The Earth After Rebirth

Several days later, after signing new terms of the treaty, which Hubris made sure the citizens were witnesses of, the guests left the kingdom.

Hubris didn't want the citizens to be in the dark about decisions that affected them as a kingdom. That's why he wanted to include them, to make sure there weren't any complaints and discomforts.

Fortunately there weren't any. They were especially happy about the fact that the vampires offered reparations for their past atrocious deeds. They were truly happy that their King had thought of this before hand.

Just like that, the kingdom went back to its new normal. Hubris was busy stamping papers, approving and rejecting citizens that applied to live at the capital. It was a long and tedious process.

He had once again tried to shove it all on Belial, but he got an earful instead. About the importance of overlooking his kingdom himself so he knew what was happening. So he caught any corruption before it even rots the peace he has created.

It was brave but good advice which Hubris took with a grain of salt. The consequences of his revenge were these, he didn't think they were too bad, but he did think the paperwork was beneath him.

Kiro on the other hand was entirely focused on getting back home. He had done about a thousand jumps after days, it still hadn't activated.

He laid on the stone floor, about ready to give up. He didn't know what jump could mean otherwise, the crystal had done a terrible job explaining.

"Thought this information was supposed to be straightforward." He complained.

"Master, what are you doing lying on the floor like that? Know, I could've used your help approving citizens for our capital." His face was way too close to Kiro's as he looked down at his master.

Kiro didn't open his eyes, he instead let his arm rest on them, "I know we don't want to think about it, but I have to go home Hubris."

"Or, you could stay?" Hubris said jokingly.

"I can't..." He didn't know how to explain it to him, that he was just a code developers created to entertain humans.

Though to Kiro he was much more than that. The bond they had created was as real to him as friend Hiro back in the real world. He figured even if he'd explain it to him, he wouldn't understand. Coded characters only have knowledge about what they were coded for.

Hubris' was probably to die at that cave, or survive and come back to claim the throne.

"I know master, Hiro would definitely still need you by his side. I wish you could stay, but I know you can't. Let's just hope you can find a way, an easier way to go back and forth. Or even me, I'll miss hunting with you."

"Stupid hound, you're tryna make my eyes sweat?" Kiro didn't like that he was kind of a sentimental guy, so he held down every emotion that was attempting to reach the surface.

Hubris lightly chuckled. Even though he succeeded in making his face expressionless, he tried to shove down the emotions, they still managed to leak onto Hubris. He knew exactly how much it hurt his master to leave him behind, he knew what he meant to him. That was enough for him.

Kiro unstrapped Ryu from his back, and went straight for Hubris. He dodged him using teleportation.

"That's a nasty skill!" He spat.

"You have one too!" He wasn't angry at the sudden attack, he understood immediately what he was trying to do.

"I just move fast, I don't teleport." He caught Hubris as he was about to, and made the ground he stood on mushy.

He fell, but he wasn't going to fall alone. He used gravity to flatten his master to the ground.

"Hubris, that was too mean!" He said, his nose still touching the ground.

"We're sparring aren't we, expect the unexpected." He answered letting him loose.

He didn't even see him get up but he was already in front of him with a palm strike. Hubris used gravity to make his body lighter he floated into the air, barely dodging Kiro's dangerous strike.

Kiro used whirlwind to get up there, he was welcomed by a barrage of hell fire balls, which he managed to dodge. Some he sent back to where they came, using Ryu.

Hubris used intangibility to ensure his own attacks went through him instead. He was quicker and he appeared in front of Kiro, still mid-air. His claws were out, ready to slice his stomach into several pieces but it was blocked by Ryu.

Kiro smirked, "Seems like we fight evenly now."

"I can just do this." He increased gravity that caused Kiro to fall from where they were, he was planted once again on the floor.

"Is that right?" He said through gritted teeth.

He was now using vibrations to shift the very particles that were in the atmosphere. With not so much as a thought, he started, little by little breaking through Hubris' gravity, making it weaker.

Hubris didn't attack him, he wanted to see how this would end. Kiro started by lifting his head, then his body, followed by legs. He stood there at a gravity that would have been impossible for anyone else.

Just then his body itself started vibrating, at incredible speeds. He looked at his hands, they looked translucent.

"What the f*ck, Hubris what the hell is happening?"

"I-I think you're jumping."

"So, this is how it works, goodbye buddy, I'll come—"

Whoosh—

He was gone. He disappeared right in front of him. It still felt surreal, just a second ago they were roughhousing, now he was gone. He didn't even know when he'd see him again.

"Goodbye, master."

Kiro on the other side, his travel took but a blink of an eye. He suddenly saw himself in an environment that was both familiar and unfamiliar. He had been gone for so long, he barely recognised Sun's Mountain.

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