CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
鏡、壁に鏡！方法1週間で男を失う…パート4
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall! How To Lose A Guy In One Week…Part 4
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Then the two rushed forward, right at Absolute, who smirked. "Idiots!" He laughed. "You've got no chance against me!" He raised a hand up…
Then he was startled to see the two SPLIT UP! They swerved in different directions. "What on earth are you-"
"IADEO-IEDO!" Nick yelled.
Chopsuey launched a fist blast straight at Jay, but Absolute was quicker. He thrust his hand forward…
"POTESTAS!" Jay called out.
Absolute launched the fiery blast right at Chopsuey, and the two attacks collided…though it appeared that the fire blast had swallowed the other up.
"Ha! Roasted trog, anyone?" Absolute inquired.
"Gotcha, bitch!" Nick laughed.
Absolute looked up in time to see Chopsuey right above him!
"IADEO-IEDO!"
THA-WHUDDA-BOOOM!
Nick grinned. "YES, we…WHAT?!?"
The smoke from the blast cleared away, revealing that Chops's blast hadn't done anything…and now he was pinned to the ground by Absolute, who smirked.
"No more witty banter, 621?" Absolute inquired.
"RRRRR!!!" Chops managed to growl out.
"Nothing more to say? You thought you were clever, Mr. "IQ of 148"!" He told Nick, smirking. "But you just aren't that smart. I am the the alpha, the omega. I am not just an Experiment, I am truly a demon. I am the end of the your world, and of all governments, fair and just or tyrannical. I shall be the nexus of all minds in the universe!"
"Why on EARTH did you use Carmen and Jenny for your sick plan!?!" Chopsuey demanded.
"Fine, you can be told as a farewell present." Jay told them. "You see, the Trinity Mirror centers around bringing forth the power that comes from the three sides to every being, the ties one has to three alignments of, chaos, neutrality and order! The dark, the light, the in-between…or, to put it more simply, the Bestial, Diabolical, and the Human selves!"
"Trying to rely on the power of another "self" is incredibly dangerous." Absolute told them. "More often than not, that "self" would take over your original form. THAT'S where the mirror comes in…it combines all of your selves together, boosting their power and transforming you into a being of pure power! A demon might become an angel, a human might become a beast, an experiment…" Absolute smiled broadly. "A GOD."
"So we lied to the girl and Lightfoot and told them the mirror would grant wishes." Jay said calmly.
"How DARE you use a little girl…" Chops snarled, managing to roll out of Absolute's grip and jump back to Nick. He pointed with one clawed finger. "It's unconscionable!"
"One exploits an enemy's weaknesses and covers his own weaknesses." Absolute laughed. He then held up his clawed paws and roared happily. "Not that their power is necessary anymore! Look at this shape, this aura of power! I have the might of a GOD!"
"No you DON'T!" Nick yelled. "You don't have power or anything remotely like it! Any power that comes from something like THAT isn't power…we're better than you, Absolute! We were before and we still are now!"
"Oh really?" Absolute inquired. "What makes you say THAT?"
"I was discarded by my father, thought of as weak!" Chopsuey growled. "Then I met Nick and by fighting with him gained strength and a new purpose…not merely to defeat my brother, but to become just and fair! A GOOD champion!"
"I had nobody to care for me! No friends, a family who wanted almost nothing to do with me, and then Chopsuey stood by my side and I found the strength to take down beings that thought themselves GODS, just like YOU!" Nick proclaimed, pointing at Absolute. "We didn't rely on any magical macguffin!"
"We used our own strength to get this far!" Chops yelled. "We didn't rely on anything to cover up our weaknesses! We believed in each other and in doing good, and got stronger because of those beliefs! We were weak before because we were selfish…but then when we met each other, we had a chance to change, and we became STRONGER when we fought for others!"
"Somebody like you who fights only for himself…" Nick growled, clenching his fist.
Then both of them shouted out, at the same time…
"WILL-NOT-WIN!"
"Don't make me LAUGH." Absolute inquired. "This is the end for you I am the greatest experiment in this fight, a god among men…I will bring an end to your pathetic existences, and then to any resistance in this fight! I doubt you, even an ARMY could beat me at the level I've reached! I am Absolute evil, absolute power, the-!"
"Hello, class! The word for today is PAIN!"
CLAMP!
"THWA?!?"
Absolute's partner had been rudely grabbed from behind by none other than Mr. White, the albino teacher! His eyes widened. "WHAT?! A HUMAN, trying something!? How did you-"
"You're "absolute" alright…a giver of "Aboslutely Long Introductions"!!!"
THWOMPA!
Now ANOTHER person had appeared on the scene, grabbing HIM…and it was none other than the aura-wielding experiment Ahinahina!
"Wh-WHAT?!" Nick gasped in amazement. "Ahinahina? Mr. White? What the?!"
Absolute frowned. "You're annoyingly strong!" He growled to Ahinahina. "How is THIS possible?!"
"The mirror called to us!" Ahinahina laughed.
"And we answered!" White explained. "I am Nick's teacher and share a bond with him…"
"And his grandfather cared for me as family…Nick accepted me into his ohana!" Ahinahina told Absolute. "Even though I tried to slay them, they forgave me because they saw I wanted to change! Now I'm giving YOU a chance! Give up and walk the path of peace, Absolute!"
Absolute snarled. "Pest! The fun and games stop here!"
He swung his arms and knocked Ahinahina into Mr. White. He raised his hand at Nick and Chops.
"Die with this spell!"
"NO YOU DON'T!"
SLAM!
Jenny slammed full force into Jay, and the mirror fell through the air, hitting the ground hard.
"Carmen gave ME a chance to change too!" Jenny said, holding the mirror up. "I'm not just a little girl anymore! I won't cower in loneliness, but will kick ass just like she'd want me to!" She grinned. "I'll show you real girl power!"
THWACKA!
Jay bitch-slapped her across the face and she grabbed her cheek, dropping the mirror to the ground. He dove down and grabbed it, then rolled to the side. "HA! What do you think of THIS!"
He raised the book and the mirror up. "TYRANNA-VALDE!"
Absolute's body became surrounded in a burning black aura as he towered above them all, growing even larger. "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU MATCH MY POWER NOW!" He inquired. "NOW I AM COMPLETE!"
"We might be fucked." Mr. White remarked.
"Quite outta luck." Ahinahina mumbled.
"Now he's REALLY a devil, this TOTALLY sucks!" Jenny yelled.
"THIS WORLD WILL BE MINE, AND YOU'RE FIRST IN LINE!" Absolute laughed, throwing his head back and cackling madly.
"Oh yeah!?" Nick shouted. "If we win we're gonna send your dreams of ruling straight to hell! And guess what else, dear "cousin"…we'll make you GOOD as well!" He laughed.
Absolute thought this was incredibly amusing as he smirked broadly. "HA-HA-HA! I'M A GOD, I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!"
"The power he's got, he sure loves to flaunt!" Chops mumbled.
"Now it's time to blow door downs!"
"Time for a showdown!"
"Take THIS!" Nick yelled. His book glowed as he raised it high. "KIMAIRAAA!"
Chopsuey's body glowed brightly as it surged forth…an aura beast with a lion's head, an anaconda for a tail, sharp fangs and claws and draconic wings. It's fur bristled as it jumped forward and grappled with Absolute, and the two forces snarled.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" Jay laughed. "With the mirror's power, there's nothing you can-"
Then he heard a "chink" sound and turned to look at the mirror…and saw cracks were spreading through it. "No…it was damaged when it fell!?" He gasped.
THA-WHOOM!
The mirror exploded into tiny little pieces right before his eyes, and he gasped in horror. "NO! It's not possible!"
"NO MATTER!" Absolute laughed. "I'VE USED MY STRONGEST SPELL, AND THE POWER OF THE MIRROR HAS AMPLIFIED IT! YOU CAN'T MATCH ME EVEN IF IT BROKE!" He told them condescendingly as he pushed the aura-made chimera back…
Then White and Ahinahina put their hands together on Nick's book and nodded at him. "Yeah, well…" Mr. White remarked.
"He's NOT alone." Ahinahina said.
"Mis amigos van a patear el culo!" Jenny swore in Spanish, clenching her fist.
"Hey antichrist! "Beelzeboss"! We know your weakness, we'll rock your socks!" Michael White sang out.
"We'll rock the casba, and blow your mind!" Ahinahina laughed.
"We will defeat you…FOR ALL MANKIND! You hold the scepter…WE hold the key! You are the devil…we're NMG!" The boy, the experiment and the man all sang out at the same time, their bodies glowing with a dozen different colors that swirled together and shot into the chimera in a shuddering beam of power.
And much to Absolute's horror, the chimera beast grew even LARGER as Chopsuey's body grinned with a wild joy. He laughed happily and punched the sky. "GET HIM!" He yelled to the chimera.
The chimera grew larger…larger…now it was as big as a small mountain. It raised a clawed paw in the air and with full force it slammed it down on Absolute.
"NO…THIS CAN'T BE! I DID MY BEEEEESSSSTTTT!!!" Absolute screamed…
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…the dust settled…
Absolute stood there, his body now a ghostly white. He smiled gently at them as his body began to dissolve into white points of light that were flying into the air.
"Well…I guess…that you were right…I wasn't a god. I was just a monster…and now I'm something ELSE." He said quietly. Jay was unconscious, lying on the ground nearby. "I guess I've become something of an angel…"
He sighed. "My wish was to become strong…very, very strong…and the Trinity Mirror acted on that impulse when it merged the selves within me together. But…my darkest self must have risen to the top…because…" He bit his lip. "I just desired power to be as strong as possible…and that was the extent of my wish…that's a very selfish goal…I see that now." He shrugged. "I guess I was a f—kin' idiot, huh?"
"It's okay! Grudges are hard to hold in my world!" Nick laughed. "But…I get the feeling that for one brief moment…" He turned to White and Ahinahina. "We were connected…that…"
"I feel it too." White said. "I don't exactly know how, but I think our destinies are linked…"
"Yeah…" Ahinahina admitted. "But hey…Absolute…where are you going now?" He inquired. "Back to the lab?"
"…no." Absolute said. "There's another place I must go to." He said quietly. "My one true place. I've got new power now and I should go test it out!"
He walked over to Jay and lifted him up. "Jay's coming with me. He doesn't have anybody else to look after him…"
He waved goodbye. "So I'll come and visit sometime…" He told them. "So long! Oh, and maybe when you look up at the moon, you might see a few things carved into it just because I can…"
He looked up into the sky and grinned. "YEEEEHHHAAAAA!" He shouted as he and Jay soared into the air on a shaft of light…and finally vanished.
"…he's kinda nuts…but I think I like his new self a whole lot better than his other one!" Nick admitted.
"No kidding." Chops told them.
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…Jenny rubbed the back of her neck as she looked at the ground. "Nick…Chops…Mr. White…Ahinahina…"
They were all at Nick's house, outside the porch. Nick was biting his lip as Jenny continued to speak. "You all did so much to help me…but now I have to get stronger just as YOU guys got stronger." She nodded her head at them. "It's what Carmen would have wanted."
Ahinahina gently patted her on the arm, nodding understandingly.
"You…you really think you're alright without her?" Nick asked quietly.
"No…but I WILL be." Jenny told them, wiping some final tears from her eyes. "I have a family to help me through it…my mom and dad will be sad to hear what happened to Carmen, but…we'll make it through somehow."
"That's it, girl." Mr. White said, nodding. "You've got to be brave, alright?"
Chopsuey was quiet, his body shaking madly.
"I…I'm going to miss her…" He said quietly. "And you too…"
Jenny hugged him, but he bit his lip as tears streamed down his cheeks. "No, don't…don't hug me…I'll get you wet…"
"GET me wet!" Jenny laughed gently.
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…Nick waved goodbye to Mr. White and Ahinahina as they walked Jenny back to her house and turned back to Chopsuey.
"Chops."
Chops turned around and a final tear went down his cheek. "I…am NEVER…gonna forget her…" He said quietly.
"…I won't either." Nick said quietly. "Now we have another person to fight for." He said, taking Chops's hand and putting another hand on the top. "And she's not really gone…right?"
Chops nodded, and looked up at the sky with Nick. "No…she's not! Because Carmen…is Chopsuey's true love!"
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Nick: Who on EARTH is this guy? He can't be Dr. Rupert!
???: I'm his brother...and I'm here for one purpose, kinder. A match!
Chopsuey: Whaddya MEAN you knew about what happened at the ruins?
Nick: Do you not care at ALL that innocent people were brainwashed?!
???: Today, you LOSE! Or you WILL on the next "Alternate Fate: Fantasy"!