Chapter I: The Two Sides
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"Ufufu." I laughed cheerily as I suppressed the sound with a hand to my mouth. Covering it up, the sound of my laugh was muffled, so that only the person who lay before me could hear me. Lowering my hand, I revealed my smile. Wide and innocent; it was the perfect smile.
The one who lay before me shook; her body quivered from fright and pain. She struggled at her bindings, to which I responded with three clicks of my tongue.
"No, no! Do not struggle, you'll merely hurt yourself more!" Giving her this fair warning, I revealed a metallic object from within my coat. The light of the moon caught on the object, revealing it to be a scalpel. The girl screamed, though it was severely muffled due to the tape plastered across her mouth. She raised her hands to her mouth, trying in vain to rip it off.
As her hands were bound at the wrists, she had to move both. Because her fingers were bound together, she couldn't bend them to try to peel away the tape. Because the tape was special, even if she could, it would be a pointless endeavor.
Her ankles were bound together and then bounded to the table, much like her arms at her armpits. She couldn't sit up or get away.
The fear of the woman before me was immense – it really put a smile on my face.
She even wet herself!
"From just one laceration, you can't already be this much in pain?" The aforementioned laceration spanned from her top right rib to the bottom right rib. It was just a simple cut; nothing wrong with it. I could hardly even see inside her, and yet she was already struggling this much!
I frowned, my eyebrows twitching upwards slightly.
This was no good! This girl was draining the initial excitement out of this game… Might as well continue, right? Let's hope for more fun as it continues!
Licking my lips, a smile appeared back on my face. The girl was scared even more by it, but I didn't let her fright deter me!
Lowering it down to where I let up with the last cut, I continued to slice her up. Right, up, then left! Cut around here, and here!
I reached my left hand forward as I pulled my other back. Blood covered the small blade, and though the red blood slipped down from it and onto my hand, going even further down to my elbow, I ignored it. The liquid felt cool to my skin and I enjoyed its touch.
With my left hand I rummaged around and then, with a single breath-
Liver, get!
"Hey, hey, look at this!" I practically shoved the organ into the girl's face. She screamed as best she could, though the tape muffled her voice up completely. "Pretty, isn't it? The liver is such a good organ! Ufufu. Hey, want to see inside it?" I asked the frightened girl, to which she shook her head.
It was needless to say at this point, but she had been crying ever since she found herself in this position. Perhaps I should've took out her eyes out first? Would that have stopped her from crying? It would've been horrible if she couldn't see what was happening to her though… My jokes can even piss me off, ufufu! Well, let's set that aside for now!
Holding the organ up to her face, I lightly touched it with my scalpel. A bead of blood escaped the liver. The girl was utterly terrified. She closed her eyes, shutting them tightly closed. Only whimpers of fear and pain escaped her lips, however muffled they were.
Dropping the liver, I punched her in the nose, causing a cracking sound to be heard. Blood gushed out of her nostrils as she choked on a scream and sob. "Open your eyes." I said in a cold tone, my enthusiasm and joy gone from my voice. The girl sniffled a weep and slowly opened her eyes. As she did so, I jabbed my scalpel into her left eye. She screamed into the tape, her eyelids opening wide from the pain and surprise. With a violent shake, I dug the scalpel deeper into her eyeball. Tears of blood ran down her eye but I ignored them.
With a violent tug, I removed the eyeball from her socket. Holding it up to her with my scalpel, I stared coldly down at her. "Don't look away, bitch." My tone was low, almost inaudible to the girl, a sneer on my face, down-turned from disgust. With my narrowed eyes, I gazed down at her as if she were trash. "Don't dare close your other eye, lest you wish to find yourself unseeing to your pain. You agree, right? That if you're going to die, then you might as well see how, right? Then don't look away. Don't close your eye." I bent down so that our faces were mere inches apart. I stared into her remaining eye with pure hatred. "Don't look away from your death, scum."
The girl made no audible noise; even if she did, it would be difficult to even hear what was said due to the tape. Her eye wide, she could only watch me as I stood back up to my full height.
Then, as if the last few moments were a complete lie, my entire demeanor did a complete one-eighty.
"Ufufu. Got you pretty bad, huh?" My joking around was a complete change from how cold I was acting a moment ago, but if I let every bad thing get to me, then my life would be horrible! "Now, let's continue~!" Stressing the "ue" I turned my attention back to the dropped liver. I hummed in thought for a few seconds, before my smile widened slightly. "Don't need this!" Backhanding the liver with my left hand, I knocked it off the table I had set up and onto the ground. I tentatively grabbed the eyeball with my left index finger and thumb and plopped it off. I looked it over, with slight amusement, before tossing it down, to my right side. It bounced off the wall and landed against the ground with a slight pop. It rolled a few inches, before coming to a stop, the iris looking up at me.
Turning my attention back to the opening I made into her body, I looked at what organs I could see.
"Intestines, kidney, diaphragm, stomach, pancreas~. Which should be next~?" I hummed a little tune as I rocked my body side to side, thinking. With my left hand holding my chin, I drummed onto my face with my index finger. Holding my side with my right hand, I sliced through the air with my scalpel in tune with my hum and finger. Back and forth, side to side, which to cut out, which to show?
"I got it!" Proclaiming as thus, with my scalpel I reached back into her body. Cutting here and there, I caused my vic- I mean, friend, to cry out loud – though it was muffled!
Laughing, I quickly extracted her spleen, though there was a small cut on it, due to my slight rushing.
"Sorry for the rush, I accidentally cut into your spleen! Can you ever forgive me?" Not waiting for a reply – not like I would've gotten one besides a muffled scream – I pressed the small organ into her right cheek. Looking down at her own spleen, the girl let out a muffled scream.
"Very muffled thanks!" I let out a low huff of thanks as I dropped the spleen next to her head. "Though I don't need it! Let's continue on~!"
Next, I started to work on her intestines. It was the one of the last organs I was going to pull out and show her, as I wanted to get to the rest of her body. Her screams and reactions were dying, little by little, so I was a bit worried about her kicking the bucket too soon, so I wanted to quickly get on to her fingers and toes, flaying of her arm, leg, and face, and especially her heart! I wanted to so badly cut open her chest and show it to her! Though with my poor handling of blades, I was slightly worried I'd accidentally cut into it whilst trying to show her it.
It would be unfortunate, but don't give up, mysterious girl! I'll find joy in your heart for you!
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!" Humming, I set out to work. Cutting through the intestines like paper, it would take too much work to pull the entire thing out, so I'll simply show her pieces of them! The upper and lower, as well as the stomach! That's what I'll show her before switching to a different meal!
"Freeze!" The sudden voice caused me to, believe it or not, freeze. The voice was clearly feminine, so it was a woman who had said that. And judging by the distance the sound had traveled, it came from the opening into this alley. Looking up at the scared face of the girl, I saw relief flash through her eye.
I clicked my tongue in frustration.
"…Interrupting the best part… Ufufu… you clearly wish to die… But… I can't… cause you're a…" Reaching over to my right, resting besides the left of her head, I grabbed a mask. Placing said mask over my face, I turned around.
Because I had set up the table horizontally, wall-to-wall, it blocked off the rest of the alley and It had caused me to position myself with my back facing the street. I did this on purpose. It served to make my heart beat faster, with the thought of, will someone see, or not? Will someone walk by and see me? It was exciting and served to make my enjoyment more enjoyable.
Facing before me, standing on the sidewalk facing this alley, were two Devils.
One was short with white hair and hazel eyes, female, clearly a power-type, with her arms raised up to her chest, forming fists. My gaze lingered on her for a few more moments, before moving to the other Devil present.
The other was taller, though not too tall, more average, with blonde hair and blue eyes, male, a mole, definitely a technical-type, wielding a sword.
They were both wearing school uniforms, though I ignored that part.
The mask I had used to cover my face, was a kitsune one – a fox. It was mostly white, though the left part of it was a dark blue. It had a nastily curved smile on its face, revealing its fangs and a "third" eye on its forehead, which was of a golden gem. Its ears pointed upward, with red filling its inside. The nose poked out slightly, with the tip of it being red. There were four sharp "whiskers" on the sides of the mask, going forward, before dipping downward underneath the eyes. Overall, it was a pretty creepy mask, that was usually covered in blood.
As for my outfit – I was wearing a trench coat which fell down to near my knees that has a hood attached to it, a skirt which was barely visible because of the coat, a scarf wrapped around my neck, combat boots, knee-high socks and gloves. All of which was black. Oh, I was also not wearing any underwear, which was the most important part of my outfit, in my humble opinion.
My hair was covered by my hood. The only indication that I was a girl, was my skirt. Even then, I could just be a boy crossdressing!
Ufufu, what an exciting thought!
Slipping the bloody scalpel back into my coat I faced down the two Devils. Wonder why they were here? I mean, wouldn't they be all for it when a human was dying?
Even in Kyoto, I was hardly interrupted!
Mentally sighing, I eyed the two from behind my mask.
"Mind stepping aside?" I asked calmly, without trace of emotion. "I do not wish to kill any Devils tonight… though if you push me… I can even leave the girl alive, if you so desire!" Ending with a loud exclamation and emotion to fill my voice, I pointed back to the tied-up girl behind me with my left hand.
"Impossible." The white-haired girl replied.
"Of course, I'm of similar opinion." The blondie exclaimed, pointing his sword at me with an audible whoosh! "If we let you go, there will simply be another corpse. So, I'm sorry that we cannot rescue you." He said this to the girl behind me, who let out a muffled sob at hearing this.
"Ah, I see. Ufufu, unfortunately, I'm expectantly cruel and sadistic! So even you had let me through, I still would've killed her, you know?"
"Then it's good to know that you'll be dead before the sun comes up." The boy rattled on, not like I was listening.
"I wish you dead, you sinner!" With a creepy smile I raised my right hand. A black-like aura formed before my palm, creating a sphere.
Describing the ball was pretty difficult, as it appears to not have a tangible form. But, if one were to describe it, it would be as a black, shadow-like flame, with red pulsating like a heartbeat, beating inside of it. It seems as if it would slip right through your hands and fingers, but it's actually pretty solid. And while it looks like black flames, it doesn't actually generate heat, instead, it is cold… yes, cold. Cold like a corpse. The chill of death itself.
Yes, this was…
"[Deep Despair]!" Letting out the name of my Sacred Gear, a scythe formed from the ball before me. I wrapped my hand around its pole and licked my lips, a sadistic glare on my face. Much like the sphere before it, the scythe appeared to have no tangible form. It was difficult to explain it, as others would explain it differently.
But if you were to ask me…
It would be that it is despair itself.
The blonde started the fight by leaping towards me. I was not surprised by his speed. Pulling his sword to his left side, he started his attack with a horizontal slash, which was easily parried, much to his dismay.
With his silent gasp, I grinned a Devil's grin, and slashed down at him. He managed to backpedal enough that the scythe only cut through his sword. The blade cracked and split apart, breaking from the slash.
After that, the white-haired girl jumped over the blondie and pulled her fist back.
"Ufu." Letting out a short laugh, the scythe slithered in on itself. Surprised at this, the white-haired girl was unable to dodge or block as my fist slammed into her face, a black, flame-like darkness covering it. She was launched away from the force of my punch and crashed into the wall of the alley to our left.
Coughing up saliva, she ricocheted off the wall and down the alley, back to where she had initially started, though she managed to break her fall with a roll and quickly got back onto her feet with but a hop.
The blonde-haired boy created a new sword, which momentarily surprised me. It rose up out of the ground, an exact replica of the sword before. He grasped it without a second thought and raised it up, returning to his fighting stance.
"Ooh, that was impressive! Sacred Gear?" At his look of slight surprise, I clapped my hands together. "Yay, that means we can be Sacred Gear buddies! Hip-hip-hurray!" I punched my right fist skyward, but there was no more cheering. The blondie clearly did not enjoy our closeness.
Frowning, I slowly moved my Sacred Gear to cover both of my fists. Though my attack power will lower slightly for my right, they were now even.
"Well, well then! Let's get to killing each other!" I punched forward with my right, then left, only to do one more right, as if I was a boxer. I even did the dance thing that they usually do! I have a very good sportsmanship! "Now, one two three, ring-a-ding-ling!" Bending my body forward, the two tensed their bodies up, ready for whatever kind of attack I decide to dish out to them. Unfortunately for them, that was not my plan in the slightest!
Instead of rushing forward, I did a back flip, leaving behind a small indication in the ground, and landing behind the table that I had tied the girl to. Her gaze went from her left, to her right, right at me.
"Goodbye mysterious girl, our time together was brief, but it was fun! I'll be sure to remember your mysterious name for the rest of my life!" Raising my fist, the girl let out a silent scream. The blonde-haired boy yelled out for me to stop but was ultimately unable to stop me.
I slammed my fist down onto her chest, bursting her chest open and spewing out a fountain of blood and bone. Opening my hand, I grabbed my favorite organ. Pulling my arm back, I showed it off.
"Ah, the heart! So very beautiful, don't you think, oh Devils?" Ducking underneath a slash, I laughed. The blondie was apparently angry!
Cutting down at me, I used my left hand to grab the blade, momentarily surprising him. To my right, the white-haired girl tried to blitz me, but I tossed the heart at her as a distraction.
The girl caught the heart and landed on the ground, skidding slightly forward. Her attack was stopped as she was surprised at my sudden toss to her! A moment later, she became disgusted and tossed the heart away. Her attention quickly turned back to me.
However, she was too late! Throwing the sword back, I caused the blonde-guy to become unbalanced and step backwards. I stepped forward, pulling my right fist down to my side.
"Hya!" I cutely yelled punching the boy in the gut. He vomited some blood before flying away from me. He hit the ground at a roll and ended up on the street, unable to move, probably unconscious, hopefully dead! No, wait, he twitched slightly, so he was still conscious! Boo!
A moment later, I ducked underneath the white-haired girl's kick and grabbed her leg. I then twisted around and slammed the girl into the wall, raised her, and then down onto the table, on the body of the corpse, whoever her name was!
She spat out some spit, but I wasn't done yet! I tossed her up a bit and as she came down to me, I grabbed her face with my left hand and slammed the back of her head down onto the ground, causing a small crater to form. Lifting her back up, I kneed her in the throat, before tossing her to the side against the wall.
She didn't get up, though her eyes were glazed over. Her vision was probably split, the poor girl. Blood ran down her lip and she was gasping in pain, her voice box deciding to mysteriously not work so-well for her!
"Well, that does it for me! Bye-bye, Devils!" Waving my farewell, I jumped up, onto the building to my right. Looking down at the alley, I looked over the scene for a few moments. "This was fun, though unexpected. I'll have to lay low for some time, but maybe, one day, I will get to cut open you Devils! That certainly will be fun!" Turning away from the scene, I jumped away, without a look back.
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"Hy-ahh!" Releasing an energetic yawn, I sat up in my bed. Rubbing my eyes, I cleared the sleep from them. Licking my dry lips, my body lazily fell back down, and my head landed against my powerful pillow.
"Oh, no… it's too… strong… must sleep… ahhh…" Yawning again, I slowly drifted off, back into the land of dreams I go!
A few moments later, my alarm clock went off.
"Ahhh!" This time, a yawn did not escape my lips, but a shout. Throwing my covers off my form, I stood up, my back pressed against my wall. My face slowly dyed itself red as I realized that I had just screamed from my alarm clock.
Clearing my throat, I slowly and gently turned the clock off.
"Let's pretend that never happened… yeah." I lamely uttered, eyes downcast and half-closed. Jumping off my bed I quickly made my way over to the bathroom in my room. Closing the door behind me, I slipped the clothing off my body.
Face still flushed, I turned on the faucet and slapped the water onto my face. Rubbing my wet hands against my face, I slowly started to wake up.
After slapping my cheeks, I sported a large grin.
"Time to shower!" I exclaimed, pumping my right fist skyward.
I went through my daily routine; taking a shower, dressing, eating breakfast, realizing that it was a school day, having to redress myself, and then grabbing my bag for school.
Yep, it was just an everyday occurrence for me! Luckily enough for me, I wake up extra early just in case for the zombie apocalypse!
Beaming proudly, I ran out of my house, completely forgetting to lock the door, only remembering enough to slam it shut.
Humming a soft tune of one of my favorite songs, I hurried along the street, towards my school.
Kuoh Academy!
An all-girl's school until a few years ago, when it was turned co-ed. Now boy's can go to school there, leading to many exciting scenes!
Boys peeping on the girls, boys getting beat up by the same girls – it was plenty funny to take in from the sidelines! Especially that Perverted Trio. They were especially perverted. I've even found myself under their watch a few times, most likely because of the rumor – that I spread around – that I don't wear panties. I mean, I used to not wear them, but after getting found out in middle school, I was forced to wear them. It was cruel and restricting, but I took it all in stride!
Standing at a proud four feet, six inches tall, I was a clearly petite, very cute, girl, who has long, raven black hair, with red highlights running through it. With short twin-tails tied up on the sides, that hardly even reached down to my ears, tied up with red ribbons, the rest of my hair fell down to my waist, with my front bangs falling down to between my eyes and to the side of them, with my forehead barely being visible. My side bangs always cover my ears, but that was fine by me! With golden eyes that were not contact lens, making me look pretty unique, I had a slightly tanned-skin tone! With the flattest chest around, I am easily mistaken as a middle schooler!
But, but! I was on the cusp of puberty! Just give me a year and I'll be bigger than that Rias Gremory! Probably!
I currently wore the standard Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, though without the cape and corset, which was basically a white, short-sleeved, button-down shirt, with short black ribbons on my shirt collar, a magenta skirt with white accents, and brown dress shoes over white socks. Oh, and my panties are white, thank you for asking!
The perfect school girl! The kind that you see just about anywhere, only ten times better and cuter! The kind you'd kidnap and take creepy photos of!
Ufufu, I don't want to admit it, but I actually do, but I'm a very gorgeous young girl!
But that's enough being narcissistic.
For now, I have to get to school before it's too late! If only the zombie apocalypse would happen, then I'd be free from the chains of school!
Arriving at the school gates, I spotted a familiar woman standing by them.
Black hair falling down to her shoulders, violet colored eyes, glasses, and the standard uniform for girls – it was her!
"Sona-Kaichou, helloooo!" I waved at her. Her gaze turned towards me and she frowned slightly. Though her expression quickly turned back to normal afterward.
"Good morning, Lachesis-chan. Why weren't you here yesterday?"
"Sick~!" I replied warmly. Me and Sona go way back – to a few weeks ago, in fact! In fact, it was the first day of school. I was just a tad bit late and I got scolded by her!
That was how we met; aren't we the greatest of friends?
"But I feel much better now!" I quickly continue due to the look in her eyes.
"Then that is fine." She smiled slightly, to which my own smile grew three sizes that second.
"But, but! There is one thing worrying me…"
"What is it?" Her eyebrow lifted, clearly concerned for my well-being. Unfortunately for you…
"You should be calling me Nemesis, or Neme-chan! Not Lachesis! Come on, I told you a thousand times!" She sighed, shaking her head slightly.
"And a thousand times, I told you. I will call you by your proper name, not that."
"Ooh, come on!"
"No means no."
"Fine!" I drawled. "I'm going to class, so I'll talk to you tomorrow morning!" Like I said, we only usually talk in the morning, with some very rare exceptions, such as when I found her after school on that very first day we met, to try to talk her into calling me by my preferred nickname. It didn't work, unfortunately…
"Very well." She finished the conversation splendidly and I quickly moved on ahead.
It didn't take me long to make it to my class, and when I did, I immediately went over to my seat. After all, the girl sitting next to me was…
"Ko-ne-ko-chan~!" I sang loudly. Though nobody looked over at the unexpected singing – it was because they were already used to my sudden outbursts.
The emotionless girl looked up from eating some type of sweet and nodded at me. I quickly wrapped her up in a hug, though it didn't affect her!
"I missed you so much! I can't believe I got a bit sick yesterday…"
"Are you okay?" Her first words impacted against me well, but I was not defeated by her superior cuteness!
"I was fine because of my feelings for you!"
"I see." She went back to munching on her sweets!
Ending the hug, I plopped down onto my seat. I merrily hummed and a song as I stared at Koneko. The petite girl – who I saw as the only being that could possibly rival and exceed my cuteness – was simply the best. We had met on my very first day at this school, from when I had transferred in from Kyoto.
Though I was a bit late to class, I managed to introduce myself nicely. Finding myself seated next to her, I quickly tried to become her friend… and yet… I quickly found myself infatuated with her!
Wasn't love great? Filling your heart with lightness, it was as if the burden of life that you constantly carry simply disappeared! She was her! She was my Yami to my Nemesis!
Chuckling softly to myself, I watched the equally petite girl munch on her sweets. I had previously asked for some – but I was denied so quickly; it was as if I had been shot through the chest! But, that too, simply made her cuter! The way she monopolized her sweets like that… It was so cute!
And like that, I found myself staring at her until class started.
"Ufufu." I laughed underneath my breath as the teacher started her class. 'Sorry about that other day. I really, really, tried to hold back. After all, only I know your true beauty… and only I will kill you.'
Hiding my smirk with my hand, I watched the girl out of the corner of my eye. 'Only I will cut you open… Only me. Spilling the blood of my beloved… watching her writhe about on the ground, in pain and agony… is the true meaning of love.'
Not even knowing it was me you were facing that day… she's so adorably innocent!
"I wish you dead, you sinner." I muttered underneath my breath. Koneko slyly glanced at me, curious as to what I had muttered. She had some impressive hearing, but nope! I already knew that about you! After all, you're just a filthy Devil, my cute, little, Koneko-chan! My smirk grew, hidden within my hand.
One day… one day…
'Ufufu.'
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