Dio lunges forward and places the mask on Dario's face and with his bloody thumb attempts to rub it on the mask
"What do you think you're doing brat"
"Putting your pitiful life to an end "father" "
"Heh, it's gonna take more than a cheap mask to do that let me show you you stupid brat!"
He then pries the mask off his face and shoves it on Dios
"W-what are you doing, STOP!"
He punches the mask while it's on Dio's face, breaking his nose as well as busting his lip making it bleed inside the mask
"NO, NOOO-"
Needles protrude out of the mask and puncture Dio's head.
"W-what the? Brat are you doing this?"
Dario, as confused as he may be attempts to remove the mask but then it suddenly glows
"AGH-"
Dario shields his eyes from the blinding light
"AHHHHH"
Dio screams in agony as his body convulses
Dario watches in horror before it ultimately stops and dios body goes limp
"D-Dio?"
He moves towards his son's body and removes the mask, as the spikes have reentered the back of the mask
"D-Dio, if this is some cheap trick I'll make sure your body is riddled with bruises! That I promise-"
*riiip*
"Eh?"
*thud*
Dario turns towards his left arm… or where it should be, all he sees in return is a bloodied nub
"ARGHHHH, W-WHAT THE HELL M-MY ARMMM!"
He falls to his knees holding his bleeding stump
"Wryyyy…"
"H-huh"
He looks towards his son's body and sees him standing where he was formerly lying limp and there's something in his hand
"T-that's, MY ARMM"
He looks up to meet his son's gaze and sees the most bone-chilling stare
"D-Dio?"
His son's inferno gaze stares him down silently before raising his hand and chomping down on the severed arm
"B-BOY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THAT'S MY ARM"
"Puh"
Dios spits out a chunk of flesh
"Disgusting, just what I'd expect from a filthy man like yourself"
"Ehhh, I don't know what the hell has gotten into you brat-"
*BOOM*
"Oof"
Dario is kicked into the nearby wall
"I'm not your little toy anymore "Father""
He mocks his father as he swings the arm back and forth
"I had planned for the mask to be your demise but it seems it has other uses, I would have never expected this not in my wildest dreams"
He walks towards his father
"This will be your end, for all the pain you've caused me and Mother"
His father widens his eyes and speaks up attempting to save himself
"B-boy you must understand, I did what I did to make you tougher, and look at you now"
Dio sharpens his gaze
"Yeah "look at me""
He lifts his shirt revealing multiple bruises and scars courtesy of Dario's beatings
"But now"
Those same scars that once covered his body begin to heal and fade away
"I am stronger, and with this strength, you'll get to taste the same treatment you gave me first hand"
"W-wha, HOW DARE YOU I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU HAVE, FOOD, WATER, CLOTHES, A ROOF ABOVE YOUR EMPTY HEAD YOU WOULD HAVE NONE OF THIS WITHOUT ME-"
*thud*
"That's quite enough"
*big thud*
Dio decapitated his father in one swift motion
But suddenly he grabs his head in pain
"Argh, w-what is this, I feel this overwhelming thirst"
He then looks at his father's corpse
"It looks like you can be some use to me after all"
He stabs his hand into Dario's still-warm corpse
*ゴゴゴゴ*
He drains the blood from his body
"Ah"
He releases a satisfied groan
"Disgusting, but it did the job"
*twitch*
"Huh?"
Veins shoot from Dario's corpse into his decapitated head
"W-what the-"
*groannn*
"F-father?"
The dehydrated "corpse?" gets on one knee and bows his head
"Hello, Lord Dio"
"Hooo?"
This is quite the twist, did me draining him of his blood turn him into my servant?
"Lord Dio may I please have a name"
"A name huh? How about, Useless Scum"
"…"
"Well, do you like it"
"Yes Lord Dio, I deeply thank you"
"Heh heh heh"
"HAHAHAHAHA"
He falls into maniacal laughter, realizing his newfound power
"I can control the world with this"
The mask, this is the mask doing
"Lord Dio, do you require my services"
"Who said you could speak, **scum**"
"My apologies Lord Dio"
The former Dario Brando now renamed "Useless Scum" bows his head back down
I need answers
He turns to face where the mask is and walks towards it picking it up
This gave me these powers I can't risk someone else finding it
He strengthens his grip on the mask
"I SHALL BE THE ONLY ONE"
*SNAP*
The mask breaks and a flash of light follows after
"Now, to get rid of the remains"
He looks towards "Useless Scum"
"Oi, Scum"
"Yes Lord Dio"
He tosses the chips and fragments of the mask in front of him
"Eat."
With one word, "Scum" dashes towards the fragments and with no hesitation begins scarfing down the pieces
"You look like a dog down there, heh ha ha ha"
He places a foot on "Scums" head
"Eat up then, Pig!"
Dio then remembers the old man and that shop
"Hm he must know about the mask, "Made by an Aztec God" We shall see about that"
He makes his way to the door and prepares to leave
"When I get back the house better be spotless, you hear me"
He looks at all the pizza boxes and beer cans and bottles scattered around the living room and dining room
"Yes Lord Dio"
"Hmph"
He walks out the door and shuts it behind him, he stares into the moonlight
I feel stronger than ever I feel like I can run 100 miles, no 200
Before his mind can process it his body has already moved and he's going fast
T-this speed must be because of the mask
As he's zooming down the empty street someone catches him on their radar
Elsewhere
"Sona did you get that too"
"Yes I did Rias"
"What do you think it is"
"Can't be an angel they're restricted from entering here"
"What about a fallen"
"Hmm, could be but this thing is faster than any fallen I've seen"
"So we have an unknown creature in our territory"
"It appears so Rias"
"Tch"
"Should you call you brother"
"No, I can't always rely on my brother's help"
"Rias…"
"I'll send out Koneko to track it"
"Hm, be careful Rias don't do anything stupid"
"I won't Sona"
"If you say so"
The hologram call then ends
"Koneko!"
A petite snow-haired girl opens the clubroom door and enters
"Yes, buchou?"
From the looks of it, she was probably asleep
"There's an unknown being in our territory, and it's fast"
Whatever sleepiness that Koneko had was gone and she had a serious look in her eyes
"Is it a threat?"
"I don't know yet, I need you to go out and watch it, do not engage unless you threatened first do you understand"
"Yes Buchou"
"It appears to be heading down Kuoh Main Street"
"Right"
A red emblem appears underneath the girl and she vanishes in a flash of red light
With Dio
I should be approaching the shop now
In a nearby tree, Koneko watches from above
T-that's a student from school, his name is Dio I believe
Taken aback by the reveal of another student being part of the supernatural Koneko watches him run further
"So he's part of the supernatural, I'll have to tell Buchou when I get back"
She leaps to another nearby tree to keep up with the fastly moving Dio
Buchou wasn't lying when she said he's fast
She leaps from tree to tree trying to keep up with Dio before he ultimately stops
He stopped?
Dio POV
The shop should be right here so why-
*sniff*
Hmm?
*sniff* *sniff*
This smell
*sniff* *sniff*
A cat?
No, this smells different
"Do you need something?"
His question is met with silence
He turns towards the tree Koneko is hiding in and looks her right in her golden eyes
"I'll ask again, do you need something"
Realizing her cover is now blown she leaps down in front of Dio, being sure to keep her guard up
"Who are you?"
"Oh? Straight to the point eh? But I should be asking you that, you were following me after all"
"What are you doing in Kuoh"
"Hm? Why I was born and raised here"
"If that's true why haven't we noticed you before"
We? So there's more of them, is it because of the mask did it reveal my location? How many of them are there? Are they humans or are they the same as me?
"I'm rather antisocial"
He replies sarcastically
"Where were you going? What are you planning to do at this time of night"
"That's none of your business feline woman, now run off to whatever alley you call home"
Her eyes widen at his words
Feline? How does he know, who is he really?
"What are you so surprised about? I can smell it all over you"
Smell? Is he a Youkai? No, he doesn't give off the smell of one
"I'll ask you again, who are you"
Her guard completely raised
"I'm not looking for a fight"
He turns towards an empty space that was formerly a shop
The shop is gone, he must know about the mask then
He turns back to the girl
"It appears our chat will have to be postponed"
"Huh?"
"Till next time"
His body starts to disappear into smoke, he gives her a cocky grin before disappearing completely
Where did he go, was that teleportation? But he didn't have a magic circle. I have to tell Buchou quickly
She casts a magic spell and a circle appears under her before she vanishes in a flash of red she doesn't seem to notice that she was being watched the whole time
What was that? It seemed to make her disappear completely. Teleportation perhaps. But not the same as mine I can only go short distances while she
*sniff* *sniff*
Completely disappeared from my line of smell
"Interesting"