Hey guys. Sorry for not updating in a while. I do plan on finishing this so don't worry! Anyway, let's get on with the story.
I looked deep inside my mind and the bottom of my heart, searching for my other half. At last, I arrived where I needed to be. I was thrown into the sea of blood again, but as I stepped on it, it turned back into water.
I spun around, looking for my evil side, Scarlet. At last, I found her, standing under a wilted tree. I sloshed through the water until I was just a few feet away from her. She spun around quickly, glaring at me coldly.
"What do you want?" she questioned me, her voice a hiss.
"I want to fight you!" I challenged her. "Their's only room for one Aya."
Scarlet scoffed. "Aya will be no more. There will only be Scarlet once this is over."
"We'll have to see about that!" I grunted.
And then, our fight for control began.
Third Person P.O.V.
Dio and Arisu waited anxiously to see what would happen to Aya. She was currently passed out on the couch, fighting her other half. Dio fidgeted nervously, hoping nothing bad would happen to her.
"Arisu, can you tell what's going on?" he asked nervously.
"For once, I don't know," she admitted. "Aya has plunged down so deep into herself that I can't even trace her. The only way we'll know the outcome is if Aya or Scarlet awakens."
"So all we can do is hope for the best?!" Dio hissed.
"I'm afraid so," sighed Arisu, looking lost.
"Dammit!" screamed Dio, pounding his fist down on the coffee table. "I can never do anything to help her! Arisu, you can always read minds and help us figure things out, but I can't do a damn thing! A feel so useless!"
"That isn't true!" Arisu protested. "Aya needs you so much! Maybe even more than she needs me. You're the only one who really understands her and loves her! Without you, Aya might've gone crazy by now! Without you, she would've broken down and I bet her dark side would've won! You've kept her sane all this time! Me, I'm not even your real daughter. I'm just disposable. If she had to pick between you or me...well, she'd pick you."
Dio sighed, hugging Arisu who was now crying. "I'm sorry. You're wrong though. Aya loves you a lot too. Maybe even more than if you were our real daughter. I feel the same. If Aya had to pick between us, she'd break the rules and sacrifice herseld to help us. Now just calm down. We both really need her. We just have to pray that it'll be her who prevails."
Arisu nodded, still sniffling and burying her face in Dio's chest.
"I love you, Arisu," Dio whispered to her, hugging her tighter."
"Love you too dad," Arisu sobbed back.
Dio's heart thudded. It felt so weird for him to be called a dad. In a way, it made him feel like he had some worth. He was here to protect Aya and Arisu. Nothing else mattered but those too. As long as he was here for them, he knew they'd find a way to beat Ogre.
Just then, Aya'a eyes shot open and Arisu gasped, reading her mind. "That isn't mom!"
Dio turned, looking over at her. Aya's blue eyes had turned red, a notification that Scarlet had taken over.
"Sorry," cackled Scarlet. "But your 'mom' isn't going to be here for a while."
Just then, a vortex appeared in the center of their house. Out of that vortex stepped Ogre, a wicked smile plastered on his face. He walked over to Scarlet and tipped his hat.
"So you're Aya's dark side?" he asked.
"Call me Scarlet," she shot back.
"Scarlet. It has a ring to it," Ogre said, nodding. "Say, would you like to do me a favor? If you could kill around 47 people for me, I'd make it worth your while."
"Killing humans?" chuckled Scarlet. "No problem."
"No!" called Dio, letting go of Arisu and charging at the two of them.
Dio ran into some sort of invisible barrier and fell to the ground.
"Stay back, boy!" warned Ogre. "Scarlet and I have some business to attend to."
Arisu got up, running over to Ogre and Scarlet. However, she didn't run into an invisible barrier. She came right through.
Ogre sighed. "Her spirit is helping you..."
Arisu hugged onto Ogre's leg, trying to stop him from walking away. "Please don't take my mom away from me!" she begged.
Scarlet laughed. "Mom? Your mom is gone. Once I'm done here, there will be no more Aya Drevis."
Ogre nodded in agreement, trying to shake off Arisu. "Get off of me! There's nothing you can do to stop me now!"
"Mom!" Arisu screamed, trying to reach Aya from wherever she was hidden. "Mom! Aya! I need you!"
Ogre finally kicked Arisu off. Arisu screamed, landing sprawled out on the ground. Scarlet glared at her then left, walking out the door with Ogre.
"You bastard!" Dio called, trying to run after them.
Ogre took a piece of firewood nearby and struck Dio with it, sending him down to the ground.
"Catch us if you can," laughed Scarlet.
Then, the two of them sprinted away, heading towards town. Dio held his hand, feeling warm blood coming out from it. He felt dizzy but dragged himself over to the kitchen and grabbed the first aid kit. Once he'd bandaged himself up, he slowly stood to his feet and came over to meet Arisu.
"Are you okay?" he asked, kneeling down to meet her.
"We need to stop them," Arisu responded, pushing her tear-soaked hair out of her face. "Otherwise Ogre will win and mom will be gone..."
"Aya," growled Dio, frustrated with himself for not being able to help yet again. "Come on, Arisu! Ogre hasn't won yet!"
"Wait!" called Arisu, her eyes darkening as she read someone's mind. "Sarah is speaking to me again."
"I know how to vanquish her dark side," Sarah spoke through Arisu.
"How?!" asked Dio, beginning to get desperate.
"I didn't have anyone...but Aya does. To kill her dark side, he have to get rid of her dark memories."
"How the hell do we do that?!" questioned Dio.
"Replace the bad memories with good ones. You and Arisu both love her so much, you need to reach out to her and save her. The reason so many Drevis's have gotten taken over, is because no one loved us strong enough to rescue us. You, however, may save her yet."
"Thank you!" said Dio to Sarah. "I wish there was something we could've done for you."
"You can thank me by rescuing at least her," replied Sarah. "Let no one else suffer through this!"
Then, Arisu returned to normal. Dio took her by the hand. "Come on! We're going to save Aya!"
"Right!" Arisu called back, looking determined.
The two then surged forward, hand-in-hand, heading towards town. Arisu gasped, already able to read Scarlet and Ogre's minds.
"How many have they killed so far?" Dio asked, feeling nervous.
"Ten," Arisu answered, crying as she read the sorrowful and pained minds of those who were dying. "We have to hurry! It's all over once they reach 40 kills!"
Dio nodded, running faster now. He picked up Arisu and put her on his back, running with her piggyback style. He wasn't planning on letting Ogre just win like that. He'd make Ogre pay for everything he'd done and he'd save Aya too. Even if it was the last thing he ever did.
