Peace Chapter 3; The Insanity

Ty made his way to the Crystal Nexus, where all of the Bridges and paths through the Veritas intersected. They were all over the place and also kept the planet in suspension, connected to the Veritas Universe directly. He was looking for a rogue that had just recently been brought back from death by the Insanity. Karu, the name of Ty's creation, was an incarnate of the Insanity, itself, and was under the influence of it because her entire body was made of it, save for her flesh. Nothing but insanity filled her form, and the Insanity was guiding her.

Though she was a threat, Ty knew that if he intervened, she would become more resentful than before and may become a Falshin because of it.

Yet, Ty did not seem worried.

Ty floated through the Crystal Nexus ready to find Karu lost in the intertwining webs. It was no easy task to get out of the Veritas with limited powers, so Karu might have been out of luck. All Ty did was search.

Maliciously cutting up the branches and roots of the Crystal Tree that made the Bridges was the angered Karu, who found it troublesome to cut through the crystal. Struggling to destroy, she noticed that her creator followed her to this point.

Now furious, Karu was hell bent on destroying the Veritas and quickly propelled herself through the Crystal Nexus, maneuvering throughout them with a destination on the very planet in mind. Everywhere she went, she left a series of rips and tears in the elements of nature. Some of the Crystal Bridges were broken apart during her flight.

Ty chuckled. "Still Defying Me? Yet, You Complete Your Purpose..." Ty was becoming irritated with Karu's defiance, and knew it wouldn't stop. She would grow more powerful, especially if she released the full measure of The Insanity... Which Ty knew her ultimate goal was, even if she didn't.

"Hmmm..." Ty pondered, shrinking himself back to his normal proportions and entering back into the Veritas Dimension, "... It Seems That She Will Become A Falshin At This Rate. Maybe..."

Ty had a wild idea that might set the Insanity in its place. Even Ty's metacognitive abilities were not enough to cease that interaction. "If I Summon The Vessel In My Stead, The Insanity That Is Karu Will Be Sucked Into It And Contained Forever." Ty sighed, "However, She Would No Longer Be Herself... And I Didn't Bring Her Back To Life So That She Could Lose It Again." Karu's situation was delicate, and her transformation of Insanity to Shinsanity (or Souzenryoku) would purify her. She would be an entirely new being. But, Ty knew that she wanted to stay the way she was -- he knew all of his creations thoroughly.

"... What A Predicament," Ty said to himself. "I Suppose That The Only Way To Get Through To Karu Is To Subdue Her." As much as he hated that conclusion and knew that it would only intensify her rage, Ty gazed at the mess Karu was making of the Crystal Bridges. "Oh Dear," he said, "Now I Have To Repair The Bridges, Too." It was a simple task using his Crystal Threads, which the entire Crystal Nexus was.

He flicked a wrist outward and spewing from his fingertips were crystalline threads, each one connecting to the broken parts of the Bridges. In no time, they would be mended completely. They wove themselves back together to perfection, as Ty liked it. But Karu kept destroying. So, it was up to Ty to fix it.

Warping directly in the path of flight of Karu, Ty said "Be Still," and from himself exuded an aura shaped like an orb. It immediately stretched out to encompass the area. Karu wouldn't be able to move in within the suspended animation. Not even her portal trick would function, because no energy was allowed to pass within the barrier. Ty transcended this, taking on an intangible form that was part of the barrier, allowing him to move as if he were the barrier, and not exchange any energy as he did so.

"Karu," Ty said, knowing that she could hear because he spoke from the aura and not from his lips, "If You Really Want To Know Where The Insanity Came From, I Will Happily Show You."

Immediately, Ty's eyes turned a fierce red similar to Karu's, and he looked her in the eye with a great deal of malice. "I Am The Insanity, Too," he said. "The Insanity Is Able To Live Within Us All, But I Have Contained All Of It Into One Vessel. If You Enter That Vessel, You Will Lose Yourself. As Your Creator, I Did Not Bring You Back To Be Fodder For The Insanity. As The Insanity Has Told You, You Are Its Daughter, And Therefore My Daughter." Ty hovered closer to her, gazing her deep in the eyes. "This Is Why I Told You To Go Find Out About Souzenryoku, So You Could Be Rid Of Your Insanity And Change Into Shinsanity -- The Energy I Made To Counteract Insanity In Us All. That Is How I Get It Out Of The Tensei Family And Into The Vessel." This was Karu's last warning, and he knew there was nothing that she could do whilst in the area of suspended animation.

As soon as Ty's eyes changed color, the Insanity that was within Karu flared up in him, causing the Insanity to become one with the aura and shatter it. Kari was given instruction from the Insanity afterward. "Karu," it said from the depths of her mind, "He Is Falling Into Insanity Again. I Am Within Him And Will Siphon His Infinite Energy To You. Then We Will Be Able To Take On The Vessel And Free The Rest Of Myself From Isolation."

The Insanity fought over control of Ty, since it was Ty's Insanity that was flaring up. Karu would end up having Ty's energy drawn into her, making her more powerful as Ty got weaker.

"Use This Power I Am Siphoning From The Allmaster," the Insanity insisted, "For, Even I Cannot Deal With His Purity For That Long." Soon, Ty would overcome the Insanity and return to dealing with Karu. They only had a short window of time, because Ty's existence naturally removed insanity. Thus, there was no time to lose.

"Take This Power And Destroy Him." The Insanity within Karu should have grown exponentially from even the tiniest sliver of Ty's power, which was enough to give her a fighting chance whilst Ty struggled with his own insanity.

The young Karu was confused about the matter. The Insanity was her father, but the creator was her father, as well. His insanity within him interested her for a moment, until she started receiving more power. "Badass..." she said, feeling the power of the Insanity rise within her. "So, Creator, what will you do now? The Insanity is overtaking you and feeding me power at the same time." Karu smirked, cocking one of her arms back, blades on her wrist spinning violently. She threw a punch at Ty and released a pressurized wind of pure insanity at him strong enough to knock him into the planet and leave a crater.

This event was not foreseen. Ty hadn't used his Hyper Perception as he usually did because he knew that Karu was too weak to take him on. But now, after making the mistake of allowing the Insanity within him, he was being drained of his life force.

"Silly Girl..." Ty said angrily, "... I Was The Insanity Before You Were Even Born!!"

Once Ty was hit with the Insanity blast, instead of being knocked away from it or harmed by it, he simply absorbed it back into himself and caused his own power to grow. Eyes still red, Ty smiled a wide, crazy smile, gazing deep into the heart of Karu. "You Want To See Why I Am Your Creator? Let Me Erase You And Show You, Then!"

Ty lifted up his hand and pointed a finger at Karu, saying, "Absolute Zero; Zeo Grande." It started out as a thin, small beam of pitch black, concentrated nothingness, but it grew exponentially as it touched anything and everything, including open space. Aimed directly at Karu, she would be returned to nothing along with here Insanity, thus leaving the rest of the Insanity within the vessel it was designated for. The longer Zeo Grande consumed, the larger it became, until all things were pure nothingness. If not halted, it would wipe out the cosmos in the direction of its fire. Already, it was large enough to turn Karu back into nothingness.

Karu was surprised when Ty absorbed the Insanity back into himself. "Whoops," she said, retracting her arm blades, still flying with her leg blades. "Guess insanity doesn't--"

Karu was cut off by the attack that was being launched at her, swiftly dodging it before it became too large. She looked on in amazement as the once tiny beam grew large enough to wipe out one side of the cosmos, and leave everything pitch black. "... Badass..." Karu muttered to herself, but also with a hint of fear. "I may be made of Insanity, but he has more power than I do..." Karu couldn't decide what to do, but that large beam of nothingness was a threat to her.

Since the beam was pointing toward Karu's general direction, she could get behind Ty and engage in physical combat. Tearing another hole in spacetime, Karu leapt through the portal and appeared behind Ty, swinging one of her leg around as the other kept her hovering in place midair.

The Insanity within the both of them laughed to itself, watching its incarnate fight against the once Keeper of Insanity. It was ridiculous that they would forget that the Insanity was its own being independent of each of them. The fact that it lived on was a testament to its entitlement to be its own being.

"Fools..." The Insanity bellowed, "I've Been Around Since Before BOTH Of You Were Born!" The Insanity had its own tricks up its sleeve, and Karu, the Incarnate, was going to be its host."Daughter... I Will Give You More Of The Allmaster's Power. Do Not Try To Strike Him With Insanity Again." Because the Insanity was absorbed into Ty, the Insanity grew in power and not Ty. Therefore all of that energy would be sucked out of Ty and drained into Karu. This would even the battle a bit.

"As Long As He Is Using The Insanity, I Grow More Powerful... And So Do You, My Daughter. He Does Not, Because I Am Taking His Insanity From Him. So Go Forth And Use Our Power To The Fullest Extreme!!"

"Damn..." Ty cursed under his breath, "I Never Should Have Flared Up My Own Insanity..." He knew that the Insanity was its own being, but he had so much control over it that he figured himself safe. The siphoning of his power was only a surprise because the sentient Insanity was trapped inside of its designated vessel. Karu was made purely of the Insanity, so she was like one with it. This was not so with Ty, and when he closed his eyes, they returned to their crystal blue color. By that time, he was greeted with a kick from Karu, but immediately halted it with one hand and grabbed her foot, looking at her from the corner of his eyes.

"Now I Will Show You The Power That Counteracts Insanity, Karu! The Energy That I, Myself, Created A Very Long Time Ago." Ty surged his Souzenryoku into Karu by her foot, then flung her at the abyssal nothingness that was the Zeo Grande -- which was still expanding, consuming one half of the Veritas Universe. No longer was there Insanity within him, but now he was weakened because of how much power the Insanity took from him.

"That's it..." Karu muttered to herself as she was flung by her foot, "The power that I've been looking for..." She winced in pain as the energy known as Souzenryoku invaded her body, purifying her. But her Insanity was far too strong now for the little bit of Souzenryoku that was injected into her to work, and it was converted into Insanity.

"This power..."

Before Karu hit the wall of nothingness that was the Zeo Grande, she tore open a hole in spacetime and created a portal for herself to slip through. Where she next appeared was, once again, behind Ty, though now there was a greater malevolence within her. She had great power now, and her aura exuded insanity from every part of her being.

This time, instead of attacking Ty, she took a swipe near him and destroyed the space around him, leaving a gigantic rip in the universe. "... Yes... I am the Insanity..." She realized that they were one and the same, and she was no different than the being inside of her. "Now I see..." Karu said lowly, "... Why you are my father." In her insanity, Karu bursted with energy and freed herself from the binding of her Heat Sorcery. It didn't take long for Karu to start glowing red, like a red giant sun. Her Heat Sorcery gave her power over all things that produced heat, as well as the ability to take heat away.

Karu wasted no time once her Heat Sorcery was back and literally exploded with energy. releasing both insanity and pent up heat from being so angry. The explosion was the size of the sun.

The Insanity incarnate that was Karu was already on the path to becoming a Falshin. If she were able to receive more Insanity, she would be completely compelled by Insanity to do whatever it desired, for she was the only Insanity Incarnate that there was.

"Daughter..." the Insanity spake to her, "Use My Power Wisely. I Am Giving You Everything, That You May Stand Against The Allmaster And Destroy The Vessel Keeping My Full Strength Contained." After those words, the Insanity fell silent, letting Karu have the full extent of its power.

Ty grew ever upset with Karu and the Insanity, for he already knew that they were one and the same. The little amount of Souzenryoku he put inside of her was snuffed out, and she was now going power mad.

"... You Are The Insanity Incarnate, Karu. But It Doesn't Mean You Cannot Be Purified." The explosion that came from Karu had no effect on Ty, though he stood directly in the midst of it. There was an aura around his body that was his own Souzenryoku -- called Shinsanity --which blocked out all of the Insanity. "Do Not Forget That I Created You, Even Though I Created You As A Spawn Of Insanity." Ty couldn't make that clearer to her. "I Am Your Father Before The Insanity, Because I Made You Like This. Your Purpose Is Not To Fight With Me, But To Destroy Nature, Itself." Ty sighed, turning around midair to meet the eye of Karu, "Your Purpose May Be Destruction, But You Cannot Destroy Everything. If You Are Purified, Your Will To Destroy Will Become Tame."

Karu narrowed her eyes at Ty, growling a bit. "You MADE me this way and now you're trying to CHANGE me? I don't think so." Karu was happy with her existence as the Insanity Incarnate and felt demiurges to destroy. "I LIKE destroying things. It's kind of my thing." Karu smirked.

Still, she had no way to fight Ty, even with her new strengthened power. The explosion did nothing and her weaker attacks simply disappear before getting to him. She needed to get the full power of the Insanity. This was her purpose, she decided. "I've thought about it, Creator, and I don't like my purpose to just be destroying. So I'm changing it. Now I'm going to release the Insanity from the vessel and achieve our true form."

Without even bidding him off, Karu cut a hole in spacetime once more and slipped into it, disappearing into a place unknown.

Matters were worse now. The only thing that Ty didn't want to happen was now what Karu decided to do. Yet, even that was within his calculations. "I Knew This Would Happen," Ty said, letting Karu escape. He folded his arm and thought deeply. "If She Does Become A Falshin, It Will Be Because Of The Power Of The Insanity. But She Is The Insanity, Itself... So It Is Only Natural That She Would Seek Out The Full Power..." Ty knew where Karu went and what she was about to do, so he had to be ready.

"... I Thought I Got Rid Of It..." he muttered. "I Could Have Sworn I Brought Everyone With Me, But..." Karu was a different story. She had remained inanimate for a long time, and all that drives her is insanity. "... But At Least I Know They Cannot Defeat The Vessel... Tatari.' Ty was mostly worried about the fact that they were going to meet, and the Insanity would overpower the Vessel.

"I Should Probably Look Into That," Ty muttered to himself, "But... While The Insanity Is Sentient Again, Karu Can Do More Than Just A Little Damage..." Ty had a lot of thinking to do. "... I Just Hope The Insanity Doesn't Spread Again..." Here he was hoping for things he could accomplish himself. "I Don't Want To Kill Her, But She Would Definitely Fight To The Death..."

There was but one other option before Ty took matters into his own hands again... Chroma.

"If Karu Still Worships The Spider Queen, Then My Other Daughter Will Be Able To Subdue Her." It was risky, considering Karu's power growing quickly. "But I Cannot Let This Contamination Go Throughout The Entire Veritas. It Must End Here." Ty hovered over the planet, waiting and watching. Whilst he did so, he returned the Universe's energy back into space and withdrew the Zeo Grande into a tiny orb, then broke it with his fingertips, dispelling it completely.

"That Takes Care Of My Damage... But What About Karu...?"