Author's Note: There will be more after this chapter, not much more. Sorry I just got really busy, and am only going to get busier these next two months, but I'm almost done, so bear with me. Review, Follow, Favorite please.
Pet sighs at the rocky landscape, this particular island doesn't have much green. This island is one part of a group, however, more barren than the rest. The perfect place for Pet and Tetsuya's final battle. Her skin is humming in anticipation; she can already taste the flesh and bone, the blood in her mouth. She licks her lips as she continues walking towards the center. She did meet some resistance, but they were easily put down. It's time for the professionals to take the stage.
Vegapunk wrings his hands to stop them from shaking. He sees Pet walking toward Tetsuya, where he waits with some soldiers to wear her down, at least a little. He knows she has nothing to hold her back now, from what he can tell. He sees her flattened stomach, he sees her expression of ice. She's conformed to her weapon status, truly.
What kind of power will she show in this fight?
This, and this thought alone, is what makes his hands shake. He's shaking from excitement. He wants to test Pet once more. She always exceeds his expectations, but he's set up so many traps for her; he's been preparing ever since he heard of the legend of the White Dragon Empress. The Marines recruited him solely for the purpose of combating her. He never would've thought he'd get to work with her. He did enjoy having another on his level of thinking, even if he was peeved that she surpassed him on every aspect. He envied her. Yet, she's the challenge he's meant to overcome. Now, Pet is practically offering herself up on this final stage. She's begging them to test and challenge her, daring them to make her bleed.
Vegapunk chuckles darkly, he wants a fight on a godly level, so he created the alias Hades and Zeus. A sibling war, the oldest war or conflict in existence. Tetsuya has been a great subject, ever since he was little, although with some of Vegapunk's tweaking, the boy grew into a formidable foe to the Empress' descendant.
Everything's ready.
Breathe in, breathe out.
There is no time for hesitation, no time for mistake. She's coming and he's waited so long for this moment, the moment to put her down once and for all. Her dead body is the only thing leaving this battlefield, with that uncanny brunette hair, and scars... and stomach filled with a demon child.
He rolls his shoulders at the thought. Her words echo in his mind. He's a demon child as well, isn't he? The enigma that none saw coming, while his mother was the exception. She always knew that there was a piece missing. She lost more than one child, she could feel it.
Tetsuya narrows his fiery eyes at Pet's form on the horizon. He hangs back, despite himself. He would greet her with a punch straight away if he could, but Vegapunk ordered him to allow the other officers to rough her up a bit. Even as the man said it, Tetsuya could feel the smallest of smiles bubbling to the surface. He contained himself though.
Vegapunk knows what he's doing, and the assurance kind of scares him. That other brunette is smart. He can't let that faze him, he has to follow orders even if something deep within him is screaming at him, telling him to back off his older sister. He knows she always holds back, but this time. He's going to use it to his advantage, he's already seen some of what she can do with her devil fruit power, so he knows she could end him without too much trouble.
It's scary to think that. He wants to play with her some more. He doesn't want to kill her, and she has a handicap now. How far along is she? She must be pissed about everything he's done. He does regret that it had to be done, but he has to follow orders. He has to.
Tetsuya shifts into his guarded persona around his enemy. A new feature stops him in his tracks. Suddenly, it's as though his stomach has dropped, like the whole world is tipping. He stifles a jolt from Pet's visage. She stares at him with indifference, and the officers didn't stop to have a conversation, they haven't noticed. Tetsuya grips his arms behind him as Pet stops walking for a moment. She seems to blink once with yellow eyes flashing, then disappears.
Acting fast, Tetsuya draws his katana, defending himself as her twin blades clang against it, sparks flying. Her eyes opened so wide in his face, she frowns at him. He gazes over her shoulder at the fallen officers. They're all dead. Tetsuya and her part a ways; he holds his katana in front of him. Pet offers a sly smirk, "Cat got your tongue, Tetsuya-kun?"
His gaze narrows at her, "What happened to you?" She's never taken that tone with him before. Her cockiness is infuriating him.
Pet shrugs, "What makes you ask that? What's this? Are you showing concern for an enemy?" She laughs dryly, before sheathing her blades, "How quaint."
Tetsuya mimics her in putting away his katana. He has to let it go and finish her. What did he expect? It's not as though the baby would've been allowed to live anyways.
Pet cracks her neck, "Let's get this party started then?"
Tetsuya has to bang the crank inside him to get himself in gear. Pet's going straight to level two, and he has to catch up. She's already kicked him into the sky as he stabilizes himself mentally. As he senses her above him, about to punch him down, he opens his eyes grabbing her fist and chucking her away. They both land deftly on their feet; Pet's cracking her neck with a twitching lip. Tetsuya lets his coat fall off his shoulders, the type Pet used to wear.
Pet crouches with her nails scratching along the dirt, grounding herself. A storm rages inside her, and she's not sure it's a good thing. Launching herself at him, shifting mid leap, he barely makes it to the next blink before there's a large wolf clawing him as he falls at her weight. He grits at the pain, pushing her neck away while her jaws snap at his nose. He feels sweat already sliding down his brow as her claws dig into his flesh. He can't hold her at bay forever, so for an easy fix, he tucks his knees and kicks her off him. In that form, she can take more, so it's no great pain for her to roll away and land on her feet, barreling him down once more. Meanwhile Tetsuya had a moment to himself as her claws were embedded in his skin, and pushing her off tore his flesh. His skin and clothes are almost in tatters.
He rolls out of danger when she pounces again, and wills himself to his feet. He growls, "You're not the only one with a power granted by devils."
She snarls, paws the ground once; her way of communicating, "Bring it."
He takes a deep breath, before fire swirls around him, licking his wounds. He doesn't have healing capabilities like Pet, however. Pet digs her claws into the earth, before pushing onward. She can't let herself stop to think, ears back, baring her fangs, she growls and moves to bite his neck, a kill bite.
He clenches his own teeth, pulling his arm back coated with bristling fire. He punches air as the great wolf disappears from his view, yet long claw marks shred his body. He falls to his knees, bewildered that she had so much power locked away, and can't help smirking as he turns behind him to Pet's human form looking at him with that coldness. The smirk ticks her off.
He chuckles and stands without too much difficulty. "I can see you've been keeping things from me, Pet-chan. I think I've caught up now though."
She shifts her weight, before getting blasted back in a gust of swirling fire. She tumbles to a stop with stinging burns and glares at him. She stands, "Is that all you got?"
Tetsuya grins, before crouching, "What do you say we bring out the ancient weapons?"
Pet bursts out laughing, "I've already shown that I carry the bigger stick."
Tetsuya's smoldering eyes almost glow with power. Pet's sunny eyes become dotted with white specks shining through, as she becomes on guard. The next thing she knows, five slash marks tear through her stomach, but she grabs the arm before he can leave, with her own scaled hands. Her lip curls, "Do I really need to show you why you can't win with this trick?"
Tetsuya meets her gaze, and once more, she doesn't see herself flying through the air, until she is. Something really hard whacked her in the chest. Blood trails after her, before with a roar, her white dragon wings free themselves and she steadies herself, and transforms into a hybrid human dragon. She lands on all fours with scales glittering and eyes shimmering.
Tetsuya's serpent tail flicks before he diverts a moment of concentration to sprouting his own black wings. He smiles, "The doctor gave me an upgrade for this fight." Pet remains silent. It's no surprise that they're betting on him to defeat her, but something still doesn't sit right with her.
Tetsuya relents, "You know, Pet, I would've thought that you'd have a bigger death wish after losing your child? You seem oddly careful with taking hits this time."
Pet trembles with rage, "I have other business I have to attend to after I kill you, though you already know my thoughts on that job."
"You're always the soldier-"
"And you're the science project with barely a passing grade. You have those others scared, but I'm the real deal, not some copy."
Tetsuya rushes to her, pouring all of his power into a great punch. She mimics him, their wings push their speeds to their top levels and they appear to fist bump, if in slow motion. Regular time, their knuckles collide and the ground and skies part at the sheer power. If the environment changing isn't enough to convince one how much power was put into each other's punches, maybe the fact that rips along their punching arms tear up to their shoulders. Gaping wounds like force itself was forged into a knife. The two recoil in pain as fractures and breaks occur within the tissue.
Pet and Tetsuya, almost in perfect symmetry, fall to their backs gripping their respective arms as blood seeps from the rips. Pet growls in pain, but is the first to recover as she rises, although with great effort. Tetsuya lies with his eyes closed, his face etched in pain, taking calming breaths. She lets her arm fall limp, for the time being. "Get up, Tetsuya, or I kill you where you lay."
Tetsuya flips onto his feet, allowing his arm to hang. Sweat glistens on his brow, and he grows furious at Pet's calm countenance. "How-... Don't you feel it?"
Pet blinks at him, completely burying her emotion, she'll have to acknowledge it later, but not right now. "Probably... While you were being pampered and shielded growing up, I was out facing the world and fighting for more lives than just my own. I experienced a lot of pain, that you couldn't fathom, and found a way to deal."
Tetsuya's apparent pain fades, and that glint reenters his eyes. His anger makes his eyes flare, "You think I was pampered? You think I don't know pain?" He turns away as many emotions clash within, none are positive.
In the lapse, as he opens his eyes, Pet's armored fist is about to send him on a long flight, but he steels himself, and fire envelops the arena around him. Pet is caught in the flames. For a moment, fire is the only image, until Pet roars and releases her own inferno. Those orange flames are consumed by her white, before a great beat of her wings, and the arena is cleared. She stands with some of her white scales blackened with char marks and her unprotected skin, raw and weeping.
Tetsuya merely looks down at himself, he has no burns. The fire felt cold, unlike the previous time they fought. Why? Pet notices as well, her hands clench. A usually silent voice within, scolds her for the first time in a long time. He's always held her hand, but now he feels the need to voice his opinions.
Is your heart not in it, Pet? Still? Are you really going easy?
Pet considers Daray's questions while looking upon Tetsuya's mangled body. She studies his limp arm, the multiple slash marks and bruises, scrapes even. She chews on her cheek as Tetsuya turns back to her with a look of defiance.
I don't think I am? I don't know why my fire doesn't always burn the way I want it to.
If you can't rely on your dragon power, rely on me a bit more. Don't you want revenge? Don't you want him to feel your pain?
I'm not done roughing him up yet, I want him on his knees before I finish him with that.
Daray smirks in her mindscape, just a bit more then, you're almost there.
Meanwhile, Tetsuya is moving to slash her with his talons, only for her to flash him a smirk, and take the fight to the next level, much to his dismay. A great dragon stands before him, and moves to snap him in two, with no hesitation.
Tetsuya jumps back, gritting in frustration. He didn't want to go to that level, and a voice yells at him within his eardrum, "Get her out of that state! The only chance we have for this to work is for her to be semi human!"
He nods, and phases around the battlefield as Pet swings her tail and strikes out with her long neck, taunting him to join her as a dragon. Tetsuya bears with it, trying to think up a way to get her back in her human form. She growls, "Why aren't you transforming too, Tetsuya? Hesitation? Are you scared?" Her pale eyes watch his expression, as he huffs from exhaustion. "You realize you have no chance of beating me in this form?"
Tetsuya trembles in anticipation, he wants to show her what he's got, but he's reluctant to draw the fight on longer if they go past the necessary preparation time. It will be obvious when it's ready.
Pet's calculating brain sparks, her serpent head hovers in front of Tetsuya as she asks, "What have you got up your sleeve?"
"Fine, fight her like that, but beat her! So we can end her on that island!"
Tetsuya's lips pull slightly, as his own dragon form emerges from a pillar of fire. Pet retracts her long neck, better finish him then.
His proper voice booms from the charcoal dragon, "You think I was scared?" Pet's eyes narrow, it's not the garbled speech she was expecting. He pounces with a beat of his wings and she steps back at the weight and feels his teeth sink into her shoulder, with a roar. She's releasing more fire upon him, this time it actually does damage, but he doesn't falter in breathing fire into her open wound. Beating her wings, she tries to distance herself. She wasn't expecting him to have improved his dragon form so much. She lashes out by gripping his neck in her jaw and pulling his sharp teeth away from her body. Twisting her body, she lands on top of his back, pinning his wings and wrapping her tail around a leg, so he has trouble moving.
His own tail whips her, but she simply chomps harder, almost paralyzing him in pain. She pushes off him, opening her jaws and enveloping him in her fire. He roars from the flames, but turns his own fire on her. She's surprised at how it burns much more effectively. Pet snarls, "What are you planning?"
Tetsuya huffs smoke, exhaust rolling off his tongue. Pet has scarlet liquid dripping down ivory scales; Tetsuya glares at her, "You're going to die on this battlefield, Pet. You're not leaving."
Pet lands, facing him, "I am, you're not."
Tetsuya laughs, "It doesn't matter if I leave or not, as long as you're not alive, they can use the weapons to win the war."
Pet closes her eyes, opening them with resolve, "We could go back and forth with this all day." Pet deforms to her human form, looking up at Tetsuya's bewildered expression. He blinks, before her hefty hybrid wolf form punches his jaw, sending his head, and body soon to follow, a few feet away. Landing steadily, she walks forward, "I don't need ancient power to defeat a dragon." Tetsuya lays dazed, before her clawed hands grip his neck, to his utter dismay, she jumps into the air with him, and slams him back on the ground, positioned so his full weight crushes his wings.
Her human form crouches as he's forced to deform as well. He has to catch his breath after all the exertion, since the dragon cells take a lot of energy to replicate and materialize. Pet walks toward him, her yellow eyes blazing like the sun. Tetsuya is roused from his lapse, "It's ready Tetsuya, Pet is finished."
Pet stops as the sunlight seems to brighten, she looks to the sky as there seems to be a great ball of pulsating light, that is not the sun. Pet doesn't recognize what it is, until she dodges an attempt of Tetsuya at her legs to incapacitate her. Putting the pieces together, Tetsuya breathes, "Uranus." As soon as he says it, Pet is off running off the island with Tetsuya following.
She's jumping to a neighboring island of the chain, not losing any power when Tetsuya tackles her. He holds on as they fly away from the island, just as a beam of light shines down and erupts. The winds push Pet and Tetsuya farther, separating them so they both crash land on the next island.
Pet lies in rubble, heaving blood and looks at the explosion still enveloping the targeted island. Lightning pulses around it before the energy dies down, a scarred land is left, completely flat and barren. Pet's nails dig into her palm, People get mad at me for destroying islands, and look what my enemy does. I'm tired of being held up to a higher standard.
You crushed islands that were inhabited.
Back in the good ole days, I was ordered to do the exact same thing, by guess who... My current enemy.
Touche.
Pet pops her shoulders, wincing slightly at her many wounds. The battle is nowhere near being finished, she will bring Tetsuya to his knees. Here he comes now. Pet grabs him by the neck as he flies in and slams him to the ground, choking him. "You fools found another? Did you make it? Ah, it doesn't matter, you're done."
Tetsuya builds fire on his fist and swings, knocking Pet to the side. She comes back before he even has time to get up, though. Slamming her foot on his chest, so the wind is knocked from him. Stepping aside and watching him turn on his side, trying to breathe, is enough. He struggles to get up, but Pet kicks his stomach and he flips and lands back on it. Pet waits patiently for him to try to get up, savoring every moment. The image of the flames engulfing her, eating her, never leave her mind.
Extending her arm to the side, she channels her devil fruit power, for a final retribution. Her claws glow brilliantly and her eyes shimmer as blue and red mix, glowing purple. She walks forward as Tetsuya sits back on his legs, finally on his knees. Pet touches his neck before sinking her claws in, not enough to kill, but enough to draw blood. "Empathetic Retribution."
She's going to share pain with him, all the pain he's caused her, and she's doing it out of anger, ergo, the purple eyes. The one backlash with this ability is she gets his pain as well, usually she can handle it, but she wasn't expecting it. Tetsuya howls in agony as she shares her experiences with him, but she is forced to take a knee at his memories, shivering in her own torment.
Pulling away before she really gives him anything, she distances herself, and slides across the ground, clutching her head and breathing. Her worst nightmares all come true, what could have happened to her. She covers her face as unwanted tears slip out, she stifles a sob.
Get a hold of yourself!
It was awful, Daray! So awful!
You don't have the luxury of feeling sympathy for the enemy!
Pet bites on her lip, burying her face in the ground, He's not just my enemy... He's my little brother.
They hurt me, time and time again. They poke me with those needles and sometimes I feel some of myself being taken away, other times I feel burning poison enter my veins. It stings and hurts, and I want to cry, but I also want to eat and drink.
They tell me if I'm good, I'll get treats.
I want to die though, but they wouldn't let me if I tried. When will I be free? Can I ever be free? From my studies, I know that most children have mommies and daddies, but when I asked if I had any, they told me I wasn't human. If I'm not human, what am I? They told me I'm not real, that I exist solely for them. I have to be ready for when their enemy turns on them. I have to defeat her. I have to be a good boy, and kill everyone they choose.
I don't want to. I train so hard that I feel my bones breaking and muscle tearing. They said it's okay, that it's normal for my body to be breakable, but with their help I'll always be put back together. I have to rely on them for my medicine, otherwise I'll die.
The only good doctor is Vegapunk. He at least tries to make sure I don't get hurt. I tried asking him to explain pain, asked him to tell me if I really am not a human. He said it's partly true. He's the one who told me about my parents, but he told me they're demons, monsters. I was relieved when he told me that he was making sure I don't share their cursed existence. That made my pain not so bad anymore.
As I trained my body and mind, I learned more about my enemy and was given a perfected artificial fruit power. That was when Vegapunk informed me that I was related to my enemy. He told me how special I am that I am the only one with the capacity to overcome her. I am a chosen one, myself.
Knowing that made all that pain I was feeling be lifted from my shoulders, but through the years I've developed more. I first laid eyes on her back when she massacred a castle. Garp had received word and was going to pick her up. I got there and saw the whole thing. I was going to jump in and kill her before they got there, but she started to move and screamed. I froze. I was scared. She broke her chains and I could feel her strength pulsing throughout the air. I knew it wasn't just because of the full moon and her devil fruit power. I knew this kind of power stemmed from something legendary, something I don't have.
I watched her kill and wreak havoc, and grew ever more afraid to face her. I saw her show mercy to the servants, and I glimpsed the person beneath the monster. I saw her in a rage, stab Garp. I was going to jump in to save him, but her reaction had me frozen once more. Grief and pain lined her voice, and she seemed almost begging forgiveness. This person. My enemy. My... sister.
She's doesn't seem like a monster or a demon... She seemed like a human as far as I could tell. She doesn't even seem like a bad demon or monster, at least. Why do they want to kill her? What makes her so bad?
Thinking this didn't change anything, I still have to kill her and do as I'm told. She'll have to die by my hand anyhow.
Pet tries to contain her sorrow and when she hears Tetsuya sitting up and looking over to her, does she meet his gaze. He sees the trails of tears and something snaps. "What're you crying about?" He's so vehement that Pet remembers he's trying to kill her.
"That attack is a double edged sword. You feel my pain, I feel yours."
Tetsuya's eye twitches, Pet doesn't even have time to react before his foot makes a direct hit to her face. She flies through the air before scraping the ground and sliding to a stop. She stands almost drunkenly, I need to get my head back in it. No mercy. No mercy. 'Demon Wolf' Pet. You are the Demon Wolf, Pet!
Her body twists from his dragon talons clawing through her flesh. She lands on the ground and he crouches by her, "What gave you the right to my pain?" His hand on her back, she shrieks as he sinks them in the dead center of her back. Five little holes, his claws tickle her spine. He starts to drag them across, before she twists, grips his wrist, her other hand going for his throat.
She growls, "I'm a pirate and an Uchiha! I take what I want, when I want, without a care. I'm free!"
Tetsuya is thoroughly enraged, wrenching his wrist from her grip and removing her hold of his throat, He punches her down, again, and again, and again. The pain she feels will never be enough. He'll never be satisfied as his fist connects over and over, until she can lift her head no more. Pulling his hand back and opening it to let the blood slide off and his claws glisten in the sun. He begins to initiate the kill blow, but can only move a fraction before something stops him and Pet disappears from his view.
"Fufufu, seems like a lot of therapy is going on here. Every therapy session needs a mediator, and appointing myself as such, I can't allow you to kill Pet-chan."
Tetsuya turns to the newcomer with a murderous glance, dead meat. His own blazing eyes are reflected back to him in the sunglasses and that devilish smile sets him off even more.
What can Doflamingo say? He has that effect on people.
Pet coughs blood from where she turns on her stomach. One good eye peers at her friend, "D-Doffy, get away. The ancient weapon Uranus is in the sky. It'll destroy everything on the island."
"Those two brats called me and told me what island to come to. I can't let you die Pet-chan." He entered the war for her, he was saved by her. Despite how he's so twisted, she has his back no matter what. Before, she'd always tell him that it was for Rocinante, but somewhere along the line, it stopped seeming like an obligation. Pet simply extends a hand whenever necessary, and Doffy can't help returning the favor. She doesn't sail under his flag, but he considers her part of the family. She doesn't expect him to be human, she's fine if he shows his own demonic colors.
Pet huffs, then her eyes widen, "Doflamingo!"
Tetsuya arose and shifted to his hybrid dragon form. He dealt a finishing blow straight to Doffy's open chest. There was a moment when time stopped and his glasses shattered before he truly felt the awesome power. Every bone in his body was instantly splintered and it was bon voyage for the flamingo. He almost disappeared, but Pet could still track his movement. He's definitely no longer on the island. Now she has to worry about two more idiots who think they can interfere in her fights.
Picking herself up, barely, she shifts into her wolf form as Tetsuya is about to rip Kid's metallic arm from him.
What were they thinking!? They'll die!
Tetsuya changes his momentum at the last second as Pet's massive build is about to tear him a new one. Her jaws snap air as he pulls back. Her lighter hybrid form slides to a halt, she is the wall protecting Kid and Law. She growls, "This fight is between me and you, Tetsuya."
Her good eye widens, however, at Tetsuya's smirk. She twitches before she feels Tetsuya kick her knee from beside, a sickening crack is heard as she falls on her broken knee. It's going to bend sideways if she allows herself to fall on it, but talons grip her neck and slam her into the ground. Even Kid and Law are pushed back from the power. She doesn't even have the chance to allow blood to spill from her mouth as her windpipe is crushed. He straightens and raises his leg and slams it down on her hurt leg. Her scream is a wheeze.
Tetsuya laughs maniacally, "I called your bluff, Pet." He rises, eyes finding her favored ones, "Before I finish with you, I'm going to kill them."
Pet wheezes, convulsing slightly as she tries to force herself to move, to speak, anything to defy the outcome. As Tetsuya steps in, ripping Kid's metallic arm as the Captain tried to draw metal to him. Tetsuya grips his other, his talons bruising Kid's pale skin easily, "Will this one be so easy to dismember?"
Pet coughs as she turns over, can't stop the tears leaving her eyes, against her will. Nothing is listening to her. She crawls toward the two as Tetsuya's other hand grips Kid's shoulder, sinking his talons in his flesh. Kid howls at the pain. Law formed his room and sends a slash to their opponent.
Tetsuya dodges, his wings beating as he hovers in the sky, holding Kid by the throat now. Unsheathing his katana from his back, Tetsuya pushes off the air.
Pet can't bear to look away. She knows it's the kill blow. She digs her claws in the ground. Am I holding back? Is this all I've got? Aren't I some big shot or something? What am I doing? Does knowing his past really change so much?
Isn't he your brother? Your little brother? Another Uchiha scorning you that you protect no matter the hate, the blatant wish for your demise? Have you learned nothing since you were a child? Don't you know where this road leads? Is he worth it? Is he worth more of your pain, Pet? Take my hand, Pet. Protect those who stand and fight for you! Those who earn their place in your life! You will not die by his hand! You will not let him hurt anyone else! Kill him!
You're right, Daray. First rule of battle: Know your enemy. I recognize him as such now. He's beyond my help, doesn't have or understand human ties. He's a machine, a monster. To defeat him, I have to surpass his monster. I can't pity nor forgive him any longer.
"Don't you think you've taken enough from me!?"
Tetsuya falters but it doesn't change the fact that his katana has pierced Law's chest. Pet opens her gleaming red eyes, "Enough!"
Pet phases in front of Tetsuya, and her fist collides straight into his face. He bursts away on a crash course. Pet twirls back around to catch Law as he slumps, blood streaming down his chin. He squeezes Pet's slick shoulder. Her clawed hand holding his cheek, she noses him, closing her eyes, his vision fades. She murmurs, "Thank you for having my back. I'm sorry I didn't acknowledge you looking out for me for so long, Law-kun. Both you and Kid. Go to sleep, this isn't the end for you." She presses her lips against his cheek and puts him in a sleep. Removing Tetsuya's katana from his chest, there's a bluish tint to her eyes.
Kid writhes, unable to use his one good arm and his other is gone. He's having a really fucking bad day. Don't fucking mess with him and fuck this! Fuck that! Fuck! All for one bitch to kill her bastard/asshole/faggot brother!
Pet crouches beside him and places her hand on his forehead, he stills as the veins on her arm enlarge. She offers him a sheepish smile as his eyelids droop, "Thank you Eustass-kun. Time for me to step up now, about time, eh?" His curses slur before he quiets completely.
Kid's head falls back as he sleeps. Pet stands to her full height, spreading her arms with her face to the sky, her hair caught by the wind. From her roots, her hair shades to white and her skin pales, her claws extend, glowing. She lets her arms fall to her sides and her multicolored eyes open, it's been a long time since she dipped into her power. Her wounds are temporarily healed, "White Guardian Mode," she whispers. She presses a hand to her chest, over her heart, then draws it out. A wisp of seeming steam forms, a black wolf stands before her, with a tint of steam, as if he's merely an apparition. Pet orders hims calmly, "Take them back to their ships and make sure they get as far away from this island as possible."
Daray's yellow eyes shimmer, he gently flips Kid and Law onto his back and races away just as Tetsuya is about to knock the two from his back. Pet intercepts and drags her moonlight claws across his torso. The dragon scales are like paper to her. The ancient weapon above is starting to glow, but it's not ready just yet.
Tetsuya gets up, only for Pet to slam him back down. He struggles against her foot on his windpipe, no mercy. "I guess I must accept it, right? I can't save you. You haven't asked for my help." She allows him some air and stomps on his chest, holding her foot there, "I really don't want to fight you, to kill you. Since I first met you, something told me that we were connected. It goes against every cell in my body to be doing this to you right now."
Tetsuya spits red, "Enough chatter, you have the upper hand, just kill me already."
"You still don't understand my pain. Or you don't want to? I didn't share it all with you. I didn't share my pain in losing my family, my husband, my little brother... All these years I've protected and aided Luffy, Sabo, Law, and many more, because I consider them family and all this time I neglected my true little brother. I wasn't there when Katashi died. Hitoshi took over after. I have failed as a sister to my real brothers."
Tetsuya grows ever silent as Pet's features quiver with emotion, beneath her facade. Somehow, despite himself, "You didn't know you had a younger sibling."
"I knew my mother would've had to have lost more. She was a weak woman, but losing me wouldn't have been enough for her health to deteriorate as it did. I knew there had to be something else to have pushed her over the edge. I was right. Now I have to kill you, tell me, if she were still around, would you have killed her too? Could you have killed our father?"
Tetsuya grits, "You're asking unreasonable questions, Pet."
Pet smiles and crouches down, brushing his cheek and sharing her memory of their parents. "You're right, but despite our relationship. I've always known you were in pain." She looks at his body below her heel. His dragon scales are peeling slightly, with blood trickling from them, as if he's shedding them. "You're all made up. I guess the only way to help you is to kill you, put you out of your misery, right?"
She shakes slightly, her lip quivering. She crouches, embedding him more into the island, as she brings her knee to his chest. Drawing her fist back, she holds it there for a moment, and punches him across the face. With her hands on either side of his face, she looks at him, "I know you're brainwashed, but... I don't want to give up on you. I don't want to be the reason there are less Uchiha in the world, the reason for my own clan's demise, even though it all can be traced back to me. You can't change, can you?"
She sits back, covering her face. Tetsuya is slightly at a loss. He can see the struggle in her, as the light builds in the sky. "Does it matter, we're both toast anyways?"
Pet turns back to him, "I told you I can't die here. You don't know?" She brushes his cheek sharing more of herself with him. His eyes widen.
She steps off, and he looks to her, "What?!"
She smiles, "I have to finish this quickly."
Tetsuya stands, he shakes from exhaust. He's at his limit. Pet's time is running out as well. She doesn't have stores of power for this fight, she used up a lot already. Pet offers a sympathetic smile, before she deals two blows before Tetsuya lands back into his rocky bed. He lays dazed as he feels Pet's claws pressing to his throat.
I have to make sure it's his end. I have to. I have to finish it. I-
She breathes and ducks her head as tears escape. I don't want to. I really don't want to. Daray's mind returns to her and his energy is reabsorbed.
It'll be okay, Pet. Finish it quickly, so you can return. I can't help you this time. You have to be the one to do it. Put him out of his misery.
Pet opens her eyes and meets Tetsuya's red ones, his look of resolve is striking, and more tears flow. They fall onto his face and she begs, "Forgive me." She tears her claws across his throat just as his dragon claws impale her. She grips his wrist and pulls his hand from her. She pushes away and falls to the ground, her hair returning to brown. Her knee broken and deformed; she smiles as she begins to crawl away, her mangled arm not moving in the slightest; she only can use her good arm and leg but even those are riddled with wounds. Scarlet liquid trails and pools around her. "A worthy foe. How unfortunate. I won't get to care for Hitoshi's children. This is the end for me. No more energy." She allows a few more tears to spill, mixing with her sweat and blood. "H-He really couldn't change... in the end... c-could he?"
Her eyes become cloudy but the light of Uranus shines through. She closes her eyes to accept her fate. I'll die and Luffy will hate me. Neh, Daray? Will people remember me fondly? Will I get a ceremonial burial? Or will they simply forget? D was remembered despite the Void Century, yet not many recall the Uchiha name. None knew of the White Dragon Empress. I'm going to die and it seems like I'm back at square one. I'm going to die alone clinging on to life, like I clung onto that cliff during that storm.
Daray pulls Pet's broken body into his embrace as the light from reality bears down on the island. He murmurs, You're not alone, baka.
