We walked back to the main church building, entering the lobby of portals.
We walked towards the Philadelphia portal when someone called out to Lisa. "Is that you little sister?"
It looked like lisa recognized the voice. "Yoko?"
We both looked back, and there walking towards us was an incredibly attaractive Japanese woman, around her early twenty's.
Wearing a black sports bra and a leather skirt with gun holsters around hed waist, she wore black combat boots. She had brown hair and her eyes were a dark blue.
I tryed my best not to let my eyes wonder to her bust, but my god she was hot!
… not as hot as Lisa though, in my opinion.
She walked up to Lisa and rapped her arms around her. "Ara~ it Is You!"
She gave Lisa a kiss on the cheek and squeezed her tight. "I've missed you so much little sister! And oh my how you've grown! How's Billy? I've missed the old man too."
She spoke with a smooth, sultry voice, that with her accent made her all the more attractive…
'Don't simp!, Don't simp!, Don't simp!… '
My eye's wonderd back to Lisa's big ocean blue Eyes, she was a bit flustered by the woman. Especially after she called her 'little sister'. Damn she's so cute!
'Ok, you can simp for HER."
"I've missed you too Yoko."
"Now lisa-"
She took a step back and placed her hands on her hips. "What have I told you? Call me big sister, after all me and bill practically raised you. I remember I'd stay over at your place all the time when we were being trained together, we're basically family, so… i insist that you call me big sister."
"But… It's embarrassing… "
"Now why would you be embarrassed?"
Lisa tilted her head in my direction a few times, obviously pointing me out. "Oh, and who might you be- wait…"
She got really close to me, she studied my face and even grabbed it. My cheeks started burning red. "Hmmm… brown spiky hair… green eyes with a 'lifeless' piercing gaze… and a baby face… ohhhh…"
She smirked. "Ara~ ara~ your jack turner, aren't you, dear boy?"
"Uhhh… yeah? Let me guess lisa told you about me?"
"Yes… and May I say, your just as cute as she sed you were, maybe more."
And I became even more red in the face.
"Oh my~ and your easy to flustere too! Hehe!"
I took a step back, lisa grabbed my arm and clinged to it. "He's my boyfriend Yoko."
"Relax dear sister, I already know how much you've pined for him. I'm not a Miss 'steal your man' fufu~" she giggled.
She crossed her arms and gave me a serious look. "All joking aside, boy. My little sister is a vary fragile girl. I suggest you take good care of her. Got it? If not I'll make your life a living hell."
"Y-yes ma'am."
Lisa threw and elbow into my gut.
"Oof! What was that for!"
"That was for calling another girl ma'am! Hmph!" She turned her head from me, crossing her arms. I stood up and let out a sigh. "Sorry? I guess…"
"Your a jerk."
I didn't even know she would get mad at me for something like that.
Geez…
"Well I soppose i should introduce myself to your little boy toy, I'm Yoko shina. It's nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too…"
I sed after a few seconds of trying to get over the pain in my gut. "I'll bet it's nice to meet her, after you've been staring at her chest the whole time she's been talking to us."
I turned to Lisa and exclaimed. "No way! I haven't-"
"Yes you have, don't lie! And this is our first date too!"
"Listen! I… I… I um…"
Yoko looked a bit nervous. "Um… "
"Lisa! Look, I'll admit I did check her out!-"
I turned back to Yoko. "Sorry! BTW."
"No problem, I get it all the time." She shrugged.
"But I swear I'm not interested in her! I only like you!"
"Really? So if she asked you to go make out you would deny her?"
"Yes!"
Lisa looked at me a few seconds, then let out a sigh. "Ok, ok… I believe you. But from now on the only girl your allowed to check out is me. Got it?"
"Ok."
"Your sopposed to say 'yes ma'am' dummy."
"Yes ma'am…"
"Good boy."
"Well you've trained him well Lisa."
"I learned from the best, by the way has ryuji finally ditched his harem and asked you out?"
She shook his head. "Nope. He says he doesn't want to break the other girls hearts, but honestly if he doesn't make a move soon I'm gonna move on myself… I've waisted four years of my life on that man."
She shook her head in self disapproval.
"I guess I'm just a lovesick fool when it comes to him, I may flirt with other guys, but only to make him jealous and finally make him choose me already."
"Well… you don't wanna do that, some boys get turned off by that and leave you completely… "
"I'll keep that in mind."
!!!!!
"Huh?!"
"What!?"
"!"
There was the sounds of an explosion coming from outside, horns being blown and screams following after.
"What's going on?"
Then a voice came from the speaker's.
"RED ALERT, RED ALERT-"
The robotic voice blarred.
"UNDERTOWN IS UNDER ATTACK, ALL HUNTERS NEEDED, ALL NOVISES MUST EVACUATE TO THE BUNKER WITH VILLGERS."
"We're under attack!"
Lisa and Yoko looked at each other and gave a nod. "Let's go!"
Yoko ran for the front door.
"Right!" Lisa agreed.
"Jack, go to the bunker and wait for me there… "
"But-"
"No! Jack your still a novice, you'll be killed if you go out there, I'll be back soon ok?"
My throat tightened, my mind went back to the day when I was stabbed, I remembered the look of fear on Lisa's face as she was being strangled, she nearly was killed.
But. Then again, she's dealt with stuff like this all the time, maybe that was a one off thing, still…
Still…
Still… I can't let her go out there and me do nothing. "Lisa. No, I can't let you go out there and stay here like a cowered, you shouldn't be by yourself… "
"I won't be, I have the rest of the hunters. And ryuji is here… I'm sure he'll be able to take them all down with ease."
"…" I grabbed her hand. And starred at her for a few second. "Just… come back ok?"
She smiled and kissed my cheek.
"I promise I will." And so she ran for the door, and with that I made my way to the bunker.
* * *
"Oooorrrraaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!"
Hundreds of green men was attacking the village, throwing bombs at buildings, chasing villagers, destroying vehicles, and plundering the town for all it was worth.
It was pure chaos. And there leader was watching the whole thing at the entrance of the village grinning from ear to ear, he was a huge hulking figure, he wore no armor, he had huge red eyes and long sharp teeth that could bite through steel, he had been wanting to plunder this town for weeks. And he smirked as his fellow goblins did his bidding.
* * *
Clang! Shang! Pang!
"Raaagghh!!!"
"Hya!"
"Ha!"
Lisa ripped and tarrer through as many goblins as she could, and Yoko shot as many as possible, both of them filled with determination to make sure the village was safe.
POW! POW! POW!
beside them were there fellow hunters, and as for ryuji, he was on the other side of town. With him three Beautiful Woman.
Shoko, Elena, and Lana.
He had went on many different adventures with them, and they were his closest friends, and they were all extremely powerful.
Shoko was not only a powerful hunter, but she was a member of the minori clan.
A clan of ninja who single handedly slain all of japan's yokai, however she was the last of her clan to know there techniques, and she refused to learn arc-craft. Simply because she felt it unnecessary.
Shoko had short black hair, and wore a black gi.
Elena was an elvish woman who was so powerful that she once took down an entire army of orcs by herself , so taking down goblins was no big deal to her.
She wore an elegant white dress, her eyes were silver, and so was her long beautiful and luscious hair.
Lana was a Russian woman who wore a bright red tracksuit and had bright red hair, and her eyes were bright blue.
"Haaa!!!" She stretched forth her hand and out shot a huge flame, the goblins screamed in terror.
Meanwhile the young elf sent forth huge projectiles made of ice towards her side of the horde, shooting them as if they were missiles at her targets.
!!!!!
Many goblins found themselves impaired by her icy spear's.
Shoko found herself cutting down goblin after goblin. "Eat this!" She plunged her sword into a goblins chest. "Raaah!"
She pulled her sword out from its chest and looked for the young man they all fought beside. "Where's ryuji?"
Suddenly a streak of light shot past them, so fast it barely even registered to them.
!!!!!!!
In one swoop, the horde had been decimated. And one man stood above there corpses.
The man in the black jacket.
"…"
He looked down at his hand, and closed his fist. "I think we took all these guys out here, let's move to Main Street. Come on team!"
"Right!"
* * *
I sat In the corner of the bunker, there were many others with me. The bunker was big enough to fit at least a thousand people.
!!!!
The sounds of explosions could be heard outside, the impact shook the walls of the bunker.
"…"
I couldn't help but feel worried about lisa…
And about everyone who couldn't make it to the bunker, and for all those hunters out there.
Then it came to me, I don't deserve to be in here, I should be out there. Helping those who I can, after all if I can't fight, I can at least bring people here, right?
"…"
But…
Then again, I'd probably end up being killed right on the spot. "Jack…"
A small still voice called to me.
"Huh?"
It felt like it was both within me, and outside me. "H-hello?"
"Jack…"
I stood up, and I looked around. I asked someone if they had called my name, but no…
"Jack turner… "
I was hearing voices in my head again, but it wasn't the one from my dream. But I recognized it. "…"
I looked to the side, and I saw a door, Something was telling me to enter. So I walked forward and opened the door and walked in.
The door closed by itself. "Hey!"
I turned towards it, and it disappeared.
I looked around, I was completely alone in a dark void. "Jack turner… "
And I realized what was happening. "… here I am lord, speak. Your servant is listening."
I kneeled, a great cozmic light shined all around me out of nowhere.
"Jack… here my words."
Sed the voice.
"You must leave the bunker, if not, this shall be the fate of Lisa."
And a vision came before me, lisa… her body was lifeless, her face and limbs torn off, her blood spilled all over. She was nothing more then a corpse.
"!" I wanted to scream at the sight of it.
"Fear not."
Sed the voice.
"This can be avoided." The vision disappeared.
"But you are the key-"
"M-me? How…. How can I do something? I'm a novice, I can't use arc-craft and I can barely fight!"
"Are you really that dull?"
He asked with a bit of annoyance in his voice.
"I have already given you the power to save her, all you have to do is use it."
"… my seal-"
I looked down at my hand.
"Yes."
"But lord, how? How can my seal help?"
"You shall know when it is time, Now go. I shall be with you."
And then,I was back in the bunker.
"…"
'That was all a Vision?'
I took in a deep breath, and got up.
"Ok… looks like I gotta somehow convince the warden to let me out…"
And so I made my way straight for him.
* * *
"Ha!!!"
Lisa shot out a bolt of lightning, one, two, three times. Knocking back the army of goblins, pushing them back towards the entrance. Yoko smiled at Lisa…
"You've gotten a lot stronger little sister."
"Thanks."
"Yoko! Lisa!" Ryuji called after the girls as he ran up to them.
"Nice of you to join. Ryuji kun."
Sed Yoko as she grinned at him.
"Looks like you two pushed them back a lot, I think they might be retreating, good work you two." He gave them a thumbs up.
"Well I couldn't have done it without my little sister, fufu~"
Shoko, Elena, and Lana came up to them.
"Is everyone ok?"
"Yup. These two and the other hunters single handedly cleared out mainstreet."
"I see… "
Shoko crossed her arms.
"Do you think there getting reinforcements?"
"Nah." Ryuji grinned.
"I think we drove them-"
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
"Off."
Everyone turned towards the huge green giant, it growled and hissed at the hunters.
"A… a… a goblin lord?!" Lisa's eyes widened.
"Craaaaaaahhhh!!!!" It let out a Primel yell that shook the town at its foundation.
"Oh my God."
Ryuji stood in front of them all, his face stoic.
His mind clear and focused. "Don't worry girls, I'll handle this."
His eyes glowed with a fierce blue light, his eyes narrowed. "Let's go, Monster."
!!!!
The air around him roared as he zipped to the goblin lord and with one Strike he chopped its arm off.
"…"
He expected it to scream. But instead it began to lauph. "Hahahahah!"
"?"
Ryuji turned to it, and low and behold, a bone sprouted out, and grew into an arm and hand, ligaments, and muscles wrapped around it, green skin covered it.
"It has regeneration."
He gritted his teeth.
'Damn… this is gonna be harder then I though, and I used up almost all my energy from both my fight with this guys army and hunting that lyre guy earlier.'
He shook his head. "No matter, I'll take you down before i run out anyway. Even if I fry my circuits and I can't use a command for a month. I'll beat you. right here, right now!"
Ryuji gripped his sword and rushed at the beast.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The young man and the goblin lord clashed, hitting each other with all they had, the young man dudged its massive club, and stretched forth his hand and shot out blue orbs of energy at it. Exploding each time it hit, taking out chunks of its flesh. But each time it was burned it just regenerated, and so fast too.
Lisa. Yoko, shoko, lana and Elena decided to join in. They attacked from all sides, Lisa shooting lighting bolts, aiming for its legs.
Shoko using her sekoyagi to cut through its skin.
Elena shooting ice spears at its chest.
And Lana burning it's stomach.
They knew that hitting it in one place wasn't gonna work, they needed to find it weak spot, because his regeneration would heal him everywhere else but there. But no matter how hard They tryed, they couldn't get it.
And it was overpowering them, he grabbed each girl one by one and threw them onto the ground, nearly killing them.
Lisa was the only one standing.
Ryuji fillled with rage charged his circuits as hard as he possibly could, so much that he coughed up blood. "RAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
He rushed forward, pushing all his energy into his fist. He leaped and landed a punch right in the goblin lord's mouth.
He knocked it down.
He came to a landing, Then passed out.
"!"
Lisa stood there, all her friends were out for the count, She wasn't sure if they were alive or dead or not. She was in shock.
Then, the green hulking monster got back up.
"!"
He looked at the girl. Who was frozen in place… she shook in fear, it began to smile as it saw the terror in her eyes, it walked forward dragging its club as it got closer and closer.
She gulped as she shook in place. Then she steeled her resolve, she knew that as an Elwood, she couldn't let herself be controlled by fear. "I'm Lisa Elwood, daughter of Thomas Elwood, I don't run away."
She charched her circuits and prepared herself, she rushed forward with all her might. But…
The monster with its huge massive hand knocked her way, causing her to be slammed into a bunch of rubble. Lisa was knocked unconscious.
* * *
I ran down the street, there were stacks of goblin corpses everywhere, as well as dead body's of fallen hunters. It was horrific, yet…
Somehow I was able to keep pushing.
I eventually made it to Main Street. And there, near a demolished stone building, was a massive green giant goblin-looking thing. My eyes widened as I saw those who were Fallen in front of it.
Ryuji, who was soposed to be the strongest.
Yoko, and a few other girls I didn't recognize.
And there, laying in a pile of stone. Was Lisa… "no… no… no, no, no, no!"
I didn't care if that thing would kill me. I ran over to her and cradled her in my arms.
"Please… please be ok… please don't be dead." I fracticly checked her pulse.
It was faint but, she was still alive.
"Thank God, I'm not too late."
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
I turned my head towards the creature, it was grinning from ear to ear. This sadistic monster was getting a kick out of all of this.
"You hurt my friends… "
"Hahaha…" it just laughed as it slowly came forward.
I was afraid, i hadn't thought about that night in the alley, but…
I rememberd what it was like to die, the pain, the agony, the fear…
'I don't want to die again … I don't want to die again … but-"
I looked down at Lisa. Her anglic face a bit bruzed and dirty.
For her, not just her but for everyone here, I'll try. To hell with my life! I'm a terrible person anyway, if I die then the world will be better off.
I stood up, I pulled out the sword that Lisa got me, unsheathing it. I looked down at my hand, the Hebrew letters on my hand reappeared, as if it was God telling me that it'll work out. Even though I had no idea how to beat this guy, i clenched my fist.
"Ok… lord, show me how to do this… "
I walked to the middle of the street,
I got ready. "It's time to do that hero thing."
I rushed forward with everything I had,
The green giant picked up its massive club and swung it down to me, i narrowly dudged it, had it landed i would have been crushed into a pile red paste, bone's and flesh.
It swung again, and again, I tried to stab it. It landed, but it healed the moment I drew it out.
"!"
'It can heal fast!?'
Before i could register it, it swung again, I used my sword to deflect it. But it broke.
"!"
Then it hit me, right In the side. "Aah!"
I was sent flying into a nearby bulding.
I remembered being hit that car a few weeks back, that was nothing compared to this…
I hit the wall and slid down. "Huff… huff… huff… "
'How the hell am I still alive?"
As of to answer that question, the letters on my hand glowed once more.
"Right… your… with me… God is with me… God is with me… God is with me!"
I stood up slowly, the bones in my back were killing me, I felt like my body was gonna fall apart. But I kept repeating. "God… is… with… me… "
I walked out to the beast, who tilted its head at me as I kept going.
"God… is… with… me… "
It growled as I kept coming.
I still had the blade in my hand, yes it was broken in half, but It was the only thing I had. That and my will to save everyone.
"God… is… with… me."
The goblin-thing obviously had enough, it ran to me and picked me up, it's hand was big enough to grab my whole torso.
It began to squeeze the life out of me, it broke ribs and crushed my lungs… but I was still alive, I stabbed it right on it's massive finger.
"Raaaaahhh!!!"
It dropped me.
The letters glowed even brighter, I fell on my back, but I felt my lungs being reconstructed.
"Gasp!"
When I fell I quickly got up, and stabbed its stomach, and then… it was like the seal itself told me what to do next.
I plunged my hand into its open wound, the instant I did that, it burst into flames.
Big, bright, beautiful, pure white flames.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
The flames grew bigger, brighter, more and more beautiful as it devoured the green giant.
White light beagan to explode from its eyes, and from its mouth, then it exploded into nothingness.
All that was left was white, snow like… things, flooting in the air. "Heh… hehe… I did it, I saved everyone… couph, couph."
Blood came out.
"Oh… look at that… "
I looked at my own blood on my hand, mixed with other green blood of the giant.
I fell to the ground and passed out after that.
* * *
Suddenly, I awaken in the void.
"Jack… "
"I'm here lord, speak. Your survent is listening." I sed as flouted between the waters above and beneath.
"Well done jack, you were able to use the power I gave to you."
The voice sed in a proud tone.
"Is… everyone ok?"
"No. Many lost there lives, but Lisa… and the others you met today, they will live to see another day."
"Good." I let out a sigh of relief.
"So, I thought that my power is the ability to destroy magic, but I killed that thing just by touching it."
"First: that thing was filled to the brim with magic, it had performed sacrifices to his patron deity zenoth, the goblin god to gain the ability of regeneration."
"Goblins have there own god?"
"How many angels do you think rebelled against me in the age of the old earth? Because for any race that I created, there's at least ten. And I've created more worlds and races then a mere mortal can count."
"Oh."
"And second, while one of your ability's is to destroy magic, it's far more then that…
No, you are only scratching the surface. And you shall unlock more of your power, soon, vary soon."
"Isn't soon a relative term to you? Because soon to you can mean ten thousand years to me… just saying."
"Heh… "
He let out a chuckle.
"Well, this time i mean soon, soon, trust me."
There was stillness.
"So… now what?"
"Now I'm afraid are time here is over, we will meet again. Until then know that I am watching over you. Wake up jack."
"!"
My eyes shot open, I gasped at I sat up.
I was in a bed in an old timey room.
"Where… where am I?"
"J-jack?" A soft feminine voice spoke up.
I looked. It was Lisa…
She looked like, she was crying.
"Lisa?"
"Your awake… "
She got off her chair and sat on then bed.
"Lisa… "
Slap!
"Ow!"
"You idiot!" She bursted into tears.
"You idiot! You jerk! Your absolute fool!!!!"
She rapped her arms around me and buried her face into my chest. "Lisa…"
She cried and sobbed, calling me an idiot and a jerk over and over. "I… I told you not to leave the bunker, why didn't you do as I told you?"
"I'm sorry"
She looked at me with tear stained eyes.
"No! That's not gonna cut it!"
"If I hadn't everyone would be dead… not that you know-"
"Of course I know, the other hunters saw everything… that seal on your hand burned that goblin lord to death. And you passed out, you… saved us, you saved us all… but, you were out so long… and I wasn't sure if you'd wake up, and- "
She started to cry again, the poor angel.
"I was so worried!"
She held me tightly as if I were a lifeline.
"Jack… I've lost others to this life, people who were close to me, people who I loved, friends, family… my father… "
"Your father?"
"He disappeared on a mission… he left on my birthday, see my cross necklace?" She held it up.
"This was the last gift he gave me… it was his… its all I have left of him, I lost him that day, and my mom… she basically shut down, and she left me all alone in that house. Jack, I may have the student council but…. There not my friends, and Yoko does her own thing, we barely have any contact at anymore … the truth is jack, I'm… I'm… I'm … I'm all alone. Your the one person who I have in my life, the one person who in a long time I've let in, and I've liked you sense we were kids… jack, if anything happened to you… I'd… id… please-" she held me close.
"Please don't leave me… " she sobbed.
"Don't ever leave me. I don't wanna be alone… " and it hit me. She pushed everyone away after her father's death, because she didn't want anyone to get attached to. But…
She was always reaching out for one person, me. I was the one person she wanted to try and be friends with, and I…
I didn't see it, nor did I want to because I hated myself so much that I thought I didn't deserve to be with her at all.
Not that I think that I do now, no. I still think i deserve to be alone, and I don't deserve to be on her presence now or ever, but.
She's lonely, I'm the one who deserves lonely mess and unhappyness not her.
She wanted me to be by herside.
So… I made up my mind.
"Lisa… " she sniffed and looked up at me.
"Yeah?"
"I promise you, I'll never leave you… I'll always be right by your side, you'll never be alone as long as I live… "
"You promise?"
"I do… and… I know we've only had just one date but-"
"But what?"
"I… " when I sed this, I ment it.
"I love you."
Lisa's eyes widened, she looked at me for a moment, trying to process what I just sed.
"Sorry, i… shouldn't have sed that. Forget it, I was just-"
"Shut up."
She sed softly.
She hugged around my torso and held me tightly … "your mine now, forever and ever…
I love you too. My darling… I love you jack turner."
I hugged her back. A warmth spread throughout my whole body, I ment every word of what I sed, I will always be by her side, and love her no Matter what. Because even though I know I don't deserve her love, I want her to be happy. Always and forever.
So that's what I'll do, keep her happy always and forever.