Kuroinu: The Power of the Third Eye

Chapter 2

Black Dogs

Volt was on the throne of the now conquered Black Citadel. The Dark Elves had already evacuated the Citadel by the time the Black Dogs came barreling in. If the report his men had given him were correct, the only ones left were Olga and a missing elvish knight. The knight was nowhere to be found. Strangely enough, there was a monk. What a monk was doing in here was one hell of a question. But it was a question better off left alone. It didn't even matter. The Demons are obviously convinced that the Queen is weak. He has the Citadel that will act as a base of operations, and all he needs now to get his ambition off the ground is to just get on with his declaration of his sex empire. After that, all he needs to do is take all the other Citadels before moving to Ken and make all those female authority figures in Eostia his bitches and finally make his ambitions come true. He had the Dark Elf Queen's staff right next to the throne, just beyond her reach.

The first thing to do was to break Olga's spirit and turn her into a sex slave.

Tepu woke up. He shook his head. How long was he out?

"Hey, monk. Are you awake?" The woman's voice spoke to him.

"Yeah… my head feels—"

"Not now. Where are we?" The woman asked.

He looked around. He found himself in what looks like… a prison cell.

"I'm stuck in a prison cell." Tepu said quietly.

"A prison cell? Figures." The woman said. "That's exactly what you get for underestimating Lady Olga."

"Sorry… I didn't mean for you to get put in here with me." Tepu said.

"Now who the hell are you talking to?"

He looked to see a man.

"Well… seems like your human companions have taken the castle, nice going, monk." The woman said.

Before he could say anything, he needed to get out of here. He stood up and cleared his throat.

"I was… Uh… talking to no one but myself." Tepu said. "Would you kindly let me out of here? I have a pilgrimage to complete."

"You'll get out when the boss says so." The man said.

"Oh… I see." Tepu said before he sat back down.

The guard turned away for a moment. Tepu's third eye opened suddenly and a light came forth. The man turned around as he noticed the light, only to be greeted with a dagger to the head. Tepu gasped in shock. As the light faded, the woman he had met before was standing in front of him. She went over to the body and slipped her arm past the bars and grabbed what appeared to be keys. She placed a key into the door and twisted it counterclockwise. The door unlocked and the woman opened the door. She ripped her dagger out of the man's head and wiped the blood off it.

"You… you killed someone… you killed—"

"And? What? Does your god want to punish me now or something?" The woman asked.

"I suggest you save the chatter later." An oddly familiar voice said.

He got out and looked to another cell to see—

"Lady Olga!" The woman said.

She went over to the cell and unlocked the door.

"I'm glad that you're ok." The woman said. "I apologize—"

"You need not apologize for anything. You did no wrong." Olga said. "You, Indri, sorry about earlier. I figured you were with these mercenaries, but it seems I was wrong to think so."

"Mercenaries?" Tepu asked.

He looked to the man. He saw the insignia of a black wolf.

"They were hired by the people who obviously wanted to have me captured." Olga said. "But I am no fool. I've seen how humans behaved. They may as well be no different."

"But… you can't just kill a person! He did nothing wrong!" Tepu said.

"If only you knew what their kind have done." The woman said.

He pulled the axe out of his head. The woman pulled her daggers out. Olga rested a hand on the woman's shoulder.

"That axe… who are you? State your name and the name of your family." Olga said.

He held his axe aloft.

"I am Tepu. Son of Braska." Tepu said.

"Braska? Son? You're his son?" Olga asked.

"Wha— what is the meaning of this?" The woman asked.

"You know my father?" Tepu asked.

"Yes… he…" Olga stopped. "He… he is dead. Found him in an encampment filled with Orcs. There was nothing we could do. He was long dead by the time I found him."

Tepu dropped the axe.

"You're… lying… you're lying… he… can't be dead… the maester… he said he was…"

"I'm sorry, but the man is dead. I saw his body out there." Olga said. "He's no longer of this world. Accept it."

Tepu was trying his best to take it all in. His father was long dead before Tepu took up his pilgrimage. He had no time to mourn his own loss. He had to finish what his father started.

"I must finish the pilgrimage… it is the only way that his spirit will ever be truly allowed to rest." Tepu said.

"I'm afraid that might not be possible." Olga said. "See, the orcs most likely no longer obey me."

"What?" Tepu asked.

"Your Highness, do you even know—"

"Chloe, not now." Olga said. "My magic was the only thing that kept them from turning against me. But now that they know, they will not obey me. They heed only the strong. And in this case, the Black Dogs."

"Black... Dogs?"

"The mercenary she killed was one of them." Olga said. "They are led by a human by the name of Volt."

'Volt…' Tepu thought. 'Of course… if he's the leader, then maybe I can stop this chaos and bring order, completing the pilgrimage.'

"Then… you will help me, won't you?" Tepu asked.

"Help you? You think you can just expect us to help and—"

"Alright then." Olga said.

"Milady?!" Chloe said.

"But in exchange, you get my staff back and escort me and my subordinate to the south. I know of a Citadel on the way there." Olga said. "Escort us to the Citadel, and I can assure you that you'll find even greater help in finishing your pilgrimage."

"R-Right…" Tepu said.

"Good." Olga said. "Then I suppose we are off."

His third eye opened. A flash of light shines. The two women are suddenly pulled into his third eye and are absorbed. He felt the two women enter his inner world.

Tepu's Inner World

Olga was amazed with what she was looking at. A world inside an Indri. It was amazing.

"So this is what it's like inside the third eye." Olga said. "I've heard so much about it that I never stopped to consider this."

The two elves heard a hymn in the air. It was coming from one of the islands. The hymn sounded so… calming… and yet there was a somber feeling from it. A bridge amassed itself and connected itself to the island. The elves went to the island. They spotted a nest in a clearing in a forest. There they saw a bird-like humanoid creature singing the song. The bird stopped singing. The bird looked to the women.

"Ah! I knew I wasn't going crazy!" The bird spoke.

The bird fell out of the nest it made.

"I am Rapten, Heruka of the Wind." The bird said.

"Heruka… ah yes. I've heard of it before. The Indri believe in a totally different religion." Olga said. "What we are looking at is one of their fierce deities they call the Heruka."

"There was another one, goes by the name of Duga." Chloe said. "I heard it screeching when I came here the first time."

A piercing screech was heard.

"Oh, that's Duga. He's always in pain. Every time he moves, he just feels pain and whenever he feels anything, it just feels like pain to him. That and he has no legs to speak of." Rapten said. "Who are you?"

"Why—! You are in the presence of Olga Discordia!" Chloe said. "And I am her faithful knight, sworn to protect her from—!"

"And who are you, little lassie?" Rapten interjected.

"Lassie?! Why you—!"

"Her name's Chloe." Olga said. "We're here because your master brought us here. Though not if he will."

"Oh yeah… I've heard of times where the third eye just absorbs people. It's been 500 years since it stopped being a thing." Rapten said. "Well, I'm sure you'll love it here. I can assure you of that."

"I see… thank you." Olga said. "Anyone else aside from yourself?"

"Oh yeah… I think there's Maha… I wouldn't go to him unless you fit his criteria though. It's been awhile since he's gotten a look at women such as yourselves." Rapten said. "I'd be careful. I wouldn't go to Sonam either. She's already drunk. If she asks you for a drink, just say no. Maha drank with her and you don't want Maha to be drunk."

"Why do I already have the feeling something terrible is going to happen?" Chloe asked.

"Your feelings could be wrong?"

In the Throne Room…

"They what?!" Volt exclaimed.

"Yes! They escaped! That monk! He had the knight all along! She just came out of his head and then he managed to get both the knight and Olga!" One of his men said. "The monk's an Indri!"

"A what?" Hicks asked.

"A humanoid species with a mystical third eye…" Kin said. "Seems like Hicks was right about this one, huh Volt?"

"Don't just stand there! Apprehend the bastard! Make sure he doesn't escape!" Volt said.

"Y-Yes sir!"

"Damn… why didn't we know sooner?" Volt asked.

"They come here once every 100 years. And it's been 100 years since the last reported sighting of an Indri." Kin said. "We got to nail this guy down before he books it to the Alliance. The last thing we need is—"

The castle began to shake.

"What the hell?! An earthquake?!"

"No… this isn't a natural earthquake… It's like there's something generating a huge shockwave!" Kin said. "But what could do that?"

Choenyi cracked the air using hammer-like appendages on his upper back. A powerful shockwave shook the castle to an unimangible degree. The Heruka was covered in stone all over its body. The Heruka had a bulky body. It was essentially a walking armor of stone that was large as an orc. The three eyes were all green. The Heruka began to walk through the halls as many soldiers were down on the ground, writhing from the shockwave they were hit with.

"Is that guy even human?"

"What if he's like a demon?"

"No being should be that strong…"

An orc tried to get Choenyi from behind. He grabbed the orc with his hand and slammed it to the ground before emitting a powerful shockwave to the skull. The orc was down and out. Choenyi kept moving forward.

Tepu was one with the Heruka. He wielded their power. The second he brings the power of a Heruka, he and the Heruka fight as one.

Choenyi summoned a remnant of stone. He punched the remnant and moved it using his shockwave. It ran through the hall and crashed into a wall.

"How the hell do we stop someone like him?" Volt asked.

"Well, we can't just brute force him down. The Indri are physically stronger. They have twice the strength of an orc." Kin said. "They are highly potent when it comes to magic."

"What about that third eye?" Volt asked.

"Well, you'd kill it, but then everything in the eye would die too." Kin said.

"Shit…" Volt said. "Kin, give me something. Anything to get the upper hand here."

"If only we knew more about these guys…" Kin said.

A man was knocked around across the hall. The monk walked in with a bloody axe.

"Shit… how many guys do you think he cut down already?" Hicks asked.

"He slaughtered a bunch of orcs and goblins before we got in here. I'd say the blood is from them." Kin said.

"That's the monk?" Volt asked.

"Yeah. That's got to be him." Kin said.

Tepu turned to see three men. One of them had a book and a staff in hand, the other pulled out two daggers, the one in the middle was tall and had a sword on his back. Before he could say anything, his third eye opened and the two women jumped out. Olga reaches for the staff and it flew to her. She caught it.

"So you finally hopped off the monk." The tall man said. "Be a good elf and put it down."

"I'm afraid you are no longer in a position to make demands." Olga said. "Put the sword down Volt. Don't and you won't see the light of day again."

"Am I supposed to give a damn about threats coming from a woman?" The man asked. "Oi, monk. Aren't you tired of being bossed around by some woman?"

Tepu looked at the tall man. He held onto his axe tightly.

"The only will I follow is the will of Itia, for I am his messenger." Tepu said.

"So you follow your god's will, then what? What the hell are you going to do after you do his work for him, huh?" The man asked. "Get this, ditch your god and join me. Do that and you'll get to satisfy all of your desires."

"Hm?"

"I wanted to wait a little while longer before I had to tell another person outside of my band of mercenaries, but I guess I'll do it anyway." The man said. "See… this continent has been through some shit. I mean, there was war going on. Demons would always pillage villages and make women their damn whores that they get to fuck with. And all of this started because of those Dark Elves over there."

"You hunted our kind and did unspeakable atrocities toward us. You should have never done that in the first place." Olga said. "Your kind started all of this."

"And I'm going to end it, but not the way that High Elf wants it!" The man said. "Just giving you up to her so she could broker a peace between you dark elves and the rest of humanity? To hell with that!"

"This war will end alright, but with an empire built over it!" The man said. "An empire where women are subservient to the desires of men!"

"So you had no intention on handing me over to her after all." Olga said.

"You lecherous bastards!" Chloe said.

"To hell with all those female authority figures! A world where men are below women is a world of utter bullshit!" The man said. "How the hell is a man supposed to do whatever the hell he wants with a woman if the authorities won't even allow it?! You try and tell me how a man is supposed to do what he wants?!"

The elves were silent.

"Don't you get it, monk boy?" The man said. "Join me, and you get to screw whatever woman you want. Not a bad offer, ain't it?"

"No." Tepu said.

"Hm?"

"I… I refuse." Tepu said.

The man looked surprised.

"What the hell do you mean by that?" The man asked.

"Because… I… I…"

Tepu's face turned red.

"IM A VIRGIN!" Tepu yelled.

The elves turned to Tepu. Olga looked in confusion while Chloe gawked.

"What?" Olga asked.

"I'm only 180 years old!" Tepu said. "I just became an adult recently since last month!"

"That can't be true!" The man said. "You cannot be serious about that!"

"Actually… no, he's right. By this point he's 18 human years old now." The man to his left said.

"But that can't be the case! Even a virgin—!"

"That and… and I think it's wrong to do that!" Tepu said. "Not only because it's morally wrong, but because it doesn't work with the ethics of my people… or the teachings of Itia."

Flashback

100 years ago...

Young Tepu watched as children began to sing the Hymn of the Heruka. His father was beside him.

"Listen my son, the teachings of Itia are very important. Never lose sight of them." Braska said. "Itia wants a world where there is a balance between order and chaos."

He pointed to a balancing scale. The scale was perfectly balanced.

"See? Balance." Braska said. "Just as Itia wants a balance between order and chaos, we must have a balance of happiness and sorrow within our hearts. That is but one lesson in his teachings. Don't forget that."

Present Day

"There must always be a balance in harmony and discord, a balance between hope and despair, a balance between happiness and sorrow." Tepu said. "What you are talking about throws everything off balance and into one's favor."

"You seriously can't be rejecting me out of a stupid reason like that!" The man said.

"Not only that…" Tepu said.

His third eye opened and bursted into flame with the eye of Maha.

He looked at the man with anger.

"But it is absolutely sinful in the eyes of Itia!" Tepu said. "And you betrayed your own people! That makes you a wicked man that must be purged from the world! What you have said has insulted Itia greatly! For that, I can't allow you to live!"

His body is covered in flames.

"Fine then! Die with your stupid religion!" The man said.

He drew his sword. The flaming Tepu ran at the man. The man swung his sword down. A arm was raised toward it. The sword barely cuts into the arm. The flames dispersed and Maha stood in front of the man, holding the kanabo. The head of the kanabo was on fire. Maha roared.

"Kaen no Shichi Goku (Flames of the Seventh Hell)!" Maha yelled.

He struck the man with tremendous force. The man was knocked flying into a wall. Maha quickly backed up and shot a flame bullet at the ceiling, making it come down. Maha turned into ash as Tepu now stood in his place again. He recited a mantra and pulled the whistle out. He blew into it. He had the whistle over his forehead. His third eye opened in the shape of Rapten's eye. He swings the whistle, summoning a gust of wind.

Rapten spreads his wings as he called forth. He turned to the women. The two women were turned into light and went into Rapten's third eye. The bird spins, summoning a tornado. Rapten created an updraft and went high into the sky. Rapten exited the castle and began to fly out of the Citadel.

A/N: And so we bounce away from the Black Citadel.

Tepu's Age and Virginity

Indri age every 10 years, so 180 Indri years would be the same as 18 human years. Also, Tepu is a monk who just became an adult. And since he is a monk, he can't just have sex even after he just became an adult (a young adult at that).

Duga is Suffering

Just think Anima from FFX, I based Duga solely off of Seymour's mom. Duga is the embodiment of torment and darkness, the very thing the Indri accepted as a part of their way of life, for if they are to be happy, they must also know how to feel sorrow and pain.

Choenyi

Being the Earth Heruka, Choenyi is a very hard Heruka. He has a balance between offense and defense, but not much speed. As a staunch defender, he is an unmovable wall. He can create shockwaves with a punch.

Rapten

Being the Wind Heruka, Rapten is very fast, hits hard, but could go down in a few good hits. He has mastery of the air and can call forth the winds.

Maha

Maha, being the Fire Heruka, is perhaps one of the most strongest Heruka in terms of attack power. He can augment his body temperature and can either create magma or fire from his hands. His kanabo is fierce and could destroy a wall with ease.

Olga and Chloe

Blue Oni, Red Oni, pretty self explanatory. Both of them hates humans (although Olga might just hate them more, I could be wrong).

Volt

Yeah... not going to kill him off here. Just letting him know what he's dealing with.

And that's all we got. Stay Tuned.