Shattering Humanity-Chapter 92: Selfish, Irresponsible, Unnecessary, and Ignorant

Chapter 92: Selfish, Irresponsible, Unnecessary, and Ignorant

A defeated Shelly sniffles and walks to sit next to Princess Kawaii. Before she can sit, the adorable little girl with pretty pink eyes looks up at her.

Princess Kawaii: "You’re more sad because losing made Big Brudder Katsu sad? Not just because you lost?"

Shelly nods. The little girl squeaks as a tear falls from her eye and she hugs the blonde haired blue eyed woman, wiping the tear into Shelly’s black shirt. Shelly’s sadness disappears from the embraces and smiles as she returns the love.

Scylia looks at Daisuki and gives him a playful pinch. He looks over to her.

Daisuki: "Every kingdom needs a princess or queen, that her soldiers are willing to die to protect."

Shelly and the Princess look surprised as Itsuka runs over and gives a strong hug to Shelly, sandwiching Princess Kawaii in the middle, she lets out a little squeak but not in pain.

Itsuka: "Thank you Shelly, because of you, I got stronger and better. You truly are the best friend I’ve ever had."

Shelly looks over to Katsu and he gives her a thumbs up, revealing his tattoo. Shelly nods with a smile. The two (and a half) women release their embrace and Shelly looks the taller Itsuka in her eyes. Princess Kawaii looking up, back and forth between them.

Shelly: "Congratulations Itsuka, not only for your win today, but from now on, along with Aiden, I consider you my rival. Only the two of you have beaten me in anything physical or mental and the way I see it, too many people have given up so much for me to lose anymore."

Daisuki and Scylia smile.

Daisuki: "What do you think, Scyl? Poetic?"

Scylia wipes a tear.

Scylia: "It’s far beyond that Master Daisuki."

Katsu is star-eyed, knowing the troupe Shelly is reenacting.

Saku next to him rolls his eyes and talks under his breath.

Saku: "Freakin’ nerds."

Shelly sits down, hand in hand with Princess Kawaii. Next to them is Friend, Aiden, and Sol. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The other two humans look over with a smile.

Aiden: "That was a good fight Shelly."

Sol: "Better than anything I could ever do."

Shelly gives a half smile.

Daisuki: "Alright, everyone ready for round two?!"

Izanami Division, are you gunna keep yours on?"

Itsuka looks willingly at Saku, but Saku shakes his head.

Saku: "Nah, take a breather. You’re my Wild Card."

He blushes and looks over at Daisuki then back.

Saku: "My- my ’Wild Flower’."

Scylia comically passes out.

Daisuki: "Smooooth."

Itsuka bends over and kisses Saku’s tattoo.

Katsu looks at Charybdis and holds out his fist which his "Gunner" connects with. They EyeEngage and Charybdis is surprised by the strength suddenly rising up in him, like adrenaline.

Katsu’s flip has switched and the "Gunner" can feel it.

Katsu: "I know we started off on a bad note Big Bro Char, but right now, I trust you to get a W."

He hands the 22 year old the wooden sparring sword and Char takes it.

Char: "Imma just keep it a buck with you Captain, without water around, I’m a little useless. I was a surfer before the apocalypse. My sister kinda was the one who-"

Katsu(with a smile): "Don’t worry about it, Big Bro, just do your best."

They unlock their eyes and Char nods. As he turns away to walk to the center of the room.

Char: "Calling me Big Bro and you’re my Captain. That’s wild."

Faisuki: "Ok, Izanagi Division has chosen Charybdis. Izanami Division, who is your representative?"

Saku flips the wooden sword and points the handle at HIS "Gunner", Dom. Like Katsu did with Char, Saku EyeEngages with Dom and the Gunner recognizes the slight feeling of euphoria and adrenaline. The Division Leader nods his head over to the center of the room.

Saku: "Aye, you were talking all that ’good-good’, now it’s time to go back it up."

Dom takes it without disengaging, throws it up with a flip and catches it back on the handle. Smiling.

Dom: "I gotchu."

The spectators watch as Dom walks out in a confident strut. The two Gunners of Sanpaku meet face to face at the center of the foam room.

Sol: "So how highly ranked is Mr. HotShot here?"

Aiden and Shelly give a nervous laugh.

Shelly: "He has...spirit. Katsu and I had a couple of ’Basic Subject’ classes with him but I’ve never seen Dominic fight."

Sol: "Dominic is his full name?"

Both Aiden and Shelly nod.

Aiden: "He only recently arrived in the Sister Mountains a couple months ago. He graduated in the middle of the class for both academic and sparring rankings. So it IS amazing how little time he did need to rise in the ranks."

The two young combatants bow and Daisuki steps up.

Daisuki: "Ladies, gentlemen, and most importantly, the adorable Princess Kawaii."

The little princess squeaks and waves. Daisuki smiles and continues.

Daisuki: "Round 2 featuring both ’Gunners’ of their respective Divisions is about to begin."

She holds up hand.

Daisuki: "Charybdis, are you ready?"

Charybdis nods.

Daisuki: "Dom, are you ready?"

Dom: "I’ve BEEN ready."

Daisuki drops his hand.

Daisuki: "BEGIN!"

{3 Years Ago. Roronora City. 3PM. The afternoon before "the Invasion".}

A 15 year old Dom, with a black eye and busted lip, is walking with 2 of his friends away from an inner city school. They walk past graffitied stores and walls. Dom: "Those dudes are lucky that caught me slippin’. I’ll get them tomorrow, just watch."

His friends are both dark skinned twins, one with glasses and the other with stud earrings.

Glasses: "Just stop trying to act tough Dom, that’s why they bully you."

Dom: "Nobody’s ’acting’ and nobody is getting bullied, Patrice. Weak bitches get bullied, I fight those goons back."

Earrings: "I’ll give it to ya Dom, I heard you were handling your own until the 4th punkass joined. Sorry I wasn’t there for ya bro, I gotchu next time."

Dom: "I appreciate you Morgan, you’re a real one."

As they approach a convenience store there are 4 older men listening to their loud music from one of their cars outside. Morgan holds open the door of the store for an exiting 15 year old Stephanie along with a 16 year old Tristan with 2 other white males, the same age as Dom and his friends walk out of the store laughing. Stephanie: "Thank you."

Morgan: "No problem beautiful."

Tristan links arms with his woman and the group of 4(all Caucasian) walk away from the convenience store.

However, when the group of Dom(Portuguese), and two African-American twins walk into the convenience store, immediately, the store owner yells at them.

Store owner: "How many times do I have to tell you, only one of you shithead kids in here at a time! I know how much ’you punks’ steal from here."

Dom and Morgan get angry at the obvious racism based on who just exited the store together.Morgan yells back.

Morgan: "Eat a dick, you racist bastard! We know you just let a group of white people in here!"

The boy with glasses, Patrice, holds him back.

Patrice: "Dom, can you just grab us two waters and some candy too?"

Dom clenches his fist and looks at the old man store owner. The man gives him a glare back with his finger on the ’panic button’ to alarm the police. Dom looks back towards his friends.

Dom: "Anything sour, right?"

Patrice nods and Morgan is still staring at the racist shopkeeper as they go to wait outside. Dom walks to the back of the store and starts grabbing the waters.

From outside one of the 4 men listening to their music from inside their car, has a gun in their hands. A different car slowly rolls up to the parking lot. One of the 4 men yells "OH SHI-", before he can finish 2 gun barrels peek from barely open tinted windows. They start firing automatic rounds both at the men and anyone else outside the store, including the young men forced to wait outside.

Some of the bullets start flying through the store windows. Dom ducks from the bullet fire in the back until it stops. Once it does Dominic gets up and runs to the exit, unafraid of any more gunfire. He exits the store.

To the left he sees all four men, dead with multiple bullet wounds. He then slowly turns his head to the right...and to his horrid screams, his friends Patrice and Morgan, are also both dead from stray bullets. More innocent victims not only because of selfish, irresponsible, and unnecessary gang violence but easily avoidable if it weren’t for ignorant racism.

Dom drops to his knees and cries his heart out into the pavement until the police show up.