Ticking Time Bomb

I bent over and as I flew it felt as though as I was gently floating across water. Despite the blissful experience, I had to focus on what's happening. With each flap of my wings that... thing's presence become more surreal.

Soon enough I stop and see that I have the view of the Bladebreakers and it around the river that they now train around. Not me, no longer me.

It seems to be talking to them, everyone of them looking horrified at his unnatural appearance. And as I land, placing my feet on the ground, he pauses.

Silence.

I could just feel him grinning right now.

"Well, well, well, so nice of you to see us Hillary" he cooed.

I think I called him it enough for one day.

The Bladebreakers look to me and there reaction... doesn't surprised me. Even the great Hiwatari is surprised, but you have to remind yourselves that I have two large wings spouting from my back and standing there like it's nothing.

"Am I seeing things or has Hillary got wings?" Ray asked, Daichi rubbed his eyes and looked again. "I see they know nothing about the Hillary I know, do they?" the child said. I growled, am not losing my temper, "I can't recall meeting a thing such as yourself before" I stated.

"Well I wouldn't of liked to stay with some selfish, bloodthirsty witch, would I" he spoke darkly.

"Ah, so Athena was right. I did kill someone you loved" I replied. He turned to me, and his teeth were bared "Yes you did, and you acted like it wasn't your fault!" he snarled.

"Hey kid its not hard to understand this rule, get in my way you will get killed" I stated.

"No you used him" he snarled again.

I raised an eyebrow, "Am not my father" I answered, unlike him I don't use someone like an item and... dispose of them.

"Your just like Rex!" he spat "You both look the same and you both won't admit that your becoming slaves of your father!" he called.

That. Was. It!

His death is now long and painful!

"ROT IN HELL!" I snapped, he smirked "I love the sight of you unhappy, it does make my day" he replied sweetly.

"Good to know" I started, clenching my fists "it will be nothing, seeing as I'll beaming with joy as I rip out your ribcage!" I snarled.

"You've sealed you fate" I said.

My wings slowly flowed back into my skin and I remained passive as each bone clicked and folded while they did I noticed how apart from Kai, the Bladebreakers faces were horrified. Max almost looked like he was going to puke and that Tyson's face was turning slightly pale.

I felt the feathers brush my skin as they slowly sunk back into my skin and my shirt sticking to my back from amount of blood that spilled from the opening. They were quite small, even I couldn't survive a large loss of blood.

Nora walked up to me.

"I would never thought that the Bladebreakers would be surprised by something as mere as that" Nora spoke from behind me. Violet giggled "same, same" she cheered, but then turned serious "Ugly Boy is more than their little minds can handle" she finished.

My eyes narrowed at Ugly boy.

"I doubt you could handle everyone of us" I said, he scowled "wanna bet?" he dared.

He remembered our last meeting, he could of beaten me senseless if he wanted to because I've become lazy. I still don't know if I could even land a proper hit on him even if I have been practicing for the last few days.

And I bet he knew that.

"Don't even think that it's just going to be me and you" I said, "you've come here randomly and want to kill people that have a mild understanding of me" I glanced at the Bladebreakers, who seemed to be hurt from my words.

It had to be done.

"You don't deserve a fair fight" I finished. "You knew you wouldn't stand a chance against me now, don't you" he said.

Pause…

"Believe what you will" I answered, "see there Hillary, using other people as a shield. Just like that coward of a father you have" he said. "Didn't I tell you to rot in hell?" I replied, I clenched my fist again.

He was really getting on my nerves and the worst thing to do is release your rage at your enemy.

Specially if you were someone who was in our league of strength.

And if your wondering what on earth am talking about? I mean that someone with a connection as strong as ours with out bit beasts can actually be a medium to the bit beast's abilities.

Yeah, that's right you can gain use of your bit beasts powers and use them at your free will, with or without your blade spinning.

But this didn't mean we have no reason to blade.

Sometimes using your bit beast's power can be extremely dangerous, its no wonder our bit beasts are so big. Our bodies are too small to master all that power.

"I think it's the best for you to leave" I said finally, he frowned "make me" he said. I sighed "Ladies of Chaos..." I let the words drip off and uttered them slowly.

They knew what I wanted.

And like a row of solders, reading there revolvers. There blades were out and ready to fire at any whim, my expression turned passive again "must I? Really?" I said, "I mean, I am sure that they wouldn't want to waste there time cleaning your sickening blood and body tissue from there blades for the night" I said.

He growled, "one day Hillary, one day..." I cut him off, "One day signifies that your weak and can't fight us" I answered plainly. I bent down (even if where I was standing I could almost see the top of his head) and spoke "Little kids shouldn't play with grown ups, why don't you go home to demonic mother who gave birth you an ugly shit like you" I said, speaking as if he were a five year old.

Though... he wasn't even older than Daichi, come to think about it.

He growled "if only you knew who I was, then maybe you would take back all those words you said" he spat, "seeing as you hate me so much, I couldn't give two shits who you were" I answered plainly.

I glanced at the Bladebreakers, who seemed to be shocked by my insults or the way I remained so passive as I said them. "Oh yeah" I called with boredom in my tone, I pointed to the Bladebreakers "touch them" my voice turned deadly "and you die" I said.

Silence...

I spoke again "You and any of your sickening creatures step one mile near them, I will grip your pathetic skulls, rip out you pitiful skeletons and leave the rest of you to rot in a ditch" I uttered, my voice dangerously low.

I closed my eyes momentarily.

"You do understand right" I stated, he grunted and disappeared in a spiral of smoke, which was 'am too prideful to admit defeat-ese' for yes.

After we was gone, I jumped down to the Bladebreakers and asked if they were okay. "We're fine Hillary, thanks for worrying about us" Ray answered, "What happened?" I asked plainly.

Tyson rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "he got us off guard" Tyson said, "Hey Hillary are you coming back to the team now?" He asked. Most of there faces looked hopeful and despite that I looked at Tyson as if he's asked me if I was getting a father's day present for my father.

Which was a look of disgust.

I said:

"I saved you, but it doesn't mean I want to join your pathetic team again" I lied, "Your weak little asses are never going to cushioned by me everytime. This just proves that not only do you Tyson need to get off that large ego of yours because you won three championships in row and the rest of you are going to wake up and smell the coffee."

"I pretty much guess that is only the beginning, you guys have to improve a lot" I stated. "What and your better, you wouldn't even blade that kid!" Tyson snapped, I sighed "Tyson get off that big ego of yours before I push you off" I answered back.

Tyson, yet again tried another punch. But what he didn't expect is that one of my wings would spout from my back quick enough to block his hand. "I didn't say that I was brilliant, but what am saying is that you guys need to get to my level at least, before you could even hope to survive what coming" I said, remaining passive as Tyson struggled with my wing.

"When you come near to our level your bit beasts and channel there abilities to you" Nora said, walking toward Tyson. The Bladebreakers looked shocked "You mean our bit beast can give us power" Daichi called, Nora nodded.

"You are the owners of the sacred bit beast, the power they would give you must be something people could only dream about. That is why we have to keep you safe" Nora answered.

Tyson stopped struggling and stared blankly at me.

"So you didn't stay with us because you liked us?" Tyson asked in shock, Nora shrugged "believe what you want kid" she answered as she walked off.

"Coming Hillary?" she asked, "Sure" I answered as my wing retreated back into my back.

I turned, thankful to now that I avoided that question. All I had to do is keep it that way and...

"Hillary!"

Damn it!

"Hillary" Tyson called from behind me, I stopped and I did the most idiotic thing...

I turned.

Tyson expression looked hurt, Max look even more crushed, Ray's was disappointed, Daichi himself looked like he was going to cry and Hiro just stared. Kai, had his eyes closed and seemed to be unaffected.

He was sure of this already, my earlier encounter with him didn't prove otherwise...

Did it?

"You didn't answer my question" he said plainly, but I could see that he was just begging for me to say no and I would run back to them crying, saying we'd fight this together.

I but would make sure I didn't.

There was an awkward silence and even the Ladies of Chaos were staring at me for my decision. The fact that it was so silent that every movement I could of made would been heard didn't help the matter.

I wished, the ground just caved in and swallow me.

But unless Nora suddenly hated my existence, no mud or sand would swallow me up anytime soon.

"Well" Tyson pressed...

This was for their own good.

"Yes, now stay out of my life" I answered harshly, "bu-t Hillary" Tyson stuttered, he tried to place a hand on my shoulder put I brushed it off… it stung. My wing shot from my back they leaped for him and stuck him in the chest.

"Stay away!" I spoke, my tone dangerously low.

My other wing shot out and I was hovering over the ground and towering over Tyson, as the others helped him up. I snarled and spat at his feet "I will stop your asses from being hit, but if I see you anymore than that I will not hesitate to smear your pathetic insides across the ground!" I snapped.

Tyson sunk farther into the ground.

My wings flapped and I gently flew off to my home, the Ladies of Chaos right behind me. The trip was short and it was safe to say that no one saw me with me out, but right now I couldn't care about that, that or anything else. I halted at my front door and ran for my room, I didn't care if it was open even if the Ladies of Chaos didn't have any keys to the in front door.

I cried, wept, squeezed my fingers around the fluffy pillow on my bed and screamed my heart out.

It hurt.

It fucking hurt to that.

It so fucking hurt to say such horrible shit to them.

But then again, it was better to see them alive with malice in there eyes at the sight of me. Then lifeless corpse that had loved to no end.

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