Yakuza Paradise

The sirens, Majima Senior, Kiryu and Bacchus were drawing nearer to Equestria and they were all holding a false breath. They were worried for Spike and knew he had most likely done something to Discord and maybe…

Someone else.

Majima Senior had explained to them how Spike worked to the best of his abilities and revealed the shocking truth that made the sirens cry for Spike’s sake and innocence. It was revealed that Spike was the one who accidentally killed his mother. From what they all heard, Spike was not aware that Makoto had already been dead. Casting him to blame Twilight Sparkle.

Adagio understood Spike, he did not see his mother die and when the stone landed, he just assumed that Sparkle had either accidentally done it or did it intentionally. Well, being raised by a criminal syndicate where they are loyal to friends and family, it is no surprise that Spike was loyal to that but there is one drawback.

In yakuza, especially the new blood, they do not have impulses and take responsibility for their stupidity. The sirens suspected that Spike was so bitter and angry that he blamed Sparkle even though he is most likely not aware of it. Adagio and Sonata hoped to help steer Spike in the right direction. While Aria…

”Look, Adagio!” Aria frustratedly said as she leaned back in her chair and used both of her hands to grasp some of her hair. The others looked at her, Sonata was staring at her with understanding but said nothing. Adagio simply sighed sadly at Aria who was completely loyal to Spike. ”Sparkle dropped that stone on his mother, intentional or not, do you not see it as wrong?! If our mother accidentally got hurt by us and died but we did not see it because something else happened and we believed she would still be alive, would you not blame that creature?!”

Kiryu did not say anything, he understood Aria–Chan perfectly. She wants to be loyal to her mate, which shows that she understands him but she is also missing something vital. She just does not seem to understand the full gravity off. Spike, still by accident, killed his mother. If he found that out… it could lead to his downfall…

Adagio sighed at her aggressive sister’s point. Yes, she would most likely do the same if she did not know the truth that is. But Spike has blamed the element bearers for years without a hundred per cent proof… unless.

He was a child… did his innocent mind block away that part?

”Yes, Aria, I would do the same. Happy now!? Look, I know that you are loyal to Spike–”

”Damn right I am!”

”–But you also got to understand that he killed his mother!”

Aria glared at her sister. ”By accident!” She snarled. Standing up, towering over the sitting Adagio who was facing the back of Sonata’s chair. ”Do you think he would intentionally do it?! Have you not seen how he is at the point of tears every time he thinks or talks about her?!”

The air in the plane was so tense, even Majima Senior did not joke. Usually, in situations that involved killing a creature or seriously injuring rival yakuza, he would joke and taunt them but right now, he just let the sisters fight it out, kind of like him and Kiryu would do.

Adagio stood up and grit her teeth. ”I do but one of his mates needs to tell him about it! If he has not found out already or already knows. I simply want to steer him in the right direction. How else do you want me to help him? I cannot allow him to continue to hate the pony who is by all means innocent!”

Aria did not have a comeback response to that. She knew deep down that her sister was indeed correct. But what is she supposed to do? She does not want Spike to believe that she abandoned him! She was there to help him, not make the hole in his heart even bigger.

”Ari…” Aria turned to see Sonata look at her with sad eyes. If Aria wouldn’t have been so angry, she would have tried to comfort her. Sonata stared into Aria’s eyes, seeing the anger and sorrow in her aggressive sister’s heart. ”We have to help Spike, we can’t let him continue to hate the wrong creature… if he wants to hare a creature, then he should hate Tirek. The creature who caused it all to happen.”

Aria was about to respond when a voice spoke up.

”I have been an absolutely terrible father…”

Everyone looked towards Majima Senior who had a sombre look on his face. He conjured with his left hand a glass of wine with a green drink in it. He took a large gulp. His legs were sprawled forward as he drank. His right hand rested on the armrest. His eyes had a far-away look.

Kiryu was about to interject but Majima held up his right hand.

”When it happened that day, I was shocked beyond belief. I may not have been there, but I knew that Princess Sparkle would never intentionally kill any creature, not women, not children which my son has deluded himself with.” He finished his glass and angrily gripped it, making it snap into tiny pieces.

”Of course, I did believe in what he said about the stone, but not the killing bit. I had checked his memories in the hospital. The doctors there showed me what transpired from his point of view, but they had also pulled out memory with a help of a different kind of memory stone. I checked through the memories and my… Makoto…

Majima cried for the first time since that day years ago. He cried only for a minute but it felt like an eternity for him. He pulled himself together and continued to vent.

”I saw that she was already dead, I did not intend to keep it to myself. Doctors weren’t there to check the memory because it was a private matter. The police did ask but only for the Tirek bit.” Majima Senior spat the centaurs name. ”A friend of mine and Kiryu, Date–San took that memory for the… that bit and nothing else.”

”I broke the truth to Spike but I knew he never believed it, he had not seen it happen. He… he started to blame Princess Sparkle. I kept telling him it was Tirek but he would not listen to it. He asked the question I knew I could never answer. ’Was Tirek the one who held the stone?’ I knew he was right because Princess Sparkle caught it. But I knew she never meant to do what she did, she is completely innocent.

”I just left the topic altogether, every time someone spoke of Princess Sparkle’s feats, Spike would laugh and casually ask if the Princess had murdered any other mothers with children. He would beat up full adults for speaking greatly of the element bearers’ feats, he would see them as traitors. Of course, only I could banish or exile them from the family. Besides, I would not give an eleven to twelve-year-old power over an entire family.

”My creatures learned to never speak of the element bearers unless it was something bad. Spike became full of disdain and hatred that even I was getting worried. I have had some moments where I have felt hatred… but Spike’s was higher than anything I have ever seen.”

The others looked at Majima Senior worryingly.

”He went to school and had his grades be straight up. Nothing was ever below A, and he would never accept B. He started doing things… things no child so young should be doing. He started drinking and smoking. Openly as well. He even started selling alcohol in his school and was making good money. He did other students’ homework and whatnot. He earned a lot of money through it. He was even sometimes paid to beat up certain students.”

”Then… he discovered something I would have never allowed him to do until he was eighteen. He discovered Dark Fighter Magic.”

Kiryu and Bacchus looked alarmed at this. The sirens knew that it could be bad, but from the expression, Majima Senior was getting…

It must have been worse than Spike let on.

”Fighter Magic is made from both chaos magic and alicorn magic. Usually, alicorn and chaos magic users would be able to learn Fighter magic, but there is one problem. They have to be worthy. I think Spike gave some stupid excuse like: ’oh you need to be born with it!’ No, that is just false. Yes, you can be born with it but Fighter Magic only comes to those who are worthy, specifically for those who have no family members who were Fighter magic users. King Sombra for example learned a lot of dark magic, it opened up an opportunity for him to learn it and the Fighter Magic accepted him because he was somewhat worthy. Hard to believe right? Then there is Princess Luna, who did know some Fighter Magic like King Sombra because that is who she learned it from. They shared a core in Fighter Magic. It is why there is a rune on her right hand if you have ever noticed.”

The sirens looked at each other. They shook their heads. They had never seen it.

”But when she became Nightmare Moon and was banished for a thousand years to the moon, she became very weak. For those sharing a core in fighter magic, if you fail against an alicorn who has fighter magic, then you will essentially become unworthy but you can still use the ability. To my knowledge, Princess Luna has not used fighter magic since she returned, she most likely believes that she will die or some bullshit like that.

”With fighter magic, you can conjure anything. Food, water, animals, anything. You can also use it for its main purpose: fighting. You have ’Brawler style, the one every Fighter Magic-user has, then there is a rushed style and a beast style where you basically can beat anyone within a few seconds. Then there is a secret style only the user knows about. But if you have a sworn brother or a typical Aniki (brother but not sworn) they will know about it. And can break defences very easily.

”Now, fighter magic can do anything an Alicorn can, the same could be said about chaos magic. Fighter Magic–users can do anything Discord can but we can also do things the two alicorn sisters can. Well, apart from raising the sun and moon. But we are pretty close, we would need at the very least, ten Fighter Magic-users if we count Spike.

”Fighter Magic is also connected to the elements like Fire, Ice, Electricity and Earth. But that can determine what creature you are. Mine is Fire as well as Kiryu. Bacchus, if I remember correctly, yours was Electricity?”

Bacchus nodded in confirmation.

”But despite the immense magical knowledge Fighter Magic–users have, we still do not know why Fighter Magic is connected to those four elements. But perhaps the answer is right in front of us…”

The others looked at Majima Senior oddly as he conjured a book. He showed it to everyone. His right hand firmly grasped it.

Dark Fighter Magic: A Guide To The Darkness And Its Opportunities

”This was the book Spike read. He knows a lot about dark magic. He studied it to the point where he was almost consumed by it. I was not even sure if I could save him. Some of the things I saw him study and attempt and even succeed… he had completely lost all morals. He even muttered during his sleep how he would get his revenge.

”Dark Fighter Magic can give you opportunities that some creatures probably never have dreamed of. Things that would be impossible. But there is always a price and I believe he may have sold his soul… I do not know why but… who am I kidding? I know why. Revenge in the element bearers, the ones that took his mother. Or who he believes took his mother.”

Suddenly, they felt the plane land on the ground and the occupants on the flight had to grab their seats hard to not fall off.

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After they landed, Majima Senior and the gang ran out of the airport and headed to the city of Canterlot, at least to where the school was. On their way there, Adagio pulled out her phone and saw that there was one unread message from Sunset Shimmer.

She clicked on it, knowing that she was on Spike’s side of what happened to his Godsister.

Adagio, It’s me Sunset

I have found some crucial

Evidence. Spike has not

Picked up his phone so

I trust that you will give

Him this information.

It is Discord, he is the

One behind all of this.

He killed Blush because

She found out some truths,

She found some secret papers,

The kind that will get you killed.

I am currently on my way

Towards Canterlot High, meet

Me there.

Adagio was surprised that Sunset was even willing to contact her. This was weird. She showed the message to the others and they were all the more determined to go to the school.

They ran, they ran as fast as they could towards the school, Majima Senior and Kiryu being the most successful ones who did not prevail. Aria was able to keep up easily and Sonata had a lot of energy. Adagio had a little difficulty but her determination made her keep going.

They ran past several stores that were closed but there were some restaurants and bars that were still open. One of them that Sonata noticed was Sugarcube Corner. She found it odd and ran towards it. To her left were a way for cars to drive and a few lamp posts shining onto the streets.

Sonata stopped outside of Sugarcube Corner to catch her breath. She had her left hand on the wall to her left right outside the bakery and panted. The others stopped and grew worried.

”Sonata we do not have the time to buy doughnuts!” Aria said frantically and irritatedly. Sonata huffed out.

”Sugar… cube… Corner… is never open…. at this… hour!” Sonata made hand motions to check her phone. Adagio did so and she felt her eyes widen slightly.

Midnight…

She was right.

Aria checked and she felt herself freeze a little. Kiryu got a bad feeling about this. He did not want to jump to conclusions. He cracked his knuckles as he walked towards the door, not listening to the protests of the girls. He had fast reflexes, but he could survive a bullet wound if needed. The inside was eerily quiet. To the right were several booths against the right near the glass windows. The left was the same but against the walls. Kiryu looked to the left and saw the same results.

There was a counter in front of him, there was a little bell on it and he pressed it. The sound rang throughout the bakery but not a single peep of footsteps or any of the sorts came.

”I hope history has not repeated itself.” He said emotionlessly.

He walked to the right and saw that there were swinging doors. He carefully walked through them, his footsteps echoing from the lack of noise. The double doors revealed a large kitchen inside. There were several different materials for baking and other essentials.

Kiryu proceeded cautiously. Then he felt a weird tap from below his right shoe. He looked down and he saw a small pool of blood…

He tensed slightly as he made his hands into fists. You could never become too careful. To his right was a metal desk with some… unused dough? He looked to his left and saw some knives. Not sharp enough to injure…

The floor had a black and white marble pattern and the walls were the same but with blue and pink. Kiryu saw there was a staircase to the far left and slowly made his way there. He did occasionally use guns, but only for certain situations. This did not call for that but he did have a golden revolver in his weaponry. Just in case…

The staircase had two thick wooden walls so there was no exposure. There was a dark blue mat that went upwards. Kiryu prepared himself and climbed the staircase. He knew that if the murderer was still here, they would hear him.

Good.

Let them hear him come. Become arrogant, make a mistake and live to regret it.

When he reached the second floor, he saw there were four rooms, one straight ahead of him, two to the left and one to the right. He walked silently, his fists ready to throw punches.

The one straight ahead was open slightly ajar, Kiryu noticed. He moved towards it and very carefully opened the door. It started to rain outside, there was thunder. He could not believe it. History was relating itself it seemed.

He opened the door fully and gazed inside. It was a bathroom. There was a bathtub with…

Kiryu moved very quickly towards the bathtub. There was a red and golden streaked haired girl with a black leather jacket, orange shirt with a sun mark with red and orange. A pink skirt and black boots with purple glitter. Her wrist had been cut and her sleeves as well. Her eyes were open and they looked to have been greenish. But now, they were completely grey. The bathtub was full of water that was not blue.

Kiryu pulled out his phone and ordered Majima and the girls to come quickly. He would not keep the dead body from the sirens if they knew her. If they do, they can identify her. If not then he made a huge mistake.

He felt like history repeated itself again. Just like that night in ninety-five. The death of his former Patriarch. Dojima. The one he took the fall for. His former sworn brother, Nishikiyama had done it after the Patriarch kidnapped his girlfriend, Yumi. He was about to force himself onto her and Nishiki…

Nishiki killed his Patriarch that night, a direct member of the Tojo Clan.

He suddenly heard many footsteps from behind him and he turned. The door was pushed to the inside and Kiryu just noticed now that there was a splash of blood on it. The bathroom floor was made from white marble bricks. There was a sink to the left and there was a toilet to the right but the toilet looked… damaged as if something big and heavy had hit it.

Majima Senior walked inside and gazed at the girl. He put his hand on his left side chest where his heart was inside of. He clutched slightly, remembering the condition Makoto was in. Damn Tirek…

”S… Sunset Shimmer?” Sonata whimpered. She latched onto Aria’s right arm and looked at the bathtub in fear and shock. That was brutal. What the hell was going on?! Kiryu turned his head to Aria who looked at everything indifferent but on the inside, her mind was racing.

”Aria–Chan, do you know her?” Kiryu felt bad for bringing the three sirens here and Adagio could see it. She understood why they had been called up by Kiryu.

Aria turned her gaze to Kiryu. ”Yes, she is in our year at High School. To my knowledge, she was helping Spike–Chan. She was the one who also contacted Adagio earlier.”

Majima Senior and Kiryu locked eyes with each other. This was bad, Shimmer–San was already dead, there was nothing to undo it. If they tried it would be a resurrection of the dead, highly illegal magic that only certain creatures know of.

One of them being Spike. When he tried to resurrect his mother, he never went all the way through because Majima Senior stopped him.

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Spike was crying his eyes out. His beautiful sweet mother… dead because of his foolishness. He can’t help but blame himself. Yes, Tirek started it, making Spike make such a decision and Sparkle held the stone, but it was he who made the stone explode and make his mother bleed to death.

It was all his fault. He blamed no one but himself…

This time.

He would torture himself so his mother received some compensation. She deserved it. She more than deserved it, he would do anything to make her happy again. He knew she was okay in the afterlife, but he still needed to do his bargain. He was not someone who broke his promises, he proved that he could do them.

Spike did not want to believe what he had seen but Discord would not gain anything from lying. Spike could see that it was nothing but the truth. His mind was blank but sorrowful. His hands were on the ground clenched into fists. He sat on his knees and leaned forward, looking at the ground.

’What have I done?’

Discord was grinning slightly, he had heard many times how Majima Junior banned the element bearers. How they are women and children murderers, but even Discord knew that they would never do so intentionally.

He turned around to see Spike on the ground, crying from the revelation that his mother was dead because of him. Discord only felt slightly bad. Spike had lived with the belief for so long that Sparkle killed his mother that he completely blocked out the other bit that happened.

Hatred is a powerful thing.

Discord walked towards Spike but made sure that he was ten feet away. His suit was flashing a little bit but it was no problem at all. He was supposed to be shining in public and making every creature then towards him for his natural beauty.

”Why I needed you dead was because…” Discord stopped mid-sentence and saw Spike looked up at him slowly, his tears running down his face. ”I guess I thought you knew that Blush was your Godsister but then, Chrysalis came to me after she overheard a conversation you had and she told me how she heard you were shocked over the fact that it was you Godsister. I was quite shocked.”

”Blush–San did not know about the protection from the Majima Family nor the fact that I was her Godbrother.” Spike said with sorrow as he pulled himself up from the ground, the rain and thunder echoing around them.

Discord smirked.

”Really? I found evidence that suggests otherwise. She knew all about that, why she was afraid of you, or, acted afraid of you was because I had threatened her. The first time you met her? That was because she thought that you were hot. She thought that you knew that you were God Siblings but it seemed that when she revealed the truth to her mother it was then where Blush learned the truth.”

”She was embarrassed.” Spike realized. Discord cackled.

”Yes she was!” Discord said, jumping around like a bunny. Circling Spike. ”That is why she looked and seemed afraid, in reality, she was just embarrassed. That is why Shimmer confronted you because she believed that you had done something that you have no control over.”

Spike gritted his teeth, he felt bad for Shimmer–San who tried to help a friend. Spike shrugged it off, he had no right to like them after he treated them like garbage.

”Ah, yes…” Discord stopped in front of Spike, his voice icily cold. Discord’s eyes bored into Spike’s eyes and they felt each other weaken. ”Speaking of Shimmer… how is she?”

Spike did not like the tone Discord spoke in.

”What did you do?” Spike calmly asked, his voice revealing nothing as he looked at Discord right in the eye. If Spike had not been so focused to not hit Discord, then he would have seen that Discord very smoothly hid a flinch from his tone.

”I just said hello to her!” Discord chirpily replied. Spike clenched his fists, not noticing black smoke underneath him. Swirling over him from left to right like stems covering a pillar. The dark smoke was intense, Discord could feel the dark magic and he could not help but cackle at what was happening.

”It is funny how one minute you hate the element bearers and the next you are protecting their honour somehow or try to at least. Which side are you on?” Discord was taunting him now. Spike looked down to the ground, some tears leaking out.

”I am on no one’s side. It was Tirek’s fault that the world burned that day. It is also his fault that my mother is officially dead, but he did not kill her directly. That is one me… making me the killer of my innocent mother.” Spike was fully taking responsibility for his last action. The action that led to his mother’s death.

It was time for Goro Spike Majima Junior to take responsibility for his actions.

”Interesting, you blame Tirek for your mother’s death but you call yourself a killer because of the death of your mother. How does that work?” Discord asked, squatting down, looking at Spike with his eyes boring into his enemy.

”It is one hundred percent Tirek’s fault because he burned the world and made me think of a way to survive, but it is my fault a hundred percent as well because I was the one who did it.” Spike explained, his hands clenched into fists. ”I am a killer, a thief… and most important of all.”

Spike looked into Discord’s eyes, the amaranth red eyes with green pupils were vicious.

”I am a yakuza.”

After he said that, Spike used his right hand and threw his top clothing away, his belly and being visible and his tattoo also if you looked at his back. Spike used his magic and pulled out his tontō. He grabbed the holster with his left hand and used his right hand to pull out his weapon of choice.

”Come one, Discord. LET’S FINISH THIIIIIIS!”