Litherous's POV
"AHHHH…!" she screamed at the top of her voice and squirming. "Oi! What's wrong?" as you came near her, the ground was shattering. "MAKE IT STOP!" her eyes turned red and gold and she turned berserk. "Stand back" out of nowhere Kiyoshi appeared. "What's happening Kiyoshi?" he stood there with an expressionless face. "Don't call me that. I could let her kill you but then again you can't" he shrugged a sigh. "Come on! You don't have one and we've been friends for 1200 years!" you pointed at him but still didn't give a care.
This guy is so annoying! She looks like she's ready to kill us. Wait… I remember her. She's that girl with that Xion guy before.
"SHUT UP!" she was running towards us. "This seems trouble… Abssya-" Kiyoshi stopped you. "As a gatekeeper, let me handle this" he stands still as he watches her come closer and closer. "DIE!" she pounced on Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi jumped into mid-air and her punched missed him. She looked at him as if he's her prey.
"Great… More work…" He jumped down and grab her neck. "LET ME GO! GAH!" she struggles but her hands emitted a black aura. "Kneel" her words were ominous and she slashed Kiyoshi's arm. "Tch!" he let her go and backed up. The ground became more shattered as her rage builds up. "Kiyoshi!" he stood right back up. He rushes in and spins a kick but she blocked it with her hands. She attacks using the dark aura into claws and gusts a wind with both of her hands.
So Xion didn't kill those guys that night it was her.
"Grrr…" she looks at you aggressively. "Kenji… Die" your heart hurts suddenly. "Crap! What is this" you held your chest tightly. Kiyoshi fights her and hits her vital points but she gave him scratches.
Knowing a great fighter like him but he is struggling with her.
"I have no choice… Abyssal weapon! Mnemosyne!" a necklace with a yellow sapphire appeared and his hands were glowing with a yellow aura. She pounced on Kiyoshi again but he blocked. The pressure was intense and who knew that girl was strong.
It's not that often that Kiyoshi uses his abyssal weapon. He never uses it to just anybody, not even me. These guys are monsters! I've never seen a girl as powerful like-
"Let's go home" a blurry woman handing out her hand at you flashed in your head. "Not now…" your heartaches even more.
"GAHH! GIVE HIM BACK TO ME!" he appeared in front of her and pointed his finger at her forehead. "Lend me your power Mnemosyne…" she stopped moving and her body started to have black markings. "Excision!" light suddenly became brighter. "GAHHHH!" she screams in pain. "Tch! It won't work. Seal!" she fainted and Kiyoshi caught her. "Kiyoshi? Is she okay" he handed her to you. "From now on, you are personally going to teach her the basic things that she needs to know. No objections or you want a trip to the lab again." he vanishes once again. "You jerk!" you threw a fit while carrying the girl.
But you stared at her unconscious face resting in your arms but you wander. Is she that special? That question made it linger in my mind.
"What did he do to her? Might as well take her to Claire… I just wanted some alone time" you shrugged a sigh.
You carried her to the clinic and you left an ominous presence. "Not again…" you slide to the left and Claire jumps out of the clinic. "Litherous! Why did you not visit these past weeks!" Claire pouts but suddenly looks at the girl. "What happened to her?" Claire says with a serious face. "I can't tell you…" you saw Claire's face full of worry. "Place her in the bed this instant" I placed her gently and Claire checks her vitals as soon as she was placed. "Crap! Get me a cup now!" she slashed her arm with a knife from her pocket and awakened her sensius. "WELL!" you hurriedly find on the cabinet and she immediately took it. "Her organs are damaged. This might hurt but bear with me Esmarin" she slashed Esmarin's arm and pours her blood on the cup. "This should enough… With her and mine combined", she drinks the cup with blood in it and the room lights up. "Episkeví… Therapéfste aftín tin áthlia psychí! Last resort!" then the lights slowly fade. "She's fine now. Just let her rest. My head hurts… I'll leave you two for a while" she walks out while holding her head.
This girl is something… Kiyoshi is making me more curious… He said seal before so what did he seal specifically?
"Whatever… It's like I'll be in a good position to know" as you left the room, it still lingers in your mind the image of her resting in your arms. "This stupid" you shut the door.
Esmarin's POV
Three days later
"Hm? How long was I asleep?" you wake up in your room and you stretched your arms. "About three days now" you heard a male voice. "Ah… Thank you…" your vision cleared up. "You! Why are you here?!" you pointed at him but he just smirked. "Stop shouting will you. From now on… I'm your mentor" you stared at him with an unsatisfied look. "Mentor or not… GET OUT OF MY ROOM!" you kicked him out and slammed the door.
It's the organization's decision again. Curse you! I wonder how Rin is doing… I encountered weird stuff now but there's a possibility that they'll kill my family. I can't resist them so I'll just follow them for now.
You changed and went out. "Okay… Whoever you are… Train me or whatever" he looks at you distinctly.
If I can make myself stronger then I can escape here. I need to focus on that.
"I'm Litherous. You punk" he walks as he tells you that. "I hope you tripped over…" you murmured.
You guys arrived in a facility with an empty room. You thought that he was lost but he stood still in the center.
"Chiyo. If you would" the room started to change its appearance. The room had weapons and training equipment. "How did this happen?" you were amazed so you roamed around the room. "Aren't you used to this. It's someone's sensius of course" he stomped his foot. "Now… Come at me" you were stunned with his stern voice. "As in now?! No warm-ups?!" he glared at you.
He's not that person from before. What the heck! I know that I said that I wanted to become strong but honestly… I'm weak.
"Too slow" you never noticed him leave his position but he beat you to the ground. "It hurts…" you never felt this presence from him earlier. "Funny…" he lets you go and grabs a chair at the side. "Judging from your reaction earlier... Hm… How do I put this…? You're weak basically" he puts both his hands on his hips.
This guy… I want to punch you so badly.
"Now…" he sits forward and grins. "Run for 30 laps" your blood is boiling and you're about to lose. "Uhm… Does this look like a field to you?" you point out the room. "Oh… My bad… Chiyo! Change to a field" the room became more bright and next thing you saw was a field. "Now… You can run and I'll be back" he turned his back at you. "Forget it! 30 laps? It's impossible! I'll leave…" you were about to leave but somehow you can't open the door. "Nice try… As I said this is Chiyo's sensius Envision. He traps people in spaces like this so run or you can't leave. Bye," he snickers as he leaves. "DAMN IT!" you shouted at the top of your lungs. You started running using the rage for that bastard.
I'm on my knees as I continue to finish 3 laps left. My vision was blurry but as I moved forward, my body couldn't move anymore.
"Hey, big sis! You're always so cool! I want to be as strong and brave as you are!" you heard Rin's voice lingered in your head.
"Hey... I think that's enough..." you saw Litherous handing out his hand. "I'm not weak as you think..." you scoffed away his hand and got up. "Don't be stupid now... I was wrong to not consider your capabilities at the start..." he tried to hold your shoulder but you continued to run. "Hey! Stop! You're going to kill yourself!" you ignored him and ran with the tiny ounce of strength left in you. I can make it... Just one more lap... "You idiot! Stop now and rest! You won't be able to finish it in that condition. In human terms... You're just weak now" he held your arm firmly. "Weak? Everyone tells me that... But..." you faced him and screamed. "I am not weak as everyone tells that I am! I'll prove it to you that I can do it" he lets go of your hand and seems to be in a daze.
You ran until you reach the last lap. You closed your eyes and raised your right hand. You felt Deja vu from what you said earlier until now. I'll get out of here and live out my life. I'll make you escape the agony that you are in right now Rin. Don't forget about big sis...
"I think that's enough for today Master Litherous" the room reverted to its original form. "You idiot... Why are you so stubborn? You women are so impossible" he walks towards you. "I have a name you jerk. I can still train as you wish" you stood up but you lost your balance.
It was like a scene in one of those movies where the male lead swoops the female lead. But in my case, he let you fall without any effort helping you.
"Of course..." you raised your head while groveling on the floor. "You are the ungentlemanly and spiteful man! I hope you trip on shit!" you aggressively screamed at him. The atmosphere has changed and as well as his expression. He glared at me and took a dagger out of his jacket. He threw it in front of me and raised my chin. "Really? You're just a woman who lashes out and rants. Likes of you have no reason to live. You just want to satisfy all your selfish demeanors" his eyes were full of hate. "You are right. I'm an undignified individual and that deserves to live in gutters and suffer. I'm not good at anything and I never did anything right. Yes, I'm a worthless person in this world" you heard him clapping.
I listened to the sound of his footsteps and he stops in the right corner. Silence surrounded the room and that could make you feel like you're deaf.
"Then why are you here? You don't have any goal to strive or achieve. You could have just died for just living a worthless life of yours. No one wants you" you gritted your teeth as you hear his words.
His words were right about me. I could have just ended it all and not suffer from this treacherous life but...
"No one wants me? Fine by me..." you picked up the dagger and stood up with your legs shaking. "I may have no future. But I need to give someone a future. If it will make my journey end, but his journey started. It's perfectly fine by me. Call me selfish but that's the future that I want to see and give" bits of your tears scattered as you charged to him.
He swiftly moved to the side and grabbed my arm. He pinned me to the wall and he used his strength to make me let go of the dagger. I didn't let it go, it hurts my arm is about to break.
"Delirious as you are, what if that person is not worthy of that future that you will give? Will, you still offer them even if they betray you?" you snickered as you try to escape. "I still will and that won't change my decision" he laughed hysterically. "Are you dumb or something? Aren't you afraid of their actions and intentions? I'll take it back for me saying that you are selfish. But you are a complete fool for blindly sacrificing and giving it to them? You aren't a charity! This world is cruel and won't give you the results that you wanted!" he tightens to hold your arm.
Although I can't see his face his words seemed like they had happened to him. His words are harsh in all but are to cover up his vulnerability? Even so...
"I don't have to worry... I might not be the person who will knock some sense into him if that might happen. I trust him" you used your tiny bit of strength to your right side and slip through his grasp.
You freed yourself and you attacked him. You grabbed his arm and swooped his feet that made him kneel. You hugged him.
"You dummy! What are you doing?!" he squirms but you whispered in his ear. "I know that everything will be okay. You'll get through it" he kisses you on your forehead. His eyes were pinned to you but your fatigue was taking over you.
"Why did you do that you jerk?" you lost consciousness.
Litherous's POV
Who knows? Who is she? My hearing? Why do I feel suffocated? Wait… Isn't this that Xion guy's poison.
"Make that your fifty-five death from me" he goes to get Esmarin from you but you refused. "What do think you are doing?" he awakens his sensius and he formed poison into a needle. "What right do you have to stop me? Give her to me" you coughed blood and he snatched her from you.
Even though my sensius ceaseless, I am immortal but I can still die and feel pain.
"Master! I'm sorry. I couldn't stop him from entering" Chiyo's voice echoes in the room. "I'll take her back now" you couldn't move in your situation. "Abyssal weapon! Hachiman!" straps of bandages stopped Xion from moving. "What the heck is your deal?" he struggles to move. "I'm her mentor assigned by the gatekeeper himself" he chuckles. "And your session ended… She's passed out because of your stupidity" the poison is kicking in again and your abyssal disappeared. "You know her past life… Don't you?" he shrugs off a sigh. "So what? You want to flirt with her like those women swarming unto you?" what he said made you pissed. "I just want to know… Who she is?" he opens the door and looks back at you. "You are not worthy to know" you were on the floor full of thoughts.
It is true that I've seen a lot of women over the past years but somehow… I feel empty… I don't even remember my past before I was given this curse. They may call me powerful but I felt that something missing.
"That moron made me even more curious about her" you closed your eyes as your body starts to deteriorate from the inside.
UNKOWN's POV
A tall man with a gentle-looking appearance walks through a garden full of red spider lilies. A new bud sprouts in an empty part of a garden.
"What do we have here?" his eyes turned violet and puts his hand over the bud. "This hasn't happened for a while… I can't see her actual death. Interesting… I could make use of her…" he grins and walks out of the garden. "How exciting! The garden has beautiful blooms of death nowadays. How amusing to find this flower…" he hugs himself. "Esmarin Dixtrie… We will see each other soon."