Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Depth Date. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Azur Lane, Shanghai Manjuu, Ximen Yongshi and a few others do.
Arbiter turned to see the doors open as her equal entered.
"This is over, Arbiter… you're going too far." Warden hissed as the Siren ruler smirked with amusement and turned to the side.
"Oh, and what is it I'm going too far on?" Arbiter knew, Warden smashed a tendril in front of her, making her realize that he knew.
"You kept reinforcements from the battle so they'd kill A, what the hell is your problem?! I am not your pet!" Warden stated, Arbiter surged forward.
"You dare accuse me?! the only reason you are a Siren…" Warden cut him off, pointing a finger at him with anger narrowing in his eyes.
"Is because of A! It is ALWAYS going to be A! YOU CANNOT HANDLE THE SHEER FACT THAT THE SIREN WHO ACTIVATED MY DNA AND TURNED ME INTO THIS ISN'T YOU!" Warden bellowed, smashing the wall and denting the metal which rippled before slowly repeating itself.
"AND YOU FUSS OVER HER LIKE A DAMNED PUPPY! YOU ARE STRONGER THAN HER, YET YOU LOWER YOURSELF WITH SUCH A COMMONER!" Arbiter got up in Warden's face before he chuckled and turned to the side with nothing short of amusement.
Arbiter growled, hating that Warden wasn't doing anything but taunting her, why did he care so much about A after only a few days.
"You would let this rebellion destroy everything just to get what you want… the rebels drove us from a part of the ocean that gives them access to one of the main outposts in the area and all you care about is how I feel about A. you are so selfishly cocky if you think that even if I'm Siren royalty or something that I give a DAMN about who I am paired with." Warden turned to the monitors and pressed the button.
"You know how terrible this war is, and yet you're driving your fleet into the ground… your unfit to be queen of the sirens if you care more about how I'm not your toy and not how the Sirens need leadership." Warden turned to Arbiter.
He could see the anger and disgust at the fact that he wasn't close to her instead. She easily manipulated others to get what she desired, and now that she knew her plans to try and force A away from Warden had failed? She threw a temper tantrum someone who was HER equal and her alone didn't cherish her the same way he did with A.
"You dare act like you have any room to judge!? You used to be a piece of scrap for the other group before A fished you out of the ocean… and now you act like your entitled to her care, why her and nobody else!?" Warden heard Arbiter hiss, it made her sound like a jaded lover, not the Queen of the Sirens.
"Are you so stupid that you think I care about who I share company with? You want an answer!? Fine! she doesn't treat me as a monster or a super soldier, you do. A spends time with me, you have plotted how to wrap me around your finger because you feel entitled to someone who will dance to your ever-single word. I will not. You have put the war in jeopardy purely because I will not bow to your whims and consider you my lover." Warden cracked his knuckles and turned on his heel before pressing the button.
"I'm not going to take order from someone who feels entitled to my loyalty and soul. You can scream and cry all you wish that I chose to be around A… at the very least she doesn't treat me as an object. You dare to try and hurt her again or use any of your power to ruin her life and I WILL know. I will come down here, and I will show you how stupid it is to believe you can control me just because you're the queen of the Sirens." Arbiter seethed and went to fire at Warden.
He blocked the shot, sending it crashing into the ceiling with all the force of a nuclear bomb. Arbiter watched Warden depart with amusement and he smirked.
Arbiter screamed and growled while her prize departed. He chose A and there was nothing simply she could do about it. he wouldn't bend to her will and she knew it. Arbiter had no control over his actions then.
He wasn't going to obey her anyway, if she had tried to be nicer and not force him to begin with? He had defeated her when it came to forcing her to admit she had no control over him.
Least it made sure that he could handle things like leadership and hummed with confusion at the moment.
Then again? Nobody expected a Hydra to begin with.
Author notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that the chapter updates are going to be soon. next chapter is going to be in 3 weeks or so and will end up showing A and Warden caring about each other and show most of their relationship changing. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
Ps: Belfast might be soon or pushed to next week.