The Atoner of Orelus

by Empress of Monsters

It was a little over a year since Alexander's defeat in Altair. However, Byuu still has suspicions that there is still chaos and disorder in the world. He gets help from others, including a green hair summoner from another world, to find out about the harsh truth about the state of Orelus...Among other worlds as well. (Contains Teratophilia and Friends with Benefits moments)

2. The Bitter Truth

Chapter 02: The Bitter Truth

"Mmmmgh! Uuuungh! Where am I?" Byuu groaned in discomfort, as he started to slowly open his eyes.

As he awoken, Byuu noticed he was stripped down naked, and had handcuffs bonding his hands together. Byuu was feeling frightened and confused at the same time. His surroundings appeared to be a prison cell back at Altair.

Right before Byuu's eyes, a silver skinned dragonite appeared before him. This dragonite wore regal robes and jewelry, indicating that he was of higher status. He frowned and scowled at the young Cross Knight, as the dragonite looked ready to read Byuu the riot act at any moment now.

"Who are you?" Byuu asked nervously, as sweat poured down his forehead, drenching his blonde bangs.

"Humph! I am Lord Alexander! The one held hostage by that harlot known as Empress Yoyo." Alexander growled in anger. "Why did you let Yoyo imprison me? WHY?!"

Byuu was now feeling a wave of terror, knowing he is face to face with Alexander's dragonite form. "Ummm...Lord Alexander...I was just...following orders! That's all!"

Alexander lunges out at Byuu, grabbing the young man by the top of his head, shaking him violently. "You wretched bastard! Do you even what it is like to be the un-favorite of your clan? Do you know what it is like to be an outcast? Do you even know what it is like to be alone for a long time? Answer me!"

"Y...yes...I know what it is like." Byuu stuttered in a glum tone of voice.

Now, Alexander dug his claws into Byuu's scalp, making droplets of blood sprinkle out of the wounds. "BULL SHIT! I had it much worse that you did! I was that outcast! I was the un-favorite! I sealed away the other dragon gods in Orelus, because I was tired of their abuse. I just wanted to rule over Altair. I just wanted to be loved, and I just wanted people to worship me, instead of loathing me."

Byuu started to have tears form in my eyes. It was rare that Byuu cried, but this time, the guilt his him hard like a sack of potatoes. "I'm sorry! Please forgive me! I didn't know Empress Yoyo had ulterior motives! HONEST!"

Alexander shook Byuu harder, and dug his nails even deeper into his scalp. "It's too late for talk now! You must suffer the consequences for ushering in another dark age!"

The dragon god then threw Byuu down on the ground as hard as he could. Good lord, Byuu was in so much pain right now, both physically and emotionally. How was he suppose to know that Yoyo had a dark side to her? This all came as a slap in the face to him.

Alexander then opens up the door to the jail cell. Outside the door, there was the same group of young dragonite women that mourned his downfall. They all shot cold, hateful looks at the Cross Knight, knowing that he was indirectly responsible for things that went wrong in their lives. Good lord, Byuu felt really sick, it hurts him so bad.

"So that's the wretched man in cahoots with the Dark Empress Yoyo?!" The blue skinned dragonite woman hissed in rage.

"Can we kill him our beloved Lord?" The blonde dragonite woman snarled.

"I wanna castrate that son of a bitch!" The lavender skinned dragonite woman screeched in anger. "He deserves the worst for serving Empress Yoyo!"

Alexander smiles at these dragonite maidens, as he chuckled wickedly, "Oh ho ho ho! Go a head my fair ladies. Do your worst to this bastard!"

"YAAAAAAY!" The maidens cheered out in vicious delight.

The dragonite maidens now brandished a variety of weapons right before Byuu's tear filled eyes, as well as getting ready to cast black magic spells against him. All he can do is accept this cruel fate, and go into the darkness of the Netherworld.

But before Alexander's maidens can tear Byuu up to shreds, he felt something shaking him, calling out his name.

The group of voice rang out, saying, "Byuu...BYUU! Please...WAKE UP! This is urgent!"

"No no! STOP! I didn't know! I'M SORRY!" Byuu cried out in horror.

Then, Byuu felt a familiar figure shake him awake. It was no one other than one of his close friends, known as Truce. "Byuu...Byuu...It's just us: Truce, Bikkebakke, and Rush. Your friends, not enemies."

Now Byuu was wide awake and back into reality. He was surrounded by his close friends once more. He was staying in the Kahna palace to rest up for the night, alongside his friends. Byuu looked up at his friends, and they had a look of fear and concern on their faces. "Mmmmgh! What's going on?"

"Please Byuu...Come follow us right now!" Rush demanded. "It's very alarming."

"It's about Yoyo..." Bikkebakke added in alarm.

"She isn't who we thought she was." Truce added in shock.

"Really...REALLY?" I asked in shock as I put my armor back on.

"Really! Please, follow us! We need to show you her true colors." Truce said as we all got ready to follow Rush's lead.

The more he thought about, the more thought his nightare did have a purpose after all. Maybe Lord Alexander was not the real monster after all. Maybe the late Emperor Sauzer knew about Yoyo's darker side, and never told anyone about it. Yes, yes...there was something up with Crowned Empress of Kahna after all.

So Byuu did as he was told, and quietly followed his friends to Yoyo's bedchamber. They tried to be as quiet as we could, so they wouldn't get caught by Yoyo's guards. Everyone felt so sick, that they wanted to toss their cookies, but fought the urge, so they wouldn't get caught.

Finally, they reached the door that led to Yoyo's bedchamber. Bikkebakke, Rush, and Truce, were all taking turns peeping through the keyhole, as well as ease dropping on Yoyo talking to Matelite. They then cleared the way for Byuu to peer into the keyhole, so he can see what horrified them.

"Be very quiet Byuu." Bikkebakke whispered. "If Yoyo catches us, we are dead meat!"

"Okay, okay." Byuu whispered back, as he peered through the keyhole. While Byuu peer through and eavesdropped, he was horrified with what was happening at this very moment.

Inside the bedchamber, Empress Yoyo looked much different than how Byuu and his friends remembered her.

Yoyo now has blood red skin, like a red hot devil from classic folklore. She had black horns nestled in her crown of dusty blonde hair, Black wings on the backside, and wore an outfit that resembled a harem belly dancer outfit, only with dark colors and a devil motif. She wore stiletto harem shows, with a heel so pointed, that it can do damage with one stomp.

Not only did they notice an obviously brainwashed Matelite, but three other female devils as well. They seem to be controlling Matelite with a slave circlet. However, this is no ordinary slave circlet, but a slave circlet that uses a love spell, to manipulate the wearer into falling in love with their master. It was a sinister device indeed.

The first female devil, alongside Yoyo, was a rather attractive, but wicked creature, with her platinum blonde hair tied up into pigtails, blood red eyes, a svelte figure, wore a ruby pendant, and for reasons unknown, she only has one dragon wing instead of two. Her outfit consisted of a black catsuit, lined with red and white stripes, complete with her cleavage and stomach being exposed, two silver shoulder pads, black gloves with silver bracelets, a tan leather belt, black boots with silver high heels, and carried a super long katana blade with her.

The second devil was somewhat humanoid, but also, somewhat monstrous at the same time. Her head was that of an overweight humanoid woman, with a green face, a short mop of dusty tan hair, round orange eyes, and a round nose. Her body, on the other hand, was very toad-like, complete with webbed feet. She wore a devilish bastardized version of a shrine maiden outfit.

The third devil was less human looking and even more monstrous in appearance. This devil was a furry, fat midget, with sloppy black hair on the top of her head, crowned with goat horns, huge yellow eyes, huge, bushy black eyebrows, a huge mouth, but strangely no nose, not even holes. Reddish-tan fur covered her portly little body, as well as having the hoofs of a goat and the tail of an ox. She wore an outfit consisting of a yellow sweater with red heart patterns, and a red and green stripped pleated skirt.

"Oh man my Empress..." The blonde devil groaned in disgust. "Why did you pick this dumpy old man to use the slave circlet on? Why not a handsome, bang-able pretty boy?"

"Yes Empress, why not?" The furry devil pouted in disappointment.

"Why didn't you use the slave circlet on that Palpaleos boy?" The blonde devil whinged. "He was far more handsome. Why did you let that pretty boy go to waste?"

"This guy needs to lose some weight, and then he would be perfect." The toad devil added.

"Oh my gods...Julia, Yuna, Donna, stop your whinging!" Yoyo snapped in frustration.

The blonde devil, Dark Lady Julia, just pouted and gave Yoyo a nasty look. "But what did happen to Palpaleos?"

"Please tells us Empress sweetie!" The furry devil known as Dark Lady Donna pouted sadly.

"Pretty please?" The toad devil, know as both Dark Lady Yuna, or The False Yuna, asked in a sweet tone. "With sugar on top?"

"Okay, fine, I'll tell you all what happened to Palpaleos." Yoyo sighed as she rolled her eyes at her whiny henchwomen. "You see...Palpaleos broke my heart. He would rather go back to Granbelos, to mourn the death of that wretched Emperor Sauzer. I offered him power, riches, and eternal carnality. But NOOOOOOOOO! He turned me down..."

"Oh no!" The henchwomen screeched in unison.

"You didn't deserve that Empress." Dark Lady Donna said sadly.

"Oh ho ho ho...so the best thing I did..." Yoyo started to explain. "Is to telepathically speak to the citizens of Granbelos, telling them that Palpaleos started the war, and betrayed his people. So there, he got beheaded by the guillotine."

"Ah ha ha! That's what he gets for wanting celibacy!" Dark Lady Julia cackled wickedly.

"I'll say!" Dark Lady Donna added.

"Now, there is no competition between my lady Yoyo and I." A brainwashed Matelite added. "Now, I am happy to serve you fine ladies, hand and foot."

"That's the spirit Matelite!" The devil women cheered wickedly.

Byuu was horrified with what he saw, as well as what he heard. So Yoyo was evil the whole time, and she tricked everyone into serving her! It wasn't Alexander that was the monster all along. Also, Sauzer was also trying to do the right thing the whole time, by ushering in a new age himself. Sauzer knew all along that Yoyo was up to no good the whole time, but why did he have to die instead?

Worst off, nobody ever expect Yoyo to betray Palpaleos in cold blood either. She rejected him, all because he wanted to go back home to Granbelos to mourn Sauzer's death. She just had to frame him for the downfall of the Granbelos Empire, which was all Yoyo's fault, and we were all just her deceived pawns the whole time. So therefore, Palpaleos got executed for a crime he didn't commit.

Now, Byuu feel terrible for all that has happened. The nightmare he had was true after all.

"Come on, let's get out of here before Yoyo discovers us!" Byuu whispered as quietly as he could to his friends.

"Yes sir!" The trio of friends whispered back, as they all fled the scene.

Just as they were fleeing for their lives, a puff of gray smoke appeared before them. Everyone were coughing their lungs out as the smoke entered their noses and mouths. From the smoke they heard a sinister female voice speak to them. "Now where do you think you're going Byuu?"

"Y...YOYO!" Byuu cried out in horror. "How did you know...we were here?"

Yoyo teleported right before the men, alongside her three henchwomen, Julia, Yuna, and Donna. Yoyo wore a sinister grin on her face, and said smugly, "Simple, Dark Lady Donna saw your eye peering through a keyhole."

"N...NO WAY!" Byuu cried out in horror.

Just as Byuu was planning to escape with his friends, Julia, Yuna, and Donna put a tight grip on him, while Yoyo stood in front of Byuu, wearing a sinister smirk on her face. "You are mine Byuu. You're not going to escape from me."

Byuu's friends looked at the situation in horror, as he started to yell commands at them. "Bikkebakke, Truce, Rush! Don't worry about me. Get out of here, now! Before it's too late!"

Now, Bikkebakke, Truce and Rush were on the run, fighting off enemy hordes that served Yoyo on their escape route. While slaying Yoyo's horde, Byuu heard Bikkebakke crying out, "Whatever you do guys...DON'T LOOK BACK!"

"Byuu, we will avenge you! We promise!" Rush added as they fought off the enemies, while Byuu was now Yoyo's hostage.

Now Byuu was locked away in a jail cell within Yoyo's palace. All the Cross Knight could do...is stew around, waiting for his horrid fate. He was now alone...all alone...He can just hope that my friends, Bikkebakke, Truce and Rush made it out safely, and weren't caught by Yoyo and her minions. All Byuu can do, was hope for the best.

Then, Byuu saw the puff of gray smoke appear before his eyes, meaning that Empress Yoyo was coming to check up on me. Byuu shot the succubus a hateful look as she teleports across his cell. "Yoyo, you bitch...!What do you want from me?"

Yoyo cackled wickedly, as she said, "Oh ho ho ho...is that any way to talk to an Empress? Well, anyways..."

"Damn it! Stop teasing me!" Byuu cried out in anger.

"Oh oh, I just gone talking to Dark Lady Julia, Dark Lady Yuna, and Dark Lady Donna..." Yoyo taunted, but he was just getting fed up with this Succubus bitch.

"What about those two harlots?" Byuu yelled in fury.

"We were just discussing some appropriate punishments we'd love to dish out to you, for being such a naughty boy..." Yoyo teased, testing Byuu's patience even further. "We were going to originally get you executed, just I did with Palpaleos...but we changed our minds...so..."

"STOP IT!" Byuu interrupted in anger. "STOP TAUNTING MEEEEEE!"

"Oh, my henchwomen are sending me a telepathic signal right now." Yoyo said in surprise.

"They are telling me that Matelite is lonely, and needs me to please him..."

"Wait? What?" Byuu yelled in dismay.

"Well, whatever you do, behave yourself...Toodles...KYA HA HA HA HA!"

"Yoyo! Wait!" Byuu cried out, but she teleported out of the room fasten than he can ask her a question Now, all he can do, was await his fate, feeling sick to his stomach in the process.

Seconds passed like minutes...Minutes passed like hours...Byuu felt like he was just stewing away...Awaiting the fate that he was to suffer...

But in the middle of the nervous waiting, a red light flickered in Byuu's jail cell. Right before Byuu's eyes, the dragonite form of Bahamut appeared before the young Cross Knight. Bahamut made eye contact with him, saying in a somber tone of voice, " I just received a distress message from your three friends Byuu. I've come here to save you from Evil Empress Yoyo's clutches. If only I knew that Yoyo isn't what I thought she would be...I feel so rotten..."

"It's okay Lord Bahamut..." Byuu said as he patted the dragon god on the back. "I didn't know that Empress Yoyo was going to usher in another dark age either. No one knew."

"Stand back Byuu, as I melt the jail cell bars with my fire breath!" Bahamut commanded as Byuu backed off from the jail bars.

Lord Bahamut greatly inhaled, before using his fire breath. There, before Byuu's eyes, Bahamut shot his breath of fire at the metal bars and door. The solid metal bars, started to turn molten, and melt away like they were never there to begin with. Just as Bahamut melted the bars with his fire breath, the liquid molten metal started to quickly cool and solidify onto the cell's floor. As the metal cooled off, Byuu and Bahamut started to make their escape.

"Come on, let us escape!" Bahamut said to me quietly as Byuu followed his lead. "I will lead you to a safer place, I promise!"

As Byuu escaped his jail cell with Lord Bahamut, they fought hordes of enemies and guards that got in their way. Bahamut was even nice enough to give Byuu back his swords that Yoyo take away. How he did that without being caught by Yoyo herself? Byuu didn't know, but he didn't care either. Byuu and Bahamut, were on our road to freedom, as they are now to leave Kahna kingdom, and hopefully, never come back.

The duo now made our way out of the castle doors, and in to the outskirts of the Kahna empire. Bahamut has now transformed into his dragon god form, beckoning Byuu to jump onto his back as the transformation was completed. "Come on Byuu, hop on my back!"

"Okay!" Byuu said anxiously, as he hopped on Bahamut's back.

Just as the duo were to escape from Kahna, they heard Yoyo's voice ring out to them, as she said this threat, "How dare you escape my clutches, Darling Byuu...!"

Then, Bahamut told his ex-mistress, "Try all you want Yoyo, but I am much more powerful that you, and now, Byuu is on my side! You will not get away with your wickedness Yoyo! We will punish you when the time comes, remember that."

"GRRRRR!" Yoyo growled in rage. "Go on, do you worst! We dare you!"

There, Bahamut and Byuu took off from the Kahna empire, flying away to places far away from Yoyo's grasp...But this was only the beginning of things to come...

….For little did Byuu nor Bahamut knew, that Yoyo has created her own airship like palace version of Kahna castle...For Yoyo was an all powerful demoness, with hordes of villains and monsters at her command. She was planning to not only conquer Orelus, but every world, realm, and dimension she can get her hands on.

But for now, Bahamut and Byuu were focused on making their way to safety, as the duo go over plans about what to do in our future adventures, protecting the universe as they know it.