A dream, a nightmare, Buds never really knew. Visions appear in his head
like sparks from a firecracker. So fast, yet all colors are seen. All
pictures were shown from first person view and Buds knew, and he didn't
know why, but Buds knew that the person who saw them was him.
Buds never had the time to understand what this visions mean, but he clearly saw them. Metallic tentacles wrapping around women, men, children. Blood in them, blood everywhere, and then, the final pictures, he saw 'her', the same girl who managed to defeat him. She fought him in these visions, fought him and she won, although barely. Buds could see her blood in her clothes and skin.
"I will return," voice said in his mind. "I will return and I will kill you!"
Buds woke up from with a start, gasping, and tried to sit up, but something was restraining him. Something in his hands was preventing him to even move his body to the side. Buds wasn't worried about that, though, because what worried him now was feeling someone was right beside him.
Turning his head, Buds saw red eyes staring back at him. The same red eyes he saw before he felt a tingle in his neck. The vampire girl...
-| Omega X Present |-
-| Omega |-
-| Chapter 2: The Beginning, Part 2 |-
Panic, a feeling someone feels when flooded with adrenaline and when he stares his fears right in the eye. Something Buds never felt in such a long time.
"NO!" Buds yelled as he tried to get away from her. It was no use, Buds was still tied in what he know thinks is the bedpost. Yanking his arms trying to free himself, Buds tried to move his body away from the girl.
The girl looked fairly amused. "You can't escape. Even with you tentacles, you can't break free."
Buds tried a few more seconds to attempt to escape, but he failed. He stopped and took a few deep breaths. "Let me go..."
"No," she replied.
Horror images came to mind. (Did she keep me alive so I can produce more blood for her? Was she going to keep me alive for my blood?) he thought. "Why?"
Buds felt her finger touch his face. "Because I need to make sure."
The finger moved slowly to the neck, caressing and hot. Buds tried to block all sensation he felt. His voice shivered as he tried to answer the girl.
"N-need t-to make sure of wh-what?"
Lina smiled. It's driving the guy crazy as she let her finger slide down towards his chest. Something made her look. It was either her imagination, or did the guy just lose fat and grew muscles?
"I need to make sure you won't kill me when I release you," Lina said.
"Kill you? Ha!" Buds replied. "That's funny, especially coming from a girl who beat me easily."
"I got lucky..." Lina admitted truthfully.
"Are you going to kill me?" Buds asked.
"No," Lina said, frowning. "You're our guest? Why should I kill you?"
"Are you going to bite me again?" Buds asked, his voice shivering again as Lina approached her face near his, her breath reaching his neck.
"Unless you want me too. Promise me you won't do anything to me?" Lina asked sweetly.
Buds just nodded, and Lina smiled further.
With a wave of her hand, the restraining tool which Lina used turned to a bat and went to her hand. Buds immediately felt his blood rush in his hands, and some extra things. Looking at his hands, Buds saw that his backhand was a bit thicker and metallic tentacles were moving. Trying to move the tentacles, Buds saw it was an easy thing to do. It was like his tentacles were extra fingers.
Lina looked at Buds with an unreadable face. In her mind, she was hoping to everything that this guy was not pretending to be innocent, and attacking her from the back.
"This is strange..." Buds said to no one.
"Hey, come on," Lina said. "I'll take you around the castle."
Buds followed Lina a few spaces behind her, cautious about her motives. She lead the way and Buds took the opportunity to look around him. Wherever he was, he was very sure it was no measly house. It was a gigantic castle.
"Please come in," Lina said, looking back at him. "My mom is waiting."
Buds gulped. (Were there any males in this place?) and he entered the door.
"Welcome..." the woman said as he enters, and Buds stopped to his tracks. In front of him was a woman, and now Buds understood where the vampire girl got her looks.
Long green hair, seductive curves, wicked outfit like her daughters, and green eyes. Her smile was dazzling and her fair skin was more than beauty, even if there were what looked like bat wings in her head and in her back. Buds knew first hand by experience that a perfectly beautiful human woman is impossible, and gut instinct kept Buds from falling all over the floor, drooling.
Morrigan assessed the 'mortal' in front of her and was impressed. Here she is, showing her best of her body and yet the boy, who she judged as a late teen, showed control. Something which was rare even in Makai.
"Welcome to our humble abode, mortal... or shall I address you by your name?" Morrigan began.
"Uh, my name is Buds..." Buds replied. "And you are...?"
Morrigan stood up and jumped towards him. She gave him an appraising look. Buds feared that she might come and open his mouth to inspect his teeth and look at his biceps to judge their bulk.
"My name is Morrigan Aensland..." she purred. "Nice meeting you, Buds."
Buds backed away a bit. "Uh, yeah. Nice to meet you as well..."
Her hand suddenly blurred and Buds felt her hand in his wrist. "May I?"
"Uh sure..." Buds replied, with no idea what she was going to do.
Morrigan gently took his wrist and looked at it, careful not to make him fear her. Last thing she needed was those tentacles of his killing her.
"Omega..." Morrigan muttered.
"Uh, what?" Buds asked.
"Oh, nothing. I do hope your stay was pleasant," Morrigan said.
"Uh, it was nice..." Buds said nervously, and his tone became sarcastic. "I was unconscious the whole time, though."
Morrigan looked at the boy and laughed. "Oh yes. How right you are. Anyway, on with the introductions, Lina..."
The vampire girl tapped her hand on Buds' shoulder, and he jumped a bit.
"Sorry," Buds said.
"No prob... My name is Lina Aensland, heir of the house of Aensland, daughter of Lady Morrigan and Lord Demitri, and I'm a vampire," Lina said straightly. "I got my powers from both my mom and dad."
Buds just stared at her. "Uh, Miss Morrigan, are you a vampire?"
"No. I'm a succubes," Morrigan replied, looking at him intently.
"A what?"
"Sex demoness..." she answered.
Buds could only nod, as he looked mother and daughter. "No wonder you look so... voluptuous..."
Morrigan smiled. "Yes, and I do hope that was a compliment..."
"It was..." Buds could only mutter. Suddenly, Buds voice became heavy. Now was the point he wanted to discuss their intentions. "Uh, what do you want from me?"
"Right to the point," Morrigan said. "Well, as you know, last night, it was the feeding time for Lina. All she needed was a few pints of blood to fulfill her hunger for the year. She came to you."
"I know. I saw her twice." Buds replied, looking at Lina. "She was going to kill me?"
"No," Lina replied. "I was going to leave you alive, but you did something no mere mortal could do."
"What?"
"Fight me. You fought back with everything you got, and somehow, you awakened your true self," Lina replied.
"My true self?" Buds asked, bewildered.
"Sigh, this will take time," Morrigan said. "To start with, can you hide those tentacles?"
"Sure," Buds said, and retracted them. He didn't know how, but he somehow knew. "Why?"
"Well, for starters, you're tentacles are feared in this world," Morrigan said seriously, looking at him with a very meaningful glare which prompted Buds to take her seriously.
"Uh sure..." Buds replied.
Morrigan broke into a smile. "Thanks. Now, I think you need a bath? Lina, please lead him to our hot springs..."
Buds looked very confused. (this woman keeps changing her attitude in seconds. One, serious, now smiling...) 'tap tap tap'. And Buds looked behind him to see Lina staring at him. He jumped.
Grabbing his chest, he took a deep breath when he landed. "Jeez, I'll never get used to that."
Lina smiled. "Come on, Buds. I think you'll find the baths very refreshing."
Following her, Buds was once again rewarded by the many sights of the castle, a picture of old ancestors, and statues of Morrigan and some were Lina's. It took roughly 15 minutes before they reached a door.
"Behind this door, you will see the pool. There is a bathroom in the right so you can change. Don't worry about anything, it'll be done for you," Lina said, and sashayed away.
Buds took a few moments watching those hips move but broke it as he stared the door in front of him. Opening, he wondered if he was even alive.
(Maybe I'm in hell,) Buds thought, opening the door. He gasped as he got a full view of the room. It was magnificent. In the center was a large pool filled with steaming water. The walls were made from marble and around the pool were tables filled with fruits.
But none of these made him more nervous. What made him really nervous was that the whole place was filled with women, all pretty and staring at him.
"Good evening, sir," one of the ladies said. "Are you here to bathe?"
"Yeah..." Buds began to think fast. "Um, I think I made a wrong turn. Can you tell me where the males bathe?"
The lady laughed gently. "Sir, this is where we all bathe. Would you like to undress in the bathroom, or should we help you?"
"I'll do it myself in the bathroom, thank you!" Buds answered quickly as the lady was trying to reach him.
She looked a bit disappointed. "Okay sir. Bathroom is on the left..."
Trying to shake off the feeling that all the girls are now watching him, Buds tried to go to the bathroom ignoring the purrs and groans.
The bathroom was clean enough, as Buds looked around. No one inside, but that wasn't a surprise. Stripping off his shirt, and pants, he saw some clean white towels which were folded neatly near a corner. Dropping his underwear, he took one of the towels and wrapped himself.
Dreading his entrance, Buds closed his eyes as he exited the bathroom. Nothing. No one purring, no one squealing, no one moaning. Of course, it could be just his imagination.
(I mean, girls don't normally do that, right?) Buds asked himself.
Opening one of his eyes, Buds saw why the whole area was very quiet. The girls were absent.
"I thought it would be wise to send them out," said a voice in the pool. Buds opened his other eye and checked the speaker. It was a girl with short purple hair and red eyes and she was very cute. She had also bat wings in her head like Morrigan. "Come on, join me."
Buds gulped. Moving a bit away from her, he took his towel off as he fell to the pool with a splash. The girl giggled and swam towards him.
"Shy, aren't you?" she asked sweetly.
"A b-bit. I'm kinda new in this things, and usually, females like that don't appear in my world," Buds answered.
"It's okay," the girl said. "I'm Lilith. You are?"
"Buds."
"Nice to meet you. Not many males travel here. Are you a guest?"
Buds thought about his answer for a moment. "Yes, I think. Miss Morrigan said so, anyway."
Lilith looked at him carefully, approached him and cupped his face with her hand, looking at his eyes. Buds nervously looked back, and dared not to look down. He knew what she was showing this time since the water didn't cover her body anymore.
"Hmmm..." Lilith said. "Are you a mortal?"
"Yes..." Buds said.
"Motal with a great power. No wonder you're here, alive..." and Buds shivered as she said the last sentence.
"A-alive?"
"Oh, yeah," Lilith said, like it was the most normal thing in the world. "Either me or Morrigan turn you to a bat, or Lina sucks you dry."
Gulping more audibly, Buds did a forced smile. "I'm lucky, then, huh?"
Lilith smiled. "Yup. Now, I got to go. Thanks for the company."
Buds closed his eye as Lilith climbed out of the pool. Lilith looked at him and smiled, and wrapped herself with a towel, leaving him. Buds sighed in relief as he heard the sound fading, and the closing of the door.
Opening his eyes, he let the warm water sooth his very nervous muscles. He was not Ranma, who had carziness everyday in his life. He was Buds, just a normal boy with no clue what the hell was going on, except that he had tentacles; the people around him who saw the tentacles were wary, or maybe even frightened of him.
"Great," Buds thought. "Is my life going to get weirder?"
Suddenly, the doors burst open, and Buds looked at them. It was Lilith again, fully clothed like Morrigan, but her sweetness left her face. It was filled with seriousness and anger?
"OMEGA!" Lilith shouted, and jumped towards him.
"Oh shit," was all Buds could say before she flew on top of him.
-Flashback-
Lilith willed her baths to dress her up in the usual attire, thinking about the nice mortal she met. Unlike other guys, he was no drooling fool, as she puts it. He was noble, looking at her straight in the eye, not looking down.
Opening the doors, she was greeted by Morrigan and Lina talking.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Lilith asked. "Why such long faces?"
Lina looked at Lilith. "I found the Omega, but..."
"Omega? Alive?" Lilith asked, disbelieving. "Where?"
"He is taking a bath," Morrigan said at once. "But don't..." SLAM! "Don't attack him..."
Lina groaned. "Great, now Auntie Lilith will attack him..."
-End of Flashback-
The baths of her clothes morphed around him as Lilith said with a very deadly voice: "So, you still live. No matter! After all the lives you killed, you will pay for it!"
Buds desperately tried to get away as he moved slowly in the pool. The girl had her bats morph into various sharp metal objects and Buds knew that he'd rather get bitten by Lina than get impaled with all of those bats. The bite, after all, was more pleasant than having a knife stabbing your guts.
Moving away from the pool since the water restricted his movements; he ducked as Lilith threw several of heart shaped looking energy weapons, which Buds suspected was from her bats. Left right, Buds noticed he was moving a bit faster than usual, but he dismissed it since it could be adrenaline. What he didn't know was when his power was awakened; his body was going through mutations to suit his new found powers. That's why Lina noticed that Buds lost a few pounds of fat and grew muscles.
"DIE!" Lilith shouted, throwing a bat.
"Damn it, where was the sweet personality which you showed me a while ago?" Buds asked, diving to the pool. The bat hit the surface only and went back to Lilith. After that, the pool was still.
(Where are you?) Lilith thought.
Below the pool, Buds looked as he saw Lilith's shadow through the mist of water vapors [hey, it's a hot spring pool] and willed his tentacles to come out. They went straight towards Lilith and trapped her in, tying her around her body.
Buds went up and gasped for a breath, enjoying the feeling oxygen was doing to his screaming lungs. He didn't notice Lilith smiling.
"Take this!" she said, and her clothes around her transformed to spikes.
Pain, excruciating pain traveled to his brain as the tentacles were penetrated. Buds let go of her at once, like reflex when you touch a pin, and Lilith used this time to jump towards Buds and delivered a solid kick in his chest. Buds felt the wind knock out of him as he was driven deeper down the pool. Last attempt he did, before he could lose consciousness because of lack in oxygen was delivering his tentacle to whip up to Lilith's chin, hitting it sharply. Using his other hand which was in the floor of the pool, he let his tentacles go out, and the force was enough to let him jump up high in the air, letting air in his lungs again.
Buds landed near the edge of the pool and almost lost balance. That's how Lina and Morrigan found them. Lilith, about 3 meters from his left, rubbing her chin and looking at Buds with absolute hatred and buds, wiggling his arms around in circles, trying to keep himself from falling the pool. Lina sighed in relief.
"Thank all my lucks..." she said. "No one dead..."
Morrigan looked at Lilith with reproach. "Lilith, you should have let us explained first."
"What's to explain? It's him! The Omega!" Lilith said.
"He has Omega's power, but we are not sure if it is him. Tell me, is it him from the way he acts and looks?" Morrigan asked.
Lilith looked at Buds. He was scratching his head and thanking Lina for helping him. "No, he doesn't act like him. But he could be acting..."
"Maybe, but please..." Morrigan was cut off as Lilith stood up and walked towards Buds and Lina, with a very serious face. Buds saw her and became very anxious.
"Let's see if you are the Omega..." Lilith said to Buds. Her clothes turned to bats and left her body, leaving her in her birthday suit in Buds' open eyes.
Buds went rigid for the moment, and his face swelled red, and his nose finally burst out with blood as Buds passed out from the loss in blood and promptly fainted.
"Well, the 'real' Omega wouldn't pass out..." Lilith said, her voice a bit of mixture of surprise and laughter.
"Great," Lina grumbled. "Auntie, we were supposed to explain to him why we fear him..."
"Really, Lilith. I wouldn't even do such a thing," Morrigan said, laughing a bit as well.
Lilith just shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, I bet you were thinking of doing it, after all, I am a part of you, sis."
Lina just rolled her eyes. Using one hand, she lifted the naked Buds to her back, blushing a bit. She never noticed it, but his physique was improving every minute.
To be continued...
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NEXT: Buds gets the details why his powers are feared, and gets a new friend! Next; Chapter 03: What the Cat Brought In
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Buds never had the time to understand what this visions mean, but he clearly saw them. Metallic tentacles wrapping around women, men, children. Blood in them, blood everywhere, and then, the final pictures, he saw 'her', the same girl who managed to defeat him. She fought him in these visions, fought him and she won, although barely. Buds could see her blood in her clothes and skin.
"I will return," voice said in his mind. "I will return and I will kill you!"
Buds woke up from with a start, gasping, and tried to sit up, but something was restraining him. Something in his hands was preventing him to even move his body to the side. Buds wasn't worried about that, though, because what worried him now was feeling someone was right beside him.
Turning his head, Buds saw red eyes staring back at him. The same red eyes he saw before he felt a tingle in his neck. The vampire girl...
-| Omega X Present |-
-| Omega |-
-| Chapter 2: The Beginning, Part 2 |-
Panic, a feeling someone feels when flooded with adrenaline and when he stares his fears right in the eye. Something Buds never felt in such a long time.
"NO!" Buds yelled as he tried to get away from her. It was no use, Buds was still tied in what he know thinks is the bedpost. Yanking his arms trying to free himself, Buds tried to move his body away from the girl.
The girl looked fairly amused. "You can't escape. Even with you tentacles, you can't break free."
Buds tried a few more seconds to attempt to escape, but he failed. He stopped and took a few deep breaths. "Let me go..."
"No," she replied.
Horror images came to mind. (Did she keep me alive so I can produce more blood for her? Was she going to keep me alive for my blood?) he thought. "Why?"
Buds felt her finger touch his face. "Because I need to make sure."
The finger moved slowly to the neck, caressing and hot. Buds tried to block all sensation he felt. His voice shivered as he tried to answer the girl.
"N-need t-to make sure of wh-what?"
Lina smiled. It's driving the guy crazy as she let her finger slide down towards his chest. Something made her look. It was either her imagination, or did the guy just lose fat and grew muscles?
"I need to make sure you won't kill me when I release you," Lina said.
"Kill you? Ha!" Buds replied. "That's funny, especially coming from a girl who beat me easily."
"I got lucky..." Lina admitted truthfully.
"Are you going to kill me?" Buds asked.
"No," Lina said, frowning. "You're our guest? Why should I kill you?"
"Are you going to bite me again?" Buds asked, his voice shivering again as Lina approached her face near his, her breath reaching his neck.
"Unless you want me too. Promise me you won't do anything to me?" Lina asked sweetly.
Buds just nodded, and Lina smiled further.
With a wave of her hand, the restraining tool which Lina used turned to a bat and went to her hand. Buds immediately felt his blood rush in his hands, and some extra things. Looking at his hands, Buds saw that his backhand was a bit thicker and metallic tentacles were moving. Trying to move the tentacles, Buds saw it was an easy thing to do. It was like his tentacles were extra fingers.
Lina looked at Buds with an unreadable face. In her mind, she was hoping to everything that this guy was not pretending to be innocent, and attacking her from the back.
"This is strange..." Buds said to no one.
"Hey, come on," Lina said. "I'll take you around the castle."
Buds followed Lina a few spaces behind her, cautious about her motives. She lead the way and Buds took the opportunity to look around him. Wherever he was, he was very sure it was no measly house. It was a gigantic castle.
"Please come in," Lina said, looking back at him. "My mom is waiting."
Buds gulped. (Were there any males in this place?) and he entered the door.
"Welcome..." the woman said as he enters, and Buds stopped to his tracks. In front of him was a woman, and now Buds understood where the vampire girl got her looks.
Long green hair, seductive curves, wicked outfit like her daughters, and green eyes. Her smile was dazzling and her fair skin was more than beauty, even if there were what looked like bat wings in her head and in her back. Buds knew first hand by experience that a perfectly beautiful human woman is impossible, and gut instinct kept Buds from falling all over the floor, drooling.
Morrigan assessed the 'mortal' in front of her and was impressed. Here she is, showing her best of her body and yet the boy, who she judged as a late teen, showed control. Something which was rare even in Makai.
"Welcome to our humble abode, mortal... or shall I address you by your name?" Morrigan began.
"Uh, my name is Buds..." Buds replied. "And you are...?"
Morrigan stood up and jumped towards him. She gave him an appraising look. Buds feared that she might come and open his mouth to inspect his teeth and look at his biceps to judge their bulk.
"My name is Morrigan Aensland..." she purred. "Nice meeting you, Buds."
Buds backed away a bit. "Uh, yeah. Nice to meet you as well..."
Her hand suddenly blurred and Buds felt her hand in his wrist. "May I?"
"Uh sure..." Buds replied, with no idea what she was going to do.
Morrigan gently took his wrist and looked at it, careful not to make him fear her. Last thing she needed was those tentacles of his killing her.
"Omega..." Morrigan muttered.
"Uh, what?" Buds asked.
"Oh, nothing. I do hope your stay was pleasant," Morrigan said.
"Uh, it was nice..." Buds said nervously, and his tone became sarcastic. "I was unconscious the whole time, though."
Morrigan looked at the boy and laughed. "Oh yes. How right you are. Anyway, on with the introductions, Lina..."
The vampire girl tapped her hand on Buds' shoulder, and he jumped a bit.
"Sorry," Buds said.
"No prob... My name is Lina Aensland, heir of the house of Aensland, daughter of Lady Morrigan and Lord Demitri, and I'm a vampire," Lina said straightly. "I got my powers from both my mom and dad."
Buds just stared at her. "Uh, Miss Morrigan, are you a vampire?"
"No. I'm a succubes," Morrigan replied, looking at him intently.
"A what?"
"Sex demoness..." she answered.
Buds could only nod, as he looked mother and daughter. "No wonder you look so... voluptuous..."
Morrigan smiled. "Yes, and I do hope that was a compliment..."
"It was..." Buds could only mutter. Suddenly, Buds voice became heavy. Now was the point he wanted to discuss their intentions. "Uh, what do you want from me?"
"Right to the point," Morrigan said. "Well, as you know, last night, it was the feeding time for Lina. All she needed was a few pints of blood to fulfill her hunger for the year. She came to you."
"I know. I saw her twice." Buds replied, looking at Lina. "She was going to kill me?"
"No," Lina replied. "I was going to leave you alive, but you did something no mere mortal could do."
"What?"
"Fight me. You fought back with everything you got, and somehow, you awakened your true self," Lina replied.
"My true self?" Buds asked, bewildered.
"Sigh, this will take time," Morrigan said. "To start with, can you hide those tentacles?"
"Sure," Buds said, and retracted them. He didn't know how, but he somehow knew. "Why?"
"Well, for starters, you're tentacles are feared in this world," Morrigan said seriously, looking at him with a very meaningful glare which prompted Buds to take her seriously.
"Uh sure..." Buds replied.
Morrigan broke into a smile. "Thanks. Now, I think you need a bath? Lina, please lead him to our hot springs..."
Buds looked very confused. (this woman keeps changing her attitude in seconds. One, serious, now smiling...) 'tap tap tap'. And Buds looked behind him to see Lina staring at him. He jumped.
Grabbing his chest, he took a deep breath when he landed. "Jeez, I'll never get used to that."
Lina smiled. "Come on, Buds. I think you'll find the baths very refreshing."
Following her, Buds was once again rewarded by the many sights of the castle, a picture of old ancestors, and statues of Morrigan and some were Lina's. It took roughly 15 minutes before they reached a door.
"Behind this door, you will see the pool. There is a bathroom in the right so you can change. Don't worry about anything, it'll be done for you," Lina said, and sashayed away.
Buds took a few moments watching those hips move but broke it as he stared the door in front of him. Opening, he wondered if he was even alive.
(Maybe I'm in hell,) Buds thought, opening the door. He gasped as he got a full view of the room. It was magnificent. In the center was a large pool filled with steaming water. The walls were made from marble and around the pool were tables filled with fruits.
But none of these made him more nervous. What made him really nervous was that the whole place was filled with women, all pretty and staring at him.
"Good evening, sir," one of the ladies said. "Are you here to bathe?"
"Yeah..." Buds began to think fast. "Um, I think I made a wrong turn. Can you tell me where the males bathe?"
The lady laughed gently. "Sir, this is where we all bathe. Would you like to undress in the bathroom, or should we help you?"
"I'll do it myself in the bathroom, thank you!" Buds answered quickly as the lady was trying to reach him.
She looked a bit disappointed. "Okay sir. Bathroom is on the left..."
Trying to shake off the feeling that all the girls are now watching him, Buds tried to go to the bathroom ignoring the purrs and groans.
The bathroom was clean enough, as Buds looked around. No one inside, but that wasn't a surprise. Stripping off his shirt, and pants, he saw some clean white towels which were folded neatly near a corner. Dropping his underwear, he took one of the towels and wrapped himself.
Dreading his entrance, Buds closed his eyes as he exited the bathroom. Nothing. No one purring, no one squealing, no one moaning. Of course, it could be just his imagination.
(I mean, girls don't normally do that, right?) Buds asked himself.
Opening one of his eyes, Buds saw why the whole area was very quiet. The girls were absent.
"I thought it would be wise to send them out," said a voice in the pool. Buds opened his other eye and checked the speaker. It was a girl with short purple hair and red eyes and she was very cute. She had also bat wings in her head like Morrigan. "Come on, join me."
Buds gulped. Moving a bit away from her, he took his towel off as he fell to the pool with a splash. The girl giggled and swam towards him.
"Shy, aren't you?" she asked sweetly.
"A b-bit. I'm kinda new in this things, and usually, females like that don't appear in my world," Buds answered.
"It's okay," the girl said. "I'm Lilith. You are?"
"Buds."
"Nice to meet you. Not many males travel here. Are you a guest?"
Buds thought about his answer for a moment. "Yes, I think. Miss Morrigan said so, anyway."
Lilith looked at him carefully, approached him and cupped his face with her hand, looking at his eyes. Buds nervously looked back, and dared not to look down. He knew what she was showing this time since the water didn't cover her body anymore.
"Hmmm..." Lilith said. "Are you a mortal?"
"Yes..." Buds said.
"Motal with a great power. No wonder you're here, alive..." and Buds shivered as she said the last sentence.
"A-alive?"
"Oh, yeah," Lilith said, like it was the most normal thing in the world. "Either me or Morrigan turn you to a bat, or Lina sucks you dry."
Gulping more audibly, Buds did a forced smile. "I'm lucky, then, huh?"
Lilith smiled. "Yup. Now, I got to go. Thanks for the company."
Buds closed his eye as Lilith climbed out of the pool. Lilith looked at him and smiled, and wrapped herself with a towel, leaving him. Buds sighed in relief as he heard the sound fading, and the closing of the door.
Opening his eyes, he let the warm water sooth his very nervous muscles. He was not Ranma, who had carziness everyday in his life. He was Buds, just a normal boy with no clue what the hell was going on, except that he had tentacles; the people around him who saw the tentacles were wary, or maybe even frightened of him.
"Great," Buds thought. "Is my life going to get weirder?"
Suddenly, the doors burst open, and Buds looked at them. It was Lilith again, fully clothed like Morrigan, but her sweetness left her face. It was filled with seriousness and anger?
"OMEGA!" Lilith shouted, and jumped towards him.
"Oh shit," was all Buds could say before she flew on top of him.
-Flashback-
Lilith willed her baths to dress her up in the usual attire, thinking about the nice mortal she met. Unlike other guys, he was no drooling fool, as she puts it. He was noble, looking at her straight in the eye, not looking down.
Opening the doors, she was greeted by Morrigan and Lina talking.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Lilith asked. "Why such long faces?"
Lina looked at Lilith. "I found the Omega, but..."
"Omega? Alive?" Lilith asked, disbelieving. "Where?"
"He is taking a bath," Morrigan said at once. "But don't..." SLAM! "Don't attack him..."
Lina groaned. "Great, now Auntie Lilith will attack him..."
-End of Flashback-
The baths of her clothes morphed around him as Lilith said with a very deadly voice: "So, you still live. No matter! After all the lives you killed, you will pay for it!"
Buds desperately tried to get away as he moved slowly in the pool. The girl had her bats morph into various sharp metal objects and Buds knew that he'd rather get bitten by Lina than get impaled with all of those bats. The bite, after all, was more pleasant than having a knife stabbing your guts.
Moving away from the pool since the water restricted his movements; he ducked as Lilith threw several of heart shaped looking energy weapons, which Buds suspected was from her bats. Left right, Buds noticed he was moving a bit faster than usual, but he dismissed it since it could be adrenaline. What he didn't know was when his power was awakened; his body was going through mutations to suit his new found powers. That's why Lina noticed that Buds lost a few pounds of fat and grew muscles.
"DIE!" Lilith shouted, throwing a bat.
"Damn it, where was the sweet personality which you showed me a while ago?" Buds asked, diving to the pool. The bat hit the surface only and went back to Lilith. After that, the pool was still.
(Where are you?) Lilith thought.
Below the pool, Buds looked as he saw Lilith's shadow through the mist of water vapors [hey, it's a hot spring pool] and willed his tentacles to come out. They went straight towards Lilith and trapped her in, tying her around her body.
Buds went up and gasped for a breath, enjoying the feeling oxygen was doing to his screaming lungs. He didn't notice Lilith smiling.
"Take this!" she said, and her clothes around her transformed to spikes.
Pain, excruciating pain traveled to his brain as the tentacles were penetrated. Buds let go of her at once, like reflex when you touch a pin, and Lilith used this time to jump towards Buds and delivered a solid kick in his chest. Buds felt the wind knock out of him as he was driven deeper down the pool. Last attempt he did, before he could lose consciousness because of lack in oxygen was delivering his tentacle to whip up to Lilith's chin, hitting it sharply. Using his other hand which was in the floor of the pool, he let his tentacles go out, and the force was enough to let him jump up high in the air, letting air in his lungs again.
Buds landed near the edge of the pool and almost lost balance. That's how Lina and Morrigan found them. Lilith, about 3 meters from his left, rubbing her chin and looking at Buds with absolute hatred and buds, wiggling his arms around in circles, trying to keep himself from falling the pool. Lina sighed in relief.
"Thank all my lucks..." she said. "No one dead..."
Morrigan looked at Lilith with reproach. "Lilith, you should have let us explained first."
"What's to explain? It's him! The Omega!" Lilith said.
"He has Omega's power, but we are not sure if it is him. Tell me, is it him from the way he acts and looks?" Morrigan asked.
Lilith looked at Buds. He was scratching his head and thanking Lina for helping him. "No, he doesn't act like him. But he could be acting..."
"Maybe, but please..." Morrigan was cut off as Lilith stood up and walked towards Buds and Lina, with a very serious face. Buds saw her and became very anxious.
"Let's see if you are the Omega..." Lilith said to Buds. Her clothes turned to bats and left her body, leaving her in her birthday suit in Buds' open eyes.
Buds went rigid for the moment, and his face swelled red, and his nose finally burst out with blood as Buds passed out from the loss in blood and promptly fainted.
"Well, the 'real' Omega wouldn't pass out..." Lilith said, her voice a bit of mixture of surprise and laughter.
"Great," Lina grumbled. "Auntie, we were supposed to explain to him why we fear him..."
"Really, Lilith. I wouldn't even do such a thing," Morrigan said, laughing a bit as well.
Lilith just shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, I bet you were thinking of doing it, after all, I am a part of you, sis."
Lina just rolled her eyes. Using one hand, she lifted the naked Buds to her back, blushing a bit. She never noticed it, but his physique was improving every minute.
To be continued...
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NEXT: Buds gets the details why his powers are feared, and gets a new friend! Next; Chapter 03: What the Cat Brought In
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