Forever Sinners:
Chapter XVII—End Game?
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A/N: OOPS! I did say that the last chapter was from Johnny's POV. I forgot to change it. Originally it was going to be, but I changed my mind at the last minute, sorry I forgot to change the A/N. XD But I'm sure you got who's POV I was from, right? I am not writing out another fight scene. Mine suck, royally. Deal with it.
Disclaimer: Jhonen says to end the fic! Here we go!
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Todd stared in disbelief as D's body slowly began to turn to ash while Eff cried onto his dead friend's body.
"Schmee…" Todd whispered, seeing as Eff wouldn't answer him. "What's happening to him?"
He's turning back into what he was….. Nothing.
"Shut up, Bear." Eff turned towards Schmee, tears running down his face. "D was not nothing!"
I'm saying his soul…or whatever you call it is nothing. I'm saying his "being" is nothing. Meaning, he was created from air and hence shouldn't even exist. So, he's turning back into what he originally was… To emphasis what Schmee was saying, the ash that was once D began to dissolve further until there was nothing left.
Eff cried out in shock. Covering his face, he began crying over where D once was.
Pepito watched with a blank expression, not knowing what to say and sure that whatever he said now would only get him a dirty look from Eff. Todd, however, seemed to know what to do. He walked over to the sobbing Eff, wrapping his arms around the smaller form while still holding Schmee.
Shocked, Eff turned to look at Todd in surprise, but soon allowed the elder to comfort him. Pepito watched while leaning against the wall, somewhat amused.
"It's alright…really…" Todd patted Eff's head. He knew how it felt to be all alone, which he was sure Eff felt. For some twisted reason, he felt Eff was the little brother he never had.
"B-But…" Eff glomped onto Todd's neck.
"Am I interrupting something?" Todd lifted his head to look at Senor Diablo. Blinking a few times, Todd noticed Diablo was holding someone in his arms. However, the dark cloak of the Devil covered up the face. Todd figured that must be the demon causing all the trouble.
"…no…not really anyways…" Todd said as Eff continued to cry into his chest, wetting his shirt.
"I see…" Diablo looked around. "D is dead." It was not a question, more like a statement.
"Yes." Todd said while giving Pepito's father a dirty look for making Eff even more miserable than he was.
"It seems, Father, we have more than one casualty." Pepito glanced at his father with no emotion against his face.
"More than one…?" Todd looked at Pepito with curiosity.
Pepito would not meet Todd's gaze as Diablo placed the body onto the ground near Todd.
If he had not been holding Eff, Todd would have run towards the body.
"JOHNNY!" Todd's eyes filled with tears as Eff turned to look at the body as well.
He wasn't in bad shape, nor as bloody to be expected. However…his head was missing from his body[15]. Past that…everything looked fine. Todd crawled out of Eff's grasp to Johnny's body.
"W-what happened…?" He wasn't sure if he was glad he stayed inside or saddened. Johnny…please tell me you're not dead…
"Richard caught him off guard when he was trying to help me out." Pepito replied, matter-of-factly.
"Pepito, how can you be so cold?" Eff cried out. Tears falling down his eyes, still broken at what had happened with D.
"I won't sugar it up. Johnny wouldn't have wanted that." He spat out. "He never wanted to be a hero. As he said before, he's a villain[16]."
"Johnny…" Todd let Schmee drop from his hands as he sat down next to his body. "T-This is all that demon's fault! Even…Even D would be okay if…if it wasn't around…"
"Todd…" Senor Diablo looked at him with somewhat sad eyes.
"I-I'm going to kill him." Todd stood up.
A soft chuckle stopped Todd from going out to find the one who killed Johnny.
Looking back at Pepito, he had the urge to strangle the demon. For the first time in his life.
"There will be no need for that." Pepito said calmly, meeting his gaze easily.
"W-What do you mean?" Todd suddenly felt confused again.
"Father told me something interesting…after Johnny was killed." He murmured.
"Spit it out already!" Eff yelled loudly, glaring at the demon prince.
"Whoever kills the flusher becomes the flusher."
"What?!"
A smirk dressed Senor Diablo's face. "Johnny's death wasn't in vain at least. Go ahead and look outside. He's sitting there looking at nothing…completely in his own little world."
Pepito's smile widen at Todd's confusion. "He couldn't take the insanity of being a flusher without any sponges to help him out. It literally drove him insane."
Silence fell over the room. Todd suddenly felt sorry for the demon, despite what he had done. Because Todd knew as well as everyone else, you can never escape yourself. And now he had to be forever trapped in a small box known as his mind. Todd wasn't sure if this was justice. Death would be so much fairer than living forever in your own mind.
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TBC?
C&C are welcome!
[15] Decapitation theme! Weee!
[16] Reference to Volume 7! Wee!
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next is the last and it is set 7 years in the future so when Todd and Pepito are 25 years old while Eff is 21. Just thought I would leave that. Sorry for the shitty chapter! FORGIVE ME!