Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

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A few minutes before,

Akaza stumbled and fell, a hole running completely through his stomach.

It was like he had returned to being a demon before releasing his Resurreccion.

But unlike the hole of his old, demonic form, which had represented the emptiness within, this hole was not symbolic.

Strands of flesh dangled as blood poured out from Akaza’s stomach.

Despite his external, black-and-white appearance, the color of his blood was still red... a touch more human than before.

"Haha..." Akaza laughed, his white, bulbous eyes carrying a distinct redness. "You... deceitful monster! If you were this strong, then why did you run with your tail between your legs?!"

Nothing was left intact within the dimension that could remotely be related to the Infinity Castle.

Wooden debris was scattered in all directions, becoming small hills.

Storms of sawdust raged here and there, casually colliding with the mass of pitch blackness that represented the broken spatial laws.

With loud CRACKS, black, white, and purple bolts of lightning snaked from one corner of the dimension to another, ripping apart hills of wooden debris and sawdust-spatial storms alike.

The demons, including the Upper Moons, were nowhere to be seen.

Even the new Upper Rank Four, Nakime, to whom the Infinity Castle belonged, had no presence left, as if this dimension wasn’t the product of her Blood Demon Art.

Only two beings remained in this vast, chaotic space now.

One was the Storyline Character, who had risen to the level of a 15th Floor Contestant after awakening his Zanpakuto using an untraditional Breathing Style before fusing... becoming the Zanpakuto himself, who had been going about his business when he fell into the Infinity Castle.

Not fell, but pulled into the dimension against his will.

The other one could not even be defined.

Was it Demon King Muzan? Was it a mass of corrupted flesh? Was it a Concept that had gained sentience?

Akaza couldn’t even see who he had been fighting against all this time.

Far into the distance, opposite him, rumbled, rolled, and rustled... something.

It looked like a cyclone, with its wind made of flesh—flesh that was black, red, and yellow in color.

Every time a bolt of lightning, of any color, came close to this cyclone, it was disintegrated.

The disintegration of the lightning was an unusual, indescribable phenomenon.

It was like those all-annihilating, multicolored bolts of lightning exploded into dust of the same colors, shimmering like stars, with a gentle but loud pop.

Fireworks.

Yes, that’s how the phenomenon looked to Akaza, as if this entire dimension had decided to mock him.

"Answer me!" Shura Yukihanabi roared, blood spurting out from the hole in his stomach that just refused to regenerate. "Answer me, you coward!"

Coward...

Akaza found no word to describe Muzan better at the moment.

If the Demon King had indeed possessed such strength, then he shouldn’t have called off the demons’ advance upon the appearance of that blind swordsman.

If the Demon King had indeed possessed such strength, then he shouldn’t have waged a War between the Demon Slayers and Demons to begin with.

If the Demon King had indeed possessed such strength, then why hadn’t he gotten his hands on Kai and the Hashira’s child by himself and just been done with it?

Akaza already knew the answer to all these possibilities and questions.

The strength that Muzan was displaying... didn’t belong to him.

The strength that Muzan had used against him... didn’t belong to him.

The strength that Muzan had used to overpower him... didn’t belong to him.

And if the Demon King himself was depending upon borrowed Power, then was he even worthy of being called a King anymore?

No.

What Muzan had done could only result in him being called...

[All is not lost, my child.]

Akaza’s eyes widened, his black-and-white Reiatsu shaking as he heard that voice.

It didn’t come from one direction, but from everywhere at once, rumbling along with the thunder, raging along with the storms, as if the entire world was speaking to him.

[What you have accomplished is commendable,] the voice continued. [Enough for me to personally test you and see how much you can still accomplish. You think this is enough... Perhaps, it may be. Perhaps, not. What I do know is that you can accomplish much more; you can go even farther on this new path of yours; you can become... Supreme. A God.]

"... God..." Akaza mumbled.

[Indeed.] The voice grew larger, vaster, and mightier. [I can show you that path, Shura Yukihanabi. The path to becoming a God; the God. All you need to do is accept me. Serve me.]

Silence.

Akaza struggled to stand up, shaking.

But the shaking wasn’t because of that struggle, but because of the grin on his face.

"Haha..." Akaza laughed, mockingly. "Go farther on this Path... You speak like you know my Path."

[...]

Akaza drew a deep breath.

"What you think is my Path..." he said, assuming a martial pose. "... I have abandoned it. Demon? Demon Slayer? No. I am... just a human... who wants to live an honest life. How can you show me the Path that I already know? Also..."

Bankai —

White abandoned Akaza.

Leaving pitch-blackness on his body, the entire whiteness gathered behind him, becoming a halo that resembled a snowflake.

[... YOU DARE!] The Timeline raged.

The cyclone of flesh churned.

Akaza let out the held breath.

— Hakuji Yukihanabi!

"... why would I serve you," the Zanpakuto finished, making a fist, "when... I can surpass you?"

Soryu Breathing Style: Annihilation Type —

A ROAR echoed as the cyclone, carrying innumerable concepts, attacked, firing a massive black beam that looked like a lengthened black hole.

Whatever came in its path ceased to exist, getting eradicated from the Bubble.

In return, the snowflake-like white halo behind Akaza began rotating... slowly.

I wish you could see me, Koyuki, he thought, smiling, punching. This is for you.

— Gran Rey Cero!

...

By the time Kai and Mang Jian appeared where the Infinity Castle had been resting within the textures of the world, all they found was a hole...

... running so deep into the earth that it might as well reach the other end!

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