Karu's Revenge

After departing from one of the Creator's lesser forms, Karu and the Insanity commandeered a great portion of his body, which they used to make Karu into a giant. She was an enormous being made of insanity, and her body flickered like a wavering candle. She'd been traveling the Veritas Universe for quite some time, finding nothing that could be destroyed. The Universe was either barren or so large that Karu couldn't get to anything that was in space.

"Khh... I guess we'll have to go back..."

They were lost in space, trying to figure out where the mainland of the Veritas was. In empty space, it seemed like the Veritas was a very small and clustered space that didn't expand out to the reaches of its own universe.

"Or..." Karu said, a wicked smile appearing on her face, "Let's mess up this place and claim it in the name of the Insanity." If this space truly were empty, then the Insanity would be able to inhabit it, grow and become stronger, thus making Karu stronger as well. She was already more powerful after the battle with the weaker version of her Creator. She didn't win, but she gained a lot -- mostly this large body.

Karu wasted no time in her attempt to take over the empty space, heating herself up and releasing great waves of Insanity from herself, which would give her an absolute area of nothing but insanity. As it spread, it would engulf whatever lay beyond or within the Veritas Universe. She wouldn't stop until the universe was made of mostly insanity, and could crush all of the Veritas in one go. That was the kind of power she needed, and being the incarnate of insanity made that so. Such is why she was able to spread the Insanity and be insanity, itself.

At that moment, the Veritas Universe began to churn, finding something irregular in its normally cleared space. "So, You Decided To Come Here, Did You?" an echoing man's voice inquired, "But You Think That The Veritas Is Small, When In Actuality, It Is You Who Is Very Small." Suddenly a face appeared in the heights of space whilst two crystalline hands appeared beside Karu, containing the Insanity and keeping any from slipping out. "I Am The Veritas Universe," the voice said, "And This Place Is Not Empty -- It Is Reserved For Me, Overlord Tensei." From the very edge of the Veritas Universe to where Karu was, arms and hands began to appear, and the face that gazed down at Karu revealed his body -- which was as large as the seemingly empty atmosphere. "I Protect And Maintain The Veritas Universe," Overlord Tensei said. "You Are Lucky To Witness My True Form Like This, But Unlucky That You Are Spreading Insanity About."

Overlord Tensei's hands furthest away began to draw in energy as the second set performed numerous mudra hand signs. The next two sets of hands surrounded Karu, each intending to cease her release of insanity from four different sides.

"I Will Calm Your Insanity," Overlord Tensei said, "I Am Your Creator, After All."

Awed by the very size of Overlord Tensei, Karu knew that she would not be able to face him in a fight without more power. This infuriated her, as did the hands suppressing her insanity.

"... Another version of yourself?" Karu noted. "... Just how many forms do you have, anyway...?" It was a rhetorical question, but valid to her all the same.

The four hands that surrounded her and suppressed her abilities were the first things that needed to go. They were so immense and containing the power that Karu exuded. But, whilst trapped within the four hands, Karu suddenly sucked all of the Insanity back into herself, then began to amplify its power internally. The longer she held it in, the stronger the blast would be.

Not waiting too long for Overlord Tensei to catch on, Karu released the Insanity as 'Nature Destruction,' literally exploding with energy. The force of it should have knocked the hands away and disrupted their nature, making them utterly useless because their nature was no longer intact, and so their abilities would be dispelled as well. "I may be small, " Karu said, "But I can still put up a fight!"

Karu knew that the hands would be difficult to deal with, so she aimed for the face and jetted off up to where it was looking down upon her. She was already prepared, fist cocked back, for a Nature Destruction that would destroy the very nature of Overlord Tensei.

The Nature Destruction had an effect on the hands, knocking them away and halting their abilities, but only temporarily, as Overlord Tensei had the power to rejuvenate himself using Absolution.

Until that time, Overlord Tensei folded the two sets of arms across his chest as the next set of hands -- those that were performing signs with mudra -- came to a decisive cease.

"Absolute All," Overlord Tensei bellowed, shaking the entire universe with his voice, "Grand Devaste."

The set of hands that stopped performing hand signs drew in a great deal of energy from the universe, leaving positive energy in his right hand whilst negative energy went into his left hand. They took on the form of swirling spheres that constantly drew in energy. Without warning, Overlord Tensei slammed the two opposing forces together right where Karu was, aiming to rip her apart with the two opposing forces battling each other. Before too long, the positive and negative energy from the Grand Devaste exploded violently, yet the hands that created them cupped over the explosion, leaving it as a concentrated burst around Karu. Her entire being should have been ripped to shreds by the clashing energies combining and opposing each other simultaneously.

It was just before Karu reached Overlord Tensei's face that she was suddenly caught in one of his techniques that came out of nowhere. Karu's body made of pure insanity could withstand the energies, but would ultimately be dispersed by being pulled apart.

During the contained explosion, however, Karu's particles came back together by absorbing the explosion and converting the positive and negative energies into insanity for herself. Her body went back to being ethereal, and she used that time to slip through the cracks of Overlord Tensei's fingers.

"I can withstand his attacks," Karu said to herself, "But I definitely cannot defeat him." Since this was a stronger version of her Creator than the previous, Karu had trouble thinking of ways to strike him. "He has to have a weakness," she said. "That's the only way I'm going to defeat him..." So her goal now was to find Overlord Tensei's weak spot. Karu did not attack him anymore, but circled around his astronomical form searching for anything that might be a weak spot.

Overlord Tensei smiled and gazed down at Karu with sympathetic eyes. "It Seems Like You Have Already Realized That You Cannot Defeat Me," he said, "For I Am The Veritas Universe." She would need the power of another universe to go toe to toe with Overlord Tensei.

"You Did, However, Manage To Survive My Grand Devaste," Overlord Tensei noted as his hands flashed through signs again, "But I Doubt That The Insanity Can Protect You From This..."

Unfolding one set of his arms that were crossed, Overlord Tensei used them as normal hands until they were restored their power. The gargantuan hands clasped together around Karu as she flew around, seeking to hold her in place whilst the other two sets of hands did their work.

"Absolute All; Genesis."

With a snap of the fingers, a large multicolored orb appeared in the right hand that was formerly completing a hand sign. Once the orb of energy was sustained, the final set of crossed arms unfolded to grab it, having it restore their power from before they were afflicted. After that, both of the hands ignited with energy, ready to blast Karu at point blank range.

Now that Karu had seen a bit of Overlord Tensei's power, she knew that she needed to acquire that level of strength for herself. The Insanity within told her to continue the battle, even though she was clearly very much outmatched.

Being held in place by the two hands which had already been stripped of their nature meant that she couldn't do anything to prevent them from clasping around her. Yet, at the same time, she figured that she could use the crystal hands to her advantage. With some Heat Sorcery, Karu drew into herself all of the heat in the area, stored it, and let it build up to an explosion. The explosion of raw heat would be magnified by the crystal these hands were, and a burning, blinding light would be emitted from both of them all around. It was an attempt to blind Overlord Tensei and destroy the hands with an intense amount of heat so that Karu could break free.

Overlord Tensei simply opened his hands up and ceased the magnification of heat and light coming from Karu. The set of hands aimed at her already released their might on her, being both being Balance and Chaos.

The Arm of Balance leveled out Karu's power, keeping it from exceeding a certain level so that the energy within her was always balanced. She wouldn't be able to get really mad and strengthen her power due to Balance's ability to maintain and sustain Balance.

The Arm of Chaos, opposite to the Arm of Balance, began to withdraw energy the chaotic energy from Karu, draining it right into the palm of its hand. Karu should then have no chaos within her, and the insanity inside was subdued.

"There, Now," Overlord Tensei said. "Off You Go." Overlord Tensei stretched his hand over the Veritas Universe and placed Karu in deep space, which Overlord Tensei was part of. Retracting the four arms that dealt with Karu, Overlord Tensei crossed them over his chest again to observe what Karu would do now that her insanity was tamed and her excess energy that came from it extracted.

When dropped in the wilderness of space, Karu, who was now forcefully balanced and the chaos inside of her stripped away, floated blankly in the midst of the universe. She began to question her own existence, for she was made of pure insanity. She did not understand how she was still alive nor how she became balanced within herself, since the insanity was her very being. She continued to think for a while before coming to peace with the fact that her insanity was lessened, and so was she as a being.

But, Karu did not enjoy the balance within her. There was insanity even in balance, and she would use that to grow stronger.

"... Must..." Karu started to say in a tired voice, "... Not..." She was definitely feeling weak; weaker than ever, actually. "... Lose..."

Just then, the balance that was inside of her was made clear to her, and she realized that the insanity that was within balance was a neutral sort of insanity that, if maintained, left no room for any extremities. Sometimes, things needed to get extreme, and Karu was suddenly enlightened by her experience with Overlord Tensei. She bore him no thanks, as he and she were in conflict... But the insanity of balance was still within her.

"Nature Destruction," Karu said in a menacing yet monotonous voice. She slammed her fists together and forcefully destroyed the balance that was within her, leaving only room for pure insanity. Karu's eyes went blank and her body became a plasmatic gas. Karu's power began to grow as her insanity fueled her again. Karu grew larger and more powerful the longer she charged up her insanity within her.

"Oh?" Overlord Tensei said as he saw Karu from afar. "I See. So You Have More Willpower Than I Thought." Overlord Tensei smiled. "It Is Good To See One Of Your Creations Living Their Purpose." he unfolded his two sets of arms from across his chest, each of them beginning to glow. "But I Cannot Have Insanity Infecting The Veritas." Overlord Tensei's smile faded into an expression of neutrality, gazing at Karu from across the cosmos.

Without warning, one of the two hands furthest from each other -- which were gathering energy the entire time -- released their massive energy at the call of "Ultimitia Energia!" From the farthest right arm and the farthest left arm would come "Deultimitus!" In both hands, the Ultimitia Energia -- the ultimate energy -- took on opposing energetic forces and shot both out as a black and a white beam. Swiping his furthest arms across until they met in the center, all things caught within the rays of Deultimitus would be smitten to destruction. It wasn't until the two opposing energies came together at Karu that the true nature of this power could be beheld. "Behold," Overlord Tensei bellowed, "The Power Of The Dual Ultimate Smite." The two beams clashing when Overlord Tensei put his hands closer together would become one enormous beam of opposing energy. Whatever was caught in the blast radius would be obliterated by the opposing forces acting as one by stripping them of positive and negative energy simultaneously, leaving nothing in the path of Deultimitus.

Whilst the beam of opposing energies shot for Karu, the hands that were performing hand signs ceased at a specific point, then began to glow. "Absolute All," Overlord Tensei called, "Ain Soph." Both of the hands that were performing hand signs suddenly stopped and lowered themselves, then outstretched themselves over to Karu, spinning the universal celestial bodies that were near her and causing Karu to be trapped in the spinning galactic force, with she as the center. This was so Deultimmitus would not miss, even though the universe was spinning around Karu. She was the central point, and when Deultimitus reached the churning space, it would orbit around Karu and spiral into her during the rotation.

Somehow, Karu had confidence in herself now that she'd successfully undone what Overlord Tensei did to her. Still blind with power, she recognized that she could easily destroy the universe -- or at least part of it -- with her Nature Destruction. That was her saving grace.

Noticing that the universe suddenly started to spin around her, Karu used her Nature Destruction to blow away huge chunks of the universe or slice up the space with her blades as it spun around. The more she destroyed, the more powerful she felt, and the insanity once again grew in her and caused her to grow. However, the black and white beam coming for her closed her in. Even so, with one powerful propelled blow, Karu was able to split the beam back into two separate beams with a single punch.

"My Nature Destruction..." Karu said softly, coming back into coherency, "... Can destroy ANYTHING." She looked over to Overlord Tensei, who was visible from all those lightyears away, then looked back down at her hands. "Is this what he meant...? About my power...?" Karu was feeling more powerful than ever, now. She'd just forcefully stopped Overlord Tensei from pretty much destroying her... Or harming her severely, at least. "Nothing that is natural can stop me!" Karu yelled triumphantly. "So, Creator, give me your best shot!!"

Without a second to waste, Karu sped across the cosmos as a plasmatic gas, solidifying herself once she felt she was near enough to Overlord Tensei. "Your weakness is in your hands!" she shouted, "And I'm going to beat you to a pulp once those hands are gone!" Karu's blades were spinning so fast, she tore holes in reality that served as portals to help her get near Overlord Tensei more quickly. She aimed for the four arms that were glowing, cocking her fist back for another "Nature Destruction" punch.

"Is That So?" Overlord Tensei inquired, watching Karu bounce back from what would have been her universal destruction. "Why Are All Of My Creations Just So Powerful?"

It didn't matter. Karu was learning to master her power and control the Insanity. She was doing well, despite her wishes for total destruction. But it was too early for her to evolve into something greater, like the rest of the Tensei. She still lived as she did in the past.

With his furthest of the eight arms, Overlord Tensei took hold of the Veritas Universe, physically gripping its edge, and spun it around 180 degrees, leaving Karu on the opposite end of the universe. This caused the Veritas Universe to stand still because Overlord Tensei was holding onto it with his furthest hands.

The hands that had performed 'Ain Soph' were still utilizing that power and as such were dipped into the still universe as if like water. They grabbed hold of a portion of the universe and whipped it at Karu like one does a rug to get the dust out. Not only would this cause a massive wave to come over Karu, but it would also displace the celestial bodies that were there. Yet, with 'Ain Soph' still active, Overlord Tensei had absolute dominion over the universe as a single unit. This meant that everything would act as one for as long as Overlord Tensei utilized 'Ain Soph.' The celestial bodies would all come crashing down on Karu from asteroids to planets, and even stars.

Now, the four hands that were glowing were charging for something specific. It was something that Karu would never be able to defeat on her own. "I Have Dealt With Those Like You Before, Karu," Overlord Tensei bellowed, "Which Is Why I Invented And Mastered A Technique That Will Prove Your Nature Destruction Useless." As soon as he was done speaking, Overlord Tensei called out, "Absolute All; Genesis!" From Overlord Tensei's four hands would appear a sphere of pure newness -- something out of his imagination. Its form was undefined, and it seemed to be like a shapeshifter, yet never losing its form. "I Have Created Something Unnatural Using My Power To Birth Anything Into Existence," Overlord Tensei said. The undefined creature that was made shifted its form into what looked like an angel, yet with no definition to it; it was a bright light. Extending from its form were a sword and a shield, and it darted to Karu at lightspeed to reach her all those lightyears away. "This New Creation I Have Made Should Be Able To Disrupt Your Only Saving Grace Against Me." Overlord Tensei was prepared for any type of threat, which is why he ruled over the Veritas Universe.

Just as Karu was about to give her blow to Overlord Tensei, she was abruptly shifted to the other side of the universe, once again. She could still see Overlord Tensei from even that far, and part of her feared that. "Just... What the hell are you?' Before she knew it, there was a huge flux in space that sent her careening into celestial bodies, until finally she hit a rogue asteroid that was large enough for her to stand on. Karu did not want to give up, but she saw a shining figure like an angel with no distinguishing features hovering toward her with a sword and shield. Karu braced herself, ready to use her Nature Destruction on the shining being.

She pushed herself off of the asteroid and shot straight toward the angelic figure, saying "NATURE DESTRUCTION!" as she neared. With her newfound power, she could easily eliminate a mere spawn of the Overlord. Her punches would obliterate it completely.

Overlord Tensei smiled as his angelic figure neared Karu. "I Am God," he said with a caring tone. The angelic figure made up from the Genesis that births brand new things into existence was now upon Karu. As soon as she tried to punch it, the angelic figure absorbed Karu into itself and morphed into an angelic looking cage of light. Karu's Nature Destruction had no effect on what was unnatural, and this being was made completely brand new -- something that never existed and was not a natural part of order.

"Checkmate," Overlord Tensei said as he let the universe suspended by his hands go so that it could spin naturally again. He stretched his arm over the universe and grabbed the entire angelic cage of light with his one hand. "I Hope You Have Learned A Lesson, Karu. You Are Not Almighty, As I Am. You Were Born From The Almighty To Serve A Purpose, And Not To Run Wild In Rebellion." Karu was rebelling against her creator for reasons even she did not yet quite understand. But Overlord Tensei knew.

"Tell Me," he said swiftly, "Why Do You Think I Do Not Destroy You Right Now?" He smiled, lowering his lids as he spoke again, "I Could Easily Dispose Of You And Had Many Chances To Do So. In Fact, Here Is An Opportunity Right Now." Still smiling, Overlord Tensei said, "Absolute Zero; Tenebrous Dusk." The cage of light suddenly became pitch black darkness, cutting off all visibility and light from the contained area. Nothing could be seen, heard nor touched from within. Overlord Tensei lifted the pitch black cage up before his face, saying, "Hopeless Black." Once Overlord Tensei activated the 'Hopeless Black' of the 'Tenebrous Dusk,' all hope and determination to act upon any will was stripped and given into the darkness, where it could not be reached nor regained until the Tenebrous Dusk ended.

Though the black cage was soundproof, Overlord Tensei could speak through it as if he were within the cage. "Now Do You See, Karu? I Am Your Creator, And This Is Not Even My Strongest Level." Overlord Tensei was a force to be reckoned with, though he had more powerful forms. "There Is No Hope Nor Will For You In The Hopeless Black. Even Your Insanity Loses Its Will." Karu would have no reason nor fuel to fight anymore, and any means of escaping Overlord Tensei's Tenebrous Dusk was stripped from her. She should have no power and no will to do anything at this point.

With no way to escape, Karu was humbled by Overlord Tensei. She knew he wasn't even using his full strength. Karu could only look at the darkness and feel hopeless. "is this... What he meant...?" she asked herself. There was no way out for Karu. She wanted to feel something, but her will was gone from her. Even the insanity was quieted.

Karu went silent.

Overlord Tensei recognized the awkward silence that was shared between they and the celestial hosts that were usually singing in the background in a language only they knew. The celestial hosts never stopped singing. Not until just right now.

"Good Job, Karu. You've Seen Your Purpose In This World." Overlord Tensei was pleased that Karu had no will to fight. The dark chamber dispersed and freed her from the loss of will. "You Seem To Understand Me Clearly Now," Overlord Tensei said with love in his voice. "You Are My Daughter, Even If You Were Lost For A While." Everyone escaped from the Lost World during its destruction, but Karu was already dead by that time.

Raising his hand with Karu in it up and stretching it outward, Overlord Tensei placed her in a new location -- one of which Karu would actually meet with the one she was looking for. "The One You Served Is My Daughter Now," Overlord Tensei proclaimed. "The Spider Queen's Soul Was Devoured Long Ago By My Daughter. Now She Is The Spider Queen." Overlord Tensei smiled nonchalantly. "That Is Who You Were Looking For, Is It Not?"

With that said, Overlord Tensei would let his daughter deal with Karu. "You Were Reborn As A Tensei, Karu; You Are No Longer Just A Tool For Destruction. Learn That, And I Will Not Have To Teach It To You Again." At that, the image of Overlord Tensei over the entire Veritas Universe faded away into the stars. "We Are Always With You," his final words were. "Seek Out The Rest Of The Family, And You Will Know The Love That Your Heart Is Missing."

Those words said, Overlord Tensei disappeared.