Chapter 3: Akiza's Choice
Yusei and Huntress who was in spirit form floating next to Yusei were staring at Akiza wide eyed at what she just said.
"Akiza you want to what?"
Akiza gave a determined look "You heard me clearly Yusei the question is: Can you do it?"
"Yes but Akiza, what you're asking for is something that can never be taken back." Huntress stated "Once you accept this it's stuck with you…permanently."
"Are you sure you want this?" Yusei asked worriedly
Akiza bit her lip as she stared at the ground in thought would she really be willing to go with this; she looked back at Yusei and gave a huge exhale.
-Earlier Today-
After the incident at school was over thanks to Yusei Akiza was now resting in her apartment; her broken arm thanks to Yusei again was now healed and was resting it in her room. Yusei in the meantime was in Akiza's living room lying on her couch watching T.V. she had figured on staying to keep an eye on Akiza for a little while before leaving. Huntress on the other hand had other thoughts.
"Yusei?" the said archfiend called mentally
"Yes?" The marked girl replied back
"I think it's nice that you want to stay with her and I don't want to sound heartless but…stop what you're doing and let's go."
The dark haired girl sat up slowly bearing a shocked/confused expression "Excuse me?"
"Again I don't want to sound mean but we really have to go what with Pride's plan to do with the temples every second we're not doing anything is crucial on both sides."
"I know that but you have to keep in mind Huntress since last night Akiza has been through hell having two near-death experiences. Because of that who knows what state of mind she's in right now until I know that she's emotionally stable I'm staying."
"Yusei I can relate not wanting to leave someone you care for side very much, really I do." Huntress started "But you have to realize you can't be there for Akiza every time something happens to her."
Yusei gaped "So you're saying that when we were about to leave and then I sensed that Akiza was in trouble and New Domino High I should've just ignored it?"
"Hold on Yusei you know I did not say it like that."
"Heh…funny it sure sounded like what you were going for."
Before Huntress could say anything the doorbell began to ring interrupting the arguing girls Yusei got from the couch "How could that be?"
Confused she went up to the door and looked through the peephole on the side making a quick mental note on reminding to add this to her apartment. She saw on the other side that it was Carly jumping up and down slightly impatiently waiting for the door to open. Yusei open it and let the anxious girl in
"Um can I help you?" she asked
Carly looked around before looking at Yusei "Is Akiza here please tell me she is." She asked/pleaded hoping to answer
"Yes as a matter she is." Yusei stated as she pointed to the room behind her "She's in her room resting actually."
The dark green hair girl slumped on Akiza's couch and gave a somewhat over dramatic sigh "That's a relief I guess I worried myself for nothing."
"Um not to sound rude but who are you?" Yusei asked eyeing Carly suspiciously
"My name is Carly Carmine I'm a friend of Akiza's." the said girl answered "And you're supposed to be?"
"Yusei I'm also a friend of Akiza's"
"Wait Yusei; as in Yusei Fudo?"
"Yes I wait…have we met before?"
"No but Akiza has talk about you once or twice." Carly explained "She told about how you helped her when she thought she had no one else other than me to be there for her; you gave her newfound Yusei."
The marked girl blushed at the compliment true that Yusei helped her ever since she met but she didn't think she helped that much, I mean all she did was give encouragement and comfort whenever she felt like it was needed; but hey if helped Akiza lift her spirits up she was glad all the same. Carly who was still sitting on the couch kicked her head back and let out another loud sigh which obviously didn't go unnoticed by Yusei.
"You okay?"
"I'm just a little tired I ran all the way from ND High to here non-stop." Carly said "I wanted to know what happened with Akiza after incident earlier."
"What incident?" Yusei asked playing dumb knowing full well what happened earlier
Carly proceeded to explain everything that happened from the monster attacking the school to Akiza saving Sherry and Mikage which she described who they were quickly to where Akiza dodged all of the monsters attacks to where she led it away and Carly couldn't see what happened anymore. Yusei sat there amazed while she wasn't really surprised at the last part it was still amazing at what Akiza had done. Even Huntress who was listening to the whole was amazed as well even though she knew little to nothing about Akiza one thing she did know: That Izinski got guts.
"…And that's what happened" Carly finished "After the teacher said it was safe I ran to where Akiza last was to see if she was all right but she wasn't there and that got me worried; so I grabbed our book bags snuck out of class and ran straight here."
"Wait 'Snuck out of Class' school's still going on for you?" Yusei asked in disbelief
"Yeah amazingly, you'd think with what just happen they'd cancel and start the vacation." Carly sighed "But I guess as long as no one got hurt it really doesn't matter to the school faculty."
Yusei merely shrugged before looking at the ground then she looked at Akiza's door before sighing and getting up "Carly I know this is sudden but I need you to do something for me." Yusei said looking the said girl
"Um okay?" she replied confused "What is it?"
Yusei lowered her eyelids and face faulted
-X-
During the time of Yusei's conversation with Huntress Akiza was sleeping soundly in her room
-Akiza's Dream-
Akiza was floating in a dark purple and black void she looked around confusedly before turning around to see something shocking. In front of her was a girl who looked exactly like her except she wore a violet-red dress with purple gloves (A/N: The outfit that Akiza wore when she was the Black Rose in the Anime.) her bangs were down but swept to one side with a gold hairclip. Despite her bangs out of her face her eyes were still shrouded.
"Who are you?" She asked not without feeling a little intimidated
The figure smiled "I'm you or that is to say the other you."
"Other…Me?"
"I'm the exact opposite off what you are created from many things that are not in your nature, to what you don't want to be, especially what you choose and try to suppress; and I should know all of this." The woman stated
"I'm mean after all I am The Black Rose Witch."
Akiza wide eyed as she floated away from her in shock BRW smirked
"But seeing as how that's a mouthful, for the meantime you may call me…Rose."
Akiza backed herself even more away from Black Rose. If there was one thing that she absolutely despised with herself; it was when she was the Black Rose Witch. You see our little rose Akiza Izinski had…powers, physic powers to be exact. To which she obtained at a young age and over time got more powerful and noticeable. Not many among the people who found out about it could handle and/or comprehend the Psychokinetic Powers for the sheer fact of its intimidating and terrifying forces. Those who did were purely disgusted by it, and while they could not do anything about it they went for the next thing: its bearer. And it was because of that the Black Rose Witch was born; a being of pure hate and rage who enjoyed causing pain suffering showing no remorse to anything. A being that slowly faded away the moment Akiza met Yusei Fudo.
"What do you want?" Snarled Akiza
Rose put a hand over her heart in mock hurt "What is that how you treat someone who is a part of you?"
"You're not a part of me Rose" Snapped Akiza "If anything you're just part of all the bad memories of all the pain I caused."
Rose disappeared and reappeared behind Akiza slowly caressing her face with the back of her hand making the psychic shudder
"Now I can't be all bad if you enjoyed some of our torment we inflicted." Rose stated "I'll admit…we did some things that would make even a sadist look stable but you know you loved it in the end."
"No I didn't" Snapped Akiza "I hated every moment of it when I was the Black Rose and I was glad when I finally stopped."
Rose gave a neutral look "Yeah all thanks to your boyfriend or should I say girlfriend Yusei."
Akiza turned and faced Rose with a scarlet red face which amused Rose to no end "Seems I've hit a nerve." She stated teasingly "That's a lovely shade of red you have on you."
"Yusei is not my boyfriend nor is she my girlfriend" Akiza barked "She just a boy who up until last night got turned into a girl."
"Yes keep straying from the truth because we both know how you TRULY feel."
Akiza just huffed and turned her back to Rose again "Still I must admit that Yusei Fudo is some special person. In less than a week he…she has managed to make your life go from a living hell to somewhat enjoyable."
Akiza kept quiet as Rose continued on
"I can tell she cares about a lot that fact was proven last night when she sacrificed her well-being for you."
Akiza gritted her teeth and let out a low growl as she look back at her dark self "Where are you going with this Rose?"
Rose sighed "Nowhere actually, but as I say all of this the question in mind begs to be asked: What are you going to do now?"
Akiza stared at Rose quizzically "What do you mean?"
Rose smiled as she floated little closer towards Akiza
-X-
Leaving Akiza's apartment and heading home Yusei was walking back to Poppo Time with a disheartened expression. She let out a sigh as she reached a stop sign remembering what she had asked Carly to do her a favor
-Flashback-
"Carly I need you to do something for me." Yusei said
"Um okay…what is it?"
"When Akiza wakes up I want you to tell her that I left and I'm going to be away for a while." Yusei explained "And also tell her that I'll be back soon so she won't worry and to be careful."
Carly nodded "Okay I will but where are you going?"
"It's…somewhere that will be very beneficial." Yusei mused as she walked to the door "Let's just leave at that."
-Flashback End-
Yusei shook the memory off as she crossed the street. Just as she was about to reach her destination she was snapped out of any thoughts she had in her head by the sounds of a very loud car horn
"STOCKING HURRY THE FUCK UP WE AIN'T GO ALL DAY!" Panty screamed from the car
Inside of a desert shop was the gothic woman coming out with two bags in hand and a royally pissed attitude on her face "SHUT UP PANTY I'M DONE ALL RIGHT? QUIT YOUR DAMN BITCHING!"
As Stocking stormed passed a startled Yusei muttering 'Excuse Me' as politely as she could both women tensed up as a spine-chilling feeling pass through them. Yusei wide eyed for second and gazed at Stocking who stared back with the same expression. They both stayed quiet for a few seconds before Yusei started walking away but not without casting one more glance from the corner of her eye. Stocking kept staring at the direction Yusei had left in with a serious expression confusing her sister.
"Stocking something the matter?" Panty asked
"…Nothing" Stocking mused quietly before getting into the car "Come on we wasted enough time in this city lets go."
Panty looked at her sister before shrugging it off and driving off out of the city and onto the highway
-X-
Back at Akiza's apartment Carly who was looking after Akiza was currently doing some work she had manage to bring with her before leaving school. The poor dark haired girl nearly jumped out of her skin at the sudden crash like noise of Akiza's room door being slammed opened. Said red head rushed and looked around
"Yusei are you here?" Akiza called
"Akiza"
Akiza looked to see Carly staring at her while clutching her rapidly beating heart "Carly w-what are you doing here?"
"Watching over you like Yusei asked me to."
"Yusei where is she now?" Akiza asked frantically
"She just left not long ago saying that she needed to go away for a little while." Carly answered "She didn't tell me where she was going but she said not to worry about her."
"Do you know how long she's been gone?"
"Uhh about…5-10 minutes why?" Carly said looking at her watch
Akiza upon hearing bolted back into her room a few minutes later she came back out wearing instead of her school clothes she wore a red tube top, black skirt and boots with a black jacket. Carly gave a quizzical look as she watched Akiza head for the door
"Akiza, where are you going?"
Akiza looked back at Carly and put her hands on her shoulders "Look Carly I can't explain it right now, and in all honestly I don't think I can explain at all. But I've come to a realization about something and now I need to see Yusei right away."
Carly still confused by what Akiza was talking about decided not to question it. Ever since she met her Carly had always respected Akiza regardless of what other people thought; if Akiza had an opinion about something who was she to say otherwise
"Alright Akiza I won't stop you just be careful okay?" Carly pleaded softly
Akiza smiled as she hugged Carly "Thanks and I will." She said "Take care of my apartment while I'm gone okay, I'll call you later on tonight."
And with that Akiza ran out the building and made a beeline for Poppo Time apartments thinking only one thought in her mind "Please be there, just please still be there."
-X-
With Yusei she was currently standing in the backyard of Poppo Times she had taken care everything she had needed to; she had changed her clothing to make it…fit her body a little better. Her normal black and red shirt was remade into a sleeveless training bra style shirt, her jacket was shortened in length and went from long sleeve to short sleeve, instead of normal jeans she wore booty shorts, her brown gloves were replaced by short black fingertip-less strap on gloves, and her boots were also remade to fit her new size. Yusei after changing into her style had made sure to leave a note in the house just in case Bruno, Jack, or Crow had returned back to the apartment. She stared at sky as Huntress appeared next to her in spirit form
"You ready Yusei?" The Guardian asked
Yusei sighed "As ready as I ever will be I guess."
Yusei closed her eyes as she raised her right hand and snapped her fingers. At the tip of her index finger was a red flame. Pointing it at the ground she fired a stream of flames around in a circle while reciting the following:
All the way from the fiery depths of Hell
I summon you
Rise up high into the sky
and take flight: Sadistic Masochist
As she finished her little chant the sky grew dark and an earthquake started to emit. Breaking out of the ground and soaring into the sky was a black and red jet on the side of the plane had an insignia of the Archfiend demons which was a golden bat like creature with scythe like wings. The plane flew around before stopping right over Yusei
"Okay let's-"
"WAIT"
Yusei turned to see Akiza running towards her "Akiza what are you doing here?"
Akiza put a finger up as if to say 'Give me a minute' due to the fact that she was breathing heavily though you really couldn't blame her because she did run from her apartment to here which is a fairly huge distance from each other. Once she regained her breath she looked up at Yusei with serious expression "I-I needed to see you before you left."
"Why?"
"Because I…I" Akiza started but stopped abruptly
"You…what"
Akiza bit her lip as she stared at the ground as she tried to sentences or even words nothing seemed to have come out of her mouth "I can't do this" she thought "But…scared or not I have to try."
"Um…Akiza"
"I-" She started out in a low voice "I want you to turn me into a demon."
Time just seemed to stop the moment Akiza said that sentence Yusei and Huntress who in her spirit form floating next to Yusei were staring at Akiza wide eyed at what she just said
"Akiza you want to what?"
Akiza gave a determine look "You heard me clearly Yusei the question is: Can you do it?"
"Yes but Akiza what you're asking for is something that can never be taken back." Huntress stated "Once you accept this it's stuck with you…permanently."
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Yusei asked worriedly
Akiza bit her lip as she stared at the ground once again in though, would she be really willing to go through with this; she looked back at Yusei and gave a deep breath
"…Yes"
=X=
In a mansion in another part of New Domino city a man with brown hair and was wearing a business suit New Domino senator Hideo Izinski was staring out the window until he suddenly heard the sound of something shattering. He rushed to where the sound came from to see woman in the kitchen who had burgundy red hair and was wearing a casual light blue dress. Hideo was over to his wife who was currently kneeling down in front of the broken pieces of fine china
"Setsuko what happened?" Hideo asked while examining the shattered plate
The matured woman looked up at her husband before glancing back down rubbing her arms "I was just washing the dishes when suddenly I felt a cold chill run past through me." She started "Next thing I know the plate falls to the grounds and breaks."
Hideo stared at his wife and immediately knew that she was not lying he looked at the plate one more time and gave a worried look
"A cold feeling and a shattered plate." He thought intently "Why does that somehow feel like a bad sign?"
=X=
Back with Yusei and Akiza they were standing a few distance away from each other; Yusei was brandishing her chain and stared at Akiza with a concerned look. Huntress was floating over Yusei looking down at Akiza
"Are you ready Izinski?" she asked earning a meek nod from the psychic girl "Okay then…"
"Akiza before I do this I want to know: Why?"
Akiza gave a solemn look
-Flashback-
"You're worried about Yusei aren't you?" Rose asked receiving no reply "She's leaving soon to who know where and you can't do anything but feel helpless."
Akiza just remained quiet as her opposite-self kept talking
"Yet I can feel it somewhere inside of you can't help but wanting to do something about it."
"Even if I wanted to help what can I do?" Akiza finally spoke
"I don't know you tell me; because I know before you would not have let anything stop you from doing what you wanted. To you the word 'can't' was never in your vocabulary."
Akiza looked down and processed what Rose had said only to realize…she was right. Before Akiza was a strong independent woman who despite feeling shy would never back from anything now because of that stupid robbery incident she started to make herself look and feel pathetic and helpless.
Well not anymore…
She stared at Rose smiling with a determined look written all over her face "I know what I'm going to do now." She stated "And I'm going to be honest this might be the most insane thing I will ever do in my life."
-Flashback End-
"I just felt guilty about you being what you are because of me." Akiza answer "I want to become a demon so that you wouldn't have to go through it alone. You helped me now let me help you."
"Akiza…"
"Now come on let's get this thing started."
Yusei smirked as she transformed into Huntress and ignited her chains on fire "I will warn you though Akiza this will be painful." Huntress and Yusei said at once
Huntress started to spin the fiery chains around over her head before sending it towards Akiza. As it reached her it started circling around her body, during that time Huntress started to recite a chant
May the earth shatter underneath us;
May the oceans dry before us;
May the sun extinguish itself above us;
Grant upon me Power O Lord Satin in Hell
So that I may convert this soul
To the darkness of Lucifer himself
As the chant went of Akiza noticed the sky started to get dark and below her glowing demonic markings that would be seen as a portal; Akiza gave a small gulp "Well there's no turning back now." she muttered
Huntress' eyes and chain glowed bright yellow
CONCEDE AND ATONE YOUR WILL TO THE ARCHFIENDS!
Huntress gave a sharp tug on her chains causing to wrap around Akiza's body. The flames travelled from the chain to Akiza; the moment the fire had made contact with her body Akiza let out a blood curdling scream as if her whole body was set on fire. Her whole body had writhe around viciously in agony as the flames went from engulfing her to forming a vortex changing colors from yellow to black red and violet. As the flames changed colors the transformation began.
Akiza's hair grew longer and its color went from its natural rose red to pure black her bangs were shortened and swept to the side by a golden hair clip, along with her hair her auburn color eyes also changed to pure black. She grew black Drago/Vampire wings and a red arrow pointed devil's tail.
Her new demonic look was a strapless one piece swimsuit like clothing that revealed a fair amount of her luscious chest, black long coat with a crimson red interior royal violet purple low heeled boots that went up to halfway of her thighs and hugged her slender legs, on her neck was a black collar with an archfiend insignia pendent, wrapped around her waist was a rose red whip with a black handle, on it in gold seductive letters was the name: Sultry Dominatrix.
Yusei/Huntress rushed towards Akiza's falling body and supported her. The newly transformed demon looked up at Huntress and smiled weakly "Hey" she mused
Huntress' eyes switched from purple to Yusei's signature blue and she smiled back at Akiza
"Hey, how do you feel?"
Akiza looked at her hand before steadying herself and walking around "I feel…okay, do I look okay?"
Yusei looked at her up and down and couldn't but sport a massive blush "You look amazing for a demon." She said making her blushed heavily "So what are you gonna call yourself in that form?"
"I think you know the answer to that?"
Yusei gaped in surprise "Akiza are you sure?"
Akiza nodded "Just like how you recreated me into demon I'm going to recreate the infamous legacy of the Black Rose."
"Okay Akiza if you're sure about this."
"Okay now that that's over with if there's nothing else keeping us lets gets outta here." Huntress said to both girls
Both girls complied as they spread their wings and flew up to the hovering plane they entered the cockpit and sat down they looked at each other with excited looks on their faces
"And we're off what's our first destination?"
Yusei looked at the Global-Gps and saw a red dot in Africa "Our first stop…Mazura."
She smiled as she grabbed hold of the steering handle "And here…we…"
She kicked jumped the thrusters "GO!"
The engines roared to life as it blasted off in a white streak and off towards their first temple
End of Chapter
Well another chapter up and running and sorry if this seems a bit confusing or all over the place I've haven't been myself when it comes to writing lately hopefully it'll go away soon. Anyways in this one we see Akiza becomes a demon. Also we learn a little bit about Akiza's past. Other than that there's not much else going on just basically a little drabble about what happened after the school. Next chapter we go back to the main story plot and our two girls will meet two certain angels. Until then I hope you enjoyed this chapter
See you next time.