'This has got to be the sickest joke ever played.' I said with venom. Originally her words had shocked me to the core. Then unbelievable happiness began to spread through me until I processed what she said. They were alive in this world. They weren't the Akame and Kurome from my world. These two could be completely different from the ones I knew.
'What do you mean?' Life asked clearly confused by my words.
'They aren't the Akame and Kurome I know.' I responded angrily as I went over and punched a tree to vent out that anger.
'But we can fix that.' She responded. This stopped my next punch as I fixated myself on those words.
'How?' I asked in a low tone hesitant at the answer fearing it too good to be true.
'Simple, I just do the same as I did with you and transfer their memories.' She said cheerfully.
'What about the memories this Akame and Kurome already have?' I asked a little hastily just happy there was a chance to get them back.
'That I don't know myself. We'll cross that bridge when it comes to it.' She answered unsure herself. This made me a little less happy but I was still happy nonetheless. I had a chance of getting them back and that was all that matter.
'So I just got to find them. You really don't know anything about this world?' I questioned her hoping for some clue to help me out.
'No I really don't know anything.'
'Well isn't that just peachy.' I muttered dryly. I then began trekking through the woods while mulling over the information I had just learned. That was when an odd realization popped into my head.
'Hey Life?' I asked.
'What is it?'
'I thought Curse was the only one who could talk. How come you can suddenly talk?' Curse was the only biological Teigu of the five so I wanted to know how Life could suddenly talk.
'Oh. Well after you died and the others were broken Curse transferred some of his remaining power somehow and gave us the ability to talk.' She replied happily.
'The others can talk as well?' I asked dumbstruck.
'Well they could if they had a physical form.' As she said those words I felt the weight of the necklace weigh a little more.
'Any other things I should know?' I asked since apparently a lot of new things happened.
'Hmm lets see.' I could tell she was being playful and obviously knew many things I didn't. 'Well for one you have a new Teigu.' Alright this threw me for a loop. I though I only had Life's Egg to stick with.
'And you just now tell me?' I asked incredulously.
'Well you never asked!' This was beginning to annoy me. What if I was attacked, what would I have done!?
'Alright well now I'm asking you to tell me everything about this Teigu.' I demanded not wanting to risk anything with my best shot of staying alive against enemies I may encounter.
'This Teigu is very much like Utsu. You could say it is the combination of all the legendary five with a extra source of power.' I couldn't help but imagine what powerful item could even combine with them to make something like Utsu. This Teigu must be a freaking powerhouse and I couldn't wait to use it. But I was curious about the extra source so I decided to ask.
'And this extra source is?'
'Death.' Well that explains it. Death is an endless cycle. If anything had enough power to combine with the five it would definitely be death. 'So anyways the Teigu itself comes in the shape of a pocket watch. It has a pure black frame with tiny freckles of white circling around inside.' I had to admit that sounded pretty cool and I wish I could see it for my own eyes. 'The abilities are unique. There are twelve in total and each one has a different recharge time. If you use number one it takes an hour to recharge and if you use number twelve it takes half a day to recharge.' Alright so power comes with a setback but that's expected.
'Any requirements for me to summon it?' I hoped I didn't have to do anything fancy to summon the Teigu like chant some stupid ritual.
'Nope just hold out your hand when you need it and I will do the rest.' I held out my hand and expected to feel the weight of the Teigu but nothing happened as I just held my hand out like an idiot.
'Where is it?' I asked wondering if Life had been pulling my leg the whole time.
'I said when you need it.' She said while laughing.
'Yeah I need to hold it so I can see how much it will weigh.' I said hoping that would be a good enough loophole.
'Nice try but nope. The reason I am not summoning the Teigu is because of the energy required.'
'Can you at least tell me its name?' I asked so I could stop referring to it as Teigu.
'Tweedledee.' I opened my mouth to speak but quickly closed it. Tweedledee? I mean what kind of name is that!? Life decided after letting me wonder for a few moments to burst into laughter.
'Relax that isn't the name I was joking. The real name is Judgement.' I couldn't help but like the name. It just had a good feel to it in my opinion definitely better than Tweedledee. From all the time I had been walking now I had begun to get adjusted to the brain radar I was using to traverse the woods. So when something so large that it blocked a good chunk of my radar appeared I started to freak out.
'Life what is that?' I asked almost not wanting to know the answer.
'Run. Just run.' I didn't need to be told twice and did a complete turn around and started sprinting. It turns out there is a big difference between walking with the radar and sprinting. The radar was changing so fast and drastically it was getting to the point it was making me dizzy. And the make things better whatever the large thing I saw on the radar was, seemed to be following me.
'Life this isn't working!' I shouted as I jumped over a fallen log.
'Do you wanna try fighting it?' She asked.
'What are my chances?' I hoped they were higher than what I was thinking.
'Well if you were your old self you would decimate it. Now I would say you got a ten percent chance.' That was good enough for me. I held my arm out and unlike the last time I had done this I actually felt some energy building and manifesting in the palm of my hand. I quickly flipped open Judgement and realized I didn't know how to use it.
'Life a little help here?' I asked as I noticed my chaser was coming closer and closer to me by the second.
'There is a small knob on the left side. Just twist it and Judgement will let you know what number you are on automatically. I suggest using number one and three if you want to live.' I did as she said and I activated Judgement. I felt something appearing on my head and back as armor formed around me. It didn't feel like heavy armor like a knight would wear but instead felt like a soft cloth. The other thing that happened was the whip like weapon that formed in my other hand. My brain radar automatically adjusted itself to give me a perfect idea on how I looked and what weapon I had.
The cloth armor I had on top of me was a cloak that hid my face to where you could only see the mouth. I could just tell while this armor looked not impressive at all, most swords would be hard pressed to pierce the cloth. The whip in my hand only had one word to describe it and that was menacing. Along the spine of the whip from the grip to the other hand was a set of spikes. The best part about those spikes is that they were constantly pulsating like they were a set of teeth in a mouth ready to rip anything to shreds. I finally decided to stop running and turned around to face my pursuer. As my radar confirmed that the enemy had stopped and was ahead of me I did the thing that came naturally and charged at the beast.
Let's just say I got my butt handed to me on a silver platter. I didn't even make it close to the monster as I was batted away like a fly. Fighting blind is definitely harder than I though. It was just hard to react to movement on my radar because it just felt odd trying to hit something you couldn't see with your eyes. The monster had begun to swing at me and I knew I had no chance of blocking or dodging so I just swung my whip blindly. It felt it make contact with the beast's arm and that was when the gore fest begin. I heard a whirring noise as I felt the whip began to vibrate. This was immediately followed by the painful cries of the beast as chunks of flesh began to be ripped off by the whip. The more the beast struggled the damage and pain the whip inflicted upon the beast. However, the beast was intelligent and decided to yank it's arm back dragging me into the air. With a perfect opportunity the beast let a devastating punch hit me and I sailed through the air and slammed into a tree dropping the whip in the process.
Several of my bones were broken. It was pretty obvious with the pain that plagued me. I was expecting my bones to be mended by Life's Egg but was surprised when none of the pain dissipated. It must have really drained Life to have summoned Judgement if she couldn't even heal. I began to panic as my foe began to slowly approach me. I could hear the beast's breath and felt the heat off of it as he was just feet from me. My radar began to grow fuzzy as I felt myself losing consciousness from the pain I was enduring and the blood I was losing. I did however register two things before I passed out, the beast running away and a pair of small arms grabbing me.