Balance Problems Part 8

"Argh!" Masaki punched the wall again, not caring if he broke some minor bones. Shuka was crying into Gentou's chest, who just hugged her back while trying to hold his own tears back. Hakushu was gripping Tenade's shirt as he bit his lip, while the adult was openly sobbing on his shoulder. Ayame was too.

Actually, all of them were. 

Who wouldn't, when their leader had been beaten up right in front of their eyes and thrown away to die? 

"K-Keisuke-kun..." Ryaku sniffed. Bao En comforted the leader as Kai patted Lizzy, Ceels and Lucy on the back. 

"I-I failed as a friend..." Masaki hit the wall again, letting his tears fall freely now while falling to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. "H-He's dead... A-And it's all my fault... I-I made him go to that alley.... I-I..." Akino, Rau, Choiseung and Chenhua comforted him, despite their tight faces. 

They were truly depressed, all right. 

And it was broken the moment a familiar voice shouted out from outside the door, "ORE NO TOMODACHI DEGIKAI BOUREI BANCHOU!"

The tense atmosphere broke the exact same moment a roar was heard and the door to the  dungeon was broken by a human-like Youkai, with a certain leader above his shoulders. 

"K-K-KEISUKE?!" everyone's eyes widened. 

EW Jibanyan, who had been put as their guard, immediately got into a battle stance, "Heh! If you want to get to them, you're gonna have to get through me!" 

"Bourei Banchou, deal with EW Jibanyan! I'll get the others!" Keisuke commanded. 

Bourei Banchou roared in understanding before he lunged for EW Jibanyan. 

Keisuke used that chance to slide under EW Jibanyan and rush to their cells, "Everyone!" 

"Keisuke!" Natshuka felt so so happy. "You're alive!" 

"But how?!" Akino questioned. 

"We saved him," EW Ryaku appeared from behind him and used a sword to stab the lock, destroying it. EW Bao En and Kai did the same, as EW Aruke stumbled in, trying to regain his balance. Akino gasped.

Keisuke looked at them, "I'm guessing you know what EW Enma did to the EWs." 

"A-Ah, we do... W-Why?" Natsume nodded. 

"Good, cause we're going to show them the light," Keisuke grinned at them. 

The rest all grinned hearing that. 

"Sounds like a plan," Choiseung smirked. 

"I like your thinking, Keisuke," Chenhua chuckled. 

Bourei Banchou finally managed to pin EW Jibanyan down and locked him up in a cell. Keisuke then took out some rope and tied the door to the bars, "That should do it. Come on. We have to go save the town!" 

"AH!" they all cheered, getting their weapons on a table nearby before Shuka opened up another portal and they stepped through.... 

And ended up in a total war zone. 

All around them, civilians were screaming in terror as they were shot down by EW Chenhua and Lizzy, who looked very very satisfied hearing their last screams. EW Natsume and Keisuke were fighting the rest of Peace who had stayed behind. EW Akinori and Tenade were killing Youkai left and right,  while EW Akino and Rau were destroying buildings. 

In the middle of all that, EW Touma was sitting on a HUGE throne, smirking ever so smugly.

"That smirk is really annoying," Masaki griped as he gripped his fists tightly. 

"Let's knock it off his face, shall we?" Keisuke looked at the rest. 

They all nodded. 

"ALL RIGHT! LET'S DO THIS!" 

"YES SIR!" The group all charged together. 

EW Touma was watching the chaos that was being caused when he heard a battle cry. Curious, he turned to see a familiar person charging towards him. His eyes widened in shock. 

W-What's RW Keisuke doing here?! I thought he was dead!

After a while, it morphed into a snarl, "Looks like he was saved." which was supported as he saw EW Ryaku, EW Bao En, and EW Kai attack his friends, EW Tenade, EW Rau, and EW Lizzy respectively. 

I have to stop them all. He decided. They're interfering with our jobs. They must die.

He got up from his throne and began walking towards RW Keisuke, who had slowed to a walk as well the moment he saw EW Touma's snarling face. 

Once the two were face to face, EW Touma frostily stated, "So, you're still alive." 

"I'm quite hard to kill, EW Touma. You can dream on taking over the RW," Keisuke shot back, taking out the Fudou Raimei Ken as he spoke. 

"No, YOU can dream on winning this battle,"EW Touma spat out. "Because we are not losing to the likes of you. So HOPEFUL and full of LIGHT, it disgusts me." 

"Look, EW Touma, I don't really want to fight. I just want to talk." 

"Heh, do you really think that I will fall for your tricks, just like how Natshuka, Gentouma, Hakushuri and Ayame did?"

"I don't have tricks, EW Touma. I'm just telling the truth." 

"Stop lying!" 

"I'm not lying! I swear on Ken-chan's name that I am not lying!" Keisuke shouted at him as he took out the promise ring he had, showing it to EW Touma the KK part that Kenji had made all by himself almost a decade ago. 

"... Fine," EW Touma lowered his weapons. 

"And ask everyone here to stop as well." 

"I can't do that." 

"Oh yes you can! I won't tell you anything about the truth behind EW Dad's murder case." 

EW Touma snarled, "He killed someone. End of story." 

"That isn't the end. The true murderer framed EW Dad." 

"Liar!" 

"I already promised on Ken-chan's name that I wasn't! Now ask them to stop! NOW!" Keisuke's toe got dark at the last word. 

"... Fine. EVERYONE,  I ORDER YOU TO STOP!" EW Touma growled out. 

At that, the battlefield grew silent. 

"Alright then, Amano, you got what you wanted. What's the truth then?" 

"The truth is that you are being used by EW Enma, EW Touma." 

At that, EW Touma blinked, "EW... Enma? Who's that?" 

"That would be me," someone suddenly appeared behind EW Touma and stabbed him. 

The EWs' eyes immediately widened, "TOUMA/-KUN/UNCLE!!!!!!" as they used their magic to rush to his side. EW Enma just chuckled darkly before he appeared in front of Keisuke. 

"Well, well, you must be Amano Keisuke." 

"And what if I am?" 

"You're a nuisance to my plan. Our world was supposed to balance out your goodness, but you want to make them good as well. Why don't you let them be? They're rotten to the core-" 

"Only because you made them that way, you jerk!" EW Aruke, wearing a black jacket, white shorts and sport shoes, suddenly kicked EW Enma to the ground, his eyes glowing purple. 

EW Akino growled seeing him, "YOU!" as he was about to pounce on him, only to be stopped by EW Bao En.

"Watch, Akino. The truth will come out soon," EW Bao En snarled at him. 

EW Akino took in a sharp breath, but reluctantly did so as EW Enma stumbled back up. 

However, EW Enma still had the guts to smirk, "Hello, Aruke. It's been a while." 

"You..." EW Aruke hissed in rage. 

The other EWs looked confused. 

"Why is he so angry?..." EW Akinori asked. 

"You... YOU REALLY HAVE THE NERVE TO TRY TO KILL TOUMA AFTER WHAT YOU DID! YOU FRAMED KEITA! YOU MADE TOUMA'S PARENTS ABUSE HIM! YOU DESTROYED TOUMA, NATSUME AND KEISUKE'S CHILDHOOD BY SENDING HORRIBLE YOUKAI AFTER THEM! YOU CAUSED THE ARIHOSHI MASSACRE! YOU KILLED RAU'S DAD! YOU MADE AKINO A HORRIBLE PERSON! YOU SENT LIZZY'S PARENTS INTO A COMA! YOU BROKE CHOISEUNG AND CHENHUA! YOU... YOU CAUSED ALL THAT! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE! YOU DESERVE TO DIE!" EW Aruke screeched out. 

The EWs' eyes widened. 

EW Aruke then forced his jacket off. 

Everyone, both EWs and RWs gasped. Keisuke looked away.

It wasn't only on his wrist, it was all over his body. Names of people who had died in EW Aruke and the LEs' hands... they were all there. 

"I-I-I..." EW Lizzy was speechless as she saw her parents' names written there. 

"W-What?..." EW Touma looked like the world had shattered in his eyes, after seeing his name being put beside his parents' names. 

"A-Aruke?" EW Akino digested this information slowly. 

"Hm? Looks like you know how this is going to end," EW Enma smirked as he got into a battle stance.

EW Aruke got into a battle stance, "I do. Your death."

"How cute. Let's see how you fare then," EW Enma taunted before the battle began.

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