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Warning: First Story and Characters may be out of character.
They made their way towards Marubaco Forest and on the way there Compa kept on trying to eat him, Vert was doing better resisting the poison's effects but she had her cannibalistic moments luckily Neptune and IF had not been as affected of them as of yet, so that was a blessing. He tried to recall how the poison killed the victim if the people around him haven't already eaten him, it affected the mind directly and if they didn't act fast enough then the effects would turn permanent, even with the 50-50 chance of it disappearing would be gone after they passed the fourth day.
They were in the first day and he was already missing small chunks of meat on his arm, and had small bite marks on his cheek when they weren't fast enough to stop them, or he couldn't react faster than them... actually he was sort of glad he took the poison instead of Neptune because if Compa was like this with him, then how would she acts around Neptune who had a smaller body. She would be dead, CPU or not, she would suffer an agonizing death of being eaten by her best friends. Not including him.
"We are almost at the entrance," Vert declared, her mouth had a bit of blood on the sides which she quickly lapped up, "Darling are you sure you can handle this? I can... escort you back to Leanbox if you wish."
He held up his arm and shook his head, "I can't fight, and most of my senses are dulled. But the farther I am from densely populated places, the lesser chances of your citizens turning cannibalistic and then from there you can guess what's going to happen."
"...Sadly, that is true." Vert frowned, "I wonder where Yvoire got such a dangerous poison? And why he thought it was a good idea to use it, he was always so kind to those that enter the Basilicom."
Neptune bounced to his side and latched on his side, a feral look was in her eyes. "Tsfty!"
"Crap," IF cursed, "Neptune's affected too, are you okay Schwarz?"
He winced as he pulled the struggling Neptune who regained control, "I'm fine, lets hurry up and find that ingredient we only have two hours and we already spent half an hour here. Vert, Compa and Neptune are affected so be careful IF, because you might be next."
"I'll be fine," She worriedly glanced at the slightly bloody girls behind them, Schwarz's body squirts blood instead of letting it flow so they were covered in various quantity of his blood. "I'm more worried about them..."
"The effect will go away once the victim is cured," He tried to recall the book he read, "I brought the rest of what we needed to make this potion."
IF nodded and glanced at the rapidly blinking Compa, "Is... is that normal?"
"Crap..." Schwarz frowned, "Stage two, it means she'll have less restraint now so we need to keep a closer look on her. Her chances to be cured are now 60-40 in favor of being like this forever."
"Don't worry, I can control myself," Compa weakly smiled, it was sort of creepy because with her natural innocent look and the blood on her she looked like a yandere. "Lady Vert?"
"Yes, Compa?" She kindly smiled, "Is something wrong?"
Compa squirmed as they trekked through the forest, he was on high alert because Neptune had been silent after she had been affected. Either that means she was doing her all to not try to eat him again, or she was shocked that she, the protagonist of protagonist would be affected. Vert acted like she always did, which was concerning enough that she never took her eyes off him.
"Hey, is everything alright over there, Why is Neptune so bloody?" Noire asked through their mental link, he wasn't worried that the effect would spread to her because it can only affect those that were there with him physically. "Whoa, Shcwarz what happened to you?!"
"You know that poison I told you about last night," He snapped his neck to the side as Compa lunged for him, acting quickly he held her down long enough for the feral look to disappear, "And it was from an ancient clan that's now extinct, and for the life of me I can't remember what its name is. All I know is that they were cannibals, and pretty damn strong ones too. They were master of poison making and infusion, I don't know how he got it but right now we need to find the last thing we need t make the cure."
"Do you even know how to? Last I checked Compa was a nurse not a expert on poison," Noire sounded worried, "I-Is the poison lethal?"
"Yeah," He swiftly turned around and held Vert in a headlock, he waited and waited, but then Compa bit his leg. "Argh!"
"Are you alright!?"
"I...Its nothing I can't handle," He grunted as they regained control, half an hour has passed and still no sign of the monster, "I can't remember how it kills the victim if the people around him or her haven't eaten her already. Thankfully because they weren't originally cannibals Compa, Vert and Neptune should be curable."
"That's a relief," Noire released a breath, "What about IF?"
He glanced behind him and saw his fellow Guild Member, she was busy holding down Neptune and he saw Vert heading for her and Compa on the opposite side, this was bad, if she doesn't shake Neptune off they might be preparing a funeral after this. Schwarz moved as fast as he can and tackled down Vert, he heard IF scream in pain as Neptune broke through her guard, the S-Ranker gritted his teeth as Compa began eating his back.
"Argh! Compa control yourself!" The nurse blinked before stepping away, licking her lips for the blood, "Neptune!"
"Ah, sorry Iffy!" Neptune apologized, "Hey! I thought we would only attack yo- Oh my Nep, are you okay?!"
He winced, his arm was missing a few chunks and it was littered with bite marks, his back was bloody and he was limping, he wouldn't die yet but a few more attacks then he can kiss his life goodbye. "Let's... let's just hurry... I don't know how much longer I'll last..."
"I'm so sorry..." Compa somberly apologized as she held her arms behind her back, "I'm supposed to help you, not hurt you..."
He pushed aside a fern and smirked, there it was, the monster they were looking for. It was large, its total length was at least 20 feet long and it was at least three stories tall it was salivating and its features resembled that of a centaur, on its back was a large mushroom that was red with black spots.
"This is it..." Vert let out a breath of relief, "But, we must hurry, the monster might've appeared but it is the mushroom we are aiming for."
Schwarz nodded and jumped back as Neptune tried to jump him, he glanced at the singular red eye and gritted his teeth, "She skipped Stage Two... Stage three... Vert you need to hold Neptune back while we get what we need, she can't control herself in that state, and out of the four of us only you can handle Neptune with me like this. She's acting completely on instinct, cannibalistic instinct."
Vert nodded and summoned her spear in a show of green and blue lights, "Very well, though it pains me that I cannot help you in acquiring the mushroom, but if holding back a cannibalistic Neptune will help you, then I will do so gladly." She charged and clashed her spear with Neptune's blade, "Hya! What are you standing around for?!"
He sent her a grateful nod, "Right, IF, Compa aim for its front legs but watch out for its back and arms, other than that I don't know. Take caution when you fight it, this isn't a regular request monster..."
IF nodded and readied her Katars, "You ready... Com...pa?"
The pink-haired nurse had her head down and was silent, IF slowly walked towards her feeling concern for he childhood friend, he gritted his teeth and moved closer to her as well readying his muscles as much as he can to jump in and take the blow. They needed IF at her best if they want to live through this, if she fails the monsters will kill her, then the girls will kill him, then they would kill each other, then the one still standing would be killed by the monsters around them. So she was their last chance right now.
"Stage... three...!" IF gasped as Compa snapped her neck towards IF's and almost tore off her throat if not for him tackling her down, "No... Compa..."
He gritted his teeth and glanced back at Vert and Neptune, the CPU of Leanbox's eyes was showing hints of red so they were very short on time. "IF! Hurry and get the mushroom!"
"R-Right!" The Guild Member gulped and began fighting with the Centaur, she had a clear disadvantage in skill, speed, power and strength. The only way she would win was either with a miracle or through luck.
He shook his head and focused on the surprisingly strong girl, her face was morphed into a viscous snarl and so were her eyes, the klutzy innocent girl he had grown used to... this wasn't her, so he should show no mercy in holding her down. His weakened state was making holding her down difficult, add that to his single arm then it was only a matter of time until he was overpowered and eaten, glancing at the battling Goddess she saw Neptune had turned into Purple Heart and turned the tables, Vert was sweating and her eye was almost completely red.
Then he looked at IF and saw that she had taken his advice and crippled the centaur's front legs, then further immobilizing it with the burning tree she cut down but the mushroom was heavier than she expected so she was having trouble with getting it out and her Katars weren't working. He winced when Compa bit his shoulder, glancing at her now he saw that his blood was almost covering the entirety of her upper face save for the eyes, looking back at the struggling girl he mentally apologized and stood up.
"Vert!" He called, "Throw your spear towards the mushroom, I'll hold back Neptune go help IF!"
She looked surprised, "Are you certain?"
He nodded and used Compa to weigh Purple Heart down, "Hurry up, I don't know how long I'll last."
"...Understood," Vert nodded and threw her speak like a javelin, it hit the base of the mushroom and with a final pull the target came out.
He would've smiled it not for the nurse biting his thighs, "Hurry and make the antidote, that should cure these girls."
"Roger, Lady Vert help me!" IF called, "Lady... Vert?"
Schwarz turned around and winced, he was being sandwiched by two beautiful girls, two beautiful cannibalistic girls that were acting on instincts and were trying to eat him. "Just hurry up!"
"Oh... my... god..." Oh my god indeed, Noire.
IF sweated as she followed the instructions he wrote before they entered the forest, he said it was if Vert and Compa would lose control of themselves and he was forced to hold them back, she and Neptune would make the antidote, whether they were together or alone. "Come on, come on, come on, don't fail me now!"
"...Done!" IF smiled, the first good news this day, "Oh... my... god, Schwarz!"
He opened an eyed and tried to crawl towards her, he had been pushed off from being sandwiched and was now on the ground on his back, he grunted when he felt Neptune join in and forced himself to swallow the horrid smelling liquid.
"Is... is it over?" IF was a bit green in the face when she asked, he didn't blame her, this was a new experience for him... one he wished he would never have to experience again. "Compa...? Nep...? Lady Vert...?"
The three girls rolled off him, their bodies bloody from blood that was not their, well Neptune had a small chunk of her leg bitten off when Vert skipped Stage Two and went straight to Stage Three.
Neptune groaned, "What happened, why do I feel so full...? Oh, a part of my leg is missing, which one of you ate it?"
Compa laid on the bloodied ground moaning, "Oooh I can't take another bite..."
Only Vert looked slightly okay... even if she resembled him after he fights, "My... My... D-Did we do this?"
Schwarz grunted and nodded, "I... should be alright... sucks about my jacket though..."
"After nearly being eaten alive you care more about some stupid jacket!?" Noire angrily asked and... was she sobbing? "You almost died!"
He looked at himself and winced, this was the most damaged he had taken after that girl unlocked the seventh seal, heck he himself was wondering how he was still alive... he should add, sharper teeth and stronger jaw, on the list if he ever encountered someone affected by this poison again, just in case. Or be affected by the poison and eat the victim, he sincerely hoped it didn't come to that because his strength was something that was still unmatched so that person can kiss whatever limb he bites goodbye... that made him think of biting breasts off for some reason...
"Oh my..." Vert was amazed, "So this is how a zombie attack look like..."
Zombie? Well the way they attacked was similar, so it was slightly acceptable.
He grunted, "Yeah, the antidote's doing its work, but its still going to be a while since I'll be able to fight again," He glanced at his legs, "Or walk."
(Nevermore)
(Next Day)
Schwarz yawned, and blinked, "Where am I?"
"Oh Darling~" Vert was there dressed in a green dress that looked like a nightgown, so he guessed that it was either near dawn or midnightbecause he can't see the sun, or the others anywhere near him. He hummed, he must've passed out from blood loss then. "I see you've awoken."
"Vert, what happened?" He asked.
She sat down on the chair beside the bed, "Well, Compa said you passed out from blood loss, after that we went back to the Basilicom, Yvoire reacted violently when he saw the others behind me with you on my back severely injured."
"I see," He nodded, so far it made sense, "Then?"
She giggled and moved closer to him, blocking his entire view on the left side of the room so he suspected something was over there, "I 'asked' Yvoire kindly to not do this again..."
"The way you said that oddly excites me," He muttered to himself, "And asked?"
She giggled and moved to the side, showing the disheveled elder who was shaking and sobbing uncontrollably, he was vaguely reminded of how Schwein was when Laura found out about his hobbies, "He won't be doing that again... right, Yvoire?"
He shuddered, "Y-Yes! I will never do it again, so please forgive me!"
"I heard that you didn't like betrayal," Vert asked, leaning towards him, "Is what he did considered betrayal to you?"
He hummed, "If it worked, I would consider it betrayal to Neptune, but since it didn't and I didn't trust him in the first place I don't see this as betrayal, trickery however is another thing entirely."
Suddenly, the air grew cold and Vert ordered Ran-Ran to escort Yvoire out of the room so the two could speak in private, "May I ask you a question, Schwarz?"
He raised a brow, "Shoot."
She coughed in her hand, looked him in the eye, and said in the most demanding voice that rivaled Noire's, "what is your relationship with Lastation's CPU?"
"Ah, that's the question..." He sighed, "Well, to list a few she's my master."
"...I didn't take you for that type of person, Darling," The hell? How do you make only the top part of your face darker while the rest stays the same, "No matter, it seems that in order to make you mine I must have to bear with your fetishes..."
"...You didn't let me explain," He sighed, "She's my master yes, but she's more like a bossy, but dear, friend to me..." 'And since she's also immortal like me I can only hope I don't mess up and make her hate me...'
"My, is that not what I am as well? And not only am I not bossy, I am also much more beautiful than her. I mean, look at my breasts." She lightly tapped them to make them jiggle.
"...I'm not Blanc so I don't feel as irritated but when she's targeting me specifically, I can't help but fell like she doesn't like me..." He heard Noire say through their mental link, along with pen meeting paper. "You better not change sides, because if you do..."
"Hm, I already told you I don't follow you because of how you look," He held a wince when Vert began changing his bandages, "I think I'm going to have to stay in Leanbox for a while, at least I'm healed enough to come back to Lastation..."
"I see, I'll be coming to pick you up tomorrow, I don't exactly trust Vert with you." That was probably a good idea, "Well, I'll let you rest for now. See you tomorrow."
"Are you alright?" Vert asked, worry clear on her face, "You have been silent..."
He shook his head, "Its nothing important, I have something to say to Neptune and the other when they come here."
"Oh, do you mind if you tell me what you plan on telling them?" Vert raised a brow.
He nodded, "I'll be heading back to Lastation to recover, I estimate that I won't be able to fight in a couple of weeks because my body will focus all of its energy into regeneration so Noire will be picking me up tomorrow, if she somehow can't come I'll just walk back."
"I... see." Vert slumped, "I cannot say I am glad to hear that,"
He sighed, "I'm feeling a bit tired so I'll go back to sleep now, thanks for taking care of me Vert."
She giggled, "I am partially responsible for your injuries..."
(Nevermore)
"Aww~ Are you really leaving us?" Neptune whined, she was eating from a pudding, "That's too bad, we really could've used your help."
He sighed, "I want to help too, but I'm too injured, if I fight in this state it will only injure me more and it would make me incapable of fighting ever again." He then gave her a look, "And this is mostly because you ate most of my arm, I'll need a few weeks just to regrow the muscle and skin..."
"Ahehehe," She nervously laughed, "...Sorry."
He sighed and petted her head, "You weren't yourself, I understand, if you still need my help in about... 3 weeks I should be able to lend a hand, but for the time being." He smiled when he spotted the familiar twin-tailed woman walking towards him with a white-haired trap walking beside her.
"...I have the sudden urge you hit you," Kei Jinguji, the Oracle of Lastation, said with a twitching eye and smile, she was a short white haired girl despite looking like a boy wearing a suit with two tails come from the jacket and have a blue coloring inside she was wearing shorts instead of pants and jeans, "But, seeing as you are heavily injured I will hold off on that... for now."
Noire walked up and pushed Neptune off the chair, "How are you doing? Does it hurt?!"
"...It is now," He deadpanned, she was holding on his hand too hard, Schwarz turned to the group, "Anyway, I guess this is goodbye for now."
"So it seems," Vert sadly said, taking a seat on the bed, showing off he chest, then frowned when she saw he was busy trying to calm down Noire. "Is there anything we can do to make your recovery faster?"
"Hmmm, only if you have magically beans that can heal all wounds and restore your stamina," He said, "...Did you just place my hand... on your breast?"
Vert giggled, "Only for you and Iffy, my dear." He sighed and pulled his hand out of her chest, which was then immediately taken by Noire.
Noire huffed, "I can't believe you! Making me worry so much, I thought you were supposed to be the best of the best!" Your glare would be more effective if you weren't blushing. "Its good to see you again Neptune but we need to go back to Lastation ASAP, I can see the paperwork piling up on my desk."
"Well, the reason on why he's injured so much is because of Nep and the others, and he was poisoned so it would make sense that even Thanatos would be injured." IF scratched her chin as Noire gave Neptune a stern lecture.
"Right," He grunted and moved to leave the bed, leaning against the blushing Noire who blushed deeper when she heard a snap from Kei, "Sorry about this..."
"I-Its fine! I can handle about this much," Noire huffed, "And Thanatos? Mind explaining that one?"
He nodded, "Before I met you every time I went on a mission, I would always come back covered in blood and the head of my enemies hanging from my shoulder. In truth it was just some bounties I an into, it was kind of ridiculous that every time I went to an extermination mission I would always find a bounty, or several bounties that tried to form groups for safety."
"Wait!" Neptune called, "I want to ask something, we get injured and we can fight the next day like we weren't even hurt yesterday! So-"
"Why am I forced to withdraw?" He sighed, "Because Neptune you only gets cuts and bruises while I lost actual muscle tissue."
Neptune made an 'O' with her mouth, "... Okay, that makes sense. How did you lose it?"
"...Stomach," He deadpanned, "Its in your, Vert's and Compa's stomach, in which, I'm still confused on why they aren't bulging with how much flesh they ate from me. You I know used your HDD to lose some weight..."
"Ah, you knew?" She smirked when she saw Noire pinching his ear, "Are you a stalker or something? I was so sure that no one was around when I did that!"
He shook his head, "No, I'm not a stalker." Schwarz then winced when Noire placed him back on the bed, "...No, I can do that... Hmmm, I suppose I can try it, but are you sure?... *sigh*You're the boss, I just hope this doesn't backfire horribly."
"It won't!" Noire smiled, "Goodbye for now, Neptune, Vert, come on Kei! We got a volunteer."
The Oracle looked shocked, "Him? Are you sure, he might very well lose his mind if the machine fails... no, the loss of his life is a very good wager for the chance of success." She turned to give him a smile, "I wish you good luck... you will need it if you wish to live..."
Schwarz sighed, "The things I do for curiosity, Neptune, I might be able to join you if this works so wait at least another week starting tomorrow."
"Huh, sure I don't mind but why the sudden change of time?" She asked, "Ah, is Noire overlooking a project where you'll be put in some sort of healing pod to make your regeneration way much faster!"
"...Close," He winced when he and Noire stood back up, "...Well, we'll be going now. Hey, IF make sure Neptune and Compa'll stay out of trouble."
"I'll try," IF dryly said, "But I make no promises, she'll probably drag me along to whatever trouble she finds herself in."
"Hey!" Neptune pouted.
(Nevermore)
Kei pushed the door open and waited until Noire and him entered before looking around the halls for anything suspicious, she said that they had a break in when he was in Leanbox and some person in a bright pink armored suit went into Noire's office and did something in there, they discovered by the fact Noire somehow managed to notice that her desk moved 1 millimeter from its original position. How she fought out about the suit was something she didn't share with the Basilicom.
"Home, not so sweet, home," Noire groaned as she laid him on this new bed, which she said she ordered for him yesterday, and pulled out a chair, "How are you doing?"
He winced, "Not so good, I think I opened the bite on my arm... why is it always the arm?"
She shrugged, "Don't know, anyway I'm going to change your bandages so wait for me here, okay?" The CPU hurried out of their room and went into the office, he then stared into the still smiling Oracle.
Schwarz narrowed his eyes, "...What's so funny?"
"Nothing you should concern yourself with," She was still smiling as she pulled out a notebook and quill, she dipped the feather into the jar of ink on the table beside her, "...Hmmm, wha-? Schwarz you might want to know this..."
"...What?" He narrowed his eyes.
She handed him some papers, "...?...?!"
"What is with those sounds?" He blankly asked, "Anyway... wow, the standards for jaegers must be really lowered for them to kidnap someone in the middle of the morning, in the busiest time of the day too, in Planeptune no less... they did the same thing in Lowee... and Leanbox... and they look like... the same jaegers... that stole... K-Sha?"
His eyes spun into slits, "...Oooh, I am going to make... Sine Priore, pay!"
"...Unfortunately, that might have to wait," Kei sighed and handed him another paper, "Sine Priore has been reported to have been sent to another dimension... I'm still questioning how they managed to get this information."
"...Damn," He growled, his eye turning normal, "...At least I got a name... also it has been 25 minutes since Noire left, is she okay?" 'And is that one of Anonydeath's video camera's? I need to destroy that once I can, I think he's developing a addiction to Noire."
"I'm back," Noire sat beside him, holding a whole bag of bandages, "Yeah, took a while to get all that, had to run down the stores because there wasn't enough in the medical ward, what are you reading?"
"Just some info Kei found," He watched Noire take off the bloody cloth on his arm, smirking slightly when she pulled a face as she saw the parts where he was bitten.
"How is this arm still attached?" She murmured, "Actually, how did they even bite through?"
Schwarz winced, "They got sharper teeth and a stronger jaw, don't know how or why, they just did."
She stared at the remains of the jacket she made, "I'll have to repair this..."
"...I ca-" Silenced by a glare, don't know why he was even intimidated, "I'll leave it to your capable hands."
"Better," She smiled.
Kei coughed and opened an eye, "We will let you rest for now, you will be sent to our most recent project and if it works, you should be able to go with Neptune... if she call for your help that is."
Schwarz hummed, "She probably will, I mean, they already went to Lastation, Leanbox and are probably living in Planeptune so they would be heading towards Lowee because its the only Nation they haven't visited yet. Or, they would meet someone that makes them go to Lowee for completely other reasons, like that Evangelist that tried to poison her."
"Conversation, correct?" Kei asked, "I have researched about her using Lastation's network and have found no one ever named like that... a bit surprising considering we have someone named Dickles, so she might be using that name as a alias..."
"I haven't met the woman herself, so I can't really see if she was plotting," He admitted, then the phone Vert gave him beeped, "Huh? IF texted me something, Noire can you take a look?"
The CPU nodded, "It says, 'We found the Disk Fragment in Leanbox, and we'll be heading towards Lowee next. Lady Vert is currently looking over my shoulder reading this and Nep said we're going to be waiting for you to recover, she said that since Lowee is said to be covered in snow and is cold as hell and since you can make flames the monster there should be easy pickings.'"
"...I'm a bit surprised she of all people noticed that," He said, "Is that why you curl up next to me?"
"You knew!?" She blushed, ah right, she didn't know he watches her sleep... that sounded a bit creepy, "T-T-Then why didn't you?!"
"Push you away?" The CPU nodded, "I know how cold this place can get, so I can understand why you do it... and with how you like sleeping with my hair, I feel like that's mostly the reason why you do it though."
She crossed her arms and huffed, "A bit surprising considering how it looks."
He sighed and laid down, she had finished changing bandages so he should be able to get some sleep before he tests put that thing they made, hopefully it won't blow up in his face and or, make him insane. The world didn't need someone like him rampaging through it, but considering how much defense bypassing tech they're developing he wasn't so sure they would have a problem killing him, he would survive unless they hit him with more than 10,000 damage twice he would sure, most possibly, definitely die.
Oh well, all he can do now is train. His full power was sealed but that didn't mean the training he does will be useless, it would increase his base power and thus even with his limiters it would still make him stronger... now, time to figure out why the hell Noire climbed into his bed when her's was literally beside his.