WORLD TRAIN

Lumin blocks a punch from Ikati, his forearm shattering, blood splattering. Lumin slides back, tearing up. Sounds fade out and become silent. Lumin runs forward as his ears ring, both arms broken. Ikati football punts Lumin away. Lumin slams through several wooden crates before hitting a stone wall and coughing up blood.

"I can't…" memories of his daughter flash through his mind, Lumin's body rising to its feet. Lumin grits his teeth. 'I will become string incarnate if all I can do is buy some time for everyone to show up!' Lumin weaves the string through his muscle, turning his skin a near shiny silver. 'I'll puppeteer my own body if it means I can keep fighting!' Lumin jumps forward. Yuma rises to his feet.

"Puppet guy!" Yuma suddenly feels a tug on his shirt and flies out of the courtyard. Yuma rises and looks at Lumin who bolts at Ikati, in awakened form, with a peaceful look. Ikati turns and blocks a punch.

"Think this is how you'll win!?" Threads weave under Ikati's skin from Lumin's fist. Ikati grabbed Lumin and threw him, ripping the strands from inside his arm. Lumin instantly appears once again. Punching Ikati across the face. Landing and sliding on the ground. Lumin's eyes glow as his fingers begin to unravel like strings.

"String Mantra…!"

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Lumin sits in a small wooden chair beside his daughter's bed. She had fallen fast asleep, Lumin ran his hand through her blonde hair. He'd named her Yua to honor his wife and her mother. Lumin looked at the straw doll in his daughter's arms he made for her. She loved the doll and took the utmost care of it. Lumin grabs out his doll, which was old and beginning to fray. Holding it in comparison to his daughters.

"Even though I may be falling apart and old… make sure you keep care of yourself… Yua"

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Lumin shouts, his eyes go blank.

"Full power dissection!" Lumin tightens his strings, slicing Ikati's arms into small bits of meat. But Ikati quickly recovers. Swinging his fist to punch Lumin. Everything goes silent. Lumin hears his heartbeat. Blocking Ikati's punch as his arm unravels into string. Lumin gritting his teeth.

"Not yet!" He shouted, despite being unable to hear anymore. His ears slowly unraveled into string. Lumin swings his remaining arm and punches Ikati in the stomach, wrapping him in tight binding with the nub of his left arm.

"Lacquered Rope binding!" His ears rang, then faded to nothing. Lumin's arm becomes string and wraps tightly around Ikati. Ikati breaks free and kicks Lumin in the face. Lumin stumbled back and looked to the sky. 'Why… is the sky so blue… and Nature so beautiful… when the nature of humanities actions, gray…?' Lumin stumbles back and catches himself. Yuma laid on the ground shouting. Ikati was saying something.

"I don't… care… anymore… if it's for my daughter…" Ikati stops. Lumin's hair starts dissolving into thin stings. His right bicep dissolves as well. Lumin's eyes return to normal as he rises to his feet.

"String Mantra… Awakening final Ability…" Lumin steps forward. Ikati swings to punch Lumin. Lumin casually turns what remains of his right arm and shoulder into string to redirect the punch. 'This is my final crusade…'

"String Coalition…!"

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Yua lays in her bed sleeping calmly. Her blonde hair sprawled out across the bed as she held her straw doll close to her chest. The doll slowly begins to dissolve as her eyes flutter open. Quickly picking up the doll and looking at it.

"Papa…?" The doll dissolves in her hands completely.

"PAPA!" From inside the doll falls a paper note. Lua quickly opened it. 

'I'm sorry… baby doll… i'll always love and miss you… goodnight, Papa'

Yua grabs the paper note and holds it tight to her chest as tears begin to flow.