| Reclaiming My Destiny
It is an early Thursday morning, 6:35 am to be more exact, I am punching at a large heavy bag on the second floor of my new home, a three-story studio building, which use to be my older brother�s place. Listening to the loud pounding sound the bag was making from the swift and hard punches. I come to a slow stop, panting softly and feeling the cold wet sweat streaming down from my face as I watch the heavy bag swinging side to side slowly. About to call it quits for the morning but just then I notice two cold piercing blue eyes staring right at me from the slow moving bag, I did not know if this is sign of exhaustion all I know is that I am looking into the eyes of the sadistic beast, Tarrant. In my head, I can hear the catchy tone �Ironside� excerpt from the famous Cult Classic Kung-Fu flick, Five Fingers of Death, clutching my hand into a tight fist as I can feel my muscles in my hand tightening up and hearing the faint cracking of my knuckles.
�T�T�Tarrant,� I growled out, my eyes flared up in crimson aura as my demonic essences wanted to get free as it was acting out on my utter hatred I have for Tarrant and what he had put me through last couple of weeks.
Watching Tarrant�s cold eyes close his eyes halfway as this cause me to get in defensive stance, preparing myself for the unexpected since I know that Tarrant has way of surprising his enemies. Tarrant�s eyes wink at me which pull a trigger in my mind, yell out in great fury as I quickly spin in a 180 degree turn and threw my knife right in between that bastard�s eyes. I held my hand out, listening to my own heavy panting and looking at the motionless surprisingly noticing that Tarrant�s eyes were gone making me realize that my obsession was more serious than I thought. I lower my hand down as I lift my head up, looking up at the ceiling disappointingly, emitting a soft sigh pass in my lips trying to calm nerves, realizing that Tarrant have gotten under my skin like an annoying rash.
Walking over to the motionless bag and move my hand over to the metal handle of the special knife I ordered from a catalog. �Damn you Tarrant,� I said in disappointment as I pull the knife from bag and watch the sand from the bag pour out from a hole the knife made in heavy bag.
Close the knife in my hands and place it back in its small holster attach behind my pants, beginning to think that maybe I am not ready to face Tarrant, maybe I am just a mere boy who lets everything irks me. I simply shake my head once not wanting to think anymore about my upcoming bout against that being of darkness as I begin to make my way over to the stairs that lead to the roof wanting to get some fresh air after my episode but suddenly my eye vision change into the familiar black and white color causing me to stop in my tracks, noticing that Iori whom is sitting on the roof has spot an old Cobra GT 500 pulling up to my home. At first, I didn�t know who could be paying me a visit at a time like this but I soon notice Charlene exiting out of the passenger�s side of the car as my sister exits out of the driver�s side.
Blink my eyes once making my vision return back to normal. �Charlene? Ukyo? What the heck are they doing here,� confusingly asked wanting to know why these two are here I mean didn�t think they would talk to me after how I treated them especially Charlene after she and I had our little discussion at last week�s StormFront.
After running down the stairs, I meet both Charlene and Ukyo at the door, slide open the metal door to the left, looking them curiously.
�So what brings you two here to Silent Hill Drive,� I amusingly asked them though I gasped softly and gone back to looking at them curiously when seeing that Charlene and Ukyo stood in silence with both arms crossed over their chest and had their eyes closed as they have serious looks on their face. �Uh? What�s with the serious looks? Did I do something wrong?�
They continue to be silent causing me to begin to think on why they are acting this way towards me I mean I know I made Charlene cry for telling her goodbye in my own cruel way but why was Ukyo mad I didn�t piss her off anything.
�Uh, are you two mad because I used Jerms as lab rat,� I began, �I mean the incompetent fool was suppose to show men if Tarrant learn any new moves or such.� Looking at them curiously still.
Ukyo slowly opens her eyes and looks at me tranquilly though I could see there is slight hint of anger in them.
�We are not mad because that,� Ukyo replied seriously.
�Even though it was pretty harsh to do that to poor Jerms,� Charlene innocently said as she opened her eyes and looked at me with her pure brown eyes.
�Then why are you two mad,� I asked cautiously while I stood in the open door, feeling the cool morning brisk air against my warm flesh.
Ukyo sharpens her eyes seriously and quickly moves her arms from her chest, as pulls back her right arm and watch her fist coming right at me. I try to avoid it but Ukyo still connects with a massive right hook to my cheek. Stumble on my feet bit, favoring now bruise cheek, glaring at my older sister seriously though furiously in my own twin brown eyes.
�What the hell was that for,� I angrily yelled out as I wiped the slight hint blood that seep pass the corner of my bottom lip.
Ukyo steps up to me and grab me by my black tank top, pulls me closer to her which causes me to gasp surprisingly from my sister�s actions as I see her staring into my eyes angrily.
�Because you are stupid idiot,� Ukyo started, �Did you honestly think that you could scare us off with your cold and brutal behavior well you are wrong, Kyo Kushinaga! We are going to stick to you like glue.�
Speechless, not knowing to say after hearing my sister�s words.
Charlene walks up to Ukyo, standing beside my sister, looking up at me tranquilly in her pure eyes. �She�s right, Mr. Kyo. I cannot believe that you honestly thought you could just get rid of us like that. Can you not see that we are family? And family sticks together then you are not going to get rid of us that easily.�
�Charlene,� I softly said as I was still speechless.
Ukyo lets go of my tank top gently, now looking into my eyes in thrillingly way instead of her usual scary angry look. �So that means you are stuck with us.�
�But things could end getting pretty dangerous,� I told them with great concern in my voice.
Charlene crosses her arms over her chest and I hear her tauntingly laugh out in amusement, closes her eyes halfway and looking at me with a carefree gaze. �I laugh at the face of danger.�
Ukyo smirks and places her hands on her hips, looking down at the ground for a moment before looking back at with a burning excitement in her eyes. �Please, it will just like a normal day on the streets of Tokyo.�
Blink once and looks at my sister with slight dullness, remembering that my sister was in a small street gang back home as she with the Tokyo Girls, one of the well-known girl gang in all of Japan. But still I could not believe that these two people I call sister and friend would be still willing to be with me after I treated them like dirt. Sigh once and looks at them contently though with slight excitement in my brown eyes.
�All right,� I started, �I guess since I was unsuccessful on frightening you two away from me then I guess you two will accompany me on my quest of vengeance.�
Charlene place her soft hand on my bare shoulder, feeling her warmth against my own, looking at her with a faint blush over across my checks from seeing her looking into my eyes contently. �No, you cannot walk on this dark path of vengeance anymore.�
Looking in surprise from hearing my manager�s words, could not believe that she would want me to stop thinking about getting my revenge. �But why? For what that monster did to me he deserves to feel the same exact pain I had to endure about his immoral act!�
�Then you would you be just like him,� Ukyo softly said while she looked at him seriously.
I am speechless from hearing my sister�s words.
Charlene nods her head and looks at me with great concern in her brown eyes. �You would become nothing more than one of Tarrant�s dark warrior and I am not about to lose my client and�and�� She glances down at the ground, fiddling with her mini-skirt, having a dark blush across her cheeks.
Making a soft curious sound though causing my blush turn to a dark shade of crimson, having an idea what she was trying to tell me.
Ukyo glances at both me and Charlene at turns, she emits a soft sigh and places each her arms on one each of our shoulders. �What Charlene is trying to say is don�t you dare join that sadistic bastard and his pathetic Gothic group of misfits.� She glances over to Charlene playfully. �Right?�
�Right,� Charlene replies while looking down at the ground slightly in a shy manner.
Ukyo turns her gaze over to my home, examining with her brown eyes. �So are you going to invites us in or are you going to let us just stand out the cold air?�
�I got a better idea,� I started, �How�ll bout you two move in with me it gets pretty lonely here and besides it beats staying at one of those weak hotels that Ian make reservations for us stay in.� I smirk amusingly.
Charlene looks at me contently. �Are you serious?�
�Why not,� I reply in a carefree voice.
Watching my sister walk away from us and heading over to her Cobra, seeing her opening up the truck and taking out a large suitcase and a knapsack from there.
Ukyo glances over to me modestly. �Actually, I am glad that you said that because you still I cause a little disturbance at the hotel and we got sorta kicked out for that little disturbance.�
Resting my hand behind head, close my eyes and just look with a dull expression on my face as I hear Charlene modestly chuckle softly while standing in front of me. God, I should�ve that one coming but I just my mind is wrapped on getting my hands on Tarrant�
�Just place the stuff inside,� I dully told my older sister.
Ukyo smirks and walks over to the open door as she pulls Charlene. �Thanks bro, you�re the best!� Both of them enter inside of �our� home.
Open my eyes and looks up at the bright blue morning sky seriously and I begin to think that maybe the path of vengeance was probably the wrong path to take since I am hurting both, Charlene and Ukyo as well going against everything that I believe in. Glance over to Iori tranquilly, remembering what the beautiful Goddess who restore my life told me to do.
And her words were, �Kyo Kushinaga, you now got the gift of both dark and light, making you a Divine Oni one of the ancient and deadliest demons of Demonic History. With this new gift, you must use your power for good and not for personal gain as the Mortal Realm�s newest Defender it is your duty to protect the innocent and vanquish all evils that brings a threat to the realm you are born in. However, if an innocent�s soul has been tainted you must save them your power but if they are too far gone then it is your duty as the Defender to silence the target only if it is needed to.�
Looking back up at the sky, realizing that I have been using these powers for my own selfish reasons for these past weeks and not using it to help people well� I did save Judgment, Andrews and Kaos even though I have to inflict physical pain to them so we can have our �renewal� session. I sigh once and begin to think more about my destiny I mean I just realize that Tarrant may have killed the Masked Avenger but the hero�s heart is still strong inside of me and this hero is going to kick Tarrant�s ass so hard that the next Tarrant wannabe is going to feel it.
�C�mon, bro,� Ukyo yelled out to me, �I am going to make a hardy breakfast for allowing me and Charlene to live here!�
Shake my head once and just sigh once more hearing my sister�s voice, I cannot believe that I actually agreed to my sister and Charlene living with me I mean I don�t mind Charlene living with me but Ukyo�
Oh man, this is going to be a very interesting experience that is all I got to say�
Beginning to walk over to the open door, enter back in the house, closing the door behind him though stop for a moment when noticing Iori flying away as I smirk once when I signal though enter my mind.
�The hero has return,� I softly said before fully closing the door behind him.
�End
Resistence is flamable... 
...No one can snuff my flame
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