Curse of the Universe

宇宙の呪い

(Uchū no noroi)

"Though he shows no fear, he shan't be fallen by fate."

(彼は恐れを示さないが、彼は運命に倒されない。)

Chapter 13:- The Wingless Demon

Theme song: Last Game - Zwei(feat. Rena)

Ending Song: Happy Synthesizer - Mano Aloe

Yuuya: So you've been cursed by the Universe too, huh?

Aloe: Does it look that obvious to you?

Yuuya: To me, yes. I'm not too sure about the others. *The boy said as he was sitting on the roof of a watchtower within the arena that he had battled against Fubuki and Ayame as the pink haired succubus was sitting next to him and the two were watching Polka, Nene, Botan and Lamy fighting against what seems to be Mokujin from Tekken* No matter how hard we try, sometimes life would simply throw you aside like you were a mistake and I understand that.

Aloe: How so?

Yuuya: *He would turn to look at the girl beside of him as she gasped softly at the sight of Yuuya's dead eyes that showed nothing but darkness within his beautifully coloured eyes* I've died too many times to count, I've seen how monsters and Humans kill each other, so be it being torture or something even more brutal. I've lost people and I have lost my Humanity. Not knowing the fear of death is the worst feeling any mortal would have. Once you reach a certain time in your life, you'll come to realise that death would seem to be a better option to run away from the things you hate but nothing in life is that simple.

Aloe: But...You've already saved a lot of people.

Yuuya: Aloe, if I could risk my life to save an entire population from harm's way for an eternity, I would but God doesn't see it that way. Just like how everyone had treated you before.

*The girl then got quiet as Yuuya would put a hand on her hand as he watched the girls down below*

Yuuya: But that does not mean that you should stop staying alive even if you are afraid to face them. You're different, you have a choice but I can't run from my fate. It is my destiny after all.

Aloe: Yuuya…

Yuuya: *He glared down below as he saw an image of an armoured male that was covered in nothing but alien-like white armour that had a long mace-like tail on his rear and a red cape as he had glowing red eyes. After the boy blinked his eyes, the man disappeared and he noticed Botan and Polka were running away from Mokujin as the doll was chasing them while holding onto a chainsaw* You may be afraid of society but I'm afraid of losing the people I love, because….I know that I cannot bring them back even if I wanted to.

Aloe: You don't have powers that help you resurrect the dead?

Yuuya: It is a curse to resurrect the dead, Aloe. If you break the laws of life itself, you will be sentenced in a lifetime of punishment by all celestial beings and even if I could raise the dead, I could never face them after seeing that they would have forgotten about me and everyone else… *The girl would hold onto his hand tightly as she teared up slightly*

Hours passed as it was the middle of the night. The sight of Aloe could be seen walking on top of the rooftop of an apartment complex as she would head towards the barrier that was covering the edges of the rooftop and would look down and see the lights down below. The girl would then jump up and stand on top of the barrier and continued to look down as she spread her arms and closed her eyes as she took a deep breath. The sound of a dark tone of a piano could be heard within Aloe's head as she teared up slightly with her eyes closed, as she exhaled and let her body weight go, the girl would drop down as she fell down towards the massive crowd down below, as she was falling, a shadow flew by and grabbed her as it would then drop her on top of a roof of an apartment complex. Aloe got up and looked up to see who or what grabbed her as her eyes widened to see the sight of a tall woman with long orange coloured hair and massive-dragon like wings on her back as it was Kiryu Coco. The dragon girl floated down towards the Succubus with her glowing eyes as she landed in front of Aloe and looked upset.

Coco: What the hell were you trying to do?

Aloe: C-Coco-senpai..

Coco: Were you trying to commit suicide?

Aloe: I-I…

Coco: Were you?! *She shouted angrily as the little demon got scared as she teared up and covered her ears as she cowered in fear and was shaking* What do you think Yuuya-kun would do if he found out that you tried to kill yourself, huh?! He risked everything to save this entire planet and you with it and now you want to end your own life because of a trauma? Grow up! Look ahead of you and not what's behind you, you idiot!

Aloe: I was afraid, okay?! I didn't know what else to do! No matter where I go, nobody would treat me normally! They treat me like I'm trash, a monster…

Coco: Then to hell with them! Aloe-chan, you are who you are! You choose what you want to be! You don't have to listen to those bastards and take them seriously! They may call you trash but you are an angel to many others too!

Aloe: And how would you know that?

Coco: I just do, now come with me.

As Coco grabbed Aloe and brought her somewhere, up in space on the partially destroyed moon, the sight of Yuuya was seen sitting on top of a rock as he was looking up ahead and saw the sight of a massive bright white warp gate opening as multiple Evangelions were seen coming through the portal .

Yuuya: They just don't know when to give up. *As the boy said and snapped his fingers, multiple portals would open up behind him as the sight of what seems to be Digimon and Pokemon were seen coming out of the portals as they outnumber the aliens that were coming in from the portal* Now let's get this over with.

Back on the surface of the planet of Holographic, the sight of Aloe was seen in her apartment as Coco had left the Succubus at home as she went back out to patrol the city and within the apartment, the sight of Aloe could be seen hiding under her blanket as she was holding onto her pillow tightly until the sound of a voice could be heard whispering around her as she panicked and closed her eyes. Within a second as she opened her eyes slightly, she saw a bright figure standing in front of her as she could see the light shining off of the figure through the sheets of her blanket, Aloe would slowly peek out to see what it was as her eyes widened at the sight of a tall male that was completely covered in white alien-like armour and had a long mace-like tail on his rear as he had glowing red eyes and was staring at her.

Aloe: W-What the hell are you…?

Man: I...Am...Shan. Shan...Vile...Merkava. *The man spoke as he had a deep voice and was replying to her slowly*

Aloe: Shan...Vile… *As she said the man's name, her eyes were glowing red as she would reach out to him and within a second, a bright light appeared in between both Aloe and Shan as the sight of Yuuya was seen as he broke Shan's arm by teleporting in between the two and was holding onto the man's neck and would crush his neck with his bare hands and when he did, Shan disappeared and perished into thin air. Yuuya then panicked as he turned around and grabbed hold of Aloe's hand and noticed that she was shaking in fear. The boy then got worried for her as he would then snap his fingers and caused her to fall unconscious on her bed as she fell asleep*

Yuuya: Why and how is it possible that he is still here...?

Hours passed as Yuuya was seen lying down on the couch in Aloe's apartment as Rushia was with him. The boy had his head laid down on the girl's lap. The boy had his eyes closed as he was resting while Rushia was gently stroking his hair as he would open his eyes and looked up at the girl.

Yuuya: Rushia…

Rushia: Hmm?

Yuuya: What would you do if I get killed?

Rushia: I'll kill the person or thing that killed you.

Yuuya: Despite knowing that I can't die?

Rushia: Of course! I'll avenge even when you can't die~

Yuuya: I guess that puts me at ease. Oh and thank you for being here with me.

Rushia: Anything for you, Yuuya-kun~

Yuuya: Here. As a thank you. *He said as he would put his hands on her cheeks as he would carefully lower her head down to his as Rushia's eyes widened and she would blush madly as Yuuya would lightly placed his lips on Rushia's nose and when he did, he smiled at her innocently as Rushia gasped and covered her mouth as she tried to hold in her scream* Thank you~

Rushia: *She quickly grabbed a pillow beside her and put her face on it* AHHHHHHH!

Out in the pacific, on top of little land that is a rock in the middle of the ocean, the sight of a short girl that is wearing a shark's outfit was seen as she was holding onto a trident within her hand as she was with a dark haired female that had a large number of tentacles on her rear. The two girls appeared to be Gawr Gura and Ninomae Ina'nis. As the two were chatting, both of them would look ahead as they notice bubbles popping within the waters in front of them as something white could be seen moving towards them from the water as the two got up and got worried as they drew their weapons as they saw the white figure moving towards them in a fish-like manner. As the figure stopped moving and would rise up from the water, it appeared to be an armoured male that had a similar look to Shan's design but his helmet had four bright red eyes that glowed in a monstrous fashion. His clean and bright white armour shined under the moonlight as Gawr pointed her trident at the man while Ina'nis hid behind the shark girl.

Gawr: What is that thing?

Ina'nis: It doesn't look friendly…

Gawr: I don't know what it is but it sure is pretty lookin'.

Ina'nis: The bright white armour that shines within the dark moon, cleaner than anything I've seen in life but most importantly...It's designed very….Menacingly…

As soon as the girl said that the creature was menacing looking, the sealed up jaw on the man's armour would split apart as it screeched and roared loudly. As it roared, the two girls panicked as they jumped back down into the sea as a massive fireball would hit the man as it created a massive explosion. Both Gawr and Ina'nis would peep their heads out from the water to see what happened as they saw a massive red bird that was engulfed in flames as it was flying in the sky.

Gawr: It's Kiara! *The bird flew down and transformed to reveal a light orange hair girl* Thanks for the help.

Kiara: No problemo! But what was that thing?

Gawr: I ain't got no clue but it was creepy as hell!

Ina'nis: K-Kiara..?

Kiara: You're an ancient shark, why can't you just beat it up?

Gawr: I didn't even know what it was!

Ina'nis: Kiara!

Kiara: W-What? Stop yelling!

Ina'nis: *She was shivering in fear as she pointed behind Kiara* B-Behind you..

As the dust cleared, the sight of the bright eyes could be seen glowing as the man jumped on top of Kiara and pinned her down to the ground as its jaws would open widely and devour the girl's entire head, when it did, Gawr along with Ina'nis panicked as they noticed that the man's back was glowing brightly as massive metallic bird-like wings would sprout from his back as they glowed in bright orange as the tips of the wings were covered in bright flames and the mace-like tail would mutate and transform into a pincer-shaped tail that had the tip of the pincers glowing brightly like metal in heat. The creature would look up into the air as it made another powerful roar that caused the waters to sway strongly, pushing the two girls within the ocean away from him as a shadow could be seen covering the man from above as it looked up and saw the sight of a tall beautiful woman with bright pink hair and a massive scythe within her hands as she swung the weapon at him as the woman appeared to be Mori Calliope as her eyes glowed bright red as she glared at the armoured man.

Mori: What?! Agh-! *She would get hit by the tail of the man as she flew into water as Ina'nis caught her before she fell into the water* Th-Thanks..

Ina'nis: Are you all right?

Mori: N-Never better…But what the hell was that thing?

Gawr: I don't know but it just killed Kiara in an instant.

Mori: She's a Phoenix, she'll be fine.

Ina'nis: Kinda hard to believe that a Phoenix would lose to some humanoid creature…

Mori: We need to get to the city and inform the others before it gets worse.

Gawr: You don't say? That damn thing could swim underwater and now it has wings!

The sight of a massive sea serpent was seen rising from the ocean as it was Metalseadramon from the Digimon universe as it fired a massive beam from its nostril and made a powerful explosion but the man would fly towards the serpent and break the jaw of the Digimon and bite the metal armour on the nostril as some of the man's armour on his body would slowly glow and change form as it began to mimic Metalseadramon's Chrome Digizoid platings.

Ina'nis: I-It just copied Metalseadramon's armour!

Gawr: W-We need to get out of here!

Mori: Then swim you fishes! Swim goddamnit! *The three panicked as they would head to the city of Holographic as the armoured male's eyes glowed in bright red as another eye would appear on the forehead as it roared loudly and powerfully*

Within Aloe's bedroom, the sight of the succubus could be seen sleeping in her bed and as she was asleep within the dark room, the tips of her horns could be seen glowing bright orange as they were emitting heat.

-TO BE CONTINUED-