...Ragnarok!...

...The war that people know will end the lives of gods and the end of their reign. The end of all goodness and the beginning of what humans might call a normal life. But this name gets another meaning when it uses to start a war or destroy something. Gods killed hundreds of humans to make them think twice about what they have done in the last years; earthquakes, tornados, eruptions, and all the other catastrophes were caused by the gods....

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...In the meeting hall...

Gods: Why Zeus called all of us here? He should know what all gods will vote for.

Another God: Maybe he just wants to see if there would be someone who will betray the gods.

Heimdall & Hermes: All of you please be silent for a minute and listen to what our ruler has to say. Please welcome Zeus!

Zeus: This is something new, to see all of you gather in the same spot. As you know we have protected the earth and humans for a long time. We even protect them from themselves, but what they have been doing for the last decades made us show them what we are capable of.

Gods: This is right! They don't deserve forgiveness now!

Zeus: I and the other pantheon leaders decided that we need to eradicate humanity. This is the only solution that we have right now!

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Some clapping where heard coming from the back.

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Buddha:So this is your decision! But I don't understand if is because they are dangerous or because you are afraid that humans will no longer be with you. Zeus!

Zeus: Buddha, you better have a reason for questioning my decision.

Buddha: A reason? Humanity is the thing for what we are here. If you want to kill them, then why do we need to live?

Zeus: You can't destroy the vote we are taking.

Buddha: I want to give humanity a chance. Even if this means beginning a war against the gods.

Zeus: I am sorry, but you are a single god against the rest of us.

Prometheus: I don't think he is single in this thing. I feel the same!

Ares: Prometheus!

Zeus: This doesn't change anything.

Krishna: Then let me join this game too. This looks like fun. And at least humanity will have a chance of winning.

Sun Wukong: This doesn't seem to look good for us Zeus!

Zeus: This is something that I wouldn't expect from someone like you. But I am sad to announce that we can't have the duel because you are missing a person.

Achilles: I was hoping not to come here, after all, I am not even a god.

Zeus: Achilles! Why?

Achilles: I am half human and half, god, why do you think? I don't hate humanity and for sure I have gods who think that is stronger than any other being.

Zeus: So you four will oppose us! Then we will have a tournament to see if humanity will be eradicated or not. There will be four rounds of ten fighters, to win even the gods and humans need to win two rounds in a row.

Buddha: We will accept this!

Zeus: And of course, you four can't participate in any of the rounds. You can't even choose your warriors yourselves, you will need someone who will represent you.

Buddha: As I said we accept these terms and we will destroy, you just in two rounds as you said.

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...Somewhere at a hidden temple....

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Buddha: You made yourself like home here as I see, Wu!

Wu: What the hell do you want? God!

Buddha: So have you decided what fighters you will choose?

Wu: No!

Buddha: You realize that this is the first round of this tournament no? If you lose this round you will make gods have the first chance.

Wu: Said Buddha The God!

Buddha: I don't joke around now, you need to take this seriously.

Wu: You said that the gods will make their list first and after that we make ours.

Buddha: Yes, but at least you have a slight idea of whom you're going to put on that list.

Hermes: Here is our list.

Wu: This is not a list with just some names on it. They are strong gods!

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The list contains names like Zeus, Dagda, Susanoo, Sekhmet, and Quetzalcoatl. In the meantime, the list of human fighters has arrived at Zeus. And for the human side, there were fighters like Gilgamesh, Musashi, or Boudica

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Zeus: Hmm this is an interesting list. It will be fun to watch how humanity thinks they have a chance of winning this round.

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Heimdall: The first round of this tournament began. The first fighter of the gods is Susanoo God of Storm.

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Susanoo looks like a mature man with long hair and a dark black full beard. He was wearing traditional Japanese clothes and on his head, he had a straw hat. While in his hands was holding a sword.

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Heimdall: Now for the humans the fighter they decide to send is...

Miyamoto Musashi: This is enough! They should know me already.

Spectators: That is Miyamoto Musashi. The Greatest Swordsman in history.

Miyamoto Musashi: Well have been some time since I last hold a katana. I don't think that I know how to fight anymore.

Sasaki Kojiro: That man makes me angry even now. That tactic of him is a major problem for everyone he faced.

Susanoo: Well I can wait until you remember how to use your weapons.

Miyamoto Musashi: Thank you!

Sasaki: He waits for him? What is this?

Zeus: Susanoo did you forget who you are fighting?!

Susanoo: Grandpa shut up!

Miyamoto Musashi: That attitude! You are a god?

Susanoo: Huh? Of course, I am a god. I am Susanoo God of Storms!

Miyamoto Musashi: I understand this now, so how much is your head worth?

Susanoo: What was that?

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In the blink of an eye, Miyamoto jumps on his legs and draws out his sword to hit Susanoo while he is on the ground. However, blocked the attack with his katana.

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Susanoo: You are faster than I would expect. But you are not as strong as you think you are.

Miyamoto Musashi: You reacted in time to block my attack. Although the attack wasn't strong because I want to have fun.

Wu: So this is the great swordsman of humanity! He is a jack-***!

Susanoo: You make me angry, this is something that I thought that impossible to happen. You are something else human!

Miyamoto Musashi: Maybe, I am a god too! Who knows?

Susanoo: You! This is what a human is capable to do, to anger the gods.

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Again Miyamoto went to attack at full speed but this time even his enemy know what will do. But as everyone knows already he will use the same attack and even Susanoo already thought of that and prepared the sword to block the attack. And then something broke all the things people were talking about Miyamoto, he went after the neck of Susanoo as everyone expected but in the middle of the attack, he changed the style of cutting he would apply and changed from a direct line strike to an oblique strike, this time his attack landed on Susanoo.

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Susanoo(bleeding): You cut me! He changed his strike near the contact, that was something too childish and risky but he did it. I like you more now human!

Susanoo: Now I remember all the joy and hatred I had in the past.

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The two deities who create Japan were named Izanagi and Izanami. Is it said that after the death of Izanami, Izanagi went to the underworld to find his dead wife. After seeing his decomposed body, he ran off and wash it body. Is it said that Amaterasu was born from his left eye and Tsukuyomi was born from his right eye meanwhile Susanoo was born after Izanagi washed his nose! He was considered a disaster from the start. When he was a child he used to cry a lot after seeing that everyone hate him and what he is doing.

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Amaterasu: What is the problem brother?

Susanoo: All people hate me, for some reason, but I didn't decide to be the God of Storms. Why do they say that I should die?

Amaterasu: Because they don't know that even we can change, and you need to show them what you can do. The storms are important too, don't think that your power doesn't mean anything.

Susanoo: I will try to change and make people happy that the storms will come.

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He tried to change but the world didn't want to change and so every time a storm come he would be the one who will be the bad guy in the story. After all this time Susanoo understood what he was in reality, he was a brother to Amaterasu or Tsukuyomi he was seen as a failure and the God of Destruction. So then when he was drunk after drinking too much sake he destroyed the rice field of her sister, this was the reason why his father exiled him from the haven.

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Izanagi: Is true that you have destroyed your sister's field?

Susanoo: Yes!

Izanagi: Why?

Susanoo: Well as you see I am the God of Storms, so I think it isn't something unexpected. I am just a god who will destroy anything that stands in his face.

Izanagi: You are not worthy of being called a god. You are more a human than a god.

Susanoo: So what? I prefer to live with humans than to live with someone like you.

This is the story of the failure of Susanoo the god of things that all people hate.

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Susanoo: What is your name?

Miyamoto Musashi: My name? I am Miyamoto Musashi!

Susanoo: Good, now I can tell you my name. I am Susanoo! And from now on we will fight for real.

Miyamoto Musashi: I am happy to hear that, I don't want to kill a weakling.

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Izanagi: What are you doing Susanoo?

Zeus: Why are you worried? Susanoo is strong enough to win.

Izanagi: I am worried because Susanoo is playing with something dangerous.

Zeus: I get it now, that sword of Musashi is strong enough to hurt him.

Amaterasu: Don't think that my brother will lose. His sword may be able to cut my brother but the sword of my brother can do something that no human saw.

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Wu: That sword would not hurt Susanoo. But there I was surprised by Buddha.

Buddha: This is an amulet of me, put every fighter of humanity to touch the amulet and to say what they want. I will grant them everything.

Wu: Miyamoto what do you want?

Miyamoto Musashi: I want to be able to cut anything with this sword.

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Susanoo: Is time then? Let it rain, and make the wind blow and make everything unable to move, all of this will have no power in the face of my sword.

Miyamoto Musashi: That power, this is something unexpected. I want to fight it with all my power