Author's Note: He fellas! Sorry for the long update. I've been busy writing my own story and this one sat on the back burner. It's a Jojo inspired story and it's called "La Isla del Abatido: Monster Girl's Paradise". It's in Fictionpress under Action if anyone is interested. Anyways, without further ado, enjoy the story!
Manny regains consciousness. He looks around, noting he's in some forest and notices he is being carried by a Slime and Dog Girl.
"Unhand me this instant, vile creatures!" He commands.
"Oh! He's finally awake!" The Slime excitedly says, putting him down. Ilias approaches him.
"Good. Now you can tell us more about yourself." Ilias doesn't give Manny a chance to assess the situation.
"Hmph. I have nothing to say to a weak Goddess." He starts walking away.
"Hey! Is that how you show your gratitude to someone who saved you!? The only reason your meaningless existence is still alive is because I balanced the chaotic light within you. Honestly, I don't know how you survived this long without your body being evaporated." Ilias gets in his way.
"What? You want me to grovel and thank you for saving me?"
"That would be nice. It seems everyone in this realm doesn't show their respects to me. It's quite frustrating."
"Hmm. You can be useful, even though I detest you in every single way." Manny leans against a tree. "I can spare some time to entertain you."
"That's my line!" Ilias sighs. "Anyways, who are you and what reality do you come from?"
"I am known as Manuel from where I come from. As for the world I come from...it doesn't matter. It's long gone."
"Right. I shouldn't need to introduce myself since you, and everyone reading this, already know who I am."
"Who doesn't? One has to be living at the core to not know about you. Not to mention the annoying fourth wall breaking you and some other unfortunate individual are known for." He shakes his head.
"Finally! Someone gets it. Now how did you become...this?" She motions his entire body.
"As the world was being consumed by the Chaos, I purposely hid away in the subconscious of...my host. When he discarded his Light affinity, I took the opportunity to absorb it and created a physical form through many spells I knew at the time. I managed to exist in this realm and now I'm here."
"...That's very vague. Almost like it's done on purpose."
"That's because the HOW doesn't matter. What's important is that I am here and my goal is to erase the existence of any trace of my previous host. He has robbed me of my life and now I will eliminate his own. Which I didn't need to do. His own morals prevented him from raping anybody to relive the cost of weilding the power of Darkness. Hehehe. Poetic justice, I must say." He grins, gazing upon the blue sky.
"You mean the guy with the black clothing that makes him look edgy and a crazy afro?"
"Yeah. Were you there when he was perishing?"
"Nope. We saw him traveling along with that fool of a shota and ugly blue/purple hag entering San Ilia while we carried you to the forest." Manuel didn't like hearing the news.
"Son of a bitch!" He punches the trunk, releasing a holy energy that disintegrates the tree completely. "Never fucking dying like the damn roach that you are."
San Ilia
Norman, Radio and Chrome arrive back to the city where the crew are grouped up at the entrance.
"There you both are! We were just about to look for you." Luka runs up to him and notices Chrome behind them. "Oh. Hello there."
"Chrome, Luka. Luka, Chrome." Norman introduces both of them.
"Are you okay? You look pretty down." Luka asks worryingly.
"Don't worry about it. Was trying to gather info and ended up with nothing." Norman reassures him.
"Well while you both were having your misadventures, we talked to the Pope and we're on our way to gather mithril ore to upgrade our equipment for a special mission." Alice explains. Norman groans at the roadblock not wanting to waste any unnecessary time, but he understands everyone needs to prepare themselves for the upcoming difficult battles.
Mt. Saint Amos
They arrive at the entrance. Alice provides the permit to the guards and they let them pass.
"All right, here's the plan." Alice starts speaking. "We've been encountering strong foes recently and our current strategy isn't going to cut it. I suggest having four people on the frontlines and four more to cover our backs." She assigns herself, Luka, Norman and Sonya for the front and Radio, Chrome, Vanilla and Papi as back up. "Any complaints?"
"No problems here. The faster we get this done, the sooner we can get to our mission." Norman walks forward.
"Hold it. Radio, when was the last he had sex?" Alice asks.
"The last time was with you approximately 22 hours 37 minutes and 19 seconds ago." She responds.
"Why haven't you had sex yet? We can't have you on the brink of death at every encounter." Alice scolds him.
"I'll handle it when it happens."
"And what if you can't? What if we get separated and you can't cure it in time? You're a part of the team now and your wellbeing is our utmost priority. I don't know what happened at the mansion, but please try to take care of yourself." Alice is surprisingly concerned.
"...I will. I'm not planning on dying anytime soon." He reassures her. She stays quiet and they head to the summit...AN ANT GIRL AND BEAR GIRL ATTACKS!
Monster Girl Quest - Battle Theme
Bear Girl: Haha! Get ready for my bear hug!
She swipes her claw at Norman. He switches to Shadow Hunter and parries her attack with his sword. Then plunges his weapon in her gut and combos it with Demon Decapitation, knocking her out instantly.
Ant Girl: Eeek! What are you!?
Norman switches to Boxer and dashes towards her. He then uppercuts her chin and repeatedly punches her.
Norman: URA URA URA URA!
With one final punch sending her flying against the wall, making her unconscious.
Victory?
Only Norman gains EXP. He has become stronger and faster with his attacks.
"Let's go." He says while continuing to walk. Everyone is completely stunned by the display strength. The same man who struggled fighting basic monsters, is now defeating them without breaking a sweat.
"Woah! He just beat them up like it was nothing!" Papi exclaims. This worries Radio but they keep on moving. They're close to the summit, when something crashes in front of them. It's Manuel. He spreads his transparent angel wings and glares at Norman.
"You guys can go ahead." Norman says switching to Shadow Hunter.
"But M-!" Radio starts to protest.
"He's only here for me. We can't be stopped by every single obstacle in our way." He approaches Manny. The group looks at each other worryingly.
"We'll help you once we get the ore." Luka runs past them. The group follows, Radio looks back one more time and joins the crew, leaving them alone.
"I should've ended your life back at the beach." Manuel summons his spear of light. Norman closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He materializes Angel Halo.
"Let's get this petty shit over with."
Devil May Cry 5 - Bury The Light
Manuel throws multiple spears at him but Norman easily deflects them and grabs one to use the Demon Skull Crusher more effectively and lands the hit.
Manny: Ugh! You bitch!
He switches to Samurai Saint and uses Spirit Slaying Sword, but Norman blocks it. They grind on their weapons, creating friction that visibly is heating up the blades.
Norman: Pro tip. Don't use abilities that you clearly don't know how to use properly.
Manny: Do not mock me! I will show you how much stronger I am than you!
They push each other off and Manny charges Kyoka Suigetsu. Norman switches to Boxer and sidesteps his attacks. He closes the gap and punches his gut, making Manny gasp for air and lose concentration. Norman uses Demon Decompression by slamming both his fists on the side of Manny's head. Disoriented by the attack, Norman takes this opportunity to pummel his face repeatedly and finishing it off with a K.O. punch.
Victory!
Manny is on the floor groaning in pain. His body is becoming consumed by the light.
"Augh! Dammit! This can't be how it ends!" He screams in pain. Norman walks up to and switches to Shadow Hunter. He materializes the Angel Halo and hands it to Manny. "W-What are you doing?"
"You're being consumed by the Light, right? The Angel Halo has holy properties that can stabilize your body for a bit."
"You know I will kill you once I regain my strength." Norman shrugs.
"I don't care. I'll just stop you like now. But this isn't about me or you anymore. This is for our future and I want to save any world I can from the Chaos so they can live their normal lives. That's why I stopped focusing on my own selfish needs and filling the void in my heart with their alternate selves. Remember how you kept ranting how I took your life? Well here you are with your new but unstable body and you're wasting it on pettiness that doesn't matter." Manny grinds his teeth with frustration but calms down and takes the sword.
"Wow. What a let down. I was here expecting a battle to the death and you're spouting philosophical nonsense." They turn to the source of the voice to find Adramelech in her base form.
"Adramelech!" Norman switches to Boxer.
"I'll admit, you have been making progress with your new abilities. But this character growth is getting truly...boring. I'm putting an end to your story." She mumbles something and black flames appear on Norman's arms and legs.
"AAAAAAH! What did you do!?"
"I only accelerated for the side effects to kick in. Now to take care of the other paradox." She dashes towards Manny to plunge her arm through his chest. What she didn't expect is Norman taking the blow. He coughs blood, but holds her arm steady. "Well well. This is a surprise. No matter. Makes it easier for me." She plunges her other arm into his heart, killing him instantly. No cry, no scream. Only a gasp and silence.
It all happened so fast to Manny. The man he tried to kill not only spared him, but also sacrificed his life. She tosses his limp body off the mountain. Manny jumps off to grab him. He catches Norman mid-air and descends slowly to the ground.
"You utter fool. What did you try to gain dying? Moral compass? Redemption? You said it didn't matter, but you were lying to yourself. Your death is what I wanted all along." Tears escape Manny's eyes. "Why am I crying? This is not fair. I shouldn't be feeling sad! Dammit! What have you done to me, Norman!?" The flames are spreading to Norman's body. "Not like it matters. We shouldn't even have existed anyways. We were only delaying the inevitable." He notices a book inside Norman's jacket and takes it out to read. It's the research that Shirome was conducting to stop the spread of the Chaos, but it's incomplete.
This is not about me or you anymore. Norman's words invade his thoughts. He wipes his tears away.
"There's only one way to save your body. Though it would mean I take full control and you will never be brought back…" Manny hoped that he would reply, but he knew better.