BlazBlue 3
Copyright goes to Aksys Games, for the characters, and a bit of the concept and history.
Note: Every chapter has a different viewpoint corresponding to the character in the name of the chapter.
Arakune
~2nd Stage Transformation~
I was in a dream. Not one of those dreams where they predict the future. Not a dream of memory. A dream of now. I was dreaming of what was happening to me right at this moment in time. Therefore, it would not have been much of a dream, more like me imagining what I could not see. I wasn't asleep. Could I even see at all? Maybe I couldn't. Or maybe it's this black cloud swirling around me, taking its form in every part of my body. I didn't fight it, for I wanted to become one. Become one with the Azure. Yes. The Azure Grimoire. I crave only the Azure. Azure, Azure, Azure…
My name is Lotte Carmine. Well, was. Today, they call me "Arakune." I go with it. Here is the story about how the world almost got destroyed.
I had arrived at the Altar. I saw the man who carried the Azure in his right arm. Ragna, I think it was. I slopped down on the ground, my slimy body making squelchy noises as I flattened and watched the fight between Ragna and the other man with the Azure, Terumi. Then I saw her. The twelfth subject. Kusanagi. Pure Azure. Azure, Azure, Azure! I hopped a little in excitement. If I merged with Kusanagi, I could become more powerful. Even more powerful than Ragna. Just as that thought came to mind, Terumi took a fall to the ground. His face slammed into the hard, detailed marble. He coughed up blood. Maybe this was my chance. Attack Ragna; incapacitate him long enough to fight Kusanagi. Devour Kusanagi. Become STRONGER! Kihihihihi! I slid closer, trying to be as quiet as I could. I dematerialized myself. They couldn't see me. Ragna picked Terumi up by the collar of his white dress shirt. Threw him across the Altar. Did he kill him? I doubt it. But he looked out of it. I went in for the kill.
I rematerialized behind Ragna. Grabbed him. He quickly turned around and slashed at me with his sword. "What the hell, how did you get here, ya big glob of slime?" Some of my seithr dripped off me and onto the ground. I wasn't going to give up to such an easy threat. I attacked with one of my spider-like arms, landed the hit, and Ragna grabbed his arm.
"Ku a gi is th em o men of t e Az re! I n ed th AZURE! Azure Azure Azure!" I yelled at him in a broken sentence, hardly understandable in text, but if you had heard it, you'd know what I was saying. Maybe a small bit more clearly. I summoned an insect, and it came up out of the ground, biting Ragna on the leg. He winced and tried to run after me, but he fell flat on his face. "Ju t DIE!" I hit him with my arm again, this time causing a pool of blood to come out of his right arm. And his right arm was no longer attached to his body.
"AH, GODDAMNIT! YOU BIG GL-GLOB OF SLIME! WHAT THE HELL!..." he fainted, screaming profanity, blood gushing from his mouth. I looked down at him, my mask holding a blank expression with three holes forming a sort of upside-down triangle.
I watched him close his eyes. Walked away, towards Kusanagi, who was about as knocked out as Terumi was, for reasons I have yet to figure out. But then again, I didn't really care. All I wanted was the Azure. Azure, Azure, Azure! My human voice came into play. "Kusanagi! GIVE ME THE AZURE!" I ran over closer to her, and she woke up. He eyes opened to me. A beautiful, bright blue iris reflected the lush orange scenery of the Altar. Her eyes matched her long, flowing blonde hair. She slowly stood up and stared at me with a blank, brain-dead expression, likely awaiting orders from her incapacitated master. "I'm your master now, 12," I said with my normal, un-distorted human voice. "Now, stand still."
I slowly wrapped my seithr around her fragile body. She kept staring with that same blank expression. Once I had completely covered her in the black goo-like substance, I slowly pulled her in. I can't believe it. I can finally be strong. Just before I had completely devoured 12, a familiar voice called out my nickname. "Arakune! Stop! Don't do that, please!" it was a soft voice, that of a woman I once knew…what was her name…? I couldn't remember. I could only remember her appearance, because it was right in front of me. Beautiful all in all. Very long black hair, tied up in a large ponytail. A red kimono, decorated with golden flora, and the most gorgeous purple eyes. I knew I had the potential to remember her name. Li-…Litch-…Litchi…? When I was Lotte, she and I worked together at Sector Seven.
I turned around, and in my seithr-distorted voice, said, "Li….tchi…" She walked closer, and I cowered in fear something would happen, negative, and destroy my chances of gaining power. I swung an arm at her, the sharp end making a small incision on her left arm. "Go aw y! Yo u'r go ng t r in EV RY NG! Go!"
She had never been that sensitive, but, once I shooed her off, she began crying, tears streaming down her soft face, faster than a waterfall. She ran away. I felt bad. But, then again, what is the monster supposed to be? A lover? This isn't some dumb Beauty and Beast romance shit. This is a search for power. And Litchi will only get in my way. Now, back to business…but where was Kusanagi?
I turned around. She had a blade on her wrist, and she was pointing it at me. "I am Death," she said, without any type of emotional tone. I slapped the blade off of her wrist with my claw-arm. Quickly, faster than last time, I wrapped my seithr around her shoulders, legs, and waist, and pulled her in. She was now part of me. The Azure was inside of me. I felt the strength pouring in. I was changing, turning, and becoming…something…unexpected. Kihihihihihi!