" ": You talking

' ': You thinking

* *: Narrator/Voice-off

Your POV:

Souther: Huh huh huh... A successor to Nanto Seiken carrying the summit of the mausoleum. The final touch that makes this a perfect work of art ! Shu ! This cross mausoleum is perfect for you who rebelled against me ! Huh huh huh... What incredible irony that you provide me this great service ! HA HA HA HA !!

Shu: UH !! Gh... GWAHAR !!

Hostages: Aah ! Lord Shu !!

Souther: ... SHU ! That summit represents the sacred epitaph of the mausoleum ! If you let it fall, you'll pay with the blood of the hostages !

Villagers: Ooh ! He got back up ! Lord Shu !

Souther: Huh huh huh...

Shu: ... Don't worry... Compared to your lives, this rock isn't so heavy. Even if I run out of strength, I'll carry it with my spirit ! Guh !

Villager: Shu... His wounds are opening even more ! Ah ! Rizo !!

Souther: Oh ?

Rizo: Holy Emperor ! Let me at least tend to his wounds !

Souther: Hm... Are you dreaming or what ?

Rizo: Shu and I studied the same Nanto Seiken ! This is the man who I have shared joy, pain, end trained with ! Have mercy !

Shu: Rizo... You...

Souther: Very well. If you wish you can use that cloth to wrap up his wounds. In return, however, you forfeit your life and those of your family !

Rizo: Uk... Rha ! F- Forgive me...

Shu: Thank you, Rizo... Your feelings count even more. Everyone listen. Don't move from now on. Within you, your hearts are acting, and that's already plenty for me ! Your hearts will bring light back to this world !

Kid: Lord Shu...

Kid: Don't look away, no matter how grim this becomes. That man knows he is dying for our future... All of us, we are his children !

Shu: 'Be strong and brave. My children.'

Souther: Huh huh... cry as pathetically as you want... What I see is your sadness over the field and calling the Shinigami so that he comes to me ! And I'll defeat him as well thanks to my secret !

Villagers: Quickly ! We... We have to inform them ! It's the only way to save Lord Shu ! Ah !

Punks: Gweh heh heh... Shu's men. You can't escape. We have orders to wipe you out !

Villagers: Shit ! We've failed ! A- Ah ?!

Punks: Huh ?! What ?!

Punks: AAAAAAAAH !! KE- KEN-OH !! BUGAH !!

Raoh: Hmph. They don't even make good opponents for my convalescence.

Punks: K... K... Ken-Oh and... With Toki too ! This is horrible ! The brothers of Hokuto, here !

Punk: Fools ! Stay in formation !

Raoh: Well now... There's more of them.

Toki: About a hundred... Raoh, I'll open the path.

Punks: Ukk... Him... He's sick. If we attack him together, we'll win ! ATTACK !! HWOOOOOOOOOO !!

Toki: Hokuto Ujo Danjin Ken !! (Compassionate swift judgement)

Punks: Hwee ! Heh heh heh ! GAAAAAH !!

Raoh: ... Toki ! Even as his condition worsens, his techniques are not weakened ! What a formidable man !

Villagers: just... Just one more step...

Souther: Huh huh... What's wrong, Shu ? Even at this stage, I won't have any mercy for the hostages !

Shu: Ha ! I... I sense it ! He's coming ! The Shinigami is coming !

Souther: Huh ?!

Punks: GWAAAAA !! What the hell's that ?! It's... Horrible... GABLA !! It... It's...

"... Judgement hour has come for you, Souther !"

Souther: Huh huh... I've been waiting for you.

Punks: It's that Shinigami asshole ! You won't be taking another step !

"Get lost. I'm not losing time over trash."

Punks: What ?!

*SCHBRAM*

Punks: Woah ! W- What ?! There... It's...

"So you actually did come. And brought along an unexpected guest as well..."

Punks: To... Toki ! Ke... Ken-Oh !!

Souther: Well, well...

Toki: You had best let him pass. We, the first and second eldest brothers of Hokuto, shall punish those who keep him from advancing !

Souther: Huh huh huh, what do you plan on doing ? This is perfect ! Now, along with Kenshiro, all three Hokuto brothers can become the base of the Holy Emperor's mausoleum !

"Shu... i'm coming right away !"

Souther: Out of the question ! If you try to go to his aid, I'll exterminate all those brats I have hostage !

"If that's the case... I'll just have to get your head first."

Souther: Hwa ha ha ! Just try !

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Shu: Don't come near ! Don't come. I have to carry this holy epitaph. This stone is the lives of 100 hostages. It's my cross, my pain. For me who was unable to keep the Nanto Rokusei Ken from falling. NUUUOOH !!

Souther: ... Where does your foolishness end ? Feeling responsible for the Nanto Rokusei Ken falling !

Shu: Hff... Souther, you're telling me to die here carrying this stone ?

Souther: Exactly !

Shu: So be it. I'll take charge of this stone for the sacred fists who died ! However, this cross mausoleum will soon be destroyed, by the hands of the god of death !! Such is the destiny of Nanto ! Because Nanto can not shine as the imperial star of the universe !

Hostages: NOOOO !! LORD SHU !!

Souther: Huh huh huh. Just placing the stone is not enough. The blood of Nanto will act as cement. That will make the mausoleum as solid as possible !

'Shit shit shit SHIT !!'

Souther: Huh ha ha ha ha ! THE COUP DE GRACE !!

"SHU !!"

"Sh- SHUUUUU !!"

Shu: Haa... L- Listen... I'm about to die... I... Have no regrets. I... The blood of the star of virtue did not steer me wrong ! Go, Shinigami ! And open up a new era !

"... 'Shinigami' is but a title... My real name, is Y/n..."

Shu: Is that so... Please, do not fight to avenge me... Fight for all these children. You can't change the past, but you can protect the future ! F... farewell !!

*BROM*

"Shu... Fight for the future, not the past... Protect the light of these children..."

"SOUTHER !! I swear... Nothing will remain ! Of you, or of what you've done !"

Souther: Hm... I'll make your empty threats into your last words !

Punks: Oh !! the Holy Emperor is fighting in person !

Souther: Huh huh... So my destiny is to fight you, it would seem. It's time for me to finish things once and for all ! But don't worry, you won't be alone for long in this tomb !

"... Every single of these stones is a life you've taken, and a tear that Shu shed... Weight each step you take, for they are the weight of your sins as well."

Souther: Feh... You're wrong. These stairs are the count-down to your end !

Villagers: AAAH !! What did he do ?!

Punks: Muh ?! Filthy brat !!

Kid: Ha... Haa...

Souther: ... Look at this kid. These feelings for Shu, causing even a child to be overcome ! It's because of love that man suffers ! Because of love, man is saddened ! Because of love...

*Orphaned, I was picked up by Ohagi, previous successor to Nanto Hôô Ken. Since he had no child of his own, he raised me as his own son... I went through severe training every day... But I never found it to be a bother... I endured all sorts of difficult training ! But whenever I learned a new technique, I was happy to be held in his warm arms... Then, I was 15...*

Ohagi: Listen Souther. You must defeat all enemies that come at you. This is your most serious fight yet ! On top of that, you must be blindfolded ! This is the final test to determine the successor ! On the path to succession, compassion does not exist !

Souther: ... M- master !

Ohagi: C... Congratulations, Souther.

Souther: W... Why didn't you pull back ?! You could have avoided my fist !

Ohagi: No... Against such swift attacks, I was unable ! I... I have nothing left to teach you.

Souther: M... master ! Uuu...

Ohagi: Don't... Don't cry... Nanto Hôô Ken, like Hokuto Shinken, is only passed onto one person per generation. The master being defeated by his successor is also part of our destiny. I regret nothing... I... I have seen in your eyes... Nanto Jûjisei, the extreme star...

Souther: Master... MASTER !! W... Why ? 'Why ? Such suffering, such pain... I don't want love anymore !'

Souther: From that moment on, I rejected love ! No, it was more like the emperor star awakened within me ! The emperor has no need for love ! Death to those who rebel !

"I see... That beside your fist, everything your master tried to pass on to you was lost ! So I will now pass judgement onto you, by the will of... My star."