Getting to the tree house was easy. LB was calm under pressure, able didn't freak out when we had to fill our backpacks with food and bolt. We got a glimpse of the city as we ran up the hill towards the trees...it was terrible. The whole city looked like it was burning.

But we kept going. We promised True, so we kept running, and running, and didn't stop until we got to the tree house. I went up first to make sure there was nothing dangerous inside, stray animals, hobos, psychopaths, etc, then called for LB.

Once we were inside, I took stock of all our rations. We had food for little over a week. Water bottles would only last a few days, but there was a stream not to far that I knew was safe to drink from.

"Is True gonna die?" LB asked. I shivered, hating that she'd been around enough shit to know that that was a legitimate question. "No." I said, praying I hadn't just lied to her.

1 week later...

True hadn't shown up. I'd tried to keep things calm for LB, pretend like the world wasn't rotting around us. I pulled down the blinds over the windows, pulled up the latter so no one could climb up without us knowing, and opened my laptop.

I'd blocked all the news and media sites, didn't want LB looking up what was happening everywhere, and thanked god that the madness hadn't torn down the internet. We watched the last few episodes of Kill la Kill, finished the true pacifist ending of Undertale, looked up a few dozen creepypastas so we could enjoy being scared of monsters we knew weren't real instead of the ones we knew were, and then just sorta carried on.

I did everything I could to keep LB busy, teased her whenever she blushed at the sight of Ryuko in her Kamui, bugged her with countless shipping pairs, I even got her to watch Sword Art Online (fucking finally).

But True never showed, and LB noticed it almost as quick as I did.

"It's been a week.." She said softly, looking down the way she always did when she didn't want me or True to see that she was crying. "Yeah..yeah it has." I said, walking over to the east wall. I lifted the loose board, reaching in and pulling out two hatchets. True and I had found them awhile back, and stashed them here in case we ever got in any really bad trouble.

"What are you doing?" LB asked when she saw me place the weapons in my belt and head for the door. "I'm gonna find True. And if I find out anyone's been hurting him, I'm gonna go all Ticci-Toby on their asses." I said with a confident smile, hoping she'd buy it and wouldn't know I was talking out of my ass. I was on a suicide mission and I knew it.

LB looked me dead in the eye, "Sin...promise me you won't kill anyone." She said, "I...I don't want you going all crazy like everyone else." She said. I sighed, pausing for a moment before nodding. "Okay...you have my word: I won't kill anyone. But if anyone has been screwing with True, they'll be able to count how many teeth I leave in their mouth with the one hand I leave them."

LB gave a sad smile, nodding as I let down the latter and climbed down. 'Come on True...' I thought as I looked out over the town, looking something akin to the remains of a war zone, 'If you died on me you're gonna get seven shades of shit slapped out of you when I find you.'

I tried to move carefully and not get seen. That lasted for all of three seconds. The town looked like it had literally been painted red with blood, every house some blood, among other unpleasant things, smeared across it.

I gagged at the sight, trying to rush to the house quickly, and getting tackled to the ground. "Well, well, well~"

Oh shit. Bitchy hair extensions chick. I tried to squirm out from under her, or at least reach the hatchets on my belt, but she was holding my arms away from my body and...kissing my neck? The fuck?

The crazy got this one bad. She couldn't decide if she wanted to kill me or take me out for dinner. Good to know if the world ever righted itself, which I doubted it would. After about twenty minutes, I managed to roll over, pinning the grinning psychopath under me. I promised LB I wouldn't kill anyone, and I intended to keep that promise, but they didn't know that, and holding a hatchet to their leader's throat got the girl's goons to back up real fucking quick.

"Alright, now you're gonna help me look for True or this bitch's head is gonna make a nice hood ornament." I said. It was a nice plan, and I felt proud of it. Probably would've gone better if the girls hadn't had back-up. Big, muscle bound, roid-raging back-up.

I had to let go of the leader bitch to start fighting the guys, and once she was free, all the girls started fighting to. I've gotten out of a few scrapes before, but this...I'm not sure I wanna talk about it. Let's just say kicking my teeth in wasn't the worst thing to happen to me in the following hour.

To my surprise, I was still technically alive by the end of it. My legs were bent at odd angles, more bounds than I knew the name of were broken, and blood was slowly filling my lungs, but I was still alive. I wasn't conscious by any means, but I could hear what they were saying above me.

"What now?" One of the big guys asked. "Now we go to wherever this whore was hiding. Follow her trail to where it started. If we can get True's sister, maybe we can lure him into a trap and kill him. Only way I can think of to get rid of him while he's...like he is. Plus the girl will be a lot of fun as a little toy afterwards."

'True's still alive...they're gonna hurt LB...' I tried to move, but this only caused a slight twitch in my leg, which was met with the girl taking my hatchet and slamming it into my already mangled chest.

And then...I didn't hurt. The hatchet hurt like a mother fucker...but a moment later it was gone. The weapon, the blood, the pain, it was all gone. I wasn't looking at darkness anymore either, the world was a bright blue, and there was this voice...it sounded like music...

"Willing to let your own life end to avenge your friend, willing to keep fighting after you're down to save them, you have proven yourself to me miss Sinful Nature, I hope you will not squander your reward..."

I could feel it...power flowing all through my body. I wasn't hurt anymore..and my clothes weren't torn. I was floating, the blue light all around me. "What the hell?!" One of the leader girl's goons questioned at the sight of me.

"The only limit now is that of your own imagination. Let your dreams become tangible, turn your thoughts physical. I deemed you worthy Sinful, don't prove me wrong."

The voice was gone, but I was still floating. It felt..amazing. I could sense that the voice spoke the truth. I was in control now, complete control. I gripped the hatchets in my hand. Now I really could go Ticci-Toby on these punk ass bitches, or Clockwork, or Slenderman if I really wanted to fuck with them...

promise me you won't kill anyone...

I sighed, a promise is a promise. Okay, I can still have fun. I formed a thought in my mind, and in an instant, I was wearing a jet black Kamui. Admittedly, I looked a little like an anime themed stripper, but so did the majority of anime characters anyway so fuck it.

I cracked my knuckles, the force of which caused the ground to shake. One of the goons rushed forward, trying to stab me, only for the blade to break on my Kamui enhanced skin. "This is gonna be fun." I said, kneeing the guy in the groin with enough force to make him black out.

Step one: Kick psycho ass. Step two: find True and beat the shit out of him for being late, and hope he doesn't laugh when he sees me in this thing. Step three: Back to the tree house to party the fuck down!

"Alright," I pop my neck, grinning at the now cowering goons, "I'm gonna give you two options: apologize and walk away, for get the living shit kicked out of you."

Naturally, the weaker links bolted. I chuckled, appearing in front of them. "Maybe you didn't hear me," I said, grabbing one of the goons, the one who broke my legs I think, and sent him flying into the air. I caught him before he hit the ground, then dropped him on his ass. "I said 'apologize', then you can walk away."

"W-we're sorry!" Several of them said at once. I nodded, pointing down the street. They all ran off at high speed, and I turned to the four that had stayed; two guys, a girl, and the bitchy leader chick.

"Y-you think we're gonna be afraid of you?" Leader said, "You're just a slut in a fancy bikini!" She hissed. She had some fire in her, I'll give her that, and admittedly Kamui's leave very little to the imagination, but I doubt she thought that looks was all it was for when I went from standing twenty feet away to punching her in the gut in less than a second.

Her goons rushed me as their leader crashed into a nearby fence, but now they were nothing. Barely took any effort at all to have all three knocked out and tied to a nearby tree. I picked up the leader bitch and started walking off. She needed a major attitude adjustment.

Leader bitch woke up inside the tree house. I was still in the Kamui, but it was in the form of a hoodie and jeans now. She looked around, seeming confused by...everything really.

Perk of these new powers: Removing other people's insanity was on the list of cool shit I could do. "W-what's going on?" She asked, sounding much meeker without the crazy crawling through her.

In response, I walked over to her, and tore the damn highlights off her head. She yelped, recoiling. I tossed them out the tree house window, then turned back to her, "Sorry, but those needed to go." I said with a smile.

"Now that we're both sane, I don't think I ever caught your name." "C-Clara.." She said nervously. "Oh relax, I'm not gonna hurt you unless you piss me off again." I said, sitting next to her, "Now stay here. I made sure the place is secure so no crazies can come in. I'll deal with you after I find True. Just stay put until I get back. Oh, and don't try anything funny, I gave LB an Uzi and a light saber." I said, jumping out the door and flying off to search for True.