Chapter 4-Venom
"When our sire, the Ancient One, defeated the Demon Lord Talpa and banished him from the mortals' realm, we were, in a way, "born," Venom began. "After the armors were given a source of power, a virtue, and a personality, all nine of us were entrusted to a certain family. The Ancient One took me to the Yamanouchi family, a prominent family that was living in the southern region of Nippon. The Yamanouchi family was quite, as you mortals say, "Liberal" than many of the powerful families in Japan. The leaders of the Yamanouchi family welcomed many outsiders into their territory, including Koreans, Chinese, and even Westerners. I remember Master Sekhmet's grandmother was from England."
"Agnes?" Mia guessed.
"Yes," Venom nodded, but continued with his story. "Many members of the Yamanouchi family had the required virtue, but not one of them had the qualities I look for in a bearer."
"So, what do you look for in a bearer?" Mia asked, frowning.
"A willingness to start a task and go through with it until the end, piety, and a willingness to believe that the physical world and the spiritual world are two totally different things, but that both worlds can also mix at the same time."
The remaining eight armors looked at each other, they had no idea of the standards their rebellious "friend" had.
"While I searched around the world for a bearer," Venom continued, "I came across a small area that the modern mortals call "Israel." I notice a young, married woman who had the gift of what you mortals call, "Second Sight." She was well respected, along with her husband and advised many people. But the thing that caught my attention was the fact that she had the virtue of and the right personality."
"What was her name?" Mia asked.
"Deborah," Venom responded.
"You mean that "Judge" from the mortal's Bible?" Halo asked.
"That's her," Venom nodded.
"You were going to teach a woman how to use a sword?" Corruption shrieked. "That is not a "Woman's" Weapon."
"WILL YOU SHUT UP ABOUT THAT?" Hardrock yelled, "A WEAPON IS A WEAPON."
Corruption showed "his" canines and snarled at Hardrock, "At least I have…"
"Knock it off the both of you," Halo snapped, "I want to hear Venom's story."
"Bite me, flashlight," Corruption smirked.
Halo narrowed "his" eyes and grit "his" teeth. But he quickly recovered and smirked, "Better to be a flashlight than a space cadet."
"WHY YOU…" Corruption yelled, as he shot up from "his" seat, ready to strangle Halo. Thankfully, Illusion and Cruelty got up form "their" seats and restrained the red haired armor.
"What was that all about?" Mia asked, shocked at Halo and Corruption's behavior.
"Corruption and Halo have never liked each other," Wildfire explained, "Those two never stop fighting. They used to have physical fights, but the rest of us kept stepping in so much that they couldn't have a physical fight without someone interrupting them. So as a way to compensate, Corruption insults Halo by calling "him" a flashlight, and Halo insults Corruption by calling "him" a space cadet."
"Will they ever stop fighting?" Mia questioned.
"They'll stop fighting when there are no more opposites in the universe," Venom clarified.
"But that'll never happen," Mia replied.
"Then don't expect any peace and quiet," Strata sighed.
"BACK TO THE STORY!" Cruelty yelled, silencing everyone.
"Thanks," Venom nodded as everyone quieted down. "After she had defeated her enemies on a mud-soaked battlefield, I approached her. I was going to give her a choice when her husband saw me. He grabbed a sword and charged at me, but I already had my swords drawn. We fought for a long time, maybe about ten minutes, when that blasted mortal did this…" Venom rolled up the right sleeve of "his" shirt to show a scar that had formed over a large gash."
Mia, Wildfire, Strata, Hardrock, and Torrent cringed. "Deborah's husband did that?" Mia asked.
"Yes," Venom hissed, "That blasted mortal gave me this scar. When I lost the battle, I left the area, driven away by the husband of the woman whom I wanted to be my master."
Mia noticed that Venom narrowed his eyes as he slammed his fist down on the low Coffee Table. "I vowed it would never happen," the Armor of Autumn snarled, "I would have my bearer before anything like this ever happened again. When I chose Sekhmet, I started out cautiously, but when I met him face-to-face for the first time, he pulled a sword out on me and threatened to attack me if I didn't leave him alone. Not wanting to lose my bearer this time, I summoned a pool full of venom behind him and shoved him in. I jumped in after him and made sure to completely submerge him. I remember the toxins and acids burning him, but I wouldn't let him go until he consented."
"No wonder why he accepted you," Torrent bit out angrily, "it was either accepting you or death."
"It's probably one of the reasons why Sekhmet went insane," Illusion concluded.
"Who wouldn't?" Torrent agreed.
"You're one to talk," Venom snapped at the Water Armor, "you had the chance to help a potential bearer, and you did nothing."
"A nation paid for that mistake," Torrent replied calmly, "my involvement would have only caused more causalities."
"What you talking about Torrent?" Mia asked.
"My story is about man who put his trust in his county's legal system," Torrent began. "A system that failed him, and in the end, claimed more than just one life."
"When our sire, the Ancient One, defeated the Demon Lord Talpa and banished him from the mortals' realm, we were, in a way, "born," Venom began. "After the armors were given a source of power, a virtue, and a personality, all nine of us were entrusted to a certain family. The Ancient One took me to the Yamanouchi family, a prominent family that was living in the southern region of Nippon. The Yamanouchi family was quite, as you mortals say, "Liberal" than many of the powerful families in Japan. The leaders of the Yamanouchi family welcomed many outsiders into their territory, including Koreans, Chinese, and even Westerners. I remember Master Sekhmet's grandmother was from England."
"Agnes?" Mia guessed.
"Yes," Venom nodded, but continued with his story. "Many members of the Yamanouchi family had the required virtue, but not one of them had the qualities I look for in a bearer."
"So, what do you look for in a bearer?" Mia asked, frowning.
"A willingness to start a task and go through with it until the end, piety, and a willingness to believe that the physical world and the spiritual world are two totally different things, but that both worlds can also mix at the same time."
The remaining eight armors looked at each other, they had no idea of the standards their rebellious "friend" had.
"While I searched around the world for a bearer," Venom continued, "I came across a small area that the modern mortals call "Israel." I notice a young, married woman who had the gift of what you mortals call, "Second Sight." She was well respected, along with her husband and advised many people. But the thing that caught my attention was the fact that she had the virtue of and the right personality."
"What was her name?" Mia asked.
"Deborah," Venom responded.
"You mean that "Judge" from the mortal's Bible?" Halo asked.
"That's her," Venom nodded.
"You were going to teach a woman how to use a sword?" Corruption shrieked. "That is not a "Woman's" Weapon."
"WILL YOU SHUT UP ABOUT THAT?" Hardrock yelled, "A WEAPON IS A WEAPON."
Corruption showed "his" canines and snarled at Hardrock, "At least I have…"
"Knock it off the both of you," Halo snapped, "I want to hear Venom's story."
"Bite me, flashlight," Corruption smirked.
Halo narrowed "his" eyes and grit "his" teeth. But he quickly recovered and smirked, "Better to be a flashlight than a space cadet."
"WHY YOU…" Corruption yelled, as he shot up from "his" seat, ready to strangle Halo. Thankfully, Illusion and Cruelty got up form "their" seats and restrained the red haired armor.
"What was that all about?" Mia asked, shocked at Halo and Corruption's behavior.
"Corruption and Halo have never liked each other," Wildfire explained, "Those two never stop fighting. They used to have physical fights, but the rest of us kept stepping in so much that they couldn't have a physical fight without someone interrupting them. So as a way to compensate, Corruption insults Halo by calling "him" a flashlight, and Halo insults Corruption by calling "him" a space cadet."
"Will they ever stop fighting?" Mia questioned.
"They'll stop fighting when there are no more opposites in the universe," Venom clarified.
"But that'll never happen," Mia replied.
"Then don't expect any peace and quiet," Strata sighed.
"BACK TO THE STORY!" Cruelty yelled, silencing everyone.
"Thanks," Venom nodded as everyone quieted down. "After she had defeated her enemies on a mud-soaked battlefield, I approached her. I was going to give her a choice when her husband saw me. He grabbed a sword and charged at me, but I already had my swords drawn. We fought for a long time, maybe about ten minutes, when that blasted mortal did this…" Venom rolled up the right sleeve of "his" shirt to show a scar that had formed over a large gash."
Mia, Wildfire, Strata, Hardrock, and Torrent cringed. "Deborah's husband did that?" Mia asked.
"Yes," Venom hissed, "That blasted mortal gave me this scar. When I lost the battle, I left the area, driven away by the husband of the woman whom I wanted to be my master."
Mia noticed that Venom narrowed his eyes as he slammed his fist down on the low Coffee Table. "I vowed it would never happen," the Armor of Autumn snarled, "I would have my bearer before anything like this ever happened again. When I chose Sekhmet, I started out cautiously, but when I met him face-to-face for the first time, he pulled a sword out on me and threatened to attack me if I didn't leave him alone. Not wanting to lose my bearer this time, I summoned a pool full of venom behind him and shoved him in. I jumped in after him and made sure to completely submerge him. I remember the toxins and acids burning him, but I wouldn't let him go until he consented."
"No wonder why he accepted you," Torrent bit out angrily, "it was either accepting you or death."
"It's probably one of the reasons why Sekhmet went insane," Illusion concluded.
"Who wouldn't?" Torrent agreed.
"You're one to talk," Venom snapped at the Water Armor, "you had the chance to help a potential bearer, and you did nothing."
"A nation paid for that mistake," Torrent replied calmly, "my involvement would have only caused more causalities."
"What you talking about Torrent?" Mia asked.
"My story is about man who put his trust in his county's legal system," Torrent began. "A system that failed him, and in the end, claimed more than just one life."
