Author Notes: This is where the original story and this fanfic really deviates. And once again, I created a group for one of the major villains, with 20 members, each with their unique traits and characteristics. I feel 20 is good because having 10 or less is usually limiting and by having more, it means more interactions.
Chapter 14: Kill The Infestation
The figures quickly revealed themselves to be humanoid to varying degrees to resembling human beings. With their leader, a slender male humanoid with black/yellow bob-cut haircut, long, thin antennae with red lipstick and no visible nose. He wore a simple, segmented suit with a yellow/black tie. Two large, silver compound wings grew on his back and his eyes had large black, compound irises.
Wait, I think I know some of these kind of bugs from a book I read in the Empire..., thought the green haired boy as he observed the ones flying above as he held the Well Antlion individual down.
A Wooly Louse, a, winged wooly furred louse wearing a private school uniform of a white-silver color. He seemed to be a proud, scornful individual that looked down on others.
"Distoleon got himself captured. Aside from Musca, he's easily the stupidest of us all...Ctenocephalides...Those threads make fine cloth take them.," said the wooly individual.
A Clown Flea, a winged flea like humanoid dressed in white pierrot style, segmented clothing, consisting of a loose white blouse with large buttons and wide white pantaloons; a frilled collaret and a hat, and a conical shape like a dunce's cap. He had white makeup on his face that made him perpetually sad looking. He seemed to be naive sort of fellow.
"Really, Fahrenholzia?," said the pierrot flea as he began to lower himself down.
"No, it's not.," chucked the louse as the flea went back up in melancholy.
A Midnight Bed Bug, a pajama wearing humanoid, whose face was obscured by his nightcap and his shirt collar except for the purple glowing eyes that shined through the blackness peeking through. His clothes were very baggy and seemed larger than his entire body, with long sleeves. He seemed to be a perpetually half awake person filled with no care at all.
"Zzz...I'm Cimex...right...Zzzz...or this all a dream someone else is having...?," pondered the PJ wearing individual as he slept on the back of a large Dung Beetle individual due to lacking wings.
A Vampire Mosquito, a thin, elongated limbed humanoid, , with a large, elongated nose that made up the majority of his face, red compound eyes, and two long antenna that extended and looped at the end. He wore a formal white segmented suit and white shirt underneath, completed with a pale bow tie and a relatively large silver top hat. He seemed like the oldest individual there, carrying himself in a aristocratic manner with a neat and formal individual.
"How should we retrieve him Apium?," the Mosquito asked as he turned to his leader.
The leader said nothing.
A Will O' Wisp Firefly, a winged humanoid seemingly composed entirely of light, wearing a business suit with a tie of white and silver coloring with a segmented pattern. He seemed refined and polite with an undertone of sarcasm.
"Culiseta. He doesn't understand empathy or compassion. It's better to just do what he wants least he punishes you severely.," said the light based entity.
"...Photuris.," Mosquito said the name of the firefly with a soft tone of indifference.
A Fortune Grasshopper, an anthropomorphic, light-green humanoid with grasshopper like traits such as large hind-legs, thread like antenna on the top of his head, two pairs of wings with the first being a narrow and leathery tegimina, with the hindwings being much larger and more membranous. He wore a high collared trench coat, a buttoned down shirt, long pants, long shoes, a bowtie, and a bent top hat. His long nose was fused into the elongated upper part of his skull's jaw, with rounded ridges resembling a mustache and half-dazed eyes. He seemed arrogant, foolish, but in an obliviously unaware manner. He seemed more refined than the majority of his peers and significantly older looking, only being surpassed by the Mosquito in seniority.
"Oh...does anyone want to try the bakery? I love to have the sweets inside there...," he said aloud before the others glared at him with annoyance.
"Oh...nevermind.," he added in dejection.
"Schistocerca...always there was something wrong with that fool.," remarked Apium under his breath.
A Honeydew Aphid, a girl with long green colored hair, aphid style antenna on the top of head, medium sized wings on her back, spiral pattern glasses and a white sailor fuku uniform. She seemed to be a ditz and a clumsy one at that, due to her constantly plummeting and rising up had any implication.
"Eyaa...," whined the girl.
"Aphisa, you damn klutz.," snarked the ant.
A Winged Arrmy Ant, an anthropomorphic ant humanoid with antenna on his head, wings on his back and an extra set of arms, but leaned towards a more human like appearance. He seemed nonchalant and serious.
"Lasius. Hahaha! Aphisa is such a clumsy ditz!," laughed a small girl.
"Silence. Tuckerella. Being professional is important.," Lasisus said to his associate.
A Micro Mite, a small, brown-bowcut haired girl wearing a sailor fuku of white coloring with insect antenna on her head. She was short enough to able to sit comfortably on the Dung Beetle like humanoid without any issues. She seemed to be smug, but didn't seem to one to be taken seriously.
"Gee Hee...Burn...Kill...Steal...Humiliate...Devout...Torture...," said a knight armored individual whose tiny pupils within the armor visor would dart in different directions as he said this.
"Locusta...He's hard to manages...," Culiseta said to himself.
A Doomsday Locust, a winged humanoid wearing a white, segmented set of armor of a subtle locust motif. He gave off a destructive vibe and muttering very disturbing intentions under his breath.
A Skunk Dung Beetle, a bipedal dung beetle monstrosity that was bulky and muscular, wearing a tight private school uniform of white coloring. He seemed to crash and lowbrow compared to the rest of the group.
"Fuckin' A Man. How the fuck did Distoleon get snagged? Fuckin' A.," shouted the dung beetle carrying the flightless members of the group.
"So obnoxious. Geotrupes. Right Periplaneta?," asked Tuckerella.
An Immortal Cockroach, a thuggish looking young man with antenna on his head and insectoid wings on his back. He wore a bancho uniform with a silver coat, white bandages below his chest of his exposed torso, baggy pants and wooden sandals. He seemed quick to arguments, belligerent, rude and arrogant.
"OOOOO! I am indestructible!," chanted the cockroach individual.
"Nevermind...," Tuckerella said with disappointment.
A Din Cicada, a loud sounding, blond girl in a white sailor fuku uniform, with antenna on her head, wings on her back and an extra pair of arms. Her blue eyes had a slight compound look to them.
"Woohoo! Finally, out. I mean it's usually dark down there and we usually don't get o-," said the girl before Apium gave her a nasty look to make her quiet.
"Neotibicena. shutting up now...," she said weakly.
A Mansion Fly, a bipedal fly like humanoid with a hunched back, large mauve compound eyes, buzzing wings and an extra set of arms. His white private school uniform barely seemed to fit and he was seemed like the least intelligent of the group, leaning towards a more primal mindset.
"Bzzz...Human meat...Bzzz...," he said absentmindedly.
Musca...he's going to try and eat him...even when he should know why we shouldn't now..., thought Lasius.
A Wicked Weevil, a short, dark green, bow cut haired young boy with gray compound eyes with round, opaque glasses wearing a silver segmented jacket with a raised collar, a white shirt underneath, a silver bow tie, white trousers, and silver shoes. He seemed to have a naturally repulsive nature to him.
"Heheh, he's nothing, but a lowly spider wannabe. I Rhinotia am so going to win easily!," he gloated as his nose stretched out in confidence.
A Terror Termite, a tomboyish girl with mandibles on the sides of her cheeks, antenna on her short copper heir and an extra pair of arms. She was wingless so she rode on the back of the Dung Beetle individual.
"The mighty Coptotermesa will do it instead!," she boasted aloud.
An Assassination Ninja Bug, a girl with long, dull-brown hair, hazel eyes and wore a kunoichi uniform. Out of the 19 individuals flying in the sky, she seemed to be the most humanoid, with insect like traits being more subtle with slightly raised bone ridges on her forehead, her eyes having a hexagon shape and her wings being more solid and featureless. She also gave off an intimidating aura, that gave off the impression that she was the strongest of Apium's group.
"...He's one of the lesser ones...Zelus will kill him.," she said in third person.
A Fiddle Cricket, an anthropomorphic cricket humanoid wearing an orient, white, segmented martial artist outfit with long pants bents for his powerful hind-legs as he crouched in a lower position, with his antenna tied like a hair braid, wearing small round glasses on his round, bald head. He had a violin on his back, which seemed to be more than just music. He seemed to very confident and arrogant.
"Hohoho. Gryllus will give him misfortune for 4000 lifetimes.," gloated the cricket as he pulled out his violin to play.
An Amber Tick, a small, nervous boy in a white private school uniform, with antenna on his head and an extra pair of arms. He rode on the Dung Beetle's back due to being wingless.
"Eeeeh...A Teigu user...what should we do boss-," he asked before he was shushed by Tuckerella.
"Quiet, Ixodes.," she whispered.
"Should we not we cultivate the subtle melancholy and inspire fury in the hearts of men? Or shall we just cause mindless anarchy-," said Culiseta with a tone of proper etiquette, utilizing proper speech, and used extensive vocabulary in his sentence.
The Bee gave the Mosquito a tiny pupil-eyed look of bewilderment impulsively grabbed the former's nose tightly.
"I'm the boss, all of you are disposable gnats that I can send on missions to die at anytime.," he said harshly to the group, making them all very nervous.
"Get him.," Apium declared as Musca rushed in at a blinding pace to the shocked green haired girl, ramming him into a wall.
Crap., thought the boy as the strings around the large one known as Distoleon came undone.
"The Agony! It's gone!," he said as he sprouted wings and flew up to the rest of the 19 as Musca rejoined as well.
"Wait, come back here. You've even brought some gals to the party!," the green haired boy said aloud as he slowly got up.
"...Have an infestation instead.," Apium declared as he lifted up his right hand and countless bees shot out of a hole in his palm. The amount completely blanked out the sky.
"Know the name- Akujin. The race that will race this planet!," Apium added as he signaled the entire group onto the town.
The boy widened his eyes as he reactively weaved a large dome to protect himself to his own self-loathing.
Meanwhile, having escaped before the insects attacked, the Elite Seven and at a further distance, Taeko's group saw the infestation as the populace were repeatedly stung to death by a cloud of demonic looking bees.
We may need to contact the capital. There might be a book to explain what's going on., thought Gozuki as he looked on as the Elite Seven looked on in horror.
The green haired boy unraveled his strings to see that the entire town was now filled with corpses with sting blotches on their sting. Venomous ones.
He punched the ground in disgust as he noticed that the 20 insect like humanoids had already left the area.
It was the declaration of war, for a race that had hidden for 1000 years- the Akujin.
Next Chapter: A look into the Hell Kingdom and the aftermath of Apium's actions.