An Alternate Chapter 1: Your Best Fairy
Uzume yawned as she continued to walk through the forest. She honestly had no idea where she was going. As she looked up into the sky, she noticed that the sun was still high up. As she turned her eyes back on the road, her mind began to take a mental check of her inventory. She should probably focus on finding some food and water soon. Getting here had taken longer than she thought and thus she had already exhausted her resources.
Snapping her out of her thoughts, a sound caught Uzume's ears as she grabbed the Dream Megaphone. Based on the previous data of any CPU interaction and some stolen info from The Six Sages database, the megaphone had been designed as the perfect weapon to take to Celestia. It was created with the purpose of subduing and not killing, after all there was no way the Goddess would agree to any of her terms if she killed the people she seemed to protect.
"Hey, watch where you're pointing that...is that a megaphone?" A voice asked. A fairy like being floated out from behind the trees. She wore a black dress and sat on a strange red circle above a dark purple book. Her blond hair stopped just at the top of her neck. Her blue eyes watched the Dream Megaphone carefully.
Uzume stared at the fairy girl for a moment, before blinking and putting the megaphone away. It was probably a bad idea to be threatening the first person she saw, "Oh, sorry, my bad. You startled me." The red haired girl responded before she extended her hand, "Uzume. Uzume Tennobushi." She greeted with a cool smile.
She looked at it for a moment, before shaking Uzume's, "Croire. So, what brings you to Celestia? Actually...better question. How the hell did you get here?" Croire asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I managed to get through the fog and walked down the first path I saw. Actually I'm kinda lost if I'm being honest," Uzume said, putting a hand behind her head. There was no reason to tell her exactly how she had gotten through the fog. Besides, the Visual Radio was busted now so there was no point in explaining it, "Oh, hey. You wouldn't happen to know how to get to the Goddess would you? She's actually the reason I'm here."
Croire's face seemed to darken ever so slightly at the name of the Goddess. However, the change barely lasted long enough for Uzume to register it, "Yeah, I know where she is. I'm her...chronicler." Croire said, grumbling towards the end.
'Great, I'll get there in no time now!' Uzume thought as she smiled, not noticing the animosity in Croire's voice, "Awesome! Would you mind pointing me in that direction?" She asked eagerly.
The dark fairy smirked, "Not at all. But...I do need you to do something for me." Uzume looked at Croire confused as the fairy sighed in apparent disappointment at the red haired girl's response, "Listen, a lot of people here hate humans. If I let you walk around here, not only would I have them to deal but more importantly they will kill you and then yell at me for letting you in. I'd rather not be subjected to a certain someone's lectures today. So, I need you to hold this for me." She handed Uzume a black box with a soft orange glow around it.
"What is this thing?" Uzume asked as she palmed the strange object in her hand. She felt strange holding it. It seemed to have it's own life within its glow. Speaking of which, just how was it doing that? The small item was definitely something she had never seen before in her life or in an report she had ever read.
"That little thing? A friend," She smiled as she pulled out a small device from behind her back. She directed it towards Uzume and tapped a button before the she could even register what was happening.
The red haired girl yelled as she felt a shock run through her. She heard Croire laugh. She started to feel woozy. Trying desperate to keep her tilting balance, she lifted her head to look at the dark fairy, "What...the hell...did you..." Uzume started as she tried to reach Croire. However, her vision had already blurred and she only swiped at air. Due to her movement, she stumbled forward and fell to the ground.
"I did what I promised I'd do. You can do whatever the hell you want now. The Goddess still lives in the same spot she always have." She started to fly away, before she looked back at the girl on the ground. Her eyes softened, "And...please...don't die again."
Uzume tried to pick herself off the ground, but her strength failed her and she once again collapsed. Her head was killing as a sudden headache began to pound in her skull. She could barely breathe. She laid there gasping for air; her irises were shrinking as her body went into shock.
"Oh...and by the way...tell Histoire I said hi when she finds you..." Croire's voice faded as Uzume soon slipped away to the land of dreams.
"Huh, what're these?"
"Oh wow, but why are you giving them to me?"
"Well, thank you!"
When Uzume woke up, the first thing she was aware of was the presence of a continually pounding headache. The second thing was the fact that she was being dragged and pretty slowly too. As she collected her senses, she could hear the huffs of someone trying their hardest to move her.
Uzume shook herself, trying to free herself from whatever had their hands on her. The sound of a yelp caused her to stop. Without missing a beat, Uzume got up from the ground and readied herself for action. Or that's what she would've done if she didn't nearly throw up upon standing. Damn vertigo.
"Ow..." A small voice said, drawing Uzume to look down at its source.
Her eyes raised again. It was another fairy. Uzume was beginning to wonder if that was a theme or something. Though unlike Croire, she wasn't floating on a book. Her purple dress and large hat with a N on it seemed to clash with the thought that she was dragging a body in the middle of the woods. As Uzume looked around, she realized that the fairy had only managed to move her about three feet from her location. How long had she been out?
Uzume walked over to her megaphone, which had been left on the ground and walk back over to the fairy, "So mind telling me why you were dragging me off?" Now that she checked, the fairy was probably only about one third of her height. Which actually made that feat of three feet rather impressive for a girl of her size.
The fairy shook her head, "My apologies. You were passed out and you needed to be removed." She said, plainly.
"Oh yeah? Who said anything about needing to remove me?" Uzume asked, her patience beginning to go. This feeling of irritation was beginning to rise from within her. Then again, that was probably more of the headache and being dragged talking that any actual malice. At least she hoped it was.
"Your presence is not required in Celestia. Though now that you are awake, I can formally ask you to leave here," The fairy explained. For being a sort of guard of this place, she wasn't particularly threatening. Was this some kind of joke? How much of a chance was it that she had actually passed out in the fog and having the strangest of fever dreams?
Uzume gave the fairy a blank look before turning around, "Well, I'm sorry but I can't leave. I need to go find the Goddess." She just needed to follow Croire's...right...she never got directions from her. Just a massive headache. 'Great, as if today can't get any rougher. I'm beginning to wish this part really is a dream...' Uzume thought as she huffed.
It was unlikely that the fairy was going to help since she seemed to be solely concerned with getting Uzume to leave. So her original plan was about as good as it got. Plus, she was going to need to track down Croire to figure out what the hell she tried to do to her. She didn't physically feel very different, maybe a little achy but nothing beyond the normal. It was her mental state that she was worried about. Along with her worsening mood, she could feel herself becoming more and more irritable by the second. The strange part was that she couldn't even isolate what was causing her to become so pissed off.
As Uzume took another step forward, the fairy ran up ahead to stand in front of her, "I am sorry, but I cannot allow you to proceed. I ask that you please turn back." She said, more sternly this time.
Uzume huffed, becoming annoyed. She marched up to the fairy and glared at her, "Look...I don't know what you're name is. Anyway, I'm tired. My head is pounding. I just got attacked by some other random fairy. And all I'm trying to do is go see the Goddess. If you know where she is, great. Point me in the right direction and we're cool. But if you don't, do me a favor. Get out of my way."
The red haired girl blinked. Somewhere in the middle of that speech, she had grabbed the fairy's dress by the neck area. Had she been about to pull her up from the ground. Uzume quickly let go and backed up, looking shocked at her actions. What the hell was going on with her? She wasn't like this. Sure, she could get fired up, but something about this felt way too aggressive to be her style, "I'm sorry..." The red haired girl said, venturing a small step forward.
The fairy flinched. A moment ago, she had seemed mildly interested in what Uzume was saying, but that had quickly faded once Uzume threatened her. The fairy quickly recovered and shook her head, "No. I most certainly cannot let you through. Please return home."
The red haired girl understood. She really did.
However something moved her forward, "I said, Get. Out. Of. My. Way." Uzume said through her teeth. This time with no holding back, she lifted the fairy up off the ground and pulled her to meet her eyes. These actions...they weren't her doing it. She couldn't have been doing this. She wasn't like this!
She tried to calm down, but nothing could stop the irritation. It just kept building and building and building! She couldn't stop this angry emotion as it was taking over her very being. Trying to overwrite her. What the hell had Croire done to her?
"You...you remind me of another human that came here. Only...oh no," The wings that were on the fairy's back seem to shine, "I cannot let you go. I'm sorry, hum... No, whoever you are. However, I must remove you...from the pages of history."
The gust of air that came from wings caused Uzume to let go and be sent flying backwards into a tree some distance away. She hit the bark hard and landed back onto the ground. Uzume rubbed her head as she looked up from the dirt and growled. She could feel the rage inside taking over. Changing her thoughts. What were even hers anymore? Did it matter?
Not...not to her. The only thing she care about was letting out all of this rage. And she was going to start unleashing it right now. After all, she would be damned if she was about to get her ass kicked by some little fairy!
Grabbing the megaphone from her hip, she let out a piercing scream. The megaphone converted it into a orange energy wave that boomed out. The attack landed, caused Histoire to fly back. However, unlike her opponent, a blue circle appeared underneath her feet and allowed her to softly hit the tree. She landed safely onto the ground and looked at the red haired girl.
"I apologize for whatever happened to you. However, I am charged to protect the CPUs and Celestia! I will not let you defeat me!" The fairy's blue eyes seemed rather genuine as four bright orbs appeared around her enemy. Green, purple, orange, and blue surrounded her, leaving the red haired girl no paths for escape, "I am Histoire. And I shall erase you from the pages of history!"
Histoire stretched out a hand. The orbs fired beams at the red haired girl for a few seconds before closing in on her location and exploding. Smoke filled the area as Histoire sighed, "May you be remembered the way you were before you came to this place." She said, solemnly. Histoire waited for a while as the dust cleared. Her eyes softened as she saw the girl on the ground, not moving.
"You didn't deserve that...I don't know how you became...that. I will have to tell Arfoire about this." She said, sighing as she began to look around.
While her back was turned, Uzume felt a soft green aura pulse around her. For a while, her thoughts were clear. However, her moment of peace did not last for long. The dark primal rage within was still bubbling at a high rate. She could fell it drowning her again. She gripped her megaphone. Her mind was shifting again. Like hell she was dying here. Even if the whole world wanted her dead, she was going to make it to the Goddess. Besides, no one could stop her...if everyone was dead.
With her last bit off strength, Uzume let out a strangled yell, "Get out of here!"
Her cry caused the blonde fairy to turn around, startled by the sudden noise. But by then it was already too late, she smirked as she got up weakly from the ground, her megaphone in hand.
The blond fairy like being gaped.
"I warned...you," She said, venom dripping from her voice. She had almost lost her hold on the human. Working quickly to avoid another powerful attack, she dropped her megaphone on the ground. Familiar orange swirls of energy appeared around her fist, "Stay out of my way!" She roared as she ran forward. The energy around her fist began to spin faster and faster, almost as if it was turning into a drill.
Histoire's wings glowed once again as she prepared to fire another whirl of wind.
However, she was ready for it. Before reaching to her target, she jumped off to the side. She used one of the nearby trees and launched herself of it like a spring board. Histoire tried to block her, but Uzume's fist struck her hard; the orange drill piercing into her chest. As her attack landed, she grabbed Histoire and threw her directly into a tree. Considering their size difference, the force of the combination was much greater than expected thus causing Histoire to take much more damage.
She landed hard and fell to the ground. The blonde fairy coughed, speckles of blood coming out of her mouth. She being looked down as she tried to get up and gaped at the sudden hole in her chest. Blood leaked out of her wound as the sudden onset of pain set in. Histoire let out a hiss as she averted her gaze back over to red haired girl.
She stared at Histoire for a moment. Her cold eyes meet the fairy's own. The red haired girl shrugged before leaving. She had bigger opponents to destroy. Besides, she didn't need to risk getting hit again and having her hold over this body being shaken again. Though it wouldn't be much longer until it had completely cemented in.
She gave the blond fairy a sick smile and left, heading to the palace.
Histoire coughed, trying to get up from the ground. That attack was much stronger than she would've ever expected from a human. Then again, if what she believed to have occurred was true, the girl was no longer the same. It reminded her of an attack of the opponent that had tried to challenge the Goddess about ten years ago.
"Hehehe...well look who got her ass kicked," Croire laughed as she hovered down to meet the other fairy like being, "You've looked better, Histoire." She said with a smirk on her face.
Histoire sneered. As if her day couldn't have gotten any worse, "Croire...why are you here?" She coughed, more blood coming out. She had been trying to activate her healing skill, but she found herself out of energy. Rom had accidentally caused a few monsters to become angry and attack them earlier, so she had been still recovering from that.
"I guess she really is only interested in the CPUs, her, and humans." Croire shrugged as if either speculating this for the first time or just suggesting old news.
"How do you know that?" Histoire asked, her eyesight was blurring. It was getting harder and harder to breathe as well.
Croire smirked, ignoring her question, "You know...I've actually been kinda jealous of ya. You were always able to complete your job. But me, nothing interesting ever happens around here. Though I guess that changes today." Histoire looked at the other fairy like being and noticed a small black device in her hands. She tried to reach for it, but Croire moved back, "Oh this little thing? I think Nepgear called it the Portable Transfer System. Though don't quote me on it. She didn't exactly finalize it before I stole it."
"What do...you...plan..." Histoire breathed. She was dying; she could feel it. She tried to send the Goddess a message but it seemed that her ability to do so was being messed with. And the only other person who could do such a thing...was Croire. Both beings had a telepathic link to the Goddess and over the years, they had both learned that their powers could cancel out the other. Although Croire wasn't in possession of any Skills or combat abilities, she more than made up for it in age. It gave her an edge over Histoire in terms of their specs.
Croire shrugged, "Me? I'm just making our history a little more interesting for one more time. But...I don't think you'll make it to see it. Don't worry...I won't let my replacement die alone." She said as she hopped off her book and sat down right next to Histoire, smirking.
Histoire would've scoffed if she had energy left. She and Croire never got along in any of the time after she was created.
From a distance, one might have believed that this was some kind of endearing moment, but Histoire knew better. Croire wasn't staying here our of benevolence.
No, Croire was only here to watch her die out of spite.
AN: To anyone who was wondering why the story's rating went from T to M two weeks ago, this route is the reason why. Yes, this alternate route is in fact a genocide route. I could've left the story with just pacifist, but I felt like it wouldn't be complete without it. That and...I already wrote it and wanted to show it off. XD
Also, the reason why I'm posting tonight instead of next week is because I won't have internet for a little while. So I decided to get these chapters up while I still have access. Again, thanks to all those who favorite, follow, and review and don't forget to leave your impressions about how things are going. See you all next time!