up and formed a giant paper sword and swung it Nitas's right side. Nitas stopped the sword with his bare right arm " Well Jouten I think this is the first time I have gotten a chance to speak to you though you swinging a sword at me isn't very polite" he said smiling. Jouten turned the sword back into paper and glared at Nitas " What do you want!? We were just on our way to beat you so this works out fine for me" he said. Nitas walked between the two familiars who were both still flying north " If you honestly think I can be stopped then Jouten you are not very smart. I do admit that you are strong and that power you wield will only get stronger but as you are now you can't win" he said. Suddenly Hoa jumped off his familiar " Nitas I won't let you do anything. Now face the wrath of my flames!" he shouted as his body was surrounded in black and red flames and he sent a huge wall of it at Nitas. Nitas held up his hands and the wall burned out as they touched his hands " Well well your attack actually burned my hands" he said. Nitas looked up and saw Jouten coming down from higher in the sky, electricity in his hands," Sourge!" he shouted bursting right through Nitas' head and staight though the rest of his body " Did I get him?" Jouten said looking up. Suddenly the remains of Nitas gathered together and reformed " That actually hurt. I guess I underestimated you Jouten Kira" Nitas said cracking his neck. Jouten angrily reformed his familiar below him and landed on it " Hoa we need to do something about this guy fast!" he shouted up to Hoa. " Don't you think I know that!?" Hoa shouted back to Jouten nervously.

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Nitas crossed his arms " I will let you both have the second move too. It will be more entertaining for me" he said smirking. " Bastard you won't be smirking for long" Jouten said angrily. Jouten had his familiar speed up to Nitas' left side and Hoa went to his right. Jouten and Hoa created a paper chain between their two familiars and quickly wrapped it around Nitas " What do you think you can possibly do with an attack like this?" he asked. Jouten smiled as 4 paper pillars surrounded Nitas " Its been awhile since I had a chance to use a move like this. You remember don't you Hoa?" he asked. Hoa nodded " Yes I do but i'm guessing its stronger now right? I will follow your lead" he said. Suddenly electricity connected each of the pillars trapping Nitas from all directions " Well well I haven't heard anything about this move. Your full of surprises" Nitas said smirking. Jouten jumped over to Hoa's familiar and whispered into his ear " Oh that just might work" Hoa said smiling. Hoa went over to the Electric Pillars and let loose black flames into it " What are you doing now? Combining attacks? What use will that be?" Nitas asked. Hoa smiled as his familiar flew back a great distance from the electric pillars " You see the black flames on the pillars? If theres any kind of explosion near those black flames and electricity it will be like the power of a small nuke." Jouten said as he held up his right arm with his left hand and fired off a giant electric railgun at Nitas. Nitas opened his eyes up wide as the blast hit dead on. A flash of light covered the entire area for miles over and causing a explosion in the air so bright Jouten and Hoa had to cover their eyes " Hoa get us to the ground now!" Jouten shouted. Hoa tried to move his dragon familiar but it wouldn't budge " Damn the shockwave is to strong!" he shouted to Jouten. Suddenly a black figure with only a right arm and no legs flew out of the explosion and lowered in front of Jouten and Hoa " That really hurt. Now its my turn to attack" Nitas said as he raised his right arm and multiple tiny black energy orbs shot out. Jouten and Hoa jumped off the familiar as the tiny orbs touched it and instantily exploded. Jouten formed two paper swords on chains and threw them at what was left of Nitas. Nitas dodged both of them " Nice try" he said. Suddenly he got stabbed through with both swords from behind " Now Jouten! Do it!" Hoa shouted. Suddenly a black energy blast fired out the back of Nitas' head and Hoa took the hit dead on and began to fall " Do you really think stabbing me with swords will do anything?" he asked watching Hoa fall. Nitas turned to Jouten and saw that he was holding on to the chains of the swords that were stabbed into Nitas " heh" Jouten smirked and ran electricity through the chains and directly into Nitas " If you really think a little bit of electricity will kill me your sadly mistaken. Since your falling through the air, your a sitting duck for my next attack" he said as tiny black energy orbs formed around him. Jouten started laughing " You really haven't noticed? I knew you would escape that explosion and in turn you fell into my trap" he said. Nitas tried removing the swords with his right hand but had no success " What do you mean I fell into your trap?" he asked. Jouten pointed to the sky above which had black storm clouds directly above Nitas and Jouten " You planned this out since the beginning. You had the force of the black flames and electricity heat up the air and create storm clouds, then turned me into a conductor with these swords. Just amazing" he said looking up at the violent storm clouds. " Its over then. The wrath of nature will claim you" Jouten said as he used all his energy to conduct massive amounts of electricity directly into Nitas. A giant Lighting Bolt seemingly guided by Jouten hit Nitas full force and an even bigger explosion then before blacked out the whole sky.

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Jouten opened his eyes and looked up as rain hit him square in the face. He blinked a few times and sat up " Damn i'm lucky those trees broke my fall. Now i'm hoping Hoa is alright" he said standing up holding his right arm. He walked through the forest calmly until he found his way to a valley. In the valley Hoa was sitting in a tent made out of paper " Ah your alive. I'm guessing you managed to kill him. Though killing him never truly lasts as he will be back" he said as Jouten laughed walking into the tent. " So he survived being hit with that much power? If he did then theres no way to kill him" Jouten said sitting down with a grin. Hoa nodded " Exactly Jouten. There is no way to kill Nitas. I have spent decades looking for a way to kill him which eventually led to my leaving of Salvation" he said with an angry look. Jouten looked down " Then why would I want to go staight to where he will be and battle him head on? That would just end in my death" he said. Hoa smiled " Jouten were not going right to where Salvation is. We're going to a place to figure out how to deal with Nitas but for that we need more then just the two of us" he explained. Jouten smirked " Oh you had me worried for a second. Now I have some kind of hope" he said holding his right arm tighter then before. Hoa noticed Jouten's face " Whats wrong with your arm?" he asked. Jouten started laughing " Its ironic. Nitas hurt you pretty badly in the battle but he never touches me. Then as soon as I blast him with my attack I fall through a tree and dislocated my arm. Pretty stupid of me" he said with amused look. Hoa laughed a little at what Jouten said " Well thats part of being human Jouten. We all make mistakes" Hoa said extending his right hand out to Jouten " We better get going. We only have til midnight"

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Jouten heard a sound moving towards them and quickly turned " You gave me quite alot of trouble. Your to much of a threat to leave unattended" Nitas said walking forward with the right side of his face missing. Jouten jumped up and charge at Nitas with his left fist raised " Bastard!". Nitas raised what was left of his right arm and knocked Jouten a few hundred yards away with a single swing " Now Hoa for you" he said. Hoa smirked with sweat rolling down his face " Oh your going to play? What fun" he said turning his paper tent into his dragon familar. Hoa jumped on his familar and had it step on Nitas with its front left claw. Hoa suddenly felt his whole familar shake and looked down to see Nitas lifting the dragon up by its foot " Damn you Nitas i'm not done yet" Hoa shouted as his familar flew backwards into the air, did a complete backflip and left loose black flames from its mouth directly at Nitas. Nitas looked surprised and held up his arms in defense of the flame. Hoa stopped the flame and looked below at the burning black flames in the field " Is he dead?....Well are you dead Nitas!!!?" he shouted. Out of the flames a charred figure jumped out and held out his hands and a massive energy blast shot out at Hoa. Jouten looked up to see the sky flash again and turned to see Nitas still alive but badly burned " You really don't die do you? Though it definately looks like you feel pain" Jouten said with a smile. Nitas remained silent and started walking towards Jouten. Suddenly Nitas' right arm fell off and turned to dust " It seems i'm hitting my limit with this form. I will have to kill you quickly" he said as he began walking faster. Jouten glared at Nitas " I don't have much energy left either. Now i'm going to kill you. Nitas!" Jouten shouted running at Nitas pulling a dagger from his belt. Jouten jumped in the air as Nitas prepared an energy blast with his remaining arm.

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Jouten ducked down as the energy blast went right by his head, He landed on Nitas and stabbed him directly in the chest. Jouten pulled out the dagger and threw it behind him looking down on Nitas " Your still not dead? Your a monster" he said with desperation. Nitas smiled and grabbed Jouten by his right arm. Jouten tried pulling away, then their was a poping noise. Jouten smirked and punched Nitas directly in the face with his left arm, causing Nitas to let go of him. Jouten jumped back as Nitas held up his left arm at Jouten. Nothing happened and Jouten looked at Nitas confused " Looks like you abilities are going away. That works for me because I only have a little energy left!" he shouted firing off a Railgun. Nitas stood still and the blast went right by him " Looks like your aim was off." he said. Jouten wiped his eyes with his arm " Yeah that was the last of my energy. I guess its just a man to man fight now" he said. Nitas and Jouten ran at each other and began to punch each other. Jouten beat Nitas down hard with a quick succession of punches and Nitas coughed up blood " Blood? Then that means this body is at its limit" he said staggering. Jouten smiled with confidence and knocked Nitas to the ground with a hard right hook. Nitas tripped Jouten with his legs and grabbed him by his shoulders but Jouten managed to roll over on him and he started to choke Nitas.

Hoa opened his eyes and stood up in the field. All the paper around him was scorched and burned and he remember he barely managed to block Nitas' energy blast. He then looked out over the field and saw Jouten and Nitas struggling with each other in a battle. He quickly tried to move towards them but his legs gave out and he fell over " Damn it i'm to weak to move. Jouten hold him off, i'll think of something" he said.

Jouten held his hands around Nitas' neck as hard he could while Nitas tried desperately to get him off and at the same time struggling to breath " You don't want to die do you? Well just think of your death as karma for everyone else you have killed" Jouten said with a grin. Nitas pointed his left index finger at Jouten's chest and suddenly fired a pointblank laser through Jouten's chest. Jouten felt the hole in his chest with his left hand and fell over.

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Jouten coughed up blood and Nitas stood over him pointing at him for another attack. Jouten noticed something glint in the grass and he reached for it with his right hand. Nitas laughed "
I may have missed your vitals on that last attack but this time I will end it, It doesn't matter if you live or die at this point anyway" he said as the energy gathered at his left index finger. Jouten managed to grab ahold of the object and stuck it into Nitas's chest " Thats your.....dagger from before. Hehe how did I miss that" he said as he fell to his knees. Jouten pulled out the dagger from Nitas' chest and held his own wound which was bleeding badly " So you can die afterall. I don't know why everyone was so scared of you" he said. Nitas smiled " I'm not really dying in a traditonal sense boy. This body just no longer can hold out. When my new body arrives I will be sure to fight you again but for now you will have to deal with the rest of Salvation. Also I like that look in your eye, the one where you want to kill me and you would do anything to achieve it. Something tells me you will get stronger" he said as his body turned to dust before Jouten. Jouten angrily turned away and began walking towards where Hoa was sitting.

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Jouten fell over on his back and Hoa managed to crawl over to where he was " I'm honestly surprised we are alive. Its a good thing you destroyed that outershell of his because you bought us time. Though with our injuries I don't know if we'll make the trip" he said. Jouten smiled " I have an idea. You need to make your dragon familar and get us there though because at this rate i'm probably going to bleed to death" he said as he closed his eyes. Hoa nodded forming his dragon familar and wrapping up Jouten's wound with his remaining paper. The rain continued to come down hard and Hoa managed to lift Jouten and himself on to his dragon " Your lucky rain doesn't affect my paper formation or else we would be in trouble" he said as the dragon took off into the air. Jouten coughed up more blood " Yeah I know that. I will tell you where to go step by step because otherwise you won't find it and i'll die" Jouten said clutching the wrapped bleeding hole in his chest.

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Hoa landed his familar into a cave on the side of a cliff and looked at Jouten who had gotten really pale " I sure hope you have a reason to be coming to a cave instead of a hospital Jouten" he said. Jouten lowered himself off the familar and began to make his way through the dark cave " I trained here before Salvation began their world wide attack. I learned something interesting while I was here" he said jumping into a circle of water in the cave. Hoa watched as Jouten jumped out of the water and took off the bandages on his chest, revealing that the wound was gone. " What happened to your wound? Its completely healed...." he said stunned. Jouten smiled " I don't know why but this place is different then most. when I tried taking the water out of this place to use but apparently it only works here. Well its time to get moving" he said walking past Hoa. Hoa shook his head " You now have a plan on what you want to do?" he asked. Jouten stopped at the entrance " Yes. For the first time in my life I feel like I have some direction on what to do next. I'm going to do what I have should have done from the start. Take matters into my own hands"

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Hoa sighed " Just don't let your anger about this whole situation cloud your judgement. I was full of anger at the world once. Take my advice" he said. Jouten smiled and pointed to the sky outside " Well looks like we have some good weather now. Lets set out to do what we were supposed to" he said taking out some paper.

A beach on an island somewhere in the south Atlantic,

Kain slowly walked out of the water and dried himself off with a towel. He looked up to see Roze, Taihou, and Gengi standing before him. " Well well. Hello comrades its good to see you again. Are you here to take a dip too?" he asked with sly grin. Taihou angrily took a step towards Kain " You know why we are here Kain! You have some nerve taking a vacation at a critical time like this" he said with his fist raised. Kain threw his towel over his shoulder and walked up to Taihou " Then you must know that Nitas placed me in charge. Even if the 3 of you are Highers, then your fate has already been decided" he said. Gengi placed his right hand on Kain's left shoulder " You should watch your mouth Kain, we didn't come here to fight" he said calmly. Kain looked between the 3 of them " Why are you here?" he asked. " We're here because Nitas' current body has been destroyed by Jouten Kira. He will need a new vessel if he is to bring disorder to the world like originally intended" Roze explained. Kain threw his towel to the ground " This probably means Jouten is going to go to our main base. Knowing him he probably has gotten even stronger from his encounter with Nitas. We will have to trend lightly while trying to uncover a replacement." he said.