Shattering Humanity-Chapter 427: The Birth Of Katsu and Shelly’s Heartwarming Friendship
"Your life happening again, without your ba being kept away from your divine corpse, with your ba being together with the akh ... You shall emerge each day and return each evening. A lamp will be lit for you in the night until the sunlight shines forth on your breast. You shall be told: "Welcome, welcome, into this your house of the living!"- The Tomb of Paheri Translation
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7y/o Katsu: "Are you OK Shell-Shellwee? Don’t worry, we’ll go show those bullies the... pre-purr-cushions of when they bully innocent girls."
{9 Years Before Leviathan’s Invasion}
Young Katsu: "Hey!
Are you the bu-butttheads who were just bullying that girl over there?"
On the playground Shelly and Katsu first met one another, it is exactly after the initial meeting of the two in which triggers Shelly’s complete consciousness.
On the ground, with her runny nose, and teary, wide blue eyes, the 7 year old Shelly watches in disbelief as the angry, 6 year old Katsu stomps up to a group of four slightly older boys huddled together.
The boys don’t acknowledge the shouting over their laughing and focused on their trading cards. None of which yet seeing young Katsu.
Confused little Shelly blinks, making the last of the tears slide down her cheek.
Young Shelly(thinking): *What’s...?*
She wipes her tears away and slightly snotty nose on her arm.
As her first moments of consciousness are forever stored in her photographic memory, the little blonde has yet to fully understanding the feelings she is currently going through from not only being aware of existence but also seeing young Katsu’s sense of justice and chivalry.
Young Shelly(thinking): *Was I crying?
But why...?*
One of the huddled boys finally notices the approaching defendant, and lightly backhand taps his buddy on the chest. He then points at the incoming retaliation and the reaction makes the other two boys turn around. Knowing the anger is being directed at them, all four snicker at little Katsu as he marches across the humongous play area filled with wood chips.
The largest in the group of confident, stuck-up bullies steps up and punches his own palm while looking at the smaller, upset challenger.
Leader Bully: "Who are you, kid?
What do you want?"
Stopping and arm’s length away, Katsu looks up at the bigger and older child, unafraid.
Younger Katsu: "I was the one who asked you guys a question first!
Did you hurt my friend over there?"
Both Shelly and the group of bullies are surprised by the demanding attitude being displayed by the outnumbered and undersized young boy.
However, the expression fades faster from the boys and each mouth from the group twists into mischievous grins.
Leader Bully: "Yea.
What of it, you little bitch?"
Side Bully: "Yea, do sumthin’ bout it!"
Scowling young Katsu stands in front of the group, unfazed by the intimidating tactics, and the fire in both of his young green eyes fueled by his sense of justice burn brighter.
In the background, dress wearing Shelly slowly gets to her feet and wipes the wood chips off her hands and legs. Once clean, she looks back towards her emotional hero standing up for her.
The bully leader turns to look at his chuckling buddies then back at little Katsu. Without warning, the bigger child easily pushes the chivalrous little boy to the ground, and young Katsu falls on his back over the wood chips.
Instantly, upon watching little Katsu hit the ground after defending her, something *CLICKS* within the 7 year old Valkyrie descendants mind. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Young Shelly(softly): "... don’t touch him..."
Undeterred by being knocked down, little Katsu hops back up to his feet.
Without retaliating the boy with a military father stares down his oppositions as they surround him.
Watching in both anger and horror, young Shelly’s hands ball into fists, and her arms shake.
Young Shelly(softly): "...please stop..."
Her teeth clench while watching the bullies using her young hero like a pinball. The four bigger boys push Katsu back and forth between them while laughing at him for not fighting back like Shelly.
Young Shelly:"...stop...
I’ll kill you all..."
Finally, one of the kids in the group pushes little Katsu towards their large leader who cocks his fist back into a punching stance.
Young Katsu also sees the increased act of violence incoming and he winces with his eyes closed, but juuuuuust before the fist connects with the hero’s face, it drifts back.
Leader Bully: "What the-!?
Who -?!"
Little Katsu slowly opens his green eyes with just enough time to see young Shelly completing her own first act of defending heroism.
With the back of the bullies T-shirt collar in her grasp, angry Shelly spin flings the bully twice her size into a vertical metal climbing pole attached to the playground’s apparatus.
Blood drips from the crying boy’s face as he runs off and his scared, worried friends look once at angry Shelly. She takes one step towards them and in fight or flight instinct the lackeys follow their defeated leader.
Leaving a heavily shaking and now angry tear filled eyed little Shelly with an astonished and stunned little Katsu.
It takes a few seconds for young Shelly to calm down and she slowly turns around to looks at the boy who helped her.
As soon as their eyes meet, immediately 7 year old Shelly bashfully blushes and breaks the initial contact to turn in embarrassment.
Shelly: "I’m sorry!
I didn’t mean to hurt him...
I just, um..."
It’s not until Katsu’s excitement can be felt through his high pitched shouts that catches Shelly off guard.
Young Katsu: "Oh my God!
That was so cool how you swooped in and threw that kid!
Wow!
How did you do that?!?"
Shelly slowly turns around and once again her eyes fill with tears, but this time, due to Katsu’s infatuation, her smiling cheeks push them out of her sparkling azure eyes.
Katsu’s Mother: "Katsu!?
Did you find her playing?!"
Shelly’s Mother: "Shelly, where are you honey?!
Do you want lunch?!"
Both kids turn to see there lovely mothers searching for their beloved children through the large park playground.
They look at each other and the two children hold hands and giggle together as they run towards their mothers.
...
{Current Day}
[Kami Island North Shore]
Gunfire echoes over the ocean and overtakes the sounds of crashing waves.
Panicking Soldier: "Ahhh help its got me!
Ahyakkk-!"
The man’s screams and pleading for help is cut short by him being ripped apart by a group of overwhelming Icemen that had flanked the Vinland soldiers from the ocean.
On the sands where the Vinland soldiers had just been attempting to set up a beachhead there is now gunfire, screaming, gnashing, and Vinland sets of SunSwords slashing through the air or Icemen bodies.
Another male soldier with the proper weaponry to slice up the cold, diamond-like bodies of the aliens is about to be overwhelmed, but fortunately for him a few phyisically ineffective distracting bullets from his allies with guns to the back of the ambushers heads gives the sword wielding human enough time to cut them up and get away.
Watching from the safety of the raised cement wall overlooking the tumultuous battle, is the newly promoted Vinland Marine Captain.
After watching the man he respected more than any other sacrifice himself to distract the last two remaining giant Icemen, the new Captain in his late 20’s can now see the blood red clouds of Seiõr leaving the killed enemy.
However, weaving in the sky amongst the dead "souls" of the aliens are also the purple/blue clouds of Seiõr leaving the scareed deceased bodies of his slain allies.
From behind him, a soldier runs up and snaps the young captain out of his stuck stare.
Soldier: "Captain Willems!
The other squadrons are trying to figure out what to do without the Sheriff, and without Captain Greene!
We’ve been ambushed by those aliens who were probably right under us all the way here!"
Taking another look at the action happening in front of him, the man addressed as Captain Willems calculates a plan while screaming and gunfire rings through his head.
His unsure blue eyes quickly lock in and the leadership in his commands is clear as he smiles.
Captain Willems: "It’s apparent the Sheriff planned for something like this.
We will have whoever is still standing in Battalions 1-5 to stay here and defend the shores. Since they are the most equipped for the ice aliens.
Squadrons 6, 7, and 8 will go search and scan the western coastline.
While our two units go east, doing the same.
From what I was told by the Sheriff, all radio communications are useless on this island. So in any case of emergency or if any of our objectives are found, we will use a signal flare."
The soldier nods and runs to go relay the message to all the others, leaving the commanding officer to take a breath before turning away to continue on his mission.
...
Standing on top of his strategic post, gym building, Katsu watches the scene he has orchestrated unfold in the distance.
His single human green eye and gifted Anjell look down upon the action with his iconic angered Above Sanpaku stare.
Katsu(thinking): *You’re all going to die here.*
